Charge stacking issue

Hi

(Overall, imo POE's current balance state is very, very good. Many many fun builds)

There's a big issue with power charge stacking.
It is way too good, and lacks the taste of building your own build.

Most spell skills will use the same setup :
- void battery
- badge
- malachai loop
- ralakesh
- legion jewel
- +1 power charge helmet

Almost every spell skill can be scaled this way.
It outshines almost every other way of building.
To reach same damage as this setup, you would need 10 - 20 times the investment.
It feels stupid not to use it.

The thing that tilted me the most. I said ok, i'll play an attack build : let's reroll as KB.

Wait ? KB too ! Same core setup is way too good, even on KB.

Hope we find a way to fix the issue without killing to many spell builds in the game.
Because, indeed, this technique is good to allow newer players to get into the game by using (what should be a decent) a setup that can be understood easily.

But the ratio : investment / power is way too high compared to other means.

Best regards to the team (game's state is insane good)

Last bumped on Sep 21, 2024, 5:34:06 AM
Also ralakesh boots are still a big issue.
Removing its movespeed was kind of a lazy solution, which did not fix it.
They are still mandatory for many builds. And now, are just pain unfun.

Suggestion (might be dumb):
- no more minimum charges on boots
- instead: those boots generates charges (at a fast/balanced) rate
- bring back movespeed
- maybe scaling with generated charges ?

That way those boots would have some ramping feature.
Charges could be removed by monsters or consumed by skills.

P.S: after thinking, my suggestion does not really fix the "i have to use those boots" issue. but at least they would be fun again, and a bit less overpowered than its original state.

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