BM vs CI rant
" +1. OP - your comparison is overly simplistic. For one it doesn't take efficient hp into consideration. Honestly this thread is kind of pointless. |
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Yeah, if you need a tanky life build, that doesnt rely upon mana reservation, it's much better to go MoM, than BM. With MoM, your mana pool will be so high, that sustaining expensive skills wont be a problem. And your HP+mana pools combined will exceed pure life pool for sure, so you're making tanky character actually!
Just look at my Berserker build as an example of that. Yes, BM sucks, compared to MoM. Life-based BM really needs a buff, ATM, it's only useful for early leveling. IGN: MortalKombat Molten Strike build guide: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1346504 There is no knowledge That is not power Last edited by MortalKombat3#6961 on May 4, 2017, 2:25:30 PM
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I agree the comparison is not a very good one to make at all. I was frustrated from ripping my BM char.
Title and subject should have just been about buffing BM. Or a rework to the Keystone plus the nodes behind it. I have no idea how but I would like it to be a more viable option on the passive skill tree. My point of view is based on my experience of playing hard core only, and mostly solo. |
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IMO, I would say give BM a 50% less ES debuff just like acrobatics has, then massively buff the life node behind to counter balance it.
Reason? Right now going Mortal Conviction can reserve more aura than the traditional LL build just wrong. Build that reserve BOTH life & mana build should be the build that give most aura. With the 50% less ES debuff, hybrid build will not abuse this keystone for mana reservation. The real intention of BM is to use it AS blood magic life build. Not for LL aura! here is an example what I think BM should be. BM keystone = 50% less ES + 10% more life first life node = 10% increase life + 5% more life second life node = 10% increase life + 5% more life Mortal Conviction = 50% less reserve + 5% more life 20% more life might seems a lot, but if you take into account of Aura reservation it isnt. |
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Absolutely Ridiculous OP, I came here under false pretenses expecting a rant, instead Im given a rational argument? Furthermore you used specific examples and nodes on the tree and even proposed a probable solution instead of just demanding something be fixed by GGG?
Im disappointed in you. |
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One thing about BM is that the downside that it was created to Remove is more or less gone at this point; mana is virtually infinite right now, even a tiny bit of Mana leech on your gear gets rid of any issues you might have. (and there's easy to reach nodes in the duelist area for that too, giving a big question of "why?" for BM)
Not to mention there's TONS of +Mana skill nodes in existence now that are easy to grab. Blood magic is much like Resolute technique, a hold over from an older time that has adjusted poorly to changing power creep. I'm not sure if the solution is buffing MP costs and nerfing Mana leech, or buffing BM though. |
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" What do you know ? SSF is not and will never be a standard for balance, it is not for people entitled to getting more without trading.
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" What do you know about what he knows or does not know? |
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" Not much ! that's why I asked :) SSF is not and will never be a standard for balance, it is not for people entitled to getting more without trading. Last edited by Fruz#6137 on May 5, 2017, 1:24:23 AM
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" You were supposed to follow up with "What do you know about what I know or dont know about what he knows or does not know." opportunity missed :( |
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