[Megathread] Path of Exile

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Who

gives

a shit?

I dunno. Chris and the rest of the guys at GGG, maybe, seeing as though they just added a new trading feature. I mean, I'm glad if you've found the secret to success with just rare items, but I'm fairly certain a lot of people are still interested in uniques and are still trading them. Most builds still tend to have a few, some less, some more.

You're missing the point here, though, so let me explain... We're talking about Cadiro selling uniques. I'm saying that those deals Cadiro offers are already bad, and are getting worse and worse, because a) the uniques that Cadiro is selling are losing value in the trade economy, so people are better off just buying the item from other players rather than buying it off Cadiro, and b) the coins are still keeping their value because Cadiro also sells rares and currency, so people can sink their coins into playing the rare lottery, rather than waste them on completely worthless deals on uniques.

You're welcome to think that uniques are useless, but the fact remains that they are in the game, people love them, and Cadiro sells them, and thus this issue exists.

Perandus doesn't flood the market with good rares or currency, so there isn't an issue, because those two things are what 99% of this game revolves around.

Also, obviously there are more rares out there, and obviously there's more currency out there, when both of those things can be bought with a new extra currency. Flood? Maybe not, but there are more of them out there. Combine that with the fact that selling is easier, and you can find great rares much easier now from poe.trade, further making Cadiro kind of useless; why sink coins in a rare lottery when you can sell the coins and buy rares from poe.trade instead.

[Fencers]

I think the new stash tabs/trading tabs is a bigger change to the economy than anything else. I have never made more sales in a league than in this current league.

Frequent buyer, but selling? I barely sold anything despite using Acquisition and Procurement every league. My luck hasn't changed either- I am selling old stuff in Standard that I have had for sale for months now on POEXYZ.

It's not the Perandus Coins, it's the trading game that changed.

[Lysah]

Also, obviously there are more rares out there, and obviously there's more currency out there, when both of those things can be bought with a new extra currency. Flood? Maybe not, but there are more of them out there. Combine that with the fact that selling is easier, and you can find great rares much easier now from poe.trade, further making Cadiro kind of useless; why sink coins in a rare lottery when you can sell the coins and buy rares from poe.trade instead.

Most people don't do either of these things. I will probably never waste coins on a rare that is quite close to 100% guaranteed to be garbage, and I will probably never sell coins either when I know a voll's could be waiting in the next map. I'm sure this is quite a common mentality as well. So far I've bought some currency, a belly of the beast, a few low level uniques, and donated 2500 coins to manni so he could make/sell the taming.

And I agree with Fencers, the trading changes made a bigger impact than anything. I've actually made over an exalt so far not selling anything more valuable than 3c despite my highest level being 79 and already having three alts. Never sold anything in my life prior to this league because I never wanted to screw with third party tools.

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LMAO

IT HAPPENED, THEY BANNED KOBE AGAIN

Havoc on stream just confused and asking if it's a dream.

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Well I mean, originally my point was that Cadiro and the coins are a pointless feature in the game, and if indeed uniques don't really matter and the game isn't about having uniques in your build, then people aren't buying those, and if people aren't buying rares or currency off of Cadiro either, nor selling coins, then I suppose it is, indeed, a pointless feature. And as I was saying, his deals are bad, and getting worse, regardless of what the cause is; and I do agree most likely the biggest reason behind that is the trading tab change.

So yeah, go home Cadiro, you're not wanted.

[Lagwin]

LMAO

IT HAPPENED, THEY BANNED KOBE AGAIN

Havoc on stream just confused and asking if it's a dream.

Funnily enough the only bans i've heard being given out recently are for purposely crashing the instances to craft items.

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Funnily enough the only bans i've heard being given out recently are for purposely crashing the instances to craft items.

Yeah, he isn't even really banned, his character still exists and shows as alive in Hardcore, before he put it to private again though he had no items.

[Lysah]

Well I mean, originally my point was that Cadiro and the coins are a pointless feature in the game, and if indeed uniques don't really matter and the game isn't about having uniques in your build, then people aren't buying those, and if people aren't buying rares or currency off of Cadiro either, nor selling coins, then I suppose it is, indeed, a pointless feature. And as I was saying, his deals are bad, and getting worse, regardless of what the cause is; and I do agree most likely the biggest reason behind that is the trading tab change.

So yeah, go home Cadiro, you're not wanted.

I think he helps self found or otherwise people who hate trading, like myself, quit ea bit. While belly of the beast is quite cheap now, I enjoyed being able to just buy it for myself at level 55 instead of having to decide between that and other gear with my few chaos orbs at the start of the league.

[Beazy]

Does anyone know if the net code was updated recently?

I downloaded the new patch and noticed a few things in game. Dramatic decrease of packet loss and and increase in server connection sync. It becomes obvious when a large group of mobs are on the screen and you dont experience dsync or input lag.

I dont know what they did ~ but ! /tipshat@GGG. Not bad fuckers. Not bad at all.

I think I can truly get into this game now. Kind of excited to get off work today.

[Daljo]

Does anyone know if the net code was updated recently?

Recently in comparison to what?

Lockstep was added in 2.0 but I think the very latest sub-patch added some league related performance enhancements.

[Beazy]

Recently in comparison to what?

Lockstep was added in 2.0 but I think the very latest sub-patch added some league related performance enhancements.

Its been a while since Ive played last. I noticed that the responsiveness of the game has improved dramatically.
I just finished reading the patch notes and it looks like they did make some changes to the net code over the past year.

[Rocksteadee]

I think the only thing they did recently was change the perandus chest packs to lag less. Haven't played in a couple days buy I could always tell there was a chest within a few screens cause I'd get a little lag spike.

[Beazy]

I think Im going to start playing this game as my "main squeeze" for the next few months.

Could you guys check out my dual flame totem witch build and tell me if Im building like a scrub or not. Please. =o]
https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscre...zwH_JB9q74kw==

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Could you guys check out my dual flame totem witch build and tell me if Im building like a scrub or not. Please. =o]
https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscre...zwH_JB9q74kw==

I'm using this:

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1303239

It's made for a Marauder Chieftain, which gets amazing totem buffs. You could possibly use the passive tree itself on a Witch as well, with small changes, but I don't know if the Witch subclasses are optimal for a dual flamer. I'm differing from that guide in that I'm using a 4L Searing Bond as a third totem and it's honestly pretty damn amazing as far as it's damage goes.

[Beazy]

I'm using this:

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1303239

It's made for a Marauder Chieftain, which gets amazing totem buffs. You could possibly use the passive tree itself on a Witch as well, with small changes, but I don't know if the Witch subclasses are optimal for a dual flamer. I'm differing from that guide in that I'm using a 4L Searing Bond as a third totem and it's honestly pretty damn amazing as far as it's damage goes.

Im currently level 61, in the 3rd difficulty on act two and nothing is hard to kill. I just drop the two totems and run in a circle. I hear people say its good for maps, but I have no freaking clue what a map is, and I dont understand the new quest with a ascendancy skull on it for each act. I just hope that my build will allow me to do those things, I dont want to spend a lot of time playing a gimped build/class combo. But, in reality, I never plan on climbing the ladder to be #1, so a slightly sub optimal build would work for me. Just not a severely gimped one.

Ive missed the last few big patches in PoE. Kind of regretting it now.

[Tommy T]

I think Im going to start playing this game as my "main squeeze" for the next few months.

Could you guys check out my dual flame totem witch build and tell me if Im building like a scrub or not. Please. =o]
https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscre...zwH_JB9q74kw==

Looks good to me.
Can't really go wrong with dual flame though tbh

[Beazy]

Last night I picked up a weird item, called Tabula Rasa, or something like that. It was an orange item, it has six sockets, all linked up, but all white with no stats? Is this like a template item or something? Where can I find white gems? Im 60+ levels in and havent seen one drop.

[Lysah]

White sockets can hold any gem, which means rasa is a free 6 link you can use for any setup and change it on the fly. People love it because it is fairly cheap and you can test out many different builds without having to constantly swap colors, making it a fantastic leveling item up to end game.

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Im currently level 61, in the 3rd difficulty on act two and nothing is hard to kill. I just drop the two totems and run in a circle.

Grab the Searing Bond, link it with Elemental Focus, Increased Burning and Rapid Decay. Then you just drop two Flame Totems and one Searing Bond, and the Searing Bond will throw a beam from itself to you and both of the Flame Totems. Now, the beams don't (as far as I've been told) stack, so it's enough to have one beam touching a monster. The Flame Totems will never replace a Searing Bond and vice versa, so it works like a charm.



On top of that, have Flammability and throw that on the tougher bosses.

I hear people say its good for maps, but I have no freaking clue what a map is

Maps are just extra zones you can run, that have a bunch of monsters and a boss at the end. You get the lowest level maps as drops on Merciless difficulty, and then inside those maps you can get higher level maps, and so on. You open the maps with a map device, and you get a limited number of portals you can use to go back if you come out to sell stuff or die.

I dont understand the new quest with a ascendancy skull on it for each act

That gives you access to the new Ascendancy class, or "subclass" for your Witch.

http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Ascendancy_class

Personally I haven't checked out the subclasses yet from the wiki, but the Chieftain on Marauder has been designed for fire totems, so it's pretty cool.

EDIT: After having checked the Witch subclasses, I guess the Elementalist would benefit a dual FT most. I dunno... You should check them out yourself.

I just hope that my build will allow me to do those things, I dont want to spend a lot of time playing a gimped build/class combo. But, in reality, I never plan on climbing the ladder to be #1, so a slightly sub optimal build would work for me. Just not a severely gimped one.

Yeah, you can do maps no problem, as well as get your subclass and it's Ascendancy points.

On the topic of getting your subclass, the Labyrinth (where you get it from) was just nerfed;

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1612488

Izaro has been adjusted to be easier in Normal Difficulty. His life has been reduced by 20%. Izaro's Ground Slam and Radiant Slash now deal 10% less damage. The life of Gargoyles, Idols, Portals (Thresholds), Essences, Fonts and Lieutenants has been reduced by 20%. The Goddess of Justice's Mortar Barrage has been reduced by 20% damage, and she no longer uses Teleport. These changes only apply to Normal difficulty.

[Beazy]

White sockets can hold any gem, which means rasa is a free 6 link you can use for any setup and change it on the fly. People love it because it is fairly cheap and you can test out many different builds without having to constantly swap colors, making it a fantastic leveling item up to end game.

NICE. So its a six link without any color restrictions? Isn't that like. . . beyond epic in this game?!

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Grab the Searing Bond, link it with Elemental Focus, Increased Burning and Rapid Decay. Then you just drop two Flame Totems and one Searing Bond, and the Searing Bond will throw a beam from itself to you and both of the Flame Totems. Now, the beams don't (as far as I've been told) stack, so it's enough to have one beam touching a monster. The Flame Totems will never replace a Searing Bond and vice versa, so it works like a charm.



On top of that, have Flammability and throw that on the tougher bosses.



Maps are just extra zones you can run, that have a bunch of monsters and a boss at the end. You get the lowest level maps as drops on Merciless difficulty, and then inside those maps you can get higher level maps, and so on. You open the maps with a map device, and you get a limited number of portals you can use to go back if you come out to sell stuff or die.



That gives you access to the new Ascendancy class, or "subclass" for your Witch.

http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Ascendancy_class

Personally I haven't checked out the subclasses yet from the wiki, but the Chieftain on Marauder has been designed for fire totems, so it's pretty cool.



Yeah, you can do maps no problem, as well as get your subclass and it's Ascendancy points.

On the topic of getting your subclass, the Labyrinth (where you get it from) was just nerfed;

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1612488

Nice, I will be doing this tonight as soon as I log in.