Please Remove Hags - A Plea From a HC Player

I see a lot of whining on these threads by people who have no idea how to play the game. As a hardcore player, we are better than all of you. Dying in zones should result in your character being deleted, so all these map complaints are bizarre and silly from the standpoint of the real game (HC).

However, hags are utterly ridiculous. Absolutely and completely absurd to have to worry about random white mobs spawning bubbles on you that result in instant death.

To the majority of the player base these might not be a great deal. As you can see from all the complaints these people are used to mindlessly dying over and over again, so getting one-shot is not anything special to them. This mechanic is entirely different in HC.

Please be reasonable and remove the hags. We all know with the level of complaints you're getting from the casuals that you will be giving the softnoob players 5 portals so they can run themselves to death.

Don't forget about us poor hardcore players.

Hags are my least favorite enemy in the game. They are so annoying. I've adjusted my play style when they are around and haven't died to them in a bit.

Even though I hate them I wouldn't want them removed lol why would you request that. They are super annoying but every enemy can't be super easy to kill

A single hag shouldn't be a problem. In fact, I like the tension it adds to the fight. But the game loves to put them in packs (even packs of rares) and when they spam the screen, I can imagine it's a nightmare for melee. But as ranged, I find them manageable.

Maybe the solution is to generate fewer of them instead?

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hboi#6131 wrote:

Hags are my least favorite enemy in the game. They are so annoying. I've adjusted my play style when they are around and haven't died to them in a bit.

Even though I hate them I wouldn't want them removed lol why would you request that. They are super annoying but every enemy can't be super easy to kill

Please no opinions from standard "players"

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Bythorshoa#1254 wrote:

we are better than all of you.

Then dodge the hags attack.

It killed me once so far when i was standing in one spot telling my minions to go lazily attack stuff.

Sounds like you’re splitting your time in softcore. Welcome.

Btw, I gotta say, while I never considered attempting HC in PoE 1 due to "100 stupid ways to die outside of your control", I am seriously considering an attempt in PoE 2.

It sounds weird (to me at least) but I'm dying much less in PoE 2 than I usually do in 1.

Imagine being this much of an egotist over being in hardcore.

The River Hags?

Yeah, they're absolutely AWFUL. That spell one shots me and not a single boss can kill me. And there's usually 3-5 of those orbs floating around while fighting. Slowing you by like 95% it feels like. OP af.

I like the idea. But the execution is bad. Spawns too many, and the debuff is way too strong.

It was so bad, I just ran through the entire zone when I realized it.

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SilentSymphony#3358 wrote:

Then dodge the hags attack.

It killed me once so far when i was standing in one spot telling my minions to go lazily attack stuff.

What an amazing comment. It's like you are completely unable to realize that you're not playing a melee character that gets absolutely crippled by these bubbles.

The bubbles are horrible, and usually there's so many of them you literally can't fight the group of enemies as Melee. Not to mention, you have 2 or 3 dozen other enemies trying to kill you while you're dodging the bubbles that spawn every 3 seconds, from 3-4 river hags.

Stop and think before you comment next time. It'll help you avoid looking like a fool.

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Bythorshoa#1254 wrote:

I see a lot of whining on these threads by people who have no idea how to play the game. As a hardcore player, we are better than all of you. Dying in zones should result in your character being deleted, so all these map complaints are bizarre and silly from the standpoint of the real game (HC).

And this is why, gentlemen, we aren't ever getting good things on HC.