Is desynch still a major issue?

Hi, I played a lot of closed beta/open beta, but I quit 6 months ago due to the insane desynch with Cyclone builds.

I would love to come back to this game (I even supported it with beta packs cause I liked it that much), but is a Cyclone build even playable?

Desync is still a major issue.

Cyclone is "playable" if you get used to it like many have and play around the desync. I don't personally recommend trying it out if that is what made you quit.

Thanks for the quick reply.

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cebrux wrote:

Is desynch still a major issue?

Yes.

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cebrux wrote:

Cyclone

Double yes.

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cebrux wrote:

but is a Cyclone build even playable?

Not really. Cyclone is one of the worst offenders of desync still. You have to shift-click everywhere, and even then, you still get desynch.

Damn, I would really have enjoyed playing my duelist again.

It pains me to say this, but back to D3 Strafe Hunter. I need my spin 2 win fix somehow :(

WillyWonka, a popular PoE streamer, died this past week in the 1 month race due to desync.

Link to Twitch, and related reddit thread.

His face says it all.

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cebrux wrote:

Damn, I would really have enjoyed playing my duelist again.

It pains me to say this, but back to D3 Strafe Hunter. I need my spin 2 win fix somehow :(

Strafe hunters suck though ;V You can't infinite strafe as well as before (Before RoS), it has super low damage percentage (Enemies have like a billion health now) and the strafe items themselves suck.

Don't get me wrong though I love the strafe build, they buffing all of the other demon hunter attacks so you don't have to go sentry/marauder set.

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rrtson wrote:

WillyWonka, a popular PoE streamer, died this past week in the 1 month race due to desync.

Link to Twitch, and related reddit thread.

His face says it all.

His facial expression... priceless..

Yes, Cyclone is still very prone to desync, would not recommend.

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RagnarokChu wrote:

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cebrux wrote:

Damn, I would really have enjoyed playing my duelist again.

It pains me to say this, but back to D3 Strafe Hunter. I need my spin 2 win fix somehow :(

Strafe hunters suck though ;V You can't infinite strafe as well as before (Before RoS), it has super low damage percentage (Enemies have like a billion health now) and the strafe items themselves suck.

Don't get me wrong though I love the strafe build, they buffing all of the other demon hunter attacks so you don't have to go sentry/marauder set.

I agree, it's definitely not a T6 build (or T5/T4/T3), but I actually clear T2 pretty easy with it.

As for the "infinite" part, the build uses a 2H crossbow, so the resource drain is quite a bit slower than dual wielding. I also run Blood vengeance, which restores hatred/disc on health globe pickup. I find that I am forced to use my bat activate for Hatred maybe once per session (2 or 3 rifts). For 6 or so weeks, I have yet to actually run out of Hatred.

It took me a long time to perfect the build for my speed hunter, but it's fun, it involves some tricky mechanics that make it all possible, and I clear a rift in 5 or less minutes with it. Strafe is getting buffed too, so I'm excited to maybe move up to T3 lol.

Back to the PoE topic, I love PoE in many respects, but it seems I won't be returning to cyclone duelist.

I also have a lightning spec shadow, are there any cool builds I could do with him? I'm looking for an excuse to re-install PoE if you can't tell :P