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No matter what you do, people will always cry :D It's either 'omg vendor trash' or 'omg BiS gg'.

I'm not entirely sure what the fuss is here.

First of all, the belt merely makes Dream Fragments a bit less mandatory, as well as being nice for wanders I guess. It's an excellent item, but by no means "OP", and not pay to win in the least from Aux's side since it's not like he paid to have an item only he could acquire -- anyone can get this item in-game. That he designed an item to fit his favourite build is only natural. In any case, the physical/weapon damage parts obviously reduce the usefulness of those mods to a select few builds meaning other builds would be sacrificing resists, armour etc. just to get a decent ES roll and possibly not need Dream Fragments anymore.

Second, the axe is pretty damn broken but melee is in need of a buff anyway at the moment. It's just a pity they chose to buff it by releasing an overly OP unique (no need for blood magic and thus no need for life on hit/life leech either, freeing up to 2 sockets is completely broken) 1hander.

The concept of no BiS uniques is kind of a joke. I think people are fine with a unique being BiS for one or two specific builds. But when a unique is BiS or NEARLY BiS for MANY builds the intentions of the design of uniques appears to be compromised. Really powerful uniques like that belt should probably have some kind of a downside.

that axe. my tummy hurts. I'm converting to a 1-hander now.

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iamstryker schrieb:

The concept of no BiS uniques is kind of a joke. I think people are fine with a unique being BiS for one or two specific builds. But when a unique is BiS or NEARLY BiS for MANY builds the intentions of the design of uniques appears to be compromised. Really powerful uniques like that belt should probably have some kind of a downside.

My thoughts exactly.

Other examples of such uniques:

Kaom's Heart
Lioneye's Glare
Thunderfists
Alpha's Howl (Because of mana reserved)
Dream Fragments
Rainbowstride

Add two more to that list.

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Lord_of_Error schrieb:

That belt was designed by a Diamond Supporter, not by GGG.

Quoted for monumental stupidity.

And related: more and more developer stupidity in designing OP uniques.
what was that "rares are supposed and will be better than uniques"
sad

If I had $1000 to spend on this game I would definitely create an item that is BiS or close to BiS for my favorite build. I don't see what the fuss is about?

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Xavderion schrieb:

No matter what you do, people will always cry :D It's either 'omg vendor trash' or 'omg BiS gg'.

QFT. Someone is going to complain no matter what. It's why complaining is a waste of time.

The fuss is you pay one thousand dollars to SUPPORT the game as a whole, balance included, among other things.
Not to create your own ego super duper op shit and ggg closing eyes and letting it go in the game.
I begin to think stronger and stronger that their original way of a unique-free game was the obviously better choice.

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Sickness schrieb:

If I had $1000 to spend on this game I would definitely create an item that is BiS or close to BiS for my favorite build. I don't see what the fuss is about?

Because the axe and belt aren't good for just one build.

The axe is BIS for any phys cleave build, and the belt is BIS for any ES build with weapon elemental damage.