Game Balance in Siege of the Atlas
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I think it was about three, maybe four, years ago I said your game was spiraling out of your control. You went with that plan anyway. Now you just react to whatever the players concoct. Guess what... they'll come up with something else that's utterly broken in a matter of hours and complain if you change it mid-league.
Your game is too complex for you to manage this way. |
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" good, now include the buffs to the gems to ur calculation. |
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GGG isn't angering "the playerbase", they are angering the vocal minority at most.
It's good to give feedback, but raging helps nobody. They have earned some trust to not completely fuck the game over and stick to their vision, even if it is not always the popular opinion. Trying to cater to everybody can quickly destroy the direction of the game and make it a game with no clear target audience where everyone loses. | |
" Well, considering mentioned buff, the picture looks better: Lightning Trap Old setup without wand: min: (0 + 29) * 1.7 + 466 = 515.3 max: (0 + 543) * 1.7 + 1399 = 2,322.1 avg: (515.3 + 2,322.1 / 2) = 1,418.6 Old setup with flat on the wand min: (10 + 29) * 1.7 + 466 = 532.3 max: (133 + 543) * 1.7 + 1399 = 2,548.2 avg: (532.3 + 2,548.2) / 2 = 1,540.3 New setup without flat on the wand min: (0 + 24) * 2.4 + 659 = 716.6 (+39%) max: (0 + 449) * 2.4 + 1978 = 3,055.6 (+32%) avg: (716.6 + 3,055.6) / 2 = 1,886.1 (+33%) New setup with flat on the wand min: (14 + 24) * 2.4 + 659 = 750.2 (+41%) max: (179 + 449) * 2.4 + 1978 = 3,485.2 (+37%) avg: (750.2 + 3,485.2) = 2,117.7 (+37%) It takes into account Effectiveness of Added Damage and direct buff to the Spell. The DPS has been buffed more than 33% comparing to 3.16... HM. Okay! I take my words back. THIS IS A BUFF not "THIS IS A BUFF(C)" anymore :) Last edited by cursorTarget on Jan 26, 2022, 10:55:57 AM
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" Nobody will use it? So having a 7-link is worse than 6-link? Maybe if you have +1 curse +1 gems +spell crit body armor it would compete, but usually adding 1 link is a big damage buff, and mitigating curses is almost easy as pie now. Soul Mantle just went from mandatory Spell totem build enabler to a good early-to-mid game item, but it's still better than most 6-links out there. Last edited by alex_disp on Jan 26, 2022, 11:03:12 AM
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" Good, except traps might be bad example due to the needs to the trap supports, but other than that regular skills got buffed. You could go different support gems though |
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Bravo...
I think its time to dust off the atlas scrolls for the first time in what feels like a long time. Looking forward to GGG temporarily adopting the BSG launch approach and surprise windmill-slamming the PoE 2 Launch tomorrow afternoon *wink* Delirium ended...
But the Voices never did. | |
" But like someone else said, it's possible to use Uul-Netol's Vow for that and get a different body armor that doesn't require you to have to negate curses. That's not exactly as easy as acquiring Soul Mantle though. The question becomes is it worth having a 7-link that requires investment into curse negation? Before it was a 7-link plus +1 totem which was a good tradeoff, as curse negation uses up items and skill points. I still disagree with the nerf. I don't know what purpose it serves. |
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" The thing is their "vision" seems to change every league. There are necessary balance changes after every league, especially when new gems and items are introduced. But they tend to go too far and wind up nerfing builds that were never considered overpowered. And yes I'm still talking about Soul Mantle because that directly nerfs the one build I decided was fun enough to keep me playing this game. |
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Exerted builds receive love? Nope. Any form of improvements for slams? Nope. Any form of improvements for melee? Nope.
Lost Ark is coming out a few days after this launch. Elden Ring. Total War. Dying Light 2. Pokemon is already out. What is GGG doing that is supposed to keep me playing this? New bosses that will be bugged for a month? New mechanics that will be incomplete for a month? GGG just sitting there expecting me to keep spending without ever putting the effort in. Prove to me you've earned my money. |
