Development Manifesto: Balance in Path of Exile: Conquerors of the Atlas

I have rage quit over nerfs and bugs couple leagues back. I'm struggling to get invested again but this is harsh.

Come on ggg, are private leagues not enough for streamers to go away with their demands on difficulty? Can't we just have some fun in trade league?

I'm holding back on supporter pack until I hit t16 as this is nerf bullcrap I hate the most about the whole game. Not trade, not community, not grind, I just hate the nerfs.

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EinKRieGeR wrote:

Blight - boost necros
CotA - nerf necros, boost bows
next - nerf bows, boost ...

HYPE HYPE HYPE

I have not seen buffs to bows yet. Some vague mentions but a lot of nerfs in bows too so maybe their nerf cycle is faster than buff cycle and they happen all at once now ;)

Meta slavery

The game is 2 easy currently so it needs to be harder. So much has gotten buffed over the years while the enemies more or less remained the same.
Even with medium dmg builds you can just crush the content.

Personally i think that 10hp and res, armor changes to normal mobs is too little. But who knows...

I have played many leagues and have played POE way back from 2013. At the last league first time have I tried and enjoyed NECRO zombie build. I guess for the first and last time... WTF? One league with good focus on necrose. This is not amazing damage build, it was just fun...
Hate this shit.

sad melee noises

I spit on your increased resistances! TRY ME! DO MORE RESISTANCES! I AM THE NEW AND THE ETERNAL - I AM INQUISITOR!

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The weighting of Minion modifiers on Convoking Wands have been lowered, making it harder to roll a great Minion wand.

I have tried to roll a nice wand all league long, thousands of alts, hundreds of alchs and chaos. My best result was a +1 minions and 20ish damage.

You need to stop balancing this game for nerds! For the first time necro was viable up to shaper in SSF and now you kill it again.

I am rolling ballista now, if its still terrible, I will sit this league out. Sorry GGG, but Blight was your best league and this one here, seems already very underwhelming.

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Lundrial wrote:

sad melee noises

agreed, truly the worst timeline

Does it really mean melle and impale mechanic receive nerf?? Or does it mean we need just put more currency or "work" to reach acceptble phys dmg??

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Hyskoa wrote:

I have no idea why you think people want a dark souls arpg equivalent rather than just some fun, rewarding, cathartic grinding.

Agreed!

Had a lot of fun playing a Zombie necro this league (unfortunately came in late) - as for me it was exactly that, cathartic grinding - and was excited to start the new league and polish my build, push it further. I'm a bit concerned it won't be possible now.

Other than that, I agree with the posts on how hard it is to get good items out of RNG (and learnt from watching streamers and power players to mostly ignore drops) and how Boss drops don't seem to be as rewarding as speed-clearing other content.