Early Access Discussion - 0.5 announced "Idolatry" passive for spirit walker: a short discussion on socketables - Forum

I misses that orbs of extraction exist, which makes my post null. Full edit to save you time. Idolatry downside seems to me not neccesary and a bit harsh, but that's it. Last edited by pwmwpw#0987 on May 10, 2026, 8:53:08 AM Last bumped on May 10, 2026, 8:51:22 AM	Posted by pwmwpw#0987 on May 9, 2026, 8:56:05 AM Quote this Post
" pwmwpw#0987 wrote: For context, in the announcement of patch 0.5, a new ascendancy "Spirit walker" was announced, with a focus on companions. One of the ascendancy nodes is "Idolatry": companions deal 10% increased damage per idol in your equipement, 2% reservation efficiency of skills per idol on equipment AND -4% all elemental resistances per idol in your equipment. First, do you think the downside is neccesary? Even with the big investment that 5 idols would be, 10% reservation efficiency and 50% increased damage for companions is mid at best. And the downside is very harsh. A new monk ascendancy node gives the martial artist 6 sockets and it doesn't put a rondel of fragility debuff on top of it. Yes. They're also adding new things with sockets, and if you go all exceptional gear with extra sockets you can get 15+ total sockets already. " pwmwpw#0987 wrote: Secondly, with a lot of new runes (socketables) coming, would a system to destroy items but keep socketables be implemented? Cheap socketables (like resistances or damage) are a good sink for trade currency in early endgame, not too costly but not cheap enough to dismiss for the expensive ones. But high-end socketables are sometimes worth more than the piece of gear you would put them in! I don't even interact with high end socketables until I have an equipment that feels best-in-slot, to not loose the socketable investment on replacing the gear. It already exists. It's called an Orb of Extraction. Last edited by AbyssianOne#1625 on May 9, 2026, 9:02:58 AM	Posted by AbyssianOne#1625 on May 9, 2026, 9:01:14 AM Quote this Post
I thought I remembered something about it, but a quick (bad) internet search did not point me towards the orbs of extraction. It feels iffy being a drop from only one particular league mechanic BUT so are catalists so, thank you! Those orbs truly flew over my head in 0.4 wow, hadn't heard of them.	Posted by pwmwpw#0987 on May 9, 2026, 9:32:25 AM Quote this Post
you read it wrong it says -4% elemental resistances per NON-idol equipped. meaning if you have all idols you dont have to worry about that	Posted by corwingeorge#5632 on May 9, 2026, 7:22:26 PM Quote this Post
" corwingeorge#5632 wrote: you read it wrong it says -4% elemental resistances per NON-idol equipped. meaning if you have all idols you dont have to worry about that My god this post is bad. It was a typo tho! I knew its per Non idol. Which was my point, that it's a big sacrifice to only use idols for what doesn't feel like a lot of power. But forget about all in this post as half of it is me missing orbs of extraction, and with new idols added for all equipment slots, the downside od this is a non-issue.	Posted by pwmwpw#0987 on May 10, 2026, 8:51:22 AM Quote this Post