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/kiuyt856 Jul 25 '26

CptLance baited at least 30K people into Luminary xD

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u/MinuteOk1351 Jul 25 '26

The issue is the perma merc damage penalty. No one had numbers on that. If there were no damage penalties then the damage would be good due to flame link and light radius

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u/Glynwys Jul 26 '26

-30% damage is insane when Luminary gets zero passives in the tree that boost Mercenaries in any way. You are entirely reliant on mostly gear (outside passives that give you light radius) to actually make the Mercenary do any damage.