Bannerman Nerf / bug idk and QOL rant

My friends and I enjoy group play and we map together every single day, we have build a great squad of 2-3 DPS chars, 1 Rarity guy, 1 Banner guy, and 1 spot for public randos to jump in.

Banners, are basically stationary auras, there is a great nifty notable banner dude takes/anoints or get on a melomaniac, that makes the banner effects linger for 4 seconds (making it huge QOL and ensures Buff is uninterrupted in-between banner casts)

Now its F**ked, because its been nerfed into "Banner buff last 4 seconds ON YOU" so, I went ahead and anointed it on my amulet (which makes it a MANDATORY ANOINT for group play) and get this, it still doesn't work! the moment I step out of banner area, buff is gone.. wtf is this GGG? why can't you respect your player base and their time, effort and money invested in this game? FFS

Like every single time, I find something to praise you guys for (previous post on how fun and awesome group play is, and the multi item/class synergies and after leveling 3 different support based classes (banner, rarity and curse) you slap me in the face and ruin whatever good will you have generated.

I have been playing Poe since Sacrifice of the Vaal, back when you can run it on integrated graphics on work laptop, before it was even on steam.. and after THOUSANDS of hours.. I can't remain positive on the company's direction and continue to just take all the abuse and lack of respect for player's time.

I tried to buy an item from a player on Hong Kong realm, and the game disconnected me 7 TIMES! every time I go to his hideout "random disconnect occurred", when trade is started I see his item but when I click on my currency IT DOESNT TRANSFER, and when it does and I click "Accept" NOTHING HAPPENS then GAME DISCONNECTS.. Automate item trading from the premium tabs we already paid money for already.

Why cant we upgrade Delirium oils in the tab we already bought? why cant we re-forge them (and other things) in batches instead of manually click "re-forge" AND TAKE OUT THE 1 Resulting item? rinse and repeat x 390 time JUST TO UPGRADE IRE TO GUILT

why cant you allow players to have fun with a crazy strong build or whacky build? I went to standard and tried to play my 0.1 spark storm weaver and by golly it sucked (with LEGACY gear, that was normal back then) Like the player that got ridiculous strong character has obviously put time and effort into making their build and optimizing it, why is that not allowed? like who is it unfair to? the monsters? their feelings get hurt if someone made a strong build or a build that synergizes with group play to reach new heights? why is there a need to always nerf instead of buff the weaker/ under performing classes/items/skills? like I can't imaging what you'll do to spears and lighting spear/rake..etc in the next patch.. instead of thinking about the skills nobody plays and how to improve them and making them fun/attractive enough for people to actually seek them out and play them more, lightning spear clears the way ARC should.. so yeah, lets nerf minions and spells.

I quit the game for few leagues after Delirium league in Poe 1 got nerfed to oblivion, Delirium was my most played league at the time due to all the fun and interesting interactions that cluster jewels introduced.. like why can't we have functional aura stackers? nope, remove the mods that made that possible and make the "introspection" cluster jewel cost mirrors in standard, so if you want to play that you either have to be Elon Musk, a streamer or an in game drug dealer apparently to afford these builds.

Stop nerfing the ever loving F of everything other than new thing you came up with, I tried so hard to play spells this league, had a terrible time, then switched to spear and boom, I am now playing a different game, a game that was fun and cool to look at.

man, I was so hyped to playing the new patch.. that I took a personal day off from work.. call me silly for doing that or whatever, but that's how BADLY I want to enjoy this game and lose my self in it, that's how badly I am hoping this game will figure it out and become a block buster success.. yet, I continue to see the ugly truth I hate to see or maybe choose to ignore because of hope or positive thinking, but GGG doesn't respect the player's time.

FRICTION! Are you not engaged!

After this new nerf with choir of the storm, i am seriously thinking about quitting. There is only so much abuse you can take, they nerfed so much in 0.2 and now spark mage casters are nerfed again. This vision is pain.

I believe Bannerman was only intended for you. It wasn't worded correctly. It was also already like this in 0.2.0. People tested and found its only suppose to work on you.

My friend group and I have been using banners for the last 2 weeks, bannerman worked on all of us and allowed us to have banner buffs uninterrupted , so I am not sure if its incorrect wording, bug that came with update since its not working now on you even if you have it, unless you are the banner caster, which from experience was not the case YESTERDAY before the update.

all it did, was create fun synergistic experience with your party, like a cool fantasy hit squad with specialists, running around and blasting maps.

but hey, lets nerf spells and minions while we are at it.