Melee buffs!
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Don't worry the eagles will come...
Maybe they will adjust the numbers. Maybe they will fix it. Maybe they will do something other than troll melee. Maybe they just want melee to be this way. After all they have had years to do something and the best they have done is well...you have all seen it. They want you to put all your melee hopes and dreams on POE 2 where even there they will fail just like before. Melee is fine...as long as you don't play it. Still failing to solve "The Riddle of Melee" 4.0 HYPE!!!
SILLY BITCH...THE EAGLES ARE COMING!!! THE EAGLES!!! (bleeds out from a wound to the gut) the eagles...are...coming...(coughs)...the eagles... |
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" They didn't revert the spell nerfs, they tried to buff selfcast while nerfing trigger and proxi builds (i.e totems, mines, traps). We all know how well that worked out. If you go to POE ninja take any of the "meta" spells (actual spells not traps with a spell tag) and filter out their trigger/totem/mine/trap parts their usage mostly lines up with melee skills. 40-50% more damage to selfcast spells and nobody bothers with it, despite them being ranged and the newly buffed defenses. Just let that sink in for a moment. Honestly, looking at that fact i couldn't even blame GGG if they actually just gave up bothering with melee because they think it's pointless. It's like kissmequick said, people who like playing it will do so, some outliers will even be meta and the rest remains in the dumbster. I doubt that situation would change much, if at all, even if they threw a round 50% more damage buffs around. Nobody would care. Last edited by Baharoth15#0429 on Aug 4, 2022, 3:53:47 AM
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" Right. There's gotta be some more stuff, whatever it is, that will be exciting for melee. Shouldn't depend on those unique buffs, but I'll take anything at this point. I'm naive right there with you. Screenwide impale revamped Starforge league inc. Did you try turning it off and on again?
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I wait for mellee buffa since 3.15 , but still i play mellee every league because is what i enjoy the most
This league i will play mellee again What i do since 3.15 is vote with my wallet so i not give any money to mtx Not put your head down guys , play what makes you happy even if not top performer Respect Your strength is the law !!
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" IMO, this attitude is a major part of the problem. People don't care about melee being bad. They're used to it. They don't mind playing spells for the rest of PoE's life. Melee is a meme in their eyes, and they're fine with it. It's like they don't want balance - or actually, on some crazy level, think it's impossible for melee to be "on par". We see it on Baeclast and other videos where Chris is a guest; no one asks the real questions. It's like there's some NDA present, "don't ask us about melee". Bring me some coffee and I'll bring you a smile.
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Baeclast is frustrating because if they ask Chris the right questions I genuinely think he goes and improves something, I've always thought if they pointed out the swing time problem he'd get it fixed ASAP but its a collection of guys that play 5 builds between them.
Still they do a good job usually but yeah some melee roasting would be great lmao Its extremely rare to get to talk to somebody in a position of power in the manner they do so the opportunity needs to be maximised which is where my frustration comes from I think. Last edited by Draegnarrr#2823 on Aug 4, 2022, 4:57:07 AM
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" One of them is barely playing PoE, one is Lost Ark main now, one is playing pretty casual. Thankfully they take some questions from other people as well. |
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" I honestly doubt that's the problem. Despite some people certainly having that attitude, there has been no shortage of topics demanding melee buffs. Reddit had several in the last few weeks alone, here on the forum Sidtherat has been making at least 1 or 2 per league ever since i joined this forum in 2018 + all the other people who come to complain. And yet we only got nerfs ever since the introduction of slams. |
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" So they bothered to buff self cast but not self attack. Put it anyway you want, spell gems! got 40% more damage back. Nerfed triggers weren't actually nerfed at all. They remained the same so why bother with self cast, meaning i had 40-50mil CoC Ice Spear build that league. Shredding and freezing whole screen while Cycloning at 100+ movement speed. That's something best melee builds or selfcast can't do regardless of investment. After 3.17 patch melee was left behind biting the dust big time. I'll once again remind of the glory days of Molten Strike. It was so popular that they nerfed it in every shape and form since then. Why GGG doesn't recognize and addresses melee is beyond me. It's not like they haven't been told. "even if they threw a round 50% more damage buffs around. Nobody would care." I really doubt that. |
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They have changed the way many of the melee skills play that even with buffs you would only get Quin playing them.
It's why melee is just a meme at this point. There used to be so many really fun melee builds. |
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