Path of Exile 3.27 Expansion Timeline

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Davoker#7948 wrote:

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dropnix111#3781 wrote:

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Davoker#7948 wrote:

I played mercenaries, but for me it’s the worst mechanic, it’s horrible that your build depends on an NPC with AI, for me personally, it’s the worst mechanic I’ve seen so far, I make builds to work on their own, being forced to bring an NPC to perform in 90% (or more) of the builds has been one of the worst experiences I’ve had in many years playing POE, the worst experience “for me.”

Putting mercenaries at the core of the game would be terrible news. If they do that, I hope they at least make them completely optional, like an animate.

You dont need to interact with mercs...
You dont need to play a build that "depends on an NPC with AI"...
(YES, you can play a build COMPLETELY WITHOUT Mercs... BUT the builds are likely "better" with mercs, because of all different buffs. And THATS A GOOD THING to have more build choices...)

The WORST league mechanics is still the trial-master.
Even Sanctum and Delves are very shitty... BUT -> I dont have to play it, so im fine with it - because some ppl likes sanctum and delves :D

Stop crying allday because something "is not like you want"... there are SOOO Many different players with different op on mechanics.
Its okey to have more than 2 choices in Gameplay :)

EDIT:
It would be pretty damn bad if they dont make mercs to the core... Its so many dev-time in this. They said, they want to improve this including ai and balance... but "putting this to trash" is the worst scenario of ALL

Stop crying? Please, let’s be a bit more mature, and if you’re a kid let me know now, because I’m not willing to argue with children... the fact that I don’t like a game mechanic you do like doesn’t make me a crybaby, it means I have my own tastes and my own opinion, which I have the right to share here, if you don’t like that and you’re not willing to respect it, you can go to...

You know where (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞

I don’t like that mechanic, I can say I don’t like it because it’s my right and I can share my opinion about it, period =)

Of course, you can say that you don't like the mechanics. However, it doesn't benefit you, anyone else, or GGG if you don't explain your reasons.

That aside, my explanation is correct:
You don't have to interact with the Mercs mechanics. You can completely ignore them, just like you can ignore other Trial Masters or Delves.

Why should a mechanic that many people enjoyed very much not be included in the base game just because a small group says “I don't want minions” or “I didn't enjoy it”?

In fact, the league was one of the most successful in POE1.
Many new people joined, many had fun with it, and in the past, mechanics from a league were incorporated into the base game if the majority enjoyed them.

The argument that it is a “forced minion” is simply not correct. Because no one is forcing you to use the mechanic.
And if you want to say, “But it gives you so much power, if you don't use it, then...”:
No one is saying that the Mercs should stay the same—I also see that they were/are too strong. They need to be adjusted so that they fit into the game completely—but I think that's the right move for the game, because even weaker builds could be played easily with buff Mercs.

Maybe now you understand the basis of my argument. However, you still have

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dropnix111#3781 wrote:

Of course, you can say that you don't like the mechanics. However, it doesn't benefit you, anyone else, or GGG if you don't explain your reasons.

That aside, my explanation is correct:
You don't have to interact with the Mercs mechanics. You can completely ignore them, just like you can ignore other Trial Masters or Delves.

Why should a mechanic that many people enjoyed very much not be included in the base game just because a small group says “I don't want minions” or “I didn't enjoy it”?

In fact, the league was one of the most successful in POE1.
Many new people joined, many had fun with it, and in the past, mechanics from a league were incorporated into the base game if the majority enjoyed them.

The argument that it is a “forced minion” is simply not correct. Because no one is forcing you to use the mechanic.
And if you want to say, “But it gives you so much power, if you don't use it, then...”:
No one is saying that the Mercs should stay the same—I also see that they were/are too strong. They need to be adjusted so that they fit into the game completely—but I think that's the right move for the game, because even weaker builds could be played easily with buff Mercs.

Maybe now you understand the basis of my argument. However, you still have

I don’t care if mercenaries are added to the core of the game as long as, as you said, they’re balanced. Mercenaries should be an optional extra like Animate is, not what gives you defenses and power, which was the case in the league, where if your mercenary died, and this could easily happen, either because you didn’t have them well equipped or for any other reason, you’d lose most of your power and your damage would become miserable.

Few builds could say the mercenary was really just an extra source of damage but not necessary, for example, COC Cyclone (Occultist), I didn’t worry about the mercenary, if it died I still dealt damage, I didn’t need it, very few builds could say this, the dependency on the mercenary was absolute.

If mercenaries are added to the core they need to be properly balanced, but you already have Animate, which now you can’t even lose the equipment for, do we really need one more minion? A minion witch now gathers an army of golems, skeletons, animate, and now also a mercenary? We might as well turn “POE the ARPG” into “POE the RTS in more real time” (exaggerating xD), what’s the point of so many minions? 😅

PS: If you start a discussion with someone and in that discussion you offend them by calling them a "crybaby," that’s not a good way to begin debating something, however now you’ve been polite and argued better 😁

Where is my news?

Please give us a date so we can plan accordingly

Next league release October 2026 :^)

Update notes, when?

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