Is there any reason to play anything other than Lightning Spear? Is this normal?
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I started out as a Huntress, like most.. eventually going LS, like most.. Figured it's time to start an alt!
Leveled a Deadeye with the plan to go crossbow. However, after spending a lot of my currency, and realizing how strict the stat requirements were, I thought to myself, why am I bothering? Nothing is going to clear as fast as a LS build. Maybe I should just follow the meta and turn the Deadeye into LS... idk. Is this how leagues normally work? One build that surpasses everything else? Maybe this game isn't for me after all. Last edited by Edmund_GGG#4844 on Apr 13, 2025, 8:50:21 PM Last bumped on Apr 13, 2025, 8:50:27 PM
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The reason is to have fun. Lightning spear is super efficient and easy to play, but it also gets boring very quickly - at least for me.
This game is currently in early access, so I hope in the release version it will be much better balanced, so that every skill has its use, but none stands out as being significantly stronger than the others. |
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You're correct OP, the game should feel like it scales with all skills. Unfortunately they nerfed everything that was good about 0.1.0 into the ground. No one expected them to nerf everything, they were just expecting the super overpowered stuff to be brought down reasonably without ruining it, and buff up the weak stuff alot!!! They decided to buff nothing and nerf everything into oblivion... yikes
Last edited by SpaceFoxyFū#3839 on Apr 13, 2025, 8:12:05 PM
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Plenty of reasons.
Copying the meta is always pretty boring gameplay. Never had any issues on my end playing off meta Mash the clean
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" Post atlas with quests up. See you in T15s when div is worth 100ex. OP is right. Not even because Lightning Spear is too good, it's because almost every skill has too strict requirements in weapon class and attributes, and GGG just wants to nerf everything and reduce monster life instead of making the skills that feel terrible, feel better. Nerfed everything everyone used previously in every manner possible, wondered why people were weaker in the campaign, and nerfed Flameblast pre-emptively btw. 0.1% played skill. What the f**k is the balance team smoking. Last edited by AverBeg7#1689 on Apr 13, 2025, 8:23:34 PM
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That's the problem for me too, it gets boring super easily. I literally have crappy gear, and I just press LS once and clear the whole screen. The only time I have to do anything is a crazy rare or a boss, it's crazy lol
But then I just get discouraged thinking of the cost to build something else that will even do 50% of what I can. I understand some builds will be meta, but this is just wild. Do we have to wait till .3 for the next balance change? :\ I don't plan to wait 4 months for balances, that's crazy. |
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" Changing the argument cute. Wonder how many goal posts have to be moved. After this would be shown. Which I wont by the way OP play what you want, stop worrying about lightning spear, its overtuned and will be nerfed at some point. Mash the clean
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" Lightning Spear is already there, baby. Just saying, if your "off-meta" was actually any good, or even just felt good, people would play it. We would love some different builds. Go and make a guide, I'll follow it. As long as you show that your build can actually do the content, and you are not filled with hot air and idealism. Last edited by AverBeg7#1689 on Apr 13, 2025, 8:26:15 PM
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" This is probably one of the worst arguments I have ever seen. People play Lightning spear as 1) Its a new class (huntress), people wanna play it 2) Its got a guide 3) It is currently overtuned Saying people dont play anything else but skills like this is pretty false. I can pull up a very rudimentary POE2 ninja and prove that wrong immediately. And great, you're a guide gamer. I dont have one sadly sorry. But there are plenty of guides out there I am sure for skills other than lightning spear. Lets make sure to stick to the topic of the thread though. Thanks! Mash the clean
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" Except you didn't address the actual argument, completely ignored it, and then made a strawman to win against. People use ideas from the community to make builds. If it exists, it has been tested, and people with good builds or ideas are generally excited to share them. Whether it is a guide or not, it is a community effort if it is an actual build. You call it "meta" I call it how PoE works as a complicated online ARPG. An "off-meta" build that struggles through content may be your thing. That's cool man. I like actually clearing content, not wasting my time, and making my own builds at the end of a league. When there is no opportunity cost. The topic of the thread is build viability, and I believe we are discussing it right now. I don't believe that you make viable builds with random things you feel like hobbling together, because 99.9999999999% of the community cannot do such a thing on their own. If you can't prove otherwise, I guess educated people reading this will have to assume that either you, some unknown person on the forum that doesn't feel like sharing, are the 0.0000000001%, or you are filled with gas. Last edited by AverBeg7#1689 on Apr 13, 2025, 8:41:45 PM
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