Item Development - Information

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Hodari wrote:

Any idea how common a drop this will be?

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NickK_GGG wrote:

And if we give exact values on the item, given the other method of scaling damage, it risks becoming a very difficult item to assess. When assessing the item internally, there was a desire to signal the attribute scaling on the item, to help players better assess its potential power.

I think it will be a bit rarer than the uniques listed above, more like Goldrim or so.

Oh my god......

my 1500 int witch I made as joke with the money from a sold Drillneck final has a purpose in life.

cats/10

This seems really nice, but I just hope it's quite common in rarity, otherwise it's not relevant at all to me. Mjolner was the last unique to hype me in vain, now I just do like these are not in the game.

Tooltips were always incredibly bad in PoE. The worst offender for me is Lightning strike display.

I see not much has changed.

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NickK_GGG wrote:

but when it comes to ensuring players have the right amount of information, we become passionate.

Sorry but I literally laughed out loud when I read that.

GGG is atrocious when it comes to giving players relevant understandable information in game. As a dev you might understand the GGG jargon, but most people dont.

I firmly disagree that Zahndethus' Cassock or Lori's Lantern are clear enough with their tooltips. Looking at the Cassock, I have no way of knowing whether the effect is defensive, offensive or both, and would actually lean on it being offensive, given several examples from other games.

With Lori's, again the effect might be either defensive or offensive. Maybe it gives enemies a chance for critical fumbles, or perhaps they get struck by lightning. Still, I would lean on it being defensive, but even then I would expect a reduction in accuracy or critical change, which are more commonly associated with luck, not damage.

In a game where nearly every item and skill is clearly defined and keyworded, these items stand out, and should be improved.

Since the only way to get the skill is through the staff itself and as we know alot of spells gain their damage based on their level so in this case where there would be no gem, would it be a system where the staff or the gem level is raised as you progress in the game? i think that would be a cool idea but im just throwing it our there.

thx for the insights, especially the ice storm example should give new players an incentive to read item descriptions more carefully and look into them more deeply.

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NickK_GGG wrote:

If someone asked me what Path of Exile's greatest strength was, I'd answer with just one word:

reading you speaking in the past gave me a chill without getting hit by ice storm.