Once again I find myself wishing I hadn’t pre-ordered a Blizzard product and I think this will finally teach me the lesson I should have learned long ago. Once again after just a few hours of a new season, the “underwhelm” is so strong that I’d rather post on the forums than actually level my character.
I’m a sorc main, every season. I don’t like melee gameplay, so it’s only been sorc, rogue, and a little bit of necro so far in D4. And man, D4 sorc is the least fun wizard/mage type class I’ve ever played in any RPG of any sort.
I really wish they would have devoted the time and energy this new class got (that nobody asked for) toward improving the classes they already have, especially Sorc.
Once again, all the top 5-7 sorc builds are relying heavily on cheesing Conjuration Mastery. Every single build takes Teleport. Every single build takes Flame Shield AND Ice Armor. Can we have something new please? Sorry, the new skill, Familiar, is pretty underwhelming. Another cooldown skill. Another Conjuration skill. Boring.
The Chain Lightning build still requires insane mana management and very specific item rolls. Lightning Spear is once again the top build for sorc… we just had that last season. Can we mix things up a bit?
I’m afraid the aspects of D4 Sorc gameplay I don’t like are so deeply embedded in the DNA of this game that I should probably just give up hope of actually being excited to play. I’m convinced the Sorc team on D4 never played D2 Sorc or even D3 Wizard.
The end.