Is there a Cap on Area of Effect Radius? - Forum - Path of Exile

There is no hard cap for increased AOE. You are limited to about +90% through gear an passives. This is a soft cap as there might be more gear ... ForumIndex»GeneralDiscussion»ViewThread12NextViewStaffPostsPostReply IsthereaCaponAreaofEffectRadius? Imcurrentlyat70%increasedareaofeffectonmyInfernalBlow(UsingIncreasedAreaofEffectGem) IaddedAmplifyNode,andimstillat70%,(onthetooltip)andnoincreaseddmg. anyidea? thanks LasteditedbygooglebeeonSep2,2013,12:28:56PM PostedbygooglebeeonSep2,2013,12:23:22PMQuotethisPost No,thereisnocap. Areyousurethatyou'rereadingtherightinformation? Besuretoalsocheckyour'c'haractersheet,andpostsomepicturesifyoucan. PostedbypneumaonSep2,2013,12:46:25PMAlphaMemberQuotethisPost Ithinkthetooltipshowonlythegem'snativeAoEandthosefromsupportedgems,notincludingbonusfrompassiveAoEnodes? You'dhavetochecktheAoEoftheskillinthecharactersheetdirectly.Eventhat,Iguess,wouldshowonlythe"AoEincreasefromsupportedgemsandpassiveskills",notthe"totalAoE" Btw,theAoEdamagefrominfernalblowisonlyoncorpseexplosion,soit'salsonotincludedonthetooltips,whichisthebasedmaleedamageonly.I'mnotevensureifthatdamagecouldbeincreasebytheAmplifynodesinceit'sbasedonlyonthecorpsemaxHP... Icannotplaythegamenow,soIcannotverifyonthat.Thisisjustfrommymemorylol... PostedbytwintalesonSep2,2013,1:02:36PMQuotethisPost thanksfortheresponses ImchainingInfernalBlowwithMeleeSplash,however,InfernalBlowisanAOEskill,duetotheexplosionfromthecorpse,meaningit*Should*beaffectedbytheaoepassivesandGemyes? ThepassivesalsograntincreasedAreaDamage,whichalsoisnotregistering. perhapsthisisjustanoversightfromGGG,nothavingitdisplaycorrectlyinthetooltip. Edit** Soaftercheckingthe4charactersheetitdoesinfactshow123%increasedAreaofEffectonInfernalBlow. Wouldbeniceiftheyaddressedthisinthetooltiphowever. thanks~ LasteditedbygooglebeeonSep2,2013,1:17:21PM PostedbygooglebeeonSep2,2013,1:13:04PMQuotethisPost Despitetheincrediblyillogicalreplies,yesthereisacap. Itmaybeextremelyhigh(let'sthrowoutaninsane700%),butthereisacap. Thereisalimittohowmuchyoucanactuallyobtain. Evenifyouweretohack,thereisstillalimittohowmuchyoucouldget. That'swhyit'scalledacap. Yes,thereisacapto+AoE. (: PostedbyzakaronSep2,2013,1:17:23PMQuotethisPost " zakarwrote: Despitetheincrediblyillogicalreplies,yesthereisacap. Itmaybeextremelyhigh(let'sthrowoutaninsane700%),butthereisacap. Thereisalimittohowmuchyoucanactuallyobtain. Evenifyouweretohack,thereisstillalimittohowmuchyoucouldget. That'swhyit'scalledacap. Yes,thereisacapto+AoE. I,personally,wouldcallthata"softcap"instead.Since,unlikeelementalresistancewhichhasa"cap"codeddirectlyintothecore,theAoE,andwhateverthinginthegame,islimitedonlytothosefromskillgems/armors/passivenodes. And,maybe,ifIcouldhackthedata,andsettheskillAoEvaluetobe1000%,aslongasthenumberisnotoverflow,itmightwork. Intheotherhand,ifIchangeacharacterresistancevalueto100,itwouldgotchoppeddownbythegame"maximumresistancevalue",whoknows? maybeGGG. :D Edit:Shoulditbe"softcap"or"hardcap"here?Idon'treallyknow:'\ LasteditedbytwintalesonSep2,2013,2:29:51PM PostedbytwintalesonSep2,2013,2:20:16PMQuotethisPost ThereisnohardcapforincreasedAOE. Youarelimitedtoabout+90%throughgearanpassives.Thisisasoftcapastheremightbemoregearavailableinfuturethatwillincreasethe%available.IfbysomemeansyouwereabletohackintoyoucharacterandbeabletochangetheAOEyoucouldsetittoanynumberyouwant. RIPBolto PostedbyCovertonSep2,2013,2:21:50PMAlphaMemberQuotethisPost ThereisnocapyoucouldreachwiththecurrentAoEskill/nodesinthegame. IfyoucombineInfernalBlow+MeleeSplash,youcanreachcrazyamountsofAoEsinceMeleeSplashtakesintoconsiderationeveryAoEandrangeincreasefromlinkedgemsandequippedgear,meaning InfernalBlow20%(q20) MeleeSplash20%(q20) IncreasedAoE43%(q20) CarcassJack20% TemplarAoEnodecluster20% WitchAoEnodeCluster20% SkillTreemidAoEnodes12% MasteroftheArenaweaponrange+2 Daresso'sSaluteweaponrange+2 Wideswingpoleaxeweaponrange+2 meaningyouwouldhaveatotalof+6weaponrangeand+155%increasedAoE.Ifyoudothisyoucoverthewholescreenandmaybemore(iircIwasatnearlywholescreenwith+2/+140ish%)withyourMeleeSplash:D Facebreakerforlife! PostedbyBroliciouslyonSep2,2013,2:29:39PMQuotethisPost Wouldtheweaponrangetakeintothecalculationhere?Ithinkit'djustmakethecenteroftheAoEcouldmovefurtheraway,notincreasingit.Itmightgivinganimpressionof"biggerAoE",butnot? PostedbytwintalesonSep2,2013,2:32:17PMQuotethisPost weaponrangeaffectsthebaseAoEofskillssuchascleaveifIrecall. MyShop:http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1338089 Postedbyconall88onSep2,2013,2:37:58PMQuotethisPost ReportForumPost ReportAccount: ReportType Selecttype Hatespeech Harassment Spam AgainstForumGuidelines Other AdditionalInfo 12NextViewStaffPostsPostReplyForumIndex»GeneralDiscussion»ViewThread