Prediction/Revelation on new unique items on Next patchs

My educated guess is that one or more of the uniques will circumvent a core game mechanic that is normally a limiting factor in build creation, in such a way as to make new overpowered builds... or just improve any current CI build.

I'm going to take a wild guess and say albino Rhoa Feathers will be in Charan's new sword recipe

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CharanJaydemyr wrote:

The Goddess Unleashed is the third form. She isn't very nice but if you let her have her way, she'll make you *ridiculously* strong...at a cost.

Early drafts had her becoming harmonious and willing, but I was like, nah, that's not her style. The struggle between wielder and weapon ends a different way if the weapon has a mind of its own.

Sounds like Righteous Fire - Melee edition (probably something low-life related too).

Finally got my hands on Goddess Bound for 2 chaos, I'm wondering now how your new sword would work with cloak of flame. It has that +30% fire damage bonus which would just be 30% more damage since all your damage is fire and the longer burn duration so long burning faster as well as an extra 10% ignition chance, I look forward to pairing those items to see the result. Expecting a magnificent inferno.

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Novalisk wrote:

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CharanJaydemyr wrote:

The Goddess Unleashed is the third form. She isn't very nice but if you let her have her way, she'll make you *ridiculously* strong...at a cost.

Early drafts had her becoming harmonious and willing, but I was like, nah, that's not her style. The struggle between wielder and weapon ends a different way if the weapon has a mind of its own.

Sounds like Righteous Fire - Melee edition (probably something low-life related too).

This is called searing bond

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liquidslime wrote:

Finally got my hands on Goddess Bound for 2 chaos, I'm wondering now how your new sword would work with cloak of flame. It has that +30% fire damage bonus which would just be 30% more damage since all your damage is fire and the longer burn duration so long burning faster as well as an extra 10% ignition chance, I look forward to pairing those items to see the result. Expecting a magnificent inferno.

It doesn't have a 30% fire damage bonus, it's increased ignite duration and increased ignite chance which makes keeping burn up much easier if you have very little attack speed/crit chance/change to ignite.

The downside of course is having no armour or life (the 20% physical->fire conversion doesn't make up for that).

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Novalisk wrote:

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liquidslime wrote:

Finally got my hands on Goddess Bound for 2 chaos, I'm wondering now how your new sword would work with cloak of flame. It has that +30% fire damage bonus which would just be 30% more damage since all your damage is fire and the longer burn duration so long burning faster as well as an extra 10% ignition chance, I look forward to pairing those items to see the result. Expecting a magnificent inferno.

It doesn't have a 30% fire damage bonus, it's increased ignite duration and increased ignite chance which makes keeping burn up much easier if you have very little attack speed/crit chance/change to ignite.

The downside of course is having no armour or life (the 20% physical->fire conversion doesn't make up for that).

Ah, I must have misread, thanks for that, might have to rethink using it then. I was darting back and forth between the infernal mantle and the cloak and flames and they must have blended together.

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Mark_GGG wrote:

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CharanJaydemyr wrote:

Wouldn't the last line of the item cancel the SB damage?

Not yet, no. Because it's degen/DoT, rather than actual damage, and damage modifiers can't apply to those.
We are working on that, but there are systems decisions that need to be made before the implementation can start.

Make More Skills!

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Novalisk wrote:

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liquidslime wrote:

Finally got my hands on Goddess Bound for 2 chaos, I'm wondering now how your new sword would work with cloak of flame. It has that +30% fire damage bonus which would just be 30% more damage since all your damage is fire and the longer burn duration so long burning faster as well as an extra 10% ignition chance, I look forward to pairing those items to see the result. Expecting a magnificent inferno.

It doesn't have a 30% fire damage bonus, it's increased ignite duration and increased ignite chance which makes keeping burn up much easier if you have very little attack speed/crit chance/change to ignite.

The downside of course is having no armour or life (the 20% physical->fire conversion doesn't make up for that).

If you're got 75% fire res, it's a pseudo 15% damage reduction, which is definitely useful. Additionally, if you run Arctic Armour then both the phys damage taken and fire damage taken get reduced separately. If you have Armour on other gear it's really powerful.

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Alfabetica wrote:

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Novalisk wrote:

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liquidslime wrote:

Finally got my hands on Goddess Bound for 2 chaos, I'm wondering now how your new sword would work with cloak of flame. It has that +30% fire damage bonus which would just be 30% more damage since all your damage is fire and the longer burn duration so long burning faster as well as an extra 10% ignition chance, I look forward to pairing those items to see the result. Expecting a magnificent inferno.

It doesn't have a 30% fire damage bonus, it's increased ignite duration and increased ignite chance which makes keeping burn up much easier if you have very little attack speed/crit chance/change to ignite.

The downside of course is having no armour or life (the 20% physical->fire conversion doesn't make up for that).

If you're got 75% fire res, it's a pseudo 15% damage reduction, which is definitely useful. Additionally, if you run Arctic Armour then both the phys damage taken and fire damage taken get reduced separately. If you have Armour on other gear it's really powerful.

I specifically stated that the conversion doesn't make up for it, I never said it isn't useful.

Thing is that you're already giving up a shield slot with this sword. If you give up the chest piece as well, not only are you losing out on a trememndous amount of armour (since most armour is gotten from the shield and chestpiece), you're also losing out on two life rolls.

Even if you get Grace+Determination+Iron Reflexes it doesn't make up for the health and armour loss. For a ranged attacker that amount of armour would be fine. But this is a melee build.

As for Arctic Armour, you pretty much have to get Eldritch Battery to make it work, which is both skill point and gear intensive since you want some ES.