Veiled Mods: Focus

I love this design, it's definitely something much needed in PoE.

A time-limited buff that you can use when you engage on mobs and realise they are stronger than you expected or as a more mechanical way to approach bosses.

It won't be for everyone and hotkeys are definitely an issue...
That said I like it, even if I will only use it on a few characters.

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rastulio wrote:

You guys are looking at it the wrong way. You can trigger Golems, Bloodrage, Protectors and any other stuff with the "cast socketed gems" when you hit Focus.

That deletes some of the key binds, instead of adding more.

Nice addition, seems to be usable in many different ways besides triggering spells.

then it becomes a required mod, lol. and maybe only on helmets too, which IMO is horrible. helmets are a high priority item for many builds

Hmm this seems like it might be really good, one button to spam a whole ton of effects/gems... but only every 12 seconds. I'm definitely going to try to mess with this.

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xMustard wrote:

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rastulio wrote:

You guys are looking at it the wrong way. You can trigger Golems, Bloodrage, Protectors and any other stuff with the "cast socketed gems" when you hit Focus.

That deletes some of the key binds, instead of adding more.

Nice addition, seems to be usable in many different ways besides triggering spells.

then it becomes a required mod, lol. and maybe only on helmets too, which IMO is horrible. helmets are a high priority item for many builds

Doesn't really states that the mod will only be available on helmets... But yeah, if u got a lot to trigger, no space on the hotkey bar and/or no room for a CWDT, it should be the way to go.

Now, you said "required"... I see it as a new option for a few issues we have, thus making it a good thing.

Ah, i missed the part about triggering socketed spells on focus. Could be helpful I guess, but then whatever you use focus to trigger now has a cooldown.
Totems? Well if its a utility totem I guess maybe.
Curses? Depends on how you use them. I use curses a lot to trigger arcane surge, so that wouldnt work.

I really only see it being useful for anything that isnt cast in 12 seconds or less normally.

Still seems like a cool idea though, hope it works out well.

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rastulio wrote:

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xMustard wrote:

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rastulio wrote:

You guys are looking at it the wrong way. You can trigger Golems, Bloodrage, Protectors and any other stuff with the "cast socketed gems" when you hit Focus.

That deletes some of the key binds, instead of adding more.

Nice addition, seems to be usable in many different ways besides triggering spells.

then it becomes a required mod, lol. and maybe only on helmets too, which IMO is horrible. helmets are a high priority item for many builds

Doesn't really states that the mod will only be available on helmets... But yeah, if u got a lot to trigger, no space on the hotkey bar and/or no room for a CWDT, it should be the way to go.

Now, you said "required"... I see it as a new option for a few issues we have, thus making it good thing.

i said required, because it is required in order to delete some key binds. and i also said maybe only on helmets.

you may also want/need to cast whatever while this is on cooldown, so it may not even delete those keybinds.

im underwhelmed about the focus mechanic so far, but we don't know everything about it. im sure it could be very strong. it doesn't look like it takes up an affix though so that is good. if it does then i don't think it'll be worth at all.

of course it'll be fun to see some person make a pure focus build. you know it'll happen

Really lame how you guys are going more and more toward one off mechanics that can't be modified in all possible ways.

New Meta...

Focusbomber.

I said it first. Hahahha
Back to grinding challenges, looking forward to betrayal!

Yo is that a maximum effect shock?? That would be insane!

Really? ANOTHER item we have to have on our skill bar.

Seriously.. I don't have 1/4 of the keys I need and you add ANOTHER item requiring a keybind? FFS..