1.3 Tree up in reddit.

Am I the only one that thinks shields will get a boost to their base block chance? I mean it makes sense. If you nerf the nodes then buff the shields 50-60% block becomes easy but 75% remains difficult. This in my opinion is the way it should be easy to take a chunk of block hard to max it out for near invincibility. At least I hope this is going to be the case. Please GGG tell me this is the case.

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Nazdravan wrote:

Am I the only one that thinks shields will get a boost to their base block chance? I mean it makes sense. If you nerf the nodes then buff the shields 50-60% block becomes easy but 75% remains difficult. This in my opinion is the way it should be easy to take a chunk of block hard to max it out for near invincibility. At least I hope this is going to be the case. Please GGG tell me this is the case.

I don't think so. But we are getting some new defensive skill gems so the nerf might be harmless.

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h3rp3s wrote:

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trav_dawg wrote:

OK I am huge noob to this stuff, but how do you view the tree from the files provided?

PS I rerolled as duelist after last nerf attack. If they nerfed me again I could see me being away for a long time :-/

Unzip the file. Click on POESkillTree.exe

There is a POESkilltree.txt, no .exe :S

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Xavderion wrote:

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HoosTrax wrote:

Of all of the build archetypes, block-spec is the one that was deemed most in need of nerfing? lol...

Dunno, it was quite easy to reach 75% block and 75% spell block, that on its own was very powerful. But then people also got dodge and MoM and stuff...

Which is also the only viable way to stay alive as a melee build, considering that armour is garbage.

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h3rp3s wrote:

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trav_dawg wrote:

OK I am huge noob to this stuff, but how do you view the tree from the files provided?

PS I rerolled as duelist after last nerf attack. If they nerfed me again I could see me being away for a long time :-/

Unzip the file. Click on POESkillTree.exe

Nevermind, got it working thanks mate :D

The duelist and mara changes are... odd. They were already pretty interchangeable for non-crit melee builds. That seems to be the case even more so than before with both their trees being easier to get in/out of and no major changes to the actual nodes themselves (besides just number tweaking).

Templar changes seem pretty cool though. Notice he has generic (melee damage) nodes, meaning they'll scale with both physical and ele damage. Also a lot of oddball hybrid nodes like mana/life regen and %life/%mana paired with... reduced skill cost? Will be neat to see what people do with the new Templar tree.

Liking the block/crit multi nerfs, hehe. And for the record, I don't have a single high level build that doesn't use at least one of the two. Both in some cases.

endurance charge on crit for staves!!!! get gale song now :/

this was me, after looking at the "1.3" tree just a few moments ago...



looks like my lvl 82 scion + lvl 75 mara (both melee characters) just got their balls ripped off.

(yes, my scion has balls - they're just on the inside.)

HOWEVER: i reserve the right to change my opinion. maybe it won't be so bad when i start new characters in Torment next week... *crosses fingers*

WOW, my 93 duelist isn't even worth respeccing, gear is all based around crit sword/block. it's garbage now. Looks like I won't be coming back after all.

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Tom1989 wrote:

endurance charge on crit for staves!!!! get gale song now :/

wat.

That means that staves are immune to physical damage basically now.

Path of Staves.

edit: Eh 10% chance on crit. Nice but irrelevant.