Early Access Feedback - Path of Exile 2 Mana Cost Issue - Forum

I'm pretty sure it's intended. "You can get +20 to all skills, but you'll need to pay a price for doing so" is probably the mindset. Otherwise, they'd just tune it down to PoE 1 levels, meaning you'd never have +6 skills from weapon + offhand. It's part of the game balance. Invest into mana nodes, or remove + skills from your gear.	Posted by kamiknx#1162 on Jan 26, 2025, 8:21:16 AM Quote this Post
Balancing mana consumption is a part of nearly every build. If you stack +lvls so much that you can't sustain uptime, then that's an issue with your build not the game.	Posted by Direfell#7544 on Jan 26, 2025, 8:24:13 AM Quote this Post
" Ashyev#5110 wrote: " NeoCyrus#3728 wrote: " Ashyev#5110 wrote: Maybe because it is unwise to use these support gems on a 100 mana/attack & 10 attacks/second skill ? lol . I'm not even talking about specific examples, costs are out of control in general and support gem costs being multiplicative doesn't line up with how much mana you can have and the effects they provide. They are out of control only if you refuse to address the problem . I demonstrated late endgame is possible while being mana self-reliant , so i clearly don't understand the fuss here . Yes anyone can eventually reach millions of DPS with a 100 Divs gear & damage stacking from passive & gems , but having that same build keeping health & mana pools full too is the final priority and it's where the difference are between good vs bad endgame builds . That's a problem I have with the current status quo; the "good" endgame builds are often BS anyway and much less "legit" than "bad" ones requiring more mana than is available. I stand by what I said originally that mana costs are out of control in general. Last edited by NeoCyrus#3728 on Jan 26, 2025, 8:29:54 AM	Posted by NeoCyrus#3728 on Jan 26, 2025, 8:29:40 AM Quote this Post
" TheHellBlazer1#1871 wrote: Hey! I currently use "Ice Strike" as my main skill (5 linked not even 6), I simply have mana issues I've 26% less cost from the tree, 40% from inspiration, and this sh*t still has 94 mana cost, it is an attack not even a spell or sth, even the spells don't cost this much. It's nearly unplayable, I've 80 mana regen + I use font of mana on the bell, and I spam mana flask and still run out of mana against pinnacle bosses. I don't even wanna think about putting 5th support gem. Please do something about it, thanks in advance. few 2% mana on kill emeralds helps a lot .	Posted by Werdx_1#3669 on Jan 26, 2025, 9:04:06 AM Quote this Post
" NeoCyrus#3728 wrote: That's a problem I have with the current status quo; the "good" endgame builds are often BS anyway and much less "legit" than "bad" ones requiring more mana than is available. I stand by what I said originally that mana costs are out of control in general. Tell me that is BS about what i explained regarding my build having no problem with mana lol ? What is BS is most of you people who complain about mana substain because you decided to completely ignore Mana Leech . So either you go for Time-Lost buffs , Mana on Kill , the unique that grant Mana on Hit , or whatever . The mechanics are what they are , mana substain is a big part of designing a good build , GGG should not lower the bar here . ICE BELL RINGER ~ Endgame Farming ~ Pinnacle Eraser ~ Gamepad Gameplay ~ Low Budget ~ 0.1.1 Version https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3705057 Last edited by Ashyev#5110 on Jan 26, 2025, 10:26:38 AM	Posted by Ashyev#5110 on Jan 26, 2025, 10:25:58 AM Quote this Post