Changing balance during season made me quit.

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Wittgenstein wrote:

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Corwynt wrote:

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ZtriDer wrote:

As the game is still quite fresh out of beta you know a lot of balancing patches is coming out.....

Wat?

Beta or not, they are releasing new skills continually. those skills will be rebalanced, and older skills will be rebalanced in relation to the new skills being introduced. A lot of things will most likely be changed at each 'expansion' - like A4 being released. They are also adding new elements/quirks during races and some of those will find there way into the 'main' game, which will also require.... rebalance. I am not sure why everyone thought that once the game was 'released' it was this finished thing that would never again be touched. silly.

Well said. Though I have to say this game is becoming incredibly dynamic with the rate things are being changed. You really have to keep up with the times, and some builds don't offer much flexibility.

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xnenokx wrote:

And as for the changes not being announced... did you honestly expect a buff to it?

So i should have known that they will make gem thet they introduced 3 weeks earlier completely useless? Sorry for lacking prophetic abilities.

No need to be a prophet to understand that basing your entire build on a gem that's about to get nerfed might not be the best idea. Just my thoughts.

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Seriously tho, you'll come back in no time, you'll figure out a way to fix what the patch broke because, well...I did and was back on track in less than 2min, obviously there will be some "downtime" until I level some gems again that's expected when stuff get adjusted.

If not then...CYA! door's to your left.

after patch 1.0.0 my life based and ci based character is right now glass + paper build !!!
i know there is nothing i can do ! so i am making new char.
If every one can start a new one you can do it too!!

+1. Honestly they shouldnt be making any major balance changes since its released this isnt an MMORPG

Path of Exile revolves around this guy apparently.

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ilieff1 wrote:

Sorry ,but I agree with the op.

Too much time invested and wiped with 1 stupid patch.

The changes are too radical and non justified.

GGG is killing itself with these mistakes.

The people will just leave in groups when GGG just ruins their characters..

I just dont understand game developers (Blizzard or GGG) these days. If some skill/build/tactic makes game fun they nerf it at once - "we want players to struggle and be pissed". Well seems PoE will end up exactly like D3. And it supposed to be different....

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Dijkstra wrote:

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ilieff1 wrote:

Sorry ,but I agree with the op.

Too much time invested and wiped with 1 stupid patch.

The changes are too radical and non justified.

GGG is killing itself with these mistakes.

The people will just leave in groups when GGG just ruins their characters..

I just dont understand game developers (Blizzard or GGG) these days. If some skill/build/tactic makes game fun they nerf it at once - "we want players to struggle and be pissed". Well seems PoE will end up exactly like D3. And it supposed to be different....

It wasn't "fun", it was lazy/too easy/too mandatory. You can obviously see the steambabies with threads like this. Let me tell you something, maybe this will come as a shock to you, being the type of person that has a problem with change:

This, and many other contemporary games patch things often. It happens on consoles, and even more-so in the PC gaming world whenever there is a Multiplayer aspect to said game. If you want a game where you can do stupidly OP stuff and get away with it forever, then I suggest Skyrim, as I recall, you could pretty much break the game in 3 hours crafting/leveling up skills.

CwDT was being abused by players using it with fully leveled gems and triggering the spells with a minuscule amount of damage taken, the generally used combo of EC/MS/Curse was just too powerful, and that's not even considering it basically gave any decent discharge build an iWinifyoutouchme card. That's bad, especially when you run 4 month ladder leagues, in a game that's supposed to be "challenging" and also tries to make you consider your choices carefully. Your other gems still work just fine, you just need to press buttons and adjust your play/gear/gems in such a way to make it work again, that's supposed to be the fun part of the game, not mindlessly steam rolling everything on the screen while you hold LMB and look for the next area.

I can understand your frustration, and can offer you some respectful words, but as many here have said, it was pretty obvious that CwDT was way too strong, and needed immediate rebalancing, and that change was communicated a week in advance. You had ample time to plan, and good players have already adjusted, as well as done the math to figure out just what level CwDT needs to be to work well with various other skills. All this drama is for nothing, and while I wish you the best of luck, I do not doubt that this is your first, or last "X nerved, so I'm quitting" drama llama thread, so I say to you: