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Dec 16 2021 06:18pm

Quote (Sapporo @ Dec 16 2021 03:50pm)

Ladder
- 4 months long
- ladder only runewords will be available to NL after each season
- 3 temporary stash tabs at end of ladder

New Runewords
- Plague + Pattern revealed
- More runewords to be announced

SKILL BALANCING

Zon
- fend / impale damage scaling + will now always hit
- Dodge/evade/avoid locks removed
- Fire arrow improved scaling
- Removed casting cooldown after casting valk

Sin
- MA charges reworked
- MA finisher damage buff
- Removed casting delay after casting shadow
- Blade shield buff (not sure if synergies or scaling)
- Fire trap damage scaling buff

Barb
- war cry buffs (not sure if synergies or scaling)
- Faster Leap / leap attack
- Berzerk now receives synergy from BO
- Throw mastery now has pierce
- Double throw damage buff
- Frenzy now receives synergy from Increased Stamina
- No changes to be expected for WW

Druid
- fire skill buff (reworked synergies, now deals physical damage partially as well)
- Arctic blast revamped synergies
- Werewolf skills receiving AR buff (TBD if it can teleport in SS form)
- Werebear receiving damage buff (TBD if it can teleport in SS form)
- Fireclaw complete revamp
- All summons no longer have hidden random health values
- Ravens receiving synergies
- Wolves damage increased
- Spirits (oak/wolverine/spirit of barb) receives phys summon resist
- Spirit wolves now deals cold damage
- Spirit of barb increased thorns damage

Necro
- skeletal mages mass damage increase
- Iron golem thorns damage increase
- Bone armor absorb scaling buff
- Bone skill damage buff
- Weaken curse buff

Paladin
- foh getting bolt pierce changes (i.e. slight AoE buff) and less casting delay
- Increased effectiveness and scaling of offensive auras

Sork
- Frost nova scaling buff
- Inferno receiving free form casting like arctic blast
- Hydras casting delay removed
- Nova damage buff (static + thunderstorm synergy now)
- Thunderstorm changes - to be discovered on PTR
- Blaze gives frw to sorc

MERC CHANGES

A3 merc
- more utility skills (to be tested on PTR)

A5 merc
- now has battle cry

SET ITEMS
- Naj's set buff confirmed
- BK set buff confirmed
- General buffs across the board to lesser viable sets (nothing too crazy)

ZONE CHANGES
- monster level changes (ex. arachnid + ruin temples now will have mlvl 85+, more zones to be announced)
- durance of hate area now requires smashing the compelling orb (means slower grush - need to grab all organ parts)

Q&A SUMMARY
- Devs looking to re-design Dclone to make it more accessible to larger audience
- No plans to expand char slots/stash tabs currently
- No new bosses or endgame content planned
- No plans to buff 2h staves and medium-heavy armors
- Devs are dealing with spam bots
- Not all changes will affect classic mode
- No new uniques planned
- No crafting changes planned
- New horadric cube recipes (upgrading tiers of set items)
- No plans to ever implement stacking of runes/gems
- No plans for loot filters yet
PVP balancing was considered during these changes and will need to be tested in PTR - devs taking feedback

I like a lot of these changes, opening up more choice is spec variety... at least in a pvm sense.

Don't like the fact that I have to get all the organs going forward... lol

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Dec 16 2021 06:35pm

Excited to make my tele werebear es sorc with hydras & enchant melee for pvp. Will be the new meta trapper.

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Dec 16 2021 06:39pm

Quote (tommyd323 @ Dec 16 2021 09:16pm)

Lmfao and with the new damage per second tick rate boost I will definitely be abusing and trolling with this and firewall

Also a possibility of being able to werebear tele and cast Nados / hurricane etc…

Zon Ubers likely to be meta

that blaze hydra sorc I was using on GA would be so good in d2r with these buffs L

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Dec 16 2021 07:12pm

actually seems like some cool changes in there.

my initial thoughts:
- Dodge/evade/avoid locks removed
haha we got one of the changes early. looks like we are already in the beta guys :rofl:

- Removed casting cooldown after casting valk
- Removed casting delay after casting shadow
noice

- MA finisher damage buff
this is actually concerning with the way MA skills ignore block/def at the moment, imo one or the other is more than enough if they wanna buff finishers, adding more damage on top of how finishers are right now is concerning.
one of the things that really jumped out to me on this list, unless the block thing is fixed.

- Faster Leap / leap attack
oh boy, here come the leap barbs, faster kb? hop hop (edit: I guess if it doesnt change the speed of the smallest leap possible it's whatever, just worried it might)

- Spirits (oak/wolverine/spirit of barb) receives phys summon resist
as long as it's not physical immune oak like on nm

- fire skill buff (reworked synergies, now deals physical damage partially as well)
one of the things I'm looking forward to most, making a viable pvp volcano druid

- Bone skill damage buff
another very concerning change that jumped out at me on this list. bone necs are already considered high tier, and certainly don't need a spear/spirit/teeth damage buff in pvp.

- Hydras casting delay removed
200fcr hydra sorc + 174fcr trapper 2v2 teams incoming

- General buffs across the board to lesser viable sets (nothing too crazy)
damn.. I was really hoping they would give all the major sets +1 tele, wouldnt be better than proper characters, but would lower the entry barrier for new players.
ah well. teleport amulets for sets it still is.

- durance of hate area now requires smashing the compelling orb (means slower grush - need to grab all organ parts)
rushing with extra steps lol

- Devs looking to re-design Dclone to make it more accessible to larger audience
I think we saw this one coming, hold on to your standard of heroes boys

-PVP balancing was considered during these changes and will need to be tested in PTR - devs taking feedback
this is great news, but also a bit concerning at the same time lol
well, guess we will see what happens.

thank you for posting

Sapporo

This post was edited by Ziecheik on Dec 16 2021 07:19pm

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#35

Dec 16 2021 07:44pm

Lmaoooooo games so fucked

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Dec 16 2021 08:17pm

Alpha D2r> Real d2r

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Dec 16 2021 08:51pm

Hahahahahaha let me catch my breathe...... Hahahahahahahahaa

How long ago did i call this game is a flop and blizzard is crashing

This post was edited by TriWinning on Dec 16 2021 08:52pm

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#38

Dec 16 2021 08:53pm

How the fk u gunna beat me on necro with more spear damage

gL all

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#39

Dec 16 2021 08:56pm

DClone should be changed from SoJs to Torches (a LOT of torches). Let us merch those floating Necro and Druid Torches to contribute to DClone Spawn. It's easier to contribute, clears out the economy of bad charms, and gives a reason to farm for items with a reasonable chance drop.

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Dec 16 2021 08:58pm

Quote (TriWinning @ Dec 16 2021 08:51pm)

Hahahahahaha let me catch my breathe...... Hahahahahahahahaa

How long ago did i call this game is a flop and blizzard is crashing

The game has been more alive now than the last 10 years, and there's maybe 20 people who said the game will flop still playing legacy. Your predictions along with the others were completely wrong.

This post was edited by eric1014153 on Dec 16 2021 08:58pm

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