One item on the PTR has peaked my interest, the Nightmare Tear! What is it? Well its the big brother version of the Enchanted Tear. The enchanted tear provides +6 all stats and is a prismatic gem (i.e. counted as a blue, red and yellow gem). The Nightmare Tear packs a bigger punch, and weighs in at a hefty +10 all stats. This beauty has sparked my interest from both a ret dps perspective and an opportunity to make some extra gold.
How do you get one?
Made by a JC using a dragon's eye and five infinite dust.
How many can you have?
These are unique equipped so its 1 per gear set.
Ret view
Currently on live, non-JC pve rets snap an enchanted tear into the blue socket to meet the normal Relentless Earthsiege Diamond's meta requirement (i.e. requires one blue, yellow and red gem). Next patch however, all rets will need one of these to meet their meta requirements especially since JC rets no longer benefit from bold dragon's eyes being prismatic in 3.2.
Still, lets break it down against the other blue socket choice for rets, the sovereign dreadstone.
Sovereign Dreadstone
Gem Colour: Purple
+10 Strength
+15 Stamina
Nightmare Vine
Gem Colour: Prismatic
+10 Strength
+10 Agility
+10 Intellect
+10 Stamina
+10 Spirit (lol)
Its pretty clear, come patch day I'm jamming one of these bad boys into a blue socket.
And on making gold?
My tip is that while everyone has their eyes firmly fixed on the titanium ore market the price of dragon's eyes is going unchecked. It seems a bit out of whack considering that people that buy up titanium ore are doing so in the hope that it procs an epic gem, whereas you can obtain a guaranteed raw epic gem (subject to ptr changes blah blah blah) in the form of a Dragon's Eye. So I reckon that I will snap up as many dragon's eyes as I can get and then drop them on the AH on patch day (some as repriced Dragon's Eyes, some as Nightmare tears).
I'm backing that every JC and his dog will be hoarding their JC tokens for new recipes and the supply of Dragon's Eyes will dry up sooner rather than later.
Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred
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These +10 to all stat gems are also awesome for hunters, in addition to ret pallies. Though any class that wants help meeting their meta gem requirement can probably use these.
Yep this is great for all melee and hunters. I <3 it. Casters though have better options like Purified or Royal cut gems for blue sockets.
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