Posted by Member ecocd on 9/1/12 09:36 AM
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Blue Tracker:
n patch 1.0.5, we will be fixing a bug with Trail of Cinders that is causing the rune to deal five times more damage than intended. As a result of this fix, the amount of damage done by Trail of Cinders will be reduced from its current value (1500% weapon damage over 3 seconds) to the value we originally designed for 1.0.4, which is 300% weapon damage over 3 seconds. I've had some fun playing with it, but don't build your equipment around it. Enjoy it while it lasts! |
Trail of Cinders Damage is a bug
Posted by Member amonchakai on 9/2/12 02:56 AM
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A 1 week patch will be neerf...awesome test job right?
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Posted by Member timmy360 on 9/2/12 04:15 PM
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D: I loved that skill
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Posted by Member therookie0709 on 9/2/12 08:07 PM
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not sure if that's a bug, or blizzard just wants to nerf it...
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Posted by Member ecocd on 9/2/12 10:16 PM
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@therookie0709 nah, it's a bug. They explained it in more detail later. Trail of Cinders ticks 5 times per second. It's supposed to be 300% damage over 3 seconds, instead it went in as 300% damage per tick over 3 seconds. Whoops. The game knows what's up and lists it correctly as 1500% damage over 3 seconds.
Their explanation is BS. I think they might be exploring the possibility of dropping the Rune entirely in 1.05 and this is the way to give players a heads up. It could also just be that no one wanted to put up a hotfix over Labor Day weekend, which is likewise understandable. Before the patch, everyone exclusively used Tumble to halve the cost of the skill on the 2nd Vault. Every other rune was (and still is) pointless. They had to jack up the damage to 1500% damage over 3 seconds to make a different rune worthy. It's hard to see anyone using Trail of Cinders for anything under 900% damage over 3 seconds. Making it 300% is exactly the same as removing it from the game entirely. I can understand that they don't want a Discipline skill to deal damage, but sometimes you have to break your rules to make something special. Here's hoping they only drop it to 900% or give us something genuinely useful in its place. |
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Posted by Member zomboy on 9/3/12 12:48 PM
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I love the trail of cinders but its hard to use if you don't have good resist or vite lol you die quick trying to be to close to the enemy!
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Posted by Member razer22 on 9/3/12 01:22 PM
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WOw, I knew TOC was overpowered. Every DH with the legacy nats set was abusing this skill. Anyways, judging from previous patch dates, I don't think 1.05 will be here anytime soon.
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Posted by Member Stukthrtl on 9/4/12 07:28 AM
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I'll definitely miss the fun of the bug. :)
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Posted by Member Arns on 9/6/12 05:49 AM
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I think it will still be good even with 300%
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Posted by Member bergland on 9/6/12 02:42 PM
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300% is gonna suck but 1500 is OP
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Posted by Member zdemon on 9/12/12 03:36 AM
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Just hope the "Rain of Vengeance" will not be nerf too. Somehow it is useful to clean up a screen of monsters.
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Posted by Member westonh on 9/15/12 01:58 PM
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300% might as well be 3, so pointless especially over the course of 3 seconds I hope that actually test it and put a reasonable amount of damage on there as I love this skill now!
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Posted by Member zylog on 9/15/12 02:06 PM
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This is too bad, the OP trail of cinders is quite fun to play with.
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Posted by Member Claxi on 9/15/12 02:11 PM
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i miss it already, i dont know why blizz likes to kick the weakest class in the nuts but w/e
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Posted by Member Kambz on 9/15/12 02:15 PM
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I think ill still use vault with trail of cinders at 300%
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Posted by Member singe101 on 9/15/12 02:47 PM
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Another nerf to something that's useful.
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Posted by Member Eyams on 9/15/12 03:23 PM
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it'll be harder to run a3 without it. ):
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Posted by Member turkitage on 9/15/12 09:54 PM
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Agreed with this. My runs have been super fast with it, but I definitely didn't build my gear towards it and I'm glad! |