I can see that happening since many of the epics that were left behind were for archetypes that also were left behind, like
Sets:
Apothecary Set for support witchblade (And deceiver as long as it doesn’t outshine tactician/witchblade options)
Miasma set for poison occultist caster that isn’t paired with oathkeeper (the only set that exists, is Daega’s and it’s for sentinel.).
Marauder set for OG gunslinging sorcerer.
Oathbreaker for Non-shieldbreaker demo setups.
Bloodreaper set for… pierce/bleed PB nightblade?
Maiven’s set for… generalist arcanist? IDK what that set is trying to achieve.
Guardsman’s set for Non-DK non-Warlord soldier.
Wildcaller set for melee lightning primal strike.
Brimstone set for a non-inquisitor fire strike demolitionist (Seriously, there are 2 purifier lategame epic sets and nothing for commando, 1 for pyro but not fire strike, 0 for sorcerer, elemental harmony for saboteur (OFF doesn’t count))
Non-set epic items
Two-handed ranged.
Will of Fate for the 2h gun sorcerer,
Wrathsteel Repeater which is aether 2h prm with a devastation proc!
Blackwood Arbalest for elemental 2h prm.
Scarlet Marksman for bleed soldier with a RR granted.
Salt-core bolter for lightning retal/counterhit 2h ranged.
Curse of Burrwitch for chaos 2h ranged with a rr proc (rr is important in chaos’ case)
Blackwood Wand for Warlocks.
Ulda’Jax for lightning caster shaman
Malady for Poison %WD 2h ranged occultist with strong debuffs on attack.
Between the Wildcaller’s set, Malmouth Greatsword, and Korvan Storm-halberd, we have vindicators, elementalists, and pure shamans supported well enough in primal strike. The Mythical Falcon’s Claw could go to warders.
Slithbane for… I don’t know. Witchblades? I think their acid side is a little underutilized.
Lifting them up would increase epic variety (variety for epics is pretty low at high end, considering how often they drop), and give something for those niche builds.
also, unrelately there’s the Boltspitter line, which could use to support a couple more masteries: Soldier and Nightblade or Soldier and Shaman, as there is a lack of 2h pierce options for both.
I’d rather see Nar’s Arcane Destroyer adjusted for mage hunters. Either with an AA replacer (There’s bero component though) or some other way. (Oh wait, we just had this discussion on discord)
On the other hand we can grant +1 to all skills in Inquisitor to myth. WoF and some attack speed bonus as well. So both Sorc and MH will get the support, but sorc also has this nice crossbow. Unfortunately Mythical Nar’s Arcane Destroyer doesn’t grant us with “100% Chance to pass through Enemies” and it hurts MH that doen’t have solid range auto-attack skill like FS or Cadence for example.
My issue with giving Inq bonus to myth will of fate is that, should it be on the level of the arcanist + demo support, then there won’t be much reason to play a sorc when you can play a purifier instead. Remember, Sorc doesn’t have the WPS power that inquisitor used to monopolize ranged play.
I’m sure vita cabalist is already fine, but an acid/poison set with occultist, necro, and nightblade support would be nice.
Or give it one of the following: AA replacer, Shield (block&block rate) bonuses, or elemental rr proc/granted. Get that melee ele arcanist going!
P.S: What I want is to give some love to 2h range elemental mage hunter build and make gameplay enjoyable. Believe me “100% Chance to pass through Enemies” bonus makes things much better. So even 2h range MH with Shard of Beronath will shine.
I know what you want, and I agree with getting MH ranged game going. but you have to keep in mind the WPS inquisitors have, but sorcerers don’t. If that discrepancy can be accounted for, and if both mage hunter, and sorcerer get to be strong and unique, then I’m all for it.
Maybe just giving the same hidden100% pierce targets to Mythical Nar’s Arcane Destroyer (and normal nar’s arcane destroyer) is the way to go. It’s tailor made for the 2h ranged ele MH archetype and prevents purifiers abusing a potential +1 inquisitor +1 demolitionist (or more) bonus that a theoretical mythical will of fate could have.
Good point on that, although I went through only the sets and 2h ranged gear so far. I’m not that knowledgeable on the bleed front, so I don’t know which niche it’d support. Bleed warder I guess?
Personally, I would prefer all pet hybrid stuff to be made either pure pet or non pet.
On the topic of 2h pet weapons, they kind of need something big (like Witching Hour big) to be worth it imo. You lose the extra component, CDR etc, not to mention the versatility in having weapon+off-hand combos. So the tradeoff has to be worth it.
Probably LOW (because it’s not a weapon and it most certainly doesn’t see a lot of use) on everyone’s totem pole but a Mythical version of the Apothecary set would make my support Deceiver very, very happy, especially the gloves.
Good point, will add it tomorrow. Must note that the bonuses should be in a way that support tactician or support witchblade are not automatically inferior choices to support deceiver.
