Strongbox one shots

My death today to an ice nova strongbox happened instantly... or so I thought. I know there is a delay. I clicked and clicked to move but it popped instantly. I heard the timer noise but it still going AFTER the pop. Even though I clicked and clicked to move I was still in the same spot I clicked the box from. So desync/lag or just a buggy box (because they can be buggy) means having a one-shot mod is just ridiculous.

Also I have survived many Ice Novas in the past. I didn't fear the mod when I saw. That is because I play solo, never saw Pohx's video (or even heard of him) and never got to read the path notes where it said "Ice Nova is now instant death unless you are lucky" which would have caused me to pause and think about opening the box. Now I know... I won't ever be opening another. So GGG have made the decision to render part of the game pointless. I do not see that as a game enhancing mechanic. If it took 90% max of your HP I could live with that. 100% takes no skill to avoid as you cant avoid it when the game's netcode is notoriously laggy and desync occurs especially when mobs are spawning.

As Judge Dredd once gloriously said.... "Automatic fail".

^was it in a map?

I see a thread in bug report talking about Boxes being incorrectly affected by map adds that apply to monsters.

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Jennik wrote:

It's incredibly stupid that strong boxes can one shot you. I understand them damaging you to make the ensuing fight more difficult. What's difficult about an instant kill, though? A one shot mechanic with ridiculous range is especially bad.

At this point it's clearly established that Ice Nova one shots are a feature. Why, though? How is the game improved by killing players like this?

Don't stand in the nova.

BtW it,s funny when people bitch about getting killed by boxes when same people laughed at "free lootz for casuals" when the boxes were new.

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Jennik wrote:

. What we do see complaints about is a strongbox mod that reads "Everyone within a 75 radius instantly dies."

That's not balanced. That's just a shit pk mod.

I can open up 100 of these and never die. I am not special. You could too.

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Barivius wrote:

I can open up 100 of these and never die. I am not special. You could too.

I've never died to one. That's not the point. They're a shit one-shot mechanic that has no good reason to exist.

I will agree that you're not special, though. That was a solid point.