Development Manifesto: Balance in Path of Exile: Conquerors of the Atlas

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dragothica wrote:

Raise Spectre - 3rd Spectre at level 25 instead of level 21 gem level.

Isn't that a quite massive nerf? Gem level 25 sounds like it's very far in the end game, like player level 95 equivalent or so.

Was it really necessary to change it? I'm just quite a bit concerned..

21 gem level
+2 levels from necro ascendancy
+1 convoking wand
+1 delve boots
problem is that this change is hurting build diversity, because it will be more complicated to get 4 spectres outside of necro ascendancy. stupid change.

Level 25 for a third spectre? Might as well have just capped the Raise Spectre gem at 2 so far as I'm concerned. I don't think I've ever had a gem's effective skill level hit 23, and the only reason I don't say 22 is that I could probably log into Standard, find a level 20 Raise Spectre gem, and slap it on an appropriate Necromancer to get 22.

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Thelegendofn wrote:

pog

Not the word I would use. More like...homogenize, boring, nerf, ruin,lame, questionable, wtf....I can go on.

And wtf is with the fascination with making campaign bosses " more challenging"? It's all just in the way to getting to mapping, where finally all your play time isn't a complete waste of time.

"Can have up to 3 Crafted Modifiers"

Does that mean multimod + 2 crafted modifiers

or

multimod + 3 crafted mods

please quote me so I get msg need to know thx

Multimod nerf has been needed for a while now. its been alt spam 1-2 mods then regal and annul, multimod cause its been extremely powerful for way to long. unless you needed/wanted a special mod a unique offered theres been zero reason to even consider using any weapon other then a multimodded one.

they killed spectres for me when they changed the +1 spectres mod on crafted boots. havent played a spectre build since. guess i'll have to see if they fucked over my 2h zombie mace by changing the mod on already existing crafted items again.

these changes to already crafted items fuck players in standard that may have spent a considerable amount of time and currency crafting items to only have them screwed over. just another push to have them quit and/or play forced meta beta test temp leagues.

Sweet

bows

Blight - boost necros
CotA - nerf necros, boost bows
next - nerf bows, boost ...

HYPE HYPE HYPE

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DamageIncorporated wrote:

And wtf is with the fascination with making campaign bosses " more challenging"? It's all just in the way to getting to mapping, where finally all your play time isn't a complete waste of time.

that's the trick.. the trick is to hold you to get to what actually matters.. to discourage people doing several builds in 1 league but when in truth casual players barely complete their 1st one..

basically to keep you playing.

What about stun? Is it rip?