Mana-based Gems and Stormbind Demo

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cgexile wrote:

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dyneol wrote:

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Sonidox wrote:

what a waste of development time for 3 useless gems

I'm not sure why this has to be pointed out, but you are not the only human being playing this game - meaning that **you** not wanting to use that gem does not make it generally useless.

There is a human being out there that said PoE really does not have enough skills we really must add more?

My guess is to create the skills themselves they can probably do it with a simple command line or something; /create skill {name}, {tags}, {cost} {effects}, mim dmg, max damage, hit enter aaaaaand done! Ok I mean they probably don't do it via some command line but my guess is it's probably really easy for them to create any skill. Even balancing the skill they probably don't need to do much as they know the min max dps values they know they want to aim for early and late game.

You do not have to like it. Saying that you don't like it because X and Y is fine as well. Saying it's "useless" is where the irrational part starts. In that sense, every spell beyond the first spell that is able to kill enemies is useless. Any attack other than the default attack is useless.

The point of new skills is to add variety; not to add some sort of missing feature. It does not make any sense to talk about the usefulness in that context.

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gandhar0 wrote:

From the looks of it, not any of these new gems will work with CWDT or totems since they use mana for their unique mechanics.
Which means they try to entice you to use self casting abilites.

But now lets see:

Arcane Cloak:
A worse defensive-option than Steelskin, since the amount of absorbed damage depends on mana used. Steelskin get that amount for free just by leveling the gem. So no reason to use it over Steelskin just for defensive reasons.

Stormbind:

Basically a Flameblast with integrated teleport when channelign ends.
Could be useful for Delve. But for boss encounters probably too rippy.


Archmage Support:

Has multiple benefits. Manacost of skill depending on unreserved mana.
Could be usefulk to make them mor managable when using multiple auras.
The dmg portion that scales with mana used on the other hand is not that exciting. Why would you use it over another MORE dmg multiplier support gem?

Of these three only Stormbind is somehow a new gaming experience, the other two gems are boring/redundant.

Sorry buddy but I think you missed the point.

Arcane cloak: Whether it is worse or better depends entirely on the values. Steelskin lvl 20 absorbs up to 2209 dmg. If you have a nice scaling on mana we might see someting like "gain a shield of pure arcane power that absorbs dmg equal to x% of your unreserved mana" with an scaling of the % value. 5k unreserved mana, scaling from 40-80% on the skill, that could easily be a barrier of 3-4k+ right there.

Stormbind: It looks like a funny spell. I personally dont think every new skill needs to be super clear speed meta heavy and broken like winter orb or w/e. Its okay to add new skills to the game that are just fun to play. Mathil will make a build out of it for sure.

Archmage support: seems to be extremely good for spells with a low initial damage number. Adding raw damage onto a skill with low dmg is better than adding 2x a more multiplier. So archmage support may be more a niche sort of skill that dicates a couple of skills that are usefull to use with it. Thats fine. I mean we have supports that work okay with pretty much every skill like melee phys dmg or faster casting and some that are more niche like impale or ele prolif.

Since all three offer viable options for different type of players I dont see any inherent redundancy.

Nice!

Hmm Cloak skill is pretty cool, def will try it out.

Disco floor might be good although I'm not sure enough on the specifics. I'd say totem build depending how smart they channel it, and if you can rune pump your totems squares for them.

Looking good!

ST looks great /s

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that's actually pretty sick, thanks ggg

Is it just me or do the new skills seem more and more gimmicky with every new league?