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Firebirds hasn't been an end-game build for a while now. You can play Tal'rasha or Del'rasha or maybe the new Vyr's, and given how the Tal'rasha builds just require you use four different elements if you can't find out some way to enjoy that then you probably just don't like playing a wizard.

People are probably constantly buying more copies. If Skyrim can stay in and out of Steam's top 10 for 4 years, I'm sure D3 sells enough copies to keep a few developers paid.

Plague Doctor needs the AE stun skill to be good, none of her other skills are very impressive. Even with it she's one of the weaker classes really. Grave Robber does decent dps but can't hold a candle to Highwayman for example, she has ok skills but just not enough base damage.

After the patch I can actually finish dungeon runs without everybody being insane. Seems like they buffed some skill upgrades too. Those changes and me bringing an optimized party to some noob dungeons had the game actually feeling easy for the first time. I'm sure I'll be getting my face kicked...

Patch notes for the next build: General balancing & Stress tuning based on your feedback, and us watching twitch streams! Bark Stress tuning - severity, frequency reduced Camping Skill Affliction Balk - chance reduction Fix to Firewood Exploit - nothing's free in the Hamlet Rabies...

I've done a few dungeon runs and got the first boss down, but the stress system seems way overtuned both in that you'll be constantly going insane and then it'll cost a fortune to fix that. Haven't had as much trouble with dying though - Death's Door mechanic + Vestal's group heal means you can...

Wizards just need Firebird 6-set, after that it's just fine tuning. They made those stupidly rare items more common in this patch though, I had a T&T drop me as my third legendary after the patch.

The double legendary chance is only for consoles, though. Goblin buff is for both consoles and PC.

Melees just need good stats to do damage, once you get some items that give +str/agi their damage and special effects goes way up. My Gaulen cripples the enemies with the wounds his axe does and is one of my better dps'ers, thief doesn't hit that hard but daggers attack quickly so it adds up...

At least on normal you eventually get to a point where the heavy armor guys in the front take 1 damage from most attacks when you are walking around the easier parts of the game. Very satisfying to just facetank stuff you used to run away from.

If you know some area is full of mines you can just blanket it with fireballs to clear them, or with Midnight Oil + Flare if you don't have Fireball yet.

Besides increasing all spell damage, INT also reduces spell cooldowns and increases the chances spells inflict status effects. Having some speed is nice but intelligence is more important for mages.