Next upon the design docket is a discussion of   cheap poe trade the design and advancement of Gems. Most notably, the thought process behind the most recently-introduced gems is explored. As you may remember, nine new jewels were inserted "including four Skill gems that concentrated on Necromancy", one of the trademark features in War for the Atlas. Senior Game Designer Rory discusses moving from a general discussion of abilities that would be added and how gems could fit into that design structure.

For instance, taking the base ability of Detonate Dead and altering it with  poe orbs the addition of a stone was something that the team actively explored. Of course, some skills worked better than others in this respect, but, as Rory says, all that is a part and parcel of game development. .We had prototyped a skill codenamed "Infernal Sweep" which was a fiery area of effect sweep attack that burst nearby corpses.

Early testing revealed it felt awful to use, having to swing twice to kill some enemies then again to detonate their bodies to get bigger area damage. The ability was spectacular, but didn't play well unless it had been boosted in the starting place and harm to the point at which it both invalidated the functions of Sweep and Infernal Blow. This skill went back to the drawing board and we'll likely see it in future with added mechanics or without the dependence on corpses.

The article further goes into details about Support Stone and how design iterates from concept to finished project. You can test it all out here.Comparable to stone, a range of "elder uniques" were added in War for the Atlas that can only drop from Your Elder himself. Game Designer Hrishi took some time to discuss the Cyclopean Coil, Blasphemer's Grasp, Nebuloch, Hopeshredder, Shimmeron,