Siosilvar wrote:todeshund89 wrote:Not 100% sure if this is a bug, but so far, leveling up a fresh barbarian, I'm now 113, and I've gotten probably 20 Vizjerei Judgment sorceress amulets. 2, maybe 3 other set items, but at least 15-20 of those amulets.
Not a bug. Level 80-90 it's the only set item that can drop, and before Duncraig it's the only set amulet.
Even if it's not a "bug", surely it's not an intentional design decision and could be avoided pretty easily by just adding amulets to some other sets in that range. Seeing a green amulet should not cause a feeling of disappointment because you know it's going to be a copy of the same item again.
Other feedback:
Is Stormcall supposed to be be invisible except for the effect on you and on hitting enemies? Since it hits an area around you I would expect it to have a visual area effect similar to
Nova in vanilla D2, but for me there's no visuals for the projectile/area so I'm not sure if it's a bug. Being able to see it would also make it easier to judge what you'll hit.
How is a Storm Amazon supposed to sustain their life? Her only source of healing appears to be Defensive Harmony heal when struck which doesn't sound sustainable at all, no summons, no mobility, and her defensive stuff doesn't look great either. Do you just need to spam potions?
I've played a bit of Storm Caster Amazon and liked it so far, but then I realised ... that's because I like the Lightning Sorceress which has very similar attack skills (a small area good for single targets and a large area which doesn't require aiming). The numbers on the Storm Amazon's attack spells look like they're probably higher, but the Lightning Sorceress also has:
- Superposition - probably the best teleport in the game.
- Antimass - instant self healing.
- Ice Elementals - decent summons for tanking.
- A bit of extra build customization in the Coven element choices and two viable Ultimate choices. More appropriate Reward skills too.
The Storm Amazon has none of those utilities and seemingly nothing else going for it.
So why does the Storm Caster Amazon actually exist? With all the myriad possibilities for what builds could be, why would we need two extremely similar lightning based casters?
Off the top of my head, here are some ideas for how things could be reworked:
- Give Stormcall, Askari Lightning, and Conductivity to the Lightning Sorceress so she has a second option for her main build path and Hamerzon has some room for some choices too.
- Or just take them out or replace Thunderstone/Tempest with them because it would be even weirder to have such similar skills next to each other on the same class.
- The Forked Lightning area is horrible. I can't imagine anyone actually wanting to use that skill at any level.
- Tempest and Stormcall are both cool. Tempest usage has more nuance to it since you need to line up enemies instead of just being vaguely near them.
- The Askari Lightning area is much nicer than the inconsistent Thunderstone hits.
- Conductivity is way more interesting than the passive Tempest upgrade passive (more projectiles for bigger numbers).
- A Leap Strike skill similar to the Necromancer's Angel of Death could be cool for Hammerzon. It could buff move speed and give a chance to cast a lightning effect on hit for a short time. That would help with the lack of other mobility skills. Hammer + Lightning + Leap = Thor superhero landing.
- The damaging part of the Sorceress's Nova Charge would be more relevant for the melee Hammerzon so maybe it could be swapped for something else. Maybe the Sorceress could have a modifier for Mana Shield or Familiar or a Lightning based speed buff.
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