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Derkon

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Deathwing said:
Still not following you, that one only has one trans gem too. Or is there some new skill to proc the relics?
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Well last time I played relic you need two trans gems:

Holy Relic of Convection
Lancing Steel of Spraying

Currently, at least in normal lab, you always got the "turn gem into random trans gem of same color" so you played the slot machine with however many outcomes blue or green gems could have. From what I understand the change is you can just place relic or lancing steel into the lab device and get a trans gem of that same skill gem.

Unless I'm understanding the change wrong?
 
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elidib

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Yeah youre not understanding the change.

THAT font option is still the exact same. Its the more advanced option which turns a gem into the specific trans versions of that same gem that was changed ao that the outcome is no longer random between the multiple trans versions of that specific gem, it now gives all options for that trans gem so you can pick the one you want instead of it being 50/50.
 
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Derkon

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elidib said:
Yeah youre not understanding the change.

THAT font option is still the exact same. Its the more advanced option which turns a gem into the specific trans versions of that same gem that was changed ao that the outcome is no longer random between the multiple trans versions of that specific gem, it now gives all options for that trans gem so you can pick the one you want instead of it being 50/50.
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oooh ok. My bad!
 
Uriel

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I want to know more about static strike of gathering lightning, seems like it could be fun. I also want to see all the reliquarian nodes.
 
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Khane

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Gonna be some pretty OP shit this patch. These new supports look significantly stronger.
 
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Arbitrary

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I was giving the imbued gems some thought

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People are going to wreck themselves chasing specific skill/support combinations. I had to scale back my own plans (bolt Feeding Frenzy on to minion skill) when I saw that would be something like a one in forty-five. If it's a transfigured gem and you absolutely have to have your hand-picked skill support combo the market is going to struggle to supply you with enough. The currency itself could also be quite rare.

At the low end even if you're buying other people's "failed" combines you're still going to be adding relevant level one supports to skills you use. That's a ton of power. I'll just be kinda disappointed if this ends up like high end runesmithing enchants (can't justify spending the runes) or the best TotA tattoos (can't justify using the bonus projectile tats).
 
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Deathwing

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I chased Frostblink of Wintry Blast as a main skill for a while. If you can cheat the cast speed and maximize the chill effect, it has damage effectiveness rivalling old hexblast. It has some clunk that I could never overcome except with echoing shrines. I wonder if that new belt that gives shrine buffs when not affected by flasks can roll echoing shrines...
 
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Khane

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I'm going to guess that this does not work on added damage on skill/support gems... but if it does...

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It seems ripe for abuse either way.
 
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Uriel

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I wonder how rare that shrine belt will be, it looks OP with the extra ring bloodline. You still get tinctures and instant flasks, and there's gull and blunderbore (would probably just use gull).
 
Xevy

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I feel like right now 50% of people are thinking of Guardian because of new skills and buffs, but at launch we're going to see a 20%+ pick rate of something like Deadeye because wanders outside of int stackers got 0 nerfs and those skills absolutely crushed last league.

Also Guardian buffs are kind of weird because I've thought Guardian as one of the best ascendancy's since it's rework and it keeps getting buffed. Meanwhile stuff like Gladiator and Chieftain could probably use a helping hand in a few spots.
 
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Xevy said:
Also Guardian buffs are kind of weird because I've thought Guardian as one of the best ascendancy's since it's rework and it keeps getting buffed. Meanwhile stuff like Gladiator and Chieftain could probably use a helping hand in a few spots.
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I feel the same way. The zero percent representation is completely divorced from the strength of the ascendancy. It's the kind of situation where you see something get buffed and just know it's going to get nerfed down the road.

I get stomping on some of the meta stuff. What they've chosen to buff is the real mystery.
 
Uriel

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Shock nova of procession looked really cool in the trailer. I believe it's also the skill Mark mentioned in the Q&A when talking about self cast spells, and he said that one of their testers is a self cast guy and it's his new favorite ability or something like that.

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I just don't want to see an actual minion meta ever again. Being meta is a good way of getting shat on whether you deserve it or not. Not being meta is a good way of getting buffs whether you deserve them or not. I think Guardian, Absolution and Raise Spectre are going to push it over the line but I'm going to hope not.

Absolution gets buffs every other patch it seems. It's not numbers that hold it down. It's just not all that much fun to play.
 
Khane

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Well, Dom Blow and Absolution both have trans versions that are... kinda OP and abusable and nobody seems to like to use.
 
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Khane said:
Well, Dom Blow and Absolution both have trans versions that are... kinda OP and abusable and nobody seems to like to use.
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Thing is, and I could be wrong since I haven't played in forever but I assume that's still the case, the issue is that these skills are still melee. This is the same issue as melee in general, you need to be close and to hit stuff to do things. Normal summoner, you just run around, refreshing your offerings or whatever but you can do your own thing. Melee summoner, you have to play like a melee, have to go in, hit stuff, go out to dodge and so on. Means you need to build more defenses, sometimes more stats(attack speed, ancestral hits, melee range) so yeah it has to be stronger and even then it's not necessarily good enough to offset being able to sit on your ass a screen away.

Still the buffs are big so it's nice, I'm considering it, just wish I didn't have to play Templar, fucking hate that old man.
 
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