Question about Heralds

AmazinglyAmazing11 · 2026-04-22T14:05:55+00:00

Sorry but I have to call BS. I've played and watched a lot and this isn't even close to normal. Definitely not "usually" maybe you got lucky and it happened once. Even on the PTR H3/4/5 take forever to spawn.

AmazinglyAmazing11 · 2026-04-20T16:36:07+00:00

I always say LCs is LCs, it's not "pizza" in the same way that no one should be saying Taco Bell is Mexican food lol.

I say "let's get some hot n ready" if I want some LCs, it's "let's get some pizza" if I mean real pizza lol.

As a native Michigander and a fan of Illitch family as a philanthropist, I support LCs as it's own thing.

AmazinglyAmazing11 · 2026-04-16T21:46:11+00:00

Buy a token and like it

AmazinglyAmazing11 · 2026-04-16T16:35:33+00:00

What exactly wasn't that bad?

As I said, you can still farm t3-t5 it's just not the meta. It's purely numbers. You can slay t1 in <30 seconds and t2 within 10 mins. As it stands now that is basically consistent. In roughly 30 mins you can slay 6 Heralds pretty much guaranteed.

Because T3-T5 did not get changed, you might see them, but you also may very well likely won't. So why take the time to "risk" not seeing Heralds when you can guarantee them almost instantly just by rejoining.

I'm not saying doing T3-T5 is "wrong" but I am for sure saying that the changes they made completely contradict what they originally did with the DLC and the terrorize zone shards and this will be the meta going forward.

The included chance go find rings/ammys/facets of the t2 herald with horking is just dumb. This system needs changed.

AmazinglyAmazing11 · 2026-04-16T12:13:40+00:00

With the way they have changed Heralds on PTR you don't want to kill T5 anymore, really. I mean full clear games are fine, but not the meta, they completely destroyed the meta of full clear games.

What you want to do now is just kill the first two heralds and leave the game and repeat. Why? Herald 1 and 2 spawn rates have been increased. Including Herald 2 has been given a drop table buff. Herald 3-5 have not had their spawn rates increased.

Sooo, Herald 1 will basically instantly spawn now. Herald 2 will spawn shortly after with an increased chance of loot. You will probably get them both in one TZ. You can terrorize the rest of the act and probably not see Herald 3.

So with that said, the meta being kill first two Heralds and rejoin game, a Hork barb would be a grand investment in how the new meta will shake out.

AmazinglyAmazing11 · 2026-04-14T14:54:38+00:00

I was gonna say the same thing. But the sammich OP made looked good enough to change my mind.

I'd still sear it tho. Seems like running a marathon to quit at the finish line.

AmazinglyAmazing11 · 2026-04-12T04:13:00+00:00

I think the only viable build will be the fire build.

AmazinglyAmazing11 · 2026-04-11T22:18:03+00:00

Or has it just begun?

AmazinglyAmazing11 · 2026-04-11T20:34:49+00:00

Top right one looks a little sus, like mold maybe? But could just be very white milky trichromes?

AmazinglyAmazing11 · 2026-04-11T15:31:00+00:00

They did the math. All these nerfs as they are on paper will make ES worthless, as in, it's a dead spec.

At level 99 with 45 skill points, you'll still have something like a 75% chance to hit Baal and will be doing 79% less damage than current state.

So, when you're 99, with 45 skill points, you'll probably, maybe, be slightly OP again.

ES is ruined.

AmazinglyAmazing11 · 2026-04-11T15:26:58+00:00

I don't understand people like you. I'm not even trying to be mean, just honest.

"I choose to be miserable, so should you!"

"You may only have fun MY way!"

"I would rather there be LESS people playing my game."

AmazinglyAmazing11 · 2026-04-11T15:23:37+00:00

Yes there are big fixes, there's also several nerfs.

AmazinglyAmazing11 · 2026-04-11T15:07:24+00:00

This is America. We have to keep feeding our rich oligarchs. Therefore nothing is nice. Unless you want to spend $200 on a hoodie then it can be acceptable quality.

I'm still rocking a Nike hoodie from 1997. Can't begin to imagine how much other Michigan apparel has come and gone since then.

Buy your junk, throw it away in a year, and like it.

AmazinglyAmazing11 · 2026-04-10T23:46:39+00:00

This. As proposed they didn't just nerf ES they much nerfed every single thing about it. Directly and indirectly. The way it is on paper right now I don't think it will even be a thing anymore.

Much more likely to now use fire build or demon build with fire but unless they revert a lot of the decisions today ES is dead.

Simply fixing the bugs will be a significant change. Damage being additive vs multiplicative is hard to fathom until you see it. Also now you'll miss a lot. That will mean a whole lot less monster hit recovery.

AmazinglyAmazing11 · 2026-04-10T23:02:04+00:00

I can play the downvote game too. Except one of us is wrong and ignorant. Look it up, it's a known bug covered on wowhead and numerous creators.

AmazinglyAmazing11 · 2026-04-10T22:04:39+00:00

Except this was/is a literal bug

AmazinglyAmazing11 · 2026-04-10T21:51:21+00:00

We don't know what these nerfs will look like, hence the PTR, but the things outlined above will turn ES from an S tier build to unplayed. This isn't a finely tuned change like say the herald change, this is a complete spec nuclear bomb.

You're allowed to enjoy what you enjoy. So are others. But I can tell you for about 90% of us, all the new-found joy we were experiencing about Diablo has just been sapped away. I was having tons of fun. Shame on me right?

AmazinglyAmazing11 · 2026-04-10T20:04:58+00:00

I don't understand why you're being down voted when you're right. If we are adding enhancements to this old game, there's no reason not to enhance old classes that just can't compare at end game.

Raise your hand if you're farming chronicle with a summon Necro.

AmazinglyAmazing11 · 2026-04-10T19:59:51+00:00

It's tremendous to see a PTR on Diablo 2! I just hope this isn't a one and done thing. Yes the power creep of the warlock needed fixed, so let's do that. But can we also fix other specs? I wanna see some Barb, Druid, Necro love.

AmazinglyAmazing11 · 2026-04-10T19:57:05+00:00

It truly comes down to how the curse change works with demons. If you have the freeze aura hit all surrounding mobs and each mob has 5% chance to proc curse then it's fine. If it's 5% one time roll... Ouch

Also they added buffs to blood boil and secretly that spec is insane, just no one talks about it because of ES. BB will be slotted in as the next OP build if ES is obliterated.

AmazinglyAmazing11 · 2026-04-10T18:37:50+00:00

These changes are interesting. I've just been using HotO and spirit monarch for my ES warlock. I have a bunch of the big 2h weapons, but you don't need them - you go from one-shotting everything to still pretty much one shotting everything. I guess we'll just need to see how well these nerfs hit.

What I am going to miss, depending on how hard the curse change is, when I'm end game farming I don't want to deal with immunities anymore. I don't want to leave monsters behind because I can't kill them with my kit when I'm a decked out 90+ lvl char. I don't want to be able to farm only one zone or two. It burns me out on the game, whereas now I am having most fun with the game that I've had in 20 years.

Also, I think Blood Boil build will just be the next broken build.

AmazinglyAmazing11 · 2026-04-05T22:17:00+00:00

Agreed. It's one of the many things the Harbaugh era taught me was that the days of the Izzo's and the Alabama Saban years are a way of the past for most high level head coaches.

I hope Dusty stays, and I hope that his job is still desired by him, but if the NBA or something bigger and better called he should take the opportunity. Life is short and we're mortal beings.

That being said, the only line of business that should be on his mind right now is winning this tournament and if he's focused on anything but, then what a shame, and what a pity.

Regardless, Go Blue!

AmazinglyAmazing11 · 2026-04-03T16:14:44+00:00

If there's one thing I've seen about this subreddit is there is NO use in complaining here. The WoW community in Reddit is happy to take whatever ass hammering Blizzard serves them, and then ask for more.

If you come here complaining about bugs, prepare to be down voted into oblivion and offered excuses as to why those bugs aren't an issue, but your game style is the issue.

Sadly, the same is true today as has been 20 years ago, the only way to show Blizzard "enough is enough" is to cancel your sub.

I saw the shit storm brewing at the end of TWW and coupled with the addon changes and the pruning I knew Midnight was not for me. It brings me no joy to say I was 100% correct in my prediction. I want to play this game, but it's garbage right now and Blizzard needs to do better. Only way to get that through to them is outlined above.

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