Solution 1: Fix Amp without breaking balance
Instead of ctc%:
75% → 5%
Do:
20–30% proc rate
OR internal cooldown (0.5–1.0s)
- Keeps identity
- Prevents spam abuse
Solution 2: Reduce talent tax
Instead of:
Too many mandatory skills (demonic mastery, blood oath, bind demon)
Suggestion:
Merge Demonic Mastery + Blood Oath synergy scaling
- Allows hybrid builds again
- Keeps build creativity alive
1:
Amp won't be that hard to proc. It's just not going to be an instant full screen amp before you even finish teleporting. Holy Freeze + cursed will still proc amp quite fast. only negative to this is for horking.
2:
just get a Cursed TZ game and grab any demon and replace it til you get HF. upgrade to a better demon as possible. only really need it to spread amp and tank a little. don't need an unkillable demon that can solo the ubers to play the game with.
blood oath is really, really good, but you don't NEED it to play any of the builds. it's more of a luxury in my opinion. still plenty of ways to not die without it. like every other class in the game manages to do.
3:
Blood Boil definitely seems to have been pretty much neutered. will have to wait and see whether it's still playable or not with the PTR.
4:
Apocalypse will still 1 shot the whole screen on p8.
5:
Lethargy with only the slow is still an absurdly good skill to use.
Until we see the PTR and can actually play the characters, besides Blood Boil which seems unplayable unless it's change is worded really badly, the builds don't sound like they will be so weak they can't play the game. it'll be a bit slower killing things on p8, but whatever. Warlock is so strong it makes the rest of the characters irrelevant. it's a step in the right direction. just a matter of whether they tuned it too far down. which we won't know until we can get on the PTR and test them out.
we can't say one way or another whether the builds will be unplayable or not until we can actually get in and try them. so i'll hold my judgement on them until the PTR.
1. What if those who needs different auras?
4. Oh whoa dang. how about vs. bosses?