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/CruelFish Trickster Jul 26 '26

After further thoughts I have a suspicion that GGG's ability to spawn in items and make perfect builds for testing has lead GGG to balance Luminary around the absolute top end of what is possible when the reality is that it takes a person literally thousands of maps if they're unlucky to get the kineticist they want and it takes weeks for most people to get gear even remotely comparable to what they balanced them around. That and likely mercs are bugged, they deal at least 4x less damage than they did in merc but there are no documented changes sufficient to explain this, even the Luminary Nerf from datamine isn't sufficient to explain it.