So D2 had vampire powers too? Wow where do I get that version of the game?
And we didn’t need crybabies for the devs to know what improvements were needed. Unfortunately they were forced to release the game early and couldn’t add every last detail, on top of their stupid sexual harassment lawsuits and staff problems.
My guy… using the claw ability puts you into WW and will keep you there as you continue spamming it. Which you will be. You still change forms with Mad Wolfs Glee when you use a non WW ability. It just passively keeps you in WW form, a lot of the Crone builds don’t even call for this item. It’s a great unique though.
No. You’re not getting +4 rolls to 4 different abilities on a single Helm. One it’s not possible and Two Shako gives +4 to everything including skills you never invested a point into, and it’s part of the UNIQUE ability and not a stat roll slot. You must be on something to think Shako is not good. I have one on HC and it’s a godsend. The amount of survivability with DR wrapped in and the +4 to everything is pretty nutty.
I’m not sure what your angle is here, but a lot of the uniques are pretty relevant. Sure they could be better. Sure some have 1 or to non ideal stats but a lot of them… solid.
And trust me I’m no simp for this game, I consistently am harsh on this game but this argument is wild to me.
If they are as useless as you say then make a unique right now for the chat and tell us what would be good, I’m curious to see the item you would come up with. Any slot - create something. You have to have an idea already.
Lol! You think rehashing item stats, putting them on a board, and labeling them differently, makes them special?
Really? Then why did their entire demeanor change once everyone left and the forum became nothing but negative feedback? Before that, the campfires consisted of ridiculous jokes and pats on the back. Immediately after, they openly admitted the game sucked and promised to change it.
If people don’t complain, nothing changes for the better. That’s the way this works. Especially since their devs don’t actually know how to identify what makes an ARPG fun.
I’m sure the timeline became a problem as they kept losing employees, but they also replaced those employees with devs who have no ARPG experience. In fact, many of them don’t have any video game development experience at all.
I’m not concerned with why the game is in its current state, rather, I’m detailing what’s wrong with its current state. It’s up to Blizzard to actually fix it.
It’s obvious they hired a bunch of kids who would do as they were told and didn’t do it very well anyway.
So like any job in the history of jobs.
You do as you’re told, or you’re fired. I wouldn’t blame the developers as much as you should blame upper management and their direction.
Well of course. I doubt the devs had much input into hiring
if they are rarer, i dont see any reason for them not to be BiS
the problem is, with this lame a$$ target farm/uber boss system, they are no longer that rare
finding a great ring with 3/4 of the right stats is much harder for example, with exception of uber uniques ofc
itemization rn is basically upside down
Uniques don’t always have to be BIS. What makes them special is their ability to be fun to use and inspire creative, ever-changing builds. I’m really enjoying this season’s unique items for precisely that reason!
I would advice ppl who talk the uber uniques down, just to use their normal boring casual average items and see what they can do in the new grifts.
Others go with shako and doombringer (with much less damage) and try the new grifts too.
I think that the ubers are about where uniques should be…And they should be rarer…While the uber uniques should be WAY cooler and about as rare as they are now. As it stands I am kinda meh whenever one of the uniques drops and I agree…we need better. Blizz…make us proud. Do your slow but steady game thing you always do (I almost liked D3 after much toil/ D2 got better and better/ D1 as well) and work on this…
pretty sure mothers embrace triggers off free casts from core skills. Seems that way anyways. Putting chain lightning on enchant and having it cast after spending 83 mana really seems like it’s proccing the refund. Am i tripping?
This is correct. Another reason ME is better than RoSS.
Yeah, I’ve struggled with this thought quite a bit. I’ve always figured the devs probably have a ton of great ideas and would make the game amazing with full creative freedom. However, to hear them speak on it, isn’t confidence inspiring at all. And honestly, after seeing them play, it really made me think they just aren’t Diablo players at all.
Looks like it should be combined with either Temerity or Soulbrand, or anything that gives Barrier/Fortify and also combined with Edgemaster’s aspect for max. impact 
Yes, it requires quite the investment but as an item by itself has quite an upside and is good. My problem with it is not having movement speed or DR of any sorts (prefer getting some defense on amus tbh), but it is fine based on what it does… 
Kinda agreed with this one. Looks really good on paper but it’s not an immediately-usable, it’s more like a “win more” button. It can’t work without RCR baseline but if you have it then yeah, gets a lot better. I’d imagine this goes like really really well combined with CC-based build and Umbral
The difference between this and Mother’s Embrace is this can work with non-Core skills, whilst ME works for Core-skills explicitly. Which don’t get me wrong - think both can be improved in a way that ME won’t work just for Core skills but Mastery as well and RoSS needs to drop the Crits and give something that goes more in synergy with it’s Unique power (like LH% chance to generate Resource for ex.)
Something tells me they intended this for Channelling skills like Whirlwind or Incinerate & such
It’s actually well thought-out one. It doesn’t only give you LS, but also gives attack speed which goes on par with the LS%
The other part of the equation is all the poison-based stuff which seems also thematically fitting tbh
Perhaps not for every class but I’d imagine for Rogue and Druid the poison nova would work like a charm
TLDR ? - I actually think they did a decent job with the Uniques (for the most part). However - there is a trend for more Class-specific (not just class-specific but even single-skill Uniques) Uniques lately which IMO seems a bit step backwards tbh
There’s always going to be BiS so to me it’s a whatever burger. Might as well make uniques a cut above the rest.
Man, we don’t agree on everything, but thanks for the thoughtful post.
This is a good point. And as long as uniques are the most sought after items, at least we have something to hunt for.