Vaal skills are basically a giant noob trap.

How awesome would it be if you could throw a trap that casts Vaal Fireball!?
Now that I think about it, this sounds too good and Vaal skills probably can't be supported, imagine Vaal Fireball with Chain/Fork.

/on topic.
Just give us a pants slot already, or socketed belts for CwDT links.

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ziggro wrote:

Im soloing 78 maps with 4 linked slots free, i already love the idea.

Yep. Also, this might be GGG's additional way to balance out those items that give you no links or take away links, like BoR. Maybe there'll be more in the update.

I always thought that strong abilities with a longer cooldown make games interesting. I'm thrilled to see them soon in PoE.

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CharanJaydemyr wrote:

*shrug* I think you jumped to conclusions a little too quickly but don't blame you for speculating. The tone of your title and original post doesn't convey speculation so much as almost arrogant dismissal of something not even fully revealed, and that caused people to respond sharply.

The sad truth is, posts that bring up completely sound ideas or state things passively simply don't warrant argument, which, by forum design, is the only thing that keeps threads bumped. People just can't say "I agree," and when it is said, it's not enough to keep the thread visible despite being an apparently good point. You almost have to be an asshole to have a successful thread.

But that's OT.

Updated OP a bit.

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Veta321 wrote:

If it comes to it I imagine additional maximum sockets to items could be workable. Before that I'd like additional keybinds, however.

The sheer rebalancing nightmare even one extra socket/link would cause ensures that's not going to happen.

I'm presently of a different opinion but not inclined to justify beyond that I have no reason to think otherwise.

Re: Group Play -- Culling Strike

A culler could throw in a really devastating Vaal skill every once-and-a-while in a party. Probably a large-radius AoE degen skill (something that does a lot of damage, but still lets the Culling skill get in the last shot) or a single-target massive damage hit for map bosses.

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Veta321 wrote:

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CharanJaydemyr wrote:

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Veta321 wrote:

If it comes to it I imagine additional maximum sockets to items could be workable. Before that I'd like additional keybinds, however.

The sheer rebalancing nightmare even one extra socket/link would cause ensures that's not going to happen.

I'm presently of a different opinion but not inclined to justify beyond that I have no reason to think otherwise.

Skills tend to scale exponentially. If you think Discharge or EA does a lot of damage now, you should see what another Gem slot can do.

This also kind of makes me feel that Vaal Skills won't require many supports for the same reason.

Im going to add this to the sky is falling. More skills is obviously a terrible mistake.
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/539083/page/1

meh, nevermind, off topic anyways.