by Darvin on Fri Mar 30, 2012 6:42 pm
Problem I have with the new crystal ball is that the item is totally disqualified in purist runs, but so long as you don't spam it like crazy (once every two levels and you're gold) you're fine if you bring a 50 gold prep. Remember that multi-boss scenarios drop a 50 gold cash infusion, so there's plenty to keep a crystal ball fueled in the actual boss fight, you just gotta ration up until that point.
Dracul's sanguine effect is now of highly limited value, and its primary effect is increasing your piety gain with Dracul. You'll actually get far more healing by converting the piety you earn into blood swells than you will from actually using sanguine.
Not happy with the Bloodmage change. He needs to be made less dependent on sanguine. He's not even a caster class...
It'll be interesting to see what the new XP curve looks like. Someone post the new formula once they've figure it out (I can't play right now)