Ascendancies and Minions in PoE 2
I'm starting to get kind of bummed out man. I feel like gemling route is way better than infernalist and tbh the only real option for minions. Cool but wait in order to do this and still get any minion nodes you probably have to be ~level 80 to even play minions with it lol..
There should be a necro ascendancy, and the whole argument of pidgeon holing doesnt even work with poe1.. Arakali can be played as like 4 different ascendancys, skeles can be played as 2 different ascendancies, srs, also 2 different ascendancies. Surely there is more I havent thought of off the top of my head... My thing is if I want to play minions why should I care if going duelist is a bad idea, I don't want to duel I want to summon minions lmao.. |
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I want to smash things in melee, I have a Warrior.
I want to cast fireballs and spells, I have a Sorceress. I want shoot a bow and play an archer, I have a Ranger. I want to command minions and play a summoner, I have A BUNCH OF EXCUSES FROM GGG. |
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I suspect that "minion" related nodes in Path of Exile 2 are replaced by "nearby allies". At least so far right now, infernalist is the one that directly promote minion build as she has some node that give "nearby allies" bonuses, and the hound also somewhat copy Guardian's Sentinel node. And with the change of how combat works in Path of Exile 2, I'm afraid that the minion archetype will be vastly different from Path of Exile 1. You won't be just a convocation and offering bot anymore, you are going to play more active role in debuffing / buffing and also dealing damage, not just let your minions do the job.
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" 2x Infernal Hounds ? assuming support gem for the 2nd ? |
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This just seems like such a silly complaint.
Wouldn't yall rather have powerful minion things be on the passive tree, in the support gems, and on gear? That way you can mix and match with nearly any ascendancy? I'm actually confused why anyone would WANT an ENTIRE archetype to be confined to 1 out of 36 ascendancies. I mean sure there's a minion andy joke in there about wanting their hand held, but really why argue for this? |
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Are you aware that not all the classes are out in EA? Maybe there is a minion one but it isn't ready to be shipped yet. I think it's a tad early to start talking about game balance on a game that isn't even out yet... this seems silly.
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" I wouldn't mind not having a specific Ascendancy for minions.....if I get actual minion related passives on the other Ascendencies; something to make me, as a minion player, go "cool, that should help". So far we have 1 and it only indirectly helps minions. Also GGG's excuse falls apart when seeing what the other Ascendencies support: you can't have one focus on minions, yet we get one focused on elemental damage, one on poison, one on slams....you get the idea. |
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We'll need to choose: another aura or another minion? This will be fun.
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" no i'm pretty sure jonathan already said that there wont be a another minion class. the last witch ascendancy will be something else. |
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" At top of that summoner is first class for any nerf. Always. |