Wisp Change

I thought of a Wisp change that might make them not so annoying. I know it goes against the design of the encounters, but I think we can all agree how aggravating following Wisps can be.

The change I think could work is we catch the Wisps and THEY follow US, and the first rare we encounter after grabbing them, the wisps will detach from us and go into that rare. That way we don't have to go backtracking the way we just came, and we can just keep moving in the direction we choose to go.

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ProfessionalHefty3495 months ago26

Wisps should just seek out a rare like a heat seeking missile when activated. If they followed me around they would never possess a rare because they die too fast.

Dasheek5 months ago13

Imho, upon approaching the wisp it should detonate and posses monsters in a very large radius. Upon killing all possessed monsters an elite rare should spawn with additional modifiers unique to the type of wisp. 

enr5 months ago12

Literally anything that isn't the current escort mission would be a welcome change.

Weirdodin5 months ago3

They need to do something. Worst mechanic in a POE game I've encountered so far. They are so janky and will just stop following you, because you're like 6 feet ahead of them on screen. They just feel bad to engage with. I don't care how good some of the rewards can be on paper. I refuse to follow them at this point until they get reworked

Hanamichi1145 months ago2

Wisps should be like essence monsters. They should already posses some rares in the map. So that it doesn't waste our time looking for rares. No one likes the wisp mechanic as it takes a lot of time.

RadSix5 months ago1

Genius I love it

RadSix5 months ago1

Oh yeah I like idea, how about we get possessed by the animal spirit and hi on a rampage with the buffs. Get rewards based on what we kill

Isaacvithurston5 months ago1

If it's going to be us chasing the wisp it should probably go ahead faster and spawn packs of mobs on it's way or something is my idea.

I like yours too.

Own-Distribution89355 months ago1

Sentinels?

No-Advice-60405 months ago1

Gonna be honest. The mechanic should be scrapped as is. Have random rares be infected with a wisp on entering the map. Give them a chance to detach from the rare on death and seek out a new one, a la ghosts in poe 1. This whole following a wisp around? It just missed the mark so completely.