CoC nerf - my two cents

I just wanted to contribute to the CoC debate by saying that I'm on the side of people who don't want to see this very fun gem and mechanic nerfed to the ground.

Couple of things I wanted to mention here:

First of all, let's be honest, GGG never does anything in moderation - either something is ridiculously op, or it is so utterly destroyed to the point of unplayability. If coc gets nerfed, it's not just going to be balanced, it's going to be unplayable.

And what's the reason for it? Because select few who are not competent enough to make their own viable build, or earn money for the viable one, are bitching all the time how players who are better than them are succeding in the game.

I mean, this is a free world - go play what you want, what's it to you if someone's having funs with their build? And if it's such a viability problem, why don't you play it?

When everyone were playing buzzsaw, I was playing Heavy strike, when everyone was playing Incinerate, I was playing Ice spear, whenever... and I'm still here, playing the game and having fun.

This time I wanted to choose coc, not because it can do this or that, or because it's popular or powerful or whatever.... It's because it's fun and for the first time ever in Poe, I have a powerful computer which can handle it.


I understand that coc in its current form is slightly out of place, but not because of its power, but because of engine limitations, but since performance improvements are coming, it might not be the case anymore.

I am all for it that coc gets balanced in such a way where it would retain its power but improve its performance on computers. Even if power was slightly down, I wouldn't have a problem, I just don't want it completely destroyed - not because I want an op build, but because I want a fun build - and Coc is the embodiment of fun for me.

Anyway, this post is just a vote for - don't nerf coc in a GGG way.

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1661012

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1714548

i think you are missing the point , CoC is actually very OP and its not just the graphical stuff that might be the problem and im very sure GGG will nerf it, seeing as thats how they've allways done things when builds using certain gems/items trivialise end game content

The game is chockfull of skills that got sensible nerfs, you can check the patch history for CoC, VMS SRS for some of that; the ones that were put in their rightful place were the cheap ones that downed atziri with no investment (incinerate, PA) or the ones that were collateral damage for a mechanic change (aurabot ST).

My problem is not that a build is able to do t15/ ubers, but that it can do so with less then ~10-15 ex investment and at level 75-80. That being said, here's hoping they don't kill the current uber meta build :)

I don't play CoC but I hope they don't nerf it into the ground.

I hope CoC gets the vaal spark treatment "has been nerfed in every possible way"

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diablofdb wrote:

I hope CoC gets the vaal spark treatment "has been nerfed in every possible way"

What do you gain from this besides a smaller player base?

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MalakezDarnos wrote:

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diablofdb wrote:

I hope CoC gets the vaal spark treatment "has been nerfed in every possible way"

What do you gain from this besides a smaller player base?

a good well balanced gameplay and more builds range as the OP one will be nerfed.

Well balanced gameplay? there will always be overpowered and underpowered builds.

CoC is dogshit compared to what I play thankfully nobody bats a fucking eye.