Why was Hexblast destroyed???

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_SleeZy_#4498 wrote:

And it's why i'm calling for a nerf to its damage IE "Used with mines deals 70% less damage" tag on it. That way it's still useable to some extent.

Isnt that roughly what you get if you use 'Hexblast of Havoc' instead?

(And the cooldown on the new versions does seem to be overly high for self caster also.)

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Aynix#7757 wrote:

"Hexblast wasnt that popular"
IT was 5th most popular skill in the entire game. Played on a trickster which was most popular one in the game.

definitely wasnt 5th most popular skill and was only played on trickster was like 20% of trickster builds hexblast

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lupasvasile#5385 wrote:

GGG is adamant about destroying well performing skills so that people play something else. In theory, if the concept wasn't flawed AF from the start, this should be fine. Major problem is that they never buff enough alternatives.

Well, no. If they keep buffing, it's gonna get worse than it already is. The state of monsters is where it's at because we have powercrept way beyond scope. I miss the days where 2M DPS was considered pretty good and strong enough to comfortably clear all content. Nowadays, it's practically minimum.

That said, nerfs to players should also come with a rebalance of content. For some reason, the first areas in Act 1 still have monsters spawn with super deadly mods this early. Maybe start from there.

e: typo

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Beavith#5056 wrote:

Yes, Hexblast is giga dead.

Another build will take its place.

And that's the dumb part. Why not buff something else, leave hexblast alone, and have more choices for good builds?

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jdp29#1389 wrote:

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Beavith#5056 wrote:

Yes, Hexblast is giga dead.

Another build will take its place.

And that's the dumb part. Why not buff something else, leave hexblast alone, and have more choices for good builds?

"That's just the way it is..."

- Tupac

REASON - the hexblast mtx sales is over :)

For several years hexblast has been annihilating content, thanks for killing it

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Deviant#8289 wrote:

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Aynix#7757 wrote:

"Hexblast wasnt that popular"
IT was 5th most popular skill in the entire game. Played on a trickster which was most popular one in the game.

definitely wasnt 5th most popular skill and was only played on trickster was like 20% of trickster builds hexblast

It definitely was. You can check it yourself.

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jdp29#1389 wrote:

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Beavith#5056 wrote:

Yes, Hexblast is giga dead.

Another build will take its place.

And that's the dumb part. Why not buff something else, leave hexblast alone, and have more choices for good builds?

Because that would be just plain dumb. Not nerfing anything because "people will be sad" is recipe for a disaster, sooner than later.

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Aynix#7757 wrote:

Because that would be just plain dumb. Not nerfing anything because "people will be sad" is recipe for a disaster, sooner than later.

So far nobody said that they shouldn't nerf HB, only that they shouldn't destroy it. Is it really that hard to understand?

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djuq4l#1584 wrote:

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Aynix#7757 wrote:

Because that would be just plain dumb. Not nerfing anything because "people will be sad" is recipe for a disaster, sooner than later.

So far nobody said that they shouldn't nerf HB, only that they shouldn't destroy it. Is it really that hard to understand?

these are the people who will scavange poeninja for the least played lowest dps skills to play some hipster build and then want everything else to be on that level for them to feel better about their choice they can't stand that others are actually having fun playing the game their way