The Introduction of Maraketh weapons proves that the use of Vaal orb on non-gem items has failed

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Grumlum wrote:

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Xenimui wrote:

Spoiler

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Grumlum wrote:

to that thread title :

*introducing new weapons with new implicits is merely an addition to the game, nothing else.

I don't think you can make a great game if you add things for the purpose of adding things. You have to make it 'synergise' with other elements of the game.
Example: if you can change implicit mods, make it useful. No need to add another version of an already existing weapon: staves.

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Grumlum wrote:

*Vaal Orbs do exactly what they should : function as an additional currency/item sink.

Great. Then why don't we just force us to vendor items? You know.. item sink

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Grumlum wrote:

If every Vaal orb was a "success", we´d all be running around with +1 max res implicit on our chests, +1 additional arrow on bows, etc.

More like 5% Chance to Cause Monsters to Flee, 1% of Cold Damage Leeched as Life on Searing touch, 1% of Fire Damage Leeched as Life on Taryn's shiver.

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enveratise wrote:

No risk, easier to access mods? I always thought of vaaling an item as making a very high risk for a very high reward. getting the great gear you have, then corrupting it and getting the mod you want on it feels like a personalized tweak on your gear.

plus, it's science.

Tell me more about these very high rewards on weapons except bows.

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Perq wrote:

And this is true - why would you ever both trying to get some of them, when you can just get Maraketh weapon and have good implicit from the very beginning?
Meh.

And it's just starting, act 5 will introduce bows with already +1 additional arrow implicit bow. Why bother vaaling

Spoiler

that´s not even worth ignoring

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Xenimui wrote:

So if you need to get the new Maraketh versions of weapons in order to find a different use for your weapon, like using a "Blade staff" which has a global crit implicit mod rather than using a usual staff with a block implicit mod then why do we bother vaaling staves and other weapons?



And a vaal orb can sometimes replace your valuable original implicit mod with a random one.



Compared to the disastrous results a vaal orb can do, i would expect to get better implicit mods when the orb is successfully applied




I wonder if it will be improved after Beta 2.0