Weekly Beta Report Two

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The above changes are planned because the supports and keystones were mandatory to produce worthwhile damage values for Damage Over Time builds, and we'd prefer to keep the bonuses more consistent with other support gems to provide more flexible support choices in builds wherever possible.

This sounds like a cop-out. The community is saying that DoT builds weren't producing "worthwhile damage values" to begin with, so why nerf them? Seems like GGG is saying "we want you to have freedom with your builds...as long as you only play a certain way".

Absolutely destroyed any poison build with the nerf to brutality. >_> No chaos damage means no poison. This forces it to only be able to be paired with Bleed... Which is COMPLETE trash and even when buffed will never be endgame viable because it deals 50% dmg 99% of the time.

Keep up the good work GGG. Release delay was and is more that expected here. This was obvious that mid-July will never happen ;)

"We're almost happy with the potential levels of ignite and poison damage available as a result of heavy investment at higher levels, so we will be working on fine tuning these options and the tools to influence them throughout progression."

Obviously some people figured out how to make Perfect Agony and Unbound Ailments strong. It sure wasn't me; when I tried I struggled greatly to break 400k. Maybe there's some uniques or skills that do funky things?

Ah yes, "up to a few weeks longer" for the release window. You guys always do this. We weren't even supposed to have Breach League... Then we weren't supposed to have Legacy League, because 3.0 was supposed to be out before you even told us about 6 more acts.

Can't wait for you to announce the Bleed keystone, which will look underwhelming on the surface, then nerf it later when it's discovered it isn't that great anyway so that no one uses it. I miss the old GGG so much.

some real shit changes to stack on top of all the other shit changes, they just want End Game content to suck for everyone and be undoable on HC. RiP any ES build, RiP DoT, RiP poe.

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Ashriel wrote:

Ah yes, "up to a few weeks longer" for the release window. You guys always do this. We weren't even supposed to have Breach League... Then we weren't supposed to have Legacy League, because 3.0 was supposed to be out before you even told us about 6 more acts.

Can't wait for you to announce the Bleed keystone, which will look underwhelming on the surface, then nerf it later when it's discovered it isn't that great anyway so that no one uses it. I miss the old GGG so much.

wtf are u talking about it's the same fucking person Rory does all the balance and hes been here since day 1.

He listens to Reddit and most of reddit are fucking terrible so of course balaence is going to skewed like the only person that can even give proper balance right now without listening to idiots is Neon but I dunno wtf is he doing.

DoT's had a chance alright now you guys are just fucking it up.

There will be many adjustments to gems in relation to Damage over Time balance. The Decay Support Gem will do significantly less damage, 50% less damage at gem level 20, and its duration will be reduced to 8 seconds.

Facepalm, boring nerfed...

Giving players access to their hideout decorations and crafting benches is another issue we have been working on and expect to have a solution for soon. soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon soon

I am very disappointed with these changes. Build diversity is gone and if damage over time doesn't get a significant buff 3.0 will be a disaster.