"Leaked" patch notes and concerns over changes

Thanks for the info Chris can't wait to see the path notes you want to show us and I hope you are having fun in america.

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Islidox wrote:

50% increased crit chance is nothing. 50% more crit chance is something. At least far better than the "always crit" mod currently on the diamond flasks.

I agree with this. A "X% more crit chance" buff would reward players who invest in crit chance, but not give players with no investment free crits.

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vacantskies wrote:

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Islidox wrote:

50% increased crit chance is nothing. 50% more crit chance is something. At least far better than the "always crit" mod currently on the diamond flasks.

I agree with this. A "X% more crit chance" buff would reward players who invest in crit chance, but not give players with no investment free crits.

The main thing working against a flask like this is flasks should give relatively predictable effects. Even with 66.6% crit chance on your char, bc of the crit chance cap, that kind of a flask, could unluckily give you ZERO crits during its duration; popping a flask and having it do absolutely nothing for you, even if you're specced into maximizing that flask, is harsh, probably un-fun design

Possible solutions for Diamond Flasks:

1- Boost Damage/DPS (magic/physical).
2- Boost Critical Damage, not Critical Chance.
3- Boost Attack Speed/Casting Speed (I know it would make Mana/Life Cost high for some seconds).

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Chris wrote:

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KenshiD wrote:

Don't worry Chris, all I've seen from the alpha so far is amazing. The water changes might be a concern but I haven't seen them ingame and the stream isn't of highest quality.

I don't think we changed the water...

He might be referring to the new look of Mud Flats (the shallow water is noticeably bluer than before, presumably because it reflects the sky). I think it looks great, myself.

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Chris wrote:

Hi guys,

...The largest bag of M&Ms I've seen in my life was marked "Medium Bag"...

I LOL'd so hard to this statement

Thing is, the totem keystone and New CI doesnt really change anything.

Totems are used as risk free, full reward DPS.
CI is used to make defence stacking easier.

The "No DPS from player" from the new dual totem keystone = No change in current function.
The "Chaos Damage effects Energy shield" just makes players play more carefully.
It wasnt as much as a nerf, but rather "Make the builds do less dps".
Atleast that is what i read into the leaked notes.

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Piggy wrote:

Great, since CI's inception it has been my biggest balance concern and it's good to see it dealt with. As for dual totems/fork/spark I am again glad to see it dealt with - it's all any endgame player that had the right build would use because it's so absurdly powerful. Chain again was another one of those skills you see in near every build.

What? Sparks totems are used because they're safe, not because they're especially powerful. If you wanted to nerf caster power you'd nerf frozen pulse.

Also, the biggest problem with Chain is that it resets range on each chain. This pretty much allows you to clear rooms far ahead of where you actually are.

So because he's a popular streamer and gives GGG good publicity, they are completely ignoring the fact that information was leaked, whereas any other person if found doing this would be in big trouble?

Playing favorites i see...

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DarkWestern wrote:

So because he's a popular streamer and gives GGG good publicity, they are completely ignoring the fact that information was leaked, whereas any other person if found doing this would be in big trouble?

Playing favorites i see...

Lol, that is bothering you and not that he is the ONLY streamer allowed to show anything from Alpha?!