ggg needs to take steps to make spells more approachable

Spells overall need damage boost and increases from other sources. Self casters are epsecially weak, how many of those you see? 1 out of every 100th char?

This thread is rather disheartening as I'm trying to build a self caster =P I hope that the limitations from current game mechanics don't completely keep the build from working. I don't need it to be as powerful as some of the hardcore builds out there, just something that can do awesome things at times and not die every fight.

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amlethuss wrote:

This thread is rather disheartening as I'm trying to build a self caster =P I hope that the limitations from current game mechanics don't completely keep the build from working. I don't need it to be as powerful as some of the hardcore builds out there, just something that can do awesome things at times and not die every fight.

Don't worry, you'll do OK. Don't take everything said in the forums to heart, you can and will still have fun using spells. I'd suggest you to get crit because (as said already I believe) spells and status ailments scale very efficiently with crit (crits inflict statuses and do more damage). In my opinion spellcasters in PoE excel at parties, freezing (ice spear + lesser multiple projectiles), shocking (multiple ways) and cursing (passives) everything in sight so your party can faceroll.

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