Content Update 3.13.0 -- Path of Exile: Echoes of the Atlas

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TheJackula wrote:

I am usually forgiving with patch notes preferring to try the patch out in game first. However, I think you need to take heed when you read the first fifteen pages of responses and not see a single positive reaction to the notes.

tbh that seems pretty common lately, and the reaction to the ascendancy changes yesterday probably leaned into it.

gamers & grannies seem to have a lot in common at times ("the world these days", "i expected better", "why won't you find some nice balance & settle down?")

It's like they think we are too stupid to realize what they are doing;

So, they give seismic trap some minor changes and call it a buff....but that trap has an 8 second cool down between uses (max 3 uses). You CAN get that 8 seconds down a little with stuff like increased cooldown recovery, but then they gut 10% cooldown recovery out of the Perfect Crime ascendancy skill.

The buff to bear trap only works on single target and it too suffers from cool down recovery (4 second / 3 Uses).

It was a useless exercise to do anything with either skill.

The part that irks me is they put lipstick on a pig and are confidently calling it a hand maiden when anyone with eyes can see it's a pig. They either think we are stupid or are susceptible to "The Emperor's New Clothes" syndrome.

None of the 'reworked skills' benefit a trapper build. Anyone thinking traps was going breeze you into end game content and red maps this league probably needs rethink what they want to do.

I am.

Ok, updated my PoB with new assassin's ascendencies, my build is loosing 6 million Sirus dps... 15% less DPS in one update. This is a huge nerf.

I don't think poison build was the thing to balance this hugely first.

Anyway, we will see, maybe time to change too.

I was actually looking forward to playing this league after skipping Heist (because how awesome it was).

But this is truly a crap direction.

Name one build that makes sense now and I'll play this crap, but I'm guessing I'll have more fun in Genshin Impact by consuming 160 reisin per day - still more engaging.

ARPG is about destroying mobs - not about balancing a pve game - that's the most stupid thing I've ever heard.

CRAP! PURE CRAP!

Heist lasted for 1 month - this will die in 3 weeks. Call me when you finally wake up.

Also - after 56 pages of feedback, for a company that respects it's community - you should at least bother to freaking explain yourself.

So frustrated...

skeleton mage time kekw

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The Rogue Harbour once again acts like a town and will be populated by other players.

Please NOOOOOOOOO Now all the idiots with big-assed character sizes and huphuqingmongous wings will block stash again!

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Huck now grants increased experience to players in Heists, up to 20% at job level 3.
The experience limit on all Heists has been lowered (as in, you will hit a point at which additional monster spawns grant no experience sooner).

LUL!

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On very rare occasions, you'll be able to harvest the Heart of the Grove and fight the Avatar of the Grove.

Will it be as rare as Lich spawns in abyss????? I haven't seen one single Lich in the past two leagues (and I do almost every abyss I come across)!

Seems I dont learn :)
Me: Not going to get hyped for new league, they are always buggy and overhyped.

Also Me:
Trailer - Echoes - looks cool - hype,
Ritual - looks cool - even more hype,
Rest of trailer and stream - very hyped
Atlas Passives - C'mon cant we play yet!!!

Super hyped me:
Damn what I am going to league start with, theorycraft builds, oh ascendancy rework with lots of cool new things and major improvements to skills where 'noone will know what is best this league'.


Ascendancy rework reveal - oh, ok well I can see its probably cool for some ascendancies... The builds I play got little nerfs - hmm including movespeed loss on not fast character...
- oh well I work with this and maybe I'll play something new because reworked skills gem to come... - hype lowers


hopeful and still reasonably excited me:
Patch notes! - umm am I reading this wrong?, refresh, nope... Why would I want to change anything I do... what a letdown...

Oh well, looks like I will start as I always do, league still looks good, hopefully it isnt full of bugs and problems
Back to work, all hype gone...

I don't see any buff, just nerfs and making endgame less accessible.

So if the intention is making more builds viable, you did the opposite. Streamers will still get 100+ million dps without a problem. The rest of us are screwed.

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DeathfulDan wrote:

I don't see any buff, just nerfs and making endgame less accessible.

So if the intention is making more builds viable, you did the opposite. Streamers will still get 100+ million dps without a problem. The rest of us are screwed.

This game is balanced around streamers and players who farm 100 ex in the first week.

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R3b00t wrote:

Was hoping for more action skill changes, it is mostly auras und alt qual sadly. Nerfing them for stackers is fine but if you subtract these there aren't as many skill changes left.

nerfing them because of stackers is super stupid because stacker is dead anyway and now none of those alt qualities mean ANYTHING any more, and they were already weak outside of builds with 400+ increased aura effect. All they had to do was put a cap limit to increased aura effect. 400% - 500% is OP, put a cap at 200% and leave everything else alone. Now every other build got nerfed severely because they meant to nerf stackers.........................................................................