Veil of the Night

lets talk about this unique for a minute, please.

Veil of the Night is pretty infamous in this game. best known as the worst unique in the game, and unfortunately i think the title sticks for its poe2 counterpart.

yes, this gives you 50% maximum life, which is a rare stat thus far in poe2 so it seems like it should be impactful, correct?
well it just doesn't overcome its defect, which is to not be able to run any elemental resistances.

lets compare it to another popular unique helmet, Atziri's Disdain. this gives you, not 50% more health, but 30% of your max life as ES. ES is a mile above hp in terms of usefulness and scaling. with just one mod on an amulet you can easily get 40% increased maximum energy shield. let alone all the very easy and powerful passives which massively scale energy shield.
essentially with one amulet with one mod, 40% inc max ES, and anointed with Patient Barrier, this gives you 100% inc max ES, giving you not 50% of your life as more life, but 60% of your life as maximum ES.

AND YOU GET TO KEEP ALL YOUR RESISTANCES


starting to see the problem here?

the other problem is, if GGG were to read this and even agree, their course of action would not be to change Veil of the Night or buff it at all, but rather nerf Atziri's Disdain.
and THAT is the real freakin problem

This unique specifically exists to be a troll item. It was created to be just that in PoE 1. A player paid hundreds to create the item in this way.

The ethics of having such an item aside.....it serves its purpose. Its not meant to be "used".

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cowmoo275#3095 schrieb:

This unique specifically exists to be a troll item. It was created to be just that in PoE 1. A player paid hundreds to create the item in this way.

The ethics of having such an item aside.....it serves its purpose. Its not meant to be "used".

This is also dumb as hell. A unique not meant to be used. Can't make this shit up.

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StrykerxS77x#8221 schrieb:

This is also dumb as hell. A unique not meant to be used. Can't make this shit up.

yes. yes it is. hence the "ethics aside" part of my post. Also see: valdo's maps.

Logically, if your resists max out at 75% but using this means 0% then the item should say +300% life. I'm not entirely sure anyone would use it even if it said this right now.

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FruitLord#0833 schrieb:

Logically, if your resists max out at 75% but using this means 0% then the item should say +300% life. I'm not entirely sure anyone would use it even if it said this right now.

Bloodmage converts 1% critical damage bonus for every 15 max life.

Infernalist converts up to 3 of 1 mana per 6 life, 1 energy shield per 8 life, or 1 spirit per 25 life.

They would be lining up with all of their divines if it said +300%.

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Bigwilleh#1842 schrieb:

Bloodmage converts 1% critical damage bonus for every 15 max life.

Infernalist converts up to 3 of 1 mana per 6 life, 1 energy shield per 8 life, or 1 spirit per 25 life.

They would be lining up with all of their divines if it said +300%.

Not a chance.....it would have to be in the thousands or tens of thousands to be worth the tradeoff of "zero resistances". Even if it were 300% MORE life....it still wouldn't be enough.

To "survive" the game with zero resistances, you would need a total hp pool of 20k or ore. And even that is likely not enough because 3-4 hits would come all at once and kill you over and over again, before you can leech or do anything to recover.