Fortress pulse-explosion

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VoidWhisperer42#5989 wrote:

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Toforto#2372 wrote:

Although in a random rippy corrupted map the pulse actually oneshot me, so maybe its affected by map mods? Like generic "% increased monster damage" if what is doing the pulse is considered a monster? Imo damage like this should never be affected by map mods.

Checks should scale with difficulty, otherwise, they aren’t really checks at all, but this is exactly the kind of experimentation we need from GGG. We’ve seen plenty of damage checks before, but a survivability, or, let’s be blunt, defensive layer check is a fresh twist. Low on damage for a fight? Here’s a skill check. Not tanky enough? Another skill check. It’s the kind of system they should absolutely explore further and use more often in future leagues, instead of just polishing the same old mechanics.

They could even push it further for endgame maps, imagine unavoidable, repeating 10k+ physical max-hit checks, hitting you in waves, testing whether you can withstand larger hits over a sustained period of time. Not just surviving the small hits, like the early league stages, but also proving you can take the heavy-hitters the endgame throws at you.
Smaller hits train you early on, while the big boys await at the end, by which point any competent character should be ready for the challenge. It’s a clever way to test not just survival, but mastery of sustained endurance under pressure.

It’s genuinely refreshing to see that, even while juggling two separate projects, the team continues to learn and innovate. Who knows, without PoE2 in the mix, we might still be stuck with a PoE1 that feels frozen in 2018, missing all the exciting experimental mechanics like survival checks. GG GGG.

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Lonnie455Rich#2087 wrote:

this is 100% your build that is the issue. if you want to play a bad build you have to suffer through mechanics like this. The game shouldnt cater to bad play.

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Simple2012#6247 wrote:

I'm an evasion based build.
Are you saying evasion builds shouldn't be allowed to handle this? Are we forced to with armor or phys conversion?

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VoidWhisperer42#5989 wrote:

This isn’t a broken mechanic. Struggling with even a simple check clearly shows a character isn’t optimized.

Something working as intended doesn’t mean the system is unfair or overturned, it just exposes underpowered characters. Sometimes it’s better to admit, “my build is at fault,” rather than blame the game or others.

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Toforto#2372 wrote:

Hp does equal tankiness. A build with 2k hp is less tanky than one with 6k.

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Toforto#2372 wrote:

This is no "check", its just overtuned. No its not the players' fault, its the game 100%. Nobody's build is getting "checked", nobody is getting "filtered". This is just untested,overtuned content. Nothing more.

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VoidWhisperer42#5989 wrote:

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Toforto#2372 wrote:

This is no "check", its just overtuned. No its not the players' fault, its the game 100%. Nobody's build is getting "checked", nobody is getting "filtered". This is just untested,overtuned content. Nothing more.

It really is just a straightforward survivability check. Not every moment where a character dies is proof of something being overtuned, more than often enough it’s simply the game behaving exactly as intended.

Builds are being checked here, whether we want to admit it or not. The wider playerbase isn’t running into the issues you’re describing, it’s mainly a small minority who insist the content is “untested” or “overtuned” the moment their paper-thin setup folds to encounters that expect at least some defensive investment.

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Toforto#2372 wrote:

No. And forcing players to play boring tanky zdps build is bad. People should be able to play whatever they want, this kind of unavoidable damage in any game is bad design. Just a cheap way to kill your character, nothing more.