Another Rant about Reflect Damage

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Pregapago wrote:

Does anyone else feel that the boosting dmg output of these effects in the last few patches has been complete lunacy?

In my opinion you have an already broken mechanic--

the only effect in the game that can make a lvl 1 mob with no offensive capability whatsoever have the effect of criting your character for 2000+ dmg when it's not even visible on the screen.

--and not only do you increase it's radius aura of effect, but also it's potential damage output, in the last few patches.

Simply equals GGG fail.

Couple all that that garbage within the overarching issue of the excessively steep hill of getting experience in this game (the brick wall of high level maps and experience falloff). And to reiterate what people have harped on millions of times--the absurd penalty of 15% experience loss.

GGG has effectively bitch slapped and phys+ele dmg builds to the ground with the worst combinations of bad game design and poorly thought out patches.

Because as it is, with max resists, high% life leech I effectively have the only character in the game, that can kill itself -- nullifying 10+ hours of gaming on mobs that are not even visible on the screen.

There is no set of mechanics in the game that can even compare to the sheer crap stuffed into the mouth of a phys+ele build. It's a pointed and clear bias of the game creators. Simply put, GGG hates these build types and does not want them to advance with any sort of equal capacity.

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haitu wrote:

If you played diablo 2, you would know all about Iron Maiden. Reflect damage is fine. It teaches you not to go crit heavy all the time.

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EpsiIon wrote:

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haitu wrote:

If you played diablo 2, you would know all about Iron Maiden. Reflect damage is fine. It teaches you not to go crit heavy all the time.

So basically you approve of a mod that basically RNG makes some maps and quests uncompletable by certain builds purely becuase they have good gear correct?

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haitu wrote:

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EpsiIon wrote:

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haitu wrote:

If you played diablo 2, you would know all about Iron Maiden. Reflect damage is fine. It teaches you not to go crit heavy all the time.

So basically you approve of a mod that basically RNG makes some maps and quests uncompletable by certain builds purely becuase they have good gear correct?

What quest is uncompletable? And I have no problem with certain map modifiers that should not be done by certain types of builds. Conversely some types of builds will take advantage of that map mod. Problem?

Get over yourself. Just because people do 5k damage or whatever doesn't mean they deserve to roll over every monster. Chris already said he likes iron maiden because he adds more then just whirlwinding monsters from point a to z.