0.9.3g Patch Notes

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permaximum wrote:

@Chris

I'm curious, how could you include different servers all over the world in the same realm? Doesn't it conflict with the idea of low distance=low latency for better gameplay?

Because the way I see it, it's theoritically impossible to reduce the ping between a US and an EU player no matter how many servers you hire in the world.

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permaximum wrote:

Because I don't like the possibility of PvP with 250ms ping because of this reason. If POE was only a co-op game it would be fine. But in a competitive environment realms should be seperated. There's a reason most of the game companies take this route.

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Covertghost wrote:

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Chris wrote:

[li]Increased the drop rates of Orb of Alchemy by 50%, Orb of Chance by 25% and Chaos Sphere by 100%. They're still quite hard to find.[/li]

+100% of 0 is still 0 =P.

This is honestly my only gripe with .93. I felt like orb drop rates were in a great spot last patch, where if you devoted a lot of farming time you could expect a decent amount of orbs (though augs and transmutes were definitely overboard).

However, in this patch, drop rates are such that it barely even feels rewarding to play anymore. This is also partially because of the lack of rewards from Act 2 quests, but mostly the orb drop rates. Game just doesn't feel rewarding enough anymore.

Using orbs is fun, don't make them so restrictive that people don't get to use them! It's a very fun mechanic of PoE.

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Mantar wrote:

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Ugm wrote:

So the explosion in Infernal Blow is now secondary damage, ok. It's not affected by spell damage nor weapon damage increase passives/affixes. So basically, how to increase it? Only by +fire dmg mods?

This. Is this new "secondary" type of damage improvable in any kind of way? And - in the case of Infernal - is there a difference between this secondary damage and fire damage?

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Mantar wrote:

Personally, I feel no love for players suffering from reflective auras. It appears to me that there is a counter for that already in the game (in the form of resistances) and if you kill yourself outright with one shot - well maybe you went a little too much on the offensive side while neglecting your defense.

But hitting something offscreen and then dying by it seems a little off, I give you that. The camera is very close to the action, it is the developers job to keep the ranged damage on the screen where you can control it.

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Sparzy wrote:

What about an Australia gateway?

When i first learnt of a local game i thought we'd finally get our own server on a game.

With the europe server i get around 3-400 ping, the america is a little better at 2-300