GGG, give us COOL BUILDS!!! AGAIN...

This is a fork of this thread:
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3768512

Be sure to watch the video from the first post:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R9clutdRVU
There, with SPECIFIC examples, the CONCEPTUAL ESSENCE of the claims on the topic is well conveyed!



Okay, I'll do a detailed review on the topic again... I just feel sorry for my time on this, but I will do it, because I care about the game!



I remembered that in the video from the first post that thread the author mentioned some game where they don't limit the creativity of builds, I rewatched it and it was the game "Torchlight Infinite". I played and I will say - yes, building builds there is really cool! I will not compare games in general, only building builds.



I would like to note two conceptual points:

1. When in "Torchlight Infinite" you mentally feel for some possible feature, you begin to study the game mechanics deeper and understand - YES, the developers thought of this and you CAN do it! In a similar situation in "Path of Exile 2" you understand - NO, you are CAN NOT ... or ok ... u can ... BUT it will be INEFFICIENT! As an example, in "Torchlight Infinite" - I got an amulet there at level 30 and it had an analogue of the local ASCENDANCY NODE! Just imagine! You can take the ascendancy node of ANOTHER CLASS on a unique item - it's fucking cool!

2. In "Torchlight Infinite" you also need to press the "combo" buttons for efficiency. But there you CAN do it INSTANTLY! Somewhere by default, and somewhere through game mechanics and such a "combo" is CONVENIENT! Basically, this is done through cooldowns and the need to "polish" these skills a little through passives and support stones, so that everything fits together perfectly.



Now, what I would like to say to GGG about this:

1. Let players build cool and creative builds! Remove DESTROYING PENALTIES and FORCED PROHIBITIONS that make potential features are "USELESS". Give players COOL unique items that players will strive for! Give players craft that is ACTUALLY DOABLE, let it be hard work, but let players know that they CAN do it if they pay enough attention to each item!

2. Make "combos" CONVENIENT. No need to "reinvent the wheel" - the rotation and cooldown system works great in many games! Just add a support gem that gives immunity to crowd control and grant use speed in exchange for a cooldown! And finally make duplication of support gems available for different skills, it worked great in the first game! And just delete your 100+ ABSURD support gems that no one uses - FUCK THE "TUESDAY DAMAGE"!!!



P.S. Dear GGG, no matter what target audience you come up with for yourself, as it turns out, people who come up with COOL builds on their own and people who play with other people's COOL builds are the SAME COMMUNITY! And it is this community that is playing your game now, just look at the statistics. On the poe2.ninja website, 71% of endgame players (level 95+) play "Lightning Spear"... I wonder why? Each one individually slowly played, played and accidentally all put together the same build? You know what, GGG, I have an idea - nerf "Lightning Spear" to the state of "USELESS" right now, destroy the LAST COOL build in the game! How do you like the idea? I think the online will jump sharply! Everyone will become EQUAL - everyone will become "USELESS"! OMG! Buff mobs! Why not? The difficulty is not so bad... But give players a MILLION ways to overcome this difficulty!

P.P.S. You know, I will not play "Path of Exile 2" anymore and this is not some kind of childish threat or hurt. I'm just not interested, I come to the ARPG sandbox specifically for COOL BUILDS, it was like that in "Path of Exile 1", it is in other games right now. You know, if this comes back to the game and the game remains HARDCORE DIFFICULT, I'll gladly come back! But right now I'm just not interested. And I can imagine how many people simply didn't even log into the game after the 0.2.0 patch notes... And I won't join in the next patch if there are no changes. And you know, GGG, if you nerf "Lightning Spear" and those guys, those 71% of your players won't join either.