@@djinn_tseng No. I will fulfill my childhood dream of looking like Tyrael with angelic wings on my paladin. I want wings on Tyrael's might. Right now!
This is fantastic content - I'm loving the vibes between DB and Cooley. Great perspective on a bunch of really cool ideas. Hopefully the devs are paying attention!
i like the ideas too. also really agree that a batch of uniques should def be revamped! i specifically like the ideas with more teleport options, or even possibly adding "charge" to a certain melee type runeword thats useful. charge can be just as fun as teleport and would be a cool opposition to teleport for all melee classes
Charge being added to a runeword would be great. I'd like to see one with the jump skill or even add it as a skill anyone can use. That would make it a little easier to get around if you don't have enigma or don't want to use it.
Would really like +1 to teleport on a cheap yet otherwise shitty runeword. Like Mal Ith Shael, affordable high enough level, but you’d really take it for the unlimited teleport and the rest is very suboptimal for that level
Tyrael's Might should give the exclusive perk Cannot be Cursed and revised stats. It should be an item you would want to equip when you finally find it!
Great video. Agree with everyone else, you guys should collab like once a month. Not to mention IF the devs are paying any attention, they will at least get the heads up of things they may be overlooking.
When I look at a RW like night's vigil, one it's way too much; but also it just makes me want them to buff unique melee weapons to a place of viability. We don't need more Griefs. We need Executioner's Justice, or Cranium Basher or Steel Pillar to actually be playable weapons.
I love the shades meme. 😂And yes. I agree with basically everything. Especially regarding rolling RWs in different items and buffing uniques. I used to play around with making unique gear only chars and it felt so good even though the chars sucked ass. I wish Blizz would make items available for a season just to see how they'd affect the meta, then poof/reset them for the next season if they don't work out
What I don't like about broken promise is that you'll never want to use a 2 hander on melee ever again for any reason. Amp dmg on melee currently is pretty rare to achieve consistently and so it should be carefully implemented. There is a certain kind of satisfaction in making a melee character really work in this game that i think would be thrown out with this runeword. It seems to me that the runeword should be made in something other than a shield as well and possibly separate the amp dmg and corpse explosion into other items so that you get one or the other. I know a necro can run naked in chaos, but that's not the point. Does on kill work with pets?
@@seahawks875 yea, I think having it in a shield is just a greater incentive to use grief. I think what would be better is to have the runeword work in 1 and 2 handed weapons, lower the level of the corpse explosion and get rid of the amp damage on strike. I'd say for 2 handers it gets 400-600% enhanced damage. For 1 handers 300-350% damage. The other option could be to have the weapon base be hammers and crossbows since those get neglected a lot.
@@seahawks875 another option could be something like a shield or helm that increases the effectiveness of static field in hell difficulty so that it doesn't have as much of a cap. Things like storm lash, crescent moon, shaeffers or even hwanins armor, would get a new lease on life so to speak and might get people to use them instead of grief
Agree. Maybe a runeword, additionally, that keeps you from dying when you exit a game and magically it says you are still in game while getting whooped out by mobs as your merc checks his text messages. Or, a way of highlighting a legendary item, like D3, since items could be unintentionally hidden by terrain or a lot of items to ensure a player has the best chance for grabbing them if we are hunting for any.
one of the BIG 3 approves a fellow BIG 3's ideas? (mostly) Monunental stuff! And cool to see you guys inputting and (sort of) collaborating. We demand more of this.
Id love u to do a Hero Edited version of Broken Promise runeword and test it on a throw barb with frenzy. Cuz this could be the new ultimate cow when if it works as i imagine it would. Plz xD
In regards to having current runewords in alternative bases...could we get crescent moon in claws (or just any 3os weapon) and have traps actually incorporate -% res gear? Would be an insane buff for Assassins with some really cool build designs.
Broken Promise is just a Christmas list of everything a melee could possibly want + auto corpse explosion. Either make it the ultimate physical damage chase item, or give it the extra spellcasting bonus, but not both. I understand that weapon users dont get the clear speed of light sorc, but giving them the best mob sweeping spell in the game automatically doesn't make them a satisfying melee character, it makes them a necromancer. The ED, DS, AMP DMG, Aura, Leech, FHR is already going to be amazing for clearing mobs, for example, on a physical Zealot who already has advantages such as crazy block, res, and leech sustain that said light sorc doesn't get. Also, natural spell casters could use this thing to gain super high level corpse explosion spam, making spellcasters even more insane at clearing mobs.
I would also love to see more buffs to unique items that are difficult to find. So often you find a cool unique but then thing "well spirit is just better" "grief is just better" etc.
Ah dude, you're so nice. The contrast between you and Coooley is a great watch. Enjoying the respect between you both, and some thoughtful commentary on what I think are some great suggestions contributed by Coooley and his community. Really like it 👍🏻.
Here's a thought I had about uniques... what if by using the upgrading crafting recipe, it not only upgrades the base item stats but also upgrades the unique stats and possibly unlocks new stats. Now lower level unique become more usable in the end game and crafting becomes more valuable upgrading items. Thoughts?
I really like both of these videos! Personally I think the stat "Slain Monsters Rest in Peace" is worse than useless and needs to restore health or something. Also, stacking two "Half freeze duration" items should grant Cannot Be Frozen! Changing these would make more items viable since Half freeze is a level 7 stat and useless by the time you get to Hell!
100% agreed with the first runeword! -25%defense is such a minor add, but would make Low level melee characters enjoy their time a lot more with that DTM. Agreed on the 4th being overtuned. Last one (5th) No if it's THAT much better than rare weapons... vigor and charge - No go from me. If they went with 25-30% dmg reduction (varies) and remove the visionary xD... 360-425ed with 25ias 50frw. 30cb perhaps but not the rest that doesnt come from the runes. As for the Uniques that aren't great.. I agree with Mangsong that should probably have 30-50% resistances to enemies on all 3 elements if they're keeping the 30fcr etc. Astreons is alright as is but grief isn't xD and Tyraels needs either +1 to skills & 30-40frw or 2 to a class skills (randomly generated). That'd be sweet. Extremely valuable and people would notice when someone rocks one of these!
Guys for real we need: Better granularity in the drop rate VS number of players, currently playing with a friend (2 players) grants you 0% more drop rate, the breakpoints are 3 5 and 7 players... charm stash bigger chest stackable gems and runes bigger gold pickup radius New act Make Jah Ith Ber less expensive or add a less expensive alternative on a shield or something boost sets
Broken promise would be a wicked edition to a kicksin aswell. That Amp damage on a shield is better then atmas scarab which you could then use highlords or a gg sin ammy or metalgrid!
I play d2 solo online. The only trading I allow is torch swaps. I love everyone of the legs. I work hard for my runes and the choice level is just right. Love that this poisenous company has a little spark of hope. D4's cosmetics, pre order exclusives all be it mundain, xp boosts and whatever they will think up next are giving me more confidence that my solo online adventure is worth it.
Just a really derpy idea I just had, but could Broken Promise be useful by a one-handed throw-barb? Level 10 Blessed Aim, -35% target defense, 300% enhanced damage, 25% Deadly Strike, 50% Open Wounds. On top of that you get the corpse explosion. "Striking" means melee only, right? But still... I don't know, could this outweigh double throw?
I think Zod needs to be more important as i believe it's the hardest in the game to find. I want something that would up the worth of that and Cham even.
6:03 Agreed. This item as a shield is op. In addition to taking off the ED and the Deadly Strike, i’d also drop the life steal and change it to life per kill to fit the theme of what this runeword is supposed to be.
Being able to use different bases is a good point. The change to be able to make insight in a bow was a huge improvement when leveling IMO. The A1 merc survives so much better than A2 when using crap gear. I used to make insight in the first 4os polearm I found, now I don't even check polearms unless they are gray elite. You are spot on about unbending will. It's a good mid weapon but needing a 6os base makes it much less useful. 4 or 5 would make it much more appealing.
I agree on your last point here. We've gotten too spoiled on rune words because they provide a consistent set of stats that are optimal for the character they are being put on. I really wish some of these other items, whether they be super rare or unique, could be tweaked in a way to allow for better ranges of desirable mods for a specific build.
What about giving Tyrael's Might +5 all skills? That would make it the best +all skills chest in the game, which to me goes along with it's insane rarity. Nothing else about it would need to change really, because it would fulfil a niche nothing else can and you would lose quite a bit from choosing it over other items. If this is a bit OP, maybe remove the +%damage to demons.
I'm still waiting for Flickering Flame and Mist for non ladder characters. They said they would be available after season one and they broke that promise.
all runewords rly good idea just need to remove tele charges from the shield. using mystery, broken promise, forti + whatever wep you prefer for a melee char will be nice to try out, melee rly needs some more love imo, for some chars not all ofc
Mystery will reduce diversity, because you will no longer need a rare helm, but do enigma + vipermage combo, this then unlocks extra FCR so you no longer need 20/2 crafted amu..
My main concern is the game is going to end up become too over saturated with runewords and make unique and set items essentially obsolete. These are great runewords but where is the line drawn if runewords of this magnitude will be added in every couple seasons? We will eventually start to see powercreep and how will it be counteracted? I think we really need to see buffs with the extremely rare chase items like cranium basher, mangs songs, etc to make certain uniques on par with their rarity. They also need to change the Dclone spawn rate because they are essentially free.
My most wondered thing is buff for Splendor shield so it will have more than 10fcr and you will be able to reach 125 fcr with it and have something alternative to spirit shield
One of the big issues amongst the many for melee, is that to just be competitive they have to use a very limited selection of gear, which for the most part has 0 focus on MF. So you either end up with a reasonable character with 0 MF or a MF character incapable of anything past p3
I think new runewords would be nice but I think my solution actually looks a little different... I would want a 5% chance to create a runeword in another type of item. So Think Enigma being made into a helm or a shield or a weapon. or fortitude being made into a shield... What I think this does is it creates a real rune sink. It will allow the runes to keep a high value throughout the season. (I would say that this would be a ladder only feature). I think that rolling in different bases is way better.
They need to add more attack ratings to weapon passives: barbs weapon skills / assassin claw mastery. Assassin claws master needs to have open wounds instead of critical strike.
id love for some of the og items to get buffs. grandfather, doombringer, valk helm, valor ya know all the god tier items that d1 had or d2 used in early patches. that have been left in the dust now. i really think melee needs aoe , splash damage etc added on some items with 1 handed and 2 handed varients. i liked the dope stats of that 2 handed axe cooley showed but that doesnt help players that are melee that want to use a shield. melee chars need leaps more help. the more changes that happen and items added just shows how much barbs have been left in the dust and are pretty much ass since they changed armors etc not being def glitched a little tanky battle turtle back in the day now its a turtle with no shell floating in boiling water.
I might be off here, but wouldn’t one option be to change how some skills work in relation to PVP and PVM be possible? Much like how DR works etc. Given the fact that bone necros are OP in PVP but still needed the buff in PVM could be addressed in a similar fashion. Being an old player from way back before LoD I remember how the shift totally ruined the bowazon to the extent that it was simply no longer viable in PvM. Happy to see the meta shifting somewhat but I still thing there should be a major overhaul regarding much of what you and Coooley talked about.
Phoenix shield has 400 Ed and I can promise you with an ethereal death ettin axe with 500 top end, fortitude, and Phoenix shield my whirlwind barb still ain't gonna clear cows a FRACTION as fast as a javazon or any caster. Now I still don't think with this shield it will clear faster it just isn't possible targeting single targets. Because remember whirlwind doesn't proc ANYTHING. And you can't use frenzy with it because it's in a shield. So would it really be overturned considering you can only use concentrate, bash, and berzerk to actually utilize the procs of the shield. But it does seem like it should require 1 more high rune but then it's gotta be in a monarch and I'd love to see some shield diversity
Playing mainly barb, I would hate Cham to be in an endgame weapon rw because it crushes many corpses which cannot be horked. But a definite "yes" on more RWs using cham, sur and zod!
Seriously, S3 start has been announced in a tiny bluepost 4 weeks prior to its estimated start. Most likely 2.6 will just be a regular ladder reset without any real content update. Tbh I wouldnt be surprised if sunder charms, just like those S1 runewords just remain ladder only and they in fact just want to throw a final ladder reset in to keep you hooked until D4 release. Feedback on those runewords: 1) Madness -> +3 to a random class tree and 20frw for Sol Ith is powercreepy af. And too much variance. Same issue thats going on with skillers, lots of class trees are just not worth getting buffed, thats an issue the needs to be solved beforehand. 2) Fortunes Favor -> Speaking of powercreep. Thats a strictly better wisdom runeword at a WAY lower level requirement, thats obviously not gonna happen. Having 20frw+cnbf+ml+maek+huge ar boost is just too much power for such an easy to obtain runeword, we really dont need runewords that completely eliminate the natural gearing process. A ssf playthrough shouldnt be easy. 3) Head option for enigma -> Seems decent, but thats like the most obvious melee buff of all time, like removing the skills in exchange for attackspeed. The only reason you'd realistically want to have this is if you'd REALLY liked to run fortitude, but couldnt because teleport is too strong. 4) Broken promise -> Like what?! The powercreep on that one is not slightly too high, but over 9000 beyond stupid. Yeah lets give it corpse explosion for AoE. Oh yeah, lets give it amp, buffs the corpse explosion and eliminates immunities. Hm what else do melees like. Sure, fortitude damage plus deathly strike plus some open wounds for ubers. Now on to hit rating, blessed aim aura, lowering target defense, great job. Now finally give us some sweet defense and utility. There you go, 15% lifesteal, cnbf, 50% hit recovery. Oh yeah and teleport charges. . Sorry, no, just no, thats the type of wet dream item you created during those lonely nights with d2jamella. 5) Nights whatever, the weapon runeword -> Trying really hard to make a runeword that outslaps grief, obviously this one succeeds, just as overpowered as Broken Promise in that regard. Absolutely dont like the idea, currently barbs, zealers and alike just dont exist until you find that Lo rune, do you really want such an expensive runeword to replace it? Just give grief a reasonably strong nerf to bring in in line with botd/death/beast etc.(and ofc give some core buffs to the builds which required grief to work properly) Conclusion: Thats a huge pile of used tissues. And it all comes down to one simple misconception -> The miserable state of physical melee classes is not really an issue of poor itemization, but poor core balance in the first place. Like lets for example just take a short look at barbarians -> why do you still need to dual wield swords to realistically get to cap ww attack frames? Why is 4 frames not even an avaiable for Twohanded weapons? Why is it WW hit capped anyways? Just make it a flat X hits per target ffs. Why does leap attack give a flat amount of aoe damage instead of scaling with your weapon damage? Why is frenzy so horribly undertuned that you just use it to build up stacks and use double swing to actually deal damage? Why is warcry a complete joke in comparison to Nova, Frostnova and Poison Nova? Poor range, mediocre damage to mana ratio, weak synergies, no mastery to amp it up.
They also need to fix uniques and sets so that they can be options instead of everything having to be runewords past level 60. Some players don't even bother picking up uniques or set items. It's just runes, runes, runes.
Knight's Vigil too strong obviously, it's like best possible rare weapons with 4 instead of 2 sockets + 490ed instead 300 + tons of adds, however that would be nice for melee 2h zons, i belive they are still behind other builds? maybe idea of making it only in amazon pikes etc, squishy build with huge dmg would be fun for pve and pvp.
Mystery is really cool, but instead of using different runes it should just be called Enigma. That way the Teleport skill is tied to the runeword Enigma. There is already precedent for this with Phoenix, Spirit, and Fort.
Re: Mystery. I would have a hard time using the same runes to make a helmet with no skills on it vs an enigma with skills on it.... and just not deal with the 'difficult' choices.
i laughed out loud when you put on sunglasses to do a review of cooleys video. Edit: i would like to see a cheaper runeword with teleport. perhaps a Blood Teleport, that costs health like in PD2
New Runeword Confirmed! for patch 2.6 Ladder season 3 6 Socket body armour Zod Zod Zod Zod Zod Zod - Its called "Chuck Norris Old Used Jacket" Cannot Be Frozen 50% Damage reduction 100% poison length reduced Max poison res +20% Max fire res +20% Max cold res +20% Max lightning res +20% Max magic res +20% +195 All res +95 Magic res Lvl 25 Conviction aura when equipped +1 Teleport +20 Battle orders Lvl 40 Meditation aura when equipped 100% Crushing blow 100% Open Wounds 100% Chance to cast lvl 40 amplify damage on striking or attacking 100% Chance to cast lvl 40 corpse explosion on monster death Sunders ALL resistances! -100% requirements In all seriousness though, I reckon a simple revert of the sunder charms to allow lower resist & conviction to work fully again, would require the fewest lines of code change that would allow for the greatest amount of content change. From a business perspective this makes the most sense.
broken promise and knights vigil look like old white items on open battle net lol but definitely on the right path. melee needs a massive buff and we need a 3 socket shield recipe thats actually viable. and 100% need +1 teleport on something besides a body armor but man i cant imagine how broken PvP would be haha
A like for the intro :D Coolunski250 xD Id kinda love to see more colab stuff etc. Not only is it better for us, viewers But for devs too :D Id like to get like, a discussion panels on certain topics, not only to talk about one's view, but to try and get a solid compromise on the matter.
I agree with everything except infinity in shields lol that would just be too op. Changing up the bases would be cool but ud also have to be careful and have some limitations to it. Im surprised u didnt like the broken promise shield with as limited as melee characters are i thought that would of been one ud like 😂
I just want a tele runeword that doesn't need jah and ber. Even with a buttload of charges and highish lvl requirement. Yes I'm a filthy casual at this point, but if I can get something in ist/gul range Id be real happy
It should be on melee kill instead of simply on kill because I could see a sorc wearing it and now she'd have full screen corpse explode on top of her insane skills. Also, as a nec player, this basically makes my class worthless lol. Maybe that's coooley's intention since he seems to have it out for necs.
Why? Isn't 15K blessed hammer not waaay too strong? Isn't 12K Blizz Sorc with sunder charm not too OP? Why hold back so much in finally buffing melee for PVM?
