Content Update 0.3.0 — Path of Exile 2: The Third Edict

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Alexen_0#3297 wrote:

Clowns buffing evasion even more whilst armor is still the same.

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You mean 80% of players trying new deadeye builds?:))))

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Ondrugs#1147 wrote:

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Purpleflame1990#9691 wrote:

I am fairy new Poe2 player and the way I read it like him sounded like a nerf...

Maybe you care to elaborate more this change.

Sure and sorry that I have chosen such harsh words first.

Any character will now start with acrobatics by base. With a little penalty to count for that change on evasion and the extra that bosses will have now skills which cannot be evaded or blocked ever.

We will need a bit more evasion to get to the same amounts as without acrobatics before, but you will need most likely far less evasion as with acrobatics skilled AND you don't even have to waste 1 skill point into acrobatics anymore.

In addition we now have deflect which will further improve your defenses with an effect that likely halfs all incoming damage, with a chance that is based on your evasion.

So in terms of just evasion it is a slight nerf maybe, but in terms of acrobatics it is a huge buff, since we have right from the start a chance to even evade AoEs and not only attacks and spells.



Extra (Not directly bound to the conversation/change):
Problem about acrobatics before was also mostly that people thought it is a noob trap, while they were trying to justify that 2k life in a T15 map would be appropriate, which was the actual noob move.

But at start of maps you actually want to have around 2k life to deny most one shots and most stuns. Since stun threshold is based on your life. The reason why many were unhappy with the stun probability of their chars, since their characters had literally not the life they should have on their level. So up to T15-16 you wanted to have around 3,5 - 4k life on your chars and would deny either getting one shot or getting stunned to begin with, in combination with acrobatics and like 70% evasion you maybe died once every 50 map or if you juiced it to the moon.

Combining but a good pool with Evasion, as we saw on ES builds showed us that you don't even need much Evasion to begin with to stay alive or to feel more tanky, since the pure EHP values hinder enemies of one shotting you. So the evasion could do what it was supposed to be, to hinder enemies from bursting us down with 2 or more hits.

Depending on the mods on maps it still could occur, no questioning that, but not in such frequencies as you would with ignoring life and only stacking evasion and hoping that acrobatics would solve that problem for you.

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Rhaum3#1490 wrote:

I seem to be one of the few that don't mind all the nerfs/changes. It's forcing people to try new builds for the most part

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GimmeZeLoot#1718 wrote:

Error during downloading update, third time in a row.