Elites with crit: A no no

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Metronomy wrote:

You are actually wrong in this case, PoE does have a stat for avoiding critical strikes. This stat is called evasion.

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Evasion also gives a chance to avoid critical strikes. If an incoming critical strike succeeds its hit roll, a second hit roll is performed to determine if the critical is evaded or not. This second roll is the same as the regular hit roll above (accuracy vs evasion). If this roll succeeds, a critical strike is scored. If it fails, the attack still hits, but only for regular damage.
Critical strikes from spells cannot be evaded.

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Imbalanxd wrote:

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Metronomy wrote:

You are actually wrong in this case, PoE does have a stat for avoiding critical strikes. This stat is called evasion.

So you want to counter the randomness and unpredictability of critical strike by using the random and unpredictable evasion stat?

yeeeee... tell me how that goes.

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drakar8888 wrote:

There was once a 20+ page long qq thread by the "tankiest marauder around", who complained merciless vaal oversoul one-shot him. The guy had 1100 life.

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Imbalanxd wrote:

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Metronomy wrote:

You are actually wrong in this case, PoE does have a stat for avoiding critical strikes. This stat is called evasion.

So you want to counter the randomness and unpredictability of critical strike by using the random and unpredictable evasion stat?

yeeeee... tell me how that goes.

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Imbalanxd wrote:

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Metronomy wrote:

You are actually wrong in this case, PoE does have a stat for avoiding critical strikes. This stat is called evasion.

So you want to counter the randomness and unpredictability of critical strike by using the random and unpredictable evasion stat?

yeeeee... tell me how that goes.

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Imbalanxd wrote:

A lot of misconceptions, elitism, and plain stupidity going on in this thread to be honest.

First of all, I'm not an idiot. I am perfectly willing to accept that if something is big, and I am small, then I shouldn't expect to run up and tank n spank it. However, that was not the case here. The bear does physical damage. I have 16000 armour. If the bear still one shots me while I have MEGA stacked the single defensive stat that is supposed to counter its physical attack, then it is unavoidable.

Run back and forward hitting it once and evading? Ummm... Ok, that would work if I had gone glass cannon mega damage 2H duelist. However, I've gone wooden cannon, no damage, massively tanky duelist. Lets disregard the already stated fact that the reason I did this was to specifically avoid having to run away from physical damage enemies. My damage is so low that doing the hit and run tactic would take me like 10 minutes. To kill a single mob. Simply because it was given an ability which instagibs anyone who comes near it. If you think that is somehow "challenging" then you have cleary never actually played a challenging game in your life.

The same poor design choices can be seen in many of the mobs with freeze mechanics. In WoW, you get massive complaints from the community when other players can remove control of character for more than 2 or so seconds. In POE NPCs can freeze you for over 4 seconds, and they can do it repeatedly. Sure, you can avoid the melee ones... can you avoid the ranged ones? Can you avid the ones that cast cold snap instantaneously on you no matter where you are? Can you avoid the ones that pop out of the ground and freeze you? Well, in theory you could. It would probably take 10 times longer, and result in a thoroughly unenjoyable gaming experience.

Long story short, something that is challenging is something that can consciously be avoided, while not causing complete and utter boredom in the process. Things that can kill you instantly regardless of the precautions you have taken to avoid it do not fall into this category. If you think this is just nooby whining, then would you think the same about a mob that hit for 20 million but what only melee? I mean sure, you can just take out a bow and use that right? Well what if I don't want to? What if I rolled a melee char for a reason. That method of narrow gameplay will be the death of this game, because it severely cripples re-playability.