So far every time this “amazing” set bonus has activated for me it’s done nothing.
I think it killed a critter for me once.
It’s like a wet fart, when it does happen it’s always at the worst time because there is never a good time for one of those.
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For all you know that critter was plotting your demise. BoK saved you!
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It’s underwhelming because dings tend to happen at quest turn ins anyways.
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Just wait until it aggros all the guards in a neutral town because you hit an NPC with it and it gets you killed.
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Plus, the proc only lasts … two minutes, maybe? Like really what can you beneficially do in 2 mins besides turn in quests? 
It really is underwhelming and deserves a buff - at least make it have a 5 minute duration.
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Had this happen in war mode yesterday.
At first I was aggravated, but then I just started laughing about it and logged off.
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I tried to warn everyone about that back when these bonuses were still “placeholders” when they announced the bonuses.
I had it take out a group of 4 mobs that were half dead in a single blast. I’d just finished killing the first two when it went off.
I wouldn’t call that a “wet fart”. More like a full blast fart.
It happened to me on the PTR. I had the same reaction as you. At first I had no idea what got me killed until I checked the combat log and saw. Then I started laughing in disbelief. I’m pretty sure I submitted it as a bug but it wasn’t changed so I guess it’s intended? 
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Well it is extended by killing mobs, but even then I don’t care about it. Leveling is so easy these days that the bonus you get is not something I think about.
It’s so bad. Usually you see it pop when you hand in quests.
i feel like Burst of Knowledge was added by somebody from the Diablo 3 team without understanding why it works in that game, and not in this one
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It usually happens when I am turning in a quest, or picking up a quest, kind of pointless. It also doesn’t last long enough for me to finish reading the next quest, and get to the first mob kill. I think it’s only dinged once when I was actually fighting something.
Maybe the XP% bonus was too high for the new level squish, but I would be happy with a 2% XP bonus on the items rather then this pointless thing they have now.
With or without lumps?
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You mean like… water coming out when you fart?
gross
This is objectively wrong.
Saved my butt out questing a couple times, worth.
hmmm this thread seems pretty clueless… it gives you a 40% stat proc which lets you kill things considerably faster. Everytime I get this, if I’m around mobs I’ll aggro a bunch and then aoe them down because of the buff, basically like a free quest worth of kills.
Burst of Knowledge: Thinking about those beans.
It’s pretty clear the set bonus effect was thrown together with great haste. They could have made something fun for once… but fun is not allowed.
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