Build of the Week Season 2 Episode 10: Snapshotting

So that is snapshotting !? But...but... it's cheating !! I play a summuner and hear about snopshotting here and there but i am glad i didn't use it, even if i am not very high level. A bug like this disappearing is a very good thing.

Hey,

My life based RF Mara uses a searing touch on weapon change.

RF is NOT and Aura, but a spell buff... as long as I have Searing Touch
equipped in my alt. weapon tab... YOU SHOULD ALLOW IT!

I can understand the abuses here and I agree with 'fixing' it...
but, WEAPON SWITCH RF SHOULD BE ALLOWED.

We are still holdling the item, it's not an unfair abuse,
and without it the High Life based RF Mara build is completely wrecked.

as long as we are holding the item,
--== PLEASE ALLOW WEAPON SWITCH RF SNAPSHOT ==--

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SeriousBeatdown wrote:

Hey,

My life based RF Mara uses a searing touch on weapon change.

RF is NOT and Aura, but a spell buff... as long as I have Searing Touch
equipped in my alt. weapon tab... YOU SHOULD ALLOW IT!

I can understand the abuses here and I agree with 'fixing' it...
but, WEAPON SWITCH RF SHOULD BE ALLOWED.

We are still holdling the item, it's not an unfair abuse,
and without it the High Life based RF Mara build is completely wrecked.

as long as we are holding the item,
--== PLEASE ALLOW WEAPON SWITCH RF SNAPSHOT ==--

But wait I want to use my off hand weapon without swapping too.

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SeriousBeatdown wrote:

Hey,

My life based RF Mara uses a searing touch on weapon change.

RF is NOT and Aura, but a spell buff... as long as I have Searing Touch
equipped in my alt. weapon tab... YOU SHOULD ALLOW IT!

I can understand the abuses here and I agree with 'fixing' it...
but, WEAPON SWITCH RF SHOULD BE ALLOWED.

We are still holdling the item, it's not an unfair abuse,
and without it the High Life based RF Mara build is completely wrecked.

as long as we are holding the item,
--== PLEASE ALLOW WEAPON SWITCH RF SNAPSHOT ==--

lel.
huttburt

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andrehbg wrote:

summoners are simply unplayable without snapshot

Completely untrue.

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SeriousBeatdown wrote:

Hey,

My life based RF Mara uses a searing touch on weapon change.

RF is NOT and Aura, but a spell buff... as long as I have Searing Touch
equipped in my alt. weapon tab... YOU SHOULD ALLOW IT!

I can understand the abuses here and I agree with 'fixing' it...
but, WEAPON SWITCH RF SHOULD BE ALLOWED.

We are still holdling the item, it's not an unfair abuse,
and without it the High Life based RF Mara build is completely wrecked.

as long as we are holding the item,
--== PLEASE ALLOW WEAPON SWITCH RF SNAPSHOT ==--

HAHAHA your build is the main reason behind this snapshot fix I would think. lets spend 3 ex (1/5th the price of a geared summoner without shavs) max to make a build that has max hp/res/ can face tank atziri and the full game. Do you think they would nerf our burned miscreation and let your RF burn strong? jokes. you see with righteous fire you can only do so much on the skill tree. it's so basic and mainstream. A summoner can (could of had) have many variations. The summoner only becomes this powerful with shavs, correct gear and a good shop to back it up. (I don't have either and don't feel OP) it takes on average 5-10 mins to clear a 70+ map (look on page 14 at my gear). otherwise we are slower/weaker than you without snapshotting your RF. Time is money. Summoning will be wasted time if they don't change anything along with the nerf. It's as simple as that. My lvl 82 sword and board marauder can face tank most things but it takes 15/20 mins to clear a level 70 map with 6-7k dps lol, he was soon benched because I got bored.. no variation needed, just click hit click,hit,click,hit,hit,hit and so on.

So if I was you, Start planning a new build because they will not allow you to swap weapons and keep the stats

Stupid question time: what's RF and "mara" about?

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ghymini wrote:

Stupid question time: what's RF and "mara" about?

best start nodes in game for hc leagues

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ghymini wrote:

Stupid question time: what's RF and "mara" about?

RF- mara = Marauder class

Everyone knows the snapshotting is overpowered, however that isn't the major issue here. The major issue here is how well certain play styles actually perform without snapshotting. Right now, there isn't much information on that. No one knows if balancing actually needs to be done to any builds when snapshotting is taken out. I for one think summoners surviability is going to take a huge hit (Evang's should revert to how they were before, as they didn't consider how strong they would be without snapping) but I am baised of course.

I think very little balancing should be done before snapping is taken out, however it must be observed how most classes are without it. There is always going to be overpowered classes thats for sure, however the issue here is that because snapshotting became much more prevalent, and every aspect of the game became greatly altered negatively because of it. Even Queen Atziri was plagued with snapshotting. I think GGG feels that entire event was ruined because of it. It became a farm fest rather then something that should of taken a lot more effort, even at end game (I do feel it must be noted that Queen scaled WAY too much with more players, which kinda ruined a possible "raid type" feeling that could of occured.)