Was thinking of playing an ice golemancer next league. Maybe instead I’ll do the solars. Just don’t want the pain in the ass to resummon them if I die. Which is often because I derp this game.
Path of Exile
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Was thinking of playing an ice golemancer next league. Maybe instead I’ll do the solars. Just don’t want the pain in the ass to resummon them if I die. Which is often because I derp this game.
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Because song twisting is what everyone remembers fondly from their EQ Bard.Looks insanely strong, but fucking miserable to use and not nearly enough skill buttons?
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They haven't done much to Convocation even though summoners have been asking for buffs forever, I guess they added the 50% cd reduction in necro, but if you're not necro, well tough luck.
As someone who plays summoners almost every league, I'd say they're fine, but are fairly different than your usual builds. Don't really click something and have it instantly die like most other builds, more like click, wait a bit, then stuff dies. Damage output is good, clear speed is meh/alright depending on the build, gets better if you're the type of player who loots a lot of shit though since you can loot while you summons kill shit. The biggest issues are Convocation cooldown for builds that rely on pets that follow you(not as much of an issue for skeletons/SRS builds for example), lack of buttons to put skills on because you need a fuckton of different shit and lack of gem slots for said different shit. Oh and pet AI sometimes, depends on the pets and the situations, but melee pets will often get stuck in doors and shit since they nerfed the AI calculations overall(monsters also get stuck more as a result, but less lag).
I like them still personally, there's a fair amount of variety in the builds and a bunch of ways to build stuff and they feel decently strong, but generally weaker than whatever fotm OP shit they buffed in that patch. I cleared uber elder with summoner though(as my first char that is) so there isn't really anything you can't do with minions. Other than grandmaster halls, that one is aids with summons. With many things really, fucking place is terrible, luckily the only reason to do it is once to unlock it on the atlas and you can pay someone to clear it for you, or not give a fuck.
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Penance
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Meh, I think half the fun is crunching before the league starts, and then the start of the league all the experimentation and testing that gets done. Although with so many new spells releasing it'll be a serious crunch this league.
zombiewizardhawk
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So... what about those boots is making everyone think they seem like they'd be overpowered or even decent? +2 gem levels on a couple auras isn't exactly impressive. Aurabots have no need to have their mana temporarily unreserved as far as I know.
The only application I can see would be combining them with MoM builds to get a slightly higher EHP for the times when the mana is unreserved?
The only application I can see would be combining them with MoM builds to get a slightly higher EHP for the times when the mana is unreserved?
zombiewizardhawk
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Yeah after I thought about it I guess you could cycle a couple that you wouldn't normally be able to reserve, depending on the times. Maybe if they make auras not generally shit then it'd be worth using those and doing it instead of just using a pair of better boots.
Mr Creed
Too old for this shit
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I might have had a mild stroke just now. That's one item that will never make it's way into my builds.
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Warmuth
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I’ve not done any actual group play that isn’t exp leeching so my knowledge is lacking in that respect. Where would strategic twisting of auras be useful? Game moves so fucking quickly that preempting anything seems unlikely and it’s just a matter of gain benefits of auras at random times turning one shots even more one shotty. Maybe prevent a random death here and there from whatever bullshit mechanic due to a random aura being active. Group boss play in a phase or something where a certain resist or burst is needed? I suppose it looks like an extra flask button for boss fights.
dizzie
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Yeah i don't see where you'd fit twisting buffs into this game. The group play consists of equip 3-4 quicksilver flasks and run like a pack while you sit in your chair having an epileptic fit from all the explosions on screen.
It's not like you don't get enough buffs with a decent aurabot.
Sounds like a pain in the arse to play.
It's not like you don't get enough buffs with a decent aurabot.
Sounds like a pain in the arse to play.
Caliane
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The UI is not really made for it. Nor, is gem slots. There's already a number of temp buffs, aurabots could be running, they don't. Becuase there just isnt enough hotkeys(or ease in cycling through them), or spare room in their builds, for more gems socketed.