Sorcerer and Necromancer get forced into builds

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I played both of these classes. It seems very obvious on both classes that you get forced into either Ice Shards or Bone Spear.

I wanted to go Hydra on Sorcerer and Minions on Necromancer.
Both of those skills/builds deal legit 20x less damage than Ice Shards and Bone Spear.

Please fix, so I can choose my own build for €70.

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Huge patch releasing soon, possibly early this week. We may not like the game after that patch, but these things are being addressed.

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That’s nice, can’t wait to play hydra’s with some normal damage

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They nerfed hydra because it was strong in beta. You should probably manage your expectations

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If by “fix” you mean nerf the builds that actually perform worth anything.

I don’t follow “meta” stuff. I always end up making my own builds. I ended up using Ice Shards because it’s fun, suits my playstyle, and I don’t hit like a wet noodle. I’ve been having issues staying motivated as it is…if they neuter one of only two builds in the game(my necro is shadow/miasma) I actually enjoy playing I’ll likely uninstall.

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I dunno I quite like bone spirit for necro, but not really viable in the early game. More diversity would be nice though

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Necro has a few builds going that only need minor tweaks

  • Bloodsurge (buffs needed)
  • Melee Sever (buffs needed)
  • Bone spear (seems fine)
  • Bone Spirit (seems fine)
  • Minion build variations (buffs needed)
  • Other builds of course but their is variety there at least

Necro is in a position that a few buffs here and there will quickly open up options. Give Necro some more movement speed options and buff the above builds that need it and the class is in a really good position for season 1 at least.

Sorcerer on the other hand…yes, there is some real work to do!

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I also ended up using Ice Shards after trying other stuff 5-6 times over the course of leveling. I think Hydras was strong in one of the play tests, but then they nerfed it dead.

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same here… the game is already in such an unfun horrible state, if they nerf ice shards build i’m done permanently because theres nothing else going on for the sorc… i love sorc but its unplayable with anything else than ice shards (also i didn’t follow the meta build but created my own and whilst testing stuff out i noticed how ice shards as primary attack is the most fun the sorc has, nothing else is even close to being that fun)

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The issue for all classes is vulnerability, you have it and do great dps or you dont and have crappy dps. If ice shards did not proc vuln then it wouldant be the 100% fotm it currently is.

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at T4 i played at least with 3-4 different builds with sorc, so i am not sure what are you talking about. Yes, might be not as efficient, but that’s how ANY game with builds work.