[SUGGESTION] Ingame EXILEPEDIA (Skills compendium)

I strongly recommend to do something like this. The skill system is confusing, when it comes to support gems is even more confusing. And it will be aven more confusing and complicated when we will have 100 skills in game and more complicated supports (ones that are already ingame are preety basic and even now thare is lot of mechanic questions on forums - imagine this will more complicated supports than "Add DMG" or "increase radius").
There is lot of FAQs on forums and there is lot of useful info scattered in different GGG responses but... i want this INGAME at launch. Alt-tabbing isnt fun at all. Playing is fun.

How this should looks imho?

1. Give the active skill gems types in tooltips (MELLE, RANGED, SPELL, BUFF, DEBUFF, etc..), then add even more secondary types also visible in tooltip (ELEMENTAL, PSYCHICAL, PROJECTILE, TRAP, TOTEM, OFFENSIVE UTILITY, DEFENSIVE UTILITY, AURA, SUMMON, ETC...)

2. Make a ingame journal that will track each gem that players ever wear and create DETAILED descriptions of each active skills gem, what categories it fits and (MOST IMPORTANT) - what support gems has effect on them. For example:

FIREBALL - [INT Based] [Spell] [Elemental] [Fire] [Projectile] [Ranged]
Works with Support gems: here list of support gems that works with Fireball. If you click on the support gem name you will get DETAILED description what in fact this particular gem do with this particular spell.

3. Same with Support gems... for example:

MULTIPLE PROJECTILES - [DEX Based] [Ranged] [Projectile]
Works with types os skill gems: here insert list (also with detailed cliskable descriptions) of copmpatible skills: Fireball, Ice Spear, Poison Arrow, Etc...



Why i want something like this ingame? Because system is complicated like hell and WILL BE confusing for less experienced players that dont have that much time for figuring uot complicated game mechanics on forums and player guides.

Also for myself.. i simply want to know... will "increased AoE Radius" increase a small AoE of Ice Spear? Will it increase size of Frost Wall (its AoE for me)? Will "Aplly cold DMG" works only with direct hit of Infernal Blow or with AoE explosion too? Will "Increased Rarity" works with minion kills? And dozens of other questions that pop-out when i play PoE now.

Giving skill gems types in tooltips will help A LOT alone. It also get rid of questions on "+ 1 to (TYPE HERE) gems inserted in this item" modificator... What gem is ranged? What is Melle? Etc? Is not always crystal clear.

Leter in developnemt cycle (after launch) GGG may add to his "Exilepedia" entries about monsters, bosses and Wraeclast lore for example (maybe even droppable - like in Diablo 3, great idea BTW.).


Any thougts? Maybe dev comment?

PS. Its only raw idea. Sorry if i make mechanical mistakes etc...

PS2. I know that this looks like shitloads of typing and someone's work but i think something like that will be great addition to the game. I LOVE reading CIVILOPEDIA in CIV games for example.

yeh i reckon this totally needs to be implemented if not in game then websites will do it eventually, in game would be very useful.

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Rory wrote:

An interesting idea! Something you don't see very often in ARPGs,

Yea... its not needed in any of the aRPG since PoE i think. Because the skills system in these games was easy and not so complex. Its not even needed in Diablo 3 regardless they have Skills Runestones. They are not so complex at all and you have only five static effects on each skill. You cannot do any mixing etc... its easy system to "figure out".

In PoE.... holy cow... IT IS complex and deep. :)

Something like this is simple very needed. On website or ingame (better ingame).
With something like this ingame you may make this even ACHIEVEMENT or something... "fill out each position in EXILEPEDIA".

I have nothing really to add, just that I support this 100%.

The depth of skills and talents in PoE is such that the information available should reflect it.

Very good idea! Maybe add some info about the mechanics of the game, give us some numbers :)

I absolutely support this idea, hopefully we could get something like this both in game and on the site.