Purple Crystals of Death

I have been playing SSF HC since beta and I have enjoyed it. This league, I noticed that I consistently die to those Purple Crystals. After I kill a mob, i don't see it, and when I finish picking up items I am dead. This happened 4 times now. I don't die to any other on-death effects except these purple crystals and it is seriously f*cking annoying and ruined the game experience for me. Please fix this, otherwise f*ck this game.
Last bumped on Oct 19, 2023, 7:42:48 AM
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I can agree with this. All the other on-death effects are visually noticeable, but these are tiny spots on the ground that are underneath all other objects. They explode far too quickly after the mob dies to react to, which would be fine if I knew to move beforehand, but the clarity isn't there.
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i ll say this again

GGG loves aesthetics over visibility

really would prefer it if GGG gave as a "tactical" toggle that highlights danger zones with ugly but highly noticeable circles and squares.

warhammer inquisitor does this

other arpg games does it be default.

i really hate how GGG prides themselves for having BULLSHIT mechanics that are hard to notice.

it affects melee the worst when youre trying to clear packs and a ton of effects happen at once.

i've stopped putting music in the background just to listen to the sizzling cue to gtfo.

its so bad i actively disable all my mtx's so that i have better visibility, this includes not using pets.

i have no incentive to spend points to buy mtx anymore

thanks GGG. i m not buying points anymore.
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Also ripped to this once this league. Chance that I notice them is ~50%. Only reason I survive those encounters is because of "keep moving assume there is some **** like this around even if you dont see it" (which current build can do well) method.

From my POV for practical purposes these are ~50% odds invisible. With a "medium gfx spam" build. With a "lots gfx spam" build less so.

(And these things have some extra "spawning" gfx that somehow dont seem to show always. And it would be too weak with gfx spam anyway.)

(And they have a sound effect too but its often not played - well known problem with sound effects in PoE.)
No wonder it's lost, it's in the middle of the jungle!
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