So after playing around with devourer I found that I struggle to get off more than 1 - 2 collapsing star in a single meta.
In pvp I can hardly get off 1, in delves as solo I can usually get off 1 but even that is a struggle.
Is there some sort of trick to getting off more than 1-2 stars? Or is that the typical amount because it seems like I am supposed to be getting off like 3-5 in a meta. I have been taking the talents and stuff that support meta and such but it is just a case where I need to get more haste (aka gear issue)?
Or is this something that will be easier come Midnight?
Or is there a certain ‘rotation’ that I should be trying to stick to during meta to make it last longer?
You get a free one with Apex talents in Midnight, so that will help, but in PVE you should be able to get 2-3. Be sure to have a stack of souls when you enter void meta and use Reap to gather souls, despite what some of these monkeys say.
One trick is to make sure you have 10 souls linger on the ground before you cast meta. That way you can go into meta, hit “Cull” and get those 10 souls.
What I do, and who knows if it’s right, is as follows:
Get my max souls to get into meta (35 or 50 depending on talents)
Then get 10 extra souls
Void Ray to get Eradicate
Meta
Hit Eradicate (get 10-11 souls)
Void ray
Hit Eradicate (usually end up with 15-17 souls total now)
Cast instant Devourer (due to PvP talent)
Then Cull to collect 6+ souls.
Usually you are close to your first Collapsing star at that time. I can almost always get 2 collapsing stars off in PvP or even 3 if people aren’t dying too quickly and I can spam Devour / Void Ray / Eradicate. I always try to use Cull / Eradicate after Void Ray so you pick up extra souls via Moment of Craving.
Right now it’s not even worth it in PvP imo.
As Glassduck outlined, it’s possible to do with pre building souls and eradicate procs. I tried it a bit last night, it’s possible to get off 2-3 per meta in PvP, but even if you pull it off it just doesn’t hit hard enough to be worth it from what I saw. You’re better off just spamming reap/consume and eye beaming for eradicates as much as possible in meta, it just does more damage than star right now.
I’m assuming, hoping, that will be different at 90 with end game tuning and apex talents. With how central it seems to the spec design it’d be a shame if it’s not worth it.
Pvp wise, at 90 on brts you can get them fairly easily. But til then it is jsut a mid button.
I like the caster build and have been getting 3 per meta. Sometimes I get 4 during lust.
Once you hit 90, the final apex goes a long way to make it more fun.
They decided to design the spec so if are not at max level it doesnt feel right playing it because you need apex talents