Game Balance in Path of Exile: Echoes of the Atlas

While such changes may shake up meta, they seem to kill of hype for many players too.

Balance is a thin line.

Press F for my boi :

welp no necro this league :( they killed my boy.
guess i'll might go cock then not sure yet.

hype!

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Raised Spectres and Golem minion builds usually outclass other minion alternatives and are one of the most optimal mid-investment builds, so we've made some significant reductions to their power.

I dont know what you guys are smoking, but "Good-performing mid-investment" tier builds should BE THE NORM, OTHER lower performing skills/builds should be balanced around them.

You guys either dont have a concept at all, or are completely unable to properly communicate your damn goals in terms of balancing.


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Please do something about accuracy for attack ignite builds.
After nerfing scion's deadeye ascendancy and removing 50% of extra accuracy it's now nearly impossible to compensate that accuracy loss without investing into underpowered and unpopular nodes.

Or give back at least portion of it's accuracy back for scion's deadeye ascendancy.

You guys are all saying nerfs and you know there will be some pretty ridiculous builds, overall I think game needed some changes. While I understand why people are upset remember we are getting so much content!!!

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blindwar wrote:

you guys dont get it?

this is how they make money, they force you to play the new overpowered classes, come up with bunch of celestial mtx to sell and then nerf it to the ground next patch!

buff cyclone = celestial cyclone - then nerf it
buff necro = celestial minions + vd - then nerf it

this is not ggg anymore, this is tencent chinese pay-to-win way to do business!

this is no meta shake up, this is business!

hear me out, next patch elementalist and inquisitor will be nerfed to oblivion!

Very true. All it is is a rotating door of changes each and every expansion while releasing more overpriced MTX either through gambling or straight supporter packs. I guess it's no surprise I've been playing less and less each new league and find myself less motivated to even reach 16 challenges per league.

We're pretty much going to see the old meta get completely gutted and a new meta will take place starting with 3.13, I guess my question is how much of 3.13's meta will stick around come 3.14 or 3.15.

I did like the new content reveal and, even tough initialy I didn't want to play 3.13 because I spent a sh*tload of time on 3.11 and 3.12, I was kinda hyped and considered participating. But with these balance changes, I don't even know what build to play. With a job and a private live, I'm kinda dependend on op meta builds to be able to play all of the games content at all. Seeing nerfs all over is quite demotivating.

Anyway, enough with the rant, guess I might have a look at the new league and see for myself what can be done, but I'll definetly skip on buying a supporter pack for now.

Kinda makes me think that we will be alpha testing this patch too... yay...
And they nerfed some of the most played early game builds. Fun!

Whats truly overpowered in this game is prox shields and doors so there is your first priority. Well prox shields aren't truly op but a joy kill! oh! give players the permanent version endgame mobs have since they aren't op.

The weary traveler, slayer of GODS
"Hey! Hey player! I don't know how to open this door plix helps me"
Me
"Just blow it of the hinges you are strong enough to kill gods you should be able to take the wall with it... or just open it"
The weary traveler, slayer of GODS
"Don't want to, unless you tell me to <3. And terrain in this world is stronger than any god"
Me
"Then how do you explain all the ruins? and just open it with the speed that you where going when that door came, don't you hurt quite a bit?"
The weary traveler, slayer of GODS
"Nope i can go from 100 to 0 at any terrain without leaving a dent"