Delve Balance Changes

HELLL YES GGG!!!!! MUCH NEED BALANCE CHANGES. THANK YOU! very nice guys. look forward to DELVE. Shit is going to LIT AF.

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Colonelnut wrote:

Also to put the cherry on top lets destroy shield charge.

Literally how.
You can still stack attack speed to make shield charge go fast.
You can no longer play a caster, not care for attack speed at all, equip brightbeak and go zoom-zoom.
How is this in any way bad.

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KaseyM21 wrote:

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Inksm3ar wrote:

The Gladiator passive skill now uses your attack block as your spell block.

Can this be explained? Does this mean it replaces Attack Block? So Gladiator passive = AB < SB now?

Sounds like it works the same way. They just removed the other mechanic from the game so it didn't make sense to keep it just for the ascendancy. So the wording changed.

Okay, thank God. I was going to play a max block build in delve for the first time in forever... and also first Gladiator(first duelist for that matter) ever. If this happened like, AB < SB, then I was going to be VERY sad haha.

One thing that i'm slightly skeptical of are the vaal skill changes, because, from what i understand, they'll largely go back to never being used again.
Perhaps this change would've profited from being postponed to 3.5 and a return of Soul Catcher\Ripper.

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nskLantash wrote:

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Colonelnut wrote:

Also to put the cherry on top lets destroy shield charge.

Literally how.
You can still stack attack speed to make shield charge go fast.
You can no longer play a caster, not care for attack speed at all, equip brightbeak and go zoom-zoom.
How is this in any way bad.

Because the game would still make you go zoom zoom but now fewer builds can do it. Hence less build diversity.

GGG finally gave Sabo some love and now he sucks again :( Why GGG? WHY?

Fuck it. Still playing a trap build in Delve.

now that's what i called "balance"

This is an interesting change.

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kole wrote:

I hope this gets followed up eventually by expanded patch notes, that include things in need of obvious nerf (needless to mention these), and things that are in need of obvious buffs, for ages now (cold spells, self casting in general, 2hs). if not, then this will be a prime example that GGG has no idea how to balance the game.

You're assuming they want it balanced.

No. They want to make money. Balance doesn't make them money. Happy players don't even make them money. A casino doesn't want the customers happy, it wants them gambling. If anxiety does that, anxiety is the goal. You're missing the real agenda.

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Frogfriend wrote:

Now, any skill that can't afford to fit a Queen of the Forest into their setup will be unable to compete in any meaningful way.

That has been the case for a long time. All other builds are carried by tolerance for reduced efficiency and/or trade skill.

Everything but the quant and clear speed meta is a newb trap. It's bait for the victims the heavy wallet base requires to stay here and spend money.

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Colonelnut wrote:

Leveling already is a hassle. Not like I'm excited every league to "level". Most of us just want to do it quickly and get it over with.

Leveling is forced on us so that the streamers have a race to limit how many people can make a living at it. And so that the pawnshop allstars can show off their wealth with early buying power.

It's fun watching people miss the point completely.

Over-nerf KB to oblivion without any compensation.

Great, so now it's just mediocre, and utterly useless for single target.



Quite pathetically hypocrites of you DEVs to nerf KB so harshly, while buffing caustic arrow to be able to deal massive direct damage, have a DoT, AND fucking be able to overlap it's direct hit damage.



Right after making some money off that MTX as well.