PLEASE explain Soultaker to me!

^^ would be a drawback at least, because you couldnt abuse it anymore to spam triple-digit-skill-combos for free.

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Inexium wrote:

Poeple are so envious :


Somone has 300 ex : NERF PLEASE
Some weapon has OP mods : NERF PLEASE
Somone reach high level by partying : NERF NERF NERF

You have that 6 next to your name. NERF!

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Edradour wrote:

^^ would be a drawback at least, because you couldnt abuse it anymore to spam triple-digit-skill-combos for free.

And why the hell do you want to nerf things ?

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Tsoukalos wrote:

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Inexium wrote:

Poeple are so envious :


Somone has 300 ex : NERF PLEASE
Some weapon has OP mods : NERF PLEASE
Somone reach high level by partying : NERF NERF NERF

You have that 6 next to your name. NERF!

lol

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Inexium wrote:

And why the hell do you want to nerf things ?

cause i am MC_NERFHAMMER


serious: i think BiS-items take the fun out. it turns the hopefully endless search for an upgrade into a "save-until-you-can-buy-game". and its no fun - for me at least - to save 18-20 exalts. and if you have gone through those boring months of farming, you are set until forever, which is - right - boring again. and then you suddenly realize, that after all this time invested, you are not the only one with a soul taker. which makes it boring again. everyone is running around with the same weapon. that just doesnt sound like a fair reward for all the time invested.

it is almost impossible to get a better rare axe. that said, lioneyes is way more OP than soultaker and really needs a nerf.

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Edradour wrote:

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Inexium wrote:

And why the hell do you want to nerf things ?

cause i am MC_NERFHAMMER


serious: i think BiS-items take the fun out. it turns the hopefully endless search for an upgrade into a "save-until-you-can-buy-game". and its no fun - for me at least - to save 18-20 exalts. and if you have gone through those boring months of farming, you are set until forever, which is - right - boring again. and then you suddenly realize, that after all this time invested, you are not the only one with a soul taker. which makes it boring again. everyone is running around with the same weapon. that just doesnt sound like a fair reward for all the time invested.

it is almost impossible to get a better rare axe. that said, lioneyes is way more OP than soultaker and really needs a nerf.

Same as buying a house in life i guess..

life is boring :D

( At least in PoE you can be lucky and find a mirror to buy 2-3 soul takers( 2-3 houses ) )

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JohnNamikaze wrote:

You are still wasting a slot on mana leech. You can still get more DPS...oh wait you need mana leech.

Hey mate, there's this thing called gear mana leech, it applies to physical damage?

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Kirielis wrote:

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JohnNamikaze wrote:

You are still wasting a slot on mana leech. You can still get more DPS...oh wait you need mana leech.

Hey mate, there's this thing called gear mana leech, it applies to physical damage?

Not everyone is using physical damage, mate.

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almostdead wrote:

Would it help if they changed it "If you don't have enough mana, removes life instead"?

I've thought about this and it does make sense. It'd be overall a better version of having the BM keystone.

People are so against nerfs though that I don't know if it'd ever happen. Much like lioneyes which could easily be balanced without any legacy items if the unique no miss mod were changed to resolute technique. Sadly GGG still don't know what to do with lioneyes cause they're seemingly afraid of the backlash that'll come out of a nerf.

Shame when a melodramatic community can effect the design of a good game.

I don't get why people always beg for nerfs this is not a mmo.... Since I play games like this their always been items like soul taker or shavronnes. Why even bother ? what kind of disadvantage you get when someone got one of this items? I play solo most times and even if I play in groups it absolutely doesn't impact my gameplay in ANY way

The thing with melodramatic communities (every community is melodramatic, actually) is that the drama passes quickly. A couple "I QUIT" ragethreads that will go back in a week, a few left for real, and more noise than anything. It never should stop a balance fix.

Specially with things so obvious.


@Shada: Because of power creep. It hurts long term viability of games.
(in case you are not familiar with the term:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PowerCreep
http://www.penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/power-creep )

Also because the game is meant to be challenging at all levels. If you make the game challenging for people with things like Shavronne's, Kaom's or Soul Taker, then for people who don't have them or the handful-in-all-the-server equivalent rares, the content is almost impossible.
And nerfing one thing is way more easier than buffing everything. Also nerfing keeps power creep at bay.