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This is one of the funniest things GGG has ever made! LMFAO	Posted by xDBoomer on Feb 17, 2016, 11:14:32 PM Quote this Post
looks pretty kool an can damage more then one at a time I will def give this one a try as it also looks faster killing then flame totem :)	Posted by Fasteddie1 on Feb 17, 2016, 11:16:42 PM Quote this Post
I can't believe a skill that looks like this passed GGG's quality threshold. The animations look absolutely terrible, which is really disappointing considering that, mechanically speaking, the skill looks quite interesting. I'm excited to test out this skill with builds, however overall I'm disappointed from the visuals. It's like a jittery whack-a-mole machine with a feather doing ground slam. I guess I'm confused more than anything. Why would GGG think something that looks like this would be OK to show?	Posted by Nicksiren on Feb 17, 2016, 11:17:28 PM Quote this Post
Yeah so ive been toying with a trap totem idea for a while... this might just do it haha. Hierophant Protector Trapper: Ancestral Protector - Trap - Cluster Trap - Something - Something - Maybe Something (Iron Will?) Cover the screen with 5 of them them in one go, frost bomb / cold snap cluster traps over top, iron will on everything, stack STR, carry a massive pdps 2hander just for show :) twitch.tv/Owwlll	Posted by Owwlll on Feb 17, 2016, 11:23:02 PM Quote this Post
" Dracooltenks wrote: " MullaXul wrote: Actually letting the ancestor move would of been the proper way to implement this so it "buffs" melee. To make it a stationary, constant recast if destroyed totem is meh. This is like every other "melee buff" implementation thus far. They all suck because by design melee is melee and ranged still > it because of the risk/reward you've balanced the game around. You have ultra low risk insanely high damage ranged crit builds with melee tank ehp pools. Then you have melee which is generally weaker per hit, has slower time to kill (ttk) and has to get into melee range to boot. Yea totally agree with you here builds like cyclone,Reave,Ice crash,Lightning Strike,Viper Strike, i mean they are just so god awful it isn't funny am i right yea just truly anyone that plays these builds are are such a huge disadvantage Clearly Etup would say the same thing i bet. If you didn't get me trolling i am sorry but seriously melee is just fine if you are having trouble with a build it might just be that it isn't your play style it is fine if you like range much more oh and i forgot to mention Cleave up there my friend leveled cleave to 90 in HCT league with no problems at all. Now on to the next thing imagine triple totem build with viper strike melee splash for multi targeting then remove multi strike for those fights you won't need it and replace it with a stronger support gem. now you have 3 targets hitting hard fast and as the stacks rise the more damage. Or how about perma stun Ground Slam, Even having new skill depending how it acts if each totem is its own dependent type and not as a whole, Earth quake skill could be incredible as well. A build i had an idea about when i saw this was if the above with Earth Quake skill would work in that way is having dual totem build with it doing insane clear speeds, and if it doesn't than having Reave as a back up plan or hell even cleave would be great. First off, I don't give 1 shit about streamers. Secondly, I never said melee sucked or that I'm struggling as melee. Also killing monsters is the least of my concerns. If someone is having a hard time PvM'ing in this game...haha. Lastly, if you think you can even debate ranged+crit < melee in every area of this game....again haha. Doesn't matter by how much, by design it'll always be the case. Implementing totems for melee is not going to change that. But then again PvM is PvM and that's your focus, it's already easy anyways. Now back to letting streamers dictate most of your gaming my man. GGG, the ADA of gaming....huuuur i gotz mai skilz. IGN: MullaXul	Posted by MullaXul on Feb 17, 2016, 11:23:04 PM Quote this Post
What if we are unarmed? Will it still attack or do we need a weapon period? State of Beyond Mechanic: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3568084 State of Blight Mechanic: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3568078 State of Harbinger Mechanic: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3568062	Posted by Raghin on Feb 17, 2016, 11:33:09 PM Quote this Post
whack-a-mole totem!	Posted by juidshui on Feb 17, 2016, 11:45:45 PM Quote this Post
moved to appropriate thread... 17/04/2021 https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3082616/page/1 "We tell people that Path of Exile league starts are a fair playing field for everyone, and we need to actually make sure that is the reality." A BLATANT LIE by the HMFIIC. Perhaps GGG should consider a leadership change. Last edited by Bjorn_Angannon on Feb 18, 2016, 12:20:54 AM	Posted by Bjorn_Angannon on Feb 18, 2016, 12:05:13 AM Quote this Post
" Raghin wrote: What if we are unarmed? Will it still attack or do we need a weapon period? This man asks the real question.	Posted by tslt on Feb 18, 2016, 12:26:07 AM Quote this Post
decoy totem that does damage? the damage is there, the decoy isnt. wonder how much HP this thing has - if a lot then melee might finally kill Avatar of Thunder! because lets get real here - if anything it DECREASES the clear speed so the ranged vs melee issue remains.	Posted by sidtherat on Feb 18, 2016, 12:35:22 AM Quote this Post