0.3.1 Patch Notes

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inuryu6#5687 wrote:

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keppie#6373 wrote:

Aaaand i'm back already. That evasion/deflection nerf is without a doubt the most appaling change you've ever implemented. While my archer lost 5%, my monk lost 20. I'd call patch 0.2 a shining success in contrast to that.
You don't want people stacking DPS and playing without defenses, but on regular intervals, those defenses that were already borderline before, take another hit.
Why ?
Next time, please take the last remaining viable defense, ES, and nerf that into the ground as well. That way, i'll at least KNOW there's no more hope :S

Also, i don't immediately know why, but even my overal DPS output seems noticeably lower...
And those 'uber' bosses seem insanely overtweaked !

actually it was always like that. POE's evasion and armor formula is just an approximation on what the average monster level you could face was. they only just slightly changed that "average monster level you could face" number. your number was always that, you just didnt know it.

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Euhm, no, i don't think so. The patch notes state multiple changes to evasion. One was that the displayed estimate for evasion is now based on monster level 82, down from 84. This one by itself would absolutely need to display an increased estimated chance to evade, not a decrease.
However, a second change mentioned is the changed formula for monster's chance to hit, which i can't tell the impact from since i don't know the previous formula.
And the third change of lowering base evasion from 27 to 7 and no longer scaling evasion with player level can only result in a decreased chance to evade, seems to me.
In any case, the net result also feels like worse defense than before.
I think you may be confusing the formula change and the display change as 1 change and not taking into account the third one ?

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kaziyo88#4493 wrote:

Did Evasion get a somewhat nerf? My rating went from 89% to 79%.