[Megathread] Path of Exile

[Edge-]

Yeah, the mods are *really* mixed; and I'd say that's probably my only real complaint. For the longest time, all of my really good Idols also had an increased chance of Jun, and I *hate* Betrayal. The plus side is that I quickly got all of my recipe unlocks, and it didn't take long before I was able to replace most of those Idols.

I'm trying more combos out but just not finding much that's really tickling my pickle/very rewarding. I guess I have to trade for some, maybe and...bleh. Tried a lockbox focused setup and it's similarly pretty meh without some of the key atlas passives.

Betrayal is my jam, though. Even beyond rushing it early for benchcraft unlocks the XP is pretty good and Mastermind can drop very good. An early veiled chaos funded a fair bit of my gear, heh.

[Fencers]

Power Siphon of rhe Archmage is so good. I fucking love this era of POE1. I wish I could play more hours and work on all my ideas.

I have never been so wealthy in POE1.

[Cyclone Jack]

Running a Herald with Spark/Phantasm, and it's pretty fun. Need to hit Act 6 so I can get CoH for HoL, and I need more mana/recovery/leech since I can't use Clarity (6L Spark ain't cheap), but its nice to have all 5 Heralds linked up (minus the CoH) and still have ~50% of my mana. Not sure what I'm going to aim for defensively, since I'm probably going to go Future Nostalgia for the 75% Chaos Resist and 100% Agony buff (+Scourge & Apocalypse), which means I don't need to go CI.

I'm tempted to swap Spark for a melee build, Ele Hit + Story of the Vaal could be wild, but melee with a dozen minions running around is kind of annoying. :/

[Fencers]

It's crazy Ball Lightning is viable again. I was running COC Spark Bog Witch last week. Phenomenal clear.

I am on that 2014 shit. Pherica league is so much fun.

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Last July, I said that I wished Settlers would never end. The monkey paw fingers curled. And so, we are getting 11 months of Settlers.

If I have any phenomenal cosmic powers or a finger remains uncurled on the paw of a dead monkey... I hope Phrecia never ends.




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HUNTRESS

April 4th

[Cyclone Jack]

Ooh, nice! Time to get our Amazon on!

Also, patch video info:
GGG Live - Path of Exile 2 0.2.0
GGG Live will begin at 12PM on March 27th (PDT) or Mar 27, 2025 2:00 PM (CDT) in your local time at twitch.tv/pathofexile!

In the livestream you will learn everything you need to know about the upcoming 0.2.0 content update for Path of Exile 2. After the livestream Jonathan and Mark will answer your questions in a Q&A session with ZiggyD which we will follow up with the full 0.2.0 patch notes.

[Edge-]

Damnit, why do they have to schedule 0.2 so close to the Last Epoch season update!

Oh well. I'm very interested in amazon, but otherwise I'm not terribly enthused. Will wait to hear more about endgame updates, since if the endgame continues to go in the direction it's been going I'm not sure if I'll be very interested in it, still.

[Fencers]

I hope and expect all the Amazon spear and jav skills to be copied 1:1. I have waited over a decade for this class.

[Morae]

At this point, I'll concentrate on LE stuff before I test this new poe2 stuff.

At least unless they add more than just a single new class and some minor changes. There simply isnt enough changes coming yet and until that changes poe2 can wait.

[Edge-]

I hope and expect all the Amazon spear and jav skills to be copied 1:1. I have waited over a decade for this class.

If there is no Titan's Revenge-esque unique I will figuratively riot.

[Fencers]

LMAO

https://x.com/Jungroan/status/1902514628686700545


They are never hiring anyone.

[Edge-]

LMAO

https://x.com/Jungroan/status/1902514628686700545


They are never hiring anyone.

"fully understand the game" so like 20 people outside GGG might fit this bill, and I guarantee every one of them makes more money streaming or in their normal jobs than GGG pays at the highest end of the QA scale.

Until they find a way to hire outside NZ they're just fucked for being able to staff up properly.

[Nzx]

"fully understand the game" so like 20 people outside GGG might fit this bill, and I guarantee every one of them makes more money streaming or in their normal jobs than GGG pays at the highest end of the QA scale.

Until they find a way to hire outside NZ they're just fucked for being able to staff up properly.

?? I don't think it's a particularly complex requirement. 'Fully understand' means different things to different people - I doubt the hiring manager is going to be asking you what the relative weight is for T1 hybrid phys vs T3 cold damage, but they will expect you to understand what Ultimatum is and how Blight works.

The specific detail they asked for is more than one thousand combined hours in their games. I'm sure they have data that shows how many players this actually applies to, and the requirement to be in NZ isn't that complicated either particularly with relocation assistance provided. They shouldn't be (and I'm sure aren't) looking to hire Zizaran to be a QA tester, but there are a lot of people out there making videos for ~2k viewers that could be tempted by a steady income and a foot in the door.

Also, considering the US is kinda in complete meltdown right now throwing a life preserver to people fleeing the sinking ship sounds like perfect timing.

[Edge-]

?? I don't think it's a particularly complex requirement. 'Fully understand' means different things to different people - I doubt the hiring manager is going to be asking you what the relative weight is for T1 hybrid phys vs T3 cold damage, but they will expect you to understand what Ultimatum is and how Blight works.

The specific detail they asked for is more than one thousand combined hours in their games. I'm sure they have data that shows how many players this actually applies to, and the requirement to be in NZ isn't that complicated either particularly with relocation assistance provided. They shouldn't be (and I'm sure aren't) looking to hire Zizaran to be a QA tester, but there are a lot of people out there making videos for ~2k viewers that could be tempted by a steady income and a foot in the door.

Also, considering the US is kinda in complete meltdown right now throwing a life preserver to people fleeing the sinking ship sounds like perfect timing.

the joke being that knowing "everything" in the game is insane/near impossible - every interaction and mechanic etc.

though the us situation doesn't really change much. NZ hiring laws are insane and anyone would need to first go there and get citizenship before they could get hired (NZ apparently has laws where companies need to prove they can't reasonably train locals to do the job which is very expensive and time consuming to prove, which makes attracting the existing talent from abroad very challenging).

[Fencers]

Consider Jonathan, Chris, Mark, and other Jonathan on various live streams admitted they don't know how all things work or have been wrong about mechanics changed months ago.

Nobody is getting this job.

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Also, new build of the week.

[Nzx]

the joke being that knowing "everything" in the game is insane/near impossible - every interaction and mechanic etc.

though the us situation doesn't really change much. NZ hiring laws are insane and anyone would need to first go there and get citizenship before they could get hired (NZ apparently has laws where companies need to prove they can't reasonably train locals to do the job which is very expensive and time consuming to prove, which makes attracting the existing talent from abroad very challenging).

NZ hiring laws aren't really insane. The immigration requirement to "demonstrate" you can't hire anyone in NZ to do the job is just barely above self-certification. You absolutely do not need citizenship to get a job. New Zealand has immigrant uber drivers and vape shop owners just like every other country, the idea that it is somehow impossible to hire people from overseas is a complete meme.

[Edge-]

NZ hiring laws aren't really insane. The immigration requirement to "demonstrate" you can't hire anyone in NZ to do the job is just barely above self-certification. You absolutely do not need citizenship to get a job. New Zealand has immigrant uber drivers and vape shop owners just like every other country, the idea that it is somehow impossible to hire people from overseas is a complete meme.

this is based purely off my memory of what jonathan described for why it took them so long to hire anyone at GGG and why they were always understaffed, i could very much be getting many things incorrect and should have framed it better.

[Nzx]

this is based purely off my memory of what jonathan described for why it took them so long to hire anyone at GGG and why they were always understaffed, i could very much be getting many things incorrect and should have framed it better.

Yeah I wasn't really having a go at you, more the concept that they have memed into existence which is that it's in some way hard to employ people from overseas in New Zealand. It's either excuses on their behalf or they have been given bad advice - it's never been hard for legitimately skilled people to immigrate to NZ. Developer jobs qualify for Skilled Migrant Resident visas if GGG have become an accredited employer, temporary work visas aren't difficult to get, etc. If they're underpaying and hiring people with no qualifications then yeah they might have some issues, but so would anyone in any country struggle to find workers if they won't pay market rates.

In any case, I'm not applying for it and I'm not a hiring manager at GGG, so no point me commenting on their behalf haha.

[Volatilis]

the joke being that knowing "everything" in the game is insane/near impossible - every interaction and mechanic etc.

though the us situation doesn't really change much. NZ hiring laws are insane and anyone would need to first go there and get citizenship before they could get hired (NZ apparently has laws where companies need to prove they can't reasonably train locals to do the job which is very expensive and time consuming to prove, which makes attracting the existing talent from abroad very challenging).

That is incorrect. New Zealand has tourist working visas like most countries in the developed world.

And list one company that's been stung for hiring abroad vs hiring locally. I'll wait

[Fencers]

Possible alteration orbs coming/to be revealed on the stream tomorrow. Looking forward to it. They gotta do something about this crafting, it's awful. I mean I should say, "crafting" because it is not crafting at all. Just gambling with weird currency.

[Edge-]

Possible alteration orbs coming/to be revealed on the stream tomorrow. Looking forward to it. They gotta do something about this crafting, it's awful. I mean I should say, "crafting" because it is not crafting at all. Just gambling with weird currency.

i could live with this slot machine if the omens and shit that actually let you craft were more available once you got to mapping, but they start dropping pretty far into the map process.

outside of the huntress i'm not terribly jazzed about this update from the bits they've teased. will likely avoid the livestream and just catch up on the summaries after or something.