[Megathread] Path of Exile

[Edge-]

The MS paint builds are comin out and this is what I live for. This is like, the most exciting time. People just theorycrafting the most cracked ideas that don't work but are hilarious and plausible enough.

Investigating General's Cry, it appears that the mobs are functional clones of you making Tec Slam of Cataclysm very strong if you can get 7+ endurance charges, since they inherit them and you never lose them. 140% more damage, 70% more AoE, 70% fissure chance which should be chunky and more than make up for the lower base scaling while giving nice screen coverage. Seems achievable with +3 from the tree and trying to nab one from a corrupt or something. No clue how I'm gonna level, but I figure I can pick some early fire damage skill and roll with that until I get the build online.

Also, latest set are out -

Ranger - Wildspeaker: https://web.poecdn.com/public/news/2...ildspeaker.png

Shadow - Blind Prophet: https://web.poecdn.com/public/news/2...indProphet.png

Duelist - Aristocrat: https://web.poecdn.com/public/news/2...Aristocrat.png

Templar - Puppeteer: https://web.poecdn.com/public/news/2.../Puppeteer.png

Also, update to a few existing nodes:



The former fixes the node with Asenath's Gentle Touch which bricked it. And nice to see Spider get the same reservation buff the other aspects have.

[Fencers]

Hold on... maybe, Bladefall is back?

[Cyclone Jack]

Not gonna lie. I typically stop my characters at 6 Ascendancy points, as I get bored of the end game fairly quickly, but some of these are so interesting and creative that I might still be having enough fun with them to push them to those last 2 points; though this partially depends on how that Map Crafting thing works and how sustainable it is. Too bad its only slated for a month, but if they can keep this going via Private Leagues that could be interesting. I typically stick with just a few Ascendancies, but these are so interesting and creative that I can already see myself playing nearly every Ascendancy with at least 2-3 different characters and builds. This may be the most interesting, fun, and creative League since Delve.

[Fencers]

I bet they extend this event into a 2-3+ month league. The feedback seems to indicate every one wants more time with the new systems.

[prwraith]

I bet they extend this event into a 2-3+ month league. The feedback seems to indicate every one wants more time with the new systems.

Big agree, it would be a wild miss to have such a balls to the wall league be so short

[Fencers]

Why can't we have 6 ascendencies per class? These subs are cracked! Just do this and restart Settlers.


Me just now understanding what Puppeteer implies...

[Cyclone Jack]

Why can't we have 6 ascendencies per class? These subs are cracked! Just do this and restart Settlers.

Now there's an idea! Granted, I think most of these will need some serious balancing if they were to stay long-term. But I do think they open up a wide variety of unconventional builds, and that's really what PoE is about, wild and crazy builds.

At the same time, if they are planning on moving these into Private Leagues, then I'm also hoping that maybe they're finally going to add some other options, like Race Mods and (I really hope) the ability to enable/disable specific leagues.

[Fencers]

At the same time, if they are planning on moving these into Private Leagues, then I'm also hoping that maybe they're finally going to add some other options, like Race Mods and (I really hope) the ability to enable/disable specific leagues.

Private leagues timing duration is kinda stupid though. You don't get enough time and if you let it lapse, you can't restart it.

They should overhaul PLs so we can set X duration without extension re-ups. And have the option to restart the league or migrate to standard.

If I can make my own semi-permanent leagues, that would be my "standard".I do play Standard when a league doesn't appeal to me (Necro, Sentinel, Kalandra, etc). Or when I want to build something goofy, for example.

Grant the ability to do that on a subscription basis and GGG would get $15/month out of me to play in the PL ghetto. These new ascendencies and the popularity of the Pohx league are signs that PLs need an overhaul.

[Cyclone Jack]

Private leagues timing duration is kinda stupid though. You don't get enough time and if you let it lapse, you can't restart it.

They should overhaul PLs so we can set X duration without extension re-ups. And have the option to restart the league or migrate to standard.

If I can make my own semi-permanent leagues, that would be my "standard".I do play Standard when a league doesn't appeal to me (Necro, Sentinel, Kalandra, etc). Or when I want to build something goofy, for example.

Grant the ability to do that on a subscription basis and GGG would get $15/month out of me to play in the PL ghetto. These new ascendencies and the popularity of the Pohx league are signs that PLs need an overhaul.

100% this, and basically what I suggested on the forums a few moments ago. Allow players to resub the PLeage and keep playing.

I'd also like the ability to enable new league mechanics as well. While I may not enable anything more recent than Delve, maybe I'll want to add Settlers or maybe three leagues from now there's something I find genuinely fun and I want to add it to my PLeague without having to recreate it.

Bonus points for flagging my PLeague as my default Standard League, so when a seasonal league ends, my characters drop into my PLeague instead of Standard.

If they turned PLeagues into fun, robust feature, I could see myself creating both a SC and HC league, and keeping them active long-term. I'm not super big on HC, but I'd love to have a HC Ancestral Exile Everywhere I could hop into whenever I wanted. Those races were super fun back in the day; I remember adjusting my schedule so I could hit as many of those as possible.

[Fencers]

Bonus points for flagging my PLeague as my default Standard League, so when a seasonal league ends, my characters drop into my PLeague instead of Standard.

Ooohh, yeah! I'm posting this on the forums. This is a great idea.

I would roll my PL back to the original blight or legion.

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Bros... it's been ages since Zombie Rain was viable.

[Cyclone Jack]

New Ascendancies are up. Scavenger Scion is kind of wild.

[Fencers]

Let's fucking go!



February 20th, 12PM (PST)

[Khaza-R]

So many of these new ascendancies look fun. Gonna be tough to choose in just a week.

[Cyclone Jack]

Yeah. It's like you say to yourself, "I like this one, I think I'll run this". But then you're like, "But this one looks pretty interesting, too. And this one, and this one, and this one..." Damnit! LOL

[Khaza-R]

Yeah. It's like you say to yourself, "I like this one, I think I'll run this". But then you're like, "But this one looks pretty interesting, too. And this one, and this one, and this one..." Damnit! LOL

Then people are coming out with more and more cooked builds every day and makes you re-think your choices. The only ascendency so far I've seen which seems unviable is Behemoth. But I am sure some madlad will make it work and be broken somehow

I do wish they would extend this event to 60 days.

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Then people are coming out with more and more cooked builds every day and makes you re-think your choices. The only ascendency so far I've seen which seems unviable is Behemoth. But I am sure some madlad will make it work and be broken somehow

I do wish they would extend this event to 60 days.

Gruthkul's Pelt stonks, yo. Paired with Rampager...

25% character size
10% life regen per second
Perma-rampage
100% global phys damage
Decent enough armor/evasion and up to 300 flat life.

You lose a lot of buffs (auras, berserk, curses/marks, guard skills, blood rage) and have to warcry manually, but I could see this working with a very stupid vaal slam build leaning hard into rage.

[Khaza-R]

Gruthkul's Pelt stonks, yo. Paired with Rampager...

25% character size
10% life regen per second
Perma-rampage
100% global phys damage
Decent enough armor/evasion and up to 300 flat life.

You lose a lot of buffs (auras, berserk, curses/marks, guard skills, blood rage) and have to warcry manually, but I could see this working with a very stupid vaal slam build leaning hard into rage.

Madlads like I said.

I thought it was supposed to function off the hateforge node with soul eater but I honestly have no clue how those two even interacts.

[Fencers]

Surfcaster and Spider Shadow looked like easy wins, but the stuff on Puppeteer, Herald and Wand Ranger just looks insane.

[Cyclone Jack]

I've got a couple of different ideas for Puppet and Spider, Scavenger looks really strong, Surf looks interesting, Herald looks crazy, and I think I have to do Paladin and remake my old D2 Shouting Barb. Wander looks really good, but I don't have much experience with wand builds. I'm wondering if you take Avian and Cat on Wildspeaker if both are active at the same time, or if you cycle through all 4 buffs separately. Blind Prophet is intriguing as well.

I def need more than 1 month with these. LOL Looking forward to finally spending some points on a PLeague.

[Edge-]

I def need more than 1 month with these. LOL Looking forward to finally spending some points on a PLeague.

I'm betting we'll see at least two, if not three months of this. I'm hoping so, at least, because there are so many potentially cracked builds to try out. This reminds me of when they added harvest core and you could still pretty easily create fairly GG gear (3.14? 3.15? I forget) and people were making tons of characters. That was the league I probably created/played more characters than anything else, because at least "basic" gear for tons of builds was super affordable or craftable.