Development Manifesto: Ascendancy Changes

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HJackWolf wrote:

Can anybody pls help me understand why they gave Gladiator a chance to blind? In the way it its kind of counter intuitive 'cuz right now half of the tree basically works with one of two things happens: either you get hit, or you block a hit, that way you will proc every buff the tree has to offer(more damage, more block, more movement..) but if you blind the enemy you wont be able to get that hit to damage you nor to block.

I know that in the Hier changes there is a similar thing happening where one of the most powerfull branches only work if you spent mana(arcane surge), and another branch PREVENTS you from spending mana, but in his case he has other options, he does have other powerful ways in the ascendecy to combo with either branch. In the case of the glad I dont see this happening, in my case I always wanted to make a powerfull block+BLEED build(not a good damage skill that does bleed, i'm talking about a a build that the bleed portion carries you to the endgame content), and when I saw the changes I didnt really know what to think about it.

So if someone could explain to me the reason and maybe how to make a good synergy with it, please help cuz the way I see it it would be better if they just made Maim for glad just like they made Arcane surge for Hier.

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Breakleg wrote:

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Wasylus wrote:

You know you could use Warlord's Mark directly, without blasphemy, right ? The worse part is that you lose one curse slot that could be otherwise used for an ele penetration one or a defensive one instead. And Elementalist got 0.5% spell leech now, the amount can be enough if you do enough damage. There are also a few other ways to get spell lech - granted they are more tricky and not always suitable for a given build.

Yeah but for bossing forcing warlords mark into every build takes away your diversity from using any other curses just to survive and most times if you don't use it as an aura it can be either clunky or very unreliable or both.

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Ygidua wrote:

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I tell you, all those that insulted me, would run back home to mommy, if they ever had to play such a game.

POE is a game like Diablo or any other. You visit third party websites, buy items that you need for a build, a build that you did copy from some streamer and then you faceroll content. Let´s face it, this is how you guys roll and then you attack those of us, that refuse to take the path of least resistance... hypocrisy at it´s best.
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spawnas wrote:

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Ygidua wrote:

There are casuals playing this game too, it needs to stop that GGG only caters to hardcores that spend all day online.

Why can´t they just give us a viable necro build for shaper and co? I play for two years and never saw that guy...

If you balance the game to casual players then it will be broken for serious players. And i think its fare to balance it in favor for people that play this game much more. Also im pretty sure that there are necro builds that can kill shaper. If you are not willing to put enough effort to get there thats on you.