Aura Stacking Might Be Broken

Well, I opened the POB of this build from this thread:
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2913007

Indeed - like others have said - this build is so filled with ultra expensive stuff, not to mention the POB uses some Harvest crafted items and all level 6 awakened support gems (!). No one without unlimited spare time and dedication is going to achieve that in this league.

I surely believe it's very op, but if you're really set on facetanking the whole game, then you please, go at it! Why would you want to disallow people having fun with over-the-top builds like these?

Aura stacking is a build that just keeps on going. Way more builds should be like that. This is the first time I feel leveling further actually matters.

Opposed to those builds that stop inspiring at 92-94ish level. No further motivation.


So the aura stackers I think build up longer (more play more stuff). Let them make the cluster jewels so all builds have some sort of thing to keep players going - way more builds should feel like there's upgrades *everywhere*.


It's fun!

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bablo wrote:

Well, I opened the POB of this build from this thread:
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2913007

Indeed - like others have said - this build is so filled with ultra expensive stuff, not to mention the POB uses some Harvest crafted items and all level 6 awakened support gems (!). No one without unlimited spare time and dedication is going to achieve that in this league.

I surely believe it's very op, but if you're really set on facetanking the whole game, then you please, go at it! Why would you want to disallow people having fun with over-the-top builds like these?

Ask GGG they do it all the time. My post doesn't read NERF aura stacker, it reads How much do you think it will get nerfed.

The aura stacker is my 3rd char and the only reason why I still playing this league. I have a fun and I'm still spending currency on the build and trying different things/setups.

The budget version of the build sucks, it's not a starter, it's super expensive, but definitely not a failed build.

And yes, it will be nerfed or better to say, instead of 300ex to reach a GOD tier you will need 3 Mirrors.

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argoniashawks wrote:

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bablo wrote:

Well, I opened the POB of this build from this thread:
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2913007

Indeed - like others have said - this build is so filled with ultra expensive stuff, not to mention the POB uses some Harvest crafted items and all level 6 awakened support gems (!). No one without unlimited spare time and dedication is going to achieve that in this league.

I surely believe it's very op, but if you're really set on facetanking the whole game, then you please, go at it! Why would you want to disallow people having fun with over-the-top builds like these?

Ask GGG they do it all the time. My post doesn't read NERF aura stacker, it reads How much do you think it will get nerfed.

Yeah, but you know how it works, don't you? When just enough people submit forum posts containing "should this OP-build be nerfed?", then said "OP-build" WILL be nerfed in the next league patch.

either needs nuking completely or they need to get the stick out of their backside about other skills being "OP"

the fact its expensive isn't an excuse, you can spend 200ex on anything else and you won't achieve shit in comparison. They've systematically nerfed like every cool way to end up with high mitigation because they think its not good for the game yet they leave characters in that are mobile party wide god-bots.

Something doesn't stack there, either care about balance and do it properly or don't care about balance and leave shit like soul of steel, juggs ascendancy notable, xiabqua keystone etc out of it.

I agree with draeg. I think that auras are too strong in Combination with these cluster jewels, so it doenst matter which build you play, taking as many Auras as possible with some Aura effects is always the most efficient way to improve the character, but i want to have more viable options to make a strong build, beside these aura mechanics.

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argoniashawks wrote:

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xMustard wrote:

all they needed to do was to make it so cluster jewel notables didn't stack. they chose not to do that, and problems persist

of course whether you think its a problem is subjectional overall. i personally don't give a fuck

i also think a build that can't even function before spending hundreds of exalts is already a failure, so i actually see these aura stacking builds are failed builds.

I don' understand how you can classify a build as failed because of currency cost. Hell these days people just use real money and buy the damn exalts they can't farm. GGG always talks of balance... aura stacking seems outside of this idea. Makes it look like pay to win.

i classify a build as failed because of currency cost because again, it cannot even operate until a certain investment. and that certain investment is probably out of the reach of 95%+ of players (complete guess btw).

any build can work with investment. literally anything. so a build being good with investment isn't an indication that its good, its an indication that its the exact same thing as everything else.

i judge builds mostly on if they can operate without much investment. thats how i judge on a successful build.
IMO if i can't work as a league starter or even in SSF then its failed. to MY personal classification.
if i have to make a completely separate character and level it up with a complete separate build just for a foundation for an idea to work, then it doesn't work.

i get thats how some people play and they're fine with it, but not me!

What made aura stacking "broken" this league was the new gems quality that scales with aura effect. It effectively doubled or tripled the builds damage when using the right gems in combination. This lowered the entry point for the build a lot (and effectively created the biggest meta-build in Heist). The stats that usually cost X+ ex to get could be had for half or third of that .

Why did GGG do this? They don't understand how things scale and work in the game I have heard many players say. Me personally can not believe they wasn't 100% sure how it would work, and that it is part of a bigger plan around the ever changing evolvement of the game (because that is one of the ways to keep it interesting). So GGG said " let's do this and see how things play out".

And that's were we are at now. So OP asks " How much u think it will be nerfed?"
And I think a lot. Because it was buffed by a lot. It was already very strong, but at a entry point most players didn't care to even look at. So my guess is it will be brought back to that entrypoint, so it can linger there in the distance as this elusive god-tier build that you can dream about, but better just forget about.