So why is this new counter-mortar mechanic REPLACING reflect?

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I_NO wrote:

it's in every ARPG unless you truly aren't very ''good'' at the game and make a shit build that's slow and can't clear shit in that RPG by all means that's on you.

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grepman wrote:

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Vesuvius079 wrote:

Reflect places no reins on the clear speed meta to begin with. It only reduces the number of builds that can reach viable dps levels. The builds that don’t care about reflect can scale dps as high as they like. Check out the 26 million dps blade flurry scion in the builds section for an easy example of dps run a mock.

is this 26m blade flurry running no vaal pact/some instant leech variant ? if so, Id like to have a video without vaal pact against reflect, please

saying that reflect doesnt affect builds when theyre running instant leech that scales with your insane damage is like saying stds dont affect you when you wear a condom.

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grepman wrote:

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Miská wrote:

I am amazed so many people think reflect is such an awesome ability. It feels to me this is more a crusade of 'I can't have it, nobody can'. Reflect is one of the dumbest things in ARPG's. Especially in Poe, it was one of the worst offenders of offscreen deaths. I mean how is that even remotely what you would want in a game like this.

gee whiz, I wonder how the train of thought here goes

one shotting shit offscreen before IT EVEN CAN AGGRO ON YOU = just fine, cool shit. nice mechanics.
paying a price for blindly shooting with millions of dps offscreen = OMFG unplayable

right ?

reflect is a PRICE you pay for not checking your privil...er I mean your dps and coverage

precisely because 'offense is the best defense' and mobs have no life on them and are regularly one-shot


if offense was NOT the best defense (as in killing the mob before it can do ANY damage to you) do you think reflect as a mechanic would exist ?

do you know why uber atziri is much harder than the regular one even though the regular one can still one-shot most toons ? because it has a lot more health and players are thus more susceptible to mistakes (all of which are likely fatal). the regular atziri never gets a chance to do shit before going to next stage

do you know which builds are the 'best' uber killers ? the ones that can deal the most dps so she goes to next phase and barely does damage to you. no shit right ?

reflect addresses the problem of glass cannons being more defensive and fast than tankier builds

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sidtherat wrote:

they replace it because.. because.. because they can. thats it.


this change alone REMOVES melee from the game. there is NO REASON to play it except leveling up to maps and switching to something range based. melee was too strong, get it, understandable..

this change makes defences IRRELEVANT.

this change makes offscreening THE way to play this game.


i would like to see stats of people actually HIT with these 'mortars' (note: i have never seen anything mortar like in game that actually was any good). most of these will be noobs playing noob-trap melee or short ranged skills. can we get a global announcement when someone actually dies to this joke?


wanders, casters and archers WILL NOT EVEN SEE this mortar farse.


yet another game turned dumb because some players mistaken 'stacking DPS' with 'building a character' and werent ready to face the consequences. so they removed the consequences.

two patches of 'path of projectiles', 'path of offscreening', 'path of defences are for noobs'

this is disgusting and will be a VERY difficult thing to fix - the angry cries from people affected will make GGG stop and do nothing (money talks)

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zzang wrote:

The new era of clear speed got announced. Time to reduce my wasted investments in armour and evasion. I think i can get me 2 mill more deeps.

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sidtherat wrote:

they replace it because.. because.. because they can. thats it.


this change alone REMOVES melee from the game. there is NO REASON to play it except leveling up to maps and switching to something range based. melee was too strong, get it, understandable..

this change makes defences IRRELEVANT.

this change makes offscreening THE way to play this game.


i would like to see stats of people actually HIT with these 'mortars' (note: i have never seen anything mortar like in game that actually was any good). most of these will be noobs playing noob-trap melee or short ranged skills. can we get a global announcement when someone actually dies to this joke?


wanders, casters and archers WILL NOT EVEN SEE this mortar farse.


yet another game turned dumb because some players mistaken 'stacking DPS' with 'building a character' and werent ready to face the consequences. so they removed the consequences.

two patches of 'path of projectiles', 'path of offscreening', 'path of defences are for noobs'

this is disgusting and will be a VERY difficult thing to fix - the angry cries from people affected will make GGG stop and do nothing (money talks)

All i read was "Buuuhuuuu my trash builds have no justification anymore" and "weee the game design dont follow my idea of a crapy game".

Dont let the door hit you on the way out sid the rat. GG no re hopefully ;)

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widardd wrote:

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I_NO wrote:

it's in every ARPG unless you truly aren't very ''good'' at the game and make a shit build that's slow and can't clear shit in that RPG by all means that's on you.

Did you ever play anything but the most casual, popular aRPGs? (Diablos, Titan Quest, Torchlights and so on)

Most of them aren't just disguised clickers where you stack damage numbers.

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zzang wrote:

The new era of clear speed got announced. Time to reduce my wasted investments in armour and evasion. I think i can get me 2 mill more deeps.