Originally posted this in the Console Forum but this seems the appropriate place.
So just relaying my experience so far with the new Season.
I knew Bash Barb was getting a nerf…I purposely farmed lots of mats on Eternal to have in case he needed to be changed.
For context he is typical Bash Barb with Shako everything masterworked 12/12. Season 4 he could speed farm pit 105s all day.
Logged in and tried a pit 101 for fun and he could not even finish it. Literally the health bars of the mobs and then the pit boss were not moving anywhere near like they used to. I think the nerf bat swung pretty hard obviously. Not hear to argue if good or bad just telling it like it is. You would think with Pit 200s being the end game they would still want all classes to at least finish a pit 101 when fully masterworked.
So I went to work getting the new tempers. Friend of mine and I did tormented Grigoire. Died the first time (shocked!). Managed to kill him the next time and bam the Grandfather dropped! I had told myself I would go the crit route if this happened.
So fully masterworked GF (525% Damage) and redid all my tempers from damage to close to crit. Rocking 5100% crit damage now with 70% crit chance.
Slightly better but not anywhere NEAR what he was in Season 4. Now my hope is this new Shard of Veratheil can close the gap. If not, I suspect this character is as bricked as several of my items in Season 4 were.
Please share any tips you might have. Thanks!
UPDATE:
So I added the Shard and redid affixes as you cannot use the Shard if you have no frenzy…lol. Also added the Ring of the Starless Skies.
I can now do Pit 101s…not on speed farm. Speed farm is now down to around Pit 90.
Still looking for any tips others have.