So let me get this straight..

You established a player base based on a playstyle that comes from the available build choices and then decide to literally make all of those builds less effective than before if not completely bricked?

EXCELLENT WORK GUYS!

- Removing grim feast (when you made attaining life so terrible in the first place, why do you think everyone went GF? AND LOTS OF PEOPLE STILL GET 1 SHOT ANYWAY)
- Removing screenwide explosions with herald of ice (arguably the most fun aspect of the game - probably the only thing you had going for you)
- Nerfing spirit (this is going to bite you in the ass 100%)

I honestly don't even want to be part of a playerbase that goes down in history for putting up with this shit.

This game is a problem I've already solved. There's no dopamine in trying to solve it again with less resources.

Retiring 96 summoner and 93 monk w/ all content on farm.

Hopefully they aren't smoking crack over at Last Epoch as well.

Yeah its all good changes.

Early access homie! Expect a lot of this, with only 6 of the 12 classes (1 dropping tomorrow) available. Should check out all the bs gamers had to "deal" with on Star citizen. Because like poe2 Star citizen, is not officially released.

Honestly seeing the heralds on every build or Howa/ingenuity etc, was getting boring. While I do agree, it is nice to blow enemies up, it's still EA. Nobody knows what kind of crazy builds we can make yet, with addition of 100 skill gems being added, I'm sure there will be quite a few. "This is not their first rodeo" as some would say. Just ride it out and enjoy what you can. Or play another game and wait for official launch. Then you won't have to experience all the nerfs and all the buffs. Good luck on your decision!

Even GGG said they cant test everything, that the best way to test things is by us players. So they dropped the nerf bat on all the stuff that was played a lot because they have the data they wanted/needed on those interactions. So basically now we are Beta testers for the new content coming out in 0.20. Much easier to collect and review data if the player base is playing/using the things you wish to beta!!!

I would mind the nerfs less if they were constantly fixing and patching more often. Then you know well, any bad change will get address quick instead of in 3-4 months.

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Die_Scream#5464 написал:

I would mind the nerfs less if they were constantly fixing and patching more often. Then you know well, any bad change will get address quick instead of in 3-4 months.

This is exactly why the devs made an enormous blunder not giving us free respecs in Early Access. It's EA. NONE of our progress should continue on when 1.0 gets released -- even Standard league. So it doesn't make sense to not give free respecs (including the ability to change ascendancies).

That way they can nerf builds on the fly like they did with the Cast on X meta gems, and people can just respec to something else. But instead, they refused to give out free respecs and tens of thousands of players quit the game when they nerfed the Cast on X gems. Then they stopped nerfing stuff to prevent players from quitting, which led to the faceroll builds dominating, and players getting bored and quitting early.

Had they just given free respecs and kept doing live in-season nerfs, I think things would have been much, much better.

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ImMobile2010#0431 написал:

decide to literally make all of those builds less effective than before if not completely bricked?

Did you play POE1? That's basically always been their tactic with each new league. They have never prioritized build diversity.

If a build or unique item is good or fun, it will most certainly be nerfed to a point where it's not fun and in a lot of cases unplayable.

This usually coincides with a handful of new overpowered skills or items that they want to funnel you into for the next league, conveniently paired with new MTX items. I believe this is why they are so heavy handed with their nerfs. They don't want any chance that they're still popular enough for people to continue using them. Off to the has-been skill and item graveyard.

Don't worry, in 5 or 6 years they'll visit this graveyard and talk about how they're going to buff a bunch of underused skills and items to bring them in line with the current power creep. They will never be what they once were though pre-nerf.

Take advantage of the enjoyable skills and items when they first arrive. They won't be around long. We don't really have the luxury of saying "oh that build looks fun I'll try it next league". It probably won't exist anymore. All by design unfortunately.

you seem to have missed the notice that the game is in development, and in terms of skills and builds and balance its extremely early development. they didnt gather a player base based on any sort of specific build choices.

stuff is gonna change wildly, and will continue to. i dunno what you were expecting but if you cant get along with that then dont play a beta of a game still in development.


all the changes were great and needed. theres gonna be 100s more like this before the game is where it needs to be for launch. strap in.

First time eh? Guess you didn’t know GGG is literally the worst developer ever in terms of game balance.

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Die_Scream#5464 написал:

I would mind the nerfs less if they were constantly fixing and patching more often. Then you know well, any bad change will get address quick instead of in 3-4 months.

This is exactly why the devs made an enormous blunder not giving us free respecs in Early Access. It's EA. NONE of our progress should continue on when 1.0 gets released -- even Standard league. So it doesn't make sense to not give free respecs (including the ability to change ascendancies).

That way they can nerf builds on the fly like they did with the Cast on X meta gems, and people can just respec to something else. But instead, they refused to give out free respecs and tens of thousands of players quit the game when they nerfed the Cast on X gems. Then they stopped nerfing stuff to prevent players from quitting, which led to the faceroll builds dominating, and players getting bored and quitting early.

Had they just given free respecs and kept doing live in-season nerfs, I think things would have been much, much better.

Facts, radical balancing is required in EA but then why charge an arm and a leg for respeccing?