Stop being so obtuse…
Dude this team just doesn’t think things through some times it’d be funny if it wasn’t so sad.
Specifically with regards to Victimize - the stream just showed the % increase, which myself and others (most notably out resident Rogue guru Wudijo) were face palming over.
But the patch notes say it now activates much more frequently. So GOOD, they actually did address the core problem for once, they just omitted it from the stream slides and gave everyone a bad initial impression.
Is it the end of the world? No, but it’s little details like this that scream lack of effort/polish.
Overall these are very good balance changes, but nothing in this update fixes any of major issues and if the PTR preview doesn’t impress S7 might just be dead on arrival.
I don’t think I’ll ever be able to wrap my head around how consistently these guys drop the ball and I’m not trying to be a jerk here but gotta call a spade a spade.
This is not a good look after two major overhauls in the last 2 seasons and the launch of the first expansion.
EDIT: Oh and can’t forget that PoE 2 is around the corner. Clock’s ticking guys.
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So no changes to crafting materials or legendary drop rates?
No real buffs to other classes? WTF
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I’m so glad I built my WW Barb around the idea that 300% beserking is the cap for Blood Rage. Now I get to refarm all my 2-3 GA items and redo my entire build around the new cap of 450% beserking damage.
They sure respected “my time” like they respected Spiritborn’s.
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Define “real buffs” because there were quite a few substantial updates in there.
Sad to see the notes…
No buffs to necro minions… no even a small one…
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That’s fine. The general public isn’t even aware that it has an internal cooldown. Don’t get me wrong, I was just as excited for the Victimize change too.
Victimize Barrage will definitely shine, but right now I’m running Victimize Dance of Knives and Penetrating Shot. It’s taken me to Pit 90, so let’s see if the changes can push me to 100.
Varyana’s WW is stronger than our actual characters WW…
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I built my first SB today. Found my Rod of K around 52 and everything was trivialized. I was running around slaughtering everything. No challenge. Lost all interest. Back to druid.
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Don’t argue with that guy, he enjoys trolling anyone who doesn’t agree with the current state of d4.
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The word count is indeed quite large.
The content lacks any attractive content.
Deep Pit 101+, there is a 70% chance that upgrading the carved text is actually a bug.
A genius like designer.
This patch is meaningless and it proves how lazy Blizz’s devs are. No effort, no idea, I doubt they really played the game they dev.
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Tumbleweeds are already starting to blow thru cities now!
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It’s not meaningless at all. It’s a S7 balance patch being sold to us as a midseason balance patch. But we all know that if the Spiritborn is left like it is, and Ancestrals are left like it is and the paragon XP curve is left like it is, then the token buffs to the other classes makes no sense as a midseason patch. They do make sense as the S7 balance patch, though.
The truth is, there really wasn’t much to S6 as it was really just the expansion, but that isn’t really a new thing, either. It’s not that the devs are lazy, it’s that this game has been screwed up so badly (and continues to be) that they have to continually use seasonal development time to fix the game. So instead of this live service, season based game getting the beefy sort of seasonal content other games get, we get patches that re-tread the same ground over and over again.
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Sorc changes are underwhelming
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I said that a few days ago. Can’t believe I was right. 
That’s because they added 50 pit levels last minute.
I hope you’re right.
If you ever play DoT build like Firebolt sorc before, +Dot damage is the best affix. It will instantly increase the skill damage of the DoT. Just get gear with +DoT and hover your mouse over your skill’s tool tip. Check the new base damage and find the big jump of the number.
I got a 4 GA Shattered Vow, hope this change apply to existing gear. It works on all DoT build as long you can use polearm.
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Absolute waste of time - there is nothing for me in this patch - I will still be clearly trash in seconds - and then standing there for 10 mins tickling the boss.
As for buffing SB - I can only hope they think it’s April 1st - it’s beyond a joke!
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Ice shards was the first thing I tried back in pre-season. My first ever build. This change… yes. It was insulting and completely out of touch.
-In voice chat, clan mates (knowing I am a sorc player at heart) were like, you must be happy with this??
They are all still somehow enjoying SpiritChad so I just kinda… “yeah, so cool”.
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