{3.2.0} Spectral Gods: [Life Based Spectre/Golem Hybrid Summoner | Clear Speed | End Game Bossing]

Ah well, we had a good run didn't we guys ;).

I think CoD nerf won't be a big issue, but snapshotting is.
The Cod amplifier is really too huge and we had been just fine when we were not abusing this gem before. What we need to do is just replacing another gem.
But if snapshotting mechanics is nerfed or what, it totally changes our setup and game play style. The most obvious one would be insufficient gem slots.....

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mattc3303 wrote:

Ah well, we had a good run didn't we guys ;).

With full buffs i'm at like 800%+ less then half my dmg will be lost i'm not too worried it will be a little slower then normal but still going to do a lot of dmg AND DON'T FORGET THE NEW SUPPORT SKILLS!!!

Time will tell but i do not think they will do a "Blizablo III Wilson" Nerf Hammering!!!!!

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mattc3303 wrote:

Ah well, we had a good run didn't we guys ;).

BMs already OP w/o CoD anyway... and I just using my Summoner as a MF to Farm Dom Merc so if I need high DPS I don't really mind dying though. ;)

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primaeva wrote:

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Can someone please help me verify if the nodes do affect BM? Do they double dip? If I took "High Explosives" (Trap & Mine Penetrates 10% Resistances) does it apply to BM? I don't have regrets to test out the nodes :(

Would be a fascinating use of mechanics if this actually work. I was pretty sure the mine/trap damage referred to damage skills being cast only, but then again, CoD works the same (despite the wording simply being xxx more damage, instead of 'Mine does xxx more damage'.)

All the more if the penetration nodes worked.

Aww man there goes my trap/mine theory :(

so, as far as we know now. Cod will not work on raising minions any more. but nothing about snapshot yet.

I can only wish I could get a bor/shavs/c'heart before that day.

Still hoping for snapshotting to stay, since actually getting any late game scaling is out of the question, as I have seen GGG only wants to periodically make small buffs to any spells without changing mechanics, despite obvious desparity between weapon based and gem based skills.

What makes me even more worried is their conviction to nerf IR (with just 1 one week race as a reason), they said nothing about buffing evation+dodge, but hinted on berfing IR. This might kill the build all together for anyone without 100 exalteds in stash to get all teh new quipement. I know I won't be able to play summoner anymore if it happens, as most of my stuff is eva based.

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Shadowhope wrote:

It's official, ladies and gentlemen.

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Mark_GGG wrote:

Yes. It's less broken, but skill abusive. Except in hardcore.

Brace yourselves for the confirmed nerf. I'm a bit saddened, as I actually kill myself for my COD spectres. I figured they'd only fix the remote mine / trap bug. Alas, no build can reign for forever.

It was obvious from day 1 this was coming. Still a shame, though, summoners could use some love :)

It really sucks that they are nerfing CoD zombies / spectres. I don't really feel that it is all that OP as I still don't do anywhere near the damage some people in my groups do. And also if I one of my minions dies, I have to tell everyone "brb, need to go kill myself to get set up again"... which has reduced me to pretty much only running maps solo.

One thing that i dont think as been talked here yet, what do you thnik to be the most important gems to have quality on? Because i have seen that gems like RS with Q basicly only boost the spectre speed. Do you go for quality curses first? The zombie supports gems?
Please leave your opinions ;)