Perhaps, what the sorcerer class needs is a large boost in life to make it more in line with the higher powered classes.
Being limited to 5 boards has what’s hurt the class the most. BESIDES several glyphs that need some real attention, less conditional damage multipliers, and several skills that could benefit from a complete rework to bring it more in line with the current path the game is on…
and some more life woul;d be cool too.
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Permitting Sorcs to dual wield two Grandfather swords would solve lots of problems.
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Or even two Doombringers.
I do t4/ pit 79 with 2600 health.
Would not help anything but builds using overpower.
no, my friend…
you will do nothing with penty of HP if you dont do enough damage…
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we don’t need life - we have all the barriers you could want - we need damage!
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Max life helps overpower sorc does not use this lol. We need boss dmg and more dmg all around but with the nerf’s to firebolt and devouring blaze two thirds of the class is currently screwed for ptr good job Diablo dev’s way to help the weakest class. Also it weakens elementalist flamefeeder and the legendary node on new paragon board. Oh and eliminator glyph is weaker then flamefeeder already well back to 70 lvl pits unless fireball.
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Sorc was my last class but where is all the barrier you’re claiming - my Rogue has 12k hp and can have perma 90% barrier. My Sorc is like 4k hp and seems you can barely have 30% barrier in most cases.
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Eh we do get a huge amount of DR, which compensates a lot for the lack of life. Generally it seems that our problems have more to do with DPS than survivability. If you’re going to hit a limit that’s usually where it is.
I agree the dmg is the primary problem but I think it’s weird they are no longer the strongest barrier class heck probably not even top 3 in terms of barrier.
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It’s not weird, it’s annoying. Here, I am fairly sure, is how this ended up happening:
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Barriers are our core defensive mechanic.
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In addition, we have lots of bonuses conditional on having barriers.
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In order to maintain some illusion of challenge and or skill requirement to play, they make getting and keeping barrier hard for us, specifically because they’re so important and we need them. Jump through the hoops, puppet!
But for another class that doesn’t have lots of bonuses or mechanics dependent on barrier, there’s no reason to make them difficult to use. Who cares if Rogues get 200% barriers for 30 seconds, all it is for them is extra soak where for us it’s that plus a zillion additional damage and defensive effects that would be really powerful if barriers were brain dead easy to maintain.
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Give us the CANNON or take away the GLASS 
Sorcerers have so many ways of CC that you don´t need too much health at all.
I am playing with 4K life and I basically don´t die.
Use the CC in your favor.
What pit level are you clearing though? Yes you can clear T4 content but pit levels are typically capped around 80-90.
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Sorc is pretty survivable. We do jot need a survivability buff. What we need is stronger damage.
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The class enchantment system needs an overhaul. Most end-game builds seem to take teleport as the 2nd enchantment, only because slightly increased mobility is better than any of the other crappy options you could slot there.
Meanwhile, Barbarians get extra weapon slots and legendary powers, and Spiritborn class hall options are insanely powerful. I’m not sure how someone could look at the class power the enchantment mechanic gives the sorc and believe it’s on par with what other classes get from their class-specific mechanic.
No Sorc is a class cannon. But right at the moment we lack the cannon. We need dmg.
The whole playstyle of Sorc is around do lots of dmg and right barrier management if your barrier breaks you are oneshot, if you do it right you are nearly indestructible. Thats the unique style of sorc and i like it. But dmg is underwhelming now and needs a fix.
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I am locked at PIT 93. Sorcerer don´t have enough power to go ahead… at least my build.
Cant full upgrade the glyphs and can´t full upgrade the aspects as they don´t drop.