3.25 Patch notes take too long to read
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Not entirely because of ~30k words in it, the formatting could be better. And despite that many words, they lack explanations. You haven't posted the balance manifesto (the changes deserved it IMO), so the only place left to elaborate is patch notes. Examples of changes I personally didn't get: buffing crit chances of intelligence-aligned weapons, double AS buff of wand/wands skills, removing +melee range from melee skills. Some players probably don't understand why did you remove ancestral totems or Divine Blessing support, reworked Banners, replaced Overwhelm with ignoring PDR, etc.
While I dislike problem-solution format, some sections of the patch notes would greatly benefit from it. "Skill Gem Changes" section - the larget one - has tons of similar changes, it could help readers to skip them without missing the idea. E.g. (I just made the problem up, no idea if this is true) Problem: Many spells are too good at leveling, melee can't compete with them. Solution: Reduce Effectiveness of Added Damage at levels lower than 20. Specifics:
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– Absolution: Now has 180% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 200% at gem level 20 (previously 200% at all gem levels).
– Absolution of Inspiring: Now has 180% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 200% at gem level 20 (previously 200% at all gem levels). – Armageddon Brand: Now has 180% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 200% at gem level 20 (previously 200% at all gem levels). – Armageddon Brand of Recall: Now has 270% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 300% at gem level 20 (previously 300% at all gem levels). – Armageddon Brand of Volatility: Now has 330% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 370% at gem level 20 (previously 370% at all gem levels). – Cold Snap: Now has 220% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 320% at gem level 20 (previously 320% at all gem levels). – Cold Snap of Power: Now has 220% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 320% at gem level 20 (previously 320% at all gem levels). – Crackling Lance: Now has 120% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 165% at gem level 20 (previously 165% at all gem levels). – Crackling Lance of Branching: Now has 190% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 260% at gem level 20 (previously 260% at all gem levels). – Crackling Lance of Disintegration: Now has 220% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 300% at gem level 20 (previously 300% at all gem levels). – Creeping Frost: Now has 90% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 130% at gem level 20 (previously 120% at all gem levels). – Ethereal Knives: Now has 190% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 220% at gem level 20 (previously 220% at all gem levels). – Ethereal Knives of Lingering Blades: Now has 190% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 220% at gem level 20 (previously 220% at all gem levels). – Ethereal Knives of the Massacre: Now has 190% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 220% at gem level 20 (previously 220% at all gem levels). – Exsanguinate: Now has 150% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 270% at gem level 20 (previously 270% at all gem levels). – Fireball: Now has 260% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 370% at gem level 20 (previously 370% at all gem levels). – Firestorm: Now has 60% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 80% at gem level 20 (previously 80% at all gem levels). – Firestorm of Meteors: Now has 280% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 370% at gem level 20 (previously 370% at all gem levels). – Firestorm of Pelting: Now has 95% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 120% at gem level 20 (previously 120% at all gem levels). – Flame Dash: Now has 80% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 140% at gem level 20 (previously 140% at all gem levels). – Flame Dash of Return: Now has 150% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 270% at gem level 20 (previously 270% at all gem levels). – Flamethrower Trap: Now has 15% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 30% at gem level 20 (previously 30% at all gem levels). – Freezing Pulse: Now has 250% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 330% at gem level 20 (previously 330% at all gem levels). – Frost Bomb: Now has 170% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 310% at gem level 20 (previously 310% at all gem levels). – Frost Bomb of Forthcoming: Now has 170% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 310% at gem level 20 (previously 310% at all gem levels). – Frost Bomb of Instability: Now has 140% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 260% at gem level 20 (previously 260% at all gem levels). – Frostblink: Now has 180% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 250% at gem level 20 (previously 250% at all gem levels). – Frostblink of Wintry Blast: Now has 150% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 200% at gem level 20 (previously 200% at all gem levels). – Frostbolt: Now has 250% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 360% at gem level 20 (previously 360% at all gem levels). Quality now provides "Projectiles that have Pierced deal 0-20% more Damage" (previously 0-20% increased Cold Damage). – Galvanic Field: Now has 60% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 100% at gem level 20 (previously 100% at all gem levels). – Galvanic Field of Intensity: Now has 190% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 320% at gem level 20 (previously 320% at all gem levels). – Hexblast: Now has 300% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 340% at gem level 20 (previously 340% at all gem levels). – Hydrosphere: Now has 65% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 110% at gem level 20 (previously 110% at all gem levels). – Ice Nova: Now has 200% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 230% at gem level 20 (previously 230% at all gem levels). – Ice Trap: Now has 230% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 290% at gem level 20 (previously 290% at all gem levels). – Ice Trap of Hollowness: Now has 280% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 340% at gem level 20 (previously 340% at all gem levels). – Lightning Spire Trap: Now has 65% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 85% at gem level 20 (previously 85% at all gem levels). – Lightning Spire Trap of Zapping: Now has 80% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 100% at gem level 20 (previously 100% at all gem levels). – Lightning Tendrils: Now has 70% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 130% at gem level 20 (previously 130% at all gem levels). – Lightning Tendrils of Eccentricity: Now has 30% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 60% at gem level 20 (previously 60% at all gem levels). – Lightning Tendrils of Escalation: Now has 80% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 150% at gem level 20 (previously 150% at all gem levels). – Orb of Storms: Now has 80% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 110% at gem level 20 (previously 110% at all gem levels). – Penance Brand: Now has 470% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 570% at gem level 20 (previously 570% at all gem levels). – Penance Brand of Conduction: Now has 95% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 110% at gem level 20 (previously 110% at gem level 20). – Penance Brand of Dissipation: Now has 45% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 50% at gem level 20 (previously 50% at all gem levels). – Purifying Flame: Now has 220% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 300% at gem level 20 (previously 300% at all gem levels). – Purifying Flame of Revelations: Now has 140% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 190% at gem level 20 (previously 200% at all gem levels). – Reap: Now has 150% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 210% at gem level 20 (previously 210% at all gem levels). – Rolling Magma: Now has 230% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 280% at gem level 20 (previously 280% at all gem levels). – Seismic Trap of Swells: Now has 220% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 240% at gem level 20 (previously 240% at all gem levels). – Shock Nova: Now has 140% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 190% at gem level 20 (previously 190% at all gem levels). – Storm Call: Now has 220% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 250% at gem level 20 (previously 250% at all gem levels). – Stormblast Mine: Now has 120% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 130% at gem level 20 (previously 130% at all gem levels). – Tornado: Now has 55% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 95% at gem level 20 (previously 95% at all gem levels). – Void Sphere: Now has 50% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 75% at gem level 20 (previously 75% at all gem levels). – Void Sphere of Rending: Now has 120% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 190% at gem level 20 (previously 190% at all gem levels). – Voltaxic Burst: Now has 210% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 230% at gem level 20 (previously 230% at all gem levels). – Vortex: Now has 230% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 270% at gem level 20 (previously 270% at all gem levels). – Vortex of Projection: Now has 230% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 270% at gem level 20 (previously 270% at all gem levels). – Wave of Conviction: Now has 220% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 330% at gem level 20 (previously 330% at all gem levels). And magically it saves readers ~100 strings of text they don't care about. This format would also help players to understand the reasoning behind some changes, but I'd prefer you just plain write it before listing the changes. Another thing that bloats the patch notes is transfigured gems. If they inherit changes from base versions, you could just add a note about this, without copy pasting the same. Last bumped on Jul 25, 2024, 8:27:58 PM
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+1
Though current patch notes make it easier if you want to know if a special skill (or another thing) was changed or not. And you can do this easily years later by googling. Though in that case I prefer PoE wiki - that gives me more infos in the same time. |
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These patch notes are 100x better than trying to find things in d4 and last epoch patch notes.
People will always complain about something. |
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Just press ctrl+f and look up the bits relevant to you. That's what I did when looking up balance changes for anything regarding minions.
PoE players: Our game has a wide diversity of builds.
Also PoE players: The [league mechanic] doesn't need to be nerfed, you just need to play a [current meta] build! MFers found strength in their Afflictions. They became reliant on them. I am not so foolish. |
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leave leveling alone, that sht is terrible as it is
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maybe u can go to blz's d4 ,you read less
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I just want it to highlight what actually changed for each skill gem with some color instead of having to read the new and old gem and figure out what changed and realize it's just a number.
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"I did a little bit of research, turns out it isn't. When Vortex was changed in 3.23 to be non-instant, its damage was significantly nerfed to 779–1169 from 1209–1813 (at level 20), but added damage effectiveness was untouched (due to an oversight I believe). So now GGG noticed that Vortex's added damage effectiveness doesn't match its damage and decreased it. For effectiveness/damage comparison, in 3.16 Vortex had 833–1250 damage and 180% added damage effectiveness, both are slightly higher than in 3.25 version. Since the main nerf isn't related to the identified problem, Vortex isn't going under this spoiler. I'd still keep Creeping Frost here, although its added damage effectiveness was a bit buffed at high levels. This case bring us back to lack of explanation topic. Short clarification in brackets would dispel any doubts about this change (not only mine). Because without the context, the change looks weird -> probably a typo (similar to Frost Blades), and the vast majority of players, even those who read patch notes, aren't involved enough to find proper info and connect the dots. So the context is often missed for them (+2 Cleave range buff that caused mass confusion instantly comes to mind). To end on a good note, patch notes are now hidden under spoilers, so you're less likely to accidentally reread older changes. This is a good change. |
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These patch notes were well written and very informative compared to the garbage New Blizzard puts out with the hot mess they're messing up now. But I agree with another post that says the changes should at least be highlighted, italicized, or bolded, so it would be easier than doing a ctrl + F and get 8 results for the one thing you're looking for.
Regardless, these patch notes were a great read. Big props to GGG for the hard work, and when are we going to make Mark Roberts a saint of Wraeclast? :) "Are you still sane, Exile?"
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OP, you realize no one forces you to read all the patch notes in one sitting right?
If its "too long to read", then read one section at a time. Even elementary school kids read books with 100+ pages in them. More information is ALWAYS a good thing. And like others said, the only things that will inevitably be important to you, are the things you already know about. No one is going to sit there reading and memorizing every single skill change....when they likely have only used 5 of those skills in the last year. And what do you mean there's no manifesto? Every change is accompanied by the old values. The "why" of the changes don't really matter...the changes are there, that's it. Who cares why? Knowing why won't change anything you just read, nor will it change what you choose to do and interact with. So "why" should they waste their time with the why? Last edited by jsuslak313#7615 on Jul 23, 2024, 9:17:37 AM
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