[Megathread] Path of Exile

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Agreed. Wish I didn't pick whisperer. Trying to play Connor's mana forged arrow build and it's very lacking. And I'll never get the currency to buy the top end stuff.

From what I understand it's more of a second character build once you're already rich.

Also it's unlikely to feel as smooth for mapping as a lot of other builds, back when I played ice shot I found MFA to be pretty much a waste of time, because my main attacks were off screening mobs, and MFA doesn't target that far so it was just shooting in random directions and hitting nothing.

Good for bosses etc though.

[Edge-]

I...think Infernal Blow of Immolation might not suck?

It's still surprisingly solid. Would never want to build around it as a primary skill since it has too many mechanical limitations and the normal very is super lackluster with garbo single target, but with the Gen Cry dudes wiping the screen fairly easily it's proving to be a very nice little single target boost vs. doing something like shockwave/cyclone like I see a lot of other folks doing. With the Ancestral Commander +1 strike node and the added range it makes it actually usable and able to build up stacks in a crowd, and especially on moving bosses. Got a 20% quality alter from my uber lab so that was a nice bonus, Tec Slam of Cataclysm now at 180% more damage for my dudes, which feels silly.

Shame Volcanic Fissure of Snaking is so fucking slow because it's otherwise pretty rad/fun. I'm enjoying this build still and will keep playing for a while to build up more currency. Not sure which character I want to start planning around next yet.

[Fencers]

Idols are phenomenal. This is the juice we were promised.

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I think this is the wealthiest I have ever been in POE the fastest. It's been just a few days and I am filthy with currency. I think I have like 50 divines in the bank and spent like 40 or so already. This is like a weekend. This is nuts.

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I guess it's time to play Scavenger more seriously now. I took Whisperer as far as I can go and the potential on Scavenger is higher.

[Cyclone Jack]

LOL Got sick, so I'm running way behind. Started a Puppeteer, but then decided to try my hand at my old Pocketmancer (Brand Summoner). You throw out a Brand and 1-2 seconds later you've got 1-2 dozen minions running around. It was basically Storm Brand + Phantasm, Heralds of Purity & Agony, a Carrion Golem, and The Scourge (Wolves), with Vaal Skeles (for bosses w/o adds). I don't remember when I did that one, but it was super fun for some reason; it also used Victario's Charity, The Embalmer, and The Coming Calamity (I never got around to replacing Coming Calamity). Now add in Broodguard, Sckincrawlers, Neurotoxin, and Weaver's Contrition from Spider Ascendancy for even more minions and more minion crit.

I can see why a lot of this design was scrapped. There are some really cool options to these alternate subs but they also can be too narrow to support a width of play.

Yeah, I noticed that these were more...focused(?) on a certain playstyle, rather than being more open-ended. Still, they're a lot of fun. I think some of these could be widened out and refined with some work.

[Fencers]

Yeah, I noticed that these were more...focused(?) on a certain playstyle, rather than being more open-ended. Still, they're a lot of fun. I think some of these could be widened out and refined with some work.

I think it is telling that more successful and popular subs are those with rather general or at least, universally helpful/scalable aspects.

They can work on a lot of these ideas though. Sometimes you can see it- like Wildspeaker and Warden have overlapping design elements. So they clearly had to work to a more refined version of Warden that is normally in the game.

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Tower changes in POE2.

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I don't know why, because I still have plenty of work to do on my general's cry character, but I'm getting an urge to make a damned ballista paladin for some reason, damnit.

[Fencers]

Guess I am saying that fishing rod build afterall. Just got a fishing rod.

[Fencers]

The event extended one month.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile...css&utm_term=1

There will be an official news post next week.

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What the fuck?

I just traded 100C for a fucking 6 socket (5 link, but whatever), 677dps axe. Meh, not impressive. But it has "hits cannot be evaded" on it, a fucking 3 div craft.

Is this like...normal for trade? I'm not really engaging with it but this shit is wildin. This is my 6L project for now so I can get Volcanic Fissure of Snaking linked up. Swapped off Infernal blow...dunno what it is about it but it just feels bad. This feels much better, can't explain it. But very much wanting to stick to off-meta secondary skills since it seems anything using mace/staff is expensive as fuck. Axes are comparatively quite cheap.

[Fencers]

The economics for this event are kinda weird. Someone tried to sell me a Dance of the Offered and Expedition's End (no 6L) for 5div a piece. I refused, of course. But stuff like Willclash and Dawnbreaker are way more expensive than normal.

[Khaza-R]

Glad they extended the event. This is the most fun I've had in PoE 1 in years

I've done Paladin and my BeMEMEoth (who was surprisingly strong). I really want to try to make Architect of Chaos work but all the builds look shit so I might just settled on Puppetmaster or Bog Shaman as my next character

[Cyclone Jack]

I has a sad Apparently, I did not realize that The Scourge was changed a while back and they removed Summon Spectral Wolf from it. So now I have to figure out what I want for a MH. With Neurotoxin granting minion crit = to MH, I may just go for a super high crit MH like Twyzel.

[Fencers]

There is a Kingsmarch rune craft for 10 life runes that gives Summon Spectral Wolf to your weapon. Great for leveling and if your endgame build doesn't rely on weapon damage, it's one the best enchants in the game.

Like you can enchant a scepter with DOT or stat stacking affixes and use it offhand. Or a rare wand with poet's pen, or an off hand claw for melee.

[Cyclone Jack]

Well would you look at that. I guess I should do a bit more with Kingsmarch after all.

[Fencers]

I'm locked in. Let's get it.

Race in ~20m.

My mood:

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Losing intersting in my general's cry dude. Carried me to two easy watchstones and could go further but meh.

I'm getting in on this wand whisperer kinetic blast shit, seems rad.

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https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3731639

New 0.2 tease for PoE2

Mercenary ascendency (ballista focus?)

Prism Guardian - Actually kinda like the design. It's very niche, but it looks very strong in that niche.

New hate, Deepest Tower - That's a very cool unique property and feels like it could be used for some shenanigans.

Atlas tree updates.

In PoE1 - I forgot how piss easy bow leveling is with lightning arrow on my whisperer. And starting off with 4 frenzy/power charges at all times is just stupid. this is going to be very smooth, and even sold a few items sitting in my stash to make a few divine to get me started with gear when I get to mapping.

[Fencers]

I can't recall any existing tech that makes use of Deepest Tower in POE2.

Enemy LL is usually irrelevant. Full life or cull-able are the only states that matter, iirc.

Interesting.

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GGG should just stop trying to make towers on the atlas anything. This idea doesn't work and their ideas for the towers are also, terrible.

Let's just stop.

[Cyclone Jack]

I like *idea* of the Tower Maps (for the most part), and how they reveal more of the Atlas Map; I just don't like using them as an AoE Map Mod. I used it once, just to see how it worked, and found it to be meh; not for me. Then again, I feel that the Atlas Map itself is entirely and absolutely underwhelming. I'm hoping they have some much bigger plans in store for the Atlas, because the current version is just bad, boring, and not really fun or interesting at all.

[Fencers]

I like *idea* of the Tower Maps (for the most part), and how they reveal more of the Atlas Map; I just don't like using them as an AoE Map Mod. I used it once, just to see how it worked, and found it to be meh; not for me. Then again, I feel that the Atlas Map itself is entirely and absolutely underwhelming. I'm hoping they have some much bigger plans in store for the Atlas, because the current version is just bad, boring, and not really fun or interesting at all.

It just looks cool. But everything you do on it is boring or mapping with extra steps. And those extra steps are like laborious.

Never have I run so many un-juiced, 'white' maps in the decade+ of POE1 as in the first month of POE2. Not because it's difficult, unavailable, or suboptimal - it's just work, and boring work is the worst kind of work!

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I like *idea* of the Tower Maps (for the most part), and how they reveal more of the Atlas Map; I just don't like using them as an AoE Map Mod. I used it once, just to see how it worked, and found it to be meh; not for me. Then again, I feel that the Atlas Map itself is entirely and absolutely underwhelming. I'm hoping they have some much bigger plans in store for the Atlas, because the current version is just bad, boring, and not really fun or interesting at all.

PoE2 team still thinks sextants are in PoE1 and good design and don't realize how much better mapping has become since they moved sextants to global modifiers on watchstones and then removed them altogether.