A Few Specific Balance Changes in 3.2.0

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imLuCaSsS wrote:

well, poe is about mapping and they are nerfing mapping.

Mapping in poe isnt that great to be honest, sometimes and very often i feel bored to run over and over the same few maps.

Now they removed sextants... mapping experience that isnt that great already it's going to be even more shit and boring.

I can't see any reason of this being something good in any way.

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krakerman wrote:

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jack_aubrey wrote:

I can't shake the feeling that the Bisco nerf isn't because Biscos is that good of an item, but because a lot of people convinced themselves that it's that good of an item. So knowing that a chunk of players are pigeonholing themselves into one amulet it then gets nerfed again to get 'em out of that line of thinking. I could be wrong, though.

Also all these comments and hostile attitudes towards that amulet (like the comment above mine). Wtf?

It is very good in certain situations. To be fair to GGG, they have to balance Bisco's for normal gameplay and also for sextant blocked maps with Zana breach and everything else going on. The problem is they nerfed sextant blocking, removed Zana breach, AND nerfed Bisco's Collar, so it is getting hit from all angles this patch.

I think you are spot on about the nerf having as much (or more) to do about player perception as actual effects of the item. I don't think Bisco's would be seen as so incredibly mandatory by some when the things that make it very powerful are also removed or scaled back. When I agreed to the final item stats I was told those were balanced numbers. Now those same stats are considered unbalanced and needing a nerf, and I doubt GGG's balance team just forgot how to do math when Bisco's Collar was first introduced...

As for the hostile attitudes, I have also gotten it directly from players in game following the release of the nerf info. The hostility towards the mere existence of Bisco's Collar is the primary reason I held off of claiming credit as the creator for a very long time.

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SQUINT wrote:

I seem to recall once upon a time when the sky was going to fall because a decision was made to take Quantity off of rings, boots, gloves etc etc and heck to even lay waste to the beloved Increased Quantity Gem. Yes a great many were quitting over those "horrible" GGG choice's. And yet here you are claiming the sky is falling yet again.

The game will continue on. Some of you may leave. Most of you will stay.

It was unintended to have blocking be as it was. C'mon you Had to of seen this coming? We had some fun with it longer then I'm sure even you thought it would go on for. Now put on your big boy pants, suck it up, adapt and overcome.

Everything will work out guys and gals. Now give me a big hug I got something I have to tell you. "Its not your fault" noooo don't pull away you need to hear this! "Its not your fault" I know I know you want your sextants shhhh you need to hear this "Its not your fault"

There. Now when you don't respond to this ill know that you took off to marry some chick in Denver or some shit and that everything is gonna be ok.

You're welcome.