2.6.0 Area of Effect Changes

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DeMiGodking102 wrote:

my wife left me

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tntkiller wrote:

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DeMiGodking102 wrote:

my wife left me

be glad....IT'S A BUFF!!

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h4llowerner wrote:

If you dont adjust cyclone to these AoE "nerfs" Im not supporting you anymore. I really dont understand why you would nerf a solid melee skill. It was already hard to play with a decent clear speed while investing A TON into AoE nodes not to mention if the map has less AoE effects on the char.

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Tin_Foil_Hat wrote:

Sweet, great information.

Edit- Soo i fully looked over it now and it seems that there are quite alot of heavy nerfs to area for melee. That really doesnt make sense in the long run especially with Ranged.

Melee splashes "buff" is soo minuscule that it isnt even funny, most people werent running Area of Effect gems either, but people who did now have been massively nerfed.

The one saving grace of some melee skills were their reach, but now it seems melee skills have been hit far harder than spells and ranged skills in terms of the area nerfs.

Soo basically, Ranged/Spell > Melee still, Area of Effect globally nerfed in most cases and melee hit harder than Ranged/Spells in the long run in terms of Area of Effect nerfs.

EDIT 2 - The even bigger question now is, does 15-20% Less Area of Effect modifiers still exist in 2.6 ? They were already huge, i mean HUGE nerfs to melee when it was introduced. If Less Area of Effect still exists its going to make playing melee skills even more miserable because youll need the Area of Effect gem and nodes.