Massive (accidental?) nerf to Essence Worm, Memory Vault coming...

ye where was balance team?

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Delfius wrote:

Unfortunately, I was correct (and believe me, I wish I wasn't). There's no tricky math here.

In 3.16, essence worm literally increases reservation costs by FIVE TIMES in a fresh build. So Clarity would cost 1390 mana. For the simplest test, just put one and see a typical 50% reservation like Hatred, Wrath, etc aura go from 50% to 250%. :(

Only saving grace is there are some masteries that can help offset the nerf (like the Clarity 100% efficiency), but still a quite a big nerf.

This silly method of calculation makes even Precision(and sometimes Vitality) a huge cost for non-mana builds. While I'm playing a mana build, I still cannot withstand this 845 mana reservation cost for Precision and am using a rare +accuracy helm for my templar(running Wrath + Clarity + Vitality)...

Bumping this thread instead of making a new one about it...

WHY? You guys have like 1100+ uniques in the game and it's hard for any player, even those with 10,000+ hours in the game, to think of ten genuinely good ones that aren't tier 1 or tier 0 like Headhunter and you've just gone and dumpstered yet another of the few good ones.

This unique was something good for everyone that you could throw on at the cost of a ring slot in order to squeeze in another mana reservation skill, but now what is it? No, really, what is it? Is it just for aura stacking now after a ton of investment elsewhere? I don't know, I just know it's now pretty much worthless to me for the purpose described above.

It is now Wreath of Phrecia tier with 1000+ other uniques.