I played around with my characters on Americas a bit, but somehow after getting the Achievement for all 21 ethereals, it felt anticlimactic. So I hopped over to Europe and started a new Seasonal character, just to keep myself amused until D2R drops.
The RNG gods continue to fuck with me. I started a Demon Hunter at Master level, and was plowing through, little by little. First character in a new Season is always like that. I'm thinking now would be a cool time for an Ethereal to drop. Massive damage to make the next several levels fly. Zing! An Ethereal Ballista!
Buriza-do-Kyannon, Level 9. Numbers were insane, of course. Something like +1250% to Damage and +350% to Toughness compared to the bow I was using. And best of all, 2 extra Sentries and Custom Engineering for the Passive. Imagine, a Nephalem power and a Passive that actually compliment each other. Time for some killer Sentries!
Except you can't even get Sentries until Level 25.
I moved it up to Torment 2, and with the absurd damage an Ethereal can do at this level, the next couple dozen levels flew by. I was afraid that by Level 25, the Buriza would start to show its limitations, but it was still pretty effective until I got into the 50's. At 51, a yellow one-handed crossbow dropped and all the numbers were green. Damage was like 10% higher than the Buriza, Toughness was up, Recovery was up. The Sentries which had started off destroying everything before I ever needed to fire a shot were lagging by now, so I was okay ditching the boosts and switching weapons. He's into the 60's slog now. Ugh. Well, like I said, hopefully just something to keep me amused until D2R.