I’d been meaning to hop back on the PTR to do some more testing after I and two weeks ago right after v1.07 went live on the . Tonight seemed like a great time, after , so away I went.
I didn’t have time to test out everything, but I did some fairly typical farming runs (plus visits to Acts 1 and 2) with my P43 Monk, and got good insight into the new Demonic Essence drop rates, the improved Plan drop rates, the improvements to the crafting recipes, economic ramifications of the new crafting recipes, the Monk skill changes, and more.
This is part one and it covers the new Crafting recipes and economic issues. I’ll post part two later today covering the changes to Monster modifiers, plus upgrades to the Monk skills, the huge increase to drop rates, and more general gameplay changes.
Crafting Recipe Changes
As you can see in the patch notes, the new crafting recipes have been much improved in their potential stat values, and much changed in their crafting costs. Gone are the crazy 25 Iridescent Tear costs for almost everything — in are generally lower material costs and much higher potential stats on the items. I was surprised at the +[101-115] inherent values they threw out to start the v1.07 PTR and I’m relieved that they greatly upgraded those values. The initial stats weren’t anywhere near top of the line rares or legendaries (article comparing all the highest +attribute values from current items ). Now that all the new recipes (Amulets, Bracers, Gloves, Pants, and Chest Armor) have been boosted to +[201-230], that’s a lot more like it.
Realize that these stats can (apparently, from around) double up, with random mods rolling the same stat. (Several of the examples in screens below have 270 or more to the mainstat, and those aren’t even good rolls.) You could theoretically (if the game code allows random affixes to double stack the same mod as seen now on some legendaries) get the 200-230 inherent + up to 200 or 300 (depending on the item type) to the same stat for a gigantic 500+ to one stat from of those item slots. You’d need to get other good modifiers as well, of course, so these are all clearly meant to be long term crafting projects rather than some sort of guaranteed awesome item. But they’ve got a lot more potential now than they did two weeks ago.
The odds to find the Demonic Essences are a lot lower than they were previously, and finding the new plans is harder too. You can still buy the four Archon Armors from Squirt for 1.5m each, but you have to find each of the others,how do you choose the diablo 3 gold site online to buy cheap diablo 3?http://www.diablo3-power-leveling.com/diablo3-gold.html and note that each one has four versions, one for each stat. The best way to find those is from 8 Mini-Bosses (Leoric, Spider Queen, Magda, Zoltan Kulle, Ghom, the other Spider Queen, Rakanoth, and Izual) each of which has a good chance to drop them. How good?
Not as good as it was initially in v1.07 when each of those bosses had a 50% chance to drop one of the recipes at random. Now the odds start much lower and scale up dramatically with Monster Power.
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Currently the PTR Auction House only showed the Gloves and Amulets (not the belt or bracers,D3 leveling guide, though this might be a bug/oddity), and they had very high prices, though prices on the PTR are weird.
Click through for specific details on more of the new recipes and what they should mean for the economy on a whole
Amulet of Vitality
I couldn’t afford the Amulet Design for Str/Dex/Int, but the Vit was only 5m so I bought one for testing. Note the gem in the recipe:
The other amulets are just the same, but the gem changes to reflect the inherent attribute. (Emerald for Dex amulets, Topaz for Int Amulets,buy fast power leveling diablo 3 service from u7buy; share the free diablo 3 leveling guide. Ruby for Str amulets.) Perfect Squares are made from 3 Flawless Squares (for 30,000 gold + 3 Tomes of Secret) and each Fiery Brimstone currently costs about 20k (on the Americas GAH) so factor that into the cost and you’re up over 150k each. (More on other realms or Hardcore.)
How do they turn out? I only had enough mats to make a few of them, and while I’d never have spend mats on Vitality amulets for real, one of them turned to be one of the best Follower amulets I’d ever seen. It rolled with 233 Vitality, 85 Int, 45% Magic Find and Faster Attack rate? Yes, I snapped that around Eirena’s neck faster than a choke collar on an angry pitbull.
Archon Armors of Dex/Vit/Int/Str
The chest armors are the accessible ones; they can be bought from Squirt (rather than found) and they have very low materials costs. Though their 150k crafting cost is higher,buy d3 gold fast, that’s actually lower when you factor in what the materials cost for the other recipes.
I made a few of the Dexterity armors but nothing rolled worth the cheese despite the new and much higher inherent attribute bonus. One would at least have been salable, with big Dex, Vit,as the most professional diablo 3 power leveling company, we guarantee to provide fast diablo 3 leveling service at the cheapest price. MF, and a socket, but of course they are all .
Bracers of Strength
The first plan I found was for Bracers of Strength. The plan drop was a surprise, since it came form a regular monster (not even an elite) in the Fields of Slaughter. Not from one of the Bosses, but just a regular trash mob. Side benefit of the big 400% increase in Plan drop rate (and there are tons of them now: I found 2 or 3 in each run with around 320% MF.)
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I only made two of them, and both were meh. I can see this recipe having some potential long term; 150 is a big roll to the mainstat now on bracers, so popping one of these with 300 to mainstat, plus Vit, Res All, and CC would be an upgrade over almost any rare in the game today. How it would compare to the and FM on is open to debate, but given the 50m+ cost of any Lacuni with CC, and the Lacuni’s much lower rolls on all the other values, this recipe could be worth a shot.
Archon Gauntlets of Intelligence
The Spider Queen dropped this recipe for me on MP2, when she had a 26.91% chance to do so, according to the updated patch notes. (I’d already done Ghom, and the Skeleton King on MP2 without getting a plan.)
There are identical plans for gloves of Str, Vit, and Dex. I made a few just to test, but I’d recommend against repeating this on the real realms. Gloves are amazingly cheap in the Auction House, and this recipe needs to hit the lottery to improve on what you can buy for less than one million gold.
Gloves need to roll a big plus 150+ to be desirable now, and while this recipe guarantees a huge mainstat, you can buy spectacular gloves, with 200 mainstat and a trifecta, for a few million. So basically you need to hit 3 of the 5 random mods with great rolls just to equal what you can buy in the GAH for not very much, and you’d need to hit all 5 random affixes to equal gloves that cost less than 5 million.
I would not waste my time crafting this one (unless you’ve got amazingly great gear in all the other new crafted item slots) — hell, I felt silly burning Demonic Essences on it just on the PTR. Honestly, these need 6 or 7 random affixes, or else another inherent, like 6-10% + the attribute. That would at least give them a decent chance of value.
Demonic Essence Drop Rates
These new materials (which are still yellow in color rather than the expected light blue) drop less often than they did previously. I think they’re still quite common though; I wanted more on the PTR for testing, but even on MP0 or MP1 you’ll find several with each (equivalent of) an , and they’ll add up quickly when you’re not trying to craft constantly for testing purposes. Especially since they don’t have any purpose or use other than these new crafting recipes.
does *not* factor into the drop rates. is all that changes it, though since Demonic Essences can only drop from Elites and Bosses (as well as Treasure Goblins and some in-game events) the biggest factor is how fast you can move between boss packs and how quickly you can mow them down once you arrive.
