Sorceress "[0.2] Cold stormweaver" I needs help after patch 0.2

My build ( https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/4v7gg0it) was catastrophically cut after patch 0.2
The build had 7k mana, sharpened exclusively for cold.
The main skill for clearing maps is Frost Bolt
Mana was 7284 became 6600 = -10%
Mana regeneration speed was 2196 became 1746 = -20%
Mana consumption increased several times.
2 seconds to cast of the Frost Bolt and the mana is empty
Frostbolt damage was cut 3.5 times, it was 142951 DPS, now it's 41115 DPS

the passive skill tree was also changed - important nodes disappeared or moved. But I already fixed that

I don't understand yet how to fix the problem with the colossal mana consumption. Maybe there are some ideas (don't suggest leveling up a new character, I've only played mages since LA2)?

P.S. if I turn off the Archmage, then the balance in the speed of mana consumption for casting frostbolt and mana regeneration returns. But... the damage drops another 3 times to a measly 16140

Yeah they properly screwed my build too. I have a 3rd of my damage. I have 170 spirit but it won’t allow my to use COS and arch mage. I can get two casts of spark off before I run out of mana. Extremely frustrating. This was my second character because the grenadier was awful.

Well well, dunno where to start...My Damage dropped from 500k to 64k what the actual fuck oO

Was playing Spark, but they fucked up too many things...testet with some crit setup or coc but damn this seems all to be broken and not working out.

Not having fun and i´ve played 1500Hours since release but can´t find anything good now and gold is also limiting to test around in the skills tree.

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Beyond#6652 wrote:

Well well, dunno where to start...My Damage dropped from 500k to 64k what the actual fuck oO

Was playing Spark, but they fucked up too many things...testet with some crit setup or coc but damn this seems all to be broken and not working out.

Not having fun and i´ve played 1500Hours since release but can´t find anything good now and gold is also limiting to test around in the skills tree.

In the Breach the my lifetime is 6-8 seconds.
I do not know how to play next.

Decided to try a view things on the standard league before deciding to try the new league (got 1700 hours in the standard league already).

But holy moly! i have top tier gear and nothing is working out at all with a spark build.

Mana stacker build with 10k mana -> does not work
Magnitude of shock build -> does not work
Quiver build with level 39 spark -> does not work

The problem is the de stacking of nerfs and the mana use of archmage!
It's INSANE!

The only option is to play without it, dumping the damage from an abysmal 60k to a even worse 19k (in 0.1.x it was 500k damage)

and now you have to constantly cast, making you walk slower then a snail.

i can understand that they want to reduce the damage, but there must be an endpoint that plays decently and is fun, something to work towards. but it seems to be not possible.

This is an endless meat grind with no hint that the end game gear you are working towards is worth it.

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tprnl#1771 wrote:

The only option is to play without it, dumping the damage from an abysmal 60k to a even worse 19k (in 0.1.x it was 500k damage)

and now you have to constantly cast, making you walk slower then a snail.

i can understand that they want to reduce the damage, but there must be an endpoint that plays decently and is fun, something to work towards. but it seems to be not possible.

But how to kill 40M HP mobs? To dance 10-15 mins around it?

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But how to kill 40M HP mobs? To dance 10-15 mins around it?

sounds about right. that is probably the only option at the moment.

i have given up and i will check in a few days if ggg has unnerfed some stuff. because in this state it is not the game i want to play.

there must be late game builds!
they must introduce something to look forward too and to work towards.

they must have a path that if you work towards it that you become a god and can clear everything instantly/very easily.

what they have now is clearly not that.

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tprnl#1771 wrote:

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But how to kill 40M HP mobs? To dance 10-15 mins around it?

sounds about right. that is probably the only option at the moment.

i have given up and i will check in a few days if ggg has unnerfed some stuff. because in this state it is not the game i want to play.

there must be late game builds!
they must introduce something to look forward too and to work towards.

they must have a path that if you work towards it that you become a god and can clear everything instantly/very easily.

what they have now is clearly not that.

+100500

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progman_th#3384 wrote:

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tprnl#1771 wrote:

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But how to kill 40M HP mobs? To dance 10-15 mins around it?

sounds about right. that is probably the only option at the moment.

i have given up and i will check in a few days if ggg has unnerfed some stuff. because in this state it is not the game i want to play.

there must be late game builds!
they must introduce something to look forward too and to work towards.

they must have a path that if you work towards it that you become a god and can clear everything instantly/very easily.

what they have now is clearly not that.

+100500

+999999

This whole thing makes me sad. pretty casual here and I had finally got my sorceress into a good state the day before the patch. I got to play one glorious night being able to kill stuff and not die in two seconds only to come back after the patch and can cast two frostbolts and OOM. I've played around a bit and can't figure out what I can do to make my character work again.

guess I'll quit for now, since I'm clearly not smart or hardcore enough to find some sort of playstyle that's slightly fun with this patch :(

sad