General Discussion - Melee bad - Feels good and bad to have devs confirm it - Forum

Make melee less clunky and it already will be huge "buff".	Posted by Aynix on Apr 24, 2024, 8:14:29 AM On Probation Quote this Post
" I listened to entire thing and his answer to "why GGG hates melee" (because that was the question from Josh) is just a bunch of nothingburger. At least we can enjoy our wonderful new melee animations before we take a dirt nap while having the agility of a drunken snail drowning in quicksand.	Posted by mnieradko on Apr 24, 2024, 10:18:43 AM Quote this Post
Budget melee is dead with the addition of t17 maps imo. I can't even get my minion build tanky or enough damage to do them I have no clue what I would do on a melee build on a budget. So yeah melee never been worse but still if you got the funds you can still make it work just very hard.	Posted by newbutnot on Apr 24, 2024, 11:26:24 PM Quote this Post
Awakened Multistrike is 80+ divines, high end melee is still alive. But league starting as melee is not exactly the best option available.	Posted by 6_din_49 on Apr 25, 2024, 5:34:35 PM Quote this Post
" Aynix wrote: 1. Jonathan is not playing melee (and probably never was) 2. Jonathan is focusing on PoE 2, he donest give a fuck about PoE Asking him why melee suck and how they plan to fix it is pointless. All they have to do is remove the current totem dynamic and implement whatever's required to compensate. That's it. Let that be the gift to melee before the driver's asleep. I'm struggling to come up with new goals to keep me playing this game. Last edited by hmcg020 on Apr 25, 2024, 5:42:11 PM	Posted by hmcg020 on Apr 25, 2024, 5:41:49 PM Quote this Post
Knowing GGG they will give us something like "Your Ancestor Totem is always active. You cannot move".	Posted by Aynix on Apr 25, 2024, 7:18:28 PM On Probation Quote this Post
" Baharoth15 wrote: Doesn't really change the fact that 90% of the problems people in this forum are having with melee including you come from bad builds and not whatever problems melee has. But good for you. You finally got a proper excuse for not trying to improve yourself. Now you can just keep on wailing nonstop and feel justified doing so. Meanwhile i am doing t17 maps deathless with 3 fps on average cuz my cpu is 7 years old using melee builds. I wonder who is living in a fantasy here. I think you're missing key things here. You can play the game and find measurable success no problem as melee. No one argues that. Melee is bad is a factual objective statement comparatively /relatively speaking. When you compare it to caster or ranged, it's bad. While you're screwing around bonking a mob, ranged/caster has already moved on. Why run up to something and bonk it when you can pew pew. Also running up and bonking stuff is more dangerous. If you don't grasp this I don't know what else to say. Last edited by DamageIncorporated on Apr 25, 2024, 8:17:03 PM	Posted by DamageIncorporated on Apr 25, 2024, 8:14:12 PM Quote this Post
" DamageIncorporated wrote: I think you're missing key things here. You can play the game and find measurable success no problem as melee. No one argues that. Melee is bad is a factual objective statement comparatively /relatively speaking. When you compare it to caster or ranged, it's bad. While you're screwing around bonking a mob, ranged/caster has already moved on. Why run up to something and bonk it when you can pew pew. Also running up and bonking stuff is more dangerous. If you don't grasp this I don't know what else to say. You should read the posts of people i respond to. If all they were saying is that melee is slower in terms of map clear i wouldn't respond to them in the first place.	Posted by Baharoth15 on Apr 26, 2024, 1:53:35 AM Quote this Post
" DamageIncorporated wrote: Melee is bad is a factual objective statement comparatively /relatively speaking. When you compare it to caster or ranged, it's bad. While you're screwing around bonking a mob, ranged/caster has already moved on. Why run up to something and bonk it when you can pew pew. Also running up and bonking stuff is more dangerous. If you don't grasp this I don't know what else to say. Flicker Strike says hi.	Posted by Aynix on Apr 26, 2024, 3:15:50 AM On Probation Quote this Post
" Knowing GGG they will give us something like "Your Ancestor Totem is always active. You cannot move". That's too generous given modern POE design. It will be more like: - you do 50% less damage - your ancestor totem gains your lost damage - your ancestor totem now has a maximum life of 1 - you cannot move	Posted by mnieradko on Apr 26, 2024, 12:16:27 PM Quote this Post