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As long they fix the disaster of the recent patch, the game is great.
PoE 2 being another game is great. I can do 1 build in each.
I think next year, we probably getting crucible on core. Will be nice too. I had fun in the farm
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Baharoth15 wrote:
The part about offenses was interesting to listen to but at the same time i honestly don't really buy it. Mark said that power has reached a level where it's causing all kinds of problems and that the nerfs they introduce are to solve those issues and free up design space. So far so good, very understandable and i am fairly sure nobody would complain if they acted along those lines, i certainly wouldn't. But looking at their actions that's either a lie or they miss the mark by a mile.
If they really wanted to get rid of the ridiculous amount of scaling available, is removing threshold jewels and nerfing ascendancies really the thing that jumps to mind? In the grand scheme of things, that stuff is borderline insignificant. The only people that get hurt by those kind of changes are the ones at the bottom of the power ladder where there aren't any issues
I don't think anyone can name a nerf to players that would affect the top 1% more than the rest.
The way builds are constructed in this game the top builds overkill things by so much that any change you make to cut their damage by 50% does roughly the same to everyone else. A 50m damage build can afford to get cut by 50%. A 500k build faces real impact from that.
The only thing I can think of is removing expensive toys that only the top 1% access. Delete Mageblood, good unique jewels, basically all good drops from ubers, awakened gems, etc etc. Sure that would impact the top more than the bottom. But I'll leave it to your imagination to picture the player reaction to that.
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Posted byinnervation#4093on Aug 5, 2023, 12:40:55 PM
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innervation wrote:
I don't think anyone can name a nerf to players that would affect the top 1% more than the rest.
The way builds are constructed in this game the top builds overkill things by so much that any change you make to cut their damage by 50% does roughly the same to everyone else. A 50m damage build can afford to get cut by 50%. A 500k build faces real impact from that.
The only thing I can think of is removing expensive toys that only the top 1% access. Delete Mageblood, good unique jewels, basically all good drops from ubers, awakened gems, etc etc. Sure that would impact the top more than the bottom. But I'll leave it to your imagination to picture the player reaction to that.
There is simplier way, change any source of "more" to "increased", boom! no more 50m builds.
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Posted bykuciol#0426on Aug 5, 2023, 1:23:37 PM
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innervation wrote:
I don't think anyone can name a nerf to players that would affect the top 1% more than the rest.
The way builds are constructed in this game the top builds overkill things by so much that any change you make to cut their damage by 50% does roughly the same to everyone else. A 50m damage build can afford to get cut by 50%. A 500k build faces real impact from that.
The only thing I can think of is removing expensive toys that only the top 1% access. Delete Mageblood, good unique jewels, basically all good drops from ubers, awakened gems, etc etc. Sure that would impact the top more than the bottom. But I'll leave it to your imagination to picture the player reaction to that.
There is simplier way, change any source of "more" to "increased", boom! no more 50m builds.
We have absolute caps on resistances and block, for example; why not absolute caps on attack and cast speed, or damage? ='[.]'=
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Posted byRaycheetah#7060on Aug 5, 2023, 1:48:45 PMAlpha Member
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Caps aren't even necessary, just turn the current exponential function for damage scaling into a linear one and you are set. If the low end suffers too much in the process just buff it. With the exponential element gone you no longer have the issue that every 1% extra power on the low end turns into 100% extra power on the high end so you can actually bring both ends closer together and balancing content becomes possible because the damage differences aren't in the millions and billions anymore.
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Posted byBaharoth15#0429on Aug 5, 2023, 2:32:14 PM
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Caps aren't even necessary, just turn the current exponential function for damage scaling into a linear one and you are set. If the low end suffers too much in the process just buff it. With the exponential element gone you no longer have the issue that every 1% extra power on the low end turns into 100% extra power on the high end so you can actually bring both ends closer together and balancing content becomes possible because the damage differences aren't in the millions and billions anymore.
Woah there be careful you might do 5 minutes of work and fix the game :P
Innocence forgives you Last edited by SilentSymphony#3358 on Aug 5, 2023, 5:51:58 PM
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SilentSymphony wrote:
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Caps aren't even necessary, just turn the current exponential function for damage scaling into a linear one and you are set. If the low end suffers too much in the process just buff it. With the exponential element gone you no longer have the issue that every 1% extra power on the low end turns into 100% extra power on the high end so you can actually bring both ends closer together and balancing content becomes possible because the damage differences aren't in the millions and billions anymore.
Woah there be careful you might do 5 minutes of work and fix the game :P
fix what? buff what exaclty?
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If the low end suffers too much in the process just buff it
Buff what specifically?
Besides, 'the low end of players' uses exponential scaling right now. They will not escape whatever nerfs you have in mind.
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Posted byinnervation#4093on Aug 5, 2023, 6:39:41 PM
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fix what? buff what exaclty?
Just commenting on their ability to actually try to come up with a solution rather than throw their hands up in the air.
Seems to be a difficult to come by skill these days.
Innocence forgives you
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innervation wrote:
Besides, 'the low end of players' uses exponential scaling right now. They will not escape whatever nerfs you have in mind.
They sure wont but it would be nice start. You will have to balance out 100k DPS vs 200k DPS insted of 300k vs 30 milion.
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Posted bykuciol#0426on Aug 8, 2023, 11:51:19 AM
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innervation wrote:
I don't think anyone can name a nerf to players that would affect the top 1% more than the rest.
You can't really believe this :p you are basically saying there aren't any ways to target the top slice of players.
They are glaringly easy to spot, use very similar mechanics and have access to a host of resources a majority of the rest of the playerbase doesn't. I can think of absolutely loads of viable nerfs without any real effort and I bet you can too.
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Posted byDraegnarrr#2823on Aug 8, 2023, 12:06:27 PM
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