How can anyone play melee?

This morning I have died three times due to desyncing. That is 30% of my level. A good half hour of time lost because the server cannot keep up with things.

This is my second character, the first being a witch. Now and then I would encounter a desync, but it felt perfectly playable. However as a melee, I feel that I desync at least twice as often. Not to mention since I'm not tossing out AoEs and minions it means that not only do I get affected by my own desync, but spending 3s smashing on an enemy that happens to not actually be there significantly hurts my dps (and ability to lifesteal).

I'm truly regretting rolling this duelist because it is just so frustrating and stressful dealing with all of this desync.

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GrammerPolise wrote:

Attack-in-place + Life leech + Don't run past multiple packs of monsters/through tight corridors or doorways + Lifting weights

Aka, don't play the game as you're supposed to play a fucking ARPG? yeah, nice.

Stand still and tank everything. Guess I need 10k life and 105% (just to be on the safe side for curses) resistance to everything since dodging projectiles just gets me killed.

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GrammerPolise wrote:

Attack-in-place + Life leech + Don't run past multiple packs of monsters/through tight corridors or doorways + Lifting weights

How else will i build up my strength if I don't lift weights?

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SamBaLam wrote:

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GrammerPolise wrote:

Attack-in-place + Life leech + Don't run past multiple packs of monsters/through tight corridors or doorways + Lifting weights

Aka, don't play the game as you're supposed to play a fucking ARPG? yeah, nice.

I think its a PEBKAC issue

I run around killing mobs (as in any typical ARPG) and don't die to desync... You only die to desync when you try and run AWAY from mobs, through a doorway or other convoluted space.

I use the most desync prone skill possible (cyclone) and have not died yet because i'm not dumb enough to try and dodge mobs in doorways. If that's an ARPG to you then I don't think GGG can do anything to fix it

But hey, at least you're doing x10 the damage of a caster, especially with resist taken into account.

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demivion wrote:

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SamBaLam wrote:

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GrammerPolise wrote:

Attack-in-place + Life leech + Don't run past multiple packs of monsters/through tight corridors or doorways + Lifting weights

Aka, don't play the game as you're supposed to play a fucking ARPG? yeah, nice.

I think its a PEBKAC issue

I run around killing mobs (as in any typical ARPG) and don't die to desync... You only die to desync when you try and run AWAY from mobs, through a doorway or other convoluted space.

I use the most desync prone skill possible (cyclone) and have not died yet because i'm not dumb enough to try and dodge mobs in doorways. If that's an ARPG to you then I don't think GGG can do anything to fix it

New players don't start off one shoting entire packs of enemies. If I walk into a room filled with melee and ranged mix knowing I can't face tank the entire room (I've been in the Crematorium because the enemy type and damage mixes is the best for me to finish farming my levels up to my Wings of Entropy) then I should be allowed to step back outside the door to draw the melee while staying safe from the range. Doing so shouldn't kill me and yes GGG can and should fix it.

Make a passive skill build that is heavily invested in defense, then trade to over gear content and make up for the relative lack of DPS passives in your build. Then face tank everything because it's the only option that works all the time.

Try block for starters.

http://pathofpoe.com

Melee is easy compared to casters.