Dev Diary: Balancing Path of Exile

Interesting o/.

PS : There's an issue on 2 images that aren't loading (first & fourth). And all images are mixed-content (http links instead of https).

nice

So theoretically you could output a character build that factored in damage values like aoe, single target, type of damages, in combination with durability values like, health, armor, speed, ect and this spreadsheet could tell you the best possible character builds you could have. I wonder if what the result would be would actually be the legitimate top tier. I doubt it, simply because you cannot factor things that involve skill rather than bean counting. I think an THAT would make for an interesting spreadsheet. (something involving skill or effort value instead of ease or ability to afk.)

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If PoE could manage to balance their entire world with a spreadsheet, then you must be able to do that in real life... or not. haha. I'm just kidding. GJ GGG I always knew something like this had to exist in games or else they would just be imbalanced/opinionated.