3.14.2 Patch Notes Preview

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nikidino8 wrote:

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Changed the Hateforge unique gloves to allow them to affect Vaal attacks used by traps and mines again. While these mechanics bypass the intended restrictions of Vaal skills in a similar way to totems, those cases are less abusable now so we've temporarily restored the interaction between Traps, Mines, and Hateforge. This stat will return to preventing use with traps and mines again in 3.15.

What's the point then doing it anyway if it's changed next league anyway?

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The modifier that allows storing enough souls for an additional use still has some odd behaviour, as the number of souls that can be stored fundamentally has to be the same for both skills - this modifier may be changed in future.

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Map boss clones created by The Maven no longer persist after the map boss dies.

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Fixed a bug where Increased Attack and Cast Speed modifiers could not be unveiled on Quivers and Amulets.

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Fixed some calculation and snapshotting bugs that occurred when two instances of the same Vaal skill that had different soul requirements, which is currently possible when one is in the Triumvirate Authority unique ring. Souls are shared between the skills, but each skill now correctly maintains its own soul requirement and the appropriate amount of souls are consumed based on which of the skills is used. The modifier that allows storing enough souls for an additional use still has some odd behaviour, as the number of souls that can be stored fundamentally has to be the same for both skills - this modifier may be changed in future.

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Vamphyr wrote:

Any update on fixing Trialmaster Conditional Challenge #4. Still incredibly buggy, and insanely frustrating.

See streamer Larsen's YouTube VoD for two such recent examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVpCt9FD3T4&ab_channel=Larsen

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Vaydra wrote:

I really wish the devs would run a mirror copy of the challenge league parallel to the current one with all their test stuff and PoE2 improvements. That way we wouldn't have to face the rng dice every start as to whether or not we can actually play consistently and enjoy the game.

Playing since 2013 and this last year(credit for getting product out during Covid) is really starting to grind me down enjoyment-wise.

One sticking point for me is the bug with Ultimatum events. How did this ever slip through? There are already other templatable mini-events like Harbinger, Beyond, and Legion. These all have capped monsters and therefore loot and xp. Forget the time bug, how did they ever get to have more than map-size monster pools?

Exploiters deserve to get bans, that's fair. But it should really never have reached launch :( Basic exploit prevention.

Hope next league is a big improvement, considering skipping it if not :(

btw. I think this is my first really negative post in 8 years. Usually, there's a forgivable amount of bugs as its pretty standard. Now it's starting feel more like 3.xx alpha test league