New Mine Skills in Path of Exile: Blight

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Totenfrosch wrote:

I do not get why you are messing with mines.
No one asked for those changes. It was a good, well balanced play-style.

Call the new mechanic "grenades" - all good. In fact it reads quite interesting and would be very welcome as an ADDITION to the well working trap and mine family.

I can only hope you rethink and come up with a solution that does not kill plenty of well established builds for the sake of a change no one asked for.

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frostfairblade wrote:

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Exile009 wrote:

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When placed, it has a stacking aura that increases the damage nearby enemies take by 3%. This means that it provides 45% increased damage taken when you've got a full set of mines placed

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When placed, it has a stacking aura that increases critical chance for hits against enemies around it by 10%.

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When placed, it has a stacking aura that adds fire damage to hits against enemies near it, which grows as the gem levels.

All of those sound like global effects. Are they? Cos that would be really stupid. Just toss out a bunch of Stormblast Mines to get a 45% damage boost even on a Tornado Shot character now, at the cost of just 1 (or 2 with Minefield, for convenience) gem sockets? Please tell me these aren't global effects. Should only apply to damage done by mines, or at most by mines and traps. Even the mana reservation cost doesn't look too significant, judging by that video. Similarly the Skitterbots with their shocking and chilling auras sound like even non-miner and trapper builds will use them, just for utility.

i really hope that this is not.... the case and its only for mines.... or mine supported stuff those buffs are huge

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Scallia wrote:

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Cpt_KangarooPimp wrote:

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Scallia wrote:

League starting as Saboteur or Necromancer?
It's like Sophie's Choice.

Just play Asc as Necro-Sab. Problem solved.

Great Idea! Introducing the SABOMANCER: minions placing mines?! mines spawning minions?! all is possible, you decide!