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" Skivverus wrote: I wonder if it would make sense to tack the Fortify buff onto Shield Charge... it seems thematic. Shield charge is a melee attack... the fortify gem will work when linked to shield charge. The real hardcore PoE players and the elites sit in town and zoning in and out of their hideouts trading items. Noobs that don't know how to play PoE correctly, kill monsters for items. It's pure fact, it will never change. Welcome to PoE.	Posted by Pewzor#2343 on Mar 31, 2015, 12:27:24 AM Quote this Post
" Rory wrote: With this realization, we had found a question that would shape the rest of the design discussion: Why would you sometimes chose to use this over the support gem? We discussed options, but in the end the simplest solution was the most popular: Damage. We made the skill the highest single hit damage of any weapon skill, at the cost of having a short cooldown. We made adjustments after testing the skill, like having Endurance Charges override the cooldown, making the skill unable to be evaded to make the buff more reliable, and having it require a melee weapon, as the damage was astronomical with unarmed builds. Don't worry, unarmed builds have got other toys coming! No one has noticed, but the exclamation sign in the last sentence link to this easter egg: Last edited by Samkiud#7680 on Mar 31, 2015, 2:01:09 AM	Posted by Samkiud#7680 on Mar 31, 2015, 12:29:29 AM Quote this Post
Time to roll a CI melee char and run 9 endurance charges and Vigilant Strike + Melee Phys + Melee Damage on Full Life + Stun + Endurance Charge on Stun in a 2H Mace to destroy bosses... ### r4wb1rd ### Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/r4wb1rd YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/r4wb1rdGaming/ Babel PoE: https://github.com/rowolff/babel-poe/releases	Posted by r4wb1rd#1549 on Mar 31, 2015, 12:30:55 AM Quote this Post
I don't like it because of it's cooldown if it worked like frenzy then I would use it not saying it's bad, just not to my tastes shame as it is more powerful than heavy strike and can't miss without removing the possibility of critical strikes, it could have been the skill that would make me try getting crits.	Posted by Coal48#3951 on Mar 31, 2015, 12:37:39 AM Quote this Post
Romira's + Voll's Devotion = No cooldown, ever...? Edit: I guess you'd need a way to use them Power Charges if you're low crit. You could carry Cold Snap as your support. You could also have Enduring Cry as backup? .. The possibilities.. IGN: Ikbosh Last edited by Ikbosh#6526 on Mar 31, 2015, 12:54:25 AM	Posted by Ikbosh#6526 on Mar 31, 2015, 12:51:29 AM Quote this Post
That yellow star effect looks as garish as the old auras did... Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?	Posted by Summoner#6275 on Mar 31, 2015, 1:09:41 AM Quote this Post
165% base damage + cooldown bypassed on endurance charge + endurance charge on melee stun = byoutiful.	Posted by Hemmingfish#1386 on Mar 31, 2015, 1:14:42 AM Quote this Post
Can't be evaded? Oh, no. RT builds will rekt more. Crit dagger CI or Low life builds will dominate more. I don't want this happens. Last edited by prosep#4338 on Mar 31, 2015, 1:20:35 AM	Posted by prosep#4338 on Mar 31, 2015, 1:15:36 AM Quote this Post
I've long been in favor of melee getting survivability bonus and seems like this is what you've aimed for with Fortify. Sounds legit. 177	Posted by toyotatundra#0800 on Mar 31, 2015, 1:17:18 AM Quote this Post
" Ikbosh wrote: Romira's + Voll's Devotion = No cooldown, ever...? Edit: I guess you'd need a way to use them Power Charges if you're low crit. You could carry Cold Snap as your support. You could also have Enduring Cry as backup? .. The possibilities.. Why get endurance charges when you can have someone conduit them to you. Tank + support meta.	Posted by SnKArcbound#4606 on Mar 31, 2015, 1:18:37 AM Quote this Post