@adoomgod:
Perhaps I was being over-the-top. Still, certain decisions like…
- New vitality offhand - Fits one of the damage type themes of the new content, just another neat thing. It being overtuned is neither here nor there. If it displaces other gear it can be nerfed/tweaked/reworked as feedback comes in. He doesn’t need a reason to add a new legendary, players like new legendaries. Whether or not you would have preferred one to fill a different perceived hole for a damage type or build is subjective.
- Buffing explosive strike - Less about buff, more about consistency. Players have complained about the clunk of chance for extra damage. If it’s overtuned now he can always just tune it down a bit more. Chance for bonus damage has been phased out for a while now.
- Beronath ammy - Overperforming as a single blue item.
- Nerf to aether SBoE - Maybe someone said something about it/Allagast and Z agreed. Not everything needs to be in the 6 minute range. See my earlier point about different views on acceptable disparities between build performance. I’m of the mind that if it’s under 7:30 it’s still fine. Those sub 6 minute builds would get targeted is more players asked them to be unless they’re green heavy. If it was overnerfed you and others can provide video evidence of it instead of being dramatic and Zantai can obviously considered reigning back some of the nerf.
- Addition of a new shadow strike set when deathguard and dunefiend are bloated and blue for having lain dead in the water for such a long time. - Dead in the water is an over-statement. Notice how now builds are pushing even higher in SR? This is what power creep does. From an older metric they were fine. If they need buffs or reworking evidence of that can be provided via video or reported Crucible times/or problems with SR and Z will consider it. I’m sure he’d even be open to reworking one of them if someone has a good thematic idea for it that’ll also work better. Having existing sets with subjectively perceived issues does not need to inhibit Z from adding a new one with different damage types. There are a bunch of people who want more SS support and it’s being phased in.