Content Update 3.23.0 -- Path of Exile: Affliction

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ㆍZombieㆍ wrote:
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I think these are the worst patch notes I have ever seen (been playing extensively since Breach league), and I've been dissatisfied in the past. There's no meta shakeup, do you know how long we have waited ? And no the gems don't fulfill that role sorry, stop coping.

1. League mechanic seems to be a mix between the delve cart and ghosting, meh looks extremely, extremely unfun. I need to follow some wisps in the darkness in order to ''buff'' some mobs in the map so that they drop more loot, are you kidding me.
2. The meta is NOT getting reshaped, people need to stop getting baited. The transfigured gems will equal to some of the helm lab enchant from old and/or alternate skill gems. In fact we lost boot, glove, helm enchant, and all alternate quality gems.
3. No nerfs to Deadeye, Pathfinder, Tornado Shot, Lightning Arrow, etc. Assassin and Gladiator still trash.
4. Ambush on the map device, Enraged strongbox still in the game, Crimson Temple still on the atlas... Another MF Deadeye strongbox meta.
5. Ultimatum, hahahaha. Did people asking for Ultimatum's return really run that mechanic more than 50 times ? Or even 200-300x ? Because it becomes boring and tedious real fast, and often you don't even get any good loot besides a stack of 5c... Overrated, rose-tinted glasses, mediocre mechanic at best.

I was so hyped for this league, like many other content creators and players, hoping for a real meta shake-up (true buffs and nerfs to outlier skills and ascendancies) as well as a fun league mechanic; but all hype is now gone. The direction taken by GGG regarding balance and meta shakeup is despicable, it's been the almost exact same for the past 2 years; same league starters, same endgame builds, same everything.
People need to stop spreading their ass cheeks for GGG to do what they want without saying anything.

I made the mistake of purchasing an MTX this month in anticipation, but I swear this will be the last time I ever buy something from your shop.

How hard can it be to significantly nerf/buff outliers skills and ascendancies twice per year, the exact way you used to do it in the past?!?!
Congratulations, you have officially become COMPLETELY out of touch with the game.


Just a lot of pointless complaints, this league gonna be amazing. Ruthless ssf btw


Yeah, time to play Tornado Shot or Lightning Arrow Deadeye for the 50th league in a row, Ambush on the map device with Enraged Strongbox.
Yay FUN


If it’s not fun, then you could just like… not do that. There’s a few other skills in the game. Get to Act 6 and do the quest for Lilly Roth and find her in town, she actually sells all the basic gems in the game.
Lavender or Leave.
PvPresident, 2016
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You'd better run.
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Hossedos wrote:
Nice patch, But:
What about Leap Slam stuck bug, its been there for ever :
Leap Slam getting char stuck to corners, trees, door frames ..etc.

and once u realize that u stuck cuz of this bug and not by something else, u have to move or leap to specific but undefined direction to unstuck.

THIS. So much this.
Absolutely tired getting stuck randomly at random objects and the walls.
And let me not start about leap slamming over certain skill effects counting as walking through (say, Maven beam or Exarch balls). Not a bug, but an unfair design choice that forces you to use Flame Dash.
At the very least fix the getting stuck bug of Leap Slam, eh?
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Oh yeah, zero performance fixes. There's a fair chance the Affliction content will be unplayable, with me already barely managing most of the current content.
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IGN: HarroHarbinger
wow guess ill just play standed this league, i just wanted to have fun.
MAKE LEFT CLICK GREAT AGAIN.
Hello
Iam playing PoE since Breach-League and i love this game. But its firsttime that i write something in the forum, because iam kinda worried about this patchnotes.

I really hate the lab... Its ugly, outdated and some builds are just bad for it
(ok you can get carry, but its extra work and payment). It was okayish (for me) to do it for the ascendancy, but i never farmed the helmet enchants (i tried, but its boring and not rewarding beside the said enchant).

But even so, I think you taking too much freedom from the players (freedom of choice, to fiddle with the enchant/ unique gems and quality and the freedom to choose the content we play. Same for ultimatum and catalysts, because even if didnt played metamorph (personaly i will miss the oneshots xD) we could get them from other sources.

I understand that you want to simplify/group some mechanics but why do it this way?
Because now its all in one skill-gem and we cant do it step for step.

Also lore-wise (ok most people dont care i guess ;) suddenly there are tons of new virtue gems lyinng around in the lab, which was plundered hundred times before...
Would be better to tie it to the new mechanic (Azimeri where close to the Vaal, so they could get some virtue gems from them as gifts or steal them. Maybe some shamans/witches would then experiment with this gems years later and transfigure them but also awake this Darkness due a failure.

What iam trying to say (sorry/not sorry, english is not my first language):
It feels bad to be forced, to do something. And iam feeling forced to do the lab and ultimatum now. Ultimatum not soo bad, because its in maps, but lab...

Well, lets wait and see the new gems, items and the affliction stuff
Thanks for reading

"Stay sane Exiles"
Damn my standard spark aurastacker gone.
Bye bye ashes.
Looks like GGG's buff melee approach is taking the speed out of range abilities 😅
Yay... As someone who loathes eternal lab... Thanks so much for making it an absolutely mandatory part of gameplay now. I'm excited to see all the non-support pack purchasers tell me things.. I'll be joining them in also NOT giving PoE my money.
Last edited by OneLameDad on Dec 1, 2023, 1:49:26 PM
I am terrified. For the first time in I don't know how long, my primary build is getting a real solid upgrade. I play a two-handed sword Frenzy/Bladestorm melee. Both my skills are getting a significant upgrade.

Please don't nerf this into oblivion after this league. It took me forever to recover from the revamp of dodge.
My Toxic Rain alive, YAY

Thx GGG, good work, as always <3
what happens to Gift to the Goddess and etc?
The main char is a half-elf for the whole story OSHOCK FACEo

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