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I just wish I had 1 or 2 more skill slots... I hate having to switch to AA and turn it on, the put DD back into that slot every time I zone into a zone. Even if it is just a bar for auras and buffs Last edited by IamtheAxeMan#6525 on Jun 19, 2014, 11:23:16 AM	Posted by IamtheAxeMan#6525 on Jun 19, 2014, 11:23:08 AM Quote this Post
" Wazz72 wrote: Sorry, should have explained myself better (english is not my main language). I mean they should not lose their souls when you travel from an area to an adjacent one ( e.g. from submerged passage to ledge) while normally progessing in game; I mean, why they even should? Your char is basically just running thru Wraeclast... On the other hand, they should lose their souls upon using a TP or a waypoint (or if going back to a new-created istance)- as they do now. What you think? No exploits possible in this case, right? Right now all area transitions are the same. When you start adding special cases like this is where bugs can creep in and you have to do way more testing every time you add to or change the game. It would get messy with parties. If you tp to town the come back you keep your charge. Same with wp. Same with party member tp. But what if your party member walks to a new area and opens a tp. You were in town selling rares so you take their tp. Should you lose your charge? When I kill a man he stays dead.	Posted by mucker#5845 on Jun 19, 2014, 11:43:36 AM Quote this Post
" simballine wrote: " Qarl wrote: The first and possibly most successful example of this was Vaal Summon Skeletons - The skill filled multiple roles, giving a build without a specialized Vaal Skill access to one and using the skill to give two things that Summoners lacked: bursts of large damage and a chance to escape or recover if your minions are wiped out. I think the best use of this gem is for non-summoners, to take the monster focus away from the player, to smother troublesome bosses and allow the player to concentrate damage where its needed, and for the security of having a summoner support team from nothing for a short time. This actually fills in a hole in situations where a ranged character can't facetank a boss that does massive up-close damage (Brutus, Kole, many of the exiles and corrupted bosses). I don't know why people think of this, even in design, as a summoner-only gem. Summoners are already effective and protected with their standard arsenal. More of a good thing I guess? That's exactly what I use it for. I have a evasion character, which meens I ocasionly run into things that can kill me fast. Popping Vaal summon skelotons can be a life saver. God_of_Thieves_LLD_PVP__I hate the Labyrinth	Posted by ripnburn69#0202 on Jun 19, 2014, 11:52:41 AM Quote this Post
Vaal Summon Skeletons is definitely worth a 4s piece of equiment to me (increased duration, minion life, minion damage) and scales very well all through the game. Not always useful against AoE abilities though. Last edited by simballine#2237 on Jun 19, 2014, 12:05:42 PM	Posted by simballine#2237 on Jun 19, 2014, 12:04:32 PM Quote this Post
" Qarl wrote: Trigger gems had proven to be very popular, so we wanted to design something that was thematic while also adding supplementary game mechanics. Not all trigger gems had proved to be very popular. Actually, only 2 of them are very popular: Cast when Damage Taken and Cast on Critical Strike. Released Vaal Gems core, souls on kill, makes them similar to one of the least popular trigger gems, Cast on Melee Kill. Vaal Support Gems won't ever come, will they? Vaal Melee Splash, 1000% AoE Radius, +16 soul cost of active skill. Normal gems become gems with soul cost 16, Vaal Gems add the cost to the one they already have. New active skill enables one new skill, new support enables many.	Posted by SunnyRay#1519 on Jun 19, 2014, 12:04:56 PM Quote this Post
There are only about 3 useful Vaal gems. Sorry guys.	Posted by CorranHorn#0160 on Jun 19, 2014, 12:06:31 PM Quote this Post
Vaal gems would be good only if they would not be socketable into normal gear. Give us some sort of relic or something that would unlock 1 linked gem per 20 or something levels (in order to have 6L Vaal gem at lvl 100. Or something in similar fashion. Just in order to free normal gear gems slots for more utility. I represent only myself, my own thought and believes. I am individual, not a representative of the community. I am not speaking on behalf of someone else and I don't get offended by things that have nothing to do with me. 3.13 was the golden age.	Posted by Marxone#0650 on Jun 19, 2014, 2:32:44 PM Quote this Post
+1, vaal gems are awesome, especially aura ones :) Path of Exile - RNG based hoarding simulator	Posted by Erak#1807 on Jun 19, 2014, 3:14:38 PM Quote this Post
" As the Vaal are the oldest civilisation that players have yet encountered I just got a raging lore-nerd-boner.	Posted by solistus#0470 on Jun 19, 2014, 3:28:00 PM Quote this Post
OK, so I'm looking through the Vaal Gems I have in equipment. Vaal Double Strike - Useful. Not amazing, but useful. Nice BUrst DPS CD Vaal Discipline - Amazing. I love it. Vaal Spark - Also amazing. Vaal Molten Shell. Very Cool. I liked it a lot. The Soul Cost just made it... fall off a cliff in merc. I have yet to use Vaal Summon Skeletons, as my summoner is in standard. I don't like Cyclone, so I haven't bothered with Vaal Cyclone. I hear people dig it. The rest? Eh, not blowin' my hair back.	Posted by shoju#1134 on Jun 19, 2014, 4:40:50 PM Quote this Post