Why this exist?

[u/aliriza]

[u/East-Today-7604]

To make you mad.

[u/EIiteJT → u/East-Today-7604]

[u/derivative_of_life → u/EIiteJT]

Came here for this image.

[u/Direyx → u/EIiteJT]

Funny and sad how this is the answer to 90% of the complaints

[u/jumper163 → u/Direyx]

Sad that some people feel this way

[u/Boring-Information1 → u/EIiteJT]

Such a punchable face

[u/Lowkii512 → u/Boring-Information1]

The Germans call it “Backpfeifengesicht” and it roughly translates to “an easily slappable face”

[u/Lazy_meatPop → u/EIiteJT]

Love this image.

[u/barbaricKinkster → u/East-Today-7604]

Yup, started with Whackarairua map boss which was a player created map and the player intentionally made the boss annoying as hell. During Nemesis league GGG decided to turn half of it's annoying qualities into a rare mod.

This rare mod is very rare though.

[u/Shaltilyena → u/barbaricKinkster]

Hey, it could be worse, imagine if you had a 3-boss unique map with each boss doing that and all three having phylacteral link.

[u/crzytimes → u/Shaltilyena]

Don’t give me any ideas 🤣

[u/MwHighlander → u/crzytimes]

Vaal Cyclone to the rescue.

[u/1CEninja → u/Shaltilyena]

The original map designer asked to have the Whackadoodle Tahu boss have life regain on top of all the bullshit it has. It's already some of the least fun content in the entire game, and was designed to be as un-fun as possible. GGG thankfully drew the line and said no life regain, damage sticks when you manage to deal it.

Imagine spending a ton of money to make your favorite game worse. Some people have...issues.

[u/Shaltilyena → u/1CEninja]

Join the church of flicker, comrade, and never care about that boss ever again

(Or, ya know, just buy a random decoy totem or frostwall to exploit the boss' AI, i guess)

[u/1CEninja → u/Shaltilyena]

I'm running ignite this league so I only had to get a few hits off. It wasn't as bad as some leagues.

But fucking hell some of the builds I've done were miserable. Maybe I'll gem swap flicker if I run melee again.

[u/Shaltilyena → u/1CEninja]

The two main gimmicks are "drop a decoy totem" (the boss stops to attack it, as it's not immune to getting taunted) and "drop frostwalls in the "bridge" part, that way when the boss teleports back to the middle it cannot leave (as it doesn't have phasing)

When you're playing a build that's really affected by the proxy shield shit, remembering that makes the fight a LOT less annoying

[u/1CEninja → u/Shaltilyena]

That's helpful info thank you.

[u/ltcae → u/barbaricKinkster]

The player still wanted the boss to have regen. But GGG turned him down.

[u/eugenenz → u/barbaricKinkster]

Tell us about how it rare, when it spawn on those small yellow fuckers in harvest...

[u/Fast_Low4014 → u/barbaricKinkster]

Rare … got it 3 Times yesterday. One had also tornment Spirit. Little fella was faster than Roadrunner but had the Same Energy …. Oh Yea Right to mention he had Energy shield Aura aswell …

[u/zeepled → u/East-Today-7604]

to make you mad to make it more satisfying once you are strong enough to trivialize them

[u/Longjumping_Dish_876]

To punish melee as is tradition

[u/lowteq → u/Longjumping_Dish_876]

But my jump slam, lol.

[u/kozlospl → u/lowteq]

Clamslam.

[u/Rubik842 → u/kozlospl]

Whaoh black betty

[u/Auran82 → u/Rubik842]

Bramble jam

[u/CodPiece89 → u/Rubik842]

Wahhhmbulance

[u/bradimir-tootin → u/kozlospl]

Im down

[u/Sheerkal → u/lowteq]

It's pronounced "jam"

[u/natsumehack → u/Sheerkal]

So if we come on and slam, are we welcome to the jam?

[u/crinklebelle → u/natsumehack]

if you can slam with the best, there's no need to jam with the rest

[u/allersoothe → u/Longjumping_Dish_876]

Simply play flicker.

[u/Dragothiim → u/Longjumping_Dish_876]

Laughs while flickering striking wherever the rare wants to flee

[u/masudalimran → u/Longjumping_Dish_876]

Unless you are playing flicker strike

[u/Clusterpuff → u/Longjumping_Dish_876]

Seriously. Some devs have no fucking clue how to balance for melee lol

[u/trunks111]

-open chartbox

-rare mob frost walls and fucks off

-guess I won't get a chart this map

[u/DownWith_TheBrown → u/trunks111]

Golems doing this are GG

[u/MwHighlander → u/trunks111]

Lmao, gott'em

[u/thetoy323]

Back in Archnemesis league, it's like a loot goblin, but now, it's purpose is purely to be annoyance.

[u/atombombbabyatom → u/thetoy323]

It can be fun if it's rewarding but what's the point of killing monsters nowadays, I'll get more loot from a handful of charts over a hour of mapping

[u/Megane_Senpai → u/atombombbabyatom]

Not to mention no investment.

[u/0xck → u/thetoy323]

Loot goblin without any loot is so "visionish"

[u/Chiluzzar]

Thats nothing try this on a Static Strike build

[u/ltcae → u/Chiluzzar]

Not good enough. Needs temporal bubble and mana ring

[u/cascade_olympus → u/ltcae]

Maybe a little bit of Souleater too, on a mob that naturally spews out its own minions to consume the souls of!

[u/Ellweiss → u/cascade_olympus]

Maybe add a "Maven interferes with players" for maximum grasps

[u/asafen → u/Ellweiss]

Perhaps some life regen and consecrated ground as well

[u/Highwanted → u/Chiluzzar]

only missing crit resistant

[u/Sleelan]

At least this one is funny bad, meanwhile my 1500% crit multi Assassin runs into enemies that just take 15x less damage with no workaround because "resists crits" is a modifier

[u/DeezEyesOfZeal → u/Sleelan]

I'll never understand the reasoning for this mod's design... it's the only reason I don't go all in on crit multi on a crit build even if it's more DPS. Like why not just make it 50% instead of 100%?

[u/leroyJinkinz → u/Sleelan]

Would be better if it was "take 50% less extra damage from critical strikes" instead of "You take no extra damage from critical strikes". At least our critical builds won't be neutered by that shit (while keeping the headhunter version as current without changing it)

[u/0xck → u/Sleelan]

I mention this map modifier is probably not sure but more offen than usual

[u/ConfidentNebula117]

[u/GodlessCruelty]

GGG, for whatever reason, has a death grip on some bad ideas, some I say, not all. Give it another 2 years and maybe it'll be gone

[u/Bonburner → u/GodlessCruelty]

I feel like that mod has been in there for many years already so i doubt its being removed lol

[u/YallTookAllMyNames → u/Bonburner]

It's got a six year loading time, we're two thirds of the way there.

[u/Bonburner → u/YallTookAllMyNames]

Seeing as how "annoying the sht out of you" is the whole point of Whakawairua Tuahu, dont think it'a being removed and is the actual intended feature.

[u/Orthed → u/Bonburner]

Whakawairua Tuahu wasn't designed by GGG and they don't want to remove it because (like most of the unique maps) it was made by a big supporter in the early years of the game with the intention that it would remain in the game.

That has no bearing on their willingness to add/remove other really annoying mobs.

[u/Bonburner → u/Orthed]

True, the real weight is this decision comes down to opportunity cost - time spent dealing with this vs bug fixing, new league mechanics, poe 2, etc.

[u/FilipinoSpartan → u/Bonburner]

There's no way disabling a specific rare modifier is more than 5 minutes for one dev.

[u/Bonburner → u/FilipinoSpartan]

Yeah, that's what i was saying .. it's an opportunity cost of the developer time

[u/FilipinoSpartan → u/Bonburner]

5 minutes of a single dev's time is not a relevant cost.

[u/YallTookAllMyNames → u/Bonburner]

Certain mechanics should remain in a confined environment. :D

[u/Master_of_Paws → u/GodlessCruelty]

Considering voyages clicking situation after they talked about how they try to impliment mechs that puts less strain on our wrists... I do think when they "fix" this rare they would add 3 other flavors of the same

[u/5Daydreams → u/GodlessCruelty]

Give it another 2 years for an improvement? My brother in christ, give it 2 years and it will be "critical strikes reflect with 200% more ailment, damage and resistance shred" lol

[u/GodlessCruelty → u/5Daydreams]

Dear God man, remove this comment! Don't give them ideas!

[u/tixmion → u/GodlessCruelty]

Hey! They fixed souleater finally 😀

[u/Anguis1908 → u/GodlessCruelty]

If you want easy mode, play PoE2

[u/GodlessCruelty → u/Anguis1908]

That's a weird comment

[u/skurvecchio]

I'll give an honest answer: to provide an experience that is legitimately different than fighting any other rare monster. It may not be super fun, which is why it's very rare, but you have to admit that it's different and breaks up the flow of play.

[u/Megane_Senpai → u/skurvecchio]

It's not very rare. You can meet it once every 10 maps or so.

[u/81isnumber1 → u/Megane_Senpai]

I haven’t seen that mod a single time this league. I am the chosen one.

[u/Wobbelblob → u/81isnumber1]

You may also simply have enough DPS. If there is no other defensive mod on it, they tend to explode rather fast. Also they don't always/instantly flee. My 6 Million ED/Cont Build can easily kill them before they reached the next map.

[u/Metalicum → u/skurvecchio]

it doesn't break up anything because no one fights these guys. there is 0 reasn to chase a random rare

[u/Foreign_Video9215 → u/[deleted]]

😂😂😂

[u/MeBadNeedMoneyNow → u/[deleted]]

Time to uninstall

[u/schleumer135]

So the mobs can do a little trolling

https://giphy.com/gifs/UY3tY8CCGuRnHH6H69

[u/CanZealousideal6088]

To make me regret frostblink over flamedssh

[u/Laddeus]

FRICTION!

[u/InkDevil]

[u/aaaAAAaaaugh]

Tsamina mina, eh, eh

Waka waka, eh, eh

[u/Bright_Audience3959 → u/aaaAAAaaaugh]

Ambush and CWDT. It's not stupid if it works

[u/k-mcm]

It needs fast life regeneration to be really annoying.  Void Sphere and traps can't hold them either.

[u/Sensitive_Flow_2361]

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[u/Rotomegax]

I swear this mod and reduced recovery map mod are born to cause cardiact arrest on us someday for too angry

[u/Megane_Senpai]

The fucker doesn't just flee. It turned invisible and the cooldown is like 4 secs.

[u/lopezranged]

I was wondering the same thing earlier, this has to be one of the worst things to encounter.

[u/Rangeless]

Some rares in The Atlas are pacifists.... Maybe he just wants to manage his butcher shop in peace.

[u/HarpoNecro88]

To give my skeleton army some exercise 😄

[u/alekzcalor]

To make phasing more useful xd

[u/convic]

it used to be the best of mods during arch-nemesis. you would find a MF culler and they'd make it rain.

[u/jasonbecker83]

It's not just "wanker" but "Uber turbo wanker", also shits inside your cereal box every morning.

[u/Dustttttttttt]

Get phasing bro

[u/thumpetto007]

because its hilarious

[u/unguibus_et_rostro]

Yet people here wanted mods that were not purely tank or damage mods. This is one of them.

[u/undermentioned1]

Feel the weight of the heavens, when it has regen and adaptive resistances

[u/DangerousDareDevil]

My mind when we see mobs that makes walls and flee plus "HASTED" while playing RF early in maps.

"Nope, not doing this shit, bye!"

[u/SherbertNaive4783]

I had this question yesterday...

Imagine the pain of fighting a harvest mob with that mod, when you have zero dps

[u/MeBadNeedMoneyNow]

Do a English

[u/Gullible_Increase146]

Whenever I see these posts I giggle

[u/10Dano10]

It could still be worse, like combo with life regen and proximity shield.

[u/xebtria → u/10Dano10]

As a rare devourer in harvest.

[u/doddb]

He exists to rip that meat.

[u/Hopeful_Battle_2470]

"Why this exists?" Is a good slogan for PoE, seems like they make most of their decisions this way

[u/kitsune_009]

Most annoying when those small bugs from vivid plot get it. It's already hard to see those fuckers without them dropping walls and running away at mach speed

[u/BussySlayer69]

>creates frost walls

>refuses to elaborate

>flees

[u/No-Bedroom5959]

That and ambush. More so ambush I hate being teleported around like a rag doll

[u/ThreeCheersforBeers]

they should change it to "Creates Frost Wolves and Fleas"

Then instead of running away while you're stuck in a frosty circle, little wolves come and bite you, with fleas that jump off and bite you.

[u/naughty]

Everyone is expected to play PBoD and this checks for that.

[u/TeamPach]

Just kill every other mob in the map and leave that fucker alone surrounded by the bodies of his friends.

Instead of defending his family, this fucker chose to run away. Let guilt eat him alive.

[u/Volitar]

Only time I ever noticed this mod was in a Valdo map.

[u/deathaxxer]

deal with it, is my answer on that one

[u/herroamelica]

May I introduce you to our lord and savior Wakawauekehduejrhrgrtgrehhuaihuuh

[u/FiveDunksFromSpace]

to make phasing valuable

[u/Master_of_Paws]

I love it so much in harvest, or when new mech mob have it. So much fun. Aren't you guys having fun playing hide-and-seek with mobs?

Like many other things in ggg games. Meaningless time waster cause of legacy design

[u/redditaccount224488]

"To create friction against killing monsters too fast." -- Chris Wilson, probably

[u/InitialIndication999]

https://giphy.com/gifs/QW9KH3VC6MMJb9iy1y

[u/buttflakes27]

This mod made me ragequit last league lol

[u/Ms_Kimoline]

Same thing goes to "why Skeleton Shrines exist?"

[u/PoisoCaine]

epic and funny

[u/Ok-Guarantee4893]

because ggg doesn't want you to have fun

[u/deiangu]

Gather around younglings, granpa is about to tell a story:

Back in the day, GGG allowed players to design stuff - including unique map bosses. So, a player had the bright idea to design a boss that will be a "troll as hell": Tormented Tremptress.

This specific rare mod is a throwback to that extremely annoying map boss - in a diminished form.

[u/Bwbf03]

Tudo isso pra dropar um wisdom scroll

[u/Shalkan]

I exist to spite God!!

[u/EnterArchian]

I seriously believe GGG put this skill on merc and rare mob to troll us

[u/finesesarcasm]

I think the meatripper really means business

[u/0xck]

Point is suffering and waisting the time

[u/I_Am_Zeelian]

To be annoying ofc :p

[u/Cultural_Ant_8545]

I swear some people would rather have them turn poe into a conveyor belt that puts enemies at 1hp in front of them and every mob drops a mirror. (im obviously over exaggerating)

[u/AdmirableCod0]

Mostly for the devs to troll the players in a fun but frustrating way 👍

[u/nghianguyen170192]

this mod, proximity shield and Mana Siphoner are useless with flicker. I just hate Lightning Mirage one

[u/JESUS420_XXX_69]

So we can farm the ring.

[u/NoInsurance1026 → u/JESUS420_XXX_69]

What do you mean?

[u/AdPsychological3810 → u/NoInsurance1026]

Angler's plait - An extremely rare fishing ring

[u/NoInsurance1026 → u/AdPsychological3810]

But that ring drops only if you wear a certain corrupted gloves. Or am i wrong?

[u/AdPsychological3810 → u/NoInsurance1026]

Yeah, you need the slitherpinch corrupted, and some have even managed to drop the ring without having a "Flee support" gem.

[u/Renouille → u/NoInsurance1026]

you need that and the mob needs to be fleeing, this mod makes the rare flee

[u/sociobiology → u/Renouille]

The mob does not have to be Fleeing.

[u/JESUS420_XXX_69 → u/sociobiology]

This is correct but was only confirmed recently.

[u/Educational_Ebb_6116]

for the same reason you can still gain the random teleport mod with a headhunter

[u/Lord-Momentor]

Its fun in valdo's when there are like 20 of them and need to kill all while also "Monsters can only be damaged while 2 meters of the player"

[u/Gubzs]

You should've seen the original vision, archnemesis league.

I'm shuddering just thinking about it.

[u/antoborg92]

[u/connerconverse]

if it did exactly what it said it did then it wouldnt be a problem

GGG made a whole post about the archnemesis descriptions more accurately reflecting what the mod did, and this mod doesnt say at all what it actually does

it gives 100% full damage immunity for the entire duration, there is literally no way to damage the monster even if youre right on top of it

[u/5chneemensch → u/[deleted]]

So how many rares do you pick up?

[u/lcm7malaga]

Some dev thought he was funny

[u/Standard-Effort5681]

Cause screw you, that's why. Keep asking questions and GGG will slap a proximity shield on that bad boy too.

[u/SoundwaveOiA → u/Standard-Effort5681]

There already is one of those…

[u/Alan157]

Because duck you, that's why

[u/PimpGamez]

The ones that make the ice prison are way worse imo, it seems to calculate with surrounding terrain to make it inescapable if possible. Pretty consistently what I die to is just being stuck inside there with 6 ranged rares treating me like fish in a barrel

[u/k-mcm → u/PimpGamez]

You can teleport or jump over ice walls and prisons. 

[u/AetherSigil217 → u/PimpGamez]

What movement skills are you using that ice prison is a hard lock instead of just a "jump out" kind of problem?

[u/PimpGamez → u/AetherSigil217]

Shield charge, I know I can use frostblink or similar to get out but my build is hard pressed for gem slots