Softcore is not softcore

HahahahaahHAHAHAHAH its like some of You should quit PoE. 15%EXP PENATLY FOR DYING OMG!!!
There are other games, where you can relax without thinking, and even no reflex.

Make a summoner.

There has to be a penalty for death. If there were no penalty there would be no reason to even have a life stat. Just give everyone infinite life since death would be meaningless.

So, what penalty would you rather have than losing a bit of EXP? Lose some currency like other games? Lose a piece of gear? Take a debuff that reduces your damage by 25% for 10 minutes?

Isn't it better to lose some time (while keeping all the orbs/gear that you found during that time) than to lose your wealth?

When you die in Runescape you lose everything except maybe 3 items that you can keep. 1995.

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oBLACKIECHANo wrote:

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GhostlightX wrote:

Did you even read what I said? I said two things:

a) Game will murder you at level 45 IF you took no survival nodes
b) Dying often enough means negative exp

Notice the two are actually unrelated statements, although (a) will almost certainly result in (b).

It actually makes me laugh when D3 gets bad-mouthed for no build diversity and everyone's char ending up the same, when this game is actually WORSE for that.

How aren't those two statements related? Can you even read?

I meant they were unrelated in my post.

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And how is the build diversity worse than D3? Are you really that stupid that you legitimately believe that? You must really be a one terrible player to be that delusional.

Some many level 70+ build I see posted are more or less the same. I am talking about actual builds people have, not the fantasy builds everyone posts, not realising they won't get past level 70 because they gimped their survivability.

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I recommend you go back to D3, that is the game for players like you, aka players that don't like using logic or having to think, or people that don't have a brain to do those things in the first place.

Again, that's the point. What is there to think about here? Stuff points into every survival node you can or don't progress.

I like penalties for dying, death should be punished heavily, not treated like a scraped knee.

This feels like my actions have meaning and substance.

<3 GGG.

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GhostlightX wrote:

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oBLACKIECHANo wrote:

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GhostlightX wrote:

Did you even read what I said? I said two things:

a) Game will murder you at level 45 IF you took no survival nodes
b) Dying often enough means negative exp

Notice the two are actually unrelated statements, although (a) will almost certainly result in (b).

It actually makes me laugh when D3 gets bad-mouthed for no build diversity and everyone's char ending up the same, when this game is actually WORSE for that.

How aren't those two statements related? Can you even read?

I meant they were unrelated in my post.

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And how is the build diversity worse than D3? Are you really that stupid that you legitimately believe that? You must really be a one terrible player to be that delusional.

Some many level 70+ build I see posted are more or less the same. I am talking about actual builds people have, not the fantasy builds everyone posts, not realising they won't get past level 70 because they gimped their survivability.

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I recommend you go back to D3, that is the game for players like you, aka players that don't like using logic or having to think, or people that don't have a brain to do those things in the first place.

Again, that's the point. What is there to think about here? Stuff points into every survival node you can or don't progress.

You don't need to put every point in to survival at all, you could easily split them with damage nodes 50/50 and still do just fine, at least in default, probably in HC too, but it would be risky. And then there is the fact that your gear and skill gems are part of the build too, not just the passive tree.

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Vesuvorus wrote:

There is no softcore league. There's hardcore, and there's default. The term softcore is just to help the hardcore players feel like they have larger e-peens.

but we do... /flex

Do you even lift?

I hate to say it but game is just not for you. You say no build diversity because what? You can't do an entire build without a single defensive node? That is not bad build diversity, that is just plainly a bad build. The game is not meant to be that way. Like others have said as well, you basically want no punishment for building your character a bad way and dieing? You say you don't wan't your hand to be held but that is exactly what you want. Seriously though, rethink your build, get SOME defensive node, this will ALWAYS be required as it should, and you will enjoy yourself. Or sadly, play something else.

Well..this escalate quickly :D

first.. D3 is not easy game.. actually it's still very hard in inferno with higher MP.. unless you have GODLY and I mean GODLY gear..your ass will be kicked even in D3, hard..but you can still adjust difficulty so you can still progress in some pace..

PoE is not hard..it's tedious...if you are under survivability threshold check..game is just tedious..one dimensional.. when you are over that survivability threshold..game is just one skill spam..and again very one dimensional..

There has to be something done about that.. Of course..there are players like oBLACKIECHANo, who will say smart players, who knows what they are doing and know how to play this game are doing fine so this game is fine.. it's bs.. at current stage..even 10 year old child will understand, if you want to progress, you have to pick up this HP nodes/resist/armor nodes ..otherwise you are screwed.. yea..smart players my ass :P

But this is not what we are talking about..build diversity is just killed in current game balance havoc. There are almost not other options..yea..few super niche builds..which can works..and ..in fact..they are mostly overpowered and are nerfed quickly.. but that's about it.. many players want play agile characters, glass cannony spellcasters etc.. but they can't .because they still have to invest heavily into defense. which is of course not point of these builds.