I have had some feedback regaurding the Arcanist Skills and Nemesis system that I need to air and get out there so I can contribute to the games developement rather than complain to my friends who end up agreeing with me. After my frustrations I need to get this out there.
First line of feedback is Olexra’s Flash Freeze. Due to the interaction with Fire, Physical, and Cold resistance reduction items it is often a must on those builds especially Spellbreaker, Sorc, and Mage Hunter if you are persuing physical, fire, and cold. I have noticed it doesn’t apply its resistance reduction on enemies it can’t freeze. Freezes from equipment (passives) seem to be able to do just that, but the Flash Freeze does not apply to most enemies with Storm or Frost lables thus the majority of bosses simply can’t have the resistance redduction applied. Chillmane in particular is nigh impossible to freeze but we are never able to become immune to freeze. So the cheif method for resistance reduction outside of auras and devotions is nerfed to the ground and completely unusable. This has made my Cold Spellbreaker heart breaking to use and my Druid as the Flash Freeze unlocks many forms of reductions that simply do not work on boses or most monsters once you are in Ultimate. It needs serious rework. In fact I’d say cold in general needs a redo, Freezing especially.
I feel that the Nemesis system needs to be gutteed and reworked. To unlock some builds you need to farm for items, this builds negative rep with the monsters that eventually lead to Nemesis spawns. Void Drinker and the like are fine, but two in particular need to be toned down or some item to remove or slow down reputation gain for. Beasts and Arkovian Undead Nemesises are overtuned and turn up way too early. Beasts is usually first and with no way to slow down its spawn we have one of 3 choices to avoid it, don’t fight beasts (impossible in the campaign), do exclusively crucible, or exclusively Shattered Realm for farming. The Latter are too inconsistent to farm for specific items as we can’t choose our maps or enemies (we can choose a theme in crucible) so target framing is impossible. And if you don’t have this character online, but are at nemesis stage you are screwed. Life Leech Resistance and Freeze Resistance can actually be very hard to find and difficult to intergrate due to having to avoid farm specific areas to avoid the Nemesis spawns. WE have items to increase reputation why not to decrease? Why not be in control of that too?
Just that is my feedback for now, it is just so tough to farm for items when you get punished for farming for items, which can end entire farming runs.