Trials of Valor Expansion

[John Wilson Coloso]

Hi, I have a problem, I can't get free gems anymore, there's no more videos that I could watch in those boxes that drops. What to do?

[Johng]

Thanks EZ

I was hoping someone would post a shot of the BH set. I found scatter shot will get you killed fast!
Time will tell but with the various changes and the fact the BH can't use a shield, the BH could have a tough time at higher levels.

[Maldek Girgo]

Nice

[ezcry4t3d]

Thanks EZ

I was hoping someone would post a shot of the BH set. I found scatter shot will get you killed fast!
Time will tell but with the various changes and the fact the BH can't use a shield, the BH could have a tough time at higher levels.

There's 2 Defensive Skills, at level 20 Smoke Screen sounds like 5+ seconds of invulnerability and double damage, and at level 30 Frozen Trap which sounds like a kiting skill. Hard to tell how effective they'll be since I'm only level 22.
Also, with decent attack speed Concussive Shot seems to be doing pretty good at stun+knockback, and with piercing shots it might affect multiple enemies.

[Chaerimasu]

I think to gear up fast. What you do is level up asap to 70 at where you used to power level, then farm Lv 70 Trial of Valor. The drop rate for legendary is ridiculous, 2 legendaries per run with decent chance of defender/apprentice/juggernaut/arcanist drops.

[simbel]

Pretty unhappy with this update
sure new lvls and blue theme it's nice but...
yesterday before updatee I was able to first time kill Gorgona (I'm lvl 45 CL)
Now no chance after reduce power etc.
I even dying on my fav maps The Temple which I farmed many times before with just pure exp equipment
Heroic maps too hard now so need more farm farm farm mormal maps to lil improve feels like huge step down after update can't go on unlock new on heroic need step down and farm lower many days (I think)

ah and very unhappy with no more 5 gems adds many [?]boxes but no more 5 gems adds almost all with gold :/

[CliffG]

Is there an official patch notes post? I can't see anywhere with what has actually changed in one place.
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[Ninsq]

I have seen one bug. I played a lot of trials yesterday. Three times it generated a small map with not enought mobs to summon the boss. I double and triple checked the map to find any mobs, but there was none and no boss either. It was always the swamp type of map.

[Guest]

I think because of beta version there will be no official changelog.

[Fenice86]

Hello,
this is basically my1st post, playing this game since 2 months more or less and i'm having a blast, is really funny and relaxing.
I'm playing a Mage, lvl 64 atm, CL 39 so i think i can share my feedback aswell.

The nerfs to CL were arsh but luckly i only had 39 lvl to rely on so my DPS/LoH fell only by 10-12% more or less, i'm pretty much doing the same things i was doing before with just a little bit more of effort (let's say 25-30% more time needed) and i was able to go on a bit in Heroic mode Act 2 aswell.
I'd suggest to review them in the next weeks and maybe give something back.

The trials are nice, remember me of Diablo 3 Greater Rifts and the rewards are cool, loading times are slightly longer but nothing i cant deal with, mob density is a bit low, i'd suggest to rise it a bit and make maps with less dead ends (huge waste of time), i also noticed Set items might drop aswell which is extremely nice (althought i dont know why i keep getting only helmets and pants, no other set parts ever... meh)

I didnt try the new class but made the Hero to check its skills and they look overall cool, will have to check how it performs later... now i wanna hit lvl 70 with my mage and complete at least 1 full set

I also noticed mistery box no longer drop AD videos, is this intended or not?

The new graphic/theme is cool aswell

And... well i got nothing more to say atm, i overall like the update, looking forward to play it more often!
PS: a new dungeon would be cool

[CliffG]

But I didn't sign up to a beta and have the new version. Would be nice to know what has changed.

[Fenice86]

i was asking myself, since the recent nerf should i re-allocate my offensive CL points from attack speed to critical rating? (i had 13 points, 13% AS which now became 2,6% AS) and my crit rate went down from roughly 40% to 13%

[Balur]

Here's the Non-Dungeon Bounty Hunter Set Bonuses:

Scatter Shot is a primary attack skill, and I was not using it. I found it to be far too short range to be useful. (I'm only level 18, so obviously that could change.)

Movement Speed when attacking seems odd, but we'll let the mages chime in on how useful that is for a ranged character during combat.

Rapid Fire I use all the time. I imagine a 50% CD reduction is a great bonus for it at the level cap when the Ability Rate of Champion points will have less effect and you'll need it to use the skill every pull.

Well, don't underestimate this one, its pretty OP! I just Killed the Dragon with it on Character Level 12 - pretty much one shot!... It has a nasty short range, true but the ranger will always position herself in the right distance for the next shot, so the "runspeed bonus" on the set would be nice (already have two parts) ..

The damage output is extreme with this skill! with the Set and fully skilled this thing would do 840% Weapon Damage. Combine it with the last bonus of the set and you'll pretty much run through elban without even knowing he has been there.

And by the way - I used to play as a Mage - the effect is kind of similar to Arcane Bolts - just very short range but a lot faster! Even at low level with low attack Speed and low Movement Speed it feels like running through the levels with a chainsaw.

[CliffG]

So heroic is now a no go for me. Was well into Act 2 but now even on the first level in Act 1 it takes me forever to kill the basic skeleton mobs at the start. Have gone to normal mode act 1 at my current level and it feels like how heroic felt. I know my items arent great but am going to have to farm and level up in normal before I even consider heroic.

[Stefano Frattini]

Also for me more disappointed than other:

- The damage reduction makes everything very difficult
- Farmable levels are now very limited and Gorgona seems not interesting anymore
- Leveling CL takes forever, I calculated XP now increases at a rate around 25% of the original which makes it very very boring.
- Trials are a easy way to get lvl 70 gear but I believe will soon get quite repetitive
Good part is the discovery of the new class which will keep me busy for a while.

Overall not very happy, game is too difficult now for certain things and too easy for others...I feel it might get boring soon.