Unless Presence size gets a massive buff I'll never use minions, totems, auras or debuffs again.

I play minions using stoic sceptre as presence indicator. I also use mainly ranged minions so keeping them in my presence radius is no problem.

Is presence just another drawback mechanic? What's the point of it being in the game instead of just having the effect?

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Sakanabi#6664 wrote:

I play minions using stoic sceptre as presence indicator. I also use mainly ranged minions so keeping them in my presence radius is no problem.

Good general advice to minimize issues with the current presence design.

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Is presence just another drawback mechanic? What's the point of it being in the game instead of just having the effect?

Basically. Devs went way to hard on limiting the utility value (AoE) of presence instead of caring about balancing the actual mechanics that reference presence. Although few presence mechanics are even abnormally strong to begin with.