Future of Runic Power

First I want to say fantastic reveal GGG, 11/10 for me, look forward to playing .5 and cant wait to see what's in store.

TL;DR: Proposing a "Pure Ancient" playstyle that rejects Virtue Gems and Mana in favor of the Ancient Runic power, creating a truly unique "Pre-Beast" combat experience.



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I want to talk about the future of Runic Power and its potential.

Runic Ward and Runic Gems as a concept is a fantastic addition.

I don't think having a 5th life is exactly the right play but it was added nevertheless which is all I care about right now.

With the reveal of the Ancients I was hoping for the potential of an entirely new playstyle to be introduced to POE.

Never expected it to be attempted in .5 though so that's awesome

I feel it was inevitable due to the fact Ancients predate the beast and corruption. They didn't use virtue gems to channel or activate abilities and they were technologically advanced.

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I am here to advocate for the continuation and improvement of this newly introduced playstyle.

one that can be entirely based off pre beast corruption

whether it be an ascendancy - new class - keystones -
or just improvements and additions to runic ward and runic gems in general

******** just as an example of what I mean **********
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With the current reveal and league being based off the civilization of Aldur and introduction of Runic gems and Runic Ward

New Aldurian class - Runesmith

a Universal class - uses any weapon type and starts anywhere on tree ( think scion from POE 1 )

- it wouldn't have skill gems - it can make runic inscriptions of every skill in the game ( id settle with Runic Gems )

- it wouldnt use mana as a resource - it'd use runic energy
( id settle with Runic Ward )

- would use runic power ( charges ) to empower combo only runic inscriptions

basic function of the class - Think DK or Rogue from World of Warcraft

again just an example, i could add 1000 more points but im trying to get my point across, i would love to see PURE runic playstyle. Something that feels Ancient in Nature, Doesnt have to be Runic but Runic in nature would be cool.

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Always tons of new stuff being added to the game - I suspect a lot of it will be Ancient in nature going forward.

Would just hate for Runic Ward and Runic Gems be the closest thing we get to that new playstyle if nothing is expanded on in the future, as I see huge potential.

They haven't implemented 1/3 of the classes they list the game as having on their Steam page, and you want them to create a new one off the vague impressions you get from a few words in a trailer? o_O

GGG's vision is that reloading a crossbow and swinging a club real hard are both things that require mana, but you want them to create a new resource for your fantasy?

Good luck with that.

if you read - I said I never expected it to be attempted this soon
they're the ones that got the ball rolling with Runic Ward and Runic Gems

im simply just advocating that they dont just drop this concept,
clearly they see the same shit i see or they wouldnt have added that

Im definately not expecting anything soon, especially not before all the other classes are released

its entirely possible that since this is POE 2 - their vision has changed

not entirely sure what you mean by a few words in the trailer?
they are adding runic gems and runic ward to the game? which is exactly what my post is about ?

but thanks for the luck - i will need it