George_Truman

To create more imbalance because imbalance exists already instead of fixing existing imbalance seems like questionable design philosophy.

Stop! You violated the law! Pay the court a fine or serve your sentence! Your stolen goods are now forfeit... Oblivion VA is hands down the best of all time you guys don't know what you're talking about.

I thought vampires were from Pennsylvania.

I can't wait to complain about what I don't like on the forums

Its a weird problem because they wanted to prevent the exponential gains above 20, but keep the aoe about equal for the 10-20 range iirc. Anything above 10% causes you to zero out at or above 1 int, which I guess they don't want. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RFUG64GdwMtZKAEQ7iRCRscSNptKr2gSBMxNIMhdroM/edit#gid=0 ^here is a spreadsheet to visualize how changing the numbers would affect the AoE multiplier. Please correct my math if I fudged up

I think my favorite would be "BARBARIC SHOUT!!!!"

That lizard man takes a lot of beatings from beta testers

I hope they make it so whenever you use an ability the character shouts the ability's name

PoE1 Spoiler!!1! Is it necessarily true that every godlike is actually associated with one god, or is it possible that godlikes existed even before the gods were created?

I got u my good sir/madam I'll edit when I find it. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/245952827?t=42m01s

Does anyone have a link to the effects of the different tiers of afflictions and inspirations? I am having a really hard time finding that info.

If you have an inspiration like Intuitive and get hit by Distracted (from Powder Burns) they cancel each other out. I don't weant to cast Disciplined Strikes after every shot with Powder Burns. So any level affliction will cancel out any level inspiration?

don't ostrich aim and/or disciplined strikes prevent distraction? On a side note could you go for bleak wanker/black jacket and take clear head to prevent the perception malus? is there any indication that there are items with spells bound to them like in PoE 1?

Don't worry OP my burning disdain for portraits keeps me up at night.

Maybe one of the fights consists of a maze of stationary tentacles you have to run through!

I think a large issue is that to keep int relatively equal to how it was in the 10-20 range (without the exponential growth), the bonus ought to be more like 15%, but if they did that then you would bottom out on AoE at 3 int.

Op I don't think your premise is universally accepted. Many believe that half swording was also used to deliver blunt hits with the pommel and guard. This video provides a solid example for both techniques The point being that the second method could easily be used with one hand (and the guy in the video does just that at one point despite using quite a large sword)

I don't know about you guys but I always salt my cake lest I fall victim to temptation.

Does the AoE dissapear if you get debuffed to 0?

I didn't convert them linearly

A change in area is proportional to a change in radius so you can convert it using magic

Are there still team immunity spells? From what I saw the priest spells were altered and only affect 1 fella at a time Also correct my math if I'm a dummy but the new system punishes dumping worse (in terms of aoe) -6% radius per point * 7 = -42% radius ≃ -66% AoE -10% AoE per point = -70% AoE (hope I didn't mess that one up) as opposed to pumping +6% radius per point * 7 = +42% radius ≃ +100% AoE +10% per point = +70%

> If you poop away your defenses > decent tank > can take a few hits It's only Will, a stat that is poor on Fighters anyway, and you could always put it into Resolve instead, which would give you less affliction duration and more deflection. > on account of avoiding disables. It's not clear to me that boosting your Will save by a few points and adding an extra 5 seconds of Vigorous Defense will suddenly result in a character that can 'avoid' disables. In POTD especially, charms and dominates have such high Will save requirements that it is nigh-impossible to avoid them by boosting defences (although I'll grant this is less of a factor on lower difficulties). > Is forgoing cleave I can't comment on Cleave, maybe someone else can offer some insight as to whether it's worth getting and whether lowering Intellect really harms it all that much. A lot of what I was saying about min/maxing was meant in a general sense. Weather you notice it or not all of the defensive stats associated with the attributes affect you. Also, will doesn't just save you from resolve and int afflictions, it also affects your ability to dodge abilities like shining beacon, devotions, and other attribute affects like paralyzed from banshee screams/killers froze stiff. I think you are missing the point of opportunity cost. its not 5 or 10 extra seconds of vigorous defense you get from pumping int, its 40, because you only have to spend 3 discipline for a minute of Disciplined Barrage instead of 6, so you can spend the remaining 4 points on 40 seconds of VA (i'm using base duration values and assuming the 7 points of discipline @ 10). That will indeed have an impact on the disables you sustain and your probability of getting bursted down. High defense also allows more ease of use and versatility. A higher defense may allow you to put a character into harms way to take down a priority target that they may otherwise not have been able to reach.

Is +10 to a defense bad? I loved those talents in PoE1

Damn this thread reeks of assburgers.