Is syndicate grossly overtuned?
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Believe when I say I love the concept and sense of danger from the inception branch. I really do. It's just the way the syndicates are designed and the way they interact with random map mods really just make it a slaughter where you can't tell what's happening with all the screen clutter and then you die instantly at 5000 life due to an impossible to see physical bitch slap from the sky (it that fell) or death spikes from the ground (Janus).
I rarely have the chance to say it, but boss design like this is just not fair or realistic relative to the meager rewards. IGN: Arlianth
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Betrayal has been the most frustrating experience in a long time. I don’t even know how I’ve made it to 94 so far without losing my mind.. Practically just living in delves at this point.
Last edited by Raxed#6723 on Dec 11, 2018, 8:47:32 PM
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I do think they're overtuned.
I can one shot everything in maps and destroy the entire map, including boss, without any issues. Then, an intervention pops up and I'm like: "Oh, what's tha...." dead... One shot before I can even see what's happening. or you get the unkillable syndicate member who has the corpse heal. (like I'm going to carry a corpse explosion gem with me, just in case) Ironically, I found the actual safehouses super easy. You know who's there and what to expect so it's not too bad. I believe if they just turned down the surprise one shots, it'd be much better. |
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I find myself using terrain as defense now, that's how desperate I am lmao. Still fun tho.
GGG banning all political discussion shortly after getting acquired by China is a weird coincidence.
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Just did my first mastermind at level 90. What a spetacular fail it was. Not because it was confusing but because Janus hits like a 18 wheeler truck at level 82.
I can not believe the culmination of 4 days of play led to such a miserable and uneventful battle. This league, it's really hard to love and this is coming from someone who liked beastiary a lot. I really hope GGG halves the damage on some of these syndicate members before the retention number comes out. This just is not fun or challenging or rewarding, it's sadistic even by poe standards. IGN: Arlianth Check out my LA build: 1782214 Last edited by Nephalim#2731 on Dec 11, 2018, 10:28:48 PM
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" Not everything is 100% clear about the league at the moment. If you are getting oneshot and I am not, my guess is you "overfed" your syndicate members by giving them too many ranks, friendships and items. So you are maybe playing harder content than I am even though you play the same map, but that was all your choice. You f... it up. ;) A "fix" could be to run a lower level zone a couple times until you get to unpromote a couple intervention dudes. 3.5 build: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2299519 Last edited by Peterlerock#5171 on Dec 12, 2018, 2:15:41 AM
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Good thing i pick consecrated path in this league and only play softcore, so much fun.
after finish main story. i encounter syndicate member many times while mapping and just get 1 dead from them ( mostly 2-3 stars , lot of equipment ) i keep disarm their equipment and rival link from time to time but still not see any hard to defeated them. Around 5 minutes ago before this post i just fought Mastermind and end up dying once. whirling blade back in to the wave and dead. none of any attack can one shot me with 4500HP and Tabula rasa. For me that play Softcore. This is the best excited league since i love playing Melee ( even everyone say it suck. ) I love fighting close to death and it challenged me. you won't expected that when you open the rare box, 3 syndicate members would teleport to you at the same time and turn out to be worst situation scenario. |
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