u/Duped_Windforce

Finally got around to building an ES Nova Sorc since it's one of the few S-tier builds I'd never tried. Maybe my expectations were too high, but she's feeling a lot weaker than I expected, both survivability and damage.

I'm running mostly P8 terror zones, but I've basically given up on heralds since they take forever to kill. Merc dies constantly too, and she's just really squishy overall.

Gear is standard Nova setup (a few rolls could be better, but mostly BiS). Rotation is telestomp > 2-3x static field > nova.

Stats: 465 HP / 2115 mana (with BO), level 34 Nova/Mastery/SF, 105% FCR breakpoint, +464% lightning skill damage, -76% enemy lightning resist.

Anyone else run into this, or is something in my setup off?

When I tried to redeem the free recording of the show I noticed the bar code expired on the Ticketmaster app. I guess I should’ve redeemed it before the show

Anyone have an extra?

Have you guys received your shares yet? If so which brokerage were they transferred to? I'm wondering if there is a window of time we should expect to receive them by.

I just did a juiced grand expedition with a couple of other players and it just felt like pure chaos once remnants started to pop. Way too much visual clutter, hard to really see what your character is doing. Compare this with something like Diablo 2 which even in a full game feels pretty harmonious regardless of what class/spells are being used

I will probably avoid party play despite the XP/loot benefits, but wondering if GGG has considered a solution? Being given the option to mute or reduce other players particle effects seems like a pretty good first step.

S-tier Zones being Chaos, Cows, Flayer, Catacombs, WSK etc...

A few of mine below, can always get most of them even if joining game late.

• A1: Dark Wood > Underground Psg
• A2: Palace/Harem
• A3: Spider Forest
• A4: Outter Steppes
• A5: Crystalline/Frozen River

I think this has been my favorite season yet both in terms of content (Tz shards) and RNG. I went the less conventional route and rolled Javazon, basically had zero good drops until around level 91, and then my luck changed for the better

Currently level 98.6 (trying to go for my first 99 before the reset) and have been very pleased with my RNG. Some highlights below

-Ber x2

-Jah

-Cham

-Sur

-Lo

-Ohm

-Al Duls'Mephisto

-SoJ (first time ever ID'ing one)

-2x Fire Sunder, 1x Cold Suner, 1x Light Sunder

Was able to trade up for Enigma plus a few grail items I've never been able to get before (Phoenix/Infinity)

How about everyone else?

Have enough HR to buy at least one of the following

-Infinity for A2 Merc
-Phoenix monarch
-Renewed crack of the heavens sunder

Renewed crack of the heaven is appealing because it would be a pure upgrade with no downsides (coming from a legacy sunder).

Infinity would be a huge dps increase but would mean I lose mana sustain from Insight aura.

Phoenix would help sustain but would mean I lose my capped resist and PDR from Stormshield

Current gear below

-Eth Titans / +4 Thunderstroke
-Griffins w/ Ancients Jewel
-Enigma
-Stormshield
-Highlords
-Rare FCR rings w/ resist + ML
-Horazon Boots
-Rare 2/20 gloves w/ resist
-Arachnid / Thundergods
-Cta + Spirit on swap

Also bonus question, I’m a bit confused on how much minus enemy resist Id get on the infinity. Some places say 85% and some say 17%

Thanks