3.19.1 Patch Notes Preview

I have played this game since 2013.
I enjoyed this game so much that I made it my mission to get as many people to play the game as possible.
From 1 Player to a group of 10.
Some of us didnt take it seriously some of us did.
But now no one is playing anymore.
The game feels soulless. Options limiting. Fun nowhere to be found.
If someone told me PoE some day would be in this state I wouldve never believed them. But here we are.
Sad times.

I just don't care.

Nice! Especially beyond changes.

I dont care oneshoting all ezz

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Community_Team wrote:

Beyond Changes

The Life of Beyond Bosses has been lowered by roughly 5%, and the Life of all other Beyond monsters has been lowered by approximately 60%.
Improved the outcome odds for the Tainted Orb of Fusing, Tainted Jeweller's Orb and Tainted Mythic Orb.
Beyond Bosses can no longer spawn in Temporal Incursions.

Yeah the trash Scourge monsters / aehm Beyond Monsters felt HP spongy indeed.

Also the Beyond Bosses feel like a waste of time in regards of tainted currency drops considering how much HP they still have after the "massive" 5% HP change.
All i got so far is base trash currency like armourers scraps,whestones and one jewellers. Lets see if the changes you mentioned here ,which in theory sounds nice, affect bosses as well.

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Community_Team wrote:

Archnemesis Changes

The Heralding Minions Archnemesis modifier can no longer be found on Delve monsters in the Azurite Mine. Monsters spawned at Legion, Breach or Beyond encounters in the Azurite Mine can still be found with this modifier.
Rare monsters spawned during Boss fights are now limited to 2 Archnemesis modifiers.
Rare monsters that do not drop loot are now limited to 2 Archnemesis modifiers.
The Aura from the Executioner Archnemesis modifier and Verdant Spores inflicted by the Healing Nova from the Rejuvenating Archnemesis modifier no longer affect Player minions.

Guess thats it for this league in regards of AN changes. They think its okay in the current state.
One drop change instead of one bucket full of changes again.
There are still lots of other league mechanics that need a balance bass that spawn lots of rare monsters and there are some small arenas still like Alva Boss room or the Brine Kind map boss and similar, not to mention most indoor maps.
Maybe (a big maybe) next patch more massive change with AN in general but for 3.19 i dont expect anything big anymore since we're already week 3 and they think it's a good compromise so far.

Don‘t know, if it has been suggested but how about making lifeforce nontradeable (like artifacts) and bringing the old crafts back? Pretty please?

Very nice! Love the changes

I think its a ugly bandaid fix to make abilities behave different towards minions. Those abilites or the minions themselves are in a bad shape, if a fix like this is required.

I am not even a minion player. Executioneer makes me never play Slayer again, but I guess minions are fine now in some situations?!

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Archnemesis Changes

Regarding some drops:

Dropping ~29 Flasks, white Maps and stacks of Blacksmith's Whetstone & Armourer's Scraps in white maps might be ok, but not in red maps.

Why can you not add a level modifier to those drops, that will re-roll or cull those types of drops, and instead drops rarer versions of those.

- Unique maps, maps with implicit, chisels and sextants, scouting reports, horizons.
- Flasks with quality, glassblower bubbles, instilling enkindling orb.
- High tier bubble gum currency and not 50 stacks of Blacksmith's Whetstone & Armourer's Scraps.

Just like the Brine-King mod re-rolls and drops the rarest stuff (in Archnemesis League - https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/List_of_Archnemesis_modifiers_in_Archnemesis_league
rewards are rolled 6 additional times, choosing the rarest result )

The issue with me personally is that I'm already bored and kind of done with the league.

The re-designed beyond isn't good so I just chaos over it now where before it was fun as hell. The lakes are just pure pain to run since I run into so many unkillable AN mobs the more the difficulty goes up.

It's not that Path of Exile is a bad game. It's just when I think of the effort I have to put into the game now it's just not worth playing for more than a few weeks. If I'm playing it for only a few weeks and 3-4 times a year it's not worth spending any more money on.

3.19 has brought too many annoying features into the game.