Superior Gems - quality variances

Hello,

since POE2 should change the gem system a lot (with links etc) I wonder if there is a room to make the gem quality bonuses more variable. Like every gem could roll different quality bonus

Increased AoE
Increased Damage
Increased Attack speed

etc

Could improve min maxing and have for example 2 types of the same gem when one specced for clear, the other setup for single target (as for example Elemental Hit)

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Marxone wrote:

Hello,

since POE2 should change the gem system a lot (with links etc) I wonder if there is a room to make the gem quality bonuses more variable. Like every gem could roll different quality bonus

Increased AoE
Increased Damage
Increased Attack speed

etc

Could improve min maxing and have for example 2 types of the same gem when one specced for clear, the other setup for single target (as for example Elemental Hit)

If I understand right, you're saying when you quality an item you get to choose which stat (let's say out of a pool of 3) it increases?

That'd actually be amazing. Could lead to some REALLY interesting build opportunities, and potentially people might start using less-used support gems due to specific quality bonuses the "stronger" supports don't have as an option.

I don't know what kind of waking nightmare it would be to balance that into 200+ gems, but I'm guessing any GGG employee that reads this will probably go, "Wow, great idea! If we implement it, how will I tell my family I won't be home this year?"

Casual sarcasm aside - I think that would be really cool, but a TON of work.

so you are basically asking for catalysts for gems?

doesnt sound like a bad idea but damn balancing that would be a nightmare.

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jacemm7283 wrote:

so you are basically asking for catalysts for gems?

doesnt sound like a bad idea but damn balancing that would be a nightmare.

basically. But random on the gem itself, unable to "target upgrade" a specific gem.

I don't think the balancing would be that meaningful, we are talking about current numbers in bonuses, 10% increased area effect, 10% attack speed, Curse effectiveness maybe 4% , just "tiny" bonuses to make more variability and perhaps increase value of otherwise available gems.

I still do not understand from Exilecon if there will be a mechanic how to upgrade link number on gem, but well, i expect the valueble ones will be just the 6Linked ones. This might increase value of "specific" one with better quality bonus. Or you could call it implicit with extra step.

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Marxone wrote:

I still do not understand from Exilecon if there will be a mechanic how to upgrade link number on gem

From what I could gather, there will be no more gem linking in the way it used to be. GGG even talked about getting rid of orbs of fusing during Exilecon. It sounds to me that sockets in PoE2 will always be linked and determined entirely by jeweler's orbs.