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I totally want that chest

Funny everyone whining about spending $1k to get something OP. Doesn't work that way, as has been pointed out by Charan and Aux within the last 5 or so pages. My unique (the new Sharkskin Boots) underwent many, many changes over time, mostly for balance reasons. I had proposed many more downsides (such as negative resists, cannot be used with RT (fit the theme of a previous version), a much stiffer penalty to IAS/ICS, etc.) and 9 times out of 10 I was told it wasn't necessary, let's see about adding this. Most of the responses were "buff it, it can use more" which I was surprised about, but I trust the balance department and testing more than my own theorycrafting. I got many opinions from other people about the boots as well during the design process. They're in game, I'm excited, and I don't regret a thing. I'm sure many of the other unique-designers feel much the same. ;)

k i play dualwield with axes and when i get that new axe i dont need manaleech anymore, get 9 more skillpoints wich i invested in reduced manacost of skills and the only thing i need to do is linking my curses and enduring cry with the bloodmagic supportgem
srsly now how can this be balanced? no rare axe can top 350dps+9skillpoints(in my case)+no manaleech needed

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omgken233 schrieb:

Lol dat belt.
Pay $1000, make the most OP item for yourself.

Borderline pay2win...

Did you pay for that unique? If you did not, I would recommend changing this attitude because clearly you can find this item in game for yourself just like everyone else. If you think money shits on trees and GGG shouldn't try to monetize their product to compete with the likes of Blizzard, then you have a problem.

Honestly, the axe isn't that broken. The effect only applies to melee attacks and still uses mana if possible. So unless you are PURE melee and dont cast anything else, you will still need mana.

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Sobeck schrieb:

k i play dualwield with axes and when i get that new axe i dont need manaleech anymore, get 9 more skillpoints wich i invested in reduced manacost of skills and the only thing i need to do is linking my curses and enduring cry with the bloodmagic supportgem
srsly now how can this be balanced? no rare axe can top 350dps+9skillpoints(in my case)+no manaleech needed

Well, for DW cleave you need 2 axes, and you only need one of these. So maybe that'll help keep the axe market going.

I had a feeling the 1hand axe unique would be related to cold, call it a hunch. Wasn't expecting the chill mod though. Thats pretty neat.

This dropped in Anarchy

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