New Balance manifesto TL;DR Get rekt some more Melee!
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I was going to post a lot of video from youtube of melee people destroying all content safely, but why bother.
I agree melee is not league-starter friendly and more expensive to become good, but it can also become better, with enough investment, than most other builds that get stuck with limited power. |
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" I won't be so shy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSKESzk359c I'm pretty sure melee will be fine. In either case, slowing down the game in general isn't a bad thing. I spend last league not having boss fights, not because I didn't fight them, but because the only time I saw them was during the invulnerability phases. It was extremely boring. This 5+ shaper dps and need to instantly one shot the screen meta needs to stop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k0SmqbBIpQ |
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" It can become viable to kill shaper with melee build, i did it million times. But it can never be "better". If you need to be close to your target you are already worse, and then count in clear speed and melee will be always C choice when overbuffed and Z when nerfed as much as mentioned in the manifesto. Only melee that can ever be any good is movement skill melee that has some different mechanic to clean the screen. So the only good melee is melee that is not actually melee but movement skill spam with screen wide aoe spell... Also guy above me is literally showing how bad even third "best" melee build is. Proving OP's point, not his own. With that clear speed you might reach 100level after few years. Too bad that leagues are only 1 week long. I feel pretty, Oh, so pretty, I feel pretty, and witty and gay, And I pity Any girl who isn’t me today! Last edited by CAKE#4700 on Dec 10, 2019, 1:06:56 AM
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don't you get it??
it has nothing to do with melee viability. it has everything to do with the underlying problems of the game. defense was nerfed to the point where everyone is forced into offense. mobs are buffed to compensate. the only defense we have left is range and mobility, things melee doesn't have much of (and those that do are the most viable "melee" builds, btw). but GGG presses on. they are desperate for things to stay alive without addressing the necessity for us to have them dead. its kill or be killed, and GGG is stripping our ability to kill. its still easy as ranged bow/spell right now, but they're still pushing to make it harder! what will we be pushed to next? at the moment we're still without any other option. we have to find more clever, niche, fringe ways to stack mounds and mounds of damage. GGG is doing it to themselves. they're compounding the problem with their bandaid fixes |
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" every post I see you complaining the game is too easy, and now it's too hard and you haven't experienced it at all yet. lol |
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path of hypocrites strikes again.
I must confess I had an idea for a melee build but after tonight post that idea went straight to the toilet, even if I have currency to waste I don't feel like doing it. "Parade your victories, hide your defeats. Mortals are so insecure."
Once you break the cycle of fear no angels or demons can whisper you their sweet nothing words. poe0.2/10. Nuff said. |
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Melee? Lol get rekt son: GGG said "IN 3.9 YOU WILL PLAY BOW. PERIOD."
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" no. i don't say the game is too easy, nor do i think the game will be too hard. im basically trying to point out that its GGG that is perpetuating this power creep problem we have - where the game is too easy for 99% of it until the moment its not, and you're 1 shot no matter how tanky you make yourself. GGG doesn't want that to happen, but the way they're going about trying to fix it is making it worse and worse. this development manifesto is no different. and eventually it will get to the point where we can't do end game content. mobs will be tanky enough to deal with our damage stacking yet we won't have a fuckin leg to stand on defensively because that continues to get nerfed. it won't take full effect this patch, of course not, but its on its way with no signs of stopping or changing. its been a slow process to get to this point but looking to the future im not sure how much tighter we can stretch this rubber band |
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Who says Rip melee? After 3.9 YOU CAN MELEE WITH YOUR BOW (Path of Exile 2 announcement).
1.Strike monster with bow. 2.Monster tough. 3.Bow breaks. 4.Use bow string. 5.Strangle monster. (can be used with multistrike and vaal haste. |
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" I like the cut of your giblets. You can also stab them manually with an arrow! ARROWED! (Yeah here's my surprised face at global defences getting teabagged yet again. Some players commented in chat that they or someone they knew did UE wearing only a tab or a 5L because zombies OP. GGG is just calling their bluff) [19:36]#Mirror_stacking_clown: try smoke ganja every day for 10 years and do memory game
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