Nerf Lightning Arrow
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Buff wizards :D
R.I.P 4.B.
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I doubt LA on its own is that "OP".
Like, if you nerf it, and I choose to use it ALONE, then it'll basically be totally useless What's OP is the whole LA+Chain+LMP combo on top of increased elemental damage and increased shock stuff and the like. What's OP is all (or most) of those happening at the same time. You have to somehow nerf that combo, not the skill alone, because there are 100 other ways of using LA than in that specific combo, and you will be nerfing those as well, when you shouldn't |
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Simple solution. Make the "3 additional targets" part only occur in the last hit of the chain. Fireball works this way, in the sense that only the last hit in a chain would cause the aoe explosion damage.
Last edited by Zealflare#7547 on Mar 6, 2013, 12:04:23 PM
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Yes. LA has too many hits. It could probably be nerfed to 2 additional targets and 50% damage efficiency and still be good.
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" No. It wouldn't. |
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" "http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/182669 - The Ridiculously Overpowered LA Marauder" That's funny! |
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" What relevance is this? |
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Lightning Arrow (and Chain) has already been significantly nerfed - it used to be much more powerful in closed beta.
The problem isn't LA in itself, the problem is what great gear and Static Blows do with it. Actually I think that after the last nerf, LA on its own is quite poor and really requires investing in the Static Blows cluster to be viable. That may be easy for a bow Templar or Witch, but for other classes it's a major investment in points to go all the way up there. That creates cookie cutter builds where most of your skill tree is invested to lift up one particular skill. Kinda killing build diversity I think. :/ I would rather see them returning both LA and Chain to their former settings, and making Static Blows a spell-only keystone. Wouldn't that be more interesting, honestly? | |
" LA is OP even without static blow and chain. The problem is with LA in itself. It simply hits too many targets with too much damage. |
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" Well, then I will have to congratulate you on your gear. For none of my characters the above is certainly not true (highest being lev 68 with "okay" gear). |
