Volatiles + Red Maps + Melee... what is the survival strategy?

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Aim_Deep wrote:

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Deadpeng wrote:

Melee was never intended as an option in this game to me lol.

The most powerful builds in the game are melee.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWARpUTydyQ

High DPS high leech OP.

10 min run. recent Mathil's abomination could do it twice as fast for 1/100th of the cost (literally 1/100th!)

melee is a joke in this game - if you want to play seriously DO NOT even touch it. i play several classes and while melee 'is fun' it is weak, dangerous, frustrating (mostly because GGG doesnt give a sh.. about it) and whatever you want to do as a melee you can do cheaper and easier on a ranged character

as for the volatiles in red maps - you can have high enough buffer (make sure to kill them when on full life)) or do what ranged do - kill from a distance. there are no other options.

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Mannoth wrote:

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Aim_Deep wrote:

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Deadpeng wrote:

Melee was never intended as an option in this game to me lol.

The most powerful builds in the game are melee.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWARpUTydyQ

High DPS high leech OP.

1. Says most powerful builds in the game are melee
2. Links a uber run with a person wearing 6 mirrored items
3. GG

Anything trivializes the game with 6 mirrored items and the most rare unique item in the game.

Meanwhile Deadeye LA kills uber with a ~30 ex budget.

Deadeye cant face tank uber and core that can. So can very cheap discharges if cost is issue which I said nothing about.

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Aim_Deep wrote:

Deadeye cant face tank uber and core that can. So can very cheap discharges if cost is issue which I said nothing about.

Anything can facetank stuff with mirrored gear and 11k ES + instant leech.
Not a good example of a build mate.

There is no survival strategy. Don't play melee.

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Aim_Deep wrote:

Deadeye cant face tank uber and core that can. So can very cheap discharges if cost is issue which I said nothing about.

Doesn't need to.... because frost wall. Melee is not even on the power curve when it comes to competitive play.

Fun? - sure
Powerful? - sure
Powerful compared to Ranged? - LOL

MINI GUIDE TO AVOID ONESHOTS BY VOLATILES (CLOSE RANGE MELEE EDITION)
1) Be sure to have capped resistances and a decent life/ES pool.
2) Don't roll unreasonable map mods.
3) If you do, take the time to check nemesis mods on mobs before attacking, and skip combat if you see the orange word "VOLATILE".
If you still die after these, consider yourself responsible for your own death.
If you're not happy with these rules, simply stop playing close range melee.

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xhul wrote:

MINI GUIDE TO AVOID ONESHOTS BY VOLATILES (CLOSE RANGE MELEE EDITION)
1) Be sure to have capped resistances and a decent life/ES pool.
2) Don't roll unreasonable map mods.
3) If you do, take the time to check nemesis mods on mobs before attacking, and skip combat if you see the orange word "VOLATILE".
If you still die after these, consider yourself responsible for your own death.
If you're not happy with these rules, simply stop playing close range melee.

MINI GUIDE TO AVOID ONESHOTS BY VOLATILES (RANGED EDITION)
1) Just do what you normally do lol

balance

remove it from the game imo, its complete bullshit

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Snorkle_uk wrote:

remove it from the game imo, its complete bullshit

Leave volatile in the game, but make a monster mod called "Eye of the Storm" which explodes the entire map for massive damage except for a small aoe around it, similar to the bloodrain of dominus. Punishes ranged characters, particularly off-screen builds.

Shouldn't remove things that make the game hard for melee or ranged, should add things that make life hard for ranged or melee, respectively.