Upcoming Changes to Sap of the Seasons
I wanted to make a post today to discuss upcoming changes to the Sap of the Seasons unique Tincture item.
Part of what makes Path of Exile great is that players can find awesome ways that combine unorthodox mechanics to take items to new heights & limits. I was a huge proponent of doing this early in Path of Exile and it's part of what got me the job at Grinding Gear Games.
That being said, sometimes it goes beyond the point of reason. All of a sudden a unique item, one that isn't necessarily too expensive or rare can be used to gain a huge advantage. Where that is normally okay, if that advantage is too great it causes a couple of problems.
The first problem it causes is that it makes all players who aren't playing this specific build feel like they now MUST play it in order to be on par with other players, this heavily restricts ...
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