Energy Shield and Life

nice idea, nice patch
and now u can rename game from path of exile -> path of patch

u destroy one mechanics and dont create something new, this is bad way

i play few years and i cannot say what i get some cool item and there dont be nerfed it is not fair

GGG doesn't want anymore facetanking with ES.
But are they aware that we can facetank easily with life builds ?

Dual Strike (Belly of the Beast):
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1533986

Wild Strike (Non-Legacy Kaom's Heart) :
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1867849

I am testing atm both builds above and they can tank all the guardians (Berserker is so OP).
So what is the goal to nerf ES and not life ?

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69wanted69 wrote:

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TenTonBlue wrote:

educate yourself

Not quite 25k ES, but I can't find the video I saw recently with 25k in Legacy playing solo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWt5PlHSy30&t=42s

And even lower ES facetanking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24v4plYy27Y&feature=youtu.be

Easy and cheap 10k ES:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQd11LoVAvw

-Credit to Deadseeds

so you saw something on reddit and that make you think ci is op?
if someone make a video about how op life build is would you be convinced too?
fucking sheep

Lawl, nope. I just don't record videos of my own gameplay, so didn't have any to post. Nearly all of my builds are CI (because of how OP they are) and I can reach 14k easy with average investment (1-2ex in SC). My life builds with similar investment reach like 5k without kaoms, cause I needed a 6L and a shield. Baaaa

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Will the new hybrid life mod affect existing unique items?

Assume not, since Uniques don't follow the standardized Rare creation with affixes. Only thing I could foresee would be implicit's on the base item itself being able to change.

About time, these changes were long overdue. There's no mention of changes to life on unique items though, which means unique items with mediocre/low or no life roll at all will be even worse than they are now in comparison to well rolled rare items.

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NemesoK wrote:

GGG doesn't want anymore facetanking with ES.
But are they aware that we can facetank easily with life builds ?
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Yeah this can be the new meta, we will see.

For those who are crying about ES, well the fact that you think that there is nothing else to play outside of ES was part of the problem.

Now I am not sure if this was the best way to nerf ES (I think nerfing ES a little and nerfing damage of both players and monsters would be a better solution) but in the end we will have to see how this will work.

Don't get me wrong we all had some ES build that will get nerf but it's better to deal with it and play something new than let the game rot.

In the end of the day if you liked the game you will probably find something fun to play in 3.0 as well.

What poe doesn't need is an ever growing powercreep that makes the game ridiculous.

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bhavv wrote:

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simoniknow wrote:

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Theres a video doing the rounds in GD that someone posted to try and prove that ES is overpowered at shaper.

The character had 8k ES and didnt once get hit to below 5k. At one point he dipped to 2.5k es due to making the mistake of standing in the degen beam for too long.

Aint no reason then why people cant do shaper with 4k HP, life regen and flasks.

He was playing a trapper so easily avoiding damage.

OK, probably just me being a noob, have not seen the video please link. And the guy is not using legacy gear cosing +100 ex. a piece like broken legacy vinktar either ?

Literally just 8k ES and mines:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkszLRitBZ0

No one shot damage of much more than 3k anywhere, just degen beam to 2.5k which can be avoided / flasked if you are life.

Well if you check his Gear , triplle high res 200+es gloves , 260+es 30%movement speed with uber lab res penetration , extremly good opals , pretty decent hybrid crystal belt .

Its defenitly not on par with some other high cost gear , but i can tell you that those boots are worth more than 20ex on its own , opals around 5-10ex each and belt about 5ex too .

Its definitly not budget.

GGG vs. ES = FATALITY, GGG WINS!

In all seriousness, GGG probably deliberately made the notes here very crazy harsh so when the real nerf happen people will be more okey with it. Then again, they could also go full retard. You never know, many game developers go full retard time to time. That 0.0001% of players have 20k+ ES should have no effect for the rest of the 99.999% playerbase. But thats just me.

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CarNiVooRa wrote:

Well if you check his Gear , triplle high res 200+es gloves , 260+es 30%movement speed with uber lab res penetration , extremly good opals , pretty decent hybrid crystal belt .

Its defenitly not on par with some other high cost gear , but i can tell you that those boots are worth more than 20ex on its own , opals around 5-10ex each and belt about 5ex too .

Its definitly not budget.

Maybe I am wrong, but I think that this tier of ES gear will end up be cheaper in 3.0 than it is now because the meta will shift.

So the funny think is, maybe if you don't have that much currency making an ES build might be cheaper now.