The reasons for the few number of short trials was that we wanted to test several setups and DiEoxidE was streaming. Twitch viewers can get antsy and change the channel if they see too much testing and not enough playing.
Also, I’m not being paid for this effort. A truly scientific study on this topic would take a lot of time and effort, more than what most are already willing to put forth. If you can secure me funding with a six figure salary, I would be happy to test this and other D3 mechanics for hundreds of hours lol.
In reality, Blizzard should be doing their own testing and bug fixing but alas they put that burden onto the players and don’t even bother to acknowledge (let alone fix) the bugs they report.
Thanks for testing gents. I’ve tried (still trying) a few variations. Two piece Nats along with six piece GoD doesn’t work. I was trying to find some extra area damage but there wasn’t anything there.
I wish the Shadow set also included a quiver. A two piece Shadow with six piece GoD would be nice.
Thank you both for your work! Even if you did not prove that there aren’t any strange effects with Valla (which would be almost impossible anyway), it is good to see that there are no “simple” interactions.
That sounds reasonable. I did a few GR 120 with my (badly rolled) primal Valla (rolling RCR to AD, as my Fortress also has AD), comparing it to my usual DW setup. At first, I noted some improvements, but I think that’s mainly because I also switched to EoJ shortly before, which gives me more consistent results in “high” GR (~120-122 is my current limit) than FoT or Squirts.
Then I switched back to Fortress and I got (more or less) the same results. No real difference. Except (maybe) that I got a few more procs of EoJ with Valla, which could help in my setup. But that’s all.
I’m curious whether there will be some more findings later …
Thanks to both of you for the testing, I was fortunate enuff to see the testing live on twitch. Seems that there will be a few good options for the 2nd wep. The last 2 days the RNG gods have blessed me with 2 Natalayas Slayers. One had dmg , dmg%, dex, cdr, rov dmg for rolls. I rerolled the ROV for AD. Took off the normal focus with cdr on it for a primal focus with crt hit, crt dmg and dex. Great fun testing it.
Greetings from everyone from Russia.
My English is very bad, so I write through a translator.
I’m the guy who closed high GR with Burise on PTR and now on NS EU. I know very well that her affix is useless and took her in hand only because it is a two-handed crossbow (has more damage than a one-handed crossbow) and it has a better proc than other two-handed crossbows. But they started copying me thoughtlessly in the ladder, it was especially funny to see Burizu in the xDDD cube.
At PTR, I tested Valla and I know that it does not work either. But now running 145 GR 10 with Valla and 10 with Balista, you can see the mobs die faster with Valla, and I have no explanation for this. With Valla, I easily close 145 (but I go out on the boss so as not to rub the record with Buriza for fun). I don’t understand what’s the matter and it’s annoying, because in my tests Valla was equal in damage to any other one-handed crossbow.
I apologize again for my English. And I express great respect to the TPA clan, well done, keep up the good work.
You ruined yourself character. It’s necessary train C# to view some spots as real-time screen, rather than synthetic tests. There is some black magic values 396318 dh_bonearrow_projectile_cold; 129934 demonhunter_bonearrow_impact;
Wudijo did a big test also. Check him out on YouTube he proves damage increase of 0-50% due to extra generator hits done by extra strafe hits. It works best in density.
Well then, maybe you can explain and elaborate to everyone why Vallas Bequest is being used over items that would/should be better suited for GoD6? Since you have multiple video sources and all…?
Do we not remember when several profiles were displaying completely nonsensical builds, but somehow were reaching high levels? It’s a red herring and you’re all buying it.
Also…you have the video tests available. Not my fault if you don’t watch them.
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