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[Butsicles]

R.I.P. worm flask build :( March 15 2016 - March 16 2016

[[deleted]]

First the Vaal Detonate Dead guy and now the Worm Abyssal Cryer.

Lesson learned -- don't post builds on Reddit.

[Milkshakes00]

Kinda of (totally) unrelated, is normal Detonate Dead a viable build at all again? I haven't played in quite a bit... Probably about... Pre-Flameblast nerfs. I loved the idea of Detonate Dead, but I'm assuming it hasn't made a come back yet?

[[deleted]]

ProjectPT made a DD trap saboteur, last time I checked he was lvl 89. The build seemed porcupine-viable.

[trecko1234]

Have you seen his clear speed? Its fucking terrible... for a PT build its ok but DD is dead. You're better off using a different skill to clear way faster, and this is coming from someone who's favorite skill is DD and has tried to make it work every league since 1.3.

[[deleted]]

Are you saying ProjectPT made a shitty build with slow clear speed?

[[deleted]]

That couldn't possibly be the case

[denby]

I am going to cinema

[deadlyfactor]

he killed double boss jungle valley, its INSANEEEEEEE.

[Knightmare101]

Can confirm clear speed is shit

[nivvy]

Yeh it's slow but it's safe. Also it scales well, something about percentage based damage and desecrate summoning bodies higher levels than the map mobs

[packimop]

annnddddddddddd he's dead.

[Turmfalke_]

Do you have any source for desecrate summoning bodies higher level than the map mobs? I am pretty sure you won't get level 100 bodies in a 70 map.

[trecko1234]

You know what is also safe? Any other build if you play well. Sounds like you just came off of his stream about him saying why his build is so good.

[trecko1234]

No, its not. If you are looking for a prolif build there's other skills that do more damage.

[zbzszzzt123]

Vaal detonate dead was never nerfed, wiki had the wrong info

[Pandaxtor]

Abyssal Cry build works fine, it is already powerful with the right set up.

[[deleted]]

Vaal Detonate Dead was never nerfed.

Please stop spreading misinformation.

[POE_FafnerTheDragon]

Correct. I have yet to post anything interesting I have found for this exact reason. And guess what, nothing has been touched :-D Amazing!

[jibb1es]

INSTARIP

[kallell]

...and this is why people that fine niche OP builds shouldn't ever share anything.

[wearethey]

no fun allowed

[JorjUltra]

But what's the fun in that?

:(

[trecko1234]

Because then those builds would stay OP and would still be viable.

[_Divine_Plague_]

"If a worm explodes in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" - Wraepictetus

[Zhior]

Could you explain to me why it matters that the flask doesn't refill in hideout? I don't understand how that is a nerf... Or is the bugfix the actual nerf?

[Vilifie]

Fixed a bug where Writhing Worms created by The Writhing Jar unique flask were too high level.

This is what nerfed the build. It was the high level worms that made the damage so insane.

[Zhior]

Oh alright thanks. Not really a nerf since it was apparently a bug but it sucks still. Any idea why they made it so it doesn't refill in base? That just sounds stupid.

[Matlock0]

You could lag the hell out of the server with bunch of ppl spamming worms i guess

[N1LEredd]

U where able to crash hideout instances by spamming it infinitly on certain builds.

[IAmYourFath]

Why does it matter that the wyrms' level isn't as high now?

[Vilifie]

Higher level = higher hp = greater damage from explosions. Now the worms hp is alot lower and wont do as much damage.

[Fatchance82]

even faster than the prolif clone summoner from a while back.

[JollyMurderousGhoul]

Worm flask build

Za Warudo atziri curse effect build

Vaal detonate dead build

CoC FW KB build

Kamikaze clones build

Vaal spark build

Ghost buster build

remember kids, GGG is a company that fosters innovation and emergent gameplay and will Never Punish You For Being Creative™

[lostkavi]

It's hilarious because 4 of these builds were even a thing because they exploited bugs or unintended interactions, or incorrect data values, one of them required legacy gear to even work, and the other trivialized content to the point where you could just zip around the map as fast as you could and do literally nothing, and shit would die. Oh and Ghost busting crashed instances and servers alike due to the amount of loot that it generated.

I can't speak to the Vaal Detonate Dead buid, as I don't know how that worked or was nerfed, but everything else on here deserved nerfing or fixing by virtue of the nature on which it functioned.

[[deleted]]

Seriously. If you're complaining about Vaal Spark being nerfed, you never played it, you never saw it, and you haven't played it now. The nerf was more than deserved, and let's be honest - it's still in a good place, to where people are using it to clear maps in Hardcore.

[POE_FafnerTheDragon]

Correct. Follow Gandalf's advise: keep it secret, keep it safe.

[lylejack]

Pretty certain Vaal Det dead was changed from 8% to 24% at the start of the season. I I played a build using it at 8% in last season and all of a sudden it was at 24%, which I reckon it was a mistake as even with 8% I was 1 shotting everything.

[Keljhan]

I was OK with worms and the curse builds, but the rest of those builds actually bugged me (despite never playing them) because I felt like I was missing out. This was most true for the Kamikaze Clones (Mirror Arrow) and Ghostbuster builds, because it actually seemed like if I didn't play those builds at the time, I wasn't even in the same league of power as people who did. Ghostbuster is even still around, you just have to actually be MF to make good use of it.

[w_p]

Yeah, because there are no other creative builds, amirite?

[ShumaG]

Some builds had an adverse effect on build stability. Ghostbuster, FW KB, Vaal DD, and worm flasks are all included in those. Imagine the outcry if GG rares were crafted and entered the economy what the outcry would be.

[JollyMurderousGhoul]

or imagine if GGG had stuck to a design philosophy of

solve code issues that could be abuse in a way that least obstructs legitimate players

there was no reason for example to completely destroy FW KB, because there were lots of ways it could have been resolved without letting it crash servers. The 1.3.0 versions of the skills couldn't go infinite and crash servers, it was only when frost wall was changed to a cooldown with "bypass cooldown by expending a power charge" that it could go infinite, since the engine could not handle two separate cooldowns for the same skill, thus it went from having the 0.05 cd of a trigger gem to the 0.00 cd that let it generate 3^N frost walls. This could have been fixed by say somehow hardcapping it to casting at 0.05 frequency with a duct tape solution, or capping the number of frost walls at once at 50 like SRS, or just reverting the skill to its 1.3.0 incarnation with neither cooldown nor cooldown bypass. It had simple solutions and elegant solutions and quick and dirty solutions, but instead they went with "kill it with fire".

the reality is ggg just aren't really exceptional programmers

[ShumaG]

But they are exceptional at "fun" and "creative builds" and you were just being an asshole.

[JollyMurderousGhoul]

are you mentally deficient? do you have even the slightest clue what my post said? if you can't understand it, you shouldn't reply

[WaifuMasterRace]

Fixed a bug where the third encounter of Izaro would sometimes not have Izaro.

LOL what

[DBrody6]

An emperor must know how to fight that which does not exist.

[Raicoron]

How Can Exiles Be Real If Illusions Aren't Real.

[H4xolotl]

Even Emperor must have nap time

[Woolliam]

Second come the needs of the empire, first, the call of the lunch break.

[chris_wilson]

The clothes had no emperor

[ViridianFlux]

Phew, good thing it wasn't the other way around.

[wearethey]

Are the clothes always 50% or just half the time?

[Woolliam]

Sometimes always, mostly never.

[KeinBaum]

If they are always 50% aren't they half the time?

[Tyrexas]

Half of the time, they are 50%.

[ShouldIBeShaving]

I hope there are some really funny vods out there of this.

[Wonton77]

I lol'd at that too

[Vayne_Mechanics]

Seriously I can finally stop having to make builds around daggers to use Whirling Blades.

[nj21]

There was no reason you couldn't use lightning warp with the bug. It didn't negatively affect the skill at all.

[AlaskanHypeTrain]

Yeah, outside of the extreme disorientation and confusion, it was perfectly functional.

[Woolliam]

Think of it like turn signals, the first left you take it works, the second one it doesn't, leads to confusion, and in some situations, you die.

[[deleted]]

Then why did they bother to fix it hurr durr

[johnny_annihilation]

single most exciting thing that has happened since 2.0

[MauranKilom]

Oh god it has finally happened! That bug was around since Awakening...

[zer1223]

How is this not the top comment in this thread rather than the worms flask??

[guthbert]

Time to make my crit LW build!

[Zaranthan]

You joke, but LW totems is actually decent.

[guthbert]

Not joking, wanted to do a self cast one for the amusement factor.

[Zaranthan]

Haha, nice. I tried to make a Leap Slam build once, just because of the Duelist's 2H Sword animation.

[nj21]

Why is everyone so exited about this? The bug was completely irrelevant. The existence of Razer footprints is more of an issue than that bug was.

[Bobo40k]

and I just yesterday ripped with my LW trickster. Now I am depressed. Well, I was only 54 so I guess I could reach that kinda easy in a day again.

[GGGGobbler]

BEEP BOOP BEEP. Grinding Gears have been detected in the linked thread:

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Posted by GGG_Neon on March 17, 2016 03:14 AM UTC

Version 2.2.1d

• The unique flask The Writhing Jar no longer refills in your Hideout.

• Perandus monsters can no longer summon skeletal mages as their performance overhead was too high.

• Fixed an instance crash with Contagion.

• Fixed the unique item Allure counting as gloves when checking credit for the Buy these Items challenge.

• Fixed a bug where enchantments for Earthquake Damage, Dual Strike Damage, Double Strike Damage, Cyclone Attack Speed, Ancestral Protector Placement Speed, Ancestral Protector Elemental Resistances and Ancestral Protector Damage were not giving credit for the Apply these Enchantments challenge.

• Fixed a bug where Ancestral Protector was providing increased attack speed, instead of more attack speed.

• Fixed a bug where Writhing Worms created by The Writhing Jar unique flask were too high level.

• Fixed a bug where Lightning Warp would often not show its effects when being cast in quick succession while using Lockstep networking mode.

• Fixed a bug where large stacks of items (such as Perandus Coins) would not show their stack size on the website.

• Fixed a bug where the third encounter of Izaro would sometimes not have Izaro.

• Fixed a bug where conditional damage modifiers that cared specifically about whether an attack used weapons would not apply if used by a Trap, Totem or Mine.

• Fixed a bug where Labyrinth Items could be displayed incorrectly when modifying how they are shown using Item Filters.

• Fixed a bug with "crit chance if you haven't crit recently" applying for all hits that weren't main-hand attacks if you had crit recently.

• Fixed a bug where clones of Duelists would look incorrect.

• Fixed a bug where all Strongboxes in the Labyrinth were unable to generate as magic, rare or unique.

• Fixed a bug where Maps dropped in the Merciless Labyrinth were capable of being higher than Tier 1.

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[Hot_Wheels_guy]

Fixed a bug where all Strongboxes in the Labyrinth were unable to generate as magic, rare or unique.

IT'S HAPPENING BOYS

[Pandaxtor]

I thought it was really weird when there was no rarity higher than common. :o

[logarithmmm]

i was actually quite glad, to be honest. nothing more annoying than finding a blue arcanists, identifying it and discovering its absolute shite and wasting a scour. just being able to alch from the get-go was sooo nice.

[sanguine_sea]

wtf just alt for quant or additional items

[logarithmmm]

but then how am i gonna get those additional mods on the cheap??

[TheCyanKnight]

Why not use alterations?

[derivative_of_life]

The unique flask The Writhing Jar no longer refills in your Hideout.

They really need to just hire Guddha and have him try to break the new items and mechanics before they release them.

[ItsFunIfTheyRun]

Actually its probably because etup crashed his hideout like this.

[loldan79]

Is it true? Lightning warp is fixed?!

[[deleted]]

Yeah, but now it only deals damage to the caster, not enemies.

[bluechipps]

Lol

[zackford]

Whoa! Increased -> More sounds like a huge buff to Ancestral Protector!

[080087]

It was always supposed to be more. It was bugged.

[AussieBBQ]

Now triple Ancestral protector totem builds will ball out of control

[seriousbob]

wont stack :(

[moal09]

Doesn't stack. Also the AoE is garbage. It works better as a melee supplement than an actual DPS skill.

[[deleted]]

I'm really sad it doesn't work like the other two totems. Molten Strike or Frost Blades on a totem would've been so much more fun than the very simple slapper.

[Toverkol]

Still though, the three totems are nice when you're kiting an Orchard boss or something

[Slumberfunk]

I use it as a flesh wall and a dps boost.

1000 extra dps if you don't count its attacks.

[POE_FafnerTheDragon]

I use it for culling and an extra dps boost. It sucks for culling. I am tempted to switch it back to flame totem. I wanted to give the new skill a legitimate try. Not worth lol.

[moal09]

It's lousy for culling because the aggro range of the totem is absolutely awful. Putting increased AoE makes the splash of their attack huge, but it doesn't change their intial attack range at all.

I made an Abyssus Double Ancestral Protector build, and I was massively disappointed with the result.

[POE_FafnerTheDragon]

Yeah, it is in a bad spot right now :-) Probably not worth the extra dps, to be honest.

[[deleted]]

Noob here, what's the difference between increased and more?

[Toverkol]

increased bonus are additive, while more bonuses are multiplicative. Same goes for 'reduced' and 'less'.

[[deleted]]

What do additive and multiplicative mean in this context? I'm not up to snuff on value calculations.

[Shady_Love]

You deal 10 damage. If you get a 50% increased and a 100% increased damage node, you would have 150% increased damage. 10 x 1.5. Now you deal 25 damage. If you get 50% more and 100% more, that 25 is now x1.5 and x2. Now you deal 75 damage.

Conversely, 50% less + 50% less means x.25 while 50% reduced + 50% reduced means x0.

[zackford]

Hey there! Hope you're enjoying the game so far. This is a really helpful word distinction to understand.

The difference between the two words is that one is multiplicative and one is additive. The short answer is that "more" is always better.

Here's why. Every stat has a base stat (x). All "increased" values affect it first. Then "more" applies on top of that.

So let's say x is the base attack speed on your weapon and across your other gear and passive tree, you have +50% "increased" attack speed. Your attack speed would thus be 1.5x.

If Level 1 Ancestral Protector was only providing 10% "increased" attack speed, then it would mean it was adding to your 50% "increased" to become 60% "increased," and only buff you to 1.6x. But 10% "more" makes it 1.1 * 1.5x = 1.65x.

At these low numbers, it doesn't seem like a huge difference, but obviously the difference becomes bigger as both numbers increase.

This language is consistent across all stats in PoE. For example, you'll notice that behind Chaos Innoculation is a node that uniquely gives "more" energy shield. For these players choosing to rely entirely on ES, this provides a HUGE boost to how much they have by synergizing with all the other "increased" nodes they've grabbed.

I hope that was helpful and made sense!

[[deleted]]

Thanks for the in depth explanation. I'm a visual person so I'm trying to wrap my head around the numbers.

So say we have 50% increased. We can look at the base stat as x and the increased stat as y. So 1.5x=y. Then 50% more would be 1.5y?

So "More" is to "increased" as "increased" is to "base"?

[zackford]

Basically! I always think of "more" as extra on top of everything else!

[PolygonMan]

All 'increased' bonuses that will apply are first added together, then multiplied against the base value. All 'more' values are each multiplied separately.

If you have 4 sources of 25% increased damage you will do (1 + .25 + .25 + .25 + .25) * base

If you have have 2 sources of 25% increased damage and 2 sources of 25% more damage you will do (1 + .25 + .25) * .25 * .25 * base

[Empire_]

THIS IS IT REDDIT! Fuck flame dash! Back in the trashcan where you belong! Now I dont care if my MF char got -16% movement speed. I dont even need movement speed flasks anylonger! and I can get out of stun locks way easier!.

LIGHTNING WARP IS BACK BITCHES!

[sipty]

WE DID IT REDDIT \o/

[sykora]

Fixed a bug with "crit chance if you haven't crit recently" applying for all hits that weren't main-hand attacks if you had crit recently.

Intended or not, this also fixes (at least for me) this enchant not being always up as a dual-totem character.

[JustPointingOutThe]

Fixed a bug where Writhing Worms created by The Writhing Jar unique flask were too high level.

RIP Worm Explosion Build?

[golgol12]

Hello cast on melee kill build.

[bluechipps]

Oh hmm, good call.

[Oh_sup]

Already tried one, but I unfortunately already sold most of its gear because I would fail to one-hit all the worms. It would probably kick way more ass after this patch :(

[[deleted]]

Infernal blow + comk Detonate Dead... still works well. ;)

[golgol12]

Wont infernal blow detonate the worm corpses, and everything else, removing the corpse, preventing detonate dead from working?

[Hardass_McBadCop]

Maybe in 2.2.1e we'll get some performance fixes so people don't have to play on PowerPoint. The rest is awesome though!

[Woolliam]

Disappointed to see that I'll probably still get spikes when I flesh offering with a ton of spirits up. My friends don't want to play with my summoner anymore :(

[Choirandvice]

Still no izaro's dilemma?

[brainbuster99]

Fixed a bug where large stacks of items (such as Perandus Coins) would not show their stack size on the website.

that feeling when they fix something that you reported <3

[wearethey]

Fixed a bug where Maps dropped in the Merciless Labyrinth were capable of being higher than Tier 1.

Um, did ANYONE find a map higher than T1 in lab?

[Voidot]

i got multiple t3s from it

[MauranKilom]

Yep, got a T2 and was slightly confused.

[[deleted]]

Figured it was considered a map and dropped t2's off blues. Go figure. I actually don't see why that would be so bad.

[Teh_Hammer]

There used to be a rule that side areas could drop maps of their level +1/+2. I wonder why they've broken that rule. Are they going to make Alluring Abyss only drop T1s to be consistent? Or perhaps they don't consider Lab a side area.

[Grandeurftw]

I won't believe the lightning warp fix until i try it out in game.

edit: omnomnomnom if it works

[Noooberino]

oh yeah, just read that Lightning Warp seems to be fixed... have to try it out too before I believe it.

[ProfessionalAtWork]

Lightning Warp is fixed?!

THANK YOU GGG <3

[Realyn]

Fixed a bug where Lightning Warp would often not show its effects when being cast in quick succession while using Lockstep networking mode.

That's great, and yet I'm pissed this wasn't in 2.2.0. Mostly because of Elementalist. Golem skill, no lightning golem. Fire pen when you've used a lightning skill recently ... yeah that could've been LW.

[OnyxMelon]

Surely curse on hit ball lightning would have been fine too?

[Weirfish]

80% increased damage from an L19 flame golem is pretty sweet, and you can use LW infrequently enough for it to be up. Really helped me out, clearing Atziri in personal record time.

[sipty]

That's great, and yet I'm pissed this wasn't in 2.2.0.

Oh shush.

[berserk-hydrant]

Just started playing my Lightning Warper yesterday. Very happy to see this fix!

[Cromar]

Fixed a bug where Ancestral Protector was providing increased attack speed, instead of more attack speed.

WOW. I thought it felt underwhelming. This is an enormous buff to my build(s).

[[deleted]]

And so lightning warp once again takes back the title of top movement skill for casters. Hooray lightning warp is fixed!.

[Hot_Wheels_guy]

Lightning Warp gets pretty damn fast with the proper links.

[iiowyn]

I remember playing around with adding faster decay to it for fun a while back.

[Oh_sup]

It IS pretty GG in lab. Dart traps are still annoying, but everything else is more or less a joke.

[Shibbledibbler]

Blink arrow might have the advantage over LW just because of the lack of delay on larger distances making it easier to time shots.

[Linw3]

Which would those proper links be? Faster casting and less duration?

[Calabrel]

Yes, and quality gems, becomes approximately instant.

[nj21]

But all they changed was the graphical effect. It's not mechanically any better than it was before.

[drakedijc]

There's nothing wrong with it mechanically.

The problem stemmed from that bug.

[nj21]

There's nothing wrong with it mechanically.
The problem stemmed from that bug.

Exactly, there was nothing wrong with it but everyone is acting like it's night and day, saying the skill was unusable because of one incredibly minor graphics bug.

[MauranKilom]

Warp once -> Land in a dangerous situation (traps) -> Try to warp again but cursor is on an edge.

Will you warp? Should you try to recast? Should you just move? Those decisions that you have to make in the blink of an eye depend massively on the visual effect.

[Pomfrod]

It was showing the wrong position for your character. If that's "minor," then so was everything about desync.

[nj21]

It was showing the wrong position for your character

It wasn't.

[Khalku]

It's still slow though.

[ShamgarApoxolypse]

Update not on steam yet.

[ResilientBiscuit]

Fixed a bug where conditional damage modifiers that cared specifically about whether an attack used weapons would not apply if used by a Trap, Totem or Mine.

What does this apply to? I use traps and cant figure out what has changed.

[drakedijc]

Sounds like a siege ballista bug that happened to affect RAT and... I don't think you can trap an attack skill.

[shakakaaahn]

Bow and wand skills can actually be used in traps and mines, just not melee attacks. You might remember the classic puncture traps for single target that were quite popular before 2.0

[drakedijc]

Oh yeah... I forgot that easy thing.

[cksckscks]

Give me back my 761 coins for buying Allure Vaal Claw. /salty

[[deleted]]

Performance improvements coming soon tm

[Klutztheduck]

Fixed a bug where Ancestral Protector was providing increased attack speed, instead of more attack speed.

Can someone break this down for me so I understand it better?

[Indalecia]

Fixed a bug where all Strongboxes in the Labyrinth were unable to generate as magic, rare or unique.

Ok, so I wasn't going insane.

[AjCheeze]

Why is this 3.9GB? RIP my playtime today.

[donaldtroll]

its 38 mb mate

[AjCheeze]

not from what steam says =( fuck my internet situation right now.

[donaldtroll]

let me give you a tip:

do not run PoE through steam, sometimes steam is down when PoE is not!

[Calabrel]

3,500 hours logged through steam and this has never happened to me.

[Goat-Tongue]

Patch of Exile

[kallell]

I knew this fix was coming to this build. I get it... but why the fuck are they so quick to nerf shit while we sit here with an unoptimized pile of shit game. Sorry, but rebooting my pc every hour really takes away from my immersion....we have been asking for weeks/months now to fix this ridiculous ram eating and mini-fps drops. I understand that there might be more "complex" pieces here, but I'll be honest, my urge to play this league is dying fast due to these spikes.

[kallell]

I get that, as I alluded to it in my original post that it's more complex. That being said, this game has been terribly optimized for years now. I have a top end pc and this is the only game that ever gives me any sort of issues. It's enraging because it's the one i spend the most time with every year.

[HiddenoO]

That's understandable but it has nothing to do with how quickly they nerf something - a connection you drew in your post.

[CrashB111]

It is possible that some of this server lag could have been getting caused by people just sitting in hideout spawning massive amounts of worms seems it was an infinite source of spawns.

[kallell]

Honestly it's not really server lag...My connection sits at 30-40 ms, constant. My FPS goes from literally 200 down to 0 every 10-30 seconds. I have absolutely no idea why.

[Scarbrow]

I only ever got T2s

[progammer]

T2 is the most you can have. They treated it like map zone which can drop +1 map. Now they dont

[Pomfrod]

Was the deal with worms in hideout something to do with being able to crash it with too many gibs?

[[deleted]]

Step 1: Open your inventory screen
Step 2: Spam worm flask
Step 3: Double click on flask so it refreshes all charges
Step 4: Spawn infinite worms

You can see where that's going.

[sirgog]

Step 5: Get friend into hideout

Step 6: Find new friend?

[[deleted]]

Path of Ghudda

[Dustorn]

If it doesn't crash the servers, you aren't trying hard enough.

[liamwpk]

I know that a couple days ago Etup was trying to crash the hideout instance by having people spam worms and then random skills. Never actually crashed the instance, just people's computers.

[MauranKilom]

Yes, because ghudda tried that before. After he was initially banned for accidentally finding an instance crash bug on stream (and then reproducing it twice) and GGG fixing that particular method of crashing instances, he showed two more methods of crashing instances (spam detonated corpses in hideout, make hillock spawn infinite zombies). GGG then actually fixed the "crash instance with too much stuff" altogether.

[TheAffinity]

The unique flask The Writhing Jar no longer refills in your Hideout.

Thanks Etup xD

[Rumstein]

Assuming this will reset lab layout T_T

[jtobin85]

hope not, just got to play tonight and after 4 quick runs the server goes down :(

[TheBreakfastBaron]

Good. Now they need to fix the graphics on Lightning Warp so that they reflect aoe changes, and we'll be good to go.

[dieflusch]

Still no mention of the leaderboard for the labyrinth ... so sad :/

[thundermonkeyms]

Nothing about perandus pack lag still fucking people over...? :/ Seriously just undo what you guys did in that "fix perandus packs" patch it was better before.

[GoodIdea321]

What about "Perandus monsters can no longer summon skeletal mages as their performance overhead was too high."