So all you need to do is to attach Herald of Thunder in your Helmet and just have Wrath or Zealotry/Discipline/Herald of Thunder/Enlighten LVL3 like the Path of Building suggests. This means that you need to get Warlords Mark (since you won't be using Herald of Thunder Cast on Damage Taken Warlords Mark) somewhere else and for that you can just buy a Ring with an explicit for Warlords Mark (it won't be cheap but it's SO worth it).
I don't see Synth NOT going core or rather going core eventually. There is a ton of crafting stuff in it that would be a big loss if they removed it. Honestly the league is much better now than it first started and with some tweaks it could be fine. The main issue is that the game is having a lot of feature creep with a ton of league mechanics and now it's getting too heavy.
The fact that I have less than a half dozen betrayal mods unlocked with 2 level 89 characters is bizarre.
Yeah, I suppose. I'm not complaining or anything, just surprised.
I think if they just limited the RNG to the implicit it would make things better (for a start), it would remove the need to scour craft prefixes and suffixes and you could just concentrate on crafting decent implicit and worry about the prefixes and suffixes after you've synth crafted.
That is a cracking video, despite it being a bit quickfire, it's well worth a watch.
Synthesis crafting is actually the least RNG mechanic in the game. The results are very deterministic. The RNG is only in acquiring the fracture mods but you can buy the mods.
It is, but to get to that deterministic stage you have to have already committed (a fair bit) of currency into those items, and you still have a chance to get something you don't actually want.
I wonder if it's because GGG's vision (as seen in the video linked from GDC) is different from how (most?) people actually play the game, they say they have all these different mechanics to appeal to different people and different playstyles, as if people concentrate on only doing one or two things, but I think the reality is that (most) people try and play "everything" because they don't want to miss out on anything.
Yeah. The system is made so you can do a little of each. I would love if I could just focus on a single league mechanic if I want but it gets very expensive to do that.
Thanks for this info! I also found another similar build so I'll see what I prefer and whether I can work the passive skills from my current starting point. My key concern is that I'm nowhere near experienced enough to really build a useful passive tree so I don't want to deviate much (if at all) from a tried and trusted build.
Or bring other content up.
Most of the loot you'll find is garbage. You probably won't need tabs until you reach maps, which unfortunately isn't all that likely if you're just starting out without a guide because it's incredibly easy to ruin your first (or twentieth) character. I ruined my first character, but the upside was that I learned a lot about what goes into making good choices and I didn't need stash tabs for a while :)
Imo, a currency tab is a must, its such a big QoL upgrade.
After Act 5 you have a penalty to your elemental resists, and Act 6 is quick to capitalize on that with enemies with strong fire spells and a boss with strong lightning damage attacks. That is most likely what is causing you to take so much damage.
it's shit. The daily appears on a map you don't have, you run a gazillion for it to finally drop and that very moment the daily switches to a different map, guess what, which you also don't have. pos
It's almost like it's random........I'll get my coat.......
Skill gems won't help. Resistances can be found on any armor or jewelry item.
Is there a way to switch out entire armor sets(load outs) on PS4? Switching between armor sets/gems is tedious in this game.
There aren't loadouts, but typically you won't be changing up your gear all that often once you're done leveling. Upgrades are few and far between, especially when you have to change your resistances around. That's why I recommend grabbing gear with open suffix crafts so you have more flexibility without needing to replace an entire set every time you get a good item.
I feel your pain. It's a lot to manage especially at first. What helped me:
