Developer Questions and Answers

Why the nerf to all vaal skills? Intended? Do you plan to bring them back into end game content?

You cannot use any vaal skills during izaro or council fights because your soul counts reset and you are not able to generate new souls during those fights. Please do something about this, as vaal skills make an interesting and fun mechanic to build around.

Thanks for your time

Do you intend to change map drops so we can find more red maps more frequently?
Will there ever be a limit to how low tier maps can drop in a zone? For example -4 to +1 tier from the map tier we play?
Any chance of a mechanic that changes the tier of a map in zana device? Example tropical island map + chaos + vaal + alchemy = t10 tropical island. That would be less boring from chaining the same maps.
There is no point running red maps (except maybe shipyard) instead of chaining gorge for high leveling,will this be fixed in the future?
Is the exp penalty you introduced in 2.3 here to stay?
Any plans for a new game engine sometime? Is it affordable for your company?
Thanks.

Can you make Rain of Chaos Devination Cards drop more than just one Chaos Orb? How about at least 3 Chaos?

I collected 8 cards, and only got one Chaos Orb as a reward.
Where is the rain? It's more like "Drop of Chaos".

A few questions here:

-I'm a huge fan of Lightning Strike, but will I ever be able to see the DPS of the projectile portion of the skill?

The numbers already exist somewhere in the game since I am dealing the projectile damage, just show those numbers to me plz :)

Do you guys have awesome stats laying around that would blow our minds? For example:
-What is the greatest total number of maps opened by a single character?
-What is the highest all time rampage streak?
-What creature type (or boss) has killed the most players each league?
-On average how may instances (in millions) does it take to encounter a unique strongbox?
-What are the most and least commonly used support gems of each color?
-Impress me with another awesome stat I'm not clever enough to ask for

-Are there any post beta-wipe legacy items or mods that no longer exist on the servers? (for example if hypothetically all eternal orbs were used or if all of the 'maze' affix maps had been run)

If I recall correctly, I remember seeing somewhere that GGG started in your garage Chris. What was development like at such an early stage, with the comparatively limited technology.

Who's idea were the map trials and their spawn rate?
Do you feel good with people needing to run 200+ maps before they have a chance to find all trials?
Was that your plan?
Will we forever need to trade for every thing that exists in game,or else spend hundreds of hours in hope to find it? Even game content?
I think their spawn rate is ridiculous,still missing one trial that i refuse to buy.
Do you enjoy bdsm,torture,humiliation porn?
Thanks.

Are you planning to create a decent dual wielding skill in the next 1000 years?

Any chance we will see rolling damage numbers on hit added or a toggle for it in UI?
Kinda similar to other ARPG and mmo's. Be nice to see actual hit damage vs just going with what tool tip shows.

hi, the pierce gem "more damage" bonus works with Ethereal Knives spell but not work with Frostblades attack. Why?

thank you

Will we get mtx which generates effects/auras around our characters? Effects like Maligaro's restraint's bubbles, petals around zana, etc (more interested in the latter example rather than the former, which is a static bubble).

I'm VERY interested in such effects.