Game is turning into a glass cannon only builds

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auspexa wrote:

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trixxar wrote:

More worried about the game shuttling you to a few different skills moreso than def vs offense.

Not saying others arent viable with the right gear level, just that there is a lot of things pushing you towards the meta.

this is an incorrect assumption generally embraced by new players for reasons I'll never understand

there are hundreds of builds that can do all ubers and t17s with a reasonable budget. meta in poe merely exists because a large majority of the playerbase doesn't know enough about the game to be able to come up with their own builds or craft novel variations of known builds, so they just copy what everyone's doing, for this is the only way they can reach endgame without wasting hundreds of hours

there are many players who play their own builds, or at least try to come up with something on their own and not follow a guide, and it's not like these players are stuck at white maps. most of them are able to do ubers and t17s with ease. you can find many such players in the forums, on poe.ninja, on youtube and twitch. mathil is a good example

look at my build, I'm playing explosive trap of shrapnel poison pathfinder. there's only one player beside me playing it on poe.ninja, but I can easily run ubers, 40-60% t17s, simulacrum and everything else the game has to offer. I already had everything for the build planned before I created the character, and I knew that it's going to be strong. a new player can't do this, and therefore incorrectly assume that meta is the only way to go. the build didn't even cost 200 div, and it was already powerful enough for all the things I mentioned before I invested currency into it

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trixxar wrote:

Im going to assume your are being honest that you don't understand, vs just ego stroking. Im probably wrong, but so be it.


What you admit that you fail to understand is effort vs effectiveness.

If you spend 100 units of effort on a meta build, you can do most T17s (lets make that the standard).

If you spend 200 units of effort on a non-meta build, you can reach the same mark.

If you disagree, then you are saying no build is more efficient than any other, and Im going to assume you've never played PoE before.

Looking at your gear, you overgear the content you are saying you run, by.. I dont know, 2 to 5 the cost in divines? I am dont love this league but last league my jugg character was doing the same content on 6 divines.

What did you spend?

So, if we establish it takes you twice (or far more) the effort to get to the same place as a meta build, its exactly what I said. Other builds are possible, but the game strongly encourages a few meta builds.

Again, I doubt you really misunderstand the comments you agree come from a ton of players, obvious ego stroke is obvious.

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Mashgesture wrote:

I dont know why you are +1ing echo, your character has neither tank or damage.

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Baharoth15 wrote:

I am fairly confident i can undercut most meta builds in terms of cost efficiency with my selfmade stuff.