State of the Beta - Post #6

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Achilion wrote:

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Ventor wrote:

I'm so glad i've been stockpiling exalts/eternals. Time to make some new 6/6 tier 1 items and slap 200 ex mirroring fee on them. Top KEK.

Rich will remain rich.

Thus is the circle of life.

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Ventor wrote:

Eternals are not the problem, mirrors are.

The incentive to create perfect items by brute force only exists because they know the return of investment is extremely high thanks to mirror service.

Well, yeah, but honestly how many would sit down and successfully yolo-exalt a 6xT1 item? The odds of succeeding at that seems so low that it will be most likely not be worth it.

I just think that without Eternals, there would be much more "great" rares out there, and not just 1 or 2 "best in slot" mirror services for each item. The latter is what we have now and I find that extremely boring, and completely against the spirit of the game.

Also, the Eternal Orb completely negates the only downside to crafting - the risk. It's only a numbers game, or a money game if you will. Nope, I said it when it was introduced and I'll repeat it: this orb is a big mistake.

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HammurabiJones wrote:

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Qarl wrote:

Because of this addition (and other changes such as shotgunning), the "Damage Effectiveness" value of spells has been rebalanced. This should make the damage bonus from these mods more even across all spells.

So you are balancing spells based on the possibility that players will have this mod and players that don't are screwed?

This.

I hope spellcasters get a new vendor recipe, similar to the whetstone+rusticSash+weapon recipe.
How about whetstone+resRing+weapon?

huehuehue, sounds interesting.. can't wait to see how the economy on Standard will change :D

poor full mirror gear guys who paid tons of exalts for their gear :d

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Qiox wrote:

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trav_dawg wrote:

Are you fucking kidding me?

I have now WASTED HUNDREDS OF ETERNALS AND THOUSANDS OF HOURS crafting this since open beta in hopes of making it mirror worthy only for you to make higher mods just before I finish? I cannot express enough anger towards you. Looks like I'm done with PoE

My only regret is giving GGG any money, I wish I could take it all back after this slap in the face. GGG will never see another dime from me.

Thinking that better tiers would never be added was a downright silly thing to do.

There was absolutely no basis for thinking that would be the case.

Sorry but I have to tell the truth. When poe started back in the days ggg told us players that there wouldn't be new tiers because they hated shit becoming worthless in other games themself. But on the other hand...... they told many things in the old days so maybe you are right and today there is absolutely no basis anymore for thinking that they behave in a certain manner. Imo this change has the potencial to break the games spine but hey... we will see! Just to make it clear: I DON'T USE MIRRORED GEAR AND I'M NO REAL CRAFTER TOO!

Thanks Carl; appreciate the update!

Still be enjoying my Glyph Mark bow even after this, because it's still going to pack a huge punch and I'm still gonna be glad it has as flexible colors as I had it made with a while back. :)

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There will be mods better than Tyrannical and Glyphic for example.

For what purpose? The rich people who cares about these top end mods will detest the addition of new tiers.

I remember you guys repeatedly stating you didn't want to invalidate the progress of your playerbase by simply upping max level/item power/etc. Did you change your mind about that? I hope one of the manifestos is gonna be about this.

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HammurabiJones wrote:

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Qarl wrote:

Because of this addition (and other changes such as shotgunning), the "Damage Effectiveness" value of spells has been rebalanced. This should make the damage bonus from these mods more even across all spells.

So you are balancing spells based on the possibility that players will have this mod and players that don't are screwed?

Yes like every other build in the game? or do you play casters with weapons without spell dmg?

Very saddened to see Dark Thoughts and other similar gems on the "not coming back list".