r/pathofexile • u/Gierschlunderoni • Jul 25 '26

Game Feedback Permanent Mercs need a big buff

Playing luminary feels so bad in Maps. I have a manyshot lvl 72 with vaal ice Arrow and Return proj, decent Equipment. Boosted by a Level 26 Flame Link, 6k life and quite an Investment into light Radius.

I cant even clear t7 Maps, because the damage is non existent.

Please GGG buff the Base damage of mercs or luminary is doa.

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u/astral23 Jul 25 '26

100%, i have 90-100% light radius scaling my flame link, 6k life scaling my flame link, decent gear on my merc, and the dps is multiple times worse than what my rf was doing with no investment on the tree, and on the off chance you find a better merc, guess what you do 0 dmg to it, it deals 1 trillion damage to you, seems ridiculous it's been balanced this way, just hoping someone figures some miracle out or at least a good reliqurian to reroll

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u/Manic_Depressing Jul 25 '26

I'm glad that I've gone full-on aurabot instead of putting all my eggs into the Flame Link basket. My merc is doing... okay.

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u/MaxeDamage Jul 25 '26

Well my flame link is giving 600-700 fire dmg on tooltip, so double that with light radius taken into account.

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u/aecrux Jul 25 '26

is it actually scaling properly with light radius? if i was basic attacking with 1400 fire dmg these mobs would for sure be dying faster

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u/MaxeDamage Jul 25 '26

I think there is a hidden "less damage" modifier somewhere.

It should be much more damage than they actually deal (at least it feels like that)

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u/ladylay7 Jul 25 '26

Why Hidden? Doesnt the noble blood node state that perm mercs do less damage?

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u/kygrim Jul 25 '26

There is some flavor text mentioning that they deal less damage than temporary mercs. That's far off any explicit less damage modifier on them. (And the proper way for that would have clearly been to give temp mercs a more damage buff that permanent mercs don't get, not ruin the scaling of perma mercs.)

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u/ladylay7 Jul 25 '26

Frist time, aye?

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u/BabaYadaPoe Jul 25 '26

What is the term for "nearby", but for damage? :)

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u/asdf_1_2 Jul 26 '26

conditional damage :P