Quote Originally Posted by Mortex View Post
So from the infos sage has dmg neutral toxicon (down time shield neutral...... you know what i mean) and pneuma and astro gets 2 k mana back with a draw so they dont have massive mana minus. Only thing not fixed is macro that is still a dmg loss. And yes no 2 dots as sage on the target.......... Just yikes
Gotta be real honest but players obsessing over 20 potency or whatever damage loss is limiting developer freedom. But it is also a symptom of the design philosophy we've been stuck in for, now that DT is coming, 3 expansions.

Macrocosmos is basically damage neutral to any normal player. A single Malefic direct hit. Not even a crit. Even a direct hit Malefic will outweigh the difference.

Developers listening to people whining about 10 or 20 potency losses is why we're in this state. They shave off 10 or 20 potency here. Then 30 potency there. Then 10 here again. Then 20 there.

Next thing you know there's literally nothing to optimize on every job, anymore.