Content Update 3.22.0 -- Path of Exile: Trial of the Ancestors

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The Crucible Passive Skill that caused Totems to Explode on Death, dealing a percentage of their Life as Physical Damage has had values divided by 20. This change affects existing items.

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BoastfulParty18 wrote:

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TheDeathX wrote:

Thanks for the ruthless changes GGG.
Those are really welcome.
Especially jugger nerfs and determination + grace

Guys try ruthless. Its awesome. You are just accustomed to the normal game too much. (which is not a good future way to play the game)
POE2 is really hard and you will have a lot less... it wont have a ruthless mode... it will be the normal way to play the game... so unless you maybe learn to play a more difficult game before its release, you won't be hit that hard at release.

This is operating under the assumption that I want to play poe 2. I would much rather play poe 1 as it is now than a slowed down harder game from the same developers. Grim dawn for example manages a slower aarpg style well. Poe stands out because it isn't a slow slog through the dust and grime. If I wanted that I'd play dark souls. Over my 15 years or so of gaming I've come to appreciate how poe stands out from other aarps and I'm not too happy they are abandoning that element.

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DaiHP wrote:

Guys, are you blind? GGG right now have a perfectly balanced game. Any meta shakeup will ruin this perfection. And it's your fault for not using/discovering new builds with less popular skills, lazy guide following dummies.
If you don't agree, don't be toxic and leave the game. You're not allowed to complain about the game you once liked. Game has moved, and so should do you, LEAVE now

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MarioOnIce wrote:

(+) I like the atlas tree changes and new "keystones for casuals"
(+) The "rework" of tormented spirits, vaal side areas and some beyond stuff is cool if they become comparably lucrative to other league mechanics
(+) Shifting the meta with changes like the shift of premium XP farming from legion to maybe breach is cool but should happen more often (5-way was king for a f*ing long time)
(+) New support gems seem interesting but can't say without lvl 20 gem details. The push towards some melee ignite or bleed build is pretty obvious, old EQ bleed enjoyers will get a new meta build, hopefully.
(~) I can see that skill changes are not the focus right now because balance is changed in so many other places right now (skill tree, atlas tree, 14 new supports) BUT the community is urging for changes to underused skills for a long ass time... please dedicate more ressources on that front.
(-) The huge ruthless balance update really sucks. I makes us all wonder if that time could not be better spent on balancing ascendancies for the base game... looks really bad from the players perspective...
(-) The lack of info on the meaning of some guardian and chieftain ascendancy notes is annoying.