All things considered did anything actually get buffed or become viable? Patch is hot liquid dog shit but I figured I'd open this safe space for new ideas. Afk

its probably better to ask tomorrow when people put their tin foil hats down and actually play the new patch

Time will tell, especially with those hearts im pretty sure there are some usage of exploiting mechanics the devs never thought of.
But the overall buffs of the weaker skills doesnt looks like they were viable now.

Just spent two hours playing and damage is universally lower, what’s the tin foil part here? Have you tried damage across several different classes and builds?

I'm testing on barb and druid currently and both are very noticeable nerfs, but not enough i feel like im helpless. Let's s assume i had the new sockets in jewlery vs the skulls. Likely similar or higher output, with minimal tweaks. My thoughts on stats on gear are that you'll take an attribute more regularly and a class specific over core more regularly. I don't know, but let's all take a step back for a moment. Never get your hopes up with Blizzard, just assume a hotfix a few days later. Which is never a hot fix from experience

people werent dying to their shit crowd control mechanics enough, so blizz lowered our cdr and damage so we cant use skills or kill mobs... but it is ok for a spider to root me over and over, or for a cold enchant mob to freeze me until i die.

I must say to your point that they clearly made mob CCs with resistances in mind. So yeah your statement is my biggest irritation moving forward

You have a bunch of hearts in your gear already?

No obviously not. I’m speaking about the state of the game as is, given the season is not here yet.

Did you even read OP’s post, or the one that I responded to? Or did you just insert generic response?

Go and play for a couple hours, there’s broad nerfs across classes. I play two different classes in pvp and have done T90+ nm dungeons on a third class. Even if hearts bring power in-line, why would we celebrate a straight nerf?