r/PathOfExile2 2d ago

GGG Patch notes when? Now!

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3740562
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u/Far_Base5417 2d ago

Explosive Grenade cooldown is now 7 seconds (previously 3 seconds). Now has an Explosion Radius of 2-2.4 metres at Gem levels 1-20 (previously 1.8-2.4). Now has a Detonation Time of 3 seconds (previously 2.5 seconds).

Am I dreaming? Why?

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u/Zelniq 2d ago edited 2d ago

They also nerfed Voltaic Grenades cooldown to 6 seconds (previously 3 seconds) and has a Detonation Time (aka Fuse Duration) of 2.5 seconds (previously 1.2 seconds)

I don't understand, all I wanted was to be a grenadier and they nerfed an already meh archetype to be worse.

Maybe they added some OP support gems? seems doubtful, why would they do this. Disappointing.

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u/chaluJhoota 2d ago

I think they don't want grenades to be primary damage dealers. The idea might be to use the standard xbow skills most of the time and then weave in the grenades on occasion for various effects.

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u/Zelniq 2d ago

why would they even want that, what is wrong with a primary grenade dealing build? they're slow/delayed effect gameplay which they like, and it's an interesting archetype. for a company like GGG who prides itself on allowing players to make almost any build they want, that'd annoying if that was the case

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u/Sir-Sirington 2d ago

Well, in these same patch notes, they've deleted both hexblast and Concoctions from being primary skills on top of grenades. So it seems that the idea is that they have a vision of what should be allowed to be played as a primary and that everything else is...

Yeah, I don't agree, and I feel like this only kills diversity. Needless to say, my excitement has been thoroughly dashed. I'm frankly worried that their final vision for what this game is supposed to be makes it strictly worse and unfun to play.

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u/Minimonium 2d ago

I think one of the reasons for PoE2 is that they actually don't want players to make any build they want because it's too hard for them to balance so they effectively game up bar obvious outlines in PoE1.

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u/pathofdumbasses 1d ago

for a company like GGG who prides itself on allowing players to make almost any build they want

You're thinking of PoE1.

PoE2 is the make any dev approved build game. This is why they continue to push their made up combos and anything that doesn't go along with that is going to get destroyed.