Difference between melee and range builds.

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sidtherat wrote:

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POE202 wrote:

So hopefully GGG can find ways to balance the playstyles out, as in making melee and range builds equally good in terms of lvling because personally, I find range skills rather boring.. Actually let me rephrase that, Not boring, but not engaging enough for my playstyle.

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toyotatundra wrote:

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POE202 wrote:

So hopefully GGG can find ways to balance the playstyles out, as in making melee and range builds equally good in terms of lvling because personally, I find range skills rather boring.. Actually let me rephrase that, Not boring, but not engaging enough for my playstyle.

Nah, they already gave up. If anything, they're making it worse with every single patch.

Think about it. They made counter-attack gems only for melee. It changed nothing. Then they made Fortify. Changed nothing, every caster uses a dagger and has Whirl+Fortify+FasterAttacks linked. And Fortify will be available to ranged builds permanantly in Ascendancy. They haven't announced anything since then, they gave up trying to fix melee.

I love melee, man. I'm a melee guy. In every ARPG I played (and I'm playing them since Diablo 1 came out) I play melee only, but in PoE 9 out of 10 builds I play are ranged. I played Cyclone and I'm DONE, even before the nerf it was so bad compared to ranged builds. It's a fun skill, for sure, but for the same investment ranged is just better. Don't fight it, embrace the ranged meta.

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sidtherat wrote:

mid players struggle for gear - melee with bad gear is nigh-unplayable and despite your outrageous claims good weapon (300pdps 1h) is a tall order for most players (who have a life and do not want to slave in poe-mines). the same mid-players can pick any bow build and experience pretty much everything

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Mahesys wrote:

With mid players you mean lvl 50 --> 75? because any player with a little skill, knowledge and good tree can level as melee with self found gear without dieing easily.

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eragon1111 wrote:

OP:
Difference between melee and ranged in PoE is that ranged is almost always better.

When you ask question "Why is it like that ?" Then we can have lomg conversation.

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ScrotieMcB wrote:

It is way, WAY too late for GGG to fix the issue now. If by raising awareness you mean get them to start with on a sequel, then maybe.

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Shppy wrote:

-Add a new equipment type that melees can equip in their offhand, even if they're using a 2hander. Something that just gives them a degree of a dps statstick like quivers and offhand weapons or can potentially provide them some of the defensive affixes they miss out on by not having a shield.