July 26 Screenshot of the Week - Shock Nova

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Chris wrote:

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Septile wrote:

Question that I will probably find out eventually but want to know now anyway: Does shock nova have anything different about it from ice nova except new special effects and that it deals shock damage?

It deals lower damage near the player. The perfect skill to cast while running away or herding monsters.

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nermind wrote:

Second week with with one of the Sorceress' Lightning spells, keep them coming (=

This one is mechanically new!

Thats an interesting idea, willing to see how that plays in the game, innovation welcome :D

This one is new to us alpha testers also. Looks pretty cool.

Nice job upping the fog in the abyss regions. It looks much better.

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anderdouche wrote:

Chris, is that skeleton being shocked from Shock Nova or is a mage skeleton? o:

That's a Skeleton Caster. They can be real bastards if you're not careful. Especially the freezy ones.

Nice shot. Do you think there is a danger of a build that specialises in Lightning Nova in such a way that you can simply cast this as your only spell and essentially wipe everything out before anything even gets close to you (since it does more damage the further away)? I guess my concern is PvP where you can be dead from a spell without the caster even careing if anyone is there?

Not sure if that makes sence ..

That's why we do balance testing in alpha.

Sweeto, thanks tpapp!

As always, looks amazing.

I really hope that the ugliest character won't have the coolest spells and abilities.

Who wants to play as a bald and old guy?

Check here how male mage and male hunter look like.

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tpapp157 wrote:

Nice job upping the fog in the abyss regions. It looks much better.

+1

Didn't noticed it until you mentioned it, LOL.

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metamag wrote:

I really hope that the ugliest character won't have the coolest spells and abilities.

Who wants to play as a bald and old guy?

Check here how male mage and male hunter look like.

I would take the old and bald templar over either of those anime characters any day. You don't seem to like any of PoE's characters. You made it very clear you don't like the female characters so that probably removes half the classes. You don't like that the templar is old. That leaves you with the Duelist and the Marauder. What problems do you have with those?