Body blocking
" I had that situation several times, died once or twice to it. Dodged it more than once. Didnt felt unfair either, defintly was a skill issue. Dunno what else to tell you? Sure it can be frustrating to die like that, but than again i murderd thousand of thier brethern before the surrounded me for some revenge i think its fair enough x'D |
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Being body blocked by your party members is a joke.
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As a few posters have mentioned, I think this is purely an andjustment issue. I think it feels great and meaningfull. When you get blocked, it is a perfect indicator for you to ease of and engage the mob before pushing ahead.
I have the muscle memory for dodge roll and cicle strafe from Guild Wars 2 and it slots right in. Dying from body-block is a non-issue. I die to bosses way more ofthen, and if its mobs, I bit off more than I could chew. |
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" What act are you on now? I played until act 2 and every time I got surrounded was my own mistake. I often intentionally get surrounded just for the fun of it because Im using a shield and grenade combo... fine balance how much mob I let myself get surrounded with so edgy. Fun is subjective, body blocking adds a layer of tactics to it that's fun, waiting 2 weeks to recover isn't. It is my opinion that games have become too stupid ignoring body blocking in combat. You of course is entitled to yours. |
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" Im more of a parry or block guy played all the realistic melee combat simulators like mount and blade, chivalry, war of the roses, pirates vs vikings, exanima, hellish quartz, etc. etc. Dodge dodge not my thing really but it's not so bad in POE2. If they replaced it with some other thing Im good with it as long as detailed mechanical melee combat is there instead of feeling like playing an RTS. |
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Body block is fine, hitboxes are not. They need to be more generous IMO. Also, an "escape" button would be nice for the instances where you're completely stuck and getting drained. Maybe something like an item you throw that causes monsters to scatter for a bit, something with a hefty gold price so it can't be spammed.
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" There is a blink skill btw I have not tried it tho. Having a reliable escape skill defeats the point of body blocking tho, you are meant to not get into a situation you cant escape in the first place from moving tactically well. The whole idea is that if you get stuck it you made a wrong chess move... now I do agree that the game should be fair and not get you into body blocks that is beyond your control, so far I have not seen this. |
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" This. |
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Some skills could really do with phasing during its use, i've noticed 2:
Escape Shot: most times you cant move at all. Electrocuting Arrow: even more infuriating, since you constantly get stuck on enemies and not actually move over them. this results in you just hovering in front of them and getting hit by every single attack. usually you dont even hit them with the arrow, resulting in 2s of getting hit with no payoff. one of the biggest reasons why i die. |
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Being locked in with no counterplay because I am "body blocked" might be the sole reason I stop playing. PoE2 has been fun so far. Just being able to get out of a sticky situation feels really bad to me.
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