Still glazing exile?
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Seems that devs want people to play the new and shiny druid, but at the same time dont lose to many people from ranger for what the 3rd or 4th league in a row? Melee is still complete trash and the block nerfs made it even worse. What is everyone's predictions 40% druid 40% ranger and the rest of them can fight over the 20% together?
Last bumped on Dec 12, 2025, 12:24:49 PM
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if the block buffs made the game worse for you then i genuinely don't know how to help you, exile.
they made a lot of changes for 0.4, some still unseen (passive tree, support gems, etc.) and it seems like they're overall moving in the right direction even if the reality of each update often feels more of a mixed bag. i'm not expecting deadeye to lose its identity as the n00b-friendly class that everyone and their mother can follow a guide for. i'm hope-specting the other classes and ascendancies to get something worth playing for and to not be completely blown out by deadeye clear-speed. last league hollow palm got some love and that was cool. my poison/bleed that i've been trying to make work w/o insane investment was in a pretty nice place (i think i also just got lucky af trading for gear). having the npc's all play the same build doesn't bother me. flocking to the "new hotness" doesn't bother me, it's both expected and understandable. crap ascendancies bother me. crap feedback bothers me. crap quality of discussions bother me.
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But I don't think I was sane to begin with.
Don't get lost by being so focused on the target that you forget to enjoy your surroundings.
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Block wasnt a nerf though.
Seems maybe melee is not the correct archetype for you. Mash the clean
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rangers always been strong but wasn't the meta at launch, only last season and was 2nd place in 0.2. I've seen a few people talking about warrior or pathfinder shapeshifter having potential. If people choose deadeye again theres a good chance they just follow fubgun
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Melee was fine last league. Whether it was quarterstaff or mace, they were more than viable endgame. I've never played anything ranger and so while some people may give in to fomo, there are plenty who understand that there is plenty of variety in the game and more than a couple dozen builds at least you can progress from start to finish with. I play nothing but ssf and have never had an issue with progression at all or feeling limited.
Try to check out some guides on Youtube or look up some information on the Wiki. I've found that most people who follow the same logic as you are just not educated on how to build properly in the game, but with time invested I think you would enjoy it more. There are plenty of options and streamer builds are fine, but not even the best ones available. Good luck on launch though! Last edited by rrogan17#2926 on Dec 7, 2025, 8:02:48 PM
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First part, yes block was a nerf, no getting around that, warriors and life shield users were already 10 steps behind the right side of the tree. The fact that you have a node in warbringer that brings it back to a decent level but trashes you with taking 30% of the damage again is such a stupid design vs the entire right side of the tree just ..... not being there in the first place, then a really good chance to not take the damage period, then finally if all else fails ohh yeah getting a love tap.
Second, it is not that deadeye is noob friendly, the fact that at one point it was above 70% of the playerbase tells you that most other ascendancies were trash by comparison. Stop with the "I love to get kicked in the junk because it makes me a better player than you" mentality, its stupid. You had all 3 warrior ascendancies at under 2% of the playerbase, COMBINED for over a full month last season, and they really didnt do anything to make it better this season. Really dislike the melee is fine arguement, its basically trying to compare someone going from cali to florida but one person gets to walk (maybe with broken legs) vs someone that gets to fly there..... sure you can do it but there is honestly no comparison. Please stop riding the white horse GGG isnt some woman you need to simp over. Left side of the tree has been absolute trash vs right hand side, then they keep making it worse but dont really do much to make right side worse by comparison. They gutted Giants blood, they nerfed block especially for people who were built for it before. turtle charm should at most only let 10% pass through, at the absolute most not 30% bs for an ascendancy. Even the streamers that are complete GGG sycophants ones cant even argue rangers are not leagues beyond anything else especially with the massive % of people playing them to make it easier than anything on the left side of the tree. |
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" melee is fine. . .the biggest issue was survivability, and the new ele damage mitigated by armor mechanic as well as evasion applying to all damage types solve a lot of the glaring issues with survivability. you obviously are not a melee player, your talk about meta efficiency ascendency proves it. melee players understand that they will always be less efficient then their spellcasting and ranged attack counterparts. and they dont care, because their love for melee trumps their desire to be meta. Go play your meta efficient LA deadeye for the 5th time and stop trying to make GGG change melee into pesudo ranged/spellcasters. . . |
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I very much am a melee player, you are obviously a snobbish player that loves self harm and simping up range builds. Melee wants more survivability for giving up on the range , safety, damage, speed of range builds. If something hits a damn tank it shouldn't fold it like a piece of paper the defenses should be a LOT more and more meaningful with a lot easier acquisition than any range build as they force you to play in a dangerous area with lower damage and much slower movement. Stop simping for GGG and stop trying to white knight everything. Your entire line of thought that its ok to be trash vs something else because you like to be worse screams masochism. Why not make them equally good in different ways? Not give every damn thing to range builds.
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It's been a year, now. Y'all got swords, yet? =0[.]o=
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" I predict from what you wrote, you're not the best at playing a melee class in poe. good luck. |
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