3.18.0d Patch Notes Preview

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Effigy: Summoned Effigies are now spawned at the player's location and are immune to damage for 2 seconds after linking to a player. While linked, 50% of damage from Hits taken by the Effigy is also taken by the player as reflected damage (previously 100%).

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moozooh wrote:

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Effigy: Summoned Effigies are now spawned at the player's location and are immune to damage for 2 seconds after linking to a player. While linked, 50% of damage from Hits taken by the Effigy is also taken by the player as reflected damage (previously 100%).

Dear GGG devs, I don't understand why you think this mechanic is clever, engaging, or fun.

Please explain this to me because I really want to know.

This mechanic, like many of Archnemesis mods, feels interesting outside the context it is actually met in. It's a fun hypothetical mod.

This is reality. Try finding the Effigy rare within two seconds of looking at this image.



What's that? You couldn't?

See, I don't want to play Where's Waldo where I can can potentially lose days or weeks of progress if I don't find AND kill the right monster in two seconds. It's UNREASONABLE.

It's not a matter of skill because nothing in the game allows you to train for locating Effigy rares.

It's not a matter of tactics because nothing in the game gives you reliable tools to outplay the mechanic in any context.

It's not a matter of poor builds unless you just want every build to be immune to all kinds of reflected damage, even if they don't deal hit damage to begin with, just for this mod alone.

It's not a matter of not playing the game correctly, because if the game wants me to pause to read the mods on monsters, it better pause itself so I can not worry about dying to them interacting with me normally. Doing that AND reading whatever mods there are is UNREASONABLE.

This mod leaves the player with no meaningful agency on where and how to deal with it. It's a ticking time bomb that will eventually go off whether or not the player can handle it. It's different from a damage spike because damage spikes is something you can manage with builds and choosing which content to play. There is at least some player agency involved in that.

Encountering Effigy is NOT like that because you'll encounter it in all content, including scenarios where you can't walk away from it, including scenarios where there will be multiple rare monsters in the room, including scenarios where there is too much visual clutter to even see it in the first place.

I don't understand how do you want me to deal with it.

Please explain it to me so I can understand, or remove it from game. I won't be playing or supporting any longer PoE until you do one of the two.