Syndicate

Hi,
I am experienced player and play HC all the time. I leveled 3 characters this league around lvl 90 and was 3 times killed one shot by syndicate member even I was pretty tanky all the time. I tried to reach end game fights but no luck again. I think I've reached the point where I will quit this game since grinding again is such a pain now. Invaders were pumpkins comparing to syndicate, specially Intervention. In Betrayal league you could looked them in Research so they never show.
I want to know your toughts about this fact.
Well, I wish you all the best since I am not playing this game anymore. What Hillock says "It still hurts"

You will have to gear up really well before you can safely take them on. I can facetank 4 of them in t16 maps without a sweat now. Until then though, they are a huge risk. You could bail on the map when they spawn though, dodge them that way, or play fast to avoid them.

If you want to continue to play HC you'll have to adapt to the new environment, even if you consider that environment unfair. I gave up HC when they introduced the 4th stage to the lab. I could see where they were going. You put in too much time until the game challenges your character for HC to be fun. Time to switch to SC or adapt.

I will warn you though... it's really hard to go back. You pick up too many "bad" habits.

I have no problems with syndicate. If I go to the map and see unusual lags, I press portal and go back to hideout. Works like a charm on low tir maps

Would be a pity of course loosing red maps this way

Having no problems with syndicate here too.

Its just the game having problems with it. Cuz its just the hell of a mess of bugs now. Not executing correctly, behaving broken, even breaks poe.exe as system process. It wasnt like this in last league at all.

I really dont care what people say about this bullshit mechanic. I dont play hardcore anymore due to the DC's, huge frame drops and syndicates, I couldnt imagine putting time into HC only to be either one shot by a bullshit feature or get frozen in a gigantic pack of mobs. The syndicates alone are a huge buzzkill. They lag the shit out of all the zones and they are stupid overpowered until you have a god character that kills them instantly, and you have no choice but to interact with them unless you want to lose the map. It was garbage last league and its worse this league due to the fact they've thrown 3 of these fucking things into maps. Thank goodness they dont spawn every map.

Well, I don't know what to say. I had pretty expensive build which kills tier 10 bosses in about 3 seconds. Almost 6.5K life with MOM and about 2K unreserved mana, decent Armour and evasion, 9 aggressive golems and 6 of them deal damage close to average player each. I guess this is what makes this game interesting. I just hope this is not some GGG internal programming.
Anyways, I will stay away for awhile, admitting I was not good enough player to kill end game bosses. Will see what 4.0 brings... good luck exiles.

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zemun080 wrote:

Well, I don't know what to say. I had pretty expensive build which kills tier 10 bosses in about 3 seconds. Almost 6.5K life with MOM and about 2K unreserved mana, decent Armour and evasion, 9 aggressive golems and 6 of them deal damage close to average player each. I guess this is what makes this game interesting. I just hope this is not some GGG internal programming.
Anyways, I will stay away for awhile, admitting I was not good enough player to kill end game bosses. Will see what 4.0 brings... good luck exiles.

What do you consider decent armor and evasion.

@Asmosis
What do you consider decent armor and evasion.
30%Armour + 30%Evasion + Granite / Quartz flasks which boosts about 70% Armour.

high chaosres too??

i have like +40% chaosres and only things that do damage are those big hits.

i have other problems with syndicate.

upgraded my PC (8Gb-->16Gb, GTX660-->R9 280) and everything else runs much better, but syndicate and sometimes incursions.. sigh

seems that AMD is still AMD, after all these years xD