Item Design Thread - Comments / 9.12.14

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Jideament wrote:

We need a little bit imbalance for the gain balance.

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Gregoriel wrote:

Looking at most of the mods, this item is actually reasonable depending on the exact numbers used to balance it.

X here could be a very small number approaching zero, such as 0.0000001, or it could be a very large number approaching infinity.

The real problem is too many unique effects. Bleeding is enough to make a unique item special. The Charge mechanics are enough to make a unique item. Even Increased damage is special enough to make a unique item, or the global crit...

You probably need to throw in some more regular affixes, and reduce the number of special ones.

I see a reaction to increased damage. This is not op. With 10% increased damage, a player who already has 250% increased gets an effective 4% more damage. Too much increased gets very inefficient.

I see a reaction to bleed. I'll say that other items currently have bleed... but only weapons. So this might be a no-go. But some of the reaction shows a lack of understanding of the difference between between the affix and the skill gem. (See Tora Signature mod, Blood Reaper, Aziri's Disfavor, Mark of the Doubting Knight.)

http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Bleed

"For the Causes Bleeding on Hit mod, the physical damage over time is 14.2% of the initial hit, per second. While moving, the affected target takes an additional 56.7% of the initial hit, per second."

(In comparison Puncture does 25.2% at level 20 and 126% additional while moving.)

That is to say, to keep bleed, you might have to gate it behind multiple mechanics. Mark of the Doubting knight only does it for 25% of melee crits (but for another 25% of melee crits it can poison.) So you might need say a small percent chance to keep it on a non-weapon.

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