09-14-2012, 08:42 PM
(09-14-2012, 06:42 PM)Archon_Wing Wrote: Monster power and the uber bosses sound like what people need for an endgame.
The defensive bonus changes looks completely awful though; it feels like unneeded tinkering just for the sake of tinkering:
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/6...age=15#292
I don't see any problem with the defensive changes. Everything they have mentioned with this preview seems to be what is needed to balance out the end game.
By lowering the damage output of enemies in conjunction with lowering the overall power of defensive cooldowns you open up build diversity throughout Inferno (as it stands now). My read is that this is a major step away from their release mentality that Inferno is "ZOMG destroy your face every step". I think after 1.05 pretty much anyone will be able to play through Inferno and 'finish' the game (this has been a high point of contention with a lot of people) and that instead of hearing stuff like "I can farm act 2 with no problem but I die all the time in act 3" you will hear stuff like "I can farm Monster 3 pretty well but can't do Monster 4 yet".
What you will end up seeing is that for entry Inferno the defensive skills are less mandatory and it feels like less of a brick wall in places but as you move up the Monster # ladder the defensive skills will still remain fairly attractive. Overall this will just smooth out the progression and difficulty curve.