'NEARBY' has too many different distances

30 Units, as you can easily (/s) discover by extrapolating metadata codes from the freaking Content or asking nicely to PoeDB.com (provided you trust in it. It's all a matter of trust).

Not exactly what I had in mind with "the information is inside the game".
Last edited by Maxtrux#0762 on Mar 27, 2021, 9:36:25 AM
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Antigegner wrote:
There are too many items with the inconsistent description NEARBY. The vast majority of them have actually different distances. I think NEARBY should always mean the same thing OR - if that's not possible - put the correct distance in units on the item description. I'd actually like to see the units on each item instead of an inconsistently used word.


NEARBY on Leer Cast is 75 units
NEARBY on Belt of the Deceiver is 25 units
(just two examples)


I leave a link here for reference where you can see that NEARBY can mean a lot of different distances: https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Distance



On a side-note.
Spoiler
I found this on reddit about Kingmaker aura radius nerf. I haven't checked myself yet and would like to know if anyone knows if this is reliable info:
https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/b34qtq/psa_kingmakers_aura_radius_was_nerfed_to_about/


thx


Wow! Rare to see a post pointing out an actual inconsistency in the game instead of whining. UPP!!

Jokes aside, wording in a game like PoE really matters. Terms like "nearby" should always mean the same thing if a specific radius is not indicated imo.
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Maxtrux wrote:
30 Units, as you can easily (/s) discover by extrapolating metadata codes from the freaking Content or asking nicely to PoeDB.com (provided you trust in it. It's all a matter of trust).

Not exactly what I had in mind with "the information is inside the game".


thank you, mate.
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“Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.”
― Christopher Hitchens
My QoL List: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3279646
Bump again. I find this more annoying than just about anything in the game. Everything with "nearby" should be consistent with Elemental Proliferation Support and instead read "in a radius of #."

As for the overlay idea, simply make a "visible aura effect" MTX. It will pay for itself.
+1

totally agree.
At least make the actual number appear in the extended item info (if you press ALT).
or they could set nearby to a fixed number lets say 25 units and keep using the word nearby but when they want it to be more add stat "with increased radius"
area of effect should get the "advanced mods" treatment,if the player enables it

by pressing a key and hover over an item or skill (for skills you would have to bind the skill to the action bar) the area should be highlighted around the charr

not giving these infos in the game is probably poes biggest flaw
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“Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.”
― Christopher Hitchens
My QoL List: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3279646
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“Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.”
― Christopher Hitchens
My QoL List: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3279646

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