LVL 55 expansion on the test server !

But it has the damage of a normal 2H, so all the rangers who cried about not having a true 2H weapon can shut up when they realize the issues that SWs already faced when trying to have good crit/crit damage with their 2H builds.

 

Thats the problem with some parts of this community, they don't know when to shut it. They cry out for things without thinking the through and at the end when dso finally reads what we say they make things worse.

 

Agreed. Rangers were always unique in that their DPS builds had to be build around crit and crit damage. Now they'll be just like everyone else and they'll use the exact same builds. Everything that made them unique will be washed away. Personally, I'm betting that the more seasoned RA's will quickly be able to see the advantage of their existing builds and will stay with the long bow/quiver meta for ultimate DPS.

 

Well if they at least let us start the way we are and adjust our rangers is all good
Better than what happened when Lortac started.
We will have a chance to adapt !

 

Yup, yup and from what I understand I will be able to move the 3x 8% cd gems from DDH to the new slots opening 3 regular gem slots

Luck be with ye,
Mikey,
Tegan

 

To be fair, most of us "crying rangers" asked for a review on some of our skills, and specially concentration management, not for more damage. But I personally think that at first, fresh, having a crappy 2H with a little dmg to boost up (considering the % weapon dmg and % dmg from knowledge tree will have a more noticable effect on 2h) is more beneficial than having a crappy longbow and a crappy quiver. At endgame nothing changes (apart from the whole game with this new expansion, ok), crafted longbows and quiver still rule. In bosses we'll still have the same problems as before - both with 2H and 1H.

 

Are they EDIT serious.... Do they really expect us to pay TWICE to get top stones... Lets say you have now 30 royals... Now how EDIT much that costs to change/convert. EDIT if that'll will be the case....so long

 

I don't understand the core system from Parallels...clarification needed...
If I have a t3 set, how can I upgrade it to t4, is it even possible, and what core to use...
And if I understand correctly, it is possible to craft uniques with legends and get a transfer of lines from legs to uniques, and the result is what, a leg, a unique...?
BTW, is there a guide for the new expansion (what is new, how it works) in the works? (this is for any staff member that reads this)
Having 0 information a week before this major upgrade is... dissapointing.
Thanks for the info.

 

I hope BP will provide a good instruction all the new stuff atleast in the patch notes. If not, we all depend on traki

 

WARNING! ASSUMPTIONS AND SUPPOSITIONS MADE HERE!
From a short video I saw regarding the expansion uniques, I saw on the presented uniques a golden line. I imagine that this gold line is a "unique enchantment" permanently attached to the unique item.
I would imagine the transfer of legendary into uniques leads to some super uniques for which you control the regular enchantment lines the unique would have by replacing them with specifically crafted unique lines. The "unique enchantment" would remain on the unique.
I am really excited to see if Grimmag's Starry Robe +mana bonus would be turned into a unique enchantment. Then it would make it a really really good unique item to transfer to it +% damage lines, turning it into a good torso (benefiting both damage and mana).

If this is the case, and my assumption is correct, I'm curious what happens to already existing uniques - though seeing how in this situations they most often lead items as they are, it might be that old items will not benefit from this new feature.

Another potential advantage to this approach (if it is as I imagine it) would be regarding set items, specifically set bonuses. If you retain the set uniques but change their enchantments, you get the benefit of both crafted legendaries and set bonuses. I really enjoy the dunes of desolation bonus for both damage and critical hit rate for example, but the enchantment lines themselves are kind of yucky. I can see then set items being good subject to this transfer.

Excited to see if this supposition is correct, but if it is, it turns end builds into a monster that requires TONS of crafting (which is already slow and painful) PLUS getting all the uniques you need. But the potential builds this approach brings is... amazing. Remains to be seen how the meta will turn out though, because it's highly likely that one "best" build will arise in time, especially after theoreticians are done doing number crunching. It also makes introduction of new uniques really painful, especially after you already transferred your slowly crafted yet powerful item into a unique (which I suspect after the transfer will be "gone").

Pros and cons... Looking forward to experimenting with this!

 

ok in the next 5 days i will be able to combine my sapphyres and get the 4th sacred one. However... How can i know if in the mystic cubes i am stockpiling and waiting to open until 55 there are unuseful sapphyres? or will i find the new gems inside there?

 

If they keep the cube mechanics the same, the item you get doesn't get selected until you click it. So you would just get whatever is in the table at level 55, which presumably is sapphire free

 

Just to be sure to understand: you mean to say that any kind of item, such as boots or shoulders, may hold a greater variety of bonuses, and this makes almost impossible to get the one you hope for? If so, it is a big problem: even the possibility to retrieve a pair of items after an unsatisfactory result would be an almost negligible advantage, due the huge number of attempts requested.

Or, what is the reason that makes you define the new crafting how a mission impossible?

 

2h bows should have same stat like any other characters 2h weapons

 

Imagine Rangers using 2handed bow without shield nor quiver, and their hp is lower than other class (DKs, Dwarfs), they don't have enough skill to stun enemy like Sws .

 

You have nothing man
Our sets will remain old and obsolete ... we will have to farm for them again
Isn't that great?
I love being tortured

SWs and DKs have crowd control ... you have nothing
You can't even stun the opponent.
Good luck using your crossbow

EDIT:
When I say "you" ... I mean rangers

You have 3+ random base stats to start with + enchantments + other stats ... in one item.

 

ha ha ha ha

So all sets thrash, can't combine to new whatsoever.
What about the crafted legendaries, or blue/pink/leg gear that have good lines, cannot be combined with new blue/pink/leg gear?
Man I want my million gold back!

 

I think you can use them for unique to unique craft ... and for leg to unique transfer

I still need to test everything... I have no gear whatsoever so I can start crafting. I am still level 51 ... craft begins atlevel 55 when you have access to Infernal PW where you can get those cores.

Anyway ... I am creating wiki contents slowly ...

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Thank you for the info, I'll keep my eye out.

 

I have questions.
Do you have a test server initialization date?