Aura Reservation and Reduced Mana Support Gem Change

"

666lol666 wrote:

"

elitedesolator wrote:

Are there any planned mechanisms to ensure that a high-level corrupted Enlighten isn't a necessity for these builds?

It's quite the opposite. They made sure that a level 4 corrupted Enlighten is a necessity for almost all builds. ^^

This x100. Enlighten lv4 or gtfo. Builds without it will be gimp compared to ones that have it.

"

Zhatan wrote:

"

666lol666 wrote:

"

elitedesolator wrote:

Are there any planned mechanisms to ensure that a high-level corrupted Enlighten isn't a necessity for these builds?

It's quite the opposite. They made sure that a level 4 corrupted Enlighten is a necessity for almost all builds. ^^

This x100. Enlighten lv4 or gtfo. Builds without it will be gimp compared to ones that have it.

And this is why this whole change is stupid in the first place -- swapping one "mandatory gem" for another just makes no sense.

Oh, and are they planning to reimburse everyone who has corrupted gear that will no longer help them after this monumentally fail change?

"

DirePenguin wrote:

And this is why this whole change is stupid in the first place -- swapping one "mandatory gem" for another just makes no sense.

Oh, and are they planning to reimburse everyone who has corrupted gear that will no longer help them after this monumentally fail change?

Lol hell no. You have to get yourself a level 4 enlighten and all new gear to chrome and corrupt.

How in the world do they think this is a good change?

"

algosito wrote:

I dont understand whats the point of nerfing to the ground and "balancing" every aspect of a game that's 99.9% PvE oriented.right one IMHO.

Because for most people, it's much more attractive and interesting to play a balanced game. If you belong to those few, who enjoy only imbalanced games, then there are TONS of such games, made by second-grade game studios. Because it's very easy to make an imbalanced game, but making a balanced one requires far more efforts and time.

And it does nothing with PvE, btw. Every game deserves to be better, not just PvP ones.

"

MortalKombat3 wrote:

"

algosito wrote:

I dont understand whats the point of nerfing to the ground and "balancing" every aspect of a game that's 99.9% PvE oriented.right one IMHO.

Because for most people, it's much more attractive and interesting to play a balanced game. If you belong to those few, who enjoy only imbalanced games, then there are TONS of such games, made by second-grade game studios. Because it's very easy to make an imbalanced game, but making a balanced one requires far more efforts and time.

And it does nothing with PvE, btw. Every game deserves to be better, not just PvP ones.

It is quite normal to protect your favorite game, but till the certain moment.
What you write This is a bit reminds fanaticism than just protection. This is not normal.

What you write is more like those who commented on the video violence and think that it's okay, but it's not and they are badly mistaken.
That is so dangerous fanaticism as religious as the gaming. Think it is too late.

Nowhere near smells like the balance game, but for you any attempt to prove otherwise useless and futile.
No offense but that's it. Only after 10 years may be able to look with fresh eyes and without fanaticism here to get it you were so wrong.

"

PaperPlease wrote:

It is quite normal to protect your favorite game, but till the certain moment.
What you write This is a bit reminds fanaticism than just protection. This is not normal.

What you write is more like those who commented on the video violence and think that it's okay, but it's not and they are badly mistaken.
That is so dangerous fanaticism as religious as the gaming. Think it is too late.

Nowhere near smells like the balance game, but for you any attempt to prove otherwise useless and futile.
No offense but that's it. Only after 10 years may be able to look with fresh eyes and without fanaticism here to get it you were so wrong.

Why do you blame me for religion fanaticism? I am very far from that.

PoE COULD be the best game ever for me, but sadly, it isnt. Cause GGG vision for "best game ever" differs from mine.

i dont protect PoE. I protect changes, that would make game better, is that bad?

Usually, rare and hard-to-produce things are valuable. Good balance belongs to those, i believe.

ATM, Reduced Mana gem is absolutely mandatory to use for any reservation skill, and very close to useless for any other skill. As a result, quality on it is very close to useless too. Do you find this state of things good? I dont. I believe, players should have a choice - use extra slot and gain some extra mana pool, or use that gem slot for something else. ATM, "some extra mana pool" is actualy "HUGE mana pool" or "1+ extra reservation skill allowed", so there is a little choice. And less choices usually result to boring game.

"

MortalKombat3 wrote:

"

PaperPlease wrote:

It is quite normal to protect your favorite game, but till the certain moment.
What you write This is a bit reminds fanaticism than just protection. This is not normal.

What you write is more like those who commented on the video violence and think that it's okay, but it's not and they are badly mistaken.
That is so dangerous fanaticism as religious as the gaming. Think it is too late.

Nowhere near smells like the balance game, but for you any attempt to prove otherwise useless and futile.
No offense but that's it. Only after 10 years may be able to look with fresh eyes and without fanaticism here to get it you were so wrong.

Why do you blame me for religion fanaticism? I am very far from that.

PoE COULD be the best game ever for me, but sadly, it isnt. Cause GGG vision for "best game ever" differs from mine.

i dont protect PoE. I protect changes, that would make game better, is that bad?

Usually, rare and hard-to-produce things are valuable. Good balance belongs to those, i believe.

ATM, Reduced Mana gem is absolutely mandatory to use for any reservation skill, and very close to useless for any other skill. As a result, quality on it is very close to useless too. Do you find this state of things good? I dont. I believe, players should have a choice - use extra slot and gain some extra mana pool, or use that gem slot for something else. ATM, "some extra mana pool" is actualy "HUGE mana pool" or "1+ extra reservation skill allowed", so there is a little choice. And less choices usually result to boring game.

And now enlighten will be in the exact same spot, so why is that a change for the better. You just now have to use a blue skill instead?

Yes, it will be a little bit more rare and need to be leveled but if you want to use any reservation build you will have to do that instead. Changes nothing.

"

Zhatan wrote:

"

MortalKombat3 wrote:

"

PaperPlease wrote:

It is quite normal to protect your favorite game, but till the certain moment.
What you write This is a bit reminds fanaticism than just protection. This is not normal.

What you write is more like those who commented on the video violence and think that it's okay, but it's not and they are badly mistaken.
That is so dangerous fanaticism as religious as the gaming. Think it is too late.

Nowhere near smells like the balance game, but for you any attempt to prove otherwise useless and futile.
No offense but that's it. Only after 10 years may be able to look with fresh eyes and without fanaticism here to get it you were so wrong.

Why do you blame me for religion fanaticism? I am very far from that.

PoE COULD be the best game ever for me, but sadly, it isnt. Cause GGG vision for "best game ever" differs from mine.

i dont protect PoE. I protect changes, that would make game better, is that bad?

Usually, rare and hard-to-produce things are valuable. Good balance belongs to those, i believe.

ATM, Reduced Mana gem is absolutely mandatory to use for any reservation skill, and very close to useless for any other skill. As a result, quality on it is very close to useless too. Do you find this state of things good? I dont. I believe, players should have a choice - use extra slot and gain some extra mana pool, or use that gem slot for something else. ATM, "some extra mana pool" is actualy "HUGE mana pool" or "1+ extra reservation skill allowed", so there is a little choice. And less choices usually result to boring game.

And now enlighten will be in the exact same spot, so why is that a change for the better. You just now have to use a blue skill instead?

Yes, it will be a little bit more rare and need to be leveled but if you want to use any reservation build you will have to do that instead. Changes nothing.

The real kicker is you've just changed a 'mandatory' gem from something everyone can get (quest reqrds ftw) to something only the richest of the rich can afford. Lvl 4 Enlighten? Already selling for 30+ ex.

Yeah, that's your so-called Change for the better of the game. Shouldn't changes for the better of the game be for all involved, instead of just those sitting at the top?

This change is so retarded. Can't run hatred + grace w/o a blood magic. even with some reduced mana reserves not worth it unless i spend several passive points into mana to have a decent amount of mana unreserved. Really punishing solo players.

Already notice, what this game is not casual friendly and requires huge amount of time and dedication to achieve end game content.
After creating 3 failed chars (2 x 75 lvl, 1 x 40 lvl), finally found budget (~10 EX) version of witch build, which so far doing fine.
Far from being OP, but can handle 74-76 lvl maps (not all mods and bosses).
After this patch, my build with invested time and ing currency will become trash.
EB nerf - check;
AA nerf - check;
Clarity nerf - check;
RM nerf - check;
CoD will be useless - check;

I have wife and job, so 2-3 hours a day is best scenario I can afford.
Ingame wealth coming really slow and I am farming about 0.7 exalted per session, so all fancy gear out of my view range.

Game idea/design is great and I would like to continue play it (not for free), but so far read info all around web about patch and hands down...
Not sure, what audience GGG is targeting, but seems to be people like me not interest them at all.
I am really thinking to drop game now, because such drastic out of nothere nerfs are dissapointing a lot.

With actions like this GGG shooting at their own legs and will lose such type of players like me, who want enjoy game and have duties in real life.
I believe there are a lot of mid and low class players like me, who will share my opinion.