Balance is important to game studios and gamers alike. That's why Grinding Gear Games has decided to tweak the numbers in many Path of Exile items.
Path of Exile is known for being a Diablo-esque procedurally generated action adventure with a ludicrously large passive skill tree and gemstones that are attached to weapons and armor. In spite of recent difficulties developing during a pandemic, Grinding Gear Games is still keeping things moving, and has shared ten items that are getting a tuneup: five weapons, two gems, an amulet, a pair of boots, and a shield.
The Hotfooted gem got even faster, now potentially generating with up to 20% speed boost, which now applies to casting and attack speed. That will be incredibly useful for Path of Exile: Harvest, where players will literally farm enemies for their life force.
The amulet Ungil's Harmony has lost its 25% reduction of the critical strike multiplier, but now makes critical strikes do no damage. The upshot, however, is that it now provides up to 350% critical strike chance. This makes it great for characters who might have other passives or abilities that have certain effects that activate with a critical strike.
One weapon that got amped up is the Brain Rattler increasing its chance to inflict a devastating shock from 15% to 50%, and shock damage is boosted by 300%. That's voltage that Pikachu would be proud of. Melee builds who want to inflict as much lightning damage as possible will have to defeat the Path of Exile boss known as the Guardian of the Minotaur get their hands on this two handed mace.
The league-restricted sceptre known as The Dark Seer made a change that suits the name. In addition to being able to blind enemies 10% of the time, the weapon now makes players both immune to blind and able to, for the duration of the blinding effect, inflict the powerful Malediction debuff on enemies.
Path of Exile is available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
Source: Grinding Gear Games
