2.6.0 Area of Effect Changes

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Rory wrote:

[li]All of the increases to Trap Trigger Radius and Mine Detonation Radius have also been changed to Area. As a result all of these values have been doubled on the passive tree.[/li]

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Snorkle_uk wrote:

well, rip vaal reave lol

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grepman wrote:

the amount of hysteria regarding aoe reduction of reave is hilarious
oh noes you wont be able to literally offscreen shit with a [melee!] skill.

the obsession with aoe reminds me why this game regressed to the state it is now.

pretty much :D

how the fuck did reave get away with that for so long? Oh I held down the button and the entire fucking screen died, then I whirled twice and nuked the next screen 2 seconds later... err..... lol?


I mean, vaal reave is literally useless now. Tbh now that reave has a somewhat sane radius again and you cant just nuke the entire screen it could really do with a damage boost though. The low damage was fine because you could hit like 4x as many mobs as any comparable melee skill but if its to join the ranks of the normal skills its gonna need some normal damage I feel. I guess I can add spec throw back into the links now we wont be needing vaal reave, so I guess thats a thing.


flurry radius up, reave radius down, thats called balancing the actual game and not the general opinions imo, I cant hate on that.

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Epicly_Curious wrote:

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Rory wrote:

Extreme min-max AoE builds are nerfed by these changes. Builds that didn't go all-in on AoE are generally helped somewhat.

So you state: While giving examples of skills that only use Increased AoE support gem, yet wind up with smaller radius (like your melee splash example)
Even if you don't stack AoE, you win up with less now, so thanks. I'll be sure to appreciate the buff i got when my support gem doesn't go as far as it used to, despite me grabbing no AoE from tree. Really nice.

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Ashriel wrote:

Seems like an awful lot of work to barely change anything.