0.3.1 Patch Notes

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Abax11#3541 wrote:

Added notes:

-Channel map is still big
-cenotes boss bugged and spammed a nearly infinity duration tornado, obviously i died and lost the map
-shrines appearing far less often, on a powerfull boss map i'm encounter 1 and hardly 2 with every shrine passive alocated and using tablets with shrine chance, before patch most of my maps got at least 2 (even 3 or 4 sometimes)

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keppie#6373 wrote:

For the love of whomever, please stop the endless tearing down of player defenses !
I like playing builds with defenses and try to stay away from the glass cannon stuff that one shot pinnacles and whatnot, but it seems our kind always ends up paying the price with your relentless assault on defense mechanics. Let me ask you, when you guys test this stuff out, what is the actual number you put in the field where it says 'number of allocatable passive points' ? Cause i'm getting the feeling it doesnt match ours.
And each time we get the rug pulled out from under us in your fruitless attempts to one-shot those speedy full-out DPS builds before they're one screen ahead again, i have to spend hours in an effort to get my toons remotely playable again.
It's just not fun anymore, please find another solution !
Maybe have somebody look into the endless list of all means in existence already that allow you to neuter player defenses before throwing another nerf on to the pile. It's long enough to rock a baby to sleep ! It's also a big part of the reason why in general, melee has a harder time than ranged ..
Oh, and if the day ever comes that whomever is responsible for this ridiculously bloated passive tree realizes their mistake, i'll drink to that too

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zalanm88#7158 wrote:

No they haven't been removed. Is it a bug or a feature?

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kaptain_kanuckles#7197 wrote:

I have so many hours in this game. I did not hate 0.2 like so many did at first. 0.3.1 is literally unplayable. They nerved evasion and energy shield stealth-wise mid-season like this, and suddenly everything hits harder, more often, and dies less. The required map boss changes are also awful because they removed the rare mob indicators, which is where the actual loot comes from. I also hate the map mod changes because in order to get irradiated on a map now you have to ALWAYS have a precursor tablet, meaning at best you get two other "contents" as they call it. Well, ritual is basically required for endgame loot, and then delirium is required for juicing end-game rarity. So... you actually get zero choices on how you're going to run your maps.

Who is your balance designer? They honestly need to be fired, that's how dumb these changes are, and this isn't the first time stupid changes have been introduced. I understand wanting to try new things, but when you decimate builds over and over again and REMOVE fun, you're limiting your player base. 0.3.1 might be the end of PoE2 for me, honestly.