Saturday, September 20, 2014

Diablo 3 - GR34: Bad Medicine is Legit

Managed to finish GR34 with my pet WD and got back onto the Leaderboards once again.

This time, I used:

Skills:
- Rain of Toads
- Frozen Piranhas
- Spirit Walk: Jaunt
- BBV Slam Dance
- Poison Fetish Army
- Poison Dog

Passives:
- Midnight Feast
- Pierce the Veil
- Fetish Sycophants
- BAD MEDICINE

Some thoughts:
- Bad Medicine is really good, keeps the army alive pretty well. Coupled with Enforcer as well as String of Ears, I could feel the difference in pet survivability. Had Rime for GR34, but was able to kill it in the nick of time. Highly recommended.

- This setup is not very good for Trial Rifts. The lack of AOE is very apparent. The highest keystone i could get was for GR31, and that was due to some lucky procs from Ess of Johan

- Pet Collision is still a problem for WD. The fetishes keep blocking my dog, especially when i can get all 23 of them out (amazingly for GR34). Tight doorways, or when fighting a single target. Poor dog always get blocked.

-  Some of the rift layouts are really bad. Like circular (or square?) maps. If you miss the exit, you will have to run one big round.

- Shukrani Triumph helps for shitty situations like the above. Or when u die. It's a time-saver. Uhkapian Serpent is a life-saver. Still can't decide which is better, but I'm sticking with ST for the speed now.

- Shitty situation #2, the RG marker doesn't appear when he spawns. I have to hunt for the RG in situations like this. Or that stupid Orlash RG. Just give us a fucking arrow please.

- I need a good Hellfire amulet. I don't have capable partners to farm for it. Guess I'll have to do it alone. That 5th passive is important, because I made it to 34 without Countess Julia Cameo (amazingly again, Jailer did not hurt as much)

- No idea why GR gives so little exp. Ran GRs the whole night but did not give 1 level worth of experience. Normal rifts give so much more exp. It's tiring and unsatisfying to play.

- They should let the exp bonus from T6 be multiplicative with your gear exp bonus, instead of being additive. Gear exp bonus could probably add up to about 100%, which is just double the current exp rate. From what I see, the current exp rate is only decent at best.

Today is a long day. Time to just do some normal rifts for exp. 40 more to 600!

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