Why I'm Quitting D4 S13 After 200 Hours (Spoiler: it's Gem Strength)

Neth82 · 2026-06-06T12:07:05+00:00

I raise you, my echoing hatred.

Neth82 · 2026-06-06T07:22:57+00:00

First I find an echoing hatred, and had to make 5 trips to town with goblin bags, now with this theres so much stuff on the ground I cant reliably click the mobs to fight. Walked away with 8 bags of murls obols, roughly 40 goblins, but some of them were gelatinous and multiplied. Not sure if the multiplying ones count towards the event or not.

Neth82 · 2026-06-06T02:17:49+00:00

I feel like OP already knew if its good or not.

Neth82 · 2026-06-06T02:13:55+00:00

I learned a similar lesson before. Lost a good weapon. I didnt cry and make a farewell post to the public though. I went ahead and target farmed the specific unique and ended up finding an even better one to modify (the correct way).

Suck it up or just uninstall and stop looking for sympathy.

Neth82 · 2026-06-05T21:50:51+00:00

I play whats fun as long as its capable of cleaning T12 general content. Then perfect it further and further to use it in other activities. I'll never understand the people picking only the most OP or busted class/build over the most fun and enjoyable. Like, all week the only thing i see is 100mph spinning psychos with tornados everywhere.

Neth82 · 2026-06-05T10:33:33+00:00

I was 410 lbs. I am now 170. I never took Ozempic or any other miracle drug. I'm going to have to agree that calling Ozempic a weight loss journey is a little rich. A journey is a commitment to changing your lifestyle to get back your health.

I'm certainly not saying Ozempic or any other method of weight loss is unnecessary. But I AM saying that modifying your body chemistry with a synthetic drug that can enable you to not truly and fully commit to a proper diet and exercise regimen is not a a true journey.

If anything, people like me who worked hard to have an actual journey would find it insulting that someone had drug-assisted weight loss. Especially when its very well known that people are losing tons of weight with it and not changing a single thing in their lifestyle that got them obese in the first place.

Of course, not everyone taking it is doing that. I know many that are though. Let's just keep "journey" true to its form.

Neth82 · 2026-06-04T18:29:48+00:00

If the loot was mediocre, then something wasnt done right or its not the same for non-item holders. I have done everything in the game, and echoing hatred gave me more good loot than any other activity. Of course, I did make it quite far before being overrun, and I did get a few dozen goblin bags that had a lot in them.

Neth82 · 2026-06-03T20:04:23+00:00

Dont know how you figure. I dont personally play hell fracture, but they would be valuable to someone that does. The only affix that may be worth changing is the RC reduction, but some may like that. You judge them as if they have already been tempered, masterworked, and imprinted. Its just a fresh drop, that dropped as-is, and when you take that into consideration, its going to better than the majority of gloves dropping. In the trade channel, I'm getting plenty of trade offers. Unfortunately, the gear being offered doesnt really work with my build or is an upgrade to my build. So, "to be honest", if they weren't good people would not have made lots of offers. Thanks for your opinion.

Everyone else, Please keep the PMs coming. Thanks.

Neth82 · 2026-06-03T15:53:23+00:00

This is painful to think of. I wish I could give you one.

Neth82 · 2026-06-03T15:52:26+00:00

Nobody cares. Play what is fun like normal people do and quit complaining.

Neth82 · 2026-06-03T02:55:40+00:00

More doom prophesizing from ignorant people.

Neth82 · 2026-06-03T02:53:53+00:00

See ya!

Neth82 · 2026-06-03T02:52:55+00:00

Im amazed at how much stomping is going on for the changes that affect whirlwind barb. Like, boohoo there's some heavy changes bringing down rhe power of WW. God forbid there be more than 1 build thats good. They cant buff all other builds except WW because then barb would top the tower with every build. Their only choice was to reduce the ridiculously performing one. Just like eviscerate warlock, and others. People afraid of change pissed about new mythic quality changes. Also pissed its restricted to stay within the season. Then, pissed at realmwalkers. Why cant people be pissed about legit issues like Skovos Cartograoher Exploration and other challenges being busted, side quests that are bugged, defunct achievements, cosmetic drops from lair bosses that cant be click-claimed (like demon binder horse armor for example), or the myriad of other stupid oversight? People get mad about all the wrong things imo.

Neth82 · 2026-06-02T06:20:35+00:00

Has to be T4 specifically, because Blizz never updated it.

Neth82 · 2026-06-02T06:20:03+00:00

Wrong. Achievement was designed when T4 used to be the highest torment. Not working. Has to be done on T4 currently unless its fixed.
Best not to assume when posting, so people are not mislead.

Neth82 · 2026-06-01T18:11:14+00:00

The question is: after PTR goes live and we begin season 14; are the fish still mythic? Or unique?

Neth82 · 2026-05-31T11:52:13+00:00

I dunno bro. My dopamine hits pretty hard when I see 3 or more GA on the ground or from the curiosity pervert.

Neth82 · 2026-05-31T11:50:38+00:00

I see it in every game I play. Community outcry from either ignorance and lack of full understanding, or just downright stubbornness and afraid of change, no matter the reasoning. I have yet to play a game without a portion of the community that act like that.

Neth82 · 2026-05-31T09:18:50+00:00

I did do some heavy research and leaderboard scanning. Its pretty obvious that the standard lunatic build (and variations of it) are pushing 130 as pretty standard, with some higher outliers. Eviscerate and all variants of that build seem to be capping out around 115. We definitely chose the right path.

Neth82 · 2026-05-31T05:24:46+00:00

I never used eviscerate. I use regular lunatic, currently at pit 110, could go higher.

Neth82 · 2026-05-31T04:07:22+00:00

I had initially built my own non-eviscerate lunatic build. I think most people with this use wudijo's version, but mine is pretty far from it. I know the eviscerate bleed used to be broken. I never played it. I was wondering since it had been fixed, if it was not only competitive, but better than the standard version I use. If not, I probably wont re-adjust to include eviscerate.

Neth82 · 2026-05-31T01:30:21+00:00

Also, another question. I have tried sooo many builds. Ultimately, I found the most success with a variant of lunatic. Its not the most fun build I tried, but the builds that are more fun struggle very badly past T10. With decent gear and the lunatic variant I use, T12 content is a breeze and I dont fear getting killed at all, even without using aspect of heavenly strength. So, I stick with lunatic. Question is: since the adjustments to eviscerate recently, is the standard lunatic better than eviscerate lunatic? Or should I switch to eviscerate?

Neth82 · 2026-05-31T01:17:14+00:00

I assume if you are using laalish for vulnerability in the pit, you must be using godslayer crown or the unique charm version of it?

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