Gonna say this first a lot of classes need love but I’m more focused on Sorc here.
Id like to start with spells like Charge Bolt I’m not the type to say we just need to copy D2 etc. I’m all for moving forward and not always looking back at the past because not every Diablo needs to be D2 remastered. Though the way it worked in D2 was great why change that formula for this weaker version? The uniformed charge wave going across the screen felt good and every time you put more into the ability you got more bolts added to the wave. The Charged Bolt ability is by far the most underused Core Skill and for good reason it’s too random making it completely unreliable especially for how mana hungry it is.
Then you have new abilities like Ice Shards which was great at launch - S2. But that got nerfed into the ground and hasn’t seen any real play since. Its by far one of the best additions to the Diablo Sorc toolkit and needs love. I feel like just like Charge Bolts of the past it needs extra shards fired when you put more into the skill. This may not be a fix all but It couldn’t hurt to try.
Also abilities like Incinerate and Blizzard or to be honest DOTs in general need so much love they are practically useless at this point. I can’t think of a single DOT build that holds it’s own even from other classes. I understand that not all builds are going to be S tier but that is no excuse to leave all of the weaker abilities in the game weak.
I love the idea of having abilities like Blizzard spawn off Ice Spikes or Meteors spawn Meteorites but bonus tools shouldn’t be the reason those spells actually DO damage. By forcing that it only makes those abilities even more useless early game. Just look at Whirlwind Barb and the Nados. The Nados are not bad but WW by itself is god awful. Making additions like Size Increase to the Temper system for Blizzard or WW absolutely useless.
I enjoy the game but I just wish my favorite class wasn’t so wonky all the time. Alright I’m done with my yapathon just had to say my peace somewhere. Id like to hear everyone else’s opinions instead of the usual D4 bad I get from ultra PoE fans.