Path of Exile 3.0.0: The Fall of Oriath Patch Notes

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Lord_Tao wrote:

So, GGG, please please tell me how you guys think it is good for the game that ALL character builds need every life node they can get PLUS life on every item to have the 4k+ HP pool required to do endgame content?


How is it a good design decision to make gear nonviable if it has no added life?

How was it a good design decision to tripple nerf ES which was only a symptom of the problem above?


From what I see it is idiotic. Needing SOME added life should be a part of any build (going no life with other mitigation should be a build option that is tricky rather than completely nonviable). You guys added in unique items for some flavour, but how do you guys feel about the ones with no added life? They may have seen play in ES builds, but probably won't see the light of day anymore.

So many builds, regardless of class, have to race to the Scion life wheel ON TOP of taking high life rolls on every piece of gear. How does that allow for creative and dynamic character designs?

These questions aren't rhetorical; I would definitely love to hear an answer and learn what piece of information or nuance I am missing.

I am only playing because of the new content, so I will give the new patch a honest try. However if it weren't for the new content, I would have been long gone already, deeply regretting the money I spent on this game.

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BlazeSTX wrote:

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Lord_Tao wrote:

So, GGG, please please tell me how you guys think it is good for the game that ALL character builds need every life node they can get PLUS life on every item to have the 4k+ HP pool required to do endgame content?


How is it a good design decision to make gear nonviable if it has no added life?

How was it a good design decision to tripple nerf ES which was only a symptom of the problem above?


From what I see it is idiotic. Needing SOME added life should be a part of any build (going no life with other mitigation should be a build option that is tricky rather than completely nonviable). You guys added in unique items for some flavour, but how do you guys feel about the ones with no added life? They may have seen play in ES builds, but probably won't see the light of day anymore.

So many builds, regardless of class, have to race to the Scion life wheel ON TOP of taking high life rolls on every piece of gear. How does that allow for creative and dynamic character designs?

These questions aren't rhetorical; I would definitely love to hear an answer and learn what piece of information or nuance I am missing.

I am only playing because of the new content, so I will give the new patch a honest try. However if it weren't for the new content, I would have been long gone already, deeply regretting the money I spent on this game.

I feel You bro. It's a discussion we are gatering peoples to support our visions in the main thread about it.
Check the forum posts in here : https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1899919
See that You are not the only one who is seeing the great atrocity called "PoE 3.0 - The Rise of The Stupid CEO and the Fall of PoE".

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Lord_Tao wrote:

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BlazeSTX wrote:

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Lord_Tao wrote:

So, GGG, please please tell me how you guys think it is good for the game that ALL character builds need every life node they can get PLUS life on every item to have the 4k+ HP pool required to do endgame content?


How is it a good design decision to make gear nonviable if it has no added life?

How was it a good design decision to tripple nerf ES which was only a symptom of the problem above?


From what I see it is idiotic. Needing SOME added life should be a part of any build (going no life with other mitigation should be a build option that is tricky rather than completely nonviable). You guys added in unique items for some flavour, but how do you guys feel about the ones with no added life? They may have seen play in ES builds, but probably won't see the light of day anymore.

So many builds, regardless of class, have to race to the Scion life wheel ON TOP of taking high life rolls on every piece of gear. How does that allow for creative and dynamic character designs?

These questions aren't rhetorical; I would definitely love to hear an answer and learn what piece of information or nuance I am missing.

I am only playing because of the new content, so I will give the new patch a honest try. However if it weren't for the new content, I would have been long gone already, deeply regretting the money I spent on this game.

I feel You bro. It's a discussion we are gatering peoples to support our visions in the main thread about it.
Check the forum posts in here : https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1899919
See that You are not the only one who is seeing the great atrocity called "PoE 3.0 - The Rise of The Stupid CEO and the Fall of PoE".

Has anyone who has a closer relationship to GGG had any dialogue?

We can complain all we want, but a dialogue should be opened. Both sides of the story need to be reconciled so that the disconnect can be addressed.

From what I see of the detail of the new content, but of the handling of game balance since the life and leech nerfs, as well as the creation of boss fight mechanics I can say this:

GGG has great artistic talent, but they seem to lack critical thinking when it comes to game balance.

Life spam being mandatory, life leech cap being far from enough for damage taken per second mitigation, as well as the new nerfs are all examples of the lack of addressing the root problems in their problem solving.

Also since act 4 came out, GGG's answers were to put spammy bosses into small arenas (Malachai, Piety Mk2), instead of making better AI. 3.0 was a wonderful addition that was completely undermined with atrocious boss fight design. Worst offender being Brine king. Gorgeous arena, and actually makes sense to be in a small arena for once, but closes off the arena at points to being smaller than a flame blast, all the while spamming the entire area with AOE.

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Viper Strike's base damage has been reduced to 115% at gem level 1, from 130%, up to 141.6% at gem level 20 (down from 179.4% at level 20). Viper Strike has a 60% chance to poison on hit (down from 100%) and Viper Strike's poison now has a base duration of 4 seconds (from 8).