Some 0.11.4 Changes

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iamstryker wrote:

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Endrju82 wrote:

You are not getting any bonuses from Covenant and Simula if you don't have them equipped.

BS. Blood magic is a bonus from the item itself. You take off the item and you lose the bonus. Its not brain surgery.

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Schn1tt3r wrote:

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SL4Y3R wrote:

You shouldnt get bonuses from something not equipped.

If this was considered an Exploit, it should have been fixed a long time ago. I was under the impression it was intended and that is the only reason such items had some value. Now, they are just another set of uniques you can vendor for alchemy shards (at best).

Had I known this was not intended, I wouldn't have made two of my 85+ chars build require the use of these items. I have a 2H Marauder that reserves all mana (only achievable by using Alpha Howl) and then replacing with Bringer of rain with blood magic gem. Now, that build is destroyed.

My ranger is a dagger crit ranger that not only uses Alpha to reduce mana reserve and then swap to bringer of rain, but also uses Prism Guardian to get Andger Wrath and Grace then swap shield. I want to see you try play end-game as Melee without Purity and Determination... especially as a Ranger that cannot get Elemental Adaptation.

Two of my 3 end-game characters are now destroyed... I feel a passive reset, at least, is deserving after having allowed Alpha/Malachai/Covenant to work like they have for so long. This is the FIRST TIME I play a game where something considered an "exploit" doesnt get fixed right away. Yeah... keep on rolling microtransactions, you sure got time for them, but not to fix "exploits"

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Kusqt wrote:

This is not an elitist statement, by any means, but the only people I see ecstatic about these changes are players who do not experience end game content on a daily basis.

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Allistair wrote:

GGG said a long time ago, even before Onslaught/Anarchy that they were exploits. The reason they weren't fixed is that they would have to change game mechanics. It's really your fault for building your character around an exploit/being uninformed.

Edit: I also use Alpha's and Covenants but I can survive onslaught without them. If your character cant work without abusing an obvious exploit you might have a big problem.

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Endrju82 wrote:

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iamstryker wrote:

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Endrju82 wrote:

You are not getting any bonuses from Covenant and Simula if you don't have them equipped.

BS. Blood magic is a bonus from the item itself. You take off the item and you lose the bonus. Its not brain surgery.

That's what noobs like you don't understand. You DO lose Blood Magic if you take off the item.

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bc_tkhaa wrote:

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Endrju82 wrote:

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iamstryker wrote:

BS. Blood magic is a bonus from the item itself. You take off the item and you lose the bonus. Its not brain surgery.

That's what noobs like you don't understand. You DO lose Blood Magic if you take off the item.

The aura casted by blood magic from Covenant and Smula still exist after you switched them in town.