Set changes are retroactive. Legendary item changes are not.
Flying dragon will be/still is BiS for monks.
Yeah, I've always had my eye set on Inna's, but Sunwuko now looks like it might be more interesting... at least from a DPS number perspective (Inna's 4-piece to give you all mantra passive effects always seemed more survival oriented to me). I have some Sunwuko right now, but I assume that these changes (like a lot of others) will not be retroactive.
Speaking of that, I do wish that Blizzard would give us the option to trade in the old version for the new version. I assume that we don't automatically get one because they just create a whole new item. The choice is nice because some may not want to change because of a reforge, but others may still think it's a better option. Although, not allowing trade-ups also forces people to play the game more to get the new version.
Ancient items are essentially legendaries with an additional stat boost. You can get them in lieu of what would have normally been a legendary drop, craft, or purchase (i.e. gambling).
I assume SWK is a rather odd abbreviation of Sunwuko, or the Monkey King's Garb set. The current set bonuses are nothing short of garbage. They're based upon using staves, which (in my experience) aren't any good. The bonuses are now...
The biggest thing is probably that note about the elemental damage. My monk has been a fire monk for the longest time, and by allowing me to turn it into elemental damage actually makes it usable.
Actually i am really glad they are getting rid of the 20% damage bonus with a staff equipped for the Monk using Sunwuko set as the monk being a fist weapon fighter never sat well with me. Besides the speed of using a staff is too slow for my taste. I shopuld stop leveling up my Gogok of Swiftness gem.
Holy cow that was crazy last night, playing with 2 other AT clansmen and we were only at level 32 grift but it felt like level 40 or 50. The guardian would spew poison so no one could stay close to him for more than a few seconds before losing all health.
The funny thing was because when you die you cannot revive in town so I had no idea i could create a town portal until last night. I thought i was going to destroy my gear after dying too many times. I have a level 277 monk and only now realized i can go repair my stuff in a grift.
That was totally killer wasn't it, we screwed ourselved by being all melee in that one!
Good fun though.
Lousy drops last night for me except I got 3 gifts within about 2 hrs time. ;P
Lousy drops last night for me except I got 3 gifts within about 2 hrs time. ;P
I don't think the Torment level affects the G-Rift level.
This is correct.
And according to some players, grift 25 "feels" about T6-ish. I tend to agree for the most part.
Which was always funny to me seeing people who can clear 26-28 but don't feel comfortable in T6 on reddit.
Sounds like you could be playing in T4 or T5, then.
Or, if I remember correctly, you're already in T6. In which case I'm guessing you were experimenting with grifts?
Just logged in. For people who have been farming since the beginning of the season, the Ancient items being dropped in right at the end is kind of a kick in the teeth. I mean what was the point of the entire season finding BIS rolled seasonal item if some guy in in nonladder the week the season ends will find a better item if he finds the ancient version? Bleh.