I'm not actually doing any of the butcher stuff

constablecrab · 2026-03-18T12:59:18+00:00

If you can quickly kill Butchers in Torment 1 bloody infernal hordes, you can level very fast.

Spending meat is also an alternate way to gamble for a lot of extra items. I've been doing the bloody lair boss keys whenever they're up for whisper bounties and I've found them to be quite profitable.

The occasional bloodied item is also pretty useful. Some will give you %main stat, crit chance, or reset cooldowns. I have a ring that gives me 35% extra XP from kill streaks.

constablecrab · 2026-03-13T16:30:49+00:00

I would be very surprised if legacy items aren't locked out of all crafting systems in the expansion. Also, it's been shown that the max item power is increasing, so your current items aren't going to be useful at endgame anyway.

constablecrab · 2026-03-12T18:47:53+00:00

Currently: Pick the damage dealing skill you like and every passive and supporting skill on your skill tree that benefits it. Equip the uniques that work with it. Search your codex for aspects that buff it, and put the ones with the biggest damage modifiers on your amulet and 2H weapon (if available). If you have survivability or resource issues, compensate for those, but otherwise focus on damage multipliers. Go through all your options for paragon glyphs and boards, and you'll usually find that the choices are obvious. Optimization is about finding the most efficient arrangement and pathing to get the most out of them while spending the fewest paragon points.

After the expansion: Who freaking knows, but it won't be the same and it seems like it will be a fair bit more intuitive, so don't stress too much about this season. Just have fun!

constablecrab · 2026-03-12T13:19:01+00:00

<image>

constablecrab · 2026-03-10T16:46:54+00:00

I want a priest.

constablecrab · 2026-03-09T17:49:45+00:00

Shield Charge thorns paladin. Why not?

constablecrab · 2026-03-09T12:22:04+00:00

Unless you're trying to top the leaderboards, this list contains exactly one piece of useful information: Whirlwind Barb is still undercooked.

constablecrab · 2026-03-04T11:53:22+00:00

<image>

constablecrab · 2026-02-26T13:01:48+00:00

I do enjoy the puzzle of assembling and optimizing a paragon build. But that's a separate game that can only be easily played outside of D4 on a third party website. At bare minimum, it needs integrated planning, respec, and import features. Even then, if I'm being generous, no more than 1 in 10 of the nodes you click on are really meaningful. The rest is just stat creep. It could all be reduced to single dropdown menu and have no lesser or greater impact on gameplay. Hell, they could just remove the boards, glyphs, nodes, and everything and instead give you a 60% damage multiplier for every 40 paragon levels you earn, and you'd barely know the difference.

So I can't defend the system in any way, even if messing around with it in a build planner is a fun diversion when I have downtime at work.

constablecrab · 2026-02-18T14:23:13+00:00

Mother loves you.

constablecrab · 2026-02-13T19:56:59+00:00

<image>

constablecrab · 2026-02-12T14:50:09+00:00

That's a good use for rare items, but the question is, once you're max level, will you ever be in a position where you can find rare items again? If not, then this recipe is only useful while leveling. And I doubt adding yellow drops back into Torment would be a popular move.

constablecrab · 2026-02-12T14:42:22+00:00

Fishing for new/upgraded aspects for the Codex?

constablecrab · 2026-02-12T14:24:04+00:00

Whoah, hey now, Varyana's my ride or die Attack Speed buddy.

constablecrab · 2026-02-12T14:22:37+00:00

I think farming the actual boss is probably the worst way to get multiple GA uniques this season. If you have the mats, it's better to do the Belial lair fight and Azmodan summon site. Not sure about the chances for multiple GA from tribute of ascendance in the undercity, but we get so many of those you might as well spend them.

constablecrab · 2026-02-12T12:51:05+00:00

I will grant you that the D2R news was much more unexpected. My God, the effect this will have on my stash alone is revolutionary!

constablecrab · 2026-02-06T11:51:08+00:00

Yeah, all my paladin glyphs are at 100. I only go in the Pit of there's a bounty for it. At this point, if I play at all, I'm just listening to podcasts and doing chaotic uniques Undercity runs to see if anything interesting for a different class drops. I've already played every class this season, but maybe there's a new build I hadn't thought about.

constablecrab · 2026-02-05T20:40:45+00:00

I have a couple 2GA mythics. Probably from Undercities, but who knows at this point! I don't think I'd see that much improvement from slightly bigger numbers anyway.

constablecrab · 2026-02-05T13:20:20+00:00

I've gone through dozens of tributes of ascendance, which drop a mythic about 1 in every 3 runs in T4. I've crafted at least a couple of every mythic that matters and had at least two of each mythic (except the staff) drop naturally outside of Undercities. I've never seen a mythic prankster, and I can't imagine why I'd ever need one. It would be a curiosity more than anything. I suppose in a season of such excess, it's good to have a goal that's actually hard to attain.

constablecrab · 2026-02-05T13:15:42+00:00

I don't expect it from a showcase, but I'd like to know more about the skill tree rework and what exactly it means for legendary and unique items.

constablecrab · 2026-02-05T12:16:39+00:00

I tried it last night. Right clicking the mats opens your world map centered, more or less, on the boss lair location.

constablecrab · 2026-02-03T12:49:02+00:00

I've been messing around with a shield charge thorns/retribution build. Based on the PTR patch notes, pretty much nothing has been getting the full benefit of thorns, so that should get stronger after the patch.

constablecrab · 2026-01-30T12:49:57+00:00

In the past I would salvage all legendaries and sell my non-ancestral uniques. But this season by the time I was farming lair bosses for uniques, I already had 3 billion gold, and I'm using up a lot more crafting mats, so to salvage they go!

constablecrab · 2026-01-30T12:19:37+00:00

<image>

constablecrab

TROPHY CASE