Rebalance Crit damage and the mechanics. (RT vs Crit + Poison Arrow)

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mynameisonlyforthegods wrote:

Crits shouldn't be a valid build option. If you can consistently make an attack/cast that's worth 5 or 6 normal attacks/casts, then what's the point to even go for builds that use normal attacks/casts?

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rokki82 wrote:

long story short:

crit has been nerfed REALLY hard some time ago, resulting in 50% dps losses to many crit based chars. currently i don't see any benefit of nerfing it again tbh. i do agree tho that RT could get buffed a bit by either incr. damage or other benefits.

my chars are split 50/50 with either crit or RT base. and as a matter of fact i got a RT char that does nearly the same if not even more dmg than my crit char (which is using mirrored gear).

all comes down to gear in the end.

Your crit build must be absolutely horrible.

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phmn wrote:

I am not sure which is the best way to handle this, but to my point of view the biggest problem is that if you want good damage, crit is the way to go for many builds.

I know ggg believes that going for crit should give more damage resulting in less defenses but even if I agreed to this, crit now give MUCH more damage to the point it is unbalanced.

To my view, crit should not be the option that gives you more damage. In other words crit should not be the answer to the question, do I want more damage or defenses.

Crit should be a option of preference. Perhaps it should have some particular benefits when compared to non crit and also some weaknesses. The weakness should not be defenses, it should be something else.

I think the game need to be made so that you can make a build where a crit and non-crit built can result in almost the same offense and defenses.

However even if the above is unrealistic, if ggg wants crit to be more offensive, at least rebalance it so that the difference is not that great.

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I'd rather see some buffs to RT, you should be able to bring its damage closer to crit levels with comparable levels of offensive node and gear investment. Something like an attack speed version of the ES nodes behind CI could be good as it would give a nice base multiplier to work with but you'd still have to invest heavily into damage increases if you wanted to bring it up to crit levels.

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I just gave some easy options to GGG, but you right, crits as it is now pretty OP.

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Thank god you aren't a developer.

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Boem wrote:

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Thank god you aren't a developer.

+1

I still remember that thread where OP suggested a 400% more multiplier behind RT :o), so cute.

Peace,

-Boem-

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Boem wrote:

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Thank god you aren't a developer.

+1

I still remember that thread where OP suggested a 400% more multiplier behind RT :o), so cute.

Peace,

-Boem-