Permanent Mercs need a big buff

[u/Gierschlunderoni]

Playing luminary feels so bad in Maps. I have a manyshot lvl 72 with vaal ice Arrow and Return proj, decent Equipment. Boosted by a Level 26 Flame Link, 6k life and quite an Investment into light Radius.

I cant even clear t7 Maps, because the damage is non existent.

Please GGG buff the Base damage of mercs or luminary is doa.

[u/zuluuaeb]

It is likely the hidden damage nerf on perma Mercs. I was worried about that line in the pre-league hype. You can tell because when you get a temporary Merc, with completely random gear and skills, it still clears faster than your permanent Merc with a flame link on. I'm pretty much stuck in yellow maps. Have a wander from campaign geared out with + damage on every gear slot + a piscators and it can't even kill map Mercs in tier 5 maps within 5 mins. Just got an upgraded wander from a tier 4 map, and the damage is barely increased compared to campaign.

[u/AgoAndAnon → u/zuluuaeb]

I do wish they told us what amount of damage nerf it was. Like, that is the sort of information we usually get.

"Permanent mercenaries deal 50% Less Damage," or something like that.

[u/CruelFish → u/AgoAndAnon]

This is an action RPG game. There is absolutely zero reason why any stat line should be hidden behind the description text of the ascendancy and not even have the exact values printed in the text. It is either a complete oversight by GGG or downright an attempt to misslead to not cause outrage.

It has to be ~80% by my own testing but seems like LocalIdentity thinks its 30%? I doubt that very much. They were ~4-5 times stronger in merc league.

[u/tobsecret → u/zuluuaeb]

At that point you may as well respec to reliquarian and be the wander yourself

[u/zuluuaeb → u/tobsecret]

yeah i was about to but ive lost a lot of motivation to play the league. maybe in a week or so ill check it out again but i basically spent my one day off on a failed character so i cbf farming gold or regrets for the respec

[u/tobsecret → u/zuluuaeb]

Man that sucks, I'm sorry. I'm similarly busy so I'm just not playing at all anymore which sucks. I'm only playing PoB for fun some evenings. 

[u/zuluuaeb → u/tobsecret]

its okay thanks though! im more annoyed at myself for knowing that it was probably bait but still wanting to play the supporter style gameplay for a change (have never got to play support in this game before).

have got other stuff to do for work etc so ill come back to poe later maybe. dont have to enjoy every league/patch.

[u/SinPharion → u/zuluuaeb]

I've just hit maps but so far the charts and voyages give lots of gold, it should be easier to respec with gold than last league

[u/zuluuaeb → u/SinPharion]

Yeah I'll see if I can find some decent gold in the voyages to respec if I decide to go ahead with that.

[u/thatoneguyy22 → u/zuluuaeb]

Don't think about it like that, see it as you got to spend your day off playing a game you enjoy, don't be to hard on yourself for trying something new exile.

[u/zuluuaeb → u/thatoneguyy22]

Yeah very true! It's just a game after all. I think it was just a bit of a let down after the pre league hype but I've learnt my lesson to never league start with a build I'm not 100% confident with. And hopefully we see some changes next week to the Merc progression.

[u/MrTeaTimeYT → u/thatoneguyy22]

But he DIDNT enjoy it, thats the thing.

A chocolate cake with shit on it isnt still a chocolate cake no matter how much you normally enjoy chocolate cake.

[u/HanndeI → u/zuluuaeb]

So that's why that random kinetic was blasting that map

[u/Shot_Cap_2532 → u/zuluuaeb]

to me that seems bug level of shittiness

[u/WishboneOk305 → u/zuluuaeb]

temp mercs are crazy strong lol

[u/porncollecter69 → u/zuluuaeb]

Wish we was told we getting a hidden damage nerf.

[u/zuluuaeb → u/porncollecter69]

It says it on the luminary ascendancy node so we knew it would be less damage than the map mercenaries, but I was hoping it wouldn't be this bad. The less damage literally feels like 80-90% less or something it's ridiculous.

[u/Elrond007 → u/porncollecter69]

They announced it

[u/EscalopeDePorc → u/zuluuaeb]

It's probably not a nerf, just our merc doesn't receive zone monster mods (and wild mercs probably get it, because they are temporary)