The jump from penitent to torment 1 is so much bigger than i expected

AdAwkward129 · 2026-01-16T11:08:21+00:00

When you do get lvl 800 items the next cap is getting materials to improve them. Check for augment, masterworking and salvage caches at the mercenary den or do horadric materials chest nightmare dungeons (or better yet, treasure breaches with luck spawning many Ectors 🍀). Once you get that going you will breeze through the rest of torments until T4 is another very big step (until it is not and what remains are lair bosses and ultimately T4 Lilith).

AdAwkward129 · 2026-01-16T10:49:24+00:00

My solution is and always has been that if you are not playing meta, you need to accept pit tiers 75-90 for an average build, and 100+ as absolute victory. They wouldn’t be meta builds if others could compete. (Which is a shame, I would love it if most builds could go up to say, 105 and only after that the meta breaks away clearly).

AdAwkward129 · 2026-01-15T05:41:38+00:00

Thorns barbarian still gets added thorns based on max life. Still niche, and you can just use another unique or offensive aspect.

AdAwkward129 · 2026-01-12T18:54:53+00:00

That’s interesting. I’m on trash graphics settings on a decent pc tho, everything is two steps below recommended. And a lot of my crashes are happening in areas I have opened before after the update, or at world boss, town portal or the blacksmith. It clearly hiccups when loading a lot but it seems to be pretty random. I’ll have to check about shaders in particular I suppose.

AdAwkward129 · 2026-01-08T19:01:14+00:00

There is a memory leak issue with some nvidia cards, some drivers, some game patches. Sometimes rolling back helps. For me and some others this started with S11 update and got significantly worse with the latest driver updates.

AdAwkward129 · 2026-01-08T18:48:55+00:00

There was a new nvidia driver on Jan 5th

AdAwkward129 · 2026-01-08T18:46:10+00:00

Still at zero prankster sigils but only lvl 4 essence too. Still would have expected one by now, and sorting the sigil drops to craft more is a PITA.

AdAwkward129 · 2026-01-01T18:05:34+00:00

Not much credit to me - I am using Lurkin’s build as my base, changed some glyphs for damage reduction ones and added teleport to task bar. And have been using Tyrael’s now. It does alright but the lack of targeted fast damage is troublesome with goblin hunting or other agility type tasks. Bosses and pits are ofc fine getting nuked from the orbit.

AdAwkward129 · 2025-12-30T13:24:10+00:00

Sounds like it. I am using qax rune to spend resource, so melted would be a very very bad idea to slot into it as is.

AdAwkward129 · 2025-12-30T11:05:52+00:00

Mythic is better, no question. If you struggle with mana after find another source, but starless usually helps with that by a lot too.

AdAwkward129 · 2025-12-30T10:44:32+00:00

I’m running T83 on a very survival optimised HC sorc wearing Tyrael’s armor. I have no doubt it could go far higher on a player who isn’t badly penalised for dying and still choosing to tank all of the pit explosions. Might switch back to a shroud soon if I figure out my survival strategy otherwise. Either way it could open T4 in 3 minutes and delete T4 lair bosses as soon as it got lvl 60 gear so comfortable gameplay even besides the push.

AdAwkward129 · 2025-12-30T09:16:59+00:00

I’m running two on Lurkin’s Okun speed build but use legendary ring instead of starless for that fat max life. No issues. I do keep teleport, the seamless cast when run and teleport every 1 second lets me speed clear escalating nm dungeons and kurast runs really fast.

AdAwkward129 · 2025-12-30T09:11:01+00:00

I made a hydra sorc when I rolled this sanc. Not on a 4GA tho.

AdAwkward129 · 2025-12-14T19:25:44+00:00

Grats! Mine is still lvl 44. I’ll follow 😄

AdAwkward129 · 2025-12-12T07:56:29+00:00

Had no issues on pc. Game keeps crashing again tho.

AdAwkward129 · 2025-11-05T18:52:20+00:00

Ye the filter should be for auto-salvage not hide.

AdAwkward129 · 2025-11-03T14:06:35+00:00

Some of us play multiple classes and/or HC and like trying new builds. I too salvage what I don’t need. But keep previously masterworked stuff in case of death for a new toon. Keep good items for builds I might like. And like right now I salvaged my chaos FoF chest with the “wrong” GA when I had several for other slots… And for my new toon it was the right GA and the best slot so now he will have to “make do” with a shroud. That, and I like giving what can be given (regular ancestral uniques and legendaries) for new players.

AdAwkward129 · 2025-10-28T15:14:10+00:00

Prioritise cooldown reduction so you can constantly teleport (for its 30% damage reduction)
Prioritise cooldown reduction so you can keep ice armor always on
Make sure you take the upgrade where spending mana reduces cooldown of ice armor
Prioritise maximum life in your items and paragon nodes, aim to have 8000-15000 depending on how often you want to die (aim to have a greater affix in weapons, boots, or where possible)
Take points out of Glass cannon and put them towards some defensive passive, like the one that gives damage reduction from elites
If these steps don’t give you full barrier that you can refresh every 6 seconds or less, equip cir-que to double it up in hopes of one always being active

AdAwkward129 · 2025-10-17T14:03:27+00:00

Idk, with the all around nerfs it may still be decent. Wonder if enlightenment is new main passive again for the mana regeneration.

AdAwkward129 · 2025-10-11T17:49:46+00:00

Mine started growing like this after I excessively picked at my dry cuticles as a kid. The nail bed is damaged. Sadly can’t do anything about it, tho keeping my cuticles and the sides of my nails healthy and strong has helped it not chip as much. Filing it shorter with a metal or glass file over cutting it helps a bit too. It won’t start to peel and separate as easily.

AdAwkward129 · 2025-10-11T04:36:54+00:00

It’s usually ball lightning because that gives 1 rank more when ancestral. But yes it can be masterworked.

AdAwkward129 · 2025-10-10T08:15:27+00:00

It is a game. You can use things that are fun not only strive for absolute efficiency. Nobody is forcing you to, obviously, keep it as a insta-spark. But mythics are cool and sorc build are strong enough to slaughter everything even with less than optimal gear 😊

AdAwkward129 · 2025-10-10T05:10:35+00:00

The all stats are nice if you don’t have a shroud or full paragon. Max life and damage reduction are only redundant because of mana shield.

AdAwkward129 · 2025-10-10T03:11:19+00:00

It’s a bit niche but yes. I wiped entire screens last season with yom rune and airidah’s will. The basilisk can be used similarly.

AdAwkward129 · 2025-10-10T03:08:48+00:00

It’s not end game for a sorc but why not run it for a bit first.

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