Content Update 1.3.0 Patch Notes, Deployment Timeline and Official Path of Exile Twitch Channel

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Khisanth wrote:

80% less damage for CoC ... going to have to play it to see the actual impact but if 80% less damage is a small adjustment I would hate to see what a large one looks like.

This patch would have been the perfect time to introduce a wet noodle mtx! ;)

Well I hate the coc nerf too but at least the builds wont be as lag inducing anymore like this.

I dislike pvp, I play path of exile because I love the pve.
This new tree is poor, disappearance of critical chance with one hand weapons and the critical nodes are nerve.

I think there are more important that change the tree every 3 months, work on the bugs, added new maps for the end game, revisit the mana cost of some gems, like for example power siphon among others that requires too much mana.

In short I do not play these leagues, we see for the 1.4

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HammurabiJones wrote:

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Chris wrote:

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Chameleon wrote:

So much hate for this patch, hope it changes once they play it.

Ziggy made a good point that there wasnt anything really "positive" in the patch notes like a small buff to a less used skill or something to get people excited about a new build.

This is the danger with describing the key content in advance - that the 8 new gems, 26 new uniques and such are already old news when considering the balance changes. There are plenty of awesome new builds, especially now that there's more parity between them. I'm personally excited to make a level 28 Raging Spirits PvP character and a Static Strike Templar as my regular character. Seems like it'll be two Templars for me this league :P

So you seriously gimp all forms of feasible defence (Shields, AA, CoD) and don't add any other way to survive and we are meant to rejoice?! Are you kidding me? This game is now 100% grind as we won't be able to get past act bosses until we are 15 levels above the zone they are in now.

Did you even for 1 second think about the impact this has on new players? The first time I had to fight your revamped Merveil in 1.2 I died ~20 times!!!! how does that make the game fun? Thank god it was in Rampage and not in the HC league.

I understand you are trying to make things more interesting on high-end content like Uber Atziri, but when you screw over the guy just trying to get to a point where he can enjoy the game you are gonna lose new players so fast.

Piss poor update.

PS. it has nothing to do with the "good" stuff being known already. it has to do with the complete lack of good stuff. period. This is not a patch. It's an all around nerf to the game. Patches add things to the game. All this does is take away from the game.

People like you always amuse me. You have problems with killing Merveil and talk about game balance and "patched stuff" defense mechanics etc. Dude get a Kaltenhalt or whatever it is called (1 alch every league) craft some cold ressi, maybe even take it beyond and 4link a gem so it does some damage for "Merveil" the killer :P.

Let me guess you just bought an Acuity also?

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Optee wrote:

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There's a reason why you can't pay to win in this game (as in pay to get items and be equal to the people who play a lot) and complaining that people with more hours ingame than you have more stuff is just stupid.

You misunderstood my point.

I tried to say that if GGG will nerf every build which could be broken with enough currency (= playtime), there won't be any build left which is (end game) playable for those who don't have that amount of time.

Lovecraftviii had also found the right words for this:

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lovecraftviii wrote:

bad bad bad bad bad update
you know some people spent months trying to get the currency from farming and trading to get all the gear for their favourite build.And just about time they made it after months u just CHANGE what the items do???not nerf them-CHANGE THEM-!!!
Are you serious GGG???

And by the way if u want to make the game more balanced regarding the top players with top gear that make the perfect build that is overpowered we would like to remind you of the people that are new- or casual players - or just people who dont have 200 stacks of exalted orbs in their stash that CANT make the perfect build and they are having difficulty going to maps and farm for gear and exp
How is this a balance since you are making this harder for these people making them unable to stand at their feet in just normal maps with nothing special?
Armour is useless Evasion is epic in low levels but in high levels its useless too ( at least alone- if combined it can make a pretty viable if not the best combo BUT guess what?Acrobatics have 30% less chance to block now so the build i was trying to make for almost a year now is not even viable!!!

GGG i know the game is free and u are trying the best you can do but this patch is wrong, just wrong
i've spent lots of money to support this game cause i love it - i dont wanna see it getting ruined

in future updates try when u are making a balance to affect the new,the poor and the rich people all together not just one of them.

Thanks for reading

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HammurabiJones wrote:

Did you even for 1 second think about the impact this has on new players? The first time I had to fight your revamped Merveil in 1.2 I died ~20 times!!!! how does that make the game fun? Thank god it was in Rampage and not in the HC league.

Really???

Ok I also died a few times at merveil. And yes she is harder then before. But did she get anything insainly new and strong? Her strongest attacks are the ice barage and the ice bombard skill, but those are nothing new. On normal you can still tank her quit well with 50 % cold res.

But so far the patch notes looks good. Defense mechanics except armor, evasion and es where nerfed or got more expensive in case of passive points. But also the bonus you get by successfully blocking got increased. I think it is ok bot I also never played a max block char. I used the shields mainly for there bonus in armor, evasion, es and res, and not so much for block.

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Chris wrote:

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Chameleon wrote:

So much hate for this patch, hope it changes once they play it.

Ziggy made a good point that there wasnt anything really "positive" in the patch notes like a small buff to a less used skill or something to get people excited about a new build.

This is the danger with describing the key content in advance - that the 8 new gems, 26 new uniques and such are already old news when considering the balance changes. There are plenty of awesome new builds, especially now that there's more parity between them. I'm personally excited to make a level 28 Raging Spirits PvP character and a Static Strike Templar as my regular character. Seems like it'll be two Templars for me this league :P

Well, I guess you'll learn for next time. Nerfs first, awesome news soon-ish after, tree after that so longs as there's enough time to react to tree feedback.

Also, SRS in LLD? I'm no LLD expert but that sounds like a lot of flask charges for your opponent.

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Gregoriel wrote:

People all focused on balancing notes, and ignore the great bits:

- PvP Daily's is now a thing!
- PvP Season Rewards
- 2 new major gameplay systems (1 per challenge league)
- New Skill tree
- New Gems
- New Uniques
- Less Master Leveling grind
- Leo's PvP-ness

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1/2 They don't care about PvP and by extension the rewards.
3 They may not ever do temp leagues.
4 They have seen the new tree and are disappointed.
5 They have seen the new gems and are underwhelmed.
6 It's hard to get excited about some uniques they haven't seen. The one unique that they spoiled is alright, but is hardly worth drooling over.
7 They may have already leveled their masters.
8 And as far as Leo is concerned, see the first point.

Personally I am #1,2,4,5,6 and 8. On top of this I have to rebuild every one of my characters that are above level 45. many of the items I saved up for and traded for are now worthless to me and I have to start nearly from scratch even on most of my high level characters to make them at all useful. Do you see why I am unhappy? The patch holds little of note for me and screws me over hard. Maybe if i had 100 Mirrors just lying around so I could re-gear willy-nilly whenever I want I wouldn't care, but when you spend you first 6 months in this game building up to a build that is worth playing just to have it ripped apart like this you get pissed.

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Uwacho wrote:

People like you always amuse me. You have problems with killing Merveil and talk about game balance and "patched stuff" defense mechanics etc. Dude get a Kaltenhalt or whatever it is called (1 alch every league) craft some cold ressi, maybe even take it beyond and 4link a gem so it does some damage for "Merveil" the killer :P.

Let me guess you just bought an Acuity also?

People like you amuse me. You act like everyone knows everything about this game, yet if you had the reading comprehension of a 6 year old you'd see I was a new player at the time. Also, as masters were just introduced crafting cold res was not as easy as you make it seem. Yes, I could re-roll a magic ring with all 7 of my Alts in hopes of getting ~12 cold resist.

Let me guess you never play temp leagues or even start a new character and you sell acuity sets.

And no, I don't have Acuity. i couldn't even begin to afford an acuity. I don't play 900 hours a month. I have a life and a job. I have managed to put together a few builds with ~40 Exalt worth of currency and now ~30 Exalts worth are no longer useful to me or most people. Maybe I'll get 10 Ex for them at some point down the road. That means that half of my net worth in the game is gone. Not frivolously misspent or gambled away. It was effectively stolen from me.

I'm happy, thanks Chris! Love you.

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HammurabiJones wrote:

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Gregoriel wrote:

People all focused on balancing notes, and ignore the great bits:

- PvP Daily's is now a thing!
- PvP Season Rewards
- 2 new major gameplay systems (1 per challenge league)
- New Skill tree
- New Gems
- New Uniques
- Less Master Leveling grind
- Leo's PvP-ness

Or
1/2 They don't care about PvP and by extension the rewards.
3 They may not ever do temp leagues.
4 They have seen the new tree and are disappointed.
5 They have seen the new gems and are underwhelmed.
6 It's hard to get excited about some uniques they haven't seen. The one unique that they spoiled is alright, but is hardly worth drooling over.
7 They may have already leveled their masters.
8 And as far as Leo is concerned, see the first point.

Personally I am #1,2,4,5,6 and 8. On top of this I have to rebuild every one of my characters that are above level 45. many of the items I saved up for and traded for are now worthless to me and I have to start nearly from scratch even on most of my high level characters to make them at all useful. Do you see why I am unhappy? The patch hjolds little of note for me and screws me over hard. Maybe if i had 100 Mirrors just lying around so I could re-gear willy-nilly whenever I want I wouldn't care, but when you spend you first 6 months in this game building up to a build that is worth playing just to have it ripped apart like this you get pissed.

You people take that ripped apart to far really, MAYBE if you open your eyes you will see that It is not that big of a deal, none of the nerfs are GAME BRAKING for any build, lowered damage does not mean it is ripped.

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AndCub wrote:

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Khisanth wrote:

80% less damage for CoC ... going to have to play it to see the actual impact but if 80% less damage is a small adjustment I would hate to see what a large one looks like.

This patch would have been the perfect time to introduce a wet noodle mtx! ;)

Well I hate the coc nerf too but at least the builds wont be as lag inducing anymore like this.

Never had much issue with lag unless I failed to notice an "other allies cannot die" aura or if there was a shrine making the mobs very tanky.

Instead of lag if I proc too often the server just disconnects me instead. I rather have the lag. :(