New RWs confirmed in patch 2.6

I don't understand what the thinking is with these at all, it's unfathomable.

Hopefully there is much better to come, at least a couple of the S1 runewords are decent.

Janet the Java wrote: 1 year ago

I don't understand what the thinking is with these at all, it's unfathomable.

Agreed. Most likely they are trying to combat the negative effects of sunder charms, but if that is the case than this is not the right way to go about things.

Worst part about this CTRL+C CTRL+V practice is that they are going to get away with it. As in; any kind of negative reviews / boycot isn't going to prevent them from doing something like this again in the future...

Nosgothy wrote: 1 year ago

As in; any kind of negative reviews / boycot isn't going to prevent them from doing something like this again in the future...

I would be surprised if they didn't use the negative feedback to this patch as an excuse to slow support for D2R even further.

Maybe the hinted at runewords to be shown over the next three days will be awesome... I mean, it could happen.

They're all about excuses. The people in charge of this game today have no idea what made it so successful because this game is not like anything they've ever played or experienced. If not this game, then there are probably devs working on other parts of this franchise (D3/DI/D4) who weren't even born when D2 debuted, never mind announced.

While I believe there will be three more days of runeword reveals and they were never going to reveal the best ones on the first day, the fact that they've already taken an approach to crafting copying new runewords that's more ham-fisted, lazy, and uninspiring than the 1.11 runewords is a bad omen.

Be careful what you wish for from these guys in this game, because you just might end up wishing they did nothing at all.

Don't expect much from a company that also owns the Call of Duty franchise, the second-worst offender of Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V behind the entire EA Sports portfolio.

Snakecharmed wrote: 1 year ago

Don't expect much from a company that also owns the Call of Duty franchise, the second-worst offender of Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V behind the entire EA Sports portfolio.

Blizzard is owned by Microsoft since January '22. Think thats enough said.

https://d2runewizard.com/runewords/Metamorphosis

Hey look another! This one's actually pretty cool!

That's what druids need..even more life, lol

Though the bear side might indeed actually be interesting.

i'm going to offer a dissenting opinion.
I don't think these resist helms are all that bad. They aren't for high lvl play.
The bggest issue with these helms is that they require 3 slots. They should have made them two slot helms (or made 3 slot helms drop in norm/nm) so the players who need this kind of protection can access them.
This isn't a problem of corporate greed or uninspired game developers. This is a problem of not really thinking their own mechanics through. But as i said, perhaps they'll make 3soc helms more prevalent in lower difficulties
PS 75% psn reduction IS pretty sweet, does that stack, i've never tried

I could almost see Metamorphosis being used exclusively but nah. At best you would swap between it for the trigger while shifted as a pre-buff, and wear

Jalal's Mane to everywhere else.
Good thing is literally any base is perfectly fine for this runeword, so it will be cheap on nonladder after s3 ends.

The 180s duration is even longer than a BO/BC buff from Call To Arms on most builds. Will be comfortable switching the helmet around, although not perfect.

Obligatory

Wolfhowl + Beast barbarian gets thrown a bone!

Soulspor wrote: 1 year ago

https://d2runewizard.com/runewords/Metamorphosis

Hey look another! This one's actually pretty cool!

Cham feels real expensive for Metamorphosis, but I’m not 100% on how “mark” works, haven’t watched the vids yet

Cham costs only 2

Ist -

Vex during the first month of ladder.
It worths trying this runeworld.

Wish I ever found a

Jah for that price

Soulspor wrote: 1 year ago

https://d2runewizard.com/runewords/Metamorphosis

What do u think about the possible +8 to skills this

Helm offers? I was never that much into

Werewolf/bear. Does it make a big difference to e.g. Jalals?

Blubbalutsch wrote: 1 year ago

What do u think about the possible +8 to skills this

Helm offers? I was never that much into

Werewolf/bear. Does it make a big difference to e.g. Jalals?

Yes, if you are a

Fire Claws build, and you have to ask yourself, if dealing single target damage at 20k+ is any different than dealing single target damage at 22k+. Otherwise no, jalal would be better.

Queegon wrote: 1 year ago

Yes, if you are a

Fire Claws build, and you have to ask yourself, if dealing single target damage at 20k+ is any different than dealing single target damage at 22k+.

Thanks.
This brings up another question to me: Wouldn't a perfect Flickering Flame be a better option damagewise in that case?

Blubbalutsch wrote: 1 year ago

Thanks.
This brings up another question to me: Wouldn't a perfect Flickering Flame be a better option damagewise in that case?

Damage at +3

Fire Claws Flickering Flame would be pretty much the same as +3

Fire Claws Metamorphosis but Metamorphosis doesn't negate the

Flame Rift malus and I'd argue that -15% fire res is better than the raw damage from 2 extra skill points unless you are battling an enemy that already has -100% fire res through Infinity + Phoenix. So yeah, flicker is better as well.

Really, this will be just a pre-buff helmet. An amazing pre-buff helmet, mind you, but a pre-buff nonetheless.

Mosaic for martial arts assassin:

So far, so "nothing to farm in S3". Sounds far more relaxed than stacking up p. sunders. ^^

hmm. when this will be all we get in s3, than i have nothing to farm :-/

Well, I guess there's a few of their pet YouTubers still left so this likely won't be all of them.

My updated expectations for what's still to come:
- Some amazon

Spear runeword specifically aimed at

Fend.
- Something something barb

Leap Attack something.

Naturally, they'd also be bad to mediocre at best and shall do nothing to take underplayed builds to anything but still (rightfully) underplayed builds.