Phrecia's "spells disabled" makes me sad

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exsea#1724 wrote:

i always say stuff like let GGG cook

from the teasers, 2 different ascendencies have a node that has "spells disabled" which is what gruthkul's pelt has. these ascendancies are tied to melee classes.

in poe1 a big issue is there is a lack of "non spell skills". removing the ability to cast spells is huge.

for example, movement skills and guard skills. 2 important skills to help melee out getting disabled?

dont forget auras and anything that has reservations. auras help players a huge lot and you're losing access to them

banners were made specifically to help melee

interestingly warcries are the only "non spell" skill that melee has.

heck, even blood rage is a spell.

to me i find it sad because its something that people have complained about before. i've always wanted to make gruthkul's pelt work. its been buffed twice and still has that same issue.

now ggg is doubling/tripling down on it by making ascendency nodes that specifically have that drawback.

this is nothing but intentional.

for sure this is a throwaway league, but still.... in a way it does reflect on how GGG would intentionally let things happen.

i get that ggg has a lot on their plate right now but gruthkul's pelt has had this problem for YEARS. ever since it's introduction. nothing has been done to fix it

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superbomb1967#5561 wrote:

Feedback for the PoE 2 test league is good!

Keep it coming folks!

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derpotato#6263 wrote:

I don't even plan on playing marauder but it was upsetting enough that I was compelled to find a thread on it.

At least with the antiquarian you can dodge it...

But behemoth just makes me sad. Rampage is hardly even a real upside, so it's like a double whammy --

1. Downside only
2. Mandatory so you can only pick from 3 others

And for what? 40 attack speed? 8% regen? I guess the hateforge/armor stacking nodes are kind of cool. But the unarmed node is DOA since you can't even use petrified blood for low life.

I don't think balance is easy, and you can't expect GGG to get everything right, but this one just boggles the mind.

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fouquet#0993 wrote:

It is fine and you can double down on it with Grukuuls pelt now anyways.

Just go full life stacking bloodmagic and bonk stuff while yelling with bloodthirst support and cowards legacy belt.

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iDropBombs1#4005 wrote:

How are you going to reserve your life?