Path of Exile 3.16 Balance - Part 3 - Auras, Curses and Elemental Damage Over Time

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DUKE_OF_SNUFF wrote:

i can feel your pain, but to be honest this been comming for a long time, and no point in beliving in anything remaining for a longer periode. i also lost godly mirror chars in the past to changes.

look on the bright side, this changes of the entire patch will improve defences across the board and nerf thoes builds that already was able to go afk inside the hardest content, and reduce the extreme gab from party play vs single play. the game is better now.

Me being HC and playing solo but on trade servers, will deffently enjoy a better progression and tools to engage with the higher content without feeling, that if i was just partying i could be watching tv while farming the most rewarding content with way less gear then anyone els.

in the current state a dps/aura/mana/curse setup is way cheaper and provide way more damage and surv then any ultra mirror single char can do.

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Sophielichichi wrote:

Gonna buy 2 supporter packs for aura bot nerfs <3

Some builds are better left in Standard where you can invest a ridiculous amount just for fun not for playing the game.

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Irorone wrote:

Then realize that same build has more RNG, more gearing, and a bigger price tag, THAN ALL THE OTHER BULLSHIT IN THIS GAME THAT DOESN'T EVEN REQUIRE A SECOND PLAYER TO COORDINATE WITH YOU TO BE VIABLE.

"oh he can carry an entire party of leechers on a juiced map"
DEAR GOD NOBODY TELL THIS MAN ABOUT THE BUILDS THAT CAN JOIN SAID LEECHERS KILL THE BOSS SOLO WITH NO AURABOT BUFFS IN SECONDS AND LEAVE.

DEAD. ASS. a basic bitch build with HEADHUNTER as the only expensive piece can DO EVERYTHING YOU JUST WHINGED ABOUT.

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Paulwrath wrote:

Personally I dislike the reduction to Aura Stackers. It felt like a good trade off in strength and weakness to have a character that is nearly helpless on it's own but invaluable to a party. What I dislike(d) is aura stackers that managed through gear(even expensive gear) to have substantial damage dealt of their own. I kind of feel like if you are going to be. . ."selfless" enough to make a character that only buffs and deals no damage you shouldn't be penalized for it.

I can understand wanting to nerf nigh unkillable characters with insane DPS(the high end) but feel like there could have been some way to do it without gutting true supports that invest a lot into protecting and buffing their party.

Totally agree.

I totally agree.

dont kill party play. some people like playing as a supporting roll. its who they are.

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You'll still be able to boost damage and survivability more than two times. Looks pretty balanced compared to what it's like now. 90% max res + 10 times damage boost from a single support character is broken now.
I played an aurabot before clusters as necro for mf, played it twice as a scion for delve and mf.
Full MF carry+support being able to run 5 orb juiced maps with 4 leechers is balanced, right?
Damage was so high on a delve carry he didn't have a tooltip.

You'll need to choose what auras to run and won't be an universal bandaid to any build.
Keep crying or wait for patch notes and try to adapt to those balance changes.

True, the aurabots are still too strong, no one is questioning it, and it would be nice to have a nerf. But not atomic bombing. And leaving a void.

How is the aurabot supposed to survive on the T18 Deli with max mods with less than half auras?? Already some players have problems. Unless you think that everyone immediately gets a mirror gear for aurabots?

What about cursebots ... ??? This is a total killing of supports in the game. Someone is terribly disturbed that people are playing at the party.