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My apologies if this has been reposted, the Buddy Forums are lagging so badly.
Patch 1.0.7 Preview - Diablo III
BoA Rare Recipe items (BIS):
New Gem Tier: Marquise & Ruby changes
So patch is basically:
- Blizzard's desperate attempt to create gold sinks for the ever increasing gold supply through BoA crafting (finally Blizz got the hint from PoE).
- New Recipes will be BoA.
- BoA crafted items will be BIS, and therefore superior to AH/RMAH gear
- Champ farming will be reduced to gathering BoA mats/recipes. (Demonic Essence can't be sold on AH/RMAH since they're BoA.)
- Marquise vs Radiant Star Gems
Radiant Star Gems: 400k gold + 20 Tomes of Secret + 3 Perfect Star gems
Marquise Gems: 20M gold + 1 Demonic Essence + 3 Radiant Star gems
Gold cost has risen by 400 times!
- Expect crafting cost of BoA items to be at least 100k gold per click (since you don't need the Infernal Machine Event and if Blizzard is charitable)
- Many players actually skipped leveling their Blacksmith and Jeweller and Blizzard isn't happy. So the new crafting is intended to make the leveling of Blacksmith and Jeweller to be compulsory.
- Gold price will rise and hence Gold farming will be more profitable.
- Blizzard will benefit in the end because they get more cuts by selling you gold (15% + 15%) than from RMAH Items ($1 + 15%).
Patch 1.0.7 Preview - Diablo III
BoA Rare Recipe items (BIS):
These new items will have six affixes and feature a primary stat (Str, Dex, Int, Vit) that extends higher than what is currently available in the respective slots. The items will also require an account-bound crafting reagent called Demonic Essence, which drops from Elite monsters in Inferno.
The Archon Armor recipe (the chest piece) can be purchased from Squirt the Peddler for 1.5 million gold. The other plans will drop randomly in the world, but also have a 50% chance to drop off the following bosses when you have five stacks of Nephalem Valor:
Skeleton King
Spider Queen
Maghda
Zoltun Kulle
Ghom
Cydaea
Rakanoth
Izual
New Gem Tier: Marquise & Ruby changes
In addition to new items, we're also adding a new tier of gems for those who really want to push their character farther. The new tier is called "Marquise" and most of its stats are in line with the current gem progression.
We also took the opportunity to modify the Ruby effect in weapons. At the moment, the Critical Hit damage bonus provided by the Emerald is a clear choice for anybody looking to do more damage with their weapon. The new tier Ruby is a significant bump up that should make it the preferred choice for those who favor attack speed over Critical Hit chance, or for those who use skills which do not benefit as much from Critical Hit such as Sentry and Hydra.
The current design is that these gems can be combined at the Jeweler for a substantial reagent and gold cost (3 Radiant Star gems, 20 million gold, and 1 Demonic Essence), and the designs will drop randomly from level 63 monsters around the world.
So patch is basically:
- Blizzard's desperate attempt to create gold sinks for the ever increasing gold supply through BoA crafting (finally Blizz got the hint from PoE).
- New Recipes will be BoA.
- BoA crafted items will be BIS, and therefore superior to AH/RMAH gear
- Champ farming will be reduced to gathering BoA mats/recipes. (Demonic Essence can't be sold on AH/RMAH since they're BoA.)
- Marquise vs Radiant Star Gems
Radiant Star Gems: 400k gold + 20 Tomes of Secret + 3 Perfect Star gems
Marquise Gems: 20M gold + 1 Demonic Essence + 3 Radiant Star gems
Gold cost has risen by 400 times!
- Expect crafting cost of BoA items to be at least 100k gold per click (since you don't need the Infernal Machine Event and if Blizzard is charitable)
- Many players actually skipped leveling their Blacksmith and Jeweller and Blizzard isn't happy. So the new crafting is intended to make the leveling of Blacksmith and Jeweller to be compulsory.
- Gold price will rise and hence Gold farming will be more profitable.
- Blizzard will benefit in the end because they get more cuts by selling you gold (15% + 15%) than from RMAH Items ($1 + 15%).
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