1.0.0 Balance Changes

GG GGG

bowing out

So will I have to spend 10 points to run 2 auras more, or just jump in party? I'm really getting angry.

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CookieVortex wrote:

So will I have to spend 10 points to run 2 auras more, or just jump in party? I'm really getting angry.

yep. play party or you are fcked

and i dont like to play with random players (all my friends are long gone from poe and wont be returning) so we will see how much solo players are screwed and take action

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sidtherat wrote:

Chris - all your new passives are fun et al but unless you somehow remove the 'path of life' aspect, where life-based builds HAVE to use like 70-80 points just to achieve mediocre survivability noone will use these new passives because survivability always comes first and fluffy stuff second. for a 75-80lv char this leaves like 15-20 points for all: dmg, auras, buffs, resists, armor, ms and now aura passives... entire 'fun' and 'diversity' of POE is reduced to these 15-20 nodes. could you just please fix life builds before 'fixing' something that wasnt perfect but was at least liveable with (auras)

This, this and more of this.

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sidtherat wrote:

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CookieVortex wrote:

So will I have to spend 10 points to run 2 auras more, or just jump in party? I'm really getting angry.

yep. play party or you are fcked

and i dont like to play with random players (all my friends are long gone from poe and wont be returning) so we will see how much solo players are screwed and take action

shame if so....i avoid partys due to the drama of hc high end maps...seen alot of dodgey shit

Level 72 and still playing with one 4L and 2-3 3L-items... easier "mid-range-linking" is greatly appreciated. thanks!

Most other details are also nice (will continue my 2H-Warrior-Girl who is stuck at about 60), but... Aura-change is really bad for solo play :(
Now, it's even more important to run as many auras as possible, and since it's more difficult, you'll HAVE to join groups (or your character will be a lot weaker). I really dislike this.

I love how much GGG are changing/experimenting with the game. I'm sure if the aura changes make the game worse they will be fixed in the next big patch in 4 months.

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otinanai2 wrote:

I love how much GGG are changing/experimenting with the game. I'm sure if the aura changes make the game worse they will be fixed in the next big patch in 4 months.

4 months is an era in gaming. people displeased (pissed, mad, qq, angry etc) with such change will not wait patiently 4 months so something is 'maybe' fixed. every 4 months is TOO SLOW of a pace. and seeing how sporkers are OP since closed beta and the only nerf is the measly 6%->4% crit on spark..

Just make 2 versions of every aura. One with lower mana reservation, but with 1 radius, so it would only work on you. And second version for party playing with huge aoe and higher reservation, so some organized clan parties will be happy too.

Just GGG please don't screw solo players, it's much harder to play solo than in party already.