Path of Exile
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I bought 1 of each alpha dual land and a timewalk in like 1999 for $200. Sold them for ~100-200 each at some point. Paper cards, paper hands.
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Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.
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I think it's fairly likely that there's a little "action speed cannot be modified" on a new unique item or two as well.
I'm not a fan. Adding more of this gives them leeway to add more shit that fucks your action speed. I don't need another box to check a la Corrupted Blood.
edit - overall though I do love what they're doing here, I kinda hope Sin shows up for the first of each boss kill and says a unique line
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Xevy
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The Ward ones are probably going to make uber tanks. Their legitimately might be a bunch of 2-4 passive characters running around with 4-6 points invested into Runesmith.
The minion stuff is okay? Reddit is crying about it, but honestly most of it is side grade and outside of non-Necro summoners I'm not sure you'd use any of them.
The minion stuff is okay? Reddit is crying about it, but honestly most of it is side grade and outside of non-Necro summoners I'm not sure you'd use any of them.
Kirun
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Pedantic or not, the distinction matters because it highlights where GGG's focus and balance philosophy actually lie. You're acting like saying "strike skills outperform slams" erases years of GGG blatantly propping up slam builds with patch after patch of direct buffs and mechanics built specifically for them.
Strike skills "outperform" because half of them aren't even melee anymore. Lightning Strike and Frost Blades are ranged hybrids that happen to swing a sword at the start of the animation. Smite's been an aura bot meme for years. None of those represent actual melee combat.
Meanwhile, slams have been GGG's golden child for literal years. Overexertion, Fist of War, shockwave scaling, AoE overlap fixes, seismic interaction buffs… the list goes on. Every single melee rework since 3.11 has revolved around making slams feel powerful.
Slams consistently get dedicated mechanics and deliberate design passes that make them feel impactful and modern. Strike skills, on the other hand, have been carried by bandaids like ancestral call, strike range, and weird projectile gimmicks that make them barely "melee" anymore.
So yeah, if your definition of "outperforming" means pretending ranged-hybrids count as melee while GGG keeps hard-buffing slams, sure. Otherwise, it's pretty obvious which archetype they actually care about.
Khane
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I understand what you're saying but slam skills are ranged hybrids as well. VFoS was even more AoE screen clearing coverage than peak LS and Frostblades.
There is no way to make Melee good without Melee skills acting like ranged / AoE skills.
Heavy Strike of Trarthus is an insane skill gem that basically nobody used because it isn't inherently hybrid.