Is anyone actually using Vaal Gems?

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tmblake09 wrote:

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ScrotieMcB wrote:

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tmblake09 wrote:

Souls are gained by everyone in the party, no matter who makes the kill.

Oh well that's just stupid.

How it should work:
1. One monster kill = one soul. Period. Only one person can get it. Actually, only one gem can get it.
2. Souls are evenly distributed among non-Full Vaal gems in the party, regardless of who owns them. This would mean that, in a party with only one Vaal gem being used, that single Vaal gem would get all the souls.
3. In #2, I said "non-full." I meant it. If someone else's Vaal gem is full on souls, it's no longer counted in on soul distribution.
4. Only selected skills should count. If it's not on your toolbar, it doesn't collect souls. This will help slightly against trolls who try equipping 20+ Vaal gems simultaneously.
5. The cost design should be such that, assuming 6 relatively average Vaal gems are equipped throughout an entire party, each gets to be used once per map. (96 souls per use only makes sense if there's at least 500 monsters per map.)

Oh good God this has got to be the worst idea ever presented. People are having trouble filling up gems ON THEIR OWN and now you want to make it so kills are distributed one by one for everyone in your party. That would entirely discourage group play. They are NOT OP enough that only one person should be able to use one. With 6 people using normal skills, the Vaal gems would be superfluous anyways. By the time someone was able to use theirs, the rest of the party would have killed everything already.

This is pretty much the ONLY mechanic of vaal gems that should be kept the same.