Content Update 2.6.0 Balance Changes

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Heyokame wrote:

Because it's a teaser. Many many many of us have played BF in some form. Wondering how your toon would be affected by an unknown nerf is part of the fun.

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tntkiller wrote:

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I dont like the change they do to AOE, hwo honestly takes all the AOE nodes on the skilltree? Also i hope they dont decrease the range curses or auras with it.

a auramancer/curse guardian like me...next league my main would be a curseguardian(this league i played auramancer(more dps boost based)

so im concerned about the changes also the vaal disc change affect me and my party that i boost while i argea the flat ES boost was a bit opieopie for some build that use it to facetank the shapers beam and stuff(and then you talking about people with 100+ exalted gear...and GGG forgets a lot of the time while they nerf those build they also nerg the majority that use the skill just to survive normal content and dont have 100+ exalts to build a uber meta build.

imo vaal disc should have a es bonus bit a smaller one together with the regen, or leave it as it is but add another flask to the system... the ES flask that works like a life flaask but only fills ES(not everyone takes ZO not should have to) and the flalsk should be the same as all flasks that you can modify it with orbs...

now how the area affect changes wil turn out on auramancers/guardian im not sure on yet as its hard to understand how they changed it(at least for me)

i love playing support chars..hope GGG keeps those builds in mind too as alternate playstyle(i mosltly play auramancers becuase i have parkingson and have a lot of concentration problems so as support char i can just keep up with the party without having to deal with content that req a lot of skill/flask/boss mechanics. i loved POE becuase its a game that lets me play a game with parkinson.)

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Sarno wrote:

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Heyokame wrote:

Because it's a teaser. Many many many of us have played BF in some form. Wondering how your toon would be affected by an unknown nerf is part of the fun.

I'm pretty sure most people were expecting Blade Flurry to be nerfed. The question was always how much, which hasn't been answered. Hence my point that nothing has changed.

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Smear wrote:

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snapss wrote:

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SUNDER WAS MY SHIT why would increase the direct hit but nerf the shockwave makes no fucking sense I might as well use cleave then :/

I've got a Sunder build as well.

If I'm reading the changes correctly, they are buffing the main attack multiplier and reducing the aftershock from 30% less damage to something that equals out for the increased main attack multiplier, the net result should be (at least in theory):

Increasing single target kill ability, like hard end game bosses.

Slightly decrease the AOE aftershock to balance the buff multiplier when dealing damage to mobs.

It looks like the base AOE killing will remain about the same with a buff to boss kills.

But we shall see.

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Motopsycho wrote:

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Antares_Draco wrote:

Seems cool. I am open minded and perhaps even cautiously optimistic to try new things. Coming from some other F2Ps where the devs really don't care at all one way or another.

To a new guy who is jaded by the shenanigans of other publishers and devs, it's nice to see GGG actually does something, and believe me, for better or worse that is saying a LOT.

Even if a change or a bunch of changes are initially unfavorable to an individual, it keeps things fresh, or as fresh as can be.

I think this is the right mindset for this game.

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Ghork wrote:

Great, but what about buffing scion start nodes up a little bit, they don't have to be as insane as on scion release, but really they are extremely lackluster now. On the same token whats up with witches 3% cast speed nodes @ start compared to shadows 4%, seems 4% wouldn't be out of control

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Heyokame wrote:

So your assertion that this teaser without data is irrelevant really only applies to you and that minority. Not throwing salt but in the macro context you're point becomes less relevant.