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[craggy gyro]

hmmmm f let me check

[cold cove]

And last epoch

Famously unlucky in any looter game

D4 was actually so bad for that. Id get nothing for my build, respec, then get drops for it after i respec’d

[desert sedge]

Don't ask to ask! Post your question here so that people actually know if they can help. It's also better to discuss your question publicly so more people can chime in or learn! That's why these channels are here!

[cold cove]

Yeah cant answer if i dont know what the question really is

[clear skiff]

I have a question. I am currently weak against bosses. I need good equipment. Should I do just farmie?

[cold cove]

I’m still pretty new too. I bounced off poe1 but 2 has me hooked. But i can help with some basic stuff i think.

Well, where are you at in the game?

[strong crown]

you can buy better gears with exalted orbs you found

[cold cove]

It could be a matter of skills not being up to snuff like synergistically, or a lack of support gems too

[sick mortar]

Go on the trade page and buy a better weapon

Weapons are key in this game

[cold cove]

Theres a lot that can go wrong with dps, need more context

[fossil spoke]

It constantly shows me this quest even though I searched the whole map of Traitor's Passage...

[cold cove]

Weapon matters if youre not a spell caster

[strong crown]

skip it

[cold cove]

Its less important on spells

[clever geode]

ignore it

[sick mortar]

Bugged. I wasted hours too. Keep playing and ignore it

[fossil spoke]

ty

[strong crown]

the +level is great for spells

[clear skiff]

I don't think I have the resources required to barter

[cold cove]

If you can get it yeah

[pure quarry]

Lol same I full cleared that bs area trying to find it

[cold cove]

What part of the game are you in?

[clear skiff]

I haven't gotten one yet

[little moth]

what the f

[pure quarry]

Which part of the game you are in?

[sick mortar]

Looks terrible. Should give it to me

[little moth]

ill just disenchant it

[cold cove]

LMAO

[clever geode]

just yeet it

[little moth]

3 uniques in 1 hour xD

at lvl 17

[clear skiff]

I am at the beginning of the beginning act1 am new
It's my first experience but I understand some things of the game But I need equipment

[pure quarry]

Unless they go for more than 1 ex thats same as a big gold pile XD

[little moth]

Ill take it xD

[stark lynx]

Thats more uniques than I've found until lvl 70

[final heart]

hi, full released date wasnt mentionted yet yeah?

[little moth]

same

on my main char i got 1

[pure quarry]

Act 1 is kinda difficult, are you following a build guide? The game is brutal as is

[light ivy]

No, it's a proper early access. You can consider the release date as "when it's ready"

[cold cove]

What class? Melee or ranged/spellcaster?

If you went melee, its going to be harder, I’ll be flat out

[willow heart]

respawn at checkpoint is logging me out 😦

[little moth]

yeah

[stark lynx]

full release estimate is 6months+

[little moth]

witch/sorc is a walk in the park

[clear skiff]

the building guide that players recommend?

[cold cove]

Melee requires a bit more skill tbh. Dodging

I wouldnt recommend a guide personally, learn better by messing about and trying stuff

[pure quarry]

Meele starts shinning in maps from what I have seen so far but acts gonna be brutal, block seems pretty good though since no block spell bs

[cold cove]

Mhm. Act 1 is horribly difficult on melees

The drops are also not great for it

[final heart]

thanks

[fading slate]

I can't get past the act 1 boss on my level 17 sorc. I'm pretty certain it's a skill/gear issue. I'm an old man and don't have any experience playing PoE 😄

[pure quarry]

My friend gave up on the final wolf guy on his warrior lmao

[fading slate]

so trying witch instead to see how that goes

[clear skiff]

yep i am suffering here

[cold cove]

My warrior has been bodied pretty badly because im kind of bad at dodging

[uneven spire]

Almost all bosses have no real hard mechanics to dodge, and you clap most enemies

[stark lynx]

oh poe1 experience wont help you with that boss

[lapis inlet]

is it worth getting the one from the vendor, comparing it to the rare one that i got?

[pure quarry]

Wait you meele?

[uneven spire]

I facetanked entire campaign as warrior and 1shot almost all bosses?

[strong crown]

it's the same tbh

[pure quarry]

Which class?

[uneven spire]

I dont get how people are struggling

[stark lynx]

What I can say is to triple check vendors for cold res, namely sapphire rinng

[clear skiff]

monk

[pure quarry]

Ahh then it's fine

[lapis inlet]

it has better stats but that s it.. idk about the mana thing, life would ve been useful

[cold cove]

Ok? And? Please don’t downplay someone else’s difficulty because you did it fine

[fading slate]

I just was hoping that the mobs will target pets more instead of me... was just blowing through health pots in the mists phase

[uneven spire]

I'm trying to understand what part is difficult

[lapis inlet]

k bro we get it you re cool as fuck.

[uneven spire]

So that I can give you a tip

[light ivy]

The bit where they're taking too much damage, probably.

[lapis inlet]

so is it better than my yellow?

[stark lynx]

on weapons the main thing to look for is the dmg number on top

[cold cove]

Its generally found to be more difficult on melee by most people. Don’t downplay it.
Anyways
It’s likely your weapon is not up to snuff statistically right now. I would try and kill some early map bosses and see if you can get a decent blue or yellow weapon

[pure quarry]

Except the act 1 boss Monk is great

[severe inlet]

There are builds that get viable later on but struggle early on

[fading slate]

for me, i can't get past the count because the phase with the mists and the wolves end up causing me to blow through my health potions (admittedly, i'm old and terrible at dodging stuff) 🙂

[stark lynx]

if number bigger, dmg better, for most part

[subtle gull]

I think I have locked myself out? no way of getting to the quest item? :S

[lapis inlet]

yeah, i was thinking if the prefixes are worth

[cold cove]

My first attempt on him was horrible due to that phase lmao

[uneven spire]

I had this happen, have any jump/blink ability?

[cold cove]

I got him first try on my second playthrough

[uneven spire]

I was able to leap down there as warrior

[pure quarry]

As for gear upgrades, if you have gold gamble on the vendor for upgrades

[strong crown]

you can have minions with any class

[subtle gull]

hmm will see if I have any low level gems

[light ivy]

Check vendors before gambling tbh

[lapis inlet]

i struggled too. you play warrior?

[light ivy]

Vendors will change their stock when you level up

[uneven spire]

keep in mind it was proper hard, I had to find the exact right spot

[lapis inlet]

if yes, try to hit him with ranged abilities

[cold cove]

But yeah ultimately melee requires more positioning and skillful dodging to make work. Patience is sort of key early on since you cant just mash for the most part

[fading slate]

I am using a sceptre on my sorc for the 2 skele pets, but no luck 😄

[native inlet]

Hey guess what i facetanked all bosses on a witch with 3k hp you aint special

[pure quarry]

Oh yes this, check the weapon vendor before gambling XD

[lapis inlet]

this is how i beat him

[knotty heath]

so from the time that i got in trials of sahkem my game is just infinitly loading wtf? how do i fix dat?

[fading slate]

playing sorc (badly) 😄

[uneven spire]

Huh?

[lapis inlet]

try to keep distance and use your dark souls rolls

[uneven spire]

Did you mean to reply to that?

[light ivy]

yeah but did you also 1 shot the boss? otherwise it doesn't count

[lapis inlet]

and learn the pattern of the boss

[cold cove]

Mhm! I actually swapped around some of my skills so i could freeze the mobs and use them to block the other mobs lmao

[native inlet]

No but i went afk for most since minions are op

[cold cove]

Hilarious but it worked

Beat it first go of that strat

[clear skiff]

I have a question: Should some Bosses be killed the hard way? Songs without any good equipment should be killed

[uneven spire]

3k HP is so high for acts

[lapis inlet]

the earthquake and the totem made my run a little better on count

but then i switched back ahah

[uneven spire]

I had 1300 after end of cruel campaign

[native inlet]

Why one shot when you can just afk

[cold cove]

I was sorceress

Squishy sorceress too

They melted my hp

[native inlet]

I was 3k hp before cruel 1

[lapis inlet]

i will want to try witch on my next run

[royal wharf]

Which gloves to pick ? One has Evasion rating of 10, other has energy shield 9.

[lapis inlet]

but now i ll stick to the warrior

[cold cove]

I swapped back after too lmao

[native inlet]

Difference is im built for maps you arent

[tacit knot]

Guys. Do the choices in trials matter for the whole trial. So if i choose monstet attack speed the whole trial including boss has it?

[cold cove]

I’d say energy shield is better early

[native inlet]

Yes

[lapis inlet]

so here i should check only the damage? even if the prefixes don t do too much on me?

[tacit knot]

Sigh

[lapis inlet]

sorry for the photo repost

[royal wharf]

Thanks

[light ivy]

Massively depends on the builds, and honestly if that's the only stats the gloves are giving it probably doesn't matter much

[cold cove]

Yeah

[native inlet]

You got this

I believe

[cold cove]

Energy shield is just a bit better very early until you have enough hp to survive on armor/evasion

Its basically cheap hp

[royal wharf]

Okay

[cold cove]

Cuz evasion is kinda.. odd feeling so far on my ranger

[native inlet]

Sure bubby but id still care about the stats it will change your playstyle

[cold cove]

I feel i still want to stack mixed sets with both armor and evasion

Or evasion and energy shield

[strong river]

Zalmarath's stupid adds. Horrible horrible horrible one shot. How do you deal with them as a pure melee warrior? I have no totems. A SINGLE ONE can one shot me. I've been at this for hours

[tacit knot]

Haha ty. 🙂

[cold cove]

Cuz pure evasion just feels like its not great yet

[shell ocean]

im struggling to find to aggrat in act 3, i went through the utzaal map twice, how to find 😦

[cold cove]

Is that the titan boss?

[strong river]

yes

[cold cove]

Screw that boss btw

Janky

[pure quarry]

There really isn't a good way to get good gear in act 1 and 2 outside of Vendors and Gambling. It's currently an issue hopefully the fix it in later patches. From act 3 on you start dropping some exalted orbs which gives you free reign on buying some cheap gear from trade which usually are way better than whatever you find from the vendor 90% of the time if yk what stats you are looking for

[cold cove]

I just did it on ranger and it is beyond cursed

[native inlet]

Minions

[sick mortar]

cruel mode act 3 bosses are so fucking hard 😢

[stark lynx]

top left, follow the river thingy

[strong river]

I have no minions, only melee skills.

[white orbit]

You can’t hide ally spell effects can you? Trying to do Jamanra with a group and I can’t see a thing

[strong river]

remember: if any of the adds touch me, I die. If the boss touches me, I survive. How do I do this

[cold cove]

Melee man.. idk what else to say besides its harder than ranged

[strong river]

it's insanity

[cold cove]

I did it twice so far

Sorceress and ranger

It was a cakewalk on sorceress

But ranger it was a nightmare

[strong river]

are you down for watching a stream real quick @cold cove ?

I just need someone to see I'm not going insane

[cold cove]

I’m at work so unfortunately i cant

[radiant dirge]

In act3, I cant get into Aggorat after Utzaal, any ideas why?

[stark lynx]

Sounds like you ignored weapon upgrades

[zealous osprey]

Ranger is easy mode bro, prolly the easiest

[cold cove]

I believe you tho

No its not that. I did fine dps

[stark lynx]

Ranger is currently the go to choice for speedrunning the campaign for what I've seen

[cold cove]

It wasnt my damage

It was his janky hitbox

[sick mortar]

i can watch if you like

[strong river]

I think the game has been balanced so far even for melee classes but this seems untested or bugged, it's an instant one shot from the ADDS while the boss doesn't one shot

[sick mortar]

kill the ads before they touch you

[zealous osprey]

I'm facetanking and deleting mobs as a ranger during acts with a blue bow

[cold cove]

I can kill everything fine, its just i would literally watch stuff phase through him

[zealous osprey]

Bosses also melt

[strong river]

melee, I can't

there's too many

[zealous osprey]

Ah, I know which build you talking about

[cold cove]

I dont think my accuracy is an issue? I have an accuracy boosting quiver on too iirc

[sick mortar]

wait are you talking about the boss that does the sandstorm and then ads @strong river

[strong river]

no

[zealous osprey]

That's a known issue, or well common one

[strong river]

I'm talking about the titan boss

[cold cove]

Yep

[strong river]

the one with the jellyfish lookin adds

[cold cove]

Its just a boss needing tlc

The titan boss

[native inlet]

Oooo

[sick mortar]

steam lemme watch, im range player but will try help see whats going wrong

[ebon turret]

i just had a bug in the chaos trial

[clear skiff]

The problem is that I am not the patient type In order to defeat the bosses in a difficult way, I also have a problem with the keyboard! and I do not have a lot of time, so it is difficult for me to play alone

[strong river]

Unfortunately there's a 48 hour lockout for VC in this server

mind if I call you?

[cold cove]

You might be getting hit multiple times

At once

[halcyon hazel]

Why does the power siphon wand just absolutely blow

[sick mortar]

sure

[cold cove]

And its enough dps

[strong river]

I'm not though, weirdly

[cold cove]

Huh

[strong river]

just nuked on touch from one

[cold cove]

But the boss doesnt?

[ebon turret]

i went to put a passive point and during the corrupted hourglass trial the timer didnt show and it kept going on forever

[cold cove]

Weird

[strong river]

I can tank a hit from a titan.

but a jelly? ded

[cold cove]

I had the opposite issue

The adds did nothing to me

[native inlet]

I can help if you need unless it’s cruel then ill have to switch and pray i dont crash

[cold cove]

But the boss could 2 shot me easily

In a second

Are you armor or evasion?

[lapis inlet]

if i don t play warrior with accuracy i don t hit my boneshatter ever

[pure quarry]

Welp the easy way is to just ask for help from global chat, it's the 2nd week of the game so it's quite active

[strong river]

I'm gonna add you and @sick mortar to a dm

[cold cove]

Because that might be the difference

[pastel talon]

Many Thanks Sir. You are a legend. I activated those in settings. Apparently I wasnt too sure, if aura was enabled or no. Btw how do I gather more spirits though ? By killing enemies or investing in support gems for aura specific skills ?

[native inlet]

Np

[last moon]

Act 1 wearwolf is too hard, is there anyone available for assistance?

[cold cove]

I wonder if thats the issue actually

[sick mortar]

its fine, you get them for another quest in campaign to go upto 60 and then the rest is from chest plate or necklace

[pure quarry]

Someone over leveled can easily carry you

[zealous osprey]

100 from acts

[cold cove]

What gear are you running? More armor or evasion?

[quartz patrol]

we havent gotten any big tweaks/changes for a while now, just bug fixes, that makes me nervous

[cold cove]

Just as a curiosity

[zealous osprey]

I've collected 400k gold or so for when the nerf hits

[fossil spoke]

What is better, Mana on Kill or Mana Leech?

[quartz patrol]

and thats the clever thing to do

[fossil spoke]

What fills it faster?

[cold cove]

Most of the big things have been caught already

[shell ocean]

nothing there :<

[zealous osprey]

Depends on your damage

[clear skiff]

It's hard to get one

[cold cove]

Mana leech probably if you have high dps

[stark lynx]

send a screenshot of the minimap

[cold cove]

But early the mana on kill is probably better

[quartz patrol]

also "mana on kill" is awkward in boss fights

[cold cove]

Mhm

Good for mobbing tho

And on bosses with a lot of add spawns

[pastel talon]

Galvanic shards fires lightening bolts right ?

[shell ocean]

is there a way to take a ss of whole map aside from viewing map in during game?

[fossil spoke]

Well I'm one shotting everything Cruel Act 2, level 56.
But I'm struggling with mana at the moment and I'm looking for a good ring to fix that.

So either leech or on kill

Both works I guess with my damage

[stark lynx]

oh wait you are in Utzaal?

[cold cove]

Id say leech probably

[humble bolt]

which one is better for my fire ranger build im trying to do?

[shell ocean]

yes

[stark lynx]

You need to go through drowned city

until you find aggorat

[cold cove]

Blackgleam is probs more dps long term

[pure quarry]

Another way is to farm some act bosses, they nerfed the loot but it's still better than normal mob loot. You can find the list of farmable bosses/elites on zizaran's vid

[stark lynx]

if everything else fails, pick a wall and hug it until you've looped the map

[shell ocean]

oh wait do i need to go back to regular map?

i went through to portal and literally only 2 area in minimap, utzaal and aggrat

[humble bolt]

really? im getting a lot more dps with the normal fire quiver in the skills tab at least. and its kinda dissappointing since so far ive done my whole build around fire quiver and now a random rare quiver outperforms it

[cold cove]

Long term, aka better main weapon better dmg

[stark lynx]

uuuh is my world map different due to completing the act then

[cold cove]

Its percentage scaling meaning the better your attack the better it gets

[stark lynx]

nvm just awful world map

[fossil spoke]

Found one! Pretty sweet I'd say, atleast until I finish all 3 cruel acts.

[cold cove]

So its one of those trade offs

[humble bolt]

im using crude bow

im lvl 25 btw idk if this dps is decent for my level

[cold cove]

Interesting

[stark lynx]

its utzaal into aggorat, you are correct

[cold cove]

Weird thing about skill dps is its approximate

[shell ocean]

yeah this is where im struggling

went through the same map so many times

[humble bolt]

yeah i was wondering if theres a dummy or something i can test my damage against in this game

[cold cove]

So my basic bow shot is higher dps in that window vs my skills but not actually better in practice

[coral kettle]

Any good recommendations for a good resource web for POE2 build guides?

[cold cove]

Id try to fight a map boss or something

[fossil spoke]

Jesus...just tried it. This one ring changed everything.

[cold cove]

Like one of the extras

[humble bolt]

they respawn?

[scarlet estuary]

can i farm for a lvl 3 uncut skillgem somewhere?

[cold cove]

See if one feels better dps

[stark lynx]

on PC you can zoom in/out on the overlay map

[cold cove]

You can make new instances yes

[twilit bobcat]

uhh for the green blue and red mushrooms for the cauldron keeper, do i need to get them all without dying? cuz my character said found them all and nothing happened

[cold cove]

Just make a new instance, you can fight them infinitely

[strong crown]

find the caudron and put them in

[cold cove]

You just dont get the stat items they drop again

[zealous osprey]

I removed landscape and did 25% opacity always enlarged

[twilit bobcat]

i put them in my character says found them all

[fossil spoke]

How?

[zealous osprey]

Never get lost, kekw

[cold cove]

So its the best way to test your dps at this stage

[stark lynx]

see options

[humble bolt]

got it ill try to find one thats close to spawn

[zealous osprey]

Keep clicking

Have to click 3 times

[vagrant anchor]

is this even useful

[strong crown]

yeah, you found them all, now find the caudron in that area to put the shrooms in

[cold cove]

But id still say blackgleam might have better long term potential because it also pierces ignited targets

So it effectively hits more enemies

[zealous osprey]

Nice to start with

[twilit bobcat]

yea ik that but ig once i die it restarts

[cold cove]

Decompose… not sure what that skill does

[echo briar]

I think I am experiencing a bug.
Inspiration support gem does not work.
It does not lower the mana cost of either of my skills.
I have an example with Wave of first: in the first image mana cost WITHOUT Inspiration support is 33 and in the second image, WITH Inspiration support, it still has 33.
My character has 38 STR, so it should be enough for Inspiration.
Am I doing something wrong or is it a bug ?

[humble bolt]

i usually spam poison gas arrow for clearing as it explodes when it gets in contact with fire

[cold cove]

Is it poison dps?

[shell ocean]

@stark lynx found it

[humble bolt]

so the pierce hasnt been that significant

[cold cove]

Ahh, youre a gas explosion build

I run lightning arrow so pierce matters for me haha

[humble bolt]

i didnt plan on it but its so convienient

[cold cove]

Mhm

I use gas with vines to break armor

The gas clouds do really nice poison damage when paired with vines

Shreds armor

[cold cove]

Oh interesting

That could make for a fun explosion build item

[vagrant anchor]

is that skill useful?

[cold cove]

No idea

But its funny

[humble bolt]

ah by just testing i ignite enemies far less often so the poison explosion isnt as good anymore, maybe i can swap the quivers for bosses then idk

i guess ill continue testing xd

[cold cove]

Seems to be spell equivalent to gas arrow with extra step

Yeah you could keep it as a secondary for things

Might as well

[stark lynx]

It helped with rare on death effect yeah

[cold cove]

Set it as your second equipped quiver

[vagrant anchor]

that like a 41 level skill, not sure how useful its gonna be starting out at 11

[cold cove]

Then just switch as needed

[stark lynx]

basically removed it, but hey at least I dont have -40fps debuff now

[cold cove]

Weapon sets basically

[humble bolt]

whats the keybind for swapping?

[worn temple]

X

[cold cove]

Depends on what controls you use

[runic jewel]

Is Split the Earth bugged. I was looking at my Rolling Slam skill before I took it, and it said 20% Aftershock Chance. I then took the passive, and it still says 20%?

[humble bolt]

wasd

[cold cove]

Im controller so idk for kbm

[humble bolt]

oh

alr

[worn temple]

Its x to swap by default

[cold cove]

Might be able to see it in your skill bind menu too

And switch it

But no idea. The ui is completely different on controller

I honestly like that too tbh

Ui for controller is nice and clean feeling

To me anyway

But yeah i love shredding armor via gas arrow

[honest dew]

what is this -20% blue icon represent?

[cold cove]

I want to get the support that creates explosions when skills break armor

[pastel talon]

@cold cove Galvanic shards fires lightening bolts right ? I equipped herald of thunder but my bolts isn't triggering any lightening effects, so that means enemies needs to be in a shocked state for herald to work in the first place ?

[cold cove]

So itll detonate the whole gas cloud when it breaks a boss’s armor

[zealous osprey]

Exposure

[cold cove]

Fairly sure yes they need to be shocked

I havent used galvanic shards so im not sure how its shock chance is

[honest dew]

what kind of exposure though?
I'm trying the passiv tree that converts heat to lightning. With a gas/blast build. Honestly confusing how it works because it's not building shock meter and herald of thunder isnt working

[sonic cargo]

so, I reached maps, whats up with all the portals closing on death? 😦

[zealous osprey]

That's how it's implemented

Don't die

[scarlet estuary]

you can leave a map with a portal and reenter but if you die the map is done

[honest dew]

Welll actually its fully shocking the enemy but herald of thunder not procking weird

[vagrant anchor]

lol

[cold cove]

Its possibly a bug with the damage type conversion?

[sonic cargo]

yeah bit strange to make that change

[honest dew]

Oh i got it to work... man my build is weird AF

[cold cove]

Someone will probably take the stinky fart boots

[zealous osprey]

WDYM by herald not proccing?

[cold cove]

I picture it like the player farting each step

[zealous osprey]

It's an aura, converts physical to lightning

[cold cove]

Gas clouds? Get it?

Lmao

It’s also shock based

Herald of thunder procs bolts on killing shocked enemies

There may be a bug with converted damage types if its not working properly on a converted damage build

[tacit knot]

I am now a professional trial failure

[cold cove]

But im not sure if its due to that or a lack of physical dps to trigger it

[lyric heart]

hey guys, i first installed poe 1 on steam but it was always stuck at the first loading screen on beach, now i got it from epic games and i can play but it gets stuck on every loading screen. what do i do to fix this? file intigrity verification didnt work

[zealous osprey]

Welcome to the club

Trials account for more than 50% of my deaths

[cold cove]

Trials.. i need to do them but

Its just suffering

I think they need to change how honor works

Tbh

[zealous osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/only-pain-subscribe-to-my-onlyfans-pain-gif-20973850

[cold cove]

LMAO

Let me refill honor by killing mobs lowkey?

[honest dew]

its odd, i have the helmet that also converts damage types, it works very weirdly. But im using the passive tree. Herald of thunder WORKS but like unless an enemy is extremely tanky I am not fully shocking them... Now I wonder, I'm using Gas/Heat build. Should I add chance to shock on my gas arrow.... or by other means, because my heat is coming from a helmet that auto ignites enemies. And it's not being converted to lightning dmg ... so confusing

[granite vessel]

I see people with cool armor and backpieces that I don't recognise from the store, are these obtainable from the endgame activities? For example the 2 demon hands backpiece

[still raptor]

Dear devs, please take a long hard look at Zalmarath.

This boss is so bugged and needs to be fixed.

[zealous osprey]

MTX, buy

Or twitch rewards and stuff

[cold cove]

Yeah I’m not sure man. Im not running a conversion build myself so i dont know how all of that clicks together off the top of my head

[granite vessel]

I see, thanks

[cold cove]

You could try increasing shock chance and see how it works

[finite valve]

do defensive stats such as armor, evasion and resistances work with energy shield? my gut says resistances and evasion work, but armor wouldn't?
it's been like 8 years since i played poe, and i've forgotten all the basics 😄

[cold cove]

The helm might be fixed and not be convertable tbh

[pastel talon]

If I understand correctly, physical damage needs some kind of lightening skill gem such as galvanic shards for herald to work in the first place.

[cold cove]

Mhm

Thats why its probably kind of buggy with damage conversions

[honest dew]

yeah.. hmmmm. I mean i'd rather stick to herald of thunder rather than ash since I'm a ranger would rather not put points in strength

[mental atlas]

i am a little confused, how do i know which boss i killed based on these icons? what is that little + icon next to boss icon or lute icon 😄 can someone explain please

[cold cove]

That’s fair yeah. Im going herald but full lightning arrow based so

I feel ya lmao

My gas clouds are for armor shredding

Thats literally it

And some minor dps

But eh mostly shredding

[vagrant orchid]

if u kill boss itll be darker or dimmer look at the skull far right

[cold cove]

It actually does a LOT of damage over time oddly enough

[uneven arrow]

Anyone elses passive tree got messed up in the last fee hours???

[vagrant anchor]

orb of chance anygood? what base to use it on?

[slim fable]

the + shows bosses that give permanent character buffs

idk if theres a way to tell from the map that you've killed them already

[mental atlas]

so the ones that are a bit more highlighted i still need to kill

[pastel talon]

What is your skill gem for triggering lightening damage ?? Galvanic shards ?

[cold cove]

I havent gotten that far yet

Lightning arrow

Mostly

[tacit knot]

Do u get stronger with every failed trial? My locker is full of stuff lol relic locker

[cold cove]

I use lightning rods and lightning arrow

[zealous osprey]

You get XP

[tacit knot]

Haha yea men 🙂 theyre harsh

[cold cove]

Going to pick up ball lightning later for the silly orb lightning explosion build

[zealous osprey]

[pastel talon]

I am playing merc. Lightening arrow is a skill gem for ranger ?

[cold cove]

Yeah im ranger not merc

Lmao

[pastel talon]

Makes sense

[tacit knot]

But i hVe a lot of relicz whats the point of em dont they all add something?

[cold cove]

Yeah haha. Merc felt too clunky for me

[lyric heart]

Guys rhe game is plain unplayable now, i cant even log in cuz its stuck at loading screen... pls help

[mental atlas]

but then explain me this, i just killed this one, collected the rewards even afterwards, its still highlighted 😄

[vagrant anchor]

lightning rod just ping light arrow several times correct

[pastel talon]

Merc is godly with the right build imo

[zealous osprey]

Gotta use good ones to make trials easier

[zealous osprey]

Some are bugged

[cold cove]

Lightning rod with scattershot, spam lightning arrow (or ball lightning later)

Watch it all die

Thats the idea

[pastel talon]

Are you a ranger or merc ?

[exotic frigate]

Whats the best way to get uncut spirit gems?

[mental atlas]

eh so i just have to take a notblock and write them down basically 😄 ok tyty

[cold cove]

Its kind of a funny build

[zealous osprey]

Witch maps, Ranger mid-story, Monk new character

[cold cove]

So far ranger feels very good tho tbh

[vagrant anchor]

what does lightneing rod actually do...does it arc the light arrow projectile/beam several times

[cold cove]

Minus the titan boss’s janky hitbox

[vagrant anchor]

i kill things with it too quickly for me to see whats going on

[cold cove]

Lightning rod triggers mini novas when lightning skills hit near them

[exotic frigate]

Whats the best way to get uncut spirit gems?

[vagrant anchor]

what are these things for?

[cold cove]

So if you have 6 rods under a mob pack, and hit one lightning arrow that chains through them, you get 6 novas

[zealous osprey]

Kill mobs, drop far rarer than the other two but they do

[cold cove]

Its even easier with ball lightning i saw

[zealous osprey]

Put in cauldron for an ugly witch

[cold cove]

Cuz ball lightning passes through mobs

[vagrant anchor]

so 1 light is 6 arcs

[cold cove]

Not necessarily, its a proximity thing

[vagrant anchor]

gotcha

[cold cove]

Its kind of weird tbh

But it does good dps early and insane dps later

[silk bridge]

still can't find a single key to cruel trial of sekhema, i just want my 3rd set of ascension points

[zealous osprey]

But rods + orb really delete bosses

[cold cove]

Its good for mobbing too

[vagrant anchor]

i know, bosses never reach p2, so far since using it

[cold cove]

The only things its rough on are mobile bosses

[exotic frigate]

damn

[cold cove]

If they stay in the rods its gg

[zealous osprey]

I spam a bajillion rods and 2-3 rods and enjoy the show

[twilit bobcat]

uh...

[zealous osprey]

Just bait bosses into rods

Risky but rewarding gameplay

[zealous osprey]

Used when...

It's not perma

[twilit bobcat]

idk where i got the negative 2% at tho i dont have debuff

[cold cove]

Mhm

[zealous osprey]

Each act gives you -10

[twilit bobcat]

oh

[cold cove]

Put down a bunch, hit some lightning arrows or ball lightning and watch it light up like christmas morning

Its such a funky build but fun

[ebon turret]

well level 39 and i got my trial of chaos done

[cold cove]

Gas arrow armor shred with vine arrow slow, then lightning rod combo

[zealous osprey]

Better than a lot of people

[cold cove]

That’s my rotation rn

It does really well so far

Need to get a better bow tho

[still raptor]

I BEAT ZALMARATH

[cold cove]

I want a chaining bow

[zealous osprey]

I'm using a blue bow in A2, with just +1 proj and phys damage %

[static patio]

can i roll every defence stat on every armor piece? is there a list somewhere i can view all possible modifiers for certain pieces

[cold cove]

Congrats, that boss is a bish

[still raptor]

Zalmarath is the single most buggies piece of crap in the game, FIX IT DEVS

[zealous osprey]

Poe2db

[cold cove]

Its janky yeah

Very jank

[still raptor]

Character can fall off the side so much and he can 1 shot you randomly, so dumb

[cold cove]

YEP lmao

The sword slice shrapnel has a wonky hitbox

[zealous osprey]

Clearly you haven't been introduced to the birds in trial of chaos

[cold cove]

Can hit you multiple times in one instant

[still raptor]

It's gross man lol

[cold cove]

Its specifically the one slice he does

[still raptor]

When is this? Can't wait

[cold cove]

Nothing else in that fight bothered me much

It was just that one

[zealous osprey]

Act 3 midway

[still raptor]

I'm nearly there then

[zealous osprey]

One bird is annoying, other just deletes

[cold cove]

Lmao

[still raptor]

What element is good for them

[cold cove]

Honestly still deciding which boss is the worst so far

[zealous osprey]

Not sure

[cold cove]

Im inclined to say titan

[ebon turret]

should i get this for my Merc?

[zealous osprey]

He'll naw, he ez

[cold cove]

But shoutout to the one map boss with the two vulture things

[zealous osprey]

Flying bird boss in chaos worst by far

[cold cove]

Hes just badly made

Sadly

[zealous osprey]

Impossible to dodge

[cold cove]

Trying to do that duo vulture boss on sorceress was pain

I couldnt cast before they both were on my ass again lmao

[ebon turret]

hmmm this is so tempting

[zealous osprey]

Acts easiest boss?

[stark lynx]

How so?

[cold cove]

Executioner ez

[stark lynx]

the big bird has been fairly easy for me, the more humanoid bird has been another story

[vagrant marlin]

for 4300 it is free real estate

[cold cove]

Executioner made me laugh the first time

[ebon turret]

i have a merc thats level 40 that would use that

[cold cove]

I was like “was that it?”

So easy to kite

[zealous osprey]

I'm talking about the humanoid only

Big bird is just annoying, but ok

[stark lynx]

Yeah its spooky fight, ton of threatening moves

[zealous osprey]

Some debuffs make the trials impossible

[stark lynx]

Its fairly tame if your modifiers allow to nearly hug it

[cold cove]

I still think the vulture twins are cursed as a boss and ill stick with that lmao

[zealous osprey]

I've come to appreciate falling globules so much after seeing the lasers

[cold cove]

As a squishy build they were my bane

[stark lynx]

yeah gl bossing with the lasers unless you can just 1 tap the boss

[cold cove]

Not hard just frustrating

[zealous osprey]

First time I took em, I thought it'll be small lasers

[cold cove]

Namely i think some bosses attack a bit too fast?

[zealous osprey]

Not screen wide

[stark lynx]

The lasers just delete you unless you got really good passive regen

[cold cove]

Like it feels like they can cover so much ground so quickly before you can even get a skill off without face tanking

[zealous osprey]

Le blood mage enters the chat

[stark lynx]

or a way to get rid of CB, I've not found one yet

[zealous osprey]

[stark lynx]

BM doesnt have passive regen

[cold cove]

The final boss of act 2 had that issue for me lowkey

[static patio]

does it make sense to use quarterstaffs on warrior?

[cold cove]

Too fast for me to properly cast

[zealous osprey]

I know, I'm saying worst match up

[cold cove]

Actually that boss is weird in general

[stark lynx]

how about add 200 life cost on top of it

per cast

[cold cove]

Am i alone in saying act 2’s final boss was easier in phase 2?

Than phase 1 that is

[uneven arrow]

Anyone elses game keeps pausing every few seconds? Playing on ps5

[exotic frigate]

is there a way to get more spirit without going all the way to act 6?

[zealous osprey]

Bigger area, yeah

[frank sonnet]

no, phase 2 is significantly easier imo

[zealous osprey]

Amulet of chest can roll spirit

[cold cove]

Yeah its just easier to avoid his attacks

Ok cool not just me then

[frank sonnet]

at least as a ranged character, dunno about melee

[zealous osprey]

I'll find out when my monk gets there

[cold cove]

Im glad to hear that tbh i felt weird for thinking “oh thank god phase 2 again”

Like phase 2 is so much easier

I still messed up phase 3 tho

But got him on the runback so

Yknow

[frank sonnet]

in phase 2 he has like, a swing, a sunder, tornados, the ball lightning thing that is super easy to dodge, the lightning beams that divide the arena, and then he makes the arena smaller. Pretty boring moveset tbh

[static patio]

is this bad or not i dont know if it makes sense im new?

[cold cove]

Mhm

[frank sonnet]

phase 1 is running around in a panic trying to get dps in whenever you can

[cold cove]

YEP

He attacks so fast in phase 1 too

Too fast

[stark folio]

Warrior has easiest access to Strength, and quarterstaves and their skills are Dexterity/Intelligence based, so it would probably be hard to stat for them. Doable though. Maybe you want to play a stun-based quarterstaff titan with wind skills?

[cold cove]

Cant cast for crap in that phase

[zealous osprey]

Frost wall best skill in game

Good defence for casters

[cold cove]

Phase 3 is weird with the arena shrinking via the big portals he opens

Cuz yeah in theory its harder but

I think its still easier than phase 1?

He still attacks slower

[frank sonnet]

I don't really call that phase 3, it's phase 2 with extra steps 😄 and yeah it is, weirdly being close to him doesn't make much difference because he's mostly meleeing, you can go behind him. The only annoying thing is if the tornado tries to box you in

[cold cove]

I think act 1’s final boss is very well balanced for what it is

[cold cove]

I count it because its technically a formula change on his moveset

Which is tied to his hp

Thus somewhat of a phase, just not very different

It helps to clarify what i mean when i say the portals and stuff tho

Technically act 1’s boss also has 3

If we count the change in moveset

[honest dew]

The element conversion stuff is so finicky..

[frank sonnet]

act 1 boss is cool but I did find his selection of moves to be pretty weird. He just randomly decided not to do the fog phase until he was on 20% life both times I beat him, he only did 1 fog phase. I dunno if my damage is high but people were saying they got 5+ fog phases

[cold cove]

Lmao

I got like 4 runs of fog on my ranger

[vagrant anchor]

you can spawn them 1 by 1. Spawn 1 take out of the are, beat it. spawn the other fight in the area. Way easier that way, especially with some of the ridiculous affixes they can spawm with

[cold cove]

He did it nearly instantly

[zealous osprey]

High damage

[cold cove]

Really? Noted for my ranger run

[zealous osprey]

My witch had like 4-5 fog with the blood pillars

Ranger just deleted, 1 fog and he dead

[cold cove]

Oh god the blood pillers

I had to do fog with those

It was so cursed

[vagrant anchor]

yeah, just stay all the way right or left to spawn the first and leave area on that side

[radiant monolith]

Yeah i didnt do a single fog when i killed him in 2 seconds

[cold cove]

He had.. id say about 3% hp left when he did it too

I was so angry

Delaying my win

Smh

Killed him the moment he was targetable again

Kind of a funny way for it to end

[stark folio]

5 fog phases sounds nasty, I thought it was hard-coded to do 2 at most

[cold cove]

Nope

It can do more if youre slow

It also isnt consistent on when it starts doing them

I had one run of it where he did fog instantly

Lost not even 10% of his hp

Id say most will see 3-4 on average

2 or less is ideal

But not all builds do bosses easier

Some are just straight up better for mobbing

Honestly tho its a neat boss. Once they adjusted rolling it became a lot easier to deal with too tbh

[sick frost]

does anyone else have ping issues? My big goes from 38 to as high as 500

[cold cove]

I had issues killing his mobs fast enough on my sorceress so it was a pain to fight.

Im not on rn so im not sure

Sorry

[zealous osprey]

Instance issue, just reset until you get a stable one

[sick frost]

Also is warrior good? I feel like im just slamming my face against a wall figuratively and metaphorically. I find a boss I can't beat, I grind for hours until I am over leveled, I beat it

[zealous osprey]

Used to have this issue on SG earlier, these days it's good

[plush charm]

i sold my focus to vender IM sad

[fading slate]

yeah this was my issue on my sorc also - i couldn't kill them fast enough and ended up blowing through too many potions. gunna try my luck on witch 😄

[cold cove]

Melee is rough in general tbh

[zealous osprey]

Melee builds are tough in the beginning in general

[plush charm]

Was worth like 2 ex LOL

[rancid nova]

What would you recommend in Frost Wall - Fortress or Spell Cascade?

[zealous osprey]

Spell cascade

Unless you're using it elsewhere

[cold cove]

Yeah sorceress seems to struggle early on the quick kills

[plush charm]

Why am i so dumbbbbbb

Sigh

[cold cove]

What i did for sorceress was i got freeze stuff and used frozen mobs to block the other ones so i could wittle them down

[sick frost]

So should i just keep over leveling? Or restart until they change melee

[rancid nova]

Fortress seems more reliable, but Cascade can deal more damage at it seems

[zealous osprey]

After you get better gear and skills, it becomes easier

[fading slate]

Ahh ok gotcha. Yeah I'd have to try and get some more skill and support gems to change up the build a bit i guess. That's okay, i'm enjoying Witch for now 🙂

[cold cove]

Unfortunately melee is just in a place where its really hard early but gets much easier later

[rancid nova]

And what would be abetter choice for the second support in Wall?

[cold cove]

Hey thats the fun of the game tbh, trying different builds out and seeing what you like

I thought id love merc but now i main ranger and sorc

[marsh oar]

Is there any way to add levels to the skill on a weapon?

[vapid stone]

Hey hello everyone can someone tell me how to leave a guiild?

[cold cove]

Higher level weapons have higher level skills

[zealous osprey]

Mastery supports ig

[cold cove]

Honestly this game is really fun as a caster

[vagrant anchor]

Soceress was too busy for me. Cast firewall, cast orb, cast bomb, spam spark. Ranger is much simpler rod, arrow, reposition, repeat

[white gorge]

how huge is a +6 to all melee skills stat on a melee?

[cold cove]

Haha

[white gorge]

is it something i should keep?

[plush charm]

Insane

Very much

[cold cove]

Firewall, orb, spark, curse for lightning shred Cast on shock arc. Thats it. Thats my build

[white gorge]

let me send screen shot then cus i dont know what stats will make it good

[cold cove]

I just sit there holding spark down about 90% of the time

And things die

My ranger build is actually a bit busier than that tbh

Since i lack ball lightning to really make it sing

Soon…

Then the crazy rod explosions will be mine

[white gorge]

im tryning to do flicker strike build am i just looking for crit now?

[cold cove]

Bruh 6 to ALL melee skills

Thats a wild roll

[plush charm]

That's very good lol

[cold cove]

Yeah

[vagrant anchor]

is there a skill or perk that fully consumes lightning rod?

[plush charm]

Other rolls also good

[cold cove]

I dont believe so no

They just expire after being triggered a certain amount of times

[vast cloak]

if a weapon has lets say 189-319 physical damage. How do the calculations work when you add in +40% physical damage in the 2 slots? Does it calculate 40% of 319 or 40% of 189 or does it do something entirely different? 😄

[plush charm]

Phy dmg and accursy pretty good

[vagrant anchor]

is it increase 40 or more 40?

[vast cloak]

40% or rather 2 x 20%

[cold cove]

I think it technically increases both?

[blissful frigate]

Went to do my first trial and bluescreen and lose it 😂

[white gorge]

so do i just slap two iron sockets on it and up the quality?

[cold cove]

Honestly that quarterstaff is just pretty solid you could slap a lot on it

Not even maxed modifiers out either i dont think

So you can add more on it

[plush charm]

That's the % phy

[tropic elk]

is that good?

[lament rover]

Is it true these characters go into their own servers?

[plush charm]

It depends on your build i think

[plush charm]

Yes

[cold cove]

A very good base to work with tho

Lucky rolls

[lament rover]

Ty

[vagrant anchor]

good for low level, should hold up to act 2

[vast cloak]

hmm makes sense. so 189 becomes 265 and 319 becomes 446

[white gorge]

rn i was going a power charge build for flicker strike

[vast cloak]

do you know how much does adding quality add?

[cold cove]

Not sure, but if it works on both it probably would go to about that yeah

[white gorge]

im pretty sure flickers scaling is just off of crit chance

[cold cove]

Its % based as well

[vagrant anchor]

i think it it will just add 1.4 to your damage calculation

[cold cove]

So up to 20% bonus on stats

Based on quality

[rigid bridge]

40% off the base

[cold cove]

Im not sure the formula under the hood tho

It does in theory add more to both its just kind of shown weirdly tbh

[rigid bridge]

No

[rigid bridge]

Quality is 20% more

[cold cove]

Mhm

[rigid bridge]

Which is diff than iron runes (20% incr)

[cold cove]

You can stack all of those

But im not sure how its calculated

Multiplicatively or additively

[rigid bridge]

I just told you

Quality is More

Iron runes are increased

[cold cove]

Yes but how 20% stacks with the 40%

[strong garnet]

do uniqes have certain bosses that drop them?

[cold cove]

is what im saying

[sullen schooner]

How to get Slots on EQ to Put Rune in side

[cold cove]

Percentages get weird

[rigid bridge]

Do you know what more means vs increased

In Poe

20% more is 20% more

[cold cove]

I’m fairly new so im still learning how things work too.

[rigid bridge]

40% incr depends on how much other incr you have

"More" and "incr" are special Poe terms

[cold cove]

So the 40% is much more influential to a final stat

[rigid bridge]

I'm not saying it in the English sense

[cold cove]

After everything else

Or am i miss understanding what you mean

[rigid bridge]

No, that's wrong

The 40% is increased

From the runes

They give 40% incr

Quality gives 20% more which is a much bigger deal

[rigid bridge]

^

[cold cove]

Two dif formulas for 2 percentages that on paper in terms of what words mean is… well thats a certified poe moment

[twilit bobcat]

do i just take the gateway to sell stuff when im in utzaal

[hasty osprey]

is uncut gem maximum level 20?

[cold cove]

We can boil it down to

Bigger % means bigger bonks

Thats it

I’m tired, work drained me so math is hard rn

[rigid bridge]

Sorry you haven't answered yet, or maybe I missed but do you know difference of incr and more

[manic rune]

WTS Div

[cold cove]

In terms of language, increase and more are exchangeable. I made a joke about poe having 2 formulas for words that functionally mean the same thing as words. Not as mechanics in the game tho.

Its a certified poe moment

[vagrant anchor]

what does 20% more actually mean: 20 times damage? Cause that seems ridiculous

[cold cove]

You said it functionally is only 2% stat increase

But then also said the 40% depends on other increases

[vast cloak]

thnak you.

[rigid bridge]

It means 20% more, not 20x

[rigid bridge]

Ah, you caught my typo, thank you

[scenic salmon]

This is not a trading channels
Go to Vaal street

[cold cove]

Lmao

[vagrant anchor]

so how does the math for it go versus increase

[cold cove]

I mean tbf if its multiplicative or additive does change how its calculated too

Passives are multiplicative for instance

20% crit in the passives is not actually flat 20% crit chance

[rigid bridge]

Sorry, my question got split up so maybe it was hard to understand, also I don't think I understood your joke lol. "Do you understand what the diff between incr and more is, as Poe terms"
(Which I now understand that your answer is no)

[vagrant anchor]

I have a 100 damage, how do i math out 20% increase versus 20% more damage

[rigid bridge]

Be careful, additive and multiplicative are also PoE terms

[rigid bridge]

Your example is right but we call that additive, passive tree is mostly full of x% incr crit chance

And incr is additive

More is multiplicative

[zealous osprey]

I still working, 30 more mins of pain

[cold cove]

Ah so i had them backwords

[rigid bridge]

Then there is + which is flat added

[cold cove]

See i know them via other games

[frozen vault]

did they increased the spirit gem drop? I got none until the end of act 2 and then 3 in less then one hour of playtime

[cold cove]

Im not a poe vet

So i dont know the formulas

[sick frost]

I TRIED 30 TIMES TO KILL THIS BOSS AND THIS IS WHAT IT DROPS????? NOT A SINGLE RARE

[cold cove]

But other games have similar things, its just finding out which is which

[rigid bridge]

Well no. Your example with crit is more multiplicative than flat +, but we reserve "multiplicative" specifically for "more"

[cold cove]

But regardless theyre still working toward the same goal of hitting things harder

Just how its calculated is different

[rigid bridge]

Your example better illustrates the care we need to handle stat modifiers where the underlying stat is itself a %

Yes

All "incr" get added together

And then applied (hence additive)

Each "more" is applied independently (hence multiplicative)

[silver kindle]

has anyone tried using a sword or something for physical dmg like in diablo 4?

[earnest jungle]

You can just wait. My Account has been locked for 7 days now since they didn't read my mail properly and didn't even properly look at my account (hacked they said my email account must be affected since 2FA). Got it linked to steam so no 2FA using Path of Exile password. Specifically asked them not to lock it as well. Sucks so much

[violet lynx]

Swords don’t exist yet I think lmao

[plush charm]

What's a triggered spell?

[violet lynx]

A spell that is cast when u fulfill a condition

Technically u don’t cast it tho

The game casts it for u

[plush charm]

Huh?

So the cast on spells

[violet lynx]

The spell just activates

[plush charm]

On

Like cast on shock ah ok

[violet lynx]

So cast on freeze : when u freeze u get energy when u get enough the spell happens

[rigid bridge]

If you have 20% crit, then 10% incr and 10% incr, you get 24% crit

If you had 10% more and 10% more, it would be 24.2% crit.

And if you had +10% and +10%, you'd end up with 40% crit.

[earnest jungle]

Worst thing with support is even if your ticket is being worked on if they just ask if your ticket is still needed because they don't read at all sometimes you start the wait anew Which is the worst way to handle support lol

[silver kindle]

thats disheartening

[cold cove]

So + is the biggest statistical buff you can get

[earnest jungle]

Usually it's a person gets assigned the ticket and if it's being worked on it gets priority to fix that one and not new incoming ones

[rigid bridge]

Itndepends

[cold cove]

Mmm big numbers go bonk

[earnest jungle]

Thats so stupid

[cold cove]

Well

On paper

[violet lynx]

U kinda wanna balance ish most of ur dmg buffs

[rigid bridge]

+50 armour or 50% more armour (hint: more is better here)

[violet lynx]

If u have a ton of flat and no increase or multi it’s inefficient

[sullen schooner]

These Drops are so bad

[cursive bluff]

If you're just here to vent #2┃general might be more appropriate but if you have a question/need help then sure ask here

[cold cove]

True, im just feeling kind of silly rn

[earnest jungle]

Oh damn i wasn't aware i was standing in new player channel my bad

[violet lynx]

Balance in this sense doesn’t mean numerically but their relative effect on ur damage if that makes sense

[cursive bluff]

It happens lol too many channels to keep track of lol

[cold cove]

Im a simple brained individual. As long as my numbers go up, it helps

[blissful frigate]

Not upstanding this trial stuff.

[violet lynx]

Like if u have a ton of multi getting 10% more might not be as good as getting some flat

[earnest jungle]

yeah replied to Kitsune message and wasn't aware it wasn't in poe2 😄 since i used search

[blissful frigate]

So when you lose honor you die? And what loses honor?

[wintry pike]

if you run this, is there any point running this too

[cold cove]

Hence why theres so many passives that are multiplicative

[violet lynx]

Getting hit

[cold cove]

Smaller increases

[rigid bridge]

Any damage

[stark lynx]

waow going from t6 to 7 is such a spike in difficulty

[hazy hill]

I cant find Elemental Storm in uncut skill gems where can I find it?

[cold cove]

Actually i was curious about this too

[violet lynx]

Actually do u know if u lose honor if u block a hit 👀

[stark lynx]

I go from cruising t6s to getting my face smashed in 7s

[cursive bluff]

There's an all gems tab at the bottom and a search bar

[rigid bridge]

You will now take 104% of damage as mana

[blissful frigate]

Never any good at this content, rip going further

[cold cove]

Lmao

[hazy hill]

Its in passive skill tree found it

[rigid bridge]

I believe not

[wintry pike]

is that any good, or going for 10% mana regen is more efficient

[violet lynx]

Huh ok so it is just Dmg

I thought it was all hits before

[cold cove]

So taking those nodes would make you take more damage overall?

[rigid bridge]

It's basically a rogue like (Hades or binding of Isaac)

[sick frost]

whats the best act 2 boss to farm?

[rigid bridge]

Yes I think

[stark lynx]

You'll take 4% more dmg than the nominal damage value

[cold cove]

So avoid those nodes

Basically

[tropic elk]

how do you link items to the trade chat

[cold cove]

If going for the mind over matter playstyle

Thats interesting.

Might have to readjust my sorc to avoid them, need to check my planner

[violet lynx]

Ctrl alt click iirc

[wintry pike]

i havent died once since i play it, it's so fun

[cold cove]

Yeah if you stack mana you become incredibly hard to kill

[hazy quail]

what stats do i focus on merc?

[cold cove]

Which is very funny

Take the node that increases damage based on mana and its win win

Then get the belt unique to recoup 50% damage as mana

[violet lynx]

Depends on build

[cold cove]

Its a wild build. Ive seen people run chaos inoc with it too

[polar lichen]

Hey, can someone help me with a act2 boss im hard struggling.

[cold cove]

Immune to chaos, 1hp, still unable to die

Which boss?

[past nest]

[cold cove]

Lmao

[vagrant anchor]

you have 60% light resist or light immune charm?

[tacit knot]

What is a "boon"

[vagrant anchor]

its like a perk

[violet lynx]

A buff

[cold cove]

Is it the final boss of act 2?

[polar lichen]

Need help with jamanra

[shell ocean]

how do i avoid doryani phase 2 spinning laser?

[tacit knot]

Oh ahha 🙂 th

[cold cove]

Ah jamanra

Hes a bish

[polar lichen]

Idk if its final boss

[cold cove]

Phase 1 anyway

It gets easier

Be patient and focus on staying alive and avoiding his damage

[jovial bear]

can anyone help me with act3 viper napuatzi
thank you

[vagrant anchor]

he shoots 2, you can roll through it. pick the side with more walking real estate

[polar lichen]

I dont get my build online.

[cold cove]

Mhm

[azure lava]

All builds want life and resists on gear. Movement speed on boots trumps those, imo. It's that good.

As for specific stats, I'd need to know your build, not just your class. All classes can use all skills and gear

[cold cove]

Phase 1 is all about patience tbh

[vagrant anchor]

though the sand storms like to go there to make it dicey

[cold cove]

Its really hard to get hits in on him in his first phase

So

Yeah

[polar lichen]

Yeah my single target danage stinks

[cold cove]

Ahhh yeah its patience and endurance for ya then

[sonic cargo]

at what map level do the greater jewellers orbs start dropping please?

[polar lichen]

Okay so no ingame help?

[cold cove]

Or a readjustment of your build

Im not at home so i cant

So i offered what i could of advice

[vagrant anchor]

do you have execute on main skill on burst skill? that helps towards the end

40% more damage to him at 35% health

[azure lava]

#2┃after-acts-help might know

[polar lichen]

Yeah gold issues too, is grinding some levels a solution?

[cold cove]

I need to get execute actually

Maybe but most likely your gear needs updating

[polar lichen]

Or will the boss gets harder with higher level?

[past nest]

im on cruel difficulty and forgot where traitor's passage is

[cold cove]

Nah he doesnt

You can outlevel

Im going to guess your gear may be part to blame tho

[vagrant anchor]

if you want, or just get better at positioning and timing. Either way will get it done

[cold cove]

Mhm

[polar lichen]

Where is a good spot for level in act2? Any rules for it?

[vagrant anchor]

dreadnought

[cold cove]

Reseting instances to fight map bosses

[azure lava]

I recommend picking up all normal+jewelery, all magic items that don't take up 6 or more inventory slots, and all rare+ items. Identify them all with the hooded one, and sell them for gold (if they're not good, of course)

[cold cove]

Or the dreadnaught mobs yeah

[torpid topaz]

is there a way to stop molten blast from stepping me forward whenever i attack? it feels like i cant control my character.

turning on always attack without moving didnt change anything

[cold cove]

This

I did that for awhile and had no issues with gold

[polar lichen]

You can identify without scroll omg im a newbie😅

[cold cove]

Mhm

[copper hearth]

What counts as one projectile in Galvanic Shards if one projectile is added?
One burst or one fragment?

[cold cove]

I need to spend some gold to update my ranger tho

[static patio]

is there unique shields in the game?

[cold cove]

Need to find a better bow

I wonder if i can find extra arrow bows in early act 2?

Anyone know when those start dropping?

[vagrant anchor]

do that in deshar whiles making your way to the twins with 10-20% rarity, lots of gold, currency, rares and blues

[cold cove]

I have seen extra chains

[polar lichen]

Okay thank you i will farm a bit.

[cold cove]

But not arrows

[nova spruce]

I'm still in Act 2, sorc, and getting one-shotted by Rudja. I tried ember+wall+spirits, spark+wall or arc builds, but nothing stands out for more dps and even with some fire resist I still get one shotted by this boss.

Am I doing something wrong ? Is it playing sorc and I should roll a monk or something where leveling is better ?

[cold cove]

Thats the mines boss right?

[weak lantern]

This is cruel campaign. I killed Balatra. Why does the quest still say to serach Traitor's Passage?

[cold cove]

Its a bug

[weak lantern]

oh ok

[placid pond]

Good morning
Do you have any tips for effectively increasing your defense? I'm level 28 with a warrior, so as such I also have to think about my defense unlike ranged classes. I tried to pay close attention to the armor, but there often seems to be elemental damage, and then the game descriptions seem to specify that the armor is only effective on small hits. I haven't found much of a way to increase base resistance, let alone evasion, so I put up a shield but that requires a lot of point investment for it to be felt minimally. in combat, in return I do little damage and the result is not up to the investment. What do you think?
Against small monsters, sometimes it is enough to strike first to avoid being hit, but there are not only small ones, that said, you have to be able to make contact, which therefore does not allow me to see some danger coming.
I also tried the monk and the mercenary, and that's what allows me to make this observation.

[nova spruce]

ye

[cold cove]

So.. that boss is kind of a tricky one for sorc, you cant just stand and face tank

[polar lichen]

How to reset a map?

[azure lava]

I was also getting rekt by that boss. It's all about the dodge roll in that fight. Learn the timing. This game is way harder to brute force. She has a tell for when she's about to go ballistic and try to one shot you. I'd also recommend movement speed on boots. Going from no movement speed to even 10% feels like you turned on cheat codes

[cold cove]

I personally used flame wall, spark build on her

And just kited around the room

[nova spruce]

I'm ok with dodging, but I'm also not ok with just getting one shotted

[cold cove]

When she runs at you, just focus on dodging

[silver kindle]

unearth is a physical dmg spell: which means we can use corrosion, maim and armor break as well? seems to be working...

[azure lava]

Ctrl+click the instance

[cold cove]

She requires a lot of kiting and moving

[polar lichen]

Okay so in map menue

Ty

[cold cove]

Thats the best i can suggest

You may need to update your gear if shes one shotting you with thrown grenades too

[jovial bear]

please could someone help me with viper im in front of boss and downscaling is diabled. Ffm_LeStrange

[nova spruce]

kiting and moving is fine, the problem is dying at the first hit, this isn't supposed to be dark souls

[azure lava]

Also make sure you have life and resists on your gear as a priority. Not too much you can do by early act 2, but still

[cold cove]

Which attack is one tapping you?

Is it her melee swing?

[nova spruce]

not thrown grenades, the melee hit with grenade in her weapon

[azure lava]

#2┃looking-for-group

[cold cove]

Yes

Ok

[jovial bear]

ty

[cold cove]

That one you basically need to just focus solely on running and dodge rolling

It one tapped me too

[azure lava]

Yeah same here

[cold cove]

Its basically just incredibly high damage

[nova spruce]

Do I just roll a monk ? Is monk leveling better ? I don't wanna play dark souls tbh

[polar lichen]

Sometimes idk if energievshield or armor ist better for me as witch

[cold cove]

You have to focus on dodging it purely at that point

[leaden moth]

Anyone still have problem with Act2 Trail of corruption

[azure lava]

All classes can use all skills and gear. If you wanted to, you could use a quarterstaff and melee skills as a sorc. It wouldn't instantly solve your problems

[cold cove]

You will get a big dps window after she swings a few times

[covert willow]

Some dumbass lying on the POE2 Reddit saying this bow is worth over 130 ex 💀💀💀

[vagrant anchor]

isnt there YT vids on warrior early game levelling?

[gaunt nimbus]

how do you respawn at checkpoint

[cold cove]

Melee is hard tbh

[nova spruce]

Merc then ? Witch ?