Hall of Grandmasters Development Update 4

I can only hope there's some sort of Unique that only drops in this map to make it worth the risk in HC. Something with a unique effect otherwise not possible with current gear. Even then I would question the risk:reward, but perhaps that's simply due to fighting 5 'Grandmasters' shown in the video. If they space out more it would certainly seem more do-able.

I also have to wonder how flask re-charges will work. I assume killing a Grandmaster will provide a full re-charge. If not some sort of re-charge stations after a given interval of fights would be cool.

OMG that fight looks sweet. I hope i can make a character that kills lots of people ;) And is very diffrent from others.

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Derpey wrote:

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Shmez wrote:

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BeRse wrote:

my first thought exactly

Nah. Melee can do plenty IMO. A melee build on the left side of the tree will have access to:

1) Bloodless: Enemies cannot leech life from you
2) Skill Duration nodes: Enduring Cry + Echo proccing off at least 2 exiles = 4 endurance charges minimum = 8+ second Immortal Call (Physical Immunity)
3) Lots of Life Regen = Can still stay in the game if flasks run out

Melee has options IMO. You'll need fucking great gear, but that looks to be the case for ranged too on this map it seems.

Funfact, the things that kills you in PoE, is not physical, it's elemental damage.
Now what does Immortal Call completely negate? And what doesn't it completely negate?

And let's not forget everybody's favourite:
- Forced to play the same kind of build to be able to do 1 part of the game (Atziri was a prime example of this)

I knew someone would bring this up. Elemental mitigation is not limited to Ranged play-styles. Also, maybe you don't die to Physical much in PvE, but against GrandMasters, a lot of them are guaranteed to do obscene amounts of Physical Damage, since most player builds (currently) revolve around Physical Damage.

A promotional video with that amount of screen freezes, hitches and massive fps drops would have been somewhat humorous back in closed beta. Now its just cringeworthy.

Its great that youre finally acknowledging the issue here and claiming youll have it fixed before the content in that horrible video is released, but considering exile strongboxes, coc builds and other unoptimized content has had similar problems for years now, it seems entirely likely that fixing it isnt actually possible on the current engine, or that such an undertaking is simply beyond the skill/experience level of your current team.

Anyway, good luck finishing the map and heres hoping my misgivings are completely wrong for a change, and that the associated patch pulls off a miracle and lays all of the games major longstanding performance issues to rest.

So... just puncture them and run in circles? I haven't seen the AI lead well, so unless you're dealing with a RF char that turns off RF they'll just bleed to death running after you...

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Derpey wrote:

And let's not forget everybody's favourite:
- Forced to play the same kind of build to be able to do 1 part of the game (Atziri was a prime example of this)

what? There is quite a large variety of builds taking on Atziri all the time now. No one is forced to play any particular kind of build.

this entire GM map is getting *better and better*..

it was a mighty clever ploy to get big money from people that like to wave their wallet around - it addressed all the correct character vices and virtues

sadly POE engine is not able to cope with it EVEN in lab conditions

i totally expect a bandaid fix (or an explanation why game looking like poe requires 12gb ram to run)

btw - this entire map is pretty much a question that already has an answer: will the first and only build to complete this map be a 'crit puncture using harbinger bow with obscene crit multi'?

btw2 - it seems that idiotic mechanics that most of these builds are build around are there to stay, youll not risk pissing of people that donated that much cash for something like 'balance' or 'game integrity'.. but maybe you should. check how well catering to small group of no-lifers ends (season 9 participation says 'hi')

Hopefully someday I'll stop sucking at the game so bad and make it past 50! Love you GGG :D

So I am getting more and more certain that it will be crit puncture map.

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sidtherat wrote:

sadly POE engine is not able to cope with it EVEN in lab conditions

Waiting for Slayer dropping in and stating, that he has no problems, D3 also lags, player should buy better computer and L2P in general and overall.