Path of Exile 3.16 Balance - Part 2 - Core Character Defences and Recovery

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phlaistar wrote:

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Serdoa wrote:

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phlaistar wrote:

Some changes are good but most are read really bad. So - we now have more options to scale our defenses by putting passive skill points into some nodes and some more options by item mods. Okay - kinda makes sense. ... Base values of every (?) type of defence/item is now (up to) 10% higher!?

Ok - why the range? All this does is: "Hey I found Ilv.86 Astral Plate. Has it max Armour roll? No? Oh just trash..." ; "Hey I found Ilvl.86 Shaper influenced Astral Shield. Has is max rolled Base ES? No? Oh just trash..."

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And these higher base values. 10% ... This doesn't impact anything. Currently I probably never had a character with more than 5 - 6k Armour. Needing 25k Armour to mitigate a reasonable amount of damage to make it worthwile my Astral Plate alone should offer 5-6k Armour while maintaining life and atleast 2 influenced mods ... Same with Evasion. Evasion + Dodge was nice and strong. Evasion alone is as bad as armour - I would say even worse.

It's funny how you in the first part complain that every item that does not have the max. 10% roll will be trash and in the second part complain that the 10% roll does not impact anything. Which one is it now?

Also 6k armour is not very high. That you never built more than that is not a fault of the game. I agree that it does not come automatically though, everything in PoE needs to be built into, be it defenses or damage. If you just take what you obviously get offered it will feel bad.

Ok to clarify my 10% statement on a different example:

If I find a Shaper Ilv.86 Titanium Spirit Shield now it sells for about 100c. If I find it in 3.16 with a 0% roll of the new "rng base value" it probably sells for 5c while a max 20% (ES Base was 20%?!) will sell for 100c. So a lot less items will be worth picking up or even trading.

If I find a Hunter Astral Plate Ilv.86 it now sells for about 200c +- ... If I find it in 3.16 with a 0% roll it will probably sell for 190c while it'll sell for 210c on max roll because 10% more Armour is just what? 100 more Armour? If u need 25k to have a reasonable armour damage mitigation 10% is just a joke.

I guess the ES types will benefit more as it is basically "increased Life" for ES based builds. But Armour and Evasion - that's 200 more A/Ev on a 2k A/Ev Base ... Boots with 250 Armour will get 25 extra Armour on max roll ... Lol ... What a buff xD

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Taudlitz wrote:

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Sonofwill24 wrote:

Please provide incentive for group play if auras and curses are getting nerfed.

you have to make friends yourself, GGG cant do everything

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This is a problem because you cannot pick up the best Energy Shield items off the ground.

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Vegabond635 wrote:

-Fortify
Fortify has been reworked to grant its' full benefit while having 5 "fortify charges" (20% effective of your maximum fortify buff per charge)
To gain charges of fortify you'll need to strike enemies with melee hits, travel/movement skills will grant 1 charge per enemy struck (possibly no more than every 0.4 seconds unless you want a caster to shield charge a pack and gain full fortify effect), strike skills and non-slam/travel/movement skills grant 2 or 3 fortify charges and slam skills grant 5 fortify charges.

You're welcome, no need to pay me, I'll take some mtx though :D