Prediction: Earthquake nerf - Confirmed!

Earthquake MTX on sale right before patch notes.

edit: nerfed confirmed!

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Earthquake's aftershock damage has been reduced from 60% more (at level 1, tapered upwards) to 50% more at all Levels. Its mana cost has been increased from 6 to 10. Its aftershock area of effect has been reduced by 12%. With the wide-ranging melee buffs and adjustment to Earthquake, we expect to see a much more balanced use of melee skills.

Nerf prophecy

Incoming nerf? One does not have to guess,
when days before, on sale, go the MTX!

Well, EQ is TOO good (compared to other melee skills). If EQ should be nerfed, or most other melee skills buffed, is not up to me to decide.

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Phrazz wrote:

Well, EQ is TOO good (compared to other melee skills). If EQ should be nerfed, or most other melee skills buffed, is not up to me to decide.

Quite this.

Meleejust needs a rework.

PoE needs crushing blow!

I would much rather they buff every other melee skill. EQ is overperforming compared to other melee skills, but still below the performance of a ton of spells and ranged attacks.

I do expect them to nerf instead though.

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Phrazz wrote:

Well, EQ is TOO good (compared to other melee skills). If EQ should be nerfed, or most other melee skills buffed, is not up to me to decide.

Why not nerf all viable skills? or why not buff the weaker skills instead nerfing everything to shit?

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Phrazz wrote:

Well, EQ is TOO good (compared to other melee skills). If EQ should be nerfed, or most other melee skills buffed, is not up to me to decide.

GGG has stated they are doing the second.

get out of here with your nerf melee mentality.

No nerfs please...bring the other melee skills to EQ level.

Meanwhile at GGG office...

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satanttin wrote:

Why not nerf all viable skills? or why not buff the weaker skills instead nerfing everything to shit?

I just said EQ is TOO strong compared to other melee skills, didn't say that I wanted a nerf.

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Nephalim wrote:

GGG has stated they are doing the second.

get out of here with your nerf melee mentality.

How in Gods name did you find any "nerf mentality" in my post? We read what we want to read, I guess.

To both of you - again - all I stated was that EQ is too strong compared to other melee skills, not compared to spells, ranged attacks, minions, monsters or whatever. This creates the mentality: "Why the hell go any other melee skills, when I can go EQ", which is very unhealthy for build diversity. And yes, so is nerfing EQ, as you then get (even more) of the "Why the hell go melee, when I can play everything else"-mentality.

get out of here with your... Lack of reading comprehension?

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Well, EQ is TOO good (compared to other melee skills). If EQ should be nerfed, or most other melee skills buffed, is not up to me to decide.