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Sheriff_K wrote:

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tikitaki wrote:

GGG caters to this group, and also it probably makes balance a lot easier on their part as they don't have to deal with all the different possibilities of rares, but can rather just focus on more discrete sets of unique items.

Actually GGG's goal/intention is to NOT cater to that "group", GGG said that they don't want Uniques, aside from some build-enabling ones, to be BiS, and that Rares should always be best.

Releasing obviously BiS Uniques only makes them go against what they promised, which isn't good for keeping trust between them and their players.

Actions speak louder than words and I judge GGG based on what they do and release rather than what they said years ago.

The fact of the matter is, uniques tend to crush rares except in very specific slots like 1h weapons.

In a lot of cases the cost to beat a unique would be so high that nobody bothers. See: Taryn's Shiver.

You can craft a better rare staff. How much would it cost compared to the difficulty of just getting a Shiver from Wal-Mart (trade forums).

In plenty of other cases there is just no way the unique item can be beaten at all. The more time goes on, the more slots there are that just cannot be beaten by uniques.

So if you want to craft something, have fun. It's only a matter of time before some unique comes out that makes your crafted item look stupid.

edit: and I highly doubt GGG specifically cares about "trust" so long as they keep getting $$$.

Omg Dat bow

Just a note about that bow: With that and critical weakness i would have 86% Chance to crit.






With no gear.
Just something to think about when considering the "When frozen/shocked" as a downside.

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TheEnforcer wrote:

secret downside of that helm is no chill, but no biggie

Well, a lot of cold damage skills and supports don't actually deal a lot of damage but have a lot of chill duration on them, so it's a fairly large downside. But it's definitely necessary to keep it balanced.

I gotta say this is easily one of my favourite uniques. Avatar of fire with cold to fire to make ice spear into a shock spear... Serious props to whoever designed that one.

high base crit weapons are going to always be problematic from a balance perspective. crit enables elemental ailments in addition to being the highest damage scaler in the game.

you guys are not really experienced with the game are you? i dont really know any general BiS item that cant be outplayed with a rare. as someone said earlier, uniques might be BiS for certain builds, but only cause those builds couldnt work without them.
stop crying, the bow isnt BiS at all, its just a high crit base with 170 edps, wow pls.
you can have 500+ dps with a harbinger and like 9% critbase.

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Therealshotzz wrote:

you guys are not really experienced with the game are you? i dont really know any general BiS item that cant be outplayed with a rare. as someone said earlier, uniques might be BiS for certain builds, but only cause those builds couldnt work without them.

Not even true.

Auxium is best in slot for many builds. By your logic, those builds wouldn't work without Auxium. Obviously untrue - the builds don't need Auxium to work, it just happens to be best-in-slot.

There are many other items like this.

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tikitaki wrote:

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Therealshotzz wrote:

you guys are not really experienced with the game are you? i dont really know any general BiS item that cant be outplayed with a rare. as someone said earlier, uniques might be BiS for certain builds, but only cause those builds couldnt work without them.

Not even true.

Auxium is best in slot for many builds. By your logic, those builds wouldn't work without Auxium. Obviously untrue - the builds don't need Auxium to work, it just happens to be best-in-slot.

There are many other items like this.

idk, could be a reason why auxium has a legacy version, its a good item indeed, but idk what the good thing on it is, the mana leech each power charge? in general the belt is only good for CI, then also propably crit melee or range, if you go melee you'll have to play vaal pact, and if you didnt know, vaal pact is shit now with the new leech system.

i know what you mean and i cant give you proof that it isnt true for some uniques, but dont cry over obviously not BiS items that they are BiS.


PS: I'd also change my "but only cause those builds couldnt work without them." to they wouldnt work well without them since they are more or less enabling it.
i never played auxium and propably never will cause CI vaal pact is bad now (cant talk of own experience but a friend that made some maps with me actually prove it by not getting any life back D:)

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Therealshotzz wrote:

you guys are not really experienced with the game are you? i dont really know any general BiS item that cant be outplayed with a rare. as someone said earlier, uniques might be BiS for certain builds, but only cause those builds couldnt work without them.
stop crying, the bow isnt BiS at all...

You are mistaken, NO ONE is saying the Bow is BiS, they/we are talking about the un-discovered leaked "Uber Atziri" Uniques, namely the Gloves.

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Therealshotzz wrote:

its a good item indeed, but idk what the good thing on it is, the mana leech each power charge? in general the belt is only good for CI, then also propably crit melee or range

Sort of. The two main stats that are extremely relevant are:
1) The crazy leech it gives
2) It bases your chill/freeze duration based on your max ES. This means you no longer have to run Dream Fragments or anything like that. Status ailments are a huge deal with ES.

But yes, it's for CI crit builds.

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Therealshotzz wrote:

i never played auxium and propably never will cause CI vaal pact is bad now (cant talk of own experience but a friend that made some maps with me actually prove it by not getting any life back D:)

This is a short-sighted outlook.

The trend is that more and more of these items come out all the time. The fact that you see this particular item as not important, because CI is not the current meta, is irrelevant.

So if you think your current items are safe, they aren't. It's only a matter of time before GGG releases some unique that crushes your item in every way.

When it happens, and you go on the forums to point it out, don't be surprised if people say:

"Your item is super specific and it's only for that one build, it's not a big deal that they made a unique item BiS for your particular build."

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