Saw Blizzard dropped those heavy-handed nerfs overnight? Yeah, my Hydra Sorc felt like it got hit by a truck this morning. Logged in all excited to farm Helltides, started blasting, and wow… my damage? Garbage. Mana empty instantly. Felt like swinging a wet noodle. Not cool, Blizzard. Not cool.
How I Tried Fixing This Mess at First
Panicked for a solid 20 minutes, ngl. Opened my build guide, started swapping gear blindly. Slapped on more Vulnerable damage rolls? “That’ll fix it!” Nope. Downgraded a gem tier? Still garbage. Threw some defensive aspects on? Now I’m just a tanky wet noodle, barely tickling demons. Waste. Of. Time.
Decided to actually read the patch notes. What actually got killed?
- Crit Damage: Got squashed flat. Feels bad. Real bad.
- Vulnerable Damage: Nerfed into the ground, useless now.
- Cooldown Reduction: Feels like forever waiting for skills.
- Resource Generation: Like trying to drink through a pinched straw.
Okay, Time for Actual Brain Work
Fine. Stopped blindly swapping. Sat down in Kyovashad and actually stared at my gear stats. Kicked off anything relying on Crit or Vulnerable. Just scraped it off like old gum.
Started hunting stuff I always ignored:
- Main Stat Rolls (Willpower/Int etc.): Actually decent damage boost now? Who knew!
- Flat Damage: Boring, but suddenly pulling its weight.
- Damage Reduction: Since things take forever to die, gotta survive longer.
- Healing Effects/Health on Kill: Keeping me alive since I’m fighting longer.
Played slow and safe for the next dungeon. Not zoom zoom, more like slog slog. But hey, died less. Cleared it. Progress!
What Actually Stuck (For Now)
Took a few hours of messing around, but my Sorc doesn’t feel completely broken anymore. Still weaker? Oh yeah. Still miss melting screens? Every damn second.
- Ditched Vulnerable Focus: Gone. Not worth the slot anymore.
- Mixed in Defense Aspects
- Bumped Up Fortify Stuff: Helps when fights drag on.
- Just Learned to Dodge Better: Can’t face-tank much without godly gear now.
Group play is still rough. My party wiped trying an easy Nightmare Dungeon. Tank just evaporated. “Bro, this isn’t fun,” someone typed. Quit right there. Maybe playing solo until things smooth out.
Yeah, it sucks. Feels like Blizzard just chopped off half my character’s legs without warning. But hey, finding some way to crawl forward. Gotta adapt. Or uninstall. Whichever comes first.