Blacksmith needs to be changed ASAP. enough is enough

It seems to me, that your sole argument is that everything in the game should be tuned to be beaten by bad builds.

If after all the advice given you still can't defeat him just decide it is a map that you can't do and move on. Just like some map mods certain builds can't do.

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Herpy_Derpleson wrote:

It seems to me, that your sole argument is that everything in the game should be tuned to be beaten by bad builds.

It should be tuned to be beaten by pure skill. I know what I'm talking about here. In Sc2, if my build is bad but I'm a vastly superior player I can still compensate for that. In PoE this simply isn't the case, it has very restrictive gameplay in that sense.

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Herpy_Derpleson wrote:

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SlixSC wrote:

Testing on what? That your build is arbitrarily good enough to do the boss? Update, it's not all about you. Many people's build's can't kill this boss, so in the end there is content that some people can do and some people can't. The only problem is that this was arbitrarily decided, there was no way for people to know, when they made their builds, that this boss was going to be changed this way, so now they are losing out on content through no fault of their own.

Sounds fair, right? Well, maybe to sociopaths like you this isn't a big deal, but I actually want this game to be balanced for everybody. He is the only boss on a 66 map that I can't kill with my MF gear on, there is simply no balance, it's completely arbitrary.

And like I said, if you want the game to be harder (in a balanced way), go play BLAMT races, 1h Immo races or freaking Onslaught.

The boss is simply imbalanced and restricts player's options needlessly and arbitrarily.

Have you even been reading?
I tried him with a character and couldn't beat him. I survived by running around, and then abandoned the boss. That character has 3kES and no armour other than flasks.

Have you been reading?

I told you, I can kill him with my endgame gear just fine, but it's impossible with my MF gear on. Which, BY DEFINTION, makes him a gear-check boss, which is BAD for the game. No kiting in the world, no funny strats in the world can keep my char alive when I have my MF gear on, however I can kill him just fine with my normal gear on. None of that is the case with any other 66 bosses. Dried Lake I have to kite and evade attacks, based on skill. Grotto I have to dodge fire, still can do it with enough skill, same goes for dungeon, tropical island, etc... the only boss I can't kill with MF on, no matter how much I kite or dodge is the blacksmit. he is 100% a gear check boss and the worst designed boss in the entire game, BY FAR.

Pointing this out, doesn't make me a casual, I would even go as far as to say that I am probably one of the most skilled gamers who have ever even touched this game. I placed Top 8 World Cyber Games in H2 back in 2005, I'm high master in SC2, even owned up Anarchy League day 1. So get that casual shit out of the way, and let's be real here. The blacksmith is a terribly designed boss, anyone who disagrees with that is lacking a functioning brain. And please go ahead and call me a noob or casual and I will again point out that I would easily own you in any game you could possibly think of. Go ahead, try me.

Yeah, you put on gear that has MF rather than defensive/offensive stats and then complain when you take damage. You put your good gear on and you can beat him no trouble.

It's like complaining about walking on broken glass in bare feet, after choosing to take your shoes off.

GGG, I took all my gear off and now I get I shot by everything in the game.
Nerf everything accordingly please. It's only "fair".

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SlixSC wrote:

And please go ahead and call me a noob or casual and I will again point out that I would easily own you in any game you could possibly think of. Go ahead, try me.

Magic: the Gathering. Legacy format.
Bring it on.

cyclone inside of him and bug him out :D

Blacksmith probably isn't that hard in a group when there are lots of people to jump at (haven't tried yet though) but is damn hard solo. He basically jumps on me at least every 2 seconds and takes 70-80% of my health. Good thing is that I don't care about him and just kite him off screen with fireball, which is just as ridiculous as the Blacksmiths new attack.
I never understood why developers implemented one hit (or close to one hit) mechanics in their games.

Why are you comparing Starcraft to PoE? Some builds are weaker vs. vertain types of encounters, that is the way it works when you build a character in an RPG. Pure skill based games are never RPG's. RPG's rely on levels, gear and stats. They balance skill with character power.

Blacksmith was far, far too easy before. Now he is kind of challenging.

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I would even go as far as to say that I am probably one of the most skilled gamers who have ever even touched this game.

Ok, now we know who is actually trolling.

3/10, would never read this shit again.

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tuccos wrote:

Me and many others are sick an tired of this damn overpowered and overtweaked Boss..

Thats not what i am supporting you guys for.

It might be fun for some of you developers to Boost a Boss like the Blacksmith and watch the players here whine and complain about it, but its not fun for us players that pay for this game.


A retarded back and forth jumping Boss that one hits 4k Minions and 2-3 hits players often even 1 hits.... i cant re-summon my minions fast enough for minion instability so fast does this blacksmith idiot NPC attack.


Change this damn Blacksmith back to how he was or at least nerf his damage when hes getting into this stupid overpowered mode.


For us high levels its already boring enough to repeat the same maps over and over..

why are you trying to piss us off without giving us a real ENDGAME or anything for 80+ that is more fun ?


Send this damn Blacksmith back to where he came from...

it was really not necessary to pee in our face by over tweaking this NPC.. but thats how it feels

you call yourself a highlevel summoner and cant kill blacksmith...

dude you must suck so hard