With great dismay the devs decided not to give the new set a permanent defence on wearing a four piece which to me is a disgusting decision especially for a new set regardless of how they wanted it to be played. Are the devs going to phenomenally increase the mob density in the games on all maps for all difficulties & modes including rifts & grifts? I thought not as it would immediately cause lag and graphic degeneration. So it is now a mission in and of itself just to keep defence up.
Disgusting decision but I do appreciate the concept of new sets just not making a tank class squishy. Give us permanent damage mitigation on something but if this is not on the set then you are steering the community down a very narrow path for build type!
Is it a learn to play issue? Take a look at the leaderboard builds (look at hero details).
You get 50 stacks of fists of heaven, perma Prophet, Stone gauntlets in cube, diamonds in armor, you can even go with esoteric and/or other mitigation gems, Holy Cause passive… iron skin… one of the healing or protection laws…
Only Invoker set is quite tanky. Other Crusader sets are very squishy (Akkhan, Hammerdin etc). This new set should be the same and thankfully Blizzard make this new set also squishy (thank god). I don’t like that they buff new set. It should get nerfed and 6 piece should buff dmg only by 10 000% and not by 20 000%.
I played before posting. Problem as aforementioned: it does play better with damage boost but you do not get permanent 50 stacks, there are areas of no spawns and between floor levels it also drops off. Also it is slow devs should put a movement speed buff in there too.
It’s not that I have answers for everything. I will say that 5 seconds for the stacks to fall off is not that bad. If you have long loading times when going from one level to another it’s a problem (like I had when I played on a laptop years ago) but you can attack from quite a long distance and keep the stacks up or build them up again fast (especially with pig sticker and the fissure rune). It is a walking build mostly, apart from a few speed bursts from Iron skin flash and from speed pylons with flavor of time so some maps will be tedious. On the other hand it’s a build where you don’t have to be constantly rushing from elite pack to elite pack or fleing from danger.
It would be so much better for everyone if it had permanent defence buff. Blizzard hosting company has major lags so it should not have a timer on sets. Simple fix REMOVE the timer just make it permeant it is a game ergo meant to be fun NOT stress inducing. Someone doing G150 means nothing as it is a pro most likely with over 10k paragon and perfect area of the World for reliable server connection all things that the average joe does not have.
For example I only just managed a grift 105 was a four man but everybody bailed & then new players camping in town & to make things worse the map as per usual was empty and long corridors & caves one elite or champ per level & of course you have no sprint option with the build so it is a problem for people like myself that do not want to abandon games to try again hoping for better maps. This is NO1 BS we need a movement speed buff and permanent defence!
You can also watch Bluddshed’s video on youtube (called: Aegis of Valor Push Build Guide Diablo 3 Patch 2.6.7 Season 19). You don’t need CDR on all possible pieces, the Zodiac ring helps a lot and Gogok even more. Bane of the Trapped should be used but you can use another gem instead of Pain enhancer for less squishiness.
tnx for your reply but nope that is not what I was referring to keeping in context of the subject it was pertaining to the hit timer for keeping up the defence from 4 piece passive. Also if you are using Crimsons then you must have cdr on everything possible as it adds to overall damage and resource cost reduction adds to overall defence. Maintaining Ahkarats is np for me.
So the sooner blizzard changes all set timers to permeant the better as this is easier to achieve then ascertaining that all maps have large mobs and elites throughout the map or they stop using tunnels etc and just stick to open area maps littered with spawn and then there is the server lag this will create and do not forget the current bugs and lags already on the server so my suggestion is the most logical and easiest to implement and is fair to ALL users in ALL countries who might not be able to afford 100 mbs connection or $5,000 gaming pc.
I find it appalling that other human beings can be so selfish just because they are not affected by the trials and tribulations that others suffer and are forced to endure. That they have no empathy & wish for the status quo to be maintained just because it suits them. Such a shame!
Well it’s a strange tone you write in but I’ll answer you politely anyway.
The four piece bonus is 10 seconds! That’s an eternity in a game like D3. If you use fissure it stacks almost immediately and it’s easy to keep up. If you have a problem with the stacks you’re doing something wrong.
Having CDR in connection with Crimson… one thing is the ideal stats but one can easily make do without ideal stats. If you look at the leaderboard you’ll see players doing high GRs with lots of different combinations and stats.
10s is not enough time in a game like diablo 3 due to server inconsistencies lags drops etc so just make the def buff permanent.
I could just ignore all of the information like you do with me but I am not trolling you the fact that you chose not to address differences in connection speeds hardware and battlenets own server issues is rude as the only intelligent reply then would be to concur with me but of course you cannot do that mate hey
I enjoy a bit of a challenge but I also enjoy a chill build which is why I never used bazooka much because I always had to be sat upright because I do not cheat and use macros & losing def with lag or between floors is entirely unnecessary when all that needs be done is remove the timer and make it a permanent feature.
I am aware of the varying itemization stats on the leader board but is not relevant as I clearly referred to the best option of course you make do I have been lucky personally in regards to half decent stats but no ancients items yet.
Look buddy I mean no disrespect & appreciate you trying to help but it changes nothing for me the only thing that can do that is a minor modification to the set and we all know what that is: make the defence permanent
