[Feedback] Giga-Nerf Energy Shield in Patch 0.4.0

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It's funny how they nerf Evasion in 0.3.1, but keep Energy Shield untouched.

This is truly baffling to me.


What if ES got an overhaul instead of a slap in the wrist? Like, why is it even a primary stat?? It makes 0 sense. I propose to demote it into a secondary stat and tie it to Life, similar to how Deflect is tided to Evade. This way, players can choose to spec into it instead of having access to it, automaltcally.

Thoughts?
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People who are asking for ES nerfs probably don't play ES


I believe also.

Playing ES isnt as easy as it look. It's not just a matter of number. It require a lot of investement in treshold, amount of ES, ES restart.
You are basicly tanking everything as it is and take loads of damage constantly.

If the problem was as easy as "giga nerf ES" it would have been done already.

Life is in a bad spot tough, 100%. But it should never reach ES amount for sure since you usualy have way to mitigate damage that you dont have on ES.

My first charactere was pure ES. Never again.
SSF player
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BlastYa#4875 wrote:
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People who are asking for ES nerfs probably don't play ES


I believe also.

Playing ES isnt as easy as it look. It's not just a matter of number. It require a lot of investement in treshold, amount of ES, ES restart.
You are basicly tanking everything as it is and take loads of damage constantly.

If the problem was as easy as "giga nerf ES" it would have been done already.

Life is in a bad spot tough, 100%. But it should never reach ES amount for sure since you usualy have way to mitigate damage that you dont have on ES.

My first charactere was pure ES. Never again.


What ever you say still remains the best defence and if combine meta DPS then it's god mode...
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Irin77#4248 wrote:
What ever you say still remains the best defence and if combine meta DPS then it's god mode...


The best defense is a combo of multiple defenses.
SSF player
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Irin77#4248 wrote:


What ever you say still remains the best defence


Agreed, ES is statistically better than all other defensive mechanics hands down. It's not even close, ES needs to be nerfed.
Last edited by CharlesJT#7681 on Oct 25, 2025, 9:00:46 AM
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BlastYa#4875 wrote:
Playing ES isnt as easy as it look. It's not just a matter of number. It require a lot of investement in treshold, amount of ES, ES restart.


I see some builds reaching as high as 30k and even 40k ES, which is completely absurd. GGG needs to tone ES way down in patch 0.4.0.
Last edited by CharlesJT#7681 on Oct 26, 2025, 12:05:32 PM
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BlastYa#4875 wrote:
Playing ES isnt as easy as it look. It's not just a matter of number. It require a lot of investement in treshold, amount of ES, ES restart.


I see some builds reaching as high as 30k and even 40k ES, which is completely absurd. GGG needs to tone ES way down in patch 0.4.0.


Yeah, some builds can do that. I just think it's not okay to balance game around "some" builds. Also if all of those builds are from a single ascendancy, let's say Abyssal Lich, then there's no reason to nerf ES in general but rather that one ascendacy imo.
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Sakanabi#6664 wrote:
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BlastYa#4875 wrote:
Playing ES isnt as easy as it look. It's not just a matter of number. It require a lot of investement in treshold, amount of ES, ES restart.


I see some builds reaching as high as 30k and even 40k ES, which is completely absurd. GGG needs to tone ES way down in patch 0.4.0.


Yeah, some builds can do that. I just think it's not okay to balance game around "some" builds. Also if all of those builds are from a single ascendancy, let's say Abyssal Lich, then there's no reason to nerf ES in general but rather that one ascendacy imo.


Agree so some degree, but ES seems to be a pervasive problem throughout the game. It's not really an isolated problem, but rather a systemic problem.
Last edited by CharlesJT#7681 on Oct 28, 2025, 3:19:15 PM
Why people talking and talking and talking....

Statistic monthly page sheet reveals the problem.
Make a poll for a clear result. ES is in top choices wether you like it or not. With 27k ES i will put my little brother to play bosses. It's 2 year old.
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Why people talking and talking and talking....

Statistic monthly page sheet reveals the problem.
Make a poll for a clear result. ES is in top choices wether you like it or not. With 27k ES i will put my little brother to play bosses. It's 2 year old.


Because people refuse to see the fact there is a problem with ES. It's clear ES continues to be an outlier, being vastly superior choice. The data doesn't lie.
Last edited by CharlesJT#7681 on Oct 29, 2025, 2:02:20 PM

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