What's in 0.9.3?

haha oh wow, my mistake :) Amazing how 1 letter position can go unnoticed by the eyes.

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Chris wrote:

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Britannicus wrote:

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Chris wrote:

Two handed weapons in 0.9.3 can get up to six sockets.

But won't it be easier for a weapon&shield to accumulate 6 sockets earlier than a 2-hander? What is the cap on sockets for 1h swords and shields combo? What about the putative 2h dual wielder?

I'm capping shields to three sockets right now in response to this message.

It will be easier for people using two items to accumulate the sockets earlier. Having additional sockets matters less in 0.9.3 because less support gems are required to have pretty powerful skills. We can balance around this in other ways.

That 2h dual wielder gets a whole lot of sockets. Those keystone passives are pretty meaningful.

Capping 1h weapons (if it could be done on daggers wands and some thrust swords that occupies 1x3 squares now) and shields on 4 sockets could be better starting point to balance that further imo.
2 x 4 sock vs 1 x 6 sock seems pretty equal in terms of pros and cons and would make choice whether to use 1h + shield/dual wield or 2h more 'meaningful' imho.

*Maybe make them occupy 2x2 squares in inv like claws?

PS: What about that keystone 'using 2h weapons in dual wield mode' or similar one?
2 x 6 max socks for dual wielder vs 2 x 3 max socks for 1h + shield char.
Ouch.

Wow this patch is really huge. There are some awesome new mechanics as it seams, very nice job GGG guys !

I can't wait for it ^^

Question:
When 0.9.3 starts, we will lose to legacy every one of ous characters and everyone of our items in the shared stash too.

It will be exactly like starting again without anything.

Am I right here?

yes

OK thanks. I was not sure if that was just my bad English reading the info ;)

Actually, I am suddenly curious about the legacy mechanism.

So, what happens if a later legacy merger results in stash overflow?

The whole diary is fantastic but,

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allowing dual wielding of two two-handed weapons

blown my brain. The plain idea of "keystone passives" is just outstanding.

So about 2H dual wielding. Do 2h or 1h passives kick in?

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Chris wrote:

I rejected so many proposed designs that killed off niche weird builds. We've made sure that although class identity is pushed, it's just a marginal improvement. Many people will now care that they're using the correct class for the role, players like you and I that want wacky builds are still able to kill stuff if we put a bit of effort into planning clever synergies.

+1. This is why I love this game. Great job so far and good direction for 0.9.3, can't wait to see how it turns out.

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konfeta wrote:

Actually, I am suddenly curious about the legacy mechanism.

So, what happens if a later legacy merger results in stash overflow?

I doubt there will be a legacy merger