Death Penalty is Super Unfun

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kamiknx#1162 a écrit :

Why are you dying? No hp? No es? No evasion? Not paying attention?

That's step 1, figure out why.

Step 2, craft or trade for gear to fix the issues on your character. If you don't have enough orbs to craft or trade then play lower tier maps where you can safely clear.

That's about it. If you still die with better gear then you might want to rethink your passive tree and skills.

Good luck exile!

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OR...we could go play a different game that doesn't require 20+ hours of work for a marginial improvement.

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N3vangel#0037 a écrit :

I used to die often and then I took some of my damage nodes on the tree and invested them into more defense and CC. Now I rarely, if ever, die. It’s also worth buying an omen of amelioration so when you do die it decreases your xp loss by 75%. They’re selling for about 120ex right now.

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Doomhammer5#4010 a écrit :

OR...we could go play a different game that doesn't require 20+ hours of work for a marginial improvement.

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kamiknx#1162 a écrit :

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OR...we could go play a different game that doesn't require 20+ hours of work for a marginial improvement.

Then I'd recommend you go play another game. PoE has been like this for over a decade and there's no reason to change.

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Seems like you just want POE1 with better graphics

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Damage Inc1#8098 a écrit :

I just wish they had someway that we could see what we died from and how big the hit was….::

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CovidPatientZero#0332 a écrit :

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N3vangel#0037 a écrit :

I used to die often and then I took some of my damage nodes on the tree and invested them into more defense and CC. Now I rarely, if ever, die. It’s also worth buying an omen of amelioration so when you do die it decreases your xp loss by 75%. They’re selling for about 120ex right now.

The tips people offer to mitigate death penalties completely ignore the core issue. The death penalties force me to walk on eggshells and be overly cautious, which as a Merc just forces me to shoot enemies on the edge of the screen as soon as they come into view while back away. I don't even dodge roll anymore because I do everything possible to avoid getting close. I literally just spam AOE explosive shot with 3 heralds to while out mobs before they get close, and bosses I just run in a big circle and melt their hp in 10 seconds.

This is a complete 180 from campaign where I was constantly dodge rolling and out maneuvering enemies and close range. This is 100x more fun because I actually have to engage, especially boss fights.

Right now the way they "balanced" the endgame was to add lightning fast mobs with cheap oneshots combined with exp loss and map bonus loss to counteract player power. Seems like almost no thought went into it