Snapshotting

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robmafia wrote:

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gingasteve wrote:

You have one 6-link chest or two-handed weapon to socket your raise spectre gem in, you summon your first 2 spectres (offensive) 5 support gems used, you then switch 3 of these support gems for 3 different support gems for your defensive spectre, then another 2 swapped for your utility spectre. That's 5+3+2=10 support gems used + raise spectre meaning you essentially have an 11 link chest. Because whilst you have all these spectres you are gaining the effects of all the support gems you have used. Yes it is more fun for you, yes it clearly gives you an advantage. Which is why i for one am glad to see the back of snapshotting.

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when exactly does each 5L supported spectre magically become a '10 support gem spectre?' or an "11 link chest?" are they like voltron or mecha shiva, where you think having 2 5L spectres magically means you have 10 support gem spectres?

please, by all means - explain how having 4 5L spectres = a "11 link chest." exactly when do the spectres combine/multiply their links with each other? are they titan maximum? the destructicons/devastator?

...wtf are you talking about? i love how the biggest critics of summoners HAVE NO IDEA what spectres are.

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Then use all slots available like 4L gloves, boots, helmet. Max socket shield and weapon and a 4L or 5L armor. Or do you think you need to run a lot of auras in addition to using the minions because i dont think people need that many auras for minions to work.

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I expect nothing less of people who use an exploit and call it legitimate.

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Mark_GGG wrote:

It doesn't actually check that though - the code only ever looks at your life.

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They should remove the weapon swap too.

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Mark_GGG wrote:

Technical stuff:[...]
So the RF action-in-progress in this case keeps its pointer to the obsolete skill. That skill contains all the stats of the skill gem and support gems that make it up, and also is linked to your character's stats. Since the skill is no longer tied to a gem, changes to the gem can't update the skill (including changes to what's linked to the gem). Because the skill is still linked to your character's stats, it will still update based on changes to those (gear, passives, etc).
Making it lose all the support gems would require that instead it created it's own new skill, based on the one it has, but without the supports included, and then kept a pointer to that. But creating a new skill is technically more challenging and would cause some problems.

We're currently looking into some solutions like keeping the part where it burns yourself, but removing the enemy burning and/or spell damage, so you couldn't escape burning yourself, but do need to keep the gem socketed to get actual use out of it. At this point I can't say if that's the path we'll take or not, or even if anything will change from the article before 1.2.0. As I said, I'll do my best to keep you guys up to date.