Finding A Solution Regarding The Support Gem Limit

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Bakubylozajete#1182 wrote:

The limit is a good thing, and it's easy to understand.

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Amorencinteroph#4321 wrote:

I think the best solution is to just introduce more support gems so there's enough variety to fill 2-3 skills worth of damage.

This!

The support gem limit forces you to choose and think, based on both damage and your playstyle. In PoE 1 we didn't really have this choice, as damage was always king. The final DPS number on your ONE damage dealing skill was always king.

In PoE 2, you are rewarded for using several skills. And there are enough damage supports for more than one damage dealing skill, but most of them are situational.

More support gems are coming, which means more choices. And choices are good. "One correct DPS path" is not.

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TheSlayer#7040 wrote:

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Sickness#1007 wrote:

The skill system is far less restrictive in PoE 2.

There are those who believes that and there are those who believes otherwise. I believe otherwise since the support gem restriction prohibits me from customizing my skills to behave the way I want (for instance, increasing the cast speed on several skills [Spell Echo] instead of increasing their damage).

Well those who believe otherwise are fooling themselves. Poe1 is very much a "1-button game". The vast customization does not in any way come from an ability to use many fully supported skills, which is obvious because you have max 1-2 6-linked skills.

I get that you want the limit removed but arguing on an obviously false premise will get you nowhere.

Funny I find poe1 very limitedm just because you need the right number of sockets, the right color, and all linked! And if you change gear, you have to change. Poe2 give the player more control over skills, and the limit force you to be creative. It just feel less random and punishing than poe1.

But I agree we need more support gems, in particular for spirit gems. But we still miss half the classes & weapons.

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Sickness#1007 wrote:

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TheSlayer#7040 wrote:

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Sickness#1007 wrote:

The skill system is far less restrictive in PoE 2.

There are those who believes that and there are those who believes otherwise. I believe otherwise since the support gem restriction prohibits me from customizing my skills to behave the way I want (for instance, increasing the cast speed on several skills [Spell Echo] instead of increasing their damage).

Well those who believe otherwise are fooling themselves. Poe1 is very much a "1-button game". The vast customization does not in any way come from an ability to use many fully supported skills, which is obvious because you have max 1-2 6-linked skills.

I get that you want the limit removed but arguing on an obviously false premise will get you nowhere.

That's your opinion and you are fully entitled to it as I'm fully entitled to mine. Calling this an obviously false premise doesn't eradicate the face that one cannot use the same support gem on several skills.

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TheSlayer#7040 wrote:

That's your opinion and you are fully entitled to it as I'm fully entitled to mine. Calling this an obviously false premise doesn't eradicate the face that one cannot use the same support gem on several skills.

I know it doesnt, that fact will remain. It certainly wont be changing based on ridiculous arguments that it somehow is more limiting than PoE 1 and as a result will never get the same amount of viable builds.