[Odras]

So what is everyone's opinions on the nether tentacles nerf? Personally I think it is dumb, to me it did not seem to be a bug although there were people in crazy gear doing crazy damage with it, I thought that because it was such a slow moving projectile that it hitting the same target multiple times was fine.

What main nuke are people going to be using now that this is nerfed? I think that elemental arrow will still be the best spell to use because of its low hatred cost. I have not tried anything yet but I am thinking I might try back with frost arrow or lightning orb. This is because I still think I need an ability that is able to penetrate mobs and hit all in a given area. Does anyone know if the nether tentacles thing has also applied to lightning orb? or did it never hit targets more then once?

[Dox]

Lightning Orb most definitely did hit targets more than once pre-patch, I haven't used it since though.

[Benji]

Originally Posted by Odras

So what is everyone's opinions on the nether tentacles nerf? Personally I think it is dumb, to me it did not seem to be a bug although there were people in crazy gear doing crazy damage with it, I thought that because it was such a slow moving projectile that it hitting the same target multiple times was fine.

What main nuke are people going to be using now that this is nerfed? I think that elemental arrow will still be the best spell to use because of its low hatred cost. I have not tried anything yet but I am thinking I might try back with frost arrow or lightning orb. This is because I still think I need an ability that is able to penetrate mobs and hit all in a given area. Does anyone know if the nether tentacles thing has also applied to lightning orb? or did it never hit targets more then once?

Ball lightning is the go to rune for most DH's now from what I see on the forums, the problem is that it splits the damage amungst the targets it hits, where NT did full damage to every mob. NT is still a good ability, it just isn't as good against large mobs, and Azmodan/Belial/Missile Dampening.

Chakram/Razer Disc is another option people are using, I personally don't like it as it has a longer casting animation, and thus harder to stutter step it, but give it a try.

I'm using Ball Lightning, and it is clearing rooms out quickly, but it feels very... meh against elites, which is what I need to be focusing my skills on killing (White mobs are an absolute joke with the damage nerf). Then again, in me and my Barb friends act 3 farm last night it seemed like every pack was Shielding/Waller/X/X, making it difficult for me to damage anyway(A few had mortar too as if the game hates me :P). I need to test more!

[nirvAnA]

The frost attack thing + traps seemed like a good way of kiting. My farming buddy did that!

[Benji]

Originally Posted by nirvAnA

The frost attack thing + traps seemed like a good way of kiting. My farming buddy did that!

Why did he need both?

[Daboo]

I never used nt, my goto in boss fights was impale with the critical damage rune, and crowd control was frost arrow.
My bigger problem is with the evasive fire nerf....no longer shoots over walls I used to love playing against wallers.

Quick Comments

iMSystem:

I wouldn't say it's a nurf. More like a fix

[EveMassacrisM]

Bola with increased radius rune with ice arrow work fine for me, both for clearing and mobs.

[Odras]

Why do people take Bola shot? Does it really do that much damage? I find that at the moment hungering arrow is my biggest damaging ability and I would not get rid of it. I use the devouring arrow rune.

[EveMassacrisM]

Why do people take Bola shot? Does it really do that much damage? I find that at the moment hungering arrow is my biggest damaging ability and I would not get rid of it. I use the devouring arrow rune.

Nah hungering arrow does much better focused damage. I just use Bola shot with the increased radius rune to clear better cuz the aoe is more reliable. But truthfully I only switch around to keep myself interested in the game mostly. And it's getting difficult.