Check out the results of crafting with catalysts in the Metamorph League

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HerrImHimmel wrote:

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vio wrote:

seeing those items makes me painfully aware that i need those to challenge the coming ingame content or get lost.

Right? People seem to forget that most league power creep also brings new and hard content with it. And that most of us will not see the really good items anyway.

One week in the "yuck, power creep! ggg sucks"-faction turns into the "im getting oneshot all the time and cant craft/find items and progress! ggg sucks"-faction anyway.

yep. labyrinth enchantments, 21/23 gems, double corruptions, ilevel 84 shaper/elder bases, all this isn't put into the game without reason.

a decent weapon for my blight build does cost 14ex, where to get those orbs?
how to get to late endgame as a normal player with a job and wife + kids (also called life for those who still grow) which makes you lack the time to get the currency?

power creep slowly decreases rng and it's positive effects which enabled you to get going with some lucky drops. you need to get to late endgame AND get lucky to get going.

and you need to get there in the first 3 days to sell something.

Good mods for top rolled rings.
Inspiring but dissapointing for noobs especially.

Need to point out those will be acessible for a lil % of players. Original ring with such a good hp+res stats and very lucky +60% dmg to ele costs a fortune always and nearly impossible to roll because of usual poe RNG. And less stats will gain laughable buff with 20% increase.

So
Checked out
Found cheeky.

gg quality.

ok.

Catalysts can be used on unique items, right? Taming with +20% to elemental damage mods sounds delicious.

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Shagsbeard wrote:

We don't need more power or defense.

As if you never played melee Shags...

I'd like to see the effect of these catalysts on some unique items like Kaom's Way...

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frostzor27 wrote:

I'd like to see the effect of these catalysts on some unique items like Kaom's Way...

What makes you think it will affect unique modifiers? I seriously doubt it. Or were you just fantasizing?

Anyhow, this isn't much of a power creep. Just another min/maxing tool for high level players (read: one more thing to perfect). If you already have rings good enough for 20% to matter, you're already roflstomping everything the game throws at you.

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Phrazz wrote:

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frostzor27 wrote:

I'd like to see the effect of these catalysts on some unique items like Kaom's Way...

What makes you think it will affect unique modifiers? I seriously doubt it. Or were you just fantasizing?

They still haven't said anything about the effects on unique gear, but I guess it'll be possible. Would be glad if they have an official answer on this.

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DivineChampion wrote:

Catalysts can be used on unique items, right? Taming with +20% to elemental damage mods sounds delicious.

It certainly should work. But the first modifier isn't elemental damage so it'd be 12% increased damage for the other two damage mods and that'd be it.

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dachoppa wrote:

now i hope some syndicate member can make that 28% :)

That map quality for hillock is pretty shit so you might have a point.