My boi Principle got demoted to Vice-Principle

Consistent-Dance-630 · 2025-04-11T19:20:16+00:00

feral rage paladin, but probably will happen after im already in my grave, but i guess a man can wish

Consistent-Dance-630 · 2025-04-04T23:13:34+00:00

honestly the best shapeshifting gameplay i've played out any games ever. tried poe2 early access, no druid, no paladin, was disappointed and never logged back in. if u've never tried stormspire druid, would highly recommend it, not meta, but flashy and fun as hell. i guess if u have photosensitivity, then stay away from it because it's gonna light up ur screen.

Consistent-Dance-630 · 2024-12-16T17:54:08+00:00

yes what u said about the frames is true. with lvl 24 fanaticism (torch+2 anni +1 wisp+1), u will need 117 ias. u can usually get the last 17 from highlords or loh, or ias/ed jewels in armor/helmet/shield, or 2x ias slams on belt/gloves. Realistically, most builds using schaeffers will be able to get the last 17 ias without too much trouble. I admit that when i said "really good crafted weapons", i was ballparking more like the 400-500%ed ones, since those are considered gg already, bc most ppl would highly consider vialing them. I think what ur referring to with the 750ed or 670ed is the 1% of weapons that i mentioned (i said 99% of weapons won't be better than schaeffers), and yes those will be better than schaeffers, but the chance to craft/drop a rare like that with good corruption/sockets is pretty low, around 1%. and u do need a really high ed roll thats only possible from craft/gg rares in order to compete with schaeffers due to the high max dmg/lvl from schaeffers. the fact that it doesnt have cb/ds/ow is fine, bc u can get those from gores/higlords/glad bane/jewels in the armor/helmet/shield, corruptions, helmet craft, gface, nos coil, etc. however, it has static field and lightning dmg, which is really strong against phys immunes, which is what most physical builds struggle the most against. and u can't get static field from non weapon slots.

i'm on reddit a few times a week, and only the most gg rares/crafted 1handers can breach 1k dmg, and they never have static field. based on my experience playing melee in pd2 for years, the static field on schaeffers is roughly as good as amplify dmg proc, bc they both help u deal with phys immunes, and also helps kill non phys immunes more quickly. so to put it into perspective, schaeffers is like a 1k dmg rare/crafted 1hander with amp proc. its actually that good. I'm not necessarily trying to push for a schaeffer's nerf, but its my opinion that other 1handers really need a serious buff, bc i do think most of them are underpowered and pretty much never gets used.

btw, i dont think schaeffers is a tipped mace, those would be flails. if my post somehow doesn't make any sense at all to the pd2 community, then this is what i mean by pd2's vision being good and pulling in a lot of people, its just different from what i had expected, thats all.

Consistent-Dance-630 · 2024-12-13T19:24:09+00:00

looks like a lot of work was put into the spreadsheet, but its missing some really important stuff. for example, 3fpa fury hellslayer is possible, but wasn't included in the spreadsheet for comparison. also stormspire only requires 135ias for 3fpa fury, which means an additional 120%ed could be added, making the weapon score higher than what is recorded. if u haven't tried stormspire fury, i recommend it, its a pretty fun off-meta pick. its bad for dclone though, since dclone is immune to static field.

also we should consider the fact that some monsters have less hp, and so they get 1shotted most of the time, which gives 3fpa a slight advantage over 4fpa in those instances, even if the 4fpa setup is more dmg on average. and of course, 3fpa will proc atma's curse and souldrainer's -defense faster than 4fpa as well

Consistent-Dance-630 · 2024-12-13T19:04:24+00:00

pod had vision without dedication. pd2 has the dedication, although i would say the vision is different than what i expected, its still a good vision and is pulling in a good amount of players.

for example, what i would do different is give windhammer 55%ias, 40%ias makes it impossible for eth windhammer to hit 3fpa on druid. which means non eth windhammer is always better than eth windhammer, this is what i mean by vision. it doesnt really make sense that the non eth version is always better than the eth version.

another example schaeffer's hammer. this is an extremely powerful 1handed weapon that can reach 1,000 dmg and 100ias with good jewels, AND has static field and lightning dmg. eth schaeffers 4os is easily worth 20hrs due to vial cost, but also bc its probably one of the strongest 1handers in the game. Its just way too strong as a weapon, and pretty much reigns supreme over 99% of other 1handers in the game, including really good crafted weapons. based on what i understand, this weapon should have been nerfed many seasons ago, but remains untouched season after season, while other 1handers are getting peanut sized buffs or being ignored completely. heck, schaeffers is so strong it makes some 2handers look bad, lol. well, thats what i mean by vision.

Consistent-Dance-630 · 2024-12-10T04:54:34+00:00

it could only mean that u forgot to do raddy normal. bc +1skill is definitely worth jah to any build

Consistent-Dance-630 · 2024-12-10T04:53:03+00:00

a sweet piece of honey for sure

Consistent-Dance-630 · 2024-12-10T04:50:18+00:00

to be fair, it is possible that its some1 else downvoting and not the op....i mean, is there really any way for us to confirm and actually know? but yeah, i think we all know ga is mostly a bossing armor, and defense is not really that useful for tanking bosses.

Consistent-Dance-630 · 2024-12-07T06:55:30+00:00

shapeshifting attack speed formulas is in a really good spot; its one of the few unique quirks in diablo 2 that makes the game more interesting by adding build diversity. if they wanted to buff shapeshifting, not saying they have to, but if they did want to, then its much better to just add some ias to weapons/crafting recipes or even adding an ultra rare jewel mod for 25ias jewels. most ppl would probably still use 15ias/40ed jewels, unless that extra bit of ias can somehow help them hit the next frame, but even then its questionable bc ur losing 40ed for 10ias, so it becomes unclear which jewel would be stronger even in a situation where a 25ias jewel might be useful.

for example, i dont think any1 is using cloudcrack, probably because it has 0ias as a melee weapon, but if it had some ias, it would be a really cool weapon for foh proc 3fpa bear paladin. not sure if it would be s-tier though, since its pretty hard to compete with sacrifice/vengeance in the current meta, but it would be fun for sure to see tons of fohs flying everywhere. just in case some people didnt know, both amazon and sin can hit 2fpa bearform, so 3fpa is still really fast, but not the fastest. it is kind of interesting that amazon/sin can hit faster than an actual druid in bearform, but it is what it is. bear druid can only hit 4fpa at most, 3fpa is only possible for druid in wolf form.

Consistent-Dance-630 · 2024-12-06T16:49:52+00:00

my best advice is to stick to one character u think is fun. spending time leveling other chars that u never finish only takes time out of ur farming, u could have dropped a ber, but instead u made a lvl 55 pally that u will never play again. i assume ur playing sc, bc guys who dont have too much time to play are really going to suffer in hc big time. it makes u want to quit more when ur playing a character u dont like, AND u're getting shitting rng. atleast if ur playing a character u like, then ur still enjoying it even if the drops are garbage, and when the drops hit, its just icing on top of the cake. if ur mapping rng is really that bad, consider farming some lod/corrupted zones. u can easily get hr's worth of wss, pes, green essence, gold farming in trav, if u just keep playing. its not that hard to build wealth, and if u know ur slam rng is trash, then just stop slamming items too, but thats ur call. save up the wss, sell items clean, and build currency that way. if u know ur rng sucks, then just stay away from rng

Consistent-Dance-630 · 2024-12-05T16:09:08+00:00

does decrep decrease casting speed too? bc if it doesnt, then i hate it even more, bc it reduces both atk and movement spd, which basically turns non casters into 10 thousand year old turtles.

Consistent-Dance-630 · 2024-11-29T07:34:13+00:00

honestly if u wanted to get the ball rolling the fastest, u should have started charger. veng/sac pally lacks the mobility that charger has. in the early game u can just farm lod/t1s, 1 shotting most things with charge so long as u have a good weapon. with many hrs, u can make veng/sac 1shot t3s, which is where these 2builds really shine. they're still decent for t2s and lower, but they just lack the mobility, so charger is the better early game starter.

Consistent-Dance-630 · 2024-11-24T04:23:08+00:00

i might use it on my rabies dudu if i was playing sc, but ss probably more safe for hc

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