GGG disguised the massive nerfs as these ''new gems''

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intersept wrote:

Am i the only one feeling this way ?
Ive always felt like atleast half of the skills in path of exile were feeling shit to play with.
But now they destroyed the few good ones aswel.
I dont know. Everything feels garbage to play, build and invest time and curency into.
We got a garbage league. The only reason its not geting completly shit on is becouse it drops alot of loot but only IF you go magic find and run around in darknes like a headless chicken.
I cant be the only one feeling like this and seeing this shit.
I want to pick up a skill and enjoy playing with it and leveling with it and building it up.

I hope the Gauntlet highlights this shit and some pople bring this up.
This is unremarkable boring shit.

Garbage league? HAHAHA good one....think its a learn to play issue mate, this has been the best league in a long time, made more currency than i have in standard.

there are PLENTY of good skills, learn to stop playing bad ones.

Honestly a lot of divergent gems enabled a lot of builds, especially supports.
The loss of helm enchants, though welcome, made a lot of combos unavailable. The helm enchants for projectiles, cdr, reservation are just gone.

a minority of transfigured gems are just worst than the standard counterpart. Some don't address core issues with the skill. And like 15 are totally busted outliers. Most of them are just fine, not too strong, not too weak.

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roundishcap wrote:

Honestly a lot of divergent gems enabled a lot of builds, especially supports.
The loss of helm enchants, though welcome, made a lot of combos unavailable. The helm enchants for projectiles, cdr, reservation are just gone.

a minority of transfigured gems are just worst than the standard counterpart. Some don't address core issues with the skill. And like 15 are totally busted outliers. Most of them are just fine, not too strong, not too weak.

And you know what's really cool about enchants being gone? Corruptions on unique items becoming more of a focus point again for min-maxing. +1PC helmet, +1FC gloves, +1EC boots, RMR on helmet etc.

Inspiration getting reduced mana cost in-built into the base gem is also huge, and many gems gained power from new quality. I see it as a good trade-off

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feral_nature wrote:

tried couple of them and they were bad.

like for example this wild strike of extremes. youre pretty limited on what chars you can play with it and i can get same dps with other gems.

never did i run lab for profit but i like having those helmet enchants... and the boot ones were pretty good too - no stun, penetration and stuff. never did run heist either but did like alt qual gems too.

they shouldve improved the old systems instead replacing it with a new one that doesnt do anything in most cases. like im playing smite and for whatever reason i lose dps from the trans gem. couldnt we instead just give me +3 strike targets for free?

kaom glove rekt, heatshiver nerf, ashes is horrible(not that i ever used it even before but wtf man...)

thats not true. eb+blightwell and any class can run new wild strike.

they changd the meta

penance brand is broken
ts still op
tr still strong
this league is stupidly rewarding

no idea what ur on about

THe issue which i personally see - we lost something and for some people it was something important.
For example poison sparks are dead.
Pure vortex autobomber dead.

Cold BV get massive nerfs ,but still playable with high budget 1) without enchant you have to take points in tree or use oils on amulet(base duration not enough) 2) Vortex+bonechill nerfed 3) early damage scaling . Crit chance per blade affect early game more then hit-rate and flat damage since crit = freeze and share freeze = survive ability. Usually bv isnt popular skill and he got nerfs for no reason //its not newbie friendly build or OP skill.

I also dont understand why 1 of the transf. spark gems doesnt provide chaos damage conversion. Its not difficult to do. Same with vortex. I dont care about vortex+frostbolt, just give me the old one like transf.gem atleast.

Agree about alt quality support gems. My thoughts - we need alt quality or transf.support gems.

Yes, we lost few builds that were strong or even meta. But we got 10 times more new builds that are just as good.

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ArtCrusade wrote:

No, you don't need MF to get tons of loot from your maps.

Tell us your secret then. I gave up on the idea of maps dropping more than bubblegum a long time ago. Started swimming in $$ when I started boss and invite farming. I think the only thing worth mentioning this entire leauge that dropped was an Imperial Bow with t1 fractured lightning damage.

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DamageIncorporated wrote:

Tell us your secret then. I gave up on the idea of maps dropping more than bubblegum a long time ago. Started swimming in $$ when I started boss and invite farming. I think the only thing worth mentioning this entire leauge that dropped was an Imperial Bow with t1 fractured lightning damage.

This is a massive skill/knowledge issue then if all you managed to get in maps was a T1 lightning fracture.

Happy you can make currency with carries/services but if you cant make currency in maps without MF, regardless of this league mechanic or not, and then need a guide for it?

I suggest you make a thread in the gameplay/help section. Several league mechanics are not even effected by the wildwood and you can make a killing off them. A simple youtube/google search can help you as well.

Best of luck.

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DamageIncorporated wrote:

Tell us your secret then. I gave up on the idea of maps dropping more than bubblegum a long time ago. Started swimming in $$ when I started boss and invite farming. I think the only thing worth mentioning this entire leauge that dropped was an Imperial Bow with t1 fractured lightning damage.

This is a massive skill/knowledge issue then if all you managed to get in maps was a T1 lightning fracture.

[Removed by Support] I said worth mentioning.
The passive aggressive "suggestions" arent necessary.