This patch is frankly unacceptable.

"

Nudelchen#4113 wrote:

I've been playing PoE for years now and I never experienced a morning where I log in and realize that my build is nerfed so badly that I just dont wanna play it anymore. So I agree with the whole philosophy part, this nerf seems super weird and way over the top.

rip my single greater jeweller on cast on freeze...

"

kuciol#0426 wrote:

"

pattw555#0071 wrote:

“It’s EA, they’re going to make changes”

That’s fine, but they’re selling the game to the public. Everyone calls their games “EA” now, doesn’t mean a thing honestly. Are you trading MONEY for access to your Game? You’re selling a game, the “it’s EA” mantra you repeat to yourself before you fall asleep at night means squat compared to that.

Now, on to the solution, all they have to do is a find a way to occasionally give respecs to characters that were bricked by nerfs - during EA only (as they won’t do big sweeping nerfs like this post launch… right… RIGHT???).

Honestly that leads into the second issue, trust. The way they’ve handled balance changes just a few days into EA leaves a lot to be desired, I’m not sure I’d sink my time into a game until they can convince me they won’t continue behaving this way.

Thats not how it works. EA is not what you want it to be. Even full wipes are not out of question. Changes will happen and will happen often. Thats the entire point of EA in the first place. Its not for you to play the game, its for you to test it and dev to fix it.

"

PatrickFf#1965 wrote:

If they don;t respect peoples time why would they test it?

"

Gogolo30#6034 wrote:

"

Nudelchen#4113 wrote:

I've been playing PoE for years now and I never experienced a morning where I log in and realize that my build is nerfed so badly that I just dont wanna play it anymore. So I agree with the whole philosophy part, this nerf seems super weird and way over the top.

rip my single greater jeweller on cast on freeze...

Yes, because the time when they did this in PoE1 was literally 12 years ago.

So, you get to experience what an unreleased game from GGG is like now. Get used to it because these sorts of massive build-dismantling archetype-deleting changes will keep happening right up until the game is released. You may or may not be given respecs. Who knows!

"

Alcsaar#1714 wrote:

"

PatrickFf#1965 wrote:

If they don;t respect peoples time why would they test it?

This is my concern.

I just spent 1.5 - 2 days leveling a char and spending dozens of Exalts gearing them just for the build to not be nerfed, but literally functionally obliterated from the game.

Nerfs is one thing, if they had just removed meta gems from the game it would have had the same impact as this change.

I don't see why I would continue investing time into the game if the risk is that as soon as I play an effective build that is outside some obscure "border of acceptability" and it just gets obliterated from existence after a bunch of time and currency investment.

"

Kamstew#1014 wrote:

"

Gogolo30#6034 wrote:

"

Nudelchen#4113 wrote:

I've been playing PoE for years now and I never experienced a morning where I log in and realize that my build is nerfed so badly that I just dont wanna play it anymore. So I agree with the whole philosophy part, this nerf seems super weird and way over the top.

rip my single greater jeweller on cast on freeze...

Yes, because the time when they did this in PoE1 was literally 12 years ago.

So, you get to experience what an unreleased game from GGG is like now. Get used to it because these sorts of massive build-dismantling archetype-deleting changes will keep happening right up until the game is released. You may or may not be given respecs. Who knows!

Okay but If Trigger gems are gone and every ailment relies on big hits and really every skill is just "hit bigger" than what is the actually interesting build that still exists?

"

Alcsaar#1714 wrote:

"

PatrickFf#1965 wrote:

If they don;t respect peoples time why would they test it?

This is my concern.

I just spent 1.5 - 2 days leveling a char and spending dozens of Exalts gearing them just for the build to not be nerfed, but literally functionally obliterated from the game.

Nerfs is one thing, if they had just removed meta gems from the game it would have had the same impact as this change.

I don't see why I would continue investing time into the game if the risk is that as soon as I play an effective build that is outside some obscure "border of acceptability" and it just gets obliterated from existence after a bunch of time and currency investment.

"

Gogolo30#6034 wrote:

Totally subjective. I'm personally liking grenade spam right now. If the game isn't fun for you you are not obligated to play it.

But seriously: there aren't that many gems and build enabling uniques in the game yet relative to what we will have in 6 months time. If none of the archetypes that exist now appeal to you, it's okay to join in on the testing at a later date. Totally okay, but I get that that could be disappointed if you were excited to play full throttle starting Dec 6.