Why go melee when ranged does everything better?

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CliveHowlitzer a écrit :

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TheTenthDoc a écrit :

Why exactly are the counterattack gems dumb ideas for PvE? CwDT is at its core a countergem and it's become part of the defensive core of pretty much any build.

This isn't a good thing, by the way. We are walking down a dark road.

well on the one hand its bad that everyone has to use cwdt/enCry/immCall setup, but on the other hand I am really glad we have this.
Otherwise you couldnt play HC at all with all those stupid off-screen charge rhoas/shieldchargers, popping up devourers/ursas, leap frogs and especially desync.
PoE just has some really stupid designs wich sadly have to be 'fixed' up by cwdt..

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Boem a écrit :

Melee is not the issue, ranged is.
Melee is performing vs the content at a respectable level imo.
It requires planning and thought before taking action.
Ranged is just over-performing. It's basically just "right click + pick up loot" move to next room/area and rinse + repeat.(woops i killed the map boss with my gmp screen clearer, oh shucks)

Peace,

-Boem-

No an ARPG should be fast and all about killing and looting as much and as fast as possibe while feeling godlike with good gear.
If you wanna tactics play a strategy game.

And (1H/crit)melee isnt bad because of missing dps or clearspeed (in terms of dmg (crit)melee is in a good spot), its all about surviveability.
As melee you simply cannot dodge all those stupid unbalanced dmg spikes and one-shot hits especially now with crippled block...
Melee just needs a huge defense boost to be on the same lvl as ranged chars...

Maybe making new harder content and some melee gems that take aggro would be better than counter...

@Azraelb
^i respectfully and totally disagree with your opinion.

This is suppose to be a hardcore RPG. There is nothing hardcore about one-shotting monsters off-screen/on-screen (whatever) without a singular thought involved about tactics.

Might as-well play the "vaultz of atziri" game.

as in, load up PoE and play nothing but vaultz for an entire session, it's close to your envisioned
play-style, you will feel godlike, since nothing can kill you and you get to pick up lootz over and over and over without any effort in attaining them.

Peace,

-Boem-

To lighten things up, I do see one advantage!

You are typically first to loot (Diablo 2 anybody?) over those ranged chars IF the loot mode is set to Free for all. And that counts for something! Wait... probably just nostalgia.

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aldorus a écrit :

To lighten things up, I do see one advantage!

You are typically first to loot (Diablo 2 anybody?) over those ranged chars IF the loot mode is set to Free for all. And that counts for something! Wait... probably just nostalgia.

lel, damn right it was.

Ah the days when you could body-block with marauder for that exalt that dropped.

Or that frost wall push and block :p.

(seems ages ago :D)

Peace,

-Boem-

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Boem a écrit :

@Azraelb
^i respectfully and totally disagree with your opinion.

This is suppose to be a hardcore RPG. There is nothing hardcore about one-shotting monsters off-screen/on-screen (whatever) without a singular thought involved about tactics.

Might as-well play the "vaultz of atziri" game.

as in, load up PoE and play nothing but vaultz for an entire session, it's close to your envisioned
play-style, you will feel godlike, since nothing can kill you and you get to pick up lootz over and over and over without any effort in attaining them.

Peace,

-Boem-

exiles can spawn in vaults of atziri :)

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andkamen a écrit :

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Boem a écrit :

@Azraelb
^i respectfully and totally disagree with your opinion.

This is suppose to be a hardcore RPG. There is nothing hardcore about one-shotting monsters off-screen/on-screen (whatever) without a singular thought involved about tactics.

Might as-well play the "vaultz of atziri" game.

as in, load up PoE and play nothing but vaultz for an entire session, it's close to your envisioned
play-style, you will feel godlike, since nothing can kill you and you get to pick up lootz over and over and over without any effort in attaining them.

Peace,

-Boem-

Treasure goblins can spawn in vaults of atziri :)

They sure can mate, they sure can. More lewtz.

Peace,

-Boem-

+1 on the "really dum dum dumb mechanics" part.

As for the thread : Self torture .