Threshold Jewel: Fight for Survival

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1453R wrote:

If someone handed you a Frost Blades character with two of these for a half hour of mapping, then handed you the same Frost Blades character with two generic rare jewels instead for another half hour, would you be able to tell which half hour was which without looking at the skill tree? if not, that seems kinda like a waste of a threshold jewel.

This point of view is fantastic and what I wish GGG had.
(Also, replacing "threshold jewel" with "unique item" also works.)

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Vipermagi wrote:

Just curious: have you guys tried it since the last auto-targeting update? It made quite a big difference to me, much easier to land a hit with shift and ground-targeting. Still quirky, but not as egregious as it once was.
(that update was 2.5.0, or the start of Breach League, for reference)

hmmm not sure, but may have to give it a go

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pneuma wrote:

This point of view is fantastic and what I wish GGG had.
(Also, replacing "threshold jewel" with "unique item" also works.)

There's room in the game for raw numerical power, even in the occasional unique item. But as I understand it, threshold jewels are supposed to be late-game updates to early-game skills that allow someone who likes the early-game skill to gain access to a sort of Evolved Form of that skill that keeps it fresh and relevant later on, or allows it to perform a task it couldn't before. This has different levels of success, of course - Volley Fire being the main runaway smash hit for threshold jewels - but much like the Heavy Strike jewel, this FB jewel doesn't really feel much like an evolution of the base skill.

Admittedly Frost Blades is still quite cool and has a pretty unique feel to it nothing else does, and 30% cold pen in the new 2.6.0, 100% Cold versions of FB is quite useful. Like I said, you get a link back from not needing Cold Pen anymore, and a link slot is generally going to to be worth a lot more damage than anything but a couple of truly monstrously expensive jewels, so a net gain.

Just...kinda wish there was a bit more pop to it, I suppose.

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k1rage wrote:

doesent frost blades still have the awful name lock targeting?

It does, indeed

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Hlifhildr wrote:

kumite kumite kumite

As soon as I saw the title, I'm like "I'm gonna stake my claim......"

I hate that song but it will forever be stuck in my head haha.

This jewel gets my seal of disapproval.

I want Ball Lightning jewel :|

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raics wrote:

This jewel gets my seal of disapproval.

^This, mechanically boring, no flavor.

Pure band-aid jewel rather then targeting the skill itself and keeping jewels for modifications that lead to interesting new play-styles.

Peace,

-Boem-

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Moridin79 wrote:

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Hlifhildr wrote:

kumite kumite kumite

As soon as I saw the title, I'm like "I'm gonna stake my claim......"

I hate that song but it will forever be stuck in my head haha.

My body's ready, my heart's on fiiiire! Gonna push it over the wiiiire!