They did not change their mind.
They are not capable of doing it better.
Scaling is the most lazy and cost efficient way of making bloated content.
1 hit insta deaths is just one of the ugly downsides of this system. As well as bullet sponge enemies.
2 horrible systems in one slap.
It’s the one-shot mechanic that many people have been talking about, no matter how much health you have and max DR…
Sometimes I only need 1-2 minutes to reach the Pit boss but have to fail because I can’t beat this one-shot mechanic.
it is weird how in T7 and T8 i can tank 10 Hellborne and the Butcher and Elites all at one time and then out of no where i get one shot by something that i really don’t even notice and i have a barrier up
idk
my rouge is pretty tough, got max resists from tyreals, doombringer debuffs monsters and gives me DR and life. Always got 5 shades of dark shrouds. lots of life sustain. does t8 just fine
Of course mythics will help you be stronger but I did a t100 NMD at lvl 92 with just legendary barely masterworked gear. There are ways to build defense that don’t rely on them and can avoid the one shots.
Not that hard to decide however there is a different issue
Player HP can differentiate between roughly 25k to 150k, fix that first (25k to 55k or something) and THEN do the scale
In fact the maximum damage hits should not grow as much as the minimal
Blizzard can’t design boss fights like GGG POE2, so they add 1shot mechanics to increase difficulty.
and why armor cant resist elements same as psyhical whats difrance?
Because they are different things?
There are ways to mitigate all the things you’re complaining about but you’d rather complain than actually do anything about it.
It’s weird that they made DR a much more rare stat in the game but also made it so you can hit ridiculously high numbers if you get the mythic drops.
And then there are classes like rogue where you can stack 70% DR with one skill. Rogues should enjoy it while they can because that is likely going away and they will cut it nearly in half as they did with debilitating roar on Druid which also used to be 70% and got reduced to 40%. These kinds of things make you unkillable.
For those struggling right now a well rolled soulbrand plus aspect of might (provided you are using a basic skill) provide up to 50% DR. Normal Duriel drops those things like they are candy. The rest of your DR you will find somewhere in your class kit.
My necro have 156k hp + fortify. I can facetank tormented uber boss up to five debuff stack before getting ohko.
Might as well just show 3 hearts on the corner of the screen and go Zelda style. Or have your character shrink after getting hit.
Sustain isn’t yet effective in this game.
Armor is your physical resist.
Physical resist in d3 was an abomination, it should’ve never been there to begin with
My bash Barb has 120K life. My Rogue has 28K life and my WW Barb has 35K life. Both my Rogue and WW Barb survives much better than my Bash Barb. They already mentioned the damage reduction and all. But also the longer it takes u to take down the boss, the higher risk of getting your a$$ kicked by the boss. Rogue and WW Barb has huge movement advantage over Bash Barb and that helps a lot too. Once they took out the massive damage capability from Bash Barb this season, it became less survivable after certain level.
120K life goes down to almost zero very frequently, despite having the same gears while 35K life of WW Barb almost does not even move down an inch during the play. (both uses iron skin too)
This is what I had a very hard time understanding but am slowing starting to get it. I was always just looking at my stat sheet and think “hey I’m golden”. The real measure is all the math I cannot even begin to understand with the DR max res ect.
I am slowy starting to get it and it is making the game that much more fun.
i just got 1 shoted by canibal boss in nmd 100 with mele rogue 40k life and shield all ress armor maxed and damage reduction etc… this game is only for ranged or wht?
Bwaaaahahahahah - yeah PoE doesnt have one shots…
Oh, you were serious?
LOL