07-08-2013, 03:27 PM
Good post. Of course, this being the Internet, I feel entitled to nitpick.
First off, congratulations on reaching Paragon 100! Very nice work.
I agree with your assessment regarding Life Steal. Getting a bunch of Life on Hit is possible, but difficult. And even then, it doesn't always save you because you have to be hitting something-not kiting. I also agree with the fact that DH needs some kind of "effective" DPS buff. Not sure how to accomplish that, but it can probably be done with some skill tweaks.
I think the biggest issue with Plagued is that you can't tell if/when you are standing in more than one pool. Maybe if they eliminated the ability for pools to stack, or gave some kind of indicator like they do with Desecrator, it would be a little more balanced. Nightmarish should not proc via ranged attacks, like Electrified or Mortar-it should be limited to direct physical attacks (or direct ranged magical).
Having said this, I'm somewhat worried that if these mechanics were not in the game, character death would be too rare. I would probably settle for a trade-off of fixing the insta-death mechanics and lowering the life leech possibilities.
I'm actually OK with the build variety at this point. Barbs have at least 2, wizards have a couple, monks at least 2, and multiple varieties for the witch doctor. (Zero for the DH.) That's pretty good, really, when you consider how quickly strategies get shared these days. I'm hoping with the new itemization a few more get added; that's obviously not going to occur until 2014.
Blizzard has pretty much admitted it doesn't like what the AH did to D3; they just don't have a good solution now that Pandora's Box has been opened. I suppose they'll have a chance to adjust this with the expansion. But executing it? I think it will be very difficult.
My opinion is the game is in a good place now, but since I've always disagreed with the title of this thread, best take that point of view with a large grain of salt.
First off, congratulations on reaching Paragon 100! Very nice work.
I agree with your assessment regarding Life Steal. Getting a bunch of Life on Hit is possible, but difficult. And even then, it doesn't always save you because you have to be hitting something-not kiting. I also agree with the fact that DH needs some kind of "effective" DPS buff. Not sure how to accomplish that, but it can probably be done with some skill tweaks.
I think the biggest issue with Plagued is that you can't tell if/when you are standing in more than one pool. Maybe if they eliminated the ability for pools to stack, or gave some kind of indicator like they do with Desecrator, it would be a little more balanced. Nightmarish should not proc via ranged attacks, like Electrified or Mortar-it should be limited to direct physical attacks (or direct ranged magical).
Having said this, I'm somewhat worried that if these mechanics were not in the game, character death would be too rare. I would probably settle for a trade-off of fixing the insta-death mechanics and lowering the life leech possibilities.
I'm actually OK with the build variety at this point. Barbs have at least 2, wizards have a couple, monks at least 2, and multiple varieties for the witch doctor. (Zero for the DH.) That's pretty good, really, when you consider how quickly strategies get shared these days. I'm hoping with the new itemization a few more get added; that's obviously not going to occur until 2014.
Blizzard has pretty much admitted it doesn't like what the AH did to D3; they just don't have a good solution now that Pandora's Box has been opened. I suppose they'll have a chance to adjust this with the expansion. But executing it? I think it will be very difficult.
My opinion is the game is in a good place now, but since I've always disagreed with the title of this thread, best take that point of view with a large grain of salt.