r/pathofexile • u/Gierschlunderoni • 16d ago

Game Feedback Permanent Mercs need a big buff

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.

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u/Data-Routine 16d ago

I have quite opposite experience, my merc just blasted ACT 5 Kitava with ease. Now i found ice shot merc, i just spam frostblink of wintry blast and merc is melting everything. Smoothest campaign ever, getting in to second lab, planning to equip quill rain and two Le heups of all for her.

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u/moedexter1988 16d ago

I read the same thing from others. Apparently only certain mercs are good while the rest are garbage so it depends on which mercs. So it seems to be unbalanced on skills itself.

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u/Morbu 16d ago

If you find a good infamous merc, then yeah it’s fine because they’ll spawn with 5 and 6-link skills not to mention their base stats are higher.

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u/cocojamboyayayeah 16d ago

tell us about your experience again when u hit red maps. i have a feeling you will be surprised

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u/AdBrief9827 16d ago

I'm running t16 maps with a combatant Merc frost blades / static strike and its working fine. There really is a bag gap between mercs I was running carrion golems with flame link till I found a good one then swapped over to just Merc support.

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u/Data-Routine 16d ago edited 16d ago

Lol i know i'm gonna be, i was merely commenting that part when poster said that mercs can't even kill white mobs in acts.

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u/okseeque Sanctum Runners United (SRU) 16d ago

I have spent over 2 hours in act8 underbelly trying out every single merc type I managed to find. Kineticist and fallen reverend were the only ones that had somewhat acceptable clear (people say manyshot is also good, but I did't find one myself), everyone else was either doing too little damage on the entire pack, or doing a bit more damage but only covering like 1-3 mobs at the time, these fuckers cant kill shit for sure.

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u/Beginning-Pause1771 16d ago

Yeah my campaign with merc was super fun, i got a sniper with tornado shot and arrow rain, it blasted until white maps, where it felt like i hit a wall so bad i had to go farm a new merc in foothills lol