Path of Exile 0.11.0

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Supp0rtguy wrote:

Wanted to start new char this weekend, now i have to wait until next patch^^

Nontheless, GREAT work GGG!!!!!!!

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Kryptonic wrote:

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Chris wrote:

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purestevil wrote:

Did I read correctly that Standard League is the parent league for Anarchy League?

Death in Hardcore goes to Standard.
Death in Onslaught goes to Standard.
At the end of Anarchy, chars move to Standard.
At the end of Onslaught, chars move to Hardcore.

So Anarchy is a new non-hardcore league. Onslaught is a new hardcore league. It's important that dead Onslaught chars don't appear in Anarchy (reasons are in the article).

First let me say, this patch looks FANTASTIC!

however, what is the reasoning behind

At the end of Anarchy, chars move to Standard.
At the end of Onslaught, chars move to Hardcore.

I am very interested in the Anarchy league concept but have no interest in it if the character is moved to standard at the end of the league. If both Anarchy and Onslaught moved to HC, the standard players could then send their players to the standard league and HC players could partake in the awesome idea that is the Anarchy league.

What is the reasoning behind this? Are the anarchy exclusive items OP for HC?

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Tanakeah wrote:

Math only goes so far when you have base mechanics that put more of a monkey wrench into the equation. The problem here is that your math works IF the current mechanics regarding armor/evasion (seems elemental resists are not being touched in how they work unless someone else wants to chime in) are not improved and the damage reduction they provide is not increased. However, even with the fact that monsters are going to do less damage there's also the fact that we won't have as much life to play with either going by what the devs have said. This could very well end up 'balancing out' and once again the major factor ends up being the faulty mechanics of how armor/evasion work.

There are two things that need to happen for this change to be worthwhile and to make life nodes less of a concern and thus allowing players more free points to choose other passives:

1. The damage reduction must be greater than (doesn't have to be by A LOT just greater than) the reduction of overall life from the reduced percentages of the nodes.

2. The base mechanics of armor/evasion must provide more benefit than they do now.

The biggest issues brought up with armor is that it is very lackluster against larger blows that occur at higher levels. Essentially enemies are getting 'crushing blows' that bypass the armor and strike almost entirely at the life pool, which is why huge life pools were needed in the first place. Aside from life, the only other real way to counter this was to carry a big armor% granite flask to make up for armor's deficiencies. The 'entropy system' for evasion (which I absolutely detest) was used to attempt to make it more stable and less RNG dependent actually ended up hurting more than helping...IMHO. These factors along with some other small ones meant that armor/evasion didn't do what they should be doing and thus life being king was the workaround.

Now, if these are not being touched or changed to be more meaningful, then the math won't help out at all and life nodes will still be king. This is where I am a bit skeptical and wish GGG would clarify a bit more especially considering how big a deal defensive choices are in terms of keystones and gear choices period.