literally could not be more excited for Greensteel, Level 30, Legendary and these loot changes.

The only reason I EVER had alts was for GS mat farming, and random loot chest farming.

What a phenomenal break we players are getting. I know, I can't believe I'm saying it either. I hope my old friends come back to playing this game.

Sounds like a mix. 

Good:
Scaling modifiers
Affix/suffix independence (always wanted CON/spellsight items)
Potential for three modifiers

Bad:
+14 enhancement and +7 insightful bonus to stats is BS power creep
Too many trash modifiers in loot table 

Those all sound like some awesome changes, things are finally looking up after the great ghostbaning!

Maybe now I can empty out my entire bag of pre-ghostbane gear I've been too afraid to use but can't let go of

AtomicMew wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2015 at 7:05pm:


In case you haven't done the math, another +1 or +2 to your stat mod is like the weakest shit ever unless you depend on DC abilities (Necromancy, Assassinate).

The real power creep in this update is the legendary feats, but let's be honest it's a level cap raise, there's gonna be some additional power.

Three words....


ho


lee


shit

looking better all the time

wtf is this "dazing no longer explicit"

gonna pop on lamma and reroll some new q chests for random gen

gahhhh more power creep
dungeons and daisies
only if I was pushing em....

The only issue I see is that any named loot with stat items will generally be shit after this loot pass.  It sounds like they are going to bite the bullet and reset the stat scaling, so you wont get the current:

1/3/5/7/9/11 for +1-+6
20 for +7
24 for +8
25 for +9
26 for +10
27 for +11
28 for +12

+1 Exceptional at 18
+2 Insightful 21 (Until the last update when they put it on ML 14 gear, WTF?)
+3 Insightful 23
+4 Insightful 26

But then, that was garbage.  Way fucked up by poor planning.  It is known. 

Still, if they are going up to +14 on random loot, that suggests a progression of every other level.  Which means that pretty much any item with insightful on it under the current system will be crap.  Because you can get +3 or +4 insightful at the same level you can get +6 or +8 regular.  Unless the ML calculation system isn't exact.  It would be nice to know how that works, obv.

Bones wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2015 at 10:09pm:


what?

Sailias wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2015 at 10:44pm:


'Twas a joke?

Munkenmo wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2015 at 11:07pm:



That is a really good idea.
There isn't much point giving a level 10 toon, running lvl 10 quest on elite a level 12 item they can't use.
And the item is still just a normal level 12 item when you go to sell it.

Making items inherentky better by having a slightly lower ML makes them saleable and desirable.  I'm guessing it makes the coding more complicated = too hard.

Metal-Beast wrote on Dec 4^th, 2015 at 1:39am:


Please please please please lemme gets some new combos/types of Convalescence with slots pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease

PersonaNonGrata wrote on Dec 4^th, 2015 at 12:31am:

Based on quest design, a level 10 toon should be running level 8 quests on elite, level 9 on hard or level 10 on norm.  If you are matching character level to quest level, a level 12 toon will be running that quest and be able to use the loot.  That makes perfect sense to me.

Technically, a level 10 toon running a level 10 quest on elite is running under level.  I don't think they should design the loot system to assume under-level running.  That doesn't make much sense to me.