The optimal way to build characters in standard is to use the ~25k res armor

I hope they fix it, it's not right to keep this in standard league.

Seems like most people responding are not standard players. So Ill add my 2 cents.

First, i'll respond with I make a bunch of cool builds without it. Using lots of mirrored items.

https://pobb.in/ult5tZZIskbZ
https://pobb.in/dbt8j4assqFq

So you can avoid using it if you want.

And I find that builds that "work around" unique item interactions don't need it as much.

HOWEVER, builds that are more generic (and attack focused) and have lots of rare items I do feel my self reaching for the 25K fire res armour a bit too easily. As it patches up defenses and allows me to add quant and DPS gear in every other slot.

My opinion:
I DO think its BAD for the game and probably should be rebalanced or thought about in some way. At some level standard should be a fun environment for older players who have longer term projects. And this chest makes many interesting build archetypes not worth building at high investment (10mir +++ investment).

P.S
there is alot of random hate toward standard players anytime I see a standard question. And I am not sure why. So I guess try not to take it too personally/get demoralized asking about things. People are strangely inconsiderate even though we love the same game.

It's probably correct that they just ignore it but never confirm nor deny whether they plan on deleting it. I would mirror one if GGG confirmed it would never be touched and I would never play a character without it.

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BeeepBooopBeeepBooop#4351 wrote:

I wanted to see how other people feel about this chest being in the game.

I am not really asking for a fix or anything..(GGG had been pretty clear that they are not touching it for a long time now) ( https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Standard/oJmJE4Ghl )

My real question is do others like that it's in standard?

Imho, so many builds I want to make just feel worse, as if I slap the bugged chest on the build it would solve so many things instantly.

In addition it makes it feel bad to make alot of builds in standard that are not armor stacking to some extent.

I personally am split hate that it makes the state space for builds so warped, but at the same time it's so fun to play with.

So.....this is only ONE of the broken items that exists. And yes its absurdly powerful with the right build, nigh incomparable.

However; there are TONS of old mirror items that are equally or possibly even more broadly OP. Used to have a couple of them, and a single armor or single weapon could make an entire build no matter what the skill.

Standard has been busted for years and one single item makes no difference.



Also you say its the only "optimal" way.......which simply isn't true. Optimal play in Standard is to pack in as much DPS and AoE as possible, not defense. Because the scaled items you can get are so astronomically high, even a skill like RF which is known for being generally low dps can SMACK all content without ever getting touched with legacy gear