Anyone rushing to find their unicorn demon before the patch?

Rhaegar86 wrote: 2 days ago

Flyhorse wrote: 2 days ago

Rhaegar86 wrote: 2 days ago

Interesting. I just logged out and back in to see if my bound Heph still had

Conviction and he does. I can also still use a two-handed staff with a shield.

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What's your game version? For patch 3.2, it's 3.2.92777.

Yeah nevermind. I didn't log out of Bnet. Logged back in to find this. I got super robbed lol...

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Fanaticism isn't bad! Will help proc Amp a bit more. I suppose that means Infinity farming begins.

Also, just cross posting that someone said that summoning a

Goatman killed their bound demon. That has to be a bug, right?

I will be taking my summons off of hot keys until this is confirmed.

FerociousTerrier wrote: 2 days ago

Rhaegar86 wrote: 2 days ago

Flyhorse wrote: 2 days ago

What's your game version? For patch 3.2, it's 3.2.92777.

Yeah nevermind. I didn't log out of Bnet. Logged back in to find this. I got super robbed lol...

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Fanaticism isn't bad! Will help proc Amp a bit more. I suppose that means Infinity farming begins.

Oh well that's great news then! I thought it was

Resist Fire aura based on this online aura chart. I did confirm, though, that I cannot bind a new Heph due to lack of hard points. Good news is, I already have a solid base for Infinity. I just need a few more runes

Rhaegar86 wrote: 2 days ago

FerociousTerrier wrote: 2 days ago

Rhaegar86 wrote: 2 days ago

Yeah nevermind. I didn't log out of Bnet. Logged back in to find this. I got super robbed lol...

image.png

Fanaticism isn't bad! Will help proc Amp a bit more. I suppose that means Infinity farming begins.

Oh well crap I thought it was

Resist Fire aura based on this online aura chart. I did confirm, though, that I cannot bind a new Heph due to lack of hard points. Good news is, I already have a solid base for Infinity. I just need a few more runes

Just a few more run of the mill runes :-p

FerociousTerrier wrote: 2 days ago

Rhaegar86 wrote: 2 days ago

FerociousTerrier wrote: 2 days ago

Fanaticism isn't bad! Will help proc Amp a bit more. I suppose that means Infinity farming begins.

Oh well crap I thought it was

Resist Fire aura based on this online aura chart. I did confirm, though, that I cannot bind a new Heph due to lack of hard points. Good news is, I already have a solid base for Infinity. I just need a few more runes

Just a few more run of the mill runes :-p

Lol indeed

FerociousTerrier wrote: 2 days ago

Someone has already confirmed that they couldn't bind Hephy in 40 minutes of trying.
[..]

Keep in mind that bind doesn't work how it used to anymore. You can't just click and be done with a reliable nigh instant bind.
You actually have to properly dmg the target now and then hold bind to channel for very likely an extended period of time before it finally succeeds.

That is unless they changed it again from the PTR.
Wouldn't know that as I'm still downloading at ~0.01mb/minute...solid download servers there, blizz!

I'll be keen to know if anyone is successful binding Lister during P8

Baal runs.

Schnorki wrote: 2 days ago

FerociousTerrier wrote: 2 days ago

Someone has already confirmed that they couldn't bind Hephy in 40 minutes of trying.
[..]

Keep in mind that bind doesn't work how it used to anymore. You can't just click and be done with a reliable nigh instant bind.
You actually have to properly dmg the target now and then hold bind to channel for very likely an extended period of time before it finally succeeds.

That is unless they changed it again from the PTR.
Wouldn't know that as I'm still downloading at ~0.01mb/minute...solid download servers there, blizz!

Alright, upon further investigation:
They did change it again.

Binding is way, WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY easier again than it was on the PTR. Thank gawd.
But yes, you do still have to damage the target and actually hold bind and keep channeling. If you keep hearing "I can't do that", you need to dmg the target more (audio cue is new). Once you stop hearing that while channeling, stop dmging the target and just keep channeling until it succeeds.
Went through multiple binds just to make sure it wasn't a complete fluke. Works reliably, just dmg and hold. Way better than it was on the PTR.

Either way, respec done and got myself a shiny new TZ96 cursed/freeze Hephasto so all is well again.
Nice of them to time the patch to right before river TZ.

Side note:
He still very easily face-tanks T5 heralds. I guess they did get nerfed a fair bit but yeah, no worries whatsoever there.
Even the dreaded cursed/conc/bystander-fana lancer that 1shot my merc instantly could barely scratch him.

Schnorki wrote: 2 days ago

Schnorki wrote: 2 days ago

FerociousTerrier wrote: 2 days ago

Someone has already confirmed that they couldn't bind Hephy in 40 minutes of trying.
[..]

Keep in mind that bind doesn't work how it used to anymore. You can't just click and be done with a reliable nigh instant bind.
You actually have to properly dmg the target now and then hold bind to channel for very likely an extended period of time before it finally succeeds.

That is unless they changed it again from the PTR.
Wouldn't know that as I'm still downloading at ~0.01mb/minute...solid download servers there, blizz!

Alright, upon further investigation:
They did change it again.

Binding is way, WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY easier again than it was on the PTR. Thank gawd.
But yes, you do still have to damage the target and actually hold bind and keep channeling. If you keep hearing "I can't do that", you need to dmg the target more (audio cue is new). Once you stop hearing that while channeling, stop dmging the target and just keep channeling until it succeeds.
Went through multiple binds just to make sure it wasn't a complete fluke. Works reliably, just dmg and hold. Way better than it was on the PTR.

Either way, respec done and got myself a shiny new TZ96 cursed/freeze Hephasto so all is well again.
Nice of them to time the patch to right before river TZ.

Side note:
He still very easily face-tanks T5 heralds. I guess they did get nerfed a fair bit but yeah, no worries whatsoever there.
Even the dreaded cursed/conc/bystander-fana lancer that 1shot my merc instantly could barely scratch him.

Nice!! I love how the new Heralds drop right on your head now lol

Looks like hunting season is still on!

I'll be on the lookout for my unicorn Lancer. This

Blunderbore is interesting, but doesn't have the same intensity that the Lancer had. That Lancer was just out to kill!

I haven't tried binding a new demon, but I am very curious about the health caps. Do old demons have their health pools "grandfathered"? My pre 3.2 P8 unique Mauler still takes no damage at all from P8 T5 heralds (he solos them and their oack easily enough). I estimated his health at about 108K hp pre patch, so wondering what it could be now. I'm afraid to bind a new demon, haha!

Also, it seems that chasing demons is going to become easier with so many new public games terrorizing all acts. That's helpful.

FerociousTerrier wrote: 18 hours ago

I haven't tried binding a new demon, but I am very curious about the health caps. Do old demons have their health pools "grandfathered"? My pre 3.2 P8 unique Mauler still takes no damage at all from P8 T5 heralds (he solos them and their oack easily enough). I estimated his health at about 108K hp pre patch, so wondering what it could be now. I'm afraid to bind a new demon, haha!

No clue about grandfathering in but probably.

That said, even if not, the

Cap isn't anywhere near as low as it was on the PTR it seems. At least for certain mobs. Heph continues to tank everything just fine. I did actually add a keybind for

Engorge after the PTR changes but with the actual live version, I have yet to need to use it. Even more so since heralds also got smacked with the nerf stick. Given, there are still some more painful T5 combinations that can 1shot your merc and the like but even those pose no threat to my post-patch Heph.