0.9.12j Patch Notes

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C4ph wrote:

Wow I cannot believe how inconsistent it is to not allow 2nd Slot Auras to work, but to alow 2nd Slot gems to gain experience.....this is bullshit.
Either you should allow the 2nd Slot to be of use, or delete it entirely. I really dislike your idea of disabling aura-swapping. You call it a bug? I'd call it a well-designed feature.
I mean the fact that a Dualwield melee champ embraces his mysterious magic 2-Hand staff to awaken powerful auras that support him sounds logic and fun to me ;)
You want to redirect the discussion to wether there are enough sockets or skillslots? Well thats a good idea.

Assume this example of a typical character

a) I am using a CI Dagger-Shield Shadow.
b) I use Elemental Hit for single target damage on my right click. (4-Linked with Weapon Elemental Damage, Culling Strike, Faster Attacks and Mana Leech in my Helmet)
c) I use Elemental Weakness Curse on my Mouse wheel (4-Linked with Faster Casting, Increased Area of Effect and Increased Duration in my Gloves...you get the idea)
d) I Use my Main-AOE Attack LS on my left click (5-Linked Chest)
e) Furthermore I use Whirling Blades for Escape on my Q(4-Linked Boots)

Now I have only 6 Socketsleft on my character to accommodate

1. Bloodrage
2. Portal
3. Phaserun (Linked with increased duration).
4. Detonate dead (linked with Totem Support)

No Sockets left and..... oh wait I am still missing my 4 Auras which I had linked with reduced Mana Cost in my second slot.

But how do you want to change the amount of available sockets?

Here is a few suggestions: (with pros and cons)

Increase the number of slots available on Helmets, Gloves and Shoes to 6
- requires design overhaul since so far slots were aligned to amount of squares an item uses in inventory
+ allows for accommodation and meaningful linking of more skills and auras
- might require more balancing because of the possibility of gaining up to 4 6-linked skills

Increase the Number of slots available on one handed weapons and offhands to 6 (shields + quivers) - so far the number of llots one could get in both weapon slots was 6 (either 3+3 or 6)
- requires design overhaul since so far slots were aligned to amount of squares an item uses in inventory
- might require rebalancing of 2 Handed Weapons (Except bows) (e.g. by developing Offhands for 2-hand weapons to
+ allows for accommodation and meaningful linking of more skills and auras

Develop a new form of Slots for Auras (and Supports ) only (e.g. establishing aura slots outside of items could be named “soul sockets”)
+ allows for accommodation and meaningful linking of more skills and auras
- requires major designing /programming

Re-enable the effect of the second weapon slot
+ allows for accommodation and meaningful linking of auras / lvling additional gems
+ does not require major overhaul or balancing of any kind
+ simply call it a feature not a bug!


And now, just think for your self which of these solutions is the lowest hanging fruit....

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It's no longer possible to have auras active when their gems are on your inactive weapon set.

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maxie12 wrote:

So what?

Hey, you know what's not in beta but now thanks to this aura change has almost identical mechanics and gameplay? Diablo 3. If I wanted to play some pocky game where I could only utilise skills that the designers deign to allow me to use, I'd be playing that.

Edit in re: the above post - If it ain't broke, but is totally build-enabling, then don't fix it.