[quote=LeBurns]
All that said, Larian should maybe have provided free respecs in some form as is usual in MMOs when Talents change a lot. But the resistance change in itself is, IMO, good for the game.
One issue I don't have the end-game experience to comment on is whether or not you need a high degree of healing to survive the late game attacks. There doesn't appear to be a "Heal Entire Party" spell at all, for example -- it seems like the game is designed from the ground up for characters to be generating a lot of healing through resistances. (I mean, the buff is titled "Absorb Elements.")
There are two problems with a free respec. The first is that respecialization in this game wipes out your skillbooks and there are unique skillbooks you can't re-buy, like Dust Devil or Whirlwind or Barrage. The second is that the two changes hitting together (leech and resists) knock out a
lot of interesting builds. Just about every hybrid tank/mage build I've seen posted is now invalid, for example, or changed enough that it might be invalid (especially on Hard difficulty).
So I don't know what I'm supposed to respec *into*. It's not just Leech that's nerfed, it's also Elemental Affinity, most high-end AoE spells, and a bunch of other things; Glass Cannon is a lot more risky on Hard if my tank can't generate fire-based healing; so on, so forth.
Are you new to Steam? Is there any game on Steam that doesn't auto-update?
You can set auto-updates on or off in your Steam settings, but once they're downloaded you can't roll back. I think most people generally just auto-download patches though. It
does feel a little weird to get hit with a "nerf" in a single-player game like this though, not something I was expecting.
Last edited by Dr. Hieronymous; 22/08/14 08:30 AM.
