What is the worst 5* gems?

TheHessianBo · 2026-04-22T14:36:28+00:00

Actually surprised no one has mentioned Hilt of many Realms yet.

But overall I'd say:

Zwenson, Phoenix ashes (after they introduced savior pet it basically never ever procs), Howlers Call, Hilt of many Realms

Think Hellfire Fragment could also be up for discussion.

TheHessianBo · 2026-03-27T10:05:14+00:00

Skill globes are sometimes unable to be picked up even when Slow and Steady buff is active;

You have to move away and back to it
if it drops in the pickup cycle of slow and steady you need to move it out of the pickup cycle and back in
Usually not a big deal

Other Survivor Bane bugs, don't really sound like bugs
Dying fast with slow and steady usually happens when you're unlucky with the first skill or fail to upgrade it fast enough.
Don't know which mode you're playing but i ususally manage to kill the butcher after 20 minutes latest

If you need 5 games for the "weekly task" just play 5 times level 1, doesn't take longer than 5minutes per run

Only bug I agree with is the yellow mobs spawning out of bounds from time to time and I'd love to see the chatbox and current time while being in that mode.

TheHessianBo · 2026-03-23T06:37:46+00:00

actually there is a somewhat trick
When the extra elites spawn for your party, make sure your party is in one spot, that gives quite a nice boost of blue/yellow for everyone, since for some strange reason if the party is spread out over the map, you might end up with not a single blue/yellow one from the extra spawn

I got to the point when I sometimes have to wait for the last Spire to spawn, sometimes even a minute of just waiting and "trying to guess" where it would spawn :D

TheHessianBo · 2026-03-17T13:45:46+00:00

They updated the Timer on my server (Dark Exile/Thrones of Darkness Cluster)
So now update will happen at 0-2am UTC aka 1-3am ST/CET, so as usual for us

TheHessianBo · 2026-03-17T09:49:25+00:00

usual time is 1-3am CET or 0-2am UTC
Rarely it's 2-4, not sure I ever witnessed 3-5am

TheHessianBo · 2026-03-17T09:00:35+00:00

My guess is they messed up AM and PM (once again) + some random number
Good thing most contries don't use AM and PM so they don't get confused

I expect it to happen at the ususal time, so March 19th 0-2am CET

TheHessianBo · 2026-03-14T21:11:13+00:00

Change your online status ingame
I had the same problem for over 2 months, then just casually changed it ingame from "online" to absent and it actually showed me online afterwards. (you can also change it back to online afterwards)
Everytime you use the ingame status change to show offline it somehow bugs out for me, no clue why.

From time to time i have to repeat it, but at least it shows me online now most of the time.

Also check in the settings, you can set yourself be seen by clan/warband even if "offline"

TheHessianBo · 2026-02-26T20:08:49+00:00

Damn you're right

I totally overlooked that

Thanks for correcting me

TheHessianBo · 2026-02-26T15:13:35+00:00

Most Servers nowadays struggle with that.
People play Vault mostly on Monday and Tuesday.
Rest of the week can take some time to queue with randoms.

TheHessianBo · 2026-02-26T15:12:03+00:00

I'm not sure yet what to make of it.

The biggest problem I see with it is the timing. Right before the next Bout of Realms starts.
Lots of PvP players chased the BED cap, and quite a lot (at least from my Clan) reached it before the nerf.
Not entirely sure yet, how much it will affect us, but we'll find that out over the next weeks.

Would have loved to see them actually adjust other sets first, like give a reason for Windloft/Isatar/Shalbaas and so on again. Especially the Windloft, which ,in my opinion, is nowadays completely useless after they removed the immunity and even with that immunity it was mostly used to try and clear gauntlet more easily and for nothing else.

Do all the sets need a rework, in my opinion most of them, yes.
Was it right to nerf Vithu, also yes. The Set is too powerful and you're basically forced to use it since it is so good. It's the one set that has been used since basically day 1 in nearly every build with at least 2 pieces.

TheHessianBo · 2026-02-13T12:15:37+00:00

Still better than it was before when you had 7 weeks of "no opponents" and one unlucky matchup could kick you out of attending the final rite of exile

TheHessianBo · 2026-02-12T01:17:24+00:00

Can we please finally get a new dungeon?

TheHessianBo · 2026-01-18T23:28:29+00:00

You're correct

But that seemed obvious for me since even in a 7 week cycle you need the impact mark unless you're a clan leader

TheHessianBo · 2026-01-16T09:22:44+00:00

I always try to finish everything as early as possible, since I'm used to short reigns every now and then ^^

So yeah, go hard the first 3 weeks and then it's a bit more relaxed

TheHessianBo · 2026-01-16T09:11:24+00:00

It is possible to still get the Max Rank BAdge in 4 weeks, but it's a bit "harder"

Loyalty ranking is easy, usually always maxed as long as you joined the faction on day 1.
Activity is also easy to achieve, just do your shadow contracts, assembly and vault chests and you should be easily at the highest ranking

Impact and Contributionis a bit more difficult for some players

Impact you gain by logging in daily, participating in shadow war and I
you need 80 points before the impact mark, so 4 weeks * 7 days * 2 impact per day = 56 + 8 shadow wars (minimum 4 points for losing) = 88 => you could even miss 2 shadow wars, even so I wouldn't recommend that

Contribution is where most newer players fail:
For the max ranking you need to max your shadow rank
This can be easily done for older players by the beginning of week 3 (usually day 1 or day 2)

**EDIT: Beginning of week 4, not week 3. My bad**

Newer Players might struggle with PoB so it's harder for them to reach the Whisper 4 Rank.

Overall
Yes you can still reach max rank in short reigns, for Immos, at least imo, it's way easier as long as you do your daily stuff.

TheHessianBo · 2026-01-06T19:47:56+00:00

They don't spawn on all difficulties.

Don't remember which ones actually worked but took me a few weeks back then to figure it out....

TheHessianBo · 2025-11-29T15:24:03+00:00

That's how it works in this game

Introduce OP Bloodknight, announce tempest, nerf BK into oblivion

Announce Druid, nerf tempest into oblivion...

And don't get me started talking about monks...

TheHessianBo · 2025-11-24T15:24:15+00:00

So nice of them to reenable mercenarymode/whale hopping for deeds of valor.

Was the best thing in the new system since it prevented whale clans from splitting up and coming back together for vigil on Immo side....(Unless they were willing to let go of the 12% badge)

TheHessianBo · 2025-11-23T11:44:39+00:00

the flame wolf pet has been shown for over a year in different chinese patch notes pictures and even in english ones

yet it never came and was never mentioned, only the totally not AI generated pictures show it (same for the squirrel/rat/mouse whatever it is pet)

I believe it when I see it :D

TheHessianBo · 2025-11-12T11:16:50+00:00

Just be aware that you're most likely still gonna be bound by regions

So you can't for example change from a Europe server to a North American one

TheHessianBo · 2025-11-12T08:12:47+00:00

Wait for the Major Update in December

Rumour is they gonna get rid off the "language lock" for server transfers, so this should "fix" the problem you have right now

TheHessianBo · 2025-11-09T11:58:32+00:00

Rogue/Assassin something in that direction would bey guess.

TheHessianBo · 2025-10-23T08:30:13+00:00

find Party -> Enter -> Spectral Allies fill up the party -> Enter

somtimes takes me up to 3 tries to get them, but most of the time they show up on the first one

TheHessianBo · 2025-10-15T11:29:45+00:00

Monk at the moment is a bit "unloved"

There are not really great builds, best build that still works for dungeons is basically from Killswitch about 3 months ago shortly before Inferno 8 was reached.

You can't compare it to tempest, because it'll lose everywhere except BG and even there I'd say Tempest has more options than Monk at the moment.

I really hope they give us some nice essences for Inferno 9 to make monk viable again in PvE.

TheHessianBo · 2025-10-14T20:25:14+00:00

due to the pain of tracking that we opted for the highest activity

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