0.2.0 Gem Info datamined..

poe2db has the updated damage scaling and new supports.

imho warrior looks bonkers. brink will make boneshatter into a monster clearing skill with minimal gear.

ya that could work with bone shatter, especially if inc aoe affects impact shockwave now like it should. could be decent clear

edit: also lets see here. looks like a lot of things were nerfed too. shockwave totem was nerfed. supercharged slam was nerfed in both base dmg and aoe (buffed in more dmg per stage to try to compensate)

and all the mana buffs are pretty minor actually. things will still take entire chunks of mana/hp to cast. this 100% still means for melee skills in the 30s you'll be required to run blood magic as warrior - still


even boneshatter itself was nerfed in dmg at the high end of things.

molten blast damage was nerfed, which is a double nerf cause scattershot was nerfed from 20 to 35% less dmg.

earthshatter initial hit was nerfed but its explosion was buffed. that requires you play warbringer anyway cause of the no warcry cooldown

sunder was gigga nerfed.
buffed in damage, and it was buffed by removing some of its base attack time, but it also got slapped with a 65% attack speed penalty (which is enormous obviously) and it had a bug where it was hitting too many times which was fixed

hammer of the gods was gigga nerfed in damage by almost 1100%. lol

bye bye maces.
im starting warrior but ya definitely not using a mace. spear it will be for me

Nearly all of the new supports are centered around the huntress or new acends.
Its like they are actively discouraging you from playing any of the original classes or acends.
I'm not even a tiny bit interested in the new stuff.
I want to play monk again and continue to experiment.
That's fun for me.
I don't want to play what's popular.
Not interested in the meta.

I thought FOR SURE acolyte would get some attention.
Then the patch notes came out and then i thought FOR SURE supports are probably being implemented that would compliment that ascendency.
lol no.
100 new uniques are more than likely going to cater to the new stuff.
5-10% will be usable for the new ascends and class, the rest will be fun to read when you pick them up.

I came into this game blind without having played the first one more than 30 min years ago only to find out that its incredible with endless possibilities.
I havent been sucked into a game like I have this one in a very long time.

Then, the game runs a red light and T-bones another car and totals itself (at least the aspect I enjoy, discovery and experimentation.)

Wicked disappointed.

Yeah looking over the gems carefully it doesn't look good for any previous build archetype, it does feel rigged to force you to try new stuff.

Welp, I will still play the huntress cause it's free. Storm lance looks cracked, No cooldown 16 bolts at 437% effectiveness? And you just need a detonator? Can't wait to try.