2┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[boreal spruce]

Oh o_o! Is there an official POE discord?

[haughty niche]

this is the unofficial official

[dusky burrow]

it's a slam, so i believe so

[haughty niche]

They just don't carry business here

[dusky burrow]

this is not technically official btw

the devs just happen to be here

[boreal spruce]

Ahh okay, gotcha

[haughty niche]

https://www.pathofexile.com/support All support is directed through forums / website

[glad river]

If I use a higher level uncut skill gem to unlock say a level 1 accessible skill. Will it unlock at that level?

[boreal spruce]

If you're experiencing payment or microtransaction problems or account issues, please email us at [e-mail]
I assumed their email is where im supposed to contact them

Ill try to do a post on forums and see if itll help, thanks

[heady geyser]

Rolling Slam currently appears to deal zero damage with Aftershocks. Somebody else suggested this may be a bug, so I'm trying to confirm.

[coral sage]

what level is the skill gem?

[glad river]

Like level 5 or such. But I'm more so asking in general.

Say I want to change my build up and I use a skill gem of a higher level then what would be required. Would it unlock at that level of the skill gem? Or level 1

[vital shuttle]

tysm

[coral sage]

the skill gem will remain at the level it is at now uness you upgrade it

[uncut lotus]

If anyone needs help with a boss let me know I'll come help

But try hard is part of POE 😉 and the satisfaction of overcoming hard challenge is also a part of the game 😉

[unborn zealot]

hi, if you miss to kill the trialmaster at the end you need to refind the 3 piece to open the door again ?

[glad river]

I think you mis understood. I'm asking about if I UNLOCKED a skill with a higher level skill gem then needed. Would it bump up to that level?

Unlock a level 1 skill with a level 5 uncut skill gem.

Would it be level 5 after I unlock it

[coral sage]

yes

[glad river]

Ah thank you

[coral sage]

let me know if im wrong

[glad river]

Meh ill just test it

[glad river]

It does unlock at the level of the skill gem

[frosty totem]

is it viable for me to gear my 68lvl bloodmage with evasion/ES gear or should I just stick to ES?

[uncut lotus]

I would say focus on ES

[chilly thistle]

what reward do i get here? its from act2

[uncut lotus]

can do eva/es if stats are better but favorise ES

[flint wind]

Not sure

I think it was a ascendency trial item

[daring night]

Unlock trial of sekhemas. You only need to do it on act 2 normal difficulty. Don’t need to do it again on act 2 cruel.

[chilly thistle]

i have 2 character in endgame, i just wasnt sure what the reward was, i got a trial token from another quest, so i can skip this boss right?

[flint wind]

What is the boss called?

If you hover over it

[chilly thistle]

watchful twins

those big birds

[flint wind]

That's optional then

[chilly thistle]

ok thx

[flint wind]

But I must say I am not certain it is the ascendency thing

[tender solar]

how does rarity effect pinnacle boss kills ?

[dusky burrow]

well, if it's anything like poe1, it doesnt affect the big-ticket drops

like exclusive uniques

so pretty much worthless unless you really value the random rares that they drop

[flint wind]

Well the pinnacle bosses do drop very high ilvl bases

But rarity would only make them rare

[merry berry]

So does Grinding Gear have any books or anything else supplemental to the lore? Some of this shit is actually pretty cool

Like idk who this hooded dude is but he’s apparently connected to Garukhan in some way and she must be cool if my sorc keeps talking about her

[flint wind]

There are lore YouTubers who talk a lot about it.

But never heard of books for poe

[noble tapir]

Poe2 question: I understand flasks gain charges on monster kills, how are the 2 modifiers different from each other: % chance to gain a charge on kill VS % increased charges gained ?

[deft kraken]

the first one affects your chance to gain an additional flask charge on kill. the second % increases those charges gained, stacked it could be more than one charge per kill

[noble tapir]

youre the goat

thank you

[deft kraken]

the first affects your chance of actually getting the flask charge, the second affects how many you would get

ofc

[rough birch]

What's the right way to try get scepter with +x minion levels?
Hoard all the ones I get and only use orbs until they are magic with 2 attributes?

[flint wind]

I would even regal them.

But in general during campaign it will be a bit hard too get that

[spare hull]

can someone carry me through cruel act 3? too lazy to do it user is Ultracookie

[west field]

btw should I identify everything?

or is the stuff I don't look for sellfodder anyways?

[spare hull]

have you unlocked the hooded one yet?

[west field]

no

[spare hull]

ok only identify decent looking upgrades till you unlock him

[west field]

Level 9, messing with draven for now :D

[spare hull]

nice youre close to unlocking him

[west field]

why's that?

[spare hull]

when you talk to him, you can instantly identify anything in your inventory

[west field]

And if I have scrolls anyways?

[normal ibex]

just disenchant at una without ID

[west field]

what does that mean?

[normal ibex]

if you have spares, you can ID stuff

talk to Una you can 'disenchant' anything magic and higher

[flint wind]

You can use them too I'd while traveling if you don't want to go back too town

[deft kraken]

@west field honestly youll never ever run out of scrolls so just identify away, youll get hooded one in a second anyways so youre good to identify what you want

[flint wind]

Also you can buy scrolls for 25 gold

[deft kraken]

identified items sell for more

[deft kraken]

and they drop like candy

[normal ibex]

i think i had a stack of like nearly 40 before i got the hooded one

[flint wind]

My lootfilter hides them

Never used one since act 1

[west field]

what does that do? item can be used and sold without ident? does it drop the price? raise it?

[flint wind]

Disenchant gives you currency shards

[west field]

Ah I see

[deft kraken]

if its magic- it gives transmutation shards. 10 of those makes an orb which can upgrade a normal item to a magic one

if its rare it gives regal shards and ten of those makes a regal orb which upgrades an item from magic to rare adding 1 modifier

[nimble horizon]

Best way to beat the count?

[rough birch]

Ffs

Still using my Lv22 sceptre with +2 levels

[flint wind]

Like having that during campaign is huge

Didn't had that at all

Mana issues may be annoying though

[rough birch]

I have this for the past like 20 hours

[normal ibex]

seems like 3 of those mods are pretty hard to beat

[mortal marsh]

maxroll is a good website to learn about the game and meta builds etc...?

it says stormreaver is best build rn for standard

[west field]

Oh hold up

what am I supposed to do with armor that has quality again?

[normal ibex]

dump in stash if you cant use, save it for the salvaging bench when ou get it a bit later in the act

[west field]

kk

[candid parrot]

Activate cheat engine

[opaque stone]

He was the real protagonist of PoE1

I think there's a comic but it doesnt have much to do with the game's stories

[candid parrot]

This games story has nothing on diablos

Say what you want about diablo but at least they knew how to make a story

[opaque stone]

Trolling isnt in your blood

[normal ibex]

eh? not sure many ARPGs have a real quality story

[candid parrot]

This sad excuse of a “story” is a sad slop of boring “I have powerful artifact let me destroy the world” plot that has been done to back

[deft kraken]

who cares abt a story when the gameplay is mid

[candid parrot]

Diablo actually has a real story

[candid parrot]

People who are lore freaks

[molten ether]

can u overwrite an annoint on an amulet?

[opaque stone]

Yes

[molten ether]

does it need anythin special? or just overwrtie it with oils?

[opaque stone]

You just put a new anoint on it yeah

[elfin fulcrum]

wtf after patch, restart not working

[normal ibex]

theres a patch?

[opaque stone]

Just two hotfixes

[merry berry]

Oh that’s so cool. Is he the exile described in some of the hideout items? Some of the supporter packs have furniture items for hideouts about some dude who did a bunch of heroic feats

[opaque stone]

Nah, thats the character you play as

Have you completed Act 2?

He'll tell you about himself at the Shrine of Garukhan after beating Jamanra

[merry berry]

Yeah I’ve just gotten to act 3. Did the venom droughts. I thought he just spoke of the character, must have missed that he referred to himself

That’s actually really cool. Having the old protagonist from the first game as an important story NPC

[opaque stone]

Well technically he was an important story NPC there too, but it was mostly his story. He was forcefully brought to godhood against his will when his brother ascended, and created the Beast to seal away the Gods (to give humans their free will back? I forget why exactly). Acts 5 - 10 of PoE1 are dealing with the aftermath of killing the Beast and unleashing the Gods again, ending with his brother sacrificing himself to kill the Karui god of hunger Kitava

Sin probably has the most lore dedicated to him in the game, he's fun to read about

[normal ibex]

tbh, im expecting more of the lore stuff to be added as part of the new additions over the next year, i mean, heck we only have half of the content so far

[tropic cave]

how do people even play for prolonged sessions? my pc keeps freezing randomly when loading zones and i have to force shut down it

[opaque stone]

100%, act 5 or 6 are going to take place in Oriath so that should be really interesting

[normal ibex]

i havent had this issue at all, but ive seen mention that it might be an AMD issue.
last time i saw an issue like this in a game it took an AMD patch to solve it if so

[rough birch]

[tropic cave]

i have a ryzen 5 7600x and an rtx 4070ti, are there even ways to update the cpu?

[normal ibex]

oddly enough, you probably have more than a few that come with windows updates

[tropic cave]

im up to date with that

[normal ibex]

think of it like a driver update, theres also updates in bios for CPUs too, woth lookinmg into in case its vendor specific

[tropic cave]

fair enough. i'll wait for (probably) tomorrow's patch, and if theres nothing in there i'll look into updating my bios

[normal ibex]

#NotLegalOrFinancialAdvice, ask your doctor

[tropic cave]

poe2 is the only game thats giving me this problem so i am a bit on the fence regarding bios updates. i dont really wanna fuck up something and sit a whole day troubleshooting

[normal ibex]

i very much dislike updating bios 😦

[slender beacon]

Hi everyone, new to the trading website. so when i find an item i want. do i do the direct whisper then invite them to a party? then join wherever they are? or do i wait for a whisper back?

[civic locust]

First you send a whisper.
Then you wait for them to invite you when they find a moment to break from doing whatever theyre doing.
Then you warp to their hideout, they send you a trade invite, and you accept.

[slender beacon]

ok, thank you very much!!

[pure fossil]

how to obtain extra stash tab?

[normal ibex]

https://www.pathofexile.com/shop

[civic locust]

You will send a lot of whispers without a response because players can often be in the middle of high-risk maps and bossfights and just want to mantain focus.
If you dont get a response after a few minutes, you can send another as they might be done by then.

[normal ibex]

is it worth buying a map stash tab even if they arent quite ready yet?

[weak harness]

does anyone else esc button not work only in the game??

[foggy birch]

just u bro

[feral badge]

which onesd better for a shockburst build

idk when the 98% boost gets calculated

[trim turret]

Equip them and look at your DPS.

[feral badge]

its lower with the first one

[trim turret]

You mean the extra inventory tab? That's specific to a certain ascendancy.

[feral badge]

is that with the 98% calculated??

[zenith peak]

How do you remove or replace gem from armor socket

[trim turret]

Runes? You can't.

[vestal spire]

which is better? spell dmg or lightning dmg?

[normal ibex]

is there a page somewhere with the combat/gear algorithms?

[trim turret]

It SHOULD be but I don't know for sure.

[trim turret]

If you're using a spell that only does lightning damage and both stats are increased or more then they would do the same thing.

But if one is increased and one is more they'll give different amounts of damage.

[vestal spire]

which is better? increased or more?

[arctic crag]

Someone plz help with act 2 final boss!!!

[trim turret]

Depends on the context. All sources of increased add together, more is multiplicative. So it depends on what other stats you have, what flat damage sources (if any) you have. You can hold shift on passive nodes to see what will change and for gear you can just look at before and after DPS on the skill screen.

[vestal spire]

okay ty

[tacit knot]

How do bleeding and poison work on energy shield after chaos innoculation? I suppose it functions just as life after ci?

[stark lynx]

Inc usually comes in bigger values than more

You are basically immune to both

[granite musk]

I'm in lost city just got to buried shrine, I'm oevel 25 or 26 on a sorceress, and these beetles are so tough, I've seen videos where they say it might be better to switch to bow and quiver and use those abilities and level for that side until late game where a build can be fine but idk idk what I'm doing wrong or what I can do to grt better weapons I usually only get armor drops and I only have 1 orange to drop for me maybe 2 but both armor pieces that don't help me much

[tacit knot]

Immune to bleeding?

[stark lynx]

yeah, bleed can only be inflicted upon life damage

and well if you are taking life dmg on CI, chances are the bleed is least of your worries

[tacit knot]

What... Men I didn't think of that yea poison is logical is chaos but bleed i thought it might have just damaged ur es

Sounds op

[trim turret]

Well firstly uniques aren't automatically good. They're situational. The weapons you need depend on which skills you're using and how you're building the character.

[stark lynx]

I cant say I've seen dangerous bleeds at all

neither really poison, just chaos hits that poison have mostly been dangerous

[granite musk]

@trim turret i know, I'm saying I'm not getting anything good and i said the unique i did get aren't good for me

[granite musk]

And even 2 levels above this area it's extremely difficult I don't seem to do much damage and idk how to increase my damage more

[hard cypress]

Have you checked vendors ? Beetles were very rough for me as well insta crowding and killing me, took me a while to push through. What build are you running ?

[stark lynx]

character level is by no means a definitive metric of character power

you dont magically do 20% more dmg for being 1 level different than the mob

[trim turret]

Ok, well what skills are you using? Are you using appropriate support gems for them? Do your skills benefit each other? Do your passives help your skills and increase their damage?

[granite musk]

@hard cypress I'm running a spark sorceress build without of storm flame wall, srs, flame orb and for now frostbolt, and ice nova

[trim turret]

SRS seems unnecessary unless you're speccing into minions.

I'm using spark, flame wall, and the fire orb together right now and it's working fine. Just need a weapon with spell/fire damage or levels to fire spells.

[granite musk]

And my support gems I've been doing what I can, I've only got level 1 support gems rn idk how or when you get better ones. And right now it's a temp ig because of solar orb and flame wall

[woven compass]

anyone wanna run through act 2 with me

[west field]

Hello

So, how much of the game is implemented. I got the hoody fella

How much more game do I have?

[uncut lotus]

a lot ^^

you are act 1 still?

campaign is about 20 -30h then you start endgame

[scenic salmon]

Well you got through about 1% of the content

[uncut lotus]

mapping / bossing

if first character I would really not advice Warrior

very clunky and underperforming for now

[hard cypress]

For campaign, we currently have 3 out of 6 acts are avilable now

[somber geyser]

where do I find the left half of the medallion? I found the right side and put it in the slot, then I cleared the maps "Keth" and "The Bone Pits" to no avail

[uncut lotus]

one is in Keth and other Bone pit

[hard cypress]

Its random drop from mobs

[granite musk]

I found a siphoning wand in a vendor that has 45% increased spell damage and 41% increase lightning damage, is that worth it, I'm currently using a staff that has +13 int and 41% increased spell damage as well as other stuff

[stray zephyr]

how do I get more sockets

[hard cypress]

For skills ?

[stray zephyr]

yes

[hard cypress]

You need jewellers orb, I had 2 lesser jeweller orb drop from mobs

[stray zephyr]

thanks

[hard cypress]

Act 3 I believe

[woven compass]

someone wanna run act 2 with me??

[wintry monolith]

Same here. That last update seem to break keybinds.

[soft shore]

have a non crossbow without anysockets and want to add two sockets to it how do i do it?

[weak harness]

Restart poe2 overlay

[trim turret]

I mean it's just some gold, grab it and find out.

[hard cypress]

Use Artificer's Orb on it, you can salavage items with sockets to get stuff which cumulates into the orb

[soft shore]

so i use two of Artificer's Orb to get two sockets right?

[trim turret]

We have acts 1-3 that you do at two difficulties and then an early basic version of endgame. Eventually there will be six acts and endgame will be much more fleshed out. There are half of the classes and only a third of the subclasses right now and we're missing entire weapon types and skills that go with them.

[trim turret]

If the item can have two yes.

[soft shore]

ty ty!

[west field]

So if hooded man is first half of act 1...

and I took 8 hours

[tired skiff]

Can someone donate me some of your spare T15 Waystones?

[plush mantle]

not exactly #2┃new-player-in-campaign-help there 😛

[west field]

I'd need 3 months to finish it...

[tired skiff]

Awww Sowi

[scenic salmon]

This is what occupies your mind? How quaint

[trim turret]

Only if you continue to move at a snails pace. I did act 1 in about an hour and a half the other night.

[hard cypress]

I mean I took like 42 hours to finish normal campaign acts, I am very new and not very good. You do progress faster in the later portions to be fair

[trail matrix]

have fun!

[west field]

ye I am new to this type of game :D

[plush mantle]

it'll take you 30-40 hours to finish the campaign, yes. The repeats go faster since you generally know where you're going and your build is working

[tired skiff]

Where to ask lol

[trim turret]

Nowhere since the server rules state not to ask or beg for items.

[trim turret]

Then you don't need to measure every step of your progress and you should just play.

[vestal spire]

is this staff good? for its lvl, ( im lvl 58)

[foggy birch]

t 15 handouts,holy fuckkk u haven no shame

@tired skiff

[west field]

All this aside, how can I get better gear? I am still on level 2-3 gear in some slots xD

[tired skiff]

Did read the Rules , Forgive me

[hard cypress]

Check vendors, they refresh stock every level up. Rest is drops if you don't want to trade

[trim turret]

Item level doesnt matter, the mods on them do.

[hard cypress]

There's the gamba guy as well

[west field]

is my issue :D

[trim turret]

Doesn't matter if it's higher level gear if the mods on it suck.

[vestal spire]

no staf users here 💀

[west field]

is why I have level 2-3 gear partly

[tired skiff]

Shame on me

[trim turret]

Look for life and resists on gear, movement speed on boots, and a weapon that makes sense for your build.

[plush mantle]

looks pretty good, kinda depends on what you were using. Crit or a better mana roll would really spice it up, but it's probably an upgrade for you

[trim turret]

You could give people more than 90 seconds to respond. It looks solid but is it better than what you're using?

[granite musk]

It definitely seems to have helped a little

[radiant orbit]

Anyone need help with a boss?

[hard cypress]

My irl boss yeee

[vestal spire]

sry for the rush xddd, this is what i have

[vestal spire]

which crit mod? crit hit chance in general? or crit hit chance for spells?
idk the difference tbh

[dawn mantle]

are the trade inventory slots updated automatically or do I need to do anything else after setting the price on the items? a

[plush mantle]

that extra 120% spell damage is definately an upgrade. You're going to feel the missing cast speed though

[vestal spire]

better stuff is much moore expensive, this cost me 2 ex, i cry when i see ppl listing good staffs for div orbs at my lvl T-T

[zenith peak]

What str does for mercenary

[shrewd obsidian]

I need help with a boss

[gaunt onyx]

Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask, if I do a full story playthrough of POE 1 will I be able to understand 2 right away or are they quite different fundamentally?

[shrewd obsidian]

can anyone help me with a boss fight I am getting annoyed

please

[frail sphinx]

my quest says i have to speak with alva but she isnt here because she rode the elevator up with my friend and i wasnt on it what do i do now?

and when i go back into the camp it only tells me to to travel back to the tempel of kopec

[hard cypress]

||Is there an active gateway in the city ?||

[frail sphinx]

nope

[west field]

I am keeping my worthless helmet for loot quality :c

[zenith peak]

Is there online passive tree interactable version?

[west field]

being forced to use loot half your level is stupid. Except that love the game tbh

[hard cypress]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/

[azure lava]

I've seen this before, I think you may have to reset the zone and beat the boss again.

But first, I'd maybe try ctrl+clicking the entrance to the town (or the waypoint) and selecting your friend's instance, if possible

[azure lava]

What do you mean, "forced to use loot half your level"?

[frail sphinx]

i cant teleport to him becuase i dont have the required quest step for that so yeah prolly doing the boss again

[trim turret]

Again, item level doesnt matter. It's not like an item level 10 is going to automatically have better stats. Only garbage loot treadmill games do that. You need to actually look at gear and see if it has what you need.

[west field]

level 10 :D
the modifiers on my level 2-3 stuff is too good. and there is no way to levelup or upgrade or trasfer mods.

[azure lava]

Yeah, ilvl in poe is nothing like ilvl/gear score in wow

[azure lava]

I'm very confused as to why using lower level gear that's good is a bad thing, honestly

[west field]

I want to upgrade and get better gear but idk how

[opaque stone]

I used a unique i picked up in act 2 until decently far into endgame

[west field]

I am very earlygame

[opaque stone]

Sometimes you just get bangers early on

[hard cypress]

I had this in my head from other games where my current level and gear level should be close to each other. I did realize that's not a thing here and its just all about the stats on it

[azure lava]

Check vendors, use transmutes/augments/regals, gamble (pick up basically everything and sell for gold to feed the gambling addiction), upgrade your gear by adding sockets/quality

[strange pilot]

I just buy decent gear on the trade site

Seems easier than grinding and getting lucky

[eternal dust]

Besides ascentism what other options are there to have stun threshold consider something besides life?

[shut abyss]

passives, gear, charm.

[frosty geode]

Hey all. I'm having an issue. I can't put a second rune into my second slot on my weapon

[eternal dust]

of course charms how could i have forgotten

[frosty geode]

Got out to work

[flat rock]

Has anyone that’s used whirling assault can you confirm if inc AOE actually does anything

[sage jungle]

I got crude bow how much ist

?

[frosty geode]

Duelstring all The way! Lol

[shut abyss]

you should see it in skill stats, and it's area is like 2? meters so 40% increase is not much

[flat rock]

I couldn’t see in game cause I don’t have a character that can use it yet

[shut abyss]

gimme a second

[flat rock]

Tyty

Cause o had a friend do it and it didn’t look it, o couldn’t see a listed aoe in game

[ember elk]

hey everyone, i saw in a stream today you can add multiple mods on item after using regal. what material do i need to craft more into a rare item? exalted orb?

[lost smelt]

yes an exalted orb can be used to add a modifier onto a rare item

however its also the main currency used in trading

so before you spend all your exalts "slamming" onto some random item maybe consider trading for a better one instead

[river ocean]

is there any gear I can buy cheaply on a new sorc that'll make my early game easier?

[shut abyss]

it is listed aoe so it should do something but stats don't list area of effect size and the support gem doesn't seem to do anything visually

[lost smelt]

wanderlust and lifesprig

[river ocean]

kk ty

[flat rock]

Yeah that’s what I felt as well from watching

[ember elk]

im playing ssf, so i guess my currency doesnt matter at this point

[flat rock]

But like you CAN socket inc aoe

[ember elk]

but ty!

[weak forge]

Due to space issues on my steam deck I had to delete path of exile 2

Fuckin hell 😦 I'm sorry everyone

[river ocean]

why is lifesprig good?

[dusky burrow]

• levels is quite a strong stat

it's for levelling, it doesnt have much of a use in endgame

[river ocean]

hmm I think I have an exalted lemme check

[flat rock]

Yeah some levelling gear go crazy

[river ocean]

hmm I do not have an exalted, where do I get one?

[shut abyss]

tbh feels very clunky skill anyway

[ripe gust]

I have 30 spirity and the skill needs 30 why can i not use it

[flat rock]

Hey I made a character called Whirling Ass trust me I am prepared to just respec

[river ocean]

take your support gem out

[trim turret]

Do you have support gems on it? That can increase cost.

[tacit knot]

Guys if you are leaning towards an ES build (no ci), what things when looking for gear? Normally u look for life and resists, if your leaning into advancing into es level 40+, how do u prioritize gearing

What things do u look for and prioritize*

[flat rock]

Ghostwrithe

[tacit tinsel]

can you allocate a passive on an amulet when it is already corrupted?

[flat rock]

Not currently

[tacit knot]

Im not talking about uniques, playing ssf, i just ment rares / magic

[uncut lotus]

ES? 😄

what class are you playing? level 40 you should stay on life imo

your focus should be damage to zoom through the campaign

[shut abyss]

charged staff some damage supports and it actually kills but def needs skill speed from somethign

[tacit knot]

Im a monk now

[uncut lotus]

monk stay life for now

[flat rock]

Oh trust me. I’m making some hot ass build

[uncut lotus]

focus on damage on staff dmg (add runes in it)

life and resists on gear

[shut abyss]

atleast you won't have mana problems since it's physical!

[flat rock]

Doryani Whirling Ass

[tacit knot]

Okay but guys how do i turn into es what do i look for on gear

At some point i need to get es right

Is it just me or are these zones absolutely unbelievably big if you dont know where your going

[shut abyss]

full es? CI? ES obviously and maybe some int or dex since you're stats will be split

[tacit knot]

Ive spent lost in 2 zones for almost an hour

Maybe 3

But thats 1 quest lol

No not CI. just leaning into energy shield aswell

[shut abyss]

monk so just go evasion/es gear then i guess

[tacit knot]

Okay but i mean also

[shut abyss]

if you lean little bit more into ES you can go meditate for that double ES

[tacit knot]

What do i look for on the gear, what suffixes

[opal swift]

What's the best class for a beginner?

[honest jungle]

do I need to buy a new key to play on xbox if I'm already on steam, or can I link accounts?

[tacit knot]

Life? Resistsnces? Exrra es? Exrra evasion?

[shut abyss]

pretty much

[trim turret]

All classes are fine, all depends on how you build them.

[last herald]

which add on are the most usefull for poe2 and how to install them?

[orchid python]

are there any benefits to making a ssf character? i was gonna make one but my firend just mentioned it makes the game way harder since you cant trade

[misty grotto]

What's better on chest piece when building for monk? Evasion, Armour or Shield?

[shut abyss]

attack speed on gloves too and added damage is good too

[vivid sphinx]

hi guys, im new to poe and i have a warrior lvl 20 but i have a little issue, when my spell touch one enemy, the second one is always a failure, is that normal ?

[copper otter]

just don't play warrior if you're new

it's the weakest by far and the most clunky

all its skills are bad, you want to just use mace strike

[vivid sphinx]

oh

well, that explain a lot

[flat rock]

It is and it isn’t. It’s good if you know what you’re doing

[shut abyss]

i didin't use default mace at all

[flat rock]

But god it’s kinda clunky as hell if you don’t interact with trade site

[vivid sphinx]

lol ok

i think im gonna try a wizard

[flat rock]

I’d recommend looking into ascendancies to decide your starting class

[ripe gust]

it just says not enough spirit.. but numbers are the same... ive also tryed removing and replacing a few times now

[flat rock]

Just google like, poe2 ascendancies. There are 12 currently all with notable styles

[hoary girder]

I cant use blasphemy because "missing socketed skill". what exactly means? (i already have 60 spirit)

[trim turret]

You need a curse linked to it so that it can be applied as an aura.

[hoary girder]

uhm, and how can i curse it?

[lament stone]

the curse is automatically applied to nearby enemies while blasphemy is active

[hoary girder]

i cant actived it

[hard cypress]

You can put curse skills like support gems into it

[lament stone]

you need to socket a curse gem into it

[soft shore]

can you unsockted the things you put in a socket on weapon?

[hard cypress]

no

[lament stone]

it says on the runes item description that they cant be removed

[polar horizon]

hello i have a question if i buy poe2 on xbox i can play it on pc/steam?

[hoary girder]

ooh i understand now what curse means, thank you guys

[outer rivet]

Should I use ball lightning, spark, or fireball for clearing areas? I find that hexblast can be a bit slow due to the range and cast times.

Im currently using bone storm to usually two shot bosses, and hexblast to clear the add's

Running demon form infernalist witch

[vestal spire]

is there any list with the white items that got market value?

[lament stone]

#2┃looking-for-group

[spare hull]

oh my bad

[meager galleon]

ppl dont make lists like that in poe cos whats valuable changes with leagues/patches as meta shifts

and at this point in early access also just randomly when someone discovers some new fucked up build

[flat rock]

Currently just Sapphire ring, Stellar amulet. Maybe heavy belt maybe Wanda

Wands*

[meager galleon]

basically the items you can chance into high value uinques

[flint mesa]

any idea why it says socketed skill missing despite having lightning conduit equipped?

[river ocean]

sorc feels so much better early than monk did

[tacit knot]

Guys how is junggroan not losing movement speed during channeling of bonestorm

[outer rivet]

What are some of the best spells to socket on those "cast on __"

[potent obsidian]

I just found this. Is it worth anything and does some builds use it? Can’t really find anything

[flat rock]

Is the skill tagged as a bow skill

[meager galleon]

you can easily search uniques by name on the trade site to see if they are worth anything

[mighty stag]

Can some1 help with the poison boss in act3 please?

[potent obsidian]

I’ll have a look

[meager galleon]

i was responding to the guy with the picture

[edgy path]

Any chance a crossbow player can explain the crossbow implicits "Loads an additional bolt" and "Grenade Skills Fire an additional Projectile" for someone that does not play crossbows ?

[meager galleon]

its simple

the crosbow and grenade skills have ammo

that you load and then have a couple of shots before you can reload

so like glacial bolt loads 1 by default

[tacit knot]

Guys junggroan on stream had full movement speed while casting his bonestorms. How is this possible? Can someone please try to explain

[meager galleon]

with that implicit, it would load 2

[tacit knot]

Normally channeling almost makes you drag through mud, he just runs normally....

[shut abyss]

what are the options?

[tacit knot]

Drizz all i know ben took stun treshhold and he was world champion in poe 1

[shut abyss]

i know of one support that reduces 40% of the slow effect and maybe there's some passives that help aswell but fully? idk

[opaque stone]

Its just the support and Pathfinder if you play that iirc

[tacit knot]

Hes a deadeye but... Nah he had it in act 1 already. Maybe unique?

[round copper]

You can double tap bonestorm to circumvent the movement penalty but the timing is tight

[flat rock]

Probs deadeye with less speed pentalty. Has MS up and stufd

[topaz phoenix]

PLS HELP! Q: how do you guys deal with lack of jeweller orbs in HC SFF? crafting in SSF is just full garbage it seems? 😦

[tacit knot]

Ben took stun treshhold. Also note elemental ailment treshhold are not resistances

And he was also stormweaver

[opaque stone]

If you're going to go Mind Over Matter id take mana

[potent obsidian]

Found it. Thanks for the info 👌

[shut abyss]

yeaah elemental ailment treshold is always nice, freezing is very annoying

[opaque stone]

The best PoE 1 player by a pretty long shot

[tacit knot]

Huh seriously????

Ben was world champion for years so yea probably knows what hes doing

[severe pier]

Can somebody here be my friend?

[shut abyss]

it's fine, either is not that huge

[flat rock]

Threshold is nice

Freeze is death. Shock is annoying. Burn exists

[shut abyss]

i guess biggest is if you get frozen you probly die

[round copper]

It's mentioned on this guide under the Bonestorm skill: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3648838/page/1 and the guy has some videos which shows it. I can't do it consistently myself

[tacit knot]

Why doesnt it say anything about that on the skill?

[round copper]

Most likely to be a bug

[opaque stone]

How did i get mana per enemy killed by using an Essence of Ruin?

[tacit knot]

Ah i sont like abusing bugs. Junggroan is doing it non stop but hes also very good so i probably best not do it

[opaque stone]

90% sure GGG looks at Jung for what to patch lmao

[ripe gust]

ithank you sorry for delay yes i did nbow its fixed

[tacit knot]

Yea irs insane look at his stream lol how did he even find this hes using channeling skills like theyre a normal attack XD he always does this

[onyx locust]

WHERE THE HECK ARE THE UPDATES? WHERE PATCH NOTES? WHERE NEW STUFF?

JONATHANNNN BibleThump

[covert garnet]

How do I get raging spirit?

[sage lotus]

How do you enchant an item? IE: Armor with damage taken recouped as life

[shut abyss]

uncut spirit gem, you get one when you get your first 30 spirits in feythorn was it? somewhere in act 1

[covert garnet]

One time only for that?

[shut abyss]

just your first uncut spirit gem

[covert garnet]

Well I'm tempted to recreate my witch because I used the spirit gem on something else

[shut abyss]

don't you get more.

[hard cypress]

You can get another guaranteed in act 2

It can also randomly drop from mobs

[covert garnet]

I'm in act 2 with subpar skills and equipment

[whole silo]

He might be champion in poe1, but in poe2 he is same noob as anyone else, stun threshold is a very niche and in most cases not useful choice

[versed cairn]

Is there a way to count how many passives are allocated on the passive tree? Other than counting manually

[shut abyss]

./invite mopparii

[covert garnet]

What?

[shut abyss]

ingame or dont

[covert garnet]

I play on the Amsterdam server

[shut abyss]

doesn't matter

[covert garnet]

Ok

I'm just going to re make my witch bad choices and to fix my passive tree too much gold

[old axle]

doryani's huge red lazer spam freakout attack is lightning damage right?

...yeah, i assume so, despite beating him before on this character i was getting killed by that attack even w/ 50% lightning res, popped on a lightning charm though and it did like no damage

[carmine veldt]

Where do u farm djinn baryas for ascension 3

[lost bramble]

is there a way to hide hud

[livid prairie]

What's the tool to fix gear issues in SSF when currency is rare (without rarity gear yet), just farm zones and pray something helpful drops?

[haughty niche]

vendors mostly

but yeah get better drops from killing things

[livid prairie]

Well I checked vendors every level and farmed zones 10 hours after I couldn't get past cruel Draven so I was wondering. Spark Sorc all ES but have like almost no resist affixes anywhere.

Seem to find nothing always on drops and vendors and always out of exalts and regals but probably just unlucky.

[bleak sand]

Are shield stats only active while raising it or do they count just from wearing?

[livid prairie]

Can't wait to fight geonor cruel with negative cold resist

[trail matrix]

just wearing, raising the shield only gives 100% block from the front

[ebon moss]

you always get the stats and the block. if it's raised you get a strong block unless it takes too much damage and then staggers you

[bleak sand]

So it’s not useles if I wear it on my sorceress?

[teal nymph]

which is best, ritual, expedition, or breach?

[ebon moss]

no, and the regular block from the shield is extra defense

[flint plume]

Each has different uses, but breach currently generally gives the most loot overall and is the easiest to reach the Pinnacle boss (and this get points to improve it)

[ripe gust]

i now have enough spirit for raging spirit... but im not sure how to activate it

[flint plume]

Right click it in the skills menu

[proud basin]

feels pretty much impossible to sustain well rolled tablets, especially when nobody wants to actually sell good tablets for even 25+ ex

is there any secret to it?

[lyric fiber]

Is there any way to get another skill slot ?

[proud basin]

Unset Rings

[lyric fiber]

Whats that

[onyx locust]

ring type

[lyric fiber]

ohhh I see thank youu ^_^

[merry berry]

I’m so glad chaos trials don’t have honor 😭

[compact pond]

i dont know a lot about pc parts but i have a gaming laptop with these components and i was having lags from act 1.
I changed all settings to the lowest to make the game somewhat playable but now in act 3 i cant even move and have 2 fps in the forest map.
Is the cpu my problem? Or am i doing something wrong in mantaining my pc?
I updated drivers recently using intel software.
Any help will be appreciated

[prime igloo]

yea i think cpu is the biggest problem. can you try enabling dynamic culling with a target frame rate of 30?
dont think it will magically fix it but should help

[compact pond]

i will try now

[tall gulch]

is there a way to generate power charges through tempest flurry and storm wave without Resonance?

[plush mantle]

no, you'd have to use Killing Palm and cull to get your power charges, which is why most quarterstaff builds go Resonance/Combat Frenzy

[tall gulch]

sad I wanted to build something on that and combining it with lingering illusion. It is either that or that

[violet belfry]

man did ggg fck up somewhere my game keeps silent crashing for no reason

[opaque sun]

any1 got problem with connection just now?

[tall gulch]

are you playing in a party?

[violet belfry]

no

[open rock]

Is there any decent builds on YouTube for spark stormweaver - I feel I’ve kind of hit a ceiling

[plush mantle]

you can try to use lingering illusion, but it doesn't taunt, so you have to be really good with your dodge roll timing to get it killed

[tall gulch]

weird. Usually that happens while in parties

[violet belfry]

i open the game, i pick my char and then the game crashes

its happened before

[prime igloo]

there could be alot of reasons for crashes. try changing renderer in graphics settings

[tall gulch]

I understand, but I wanted to gain charges faster. So I wanted to make a build with Tempest Flurry while attacking enemies I gain power charges, then if I want to flee. I can flee with lingering illusion, then I would get another power charge.

[normal hatch]

as a sorc, do i prefer energy shield recharge rate or faster start of recharge?

[violet belfry]

its weird cuz thats never been an issue before, out of nowhere my game just began to crash, at the moment im basically stuck in the cemetary

[compact pond]

this +changing renderer helped. ill test it and see
thank you

[violet belfry]

now it didnt crash, but im not sure if changing server or if validating the files fixed it

[compact pond]

i had the same thing right now using directx11

[plush mantle]

Profusion on Lingering Illusion and Perpetual Charge on Charged Staff might get you there

[proper lion]

How do I change Global chats?

[plush mantle]

Yes 🙂 I prefer faster start as 4 seconds is way too long, but recharge rate is also good

[haughty niche]

/global #

[plush mantle]

type /global # where # is the channel you want to change to

[tall gulch]

I have prepetual on flickering strike xD

[plush mantle]

yeah, trying to support multiple skills (I assume you're still using Charged Staff) with charges isn't going to work

[proper lion]

ty

[tall gulch]

I know I am greedy haha. I am using charged staff, but it works fine. I just wanted to have more ways to get charges faster. If I am able to use lingering illusion rage power charges + tempest flurry shock/electrocute power charges I would be on another level haha.

[cosmic pine]

Im new why i cant add this

[plush mantle]

good luck 😉 quality on Flicker Strike is chance to not use charges, so get that too

[nova dove]

how to unlock currency exchange

[tall gulch]

I do have them. I might just go to ice strike to make it easier for myself, but tempest flurry and storm wave are just cool xD

[teal nymph]

is there a reason to explore another one, or is better to just grind breach after 6 pts in it?

[trail comet]

Whats the difference between normal and cruel?

I play the same maps again

Lol

I started cruel now, someone wanna coop if someone started cruel also?

[plush mantle]

Mana drain isn't an area, Malice is an aura, Blink isn't an area, Lightning Warp requires a cull target so can't repeat, and I guess Sigil woudn't make sense to echo as you wouldn't be able to tell which is which

[flat rock]

Does the "increased accuracy at close range" node increase your attack speed at close range also if you have "increased attack speed per acc"

[plush mantle]

higher level, some different quest rewards

[trail comet]

Kk

[trim turret]

Placeholder until the other three acts are released.

[bleak sand]

How long it took y’all to beat count geonor as sorc? Struggling once he goes to wolf form

[hearty meadow]

Was trying to just get started and so I found this ranger guide
https://hacktheminotaur.com/guides/best-beginner-ranger-build-for-path-of-exile-2/

But it only goes to ~ level 33.. what ranger build is fun to transition to as im approaching end of normal act 2?

[plush mantle]

one of the few times that spamming dodge roll can work is his add phase 🙂

[nova dove]

how do you unlock the currency exchange

[plush mantle]

I usually Frost Bomb the center of the area to try to slow/kill as many adds as possible and roll like a madwoman

[carmine veldt]

Are u able to ascend with the same barya/trial as the trial masters?

[plush mantle]

get to Cruel and talk to any gamble NPC

[lament pelican]

I was hacked, they took everything!!
I no longer have div, exalts or items!!
=(((

[bleak sand]

The jump move the wolf does is nearly impossible to dodge it seems you have to time it just right

[foggy birch]

nooooo

those bastards

[plush mantle]

don't understand what you mean by "trial masters", but you can highlight the ascendancy points label in the upper right of the passive tree window and it tells you exactly what you need for each ascendancy

[carmine veldt]

I'm asking if you run a trial with a party, is the party leader the only one that actually ascends? Because it's their barya that's being used?

[plush mantle]

that one it helps to NOT dodge roll until he's coming down, just run out and dodge roll before he lands

[carmine veldt]

And you can't even interact with any of the statues etc unless your trial master/party leader

[plush mantle]

no, everyone making it to the end will get the ascension if they need that one. I play co-op and have taken multiple chars through them, we've both gotten our points

[bleak sand]

I’ll try that. What type of armor did you use btw? Armour focused or evasion/energy shield focused?

[carmine veldt]

Alright perfect, thanks. Also, for djinn baryas based on the item level, does it have multiple uses before breaking?

[plush mantle]

was pure ES on my sorc

[plush mantle]

nope, only the quest ones are unlimited. The others are one time use

[bleak sand]

You think it works better like that or is it just a preference?

[carmine veldt]

So what does the number of trials indicate

and only party leader can open chests at the end right?

[bleak sand]

I’ve been running armour focused armor mostly

[plush mantle]

yeah, only party leader gets the chests, number of trials is how many floors/bosses you go through for Sekhema (it's how many rooms/waves for Chaos) which determines which ascendancy points you can get

[indigo light]

Hey, Is Jamanra in Act 2 supposed to take like zero damage? He's super tanky. I'm lv 35 and dude's kicking my butt. I get him to like 1/4th HP before I get slammed 😦 Ranger, Deadeye

[plush mantle]

I don't think it really matters for Act 1 what you're wearing, but I'm a purist so my casters have to use ES 🙂

[flat rock]

.

[carmine veldt]

don't u only get 2 ascendancy points per sekhema/chaos

[flat rock]

depends on the level of the trial

[plush mantle]

usually a sign you need a new bow

[molten whale]

Hello, can someone help me with the following question:

I used my Uncut Gems and made a mistake when choosing some abilities. Now I have a clearer idea of how I want my build to be. What can I do to change this? Also, how can I obtain new abilities that I actually need?

[plush mantle]

don't know the answer, that's why I didn't reply, sorry

[carmine veldt]

So a higher number of trials is harder, but grants you more points?

[burnt creek]

Lvl 30 act 2 merc. Anybody wanna run it.

[normal ibex]

from what ive so far understood is that ES is just extra life with the exception that some things can just bypass the shield and just hit life

[plush mantle]

you can get all 8 if you do the final version of either Trial 🙂

[normal ibex]

which i guess is pretty much the same as the other 2 defence stuff

[plush mantle]

Uncut Gems drop pretty often (except the spirit ones)

[indigo light]

hm okay so do I just farm the armored caravan and hope I get a legendary bow drop or? This is the bow I'm using rn

[molten whale]

Also the support ones?

[carmine veldt]

so it's 2 for sekhema 1, 2 for chaos 1, and 2 for both the second version of sekhema and chaos right?

That's 8

[plush mantle]

yep, support gems are frequently a guarenteed drop from the events in the zones

[molten whale]

Great thanks!

[plush mantle]

sorta, like I said, highlight the tooltip in the passive tree for the exact breakdown. (you're off on what the last one needs)

[plush mantle]

You should be able to get a higher %phys or flat phys. You might have to grab some white bows and use Orbs of Trasmutation/Augmentation to get to force one. If you're really desperate, you can always gamble a few and see what you get.

[spark marsh]

Hello - should it have taken me 15 minutes to kill Rootdredge at level 33?

[indigo light]

That was what I thought... aaight thanks, I'll work on that

[plush mantle]

he sucks if you don't have the clear speed to kill the zombies he keeps spawning

[flat rock]

in general though it probably means you have too much defence invested

[spark marsh]

Yeah, the adds were a problem. He wasn’t really.

[unique blade]

hey guys, i just bought the game, just wondering what do i need to do starting the game? i wanna go for gemling build , seems fun, and for now what should i do, just campaign ?

[flat rock]

are you by chance following a lvl 90+ build 1:1

[plush mantle]

yep, follow the campaign, read the stuff. There's lots of help in game in tooltips and videos

[spark marsh]

I haven’t followed any builds, just creating my own.

[flat rock]

just try getting some more damage nodes, or better quiver/bow

[spark marsh]

Thank you.

[carmine veldt]

I see so basically you get options as to which trial u can do, I just read it. So for trial of chaos, u need a level 80 minimum inscribed ultimatum to get the third set of points?

[flat rock]

and try to not just use uniques if you have them

unique =/= good

[carmine veldt]

And for set 4, a level 80 is also enough?

[plush mantle]

80 AND three fragments to open the boss door

[unique blade]

btw , currently stuck with boss count geonor, am lvl 17 for now, do i need more gear? read google best place to grind gear or stuff at praetor, should i spam that map?

[carmine veldt]

What are fragments?

I was planning to get my third set at level 67, but I should probably just keep grinding right

[daring dragon]

You drop them during the trial

[daring dragon]

Yes

[carmine veldt]

I'm a warrior so honor is a buns gimmick to circumvent

for sekhemas

[plush mantle]

fragments are anything in the game that you collect to unlock something. In this case, three pieces that drop from those level 80 ultimatums (one per run, not guarenteed to be different than what you have)

[grizzled vortex]

hey guys im a level 18 sorceress im having a really hard time staying alive any suggestions?

[plush mantle]

The Count is a sticking point for a lot of people. In general, you need to learn how to avoid his attacks which could take a while. Put on your dancing shoes 😉

[flint plume]

You can get trialmaster fragments in any level 75+ ultimatum, doesn't need to be 80

[daring dragon]

Keep moving and kite mobs

[unique blade]

i see , so no need to grind praetor map and spam the map for begginer?

[flint plume]

Gaining levels and improving gear will make things easier but isn't necessary

[spark marsh]

I have 37% armor/652 life/139 shield. Is that ok at lvl 33?

[haughty niche]

The armour value doesnt actually mean anything. Life seems ok i think? I forget how hard it was to get life around thst lvl

[covert garnet]

Should I use the attribute parts of the passive skill tree on the two stats I don't use?

[gusty sedge]

hi guys, i played arc mage in poe and I want a similar one button build, does anyone have any suggestions? everybuild i find online is super complicated and im super dizzy trying to figure everything out.

[haughty niche]

The larger the hit, the less effective armour is at mitigating it. So that armour value is usually against the baseline unmodified normal monsters. Realistically, for bigger hits its MUCH lower mitigation

[covert garnet]

Aka these for strength or dex

[spark marsh]

Good to know. Thanks.

[haughty niche]

Stats in poe are mostly just for meeting gem/gear requirements

They dont provide major bonuses like in other arpgs such as diablo

[covert garnet]

Which I need a lot of dex and str for support gems

[haughty niche]

Ye then take what you need

[covert garnet]

I don't need int because I'm aiming for gear with +int on them

[haughty niche]

Theres plenty of 1button ones or close to onebutton. Though im fairly sure ggg doesnt want that (even if its what a lot of players want).
Poisonous concoction is one of them. Spark stormweaver just spams spark, throws down a flamewall every now and rhen, and pops a few other skills on bosses

Check maxroll.gg

[gusty sedge]

'thank you so much i'll take a look at it

poe was super confusing and now im just even more confused

[haughty niche]

This gsme is a lot more skill-combo heavy

They want you to be using different skills for different things. Though realistically they super fucked up and didnt give us enough supports for that and made a bunch of skills do more thsn enough damage alone

[spark marsh]

Mood

[normal ibex]

ok... are mercs broken? they are slow in almost every way, painful to play, and yet soi far the only class thats punching above its weight vs literally every boss so far in the first 8 levels

[haughty niche]

My friend was running around with a lightning skill 1shotting packs and shredding bosses on them

[lament stone]

thats probably not anything to do with your class

its what skills youre using

[normal ibex]

if i get better skills than the shotgun....

[haughty niche]

Everything in first 3 acts feels terrible unless you use specific skill combos and get solid weapons

[dusty onyx]

hi, how can you see how much block you have left before it stuns you with your shield? when you're holding it up? Thanks

[haughty niche]

Above the life globe i think

[lament stone]

with pc ui its above your flasks

controller ui has it in the centre above your hotbar

[haughty niche]

Or yeah near there

[dusty onyx]

ty <3

[oak galleon]

is there any point in playing cruel difficult?

[ember elk]

i am struggling getting resistance during campaign, am i just gonna wear blues?

[daring dragon]

You have to

It's not something you can just skip.

[oak galleon]

isnt it just a placeholder until 3-6 come out?

[daring dragon]

It is

And yet you have to do it currently to reach endgame.

[oak galleon]

then i dont have have to lmao

[burnt zinc]

just reached act 3 on cruel and realized if i want to respec its gonna use up basically all my gold, if im gonna even have enough to respec properly, any advice for getting more gold around this point of the game?

[daring dragon]

Then you are stuck on early game lol

But you do you I guess.

[oak galleon]

Yeah imagine thinking you can put the game down

What a concept

[daring dragon]

What a question lol

Why even ask then if its mandatory to do.

[oak galleon]

I didn't?

[ebon moss]

just pick up and sell blue/yellow items. i think i finished act 3 cruel with like 1.5 million gold from just selling junk.

[oak galleon]

I asked if there was a point, which you basically said. There wasn't.

[burnt zinc]

ive mostly been disenchanting

[lament stone]

the main draw to poe is the endgame

[burnt zinc]

so got plenty of those mats

[slate zephyr]

respeccing is relatively cheap

[daring dragon]

The point literally is to reach the meat of the game

[lament stone]

the campaign is like 5% of the game

[ebon moss]

yeah i was for awhile as well. then was reading about how expensive respec was (although it's sinced been like halved in cost), so i started vendoring some stuff

[slate zephyr]

campaign is where u learn how to do the bosses

so u can get 1 shotted by them later

[lament stone]

the poe1 campaign is known as the levelling/tutorial section of the game

[oak galleon]

Pretty sure the games not going anywhere .You can wait for the acts and pick it up later. You don't HAVE to kepe playing it while it isn't out.

End result is the same.

[daring dragon]

U must be trolling, good luck.

[lament stone]

you just have to make a new character next league

[slate zephyr]

if u played poe2 for the story, then ya u can skip cruel after u finished act 1-3 and drop the game until teh next big update

[lament stone]

every new league (season) that comes out is a fresh start, your old characters arent playable in the new league

[oak galleon]

^ this is a reasonable answer.

[slate zephyr]

but

[normal ibex]

early access gaming isnt for everyone

[slate zephyr]

cruel has another story at the end

[normal ibex]

i have a game testing background, honestly i find it fun

[oak galleon]

Again, reasonable answers.

But saying you HAVE to is just.. Lol go outside

[tiny pewter]

What is an outside?

[normal ibex]

tbh, i think the people who treat people who play the game for the game an not just the endgame are weird, that said, the fact there are faux acts to at least keep those people playing an appropriate amount of game before the end game testing too.

I guess potentially, they could have created a special league just for endgame and keep the economies separate

[normal ibex]

and disposable

[haughty niche]

I assume they wanted data on campaign balance

Also they dont like giving players the option to skip things if they need to take it away later. You can give, but you cant take away as a game dev without severe backlash

[daring dragon]

I'm just wondering what kind of answer they expected lol. The point literally is the higher challenge and reaching the actual meat of the game where most people will spend most of their time. They also could have asked if there is a point in playing the game at all.

Kinda odd question

[haughty niche]

They were certainly looking for argument.

[normal ibex]

honestly? i think my position on that would be the genuinness of the data gathered, campaign people playing campaign vs the sheer number of players rushing getting carries etc poluting the data pool

[haughty niche]

Well its at least the same now as it will be when it releases. People doing csmpaign, and some weirdos paying for csmpaign carries

Whereas if they let you skip any part of it, there would be a massive gap in the experience and some data for endgsme might be biased because people skipped campaign. Be it the gear they start with, how things feel for them, etc.

I see the current cruel implementation as the safest option, even if it sucks

[normal ibex]

your argument presumes theres only one game, there isnt, there are two separate games in a single package, and thats the problem overall i guess

[haughty niche]

Wdym 2 separate games

If you mean campaign and endgame, the goal should be to flow seemlessly into endgame after campaign, and not for it to feel like a completely separate thing

[calm flame]

what are those red jewels in armro

that some people have

[normal ibex]

end game and campaign

[haughty niche]

Soul cores i believe. And jewels are a different thing, would be called runes/soulcores

[timber saddle]

Do I get any advantage by level alone if I fight monsters? Like if a area is a little hard and I go level 2-3 levels will it be easier then?

[brisk saddle]

2 questions about trials of the Sekemas

1. is there no “quick travel” button for it like your hideout and the trial of chaos

2. how can I see the total bonuses from my relics?

[daring dragon]

Yes

[haughty niche]

The monsters will have a bit less life/accuracy/evasion

[trail comet]

The stuff on the Right side cant be stashed or destroyed. Need space

[haughty niche]

Leave town

[lament stone]

green items are quest items

[haughty niche]

Then you csn drop

[timber saddle]

Ok thanks alot

[haughty niche]

But also you should turn them in for rewards

[trail comet]

Did every quest, don't need it

[lament stone]

the mushrooms are junk tbh

[daring dragon]

Sell them to Oswald

[lament stone]

the idols can be sold to oswald

[trim turret]

The gold relics can be sold.

[normal ibex]

on pure level, not a lot, unless you get a bunch of gear improvements

[lament stone]

the relics need to be placed by the waystone in valley of the titans

[daring dragon]

Mushrooms can be dropped yes, they are useless basically.

[trail comet]

In any town?

[lament stone]

dont trash the sun and moon relics

[daring dragon]

No, only to Oswald

[lament stone]

those give you a permanent buff if you place them in a thing in the valley of the titans

[trim turret]

Clearly not.

[daring dragon]

1. Not that I'm aware of.
2. No idea but it probably varies between PC and console anyway so.

[rapid snow]

is there a way to full reset the tree outside of clicking off every single node?

well that blows

[trail comet]

Any build succession? It's slow clearspeed but does quite good dmg

[carmine veldt]

how do u complete a map, I've discovered all of a t1 map

[sour pebble]

Kill all the rares and the boss if there is one

[lament stone]

defeat every rare and unique enemy in the map

[carmine veldt]

I'm pretty sure I've discovered everything

[sour pebble]

It will say map complete in top right of screen

You can see it in your screenshot

[lament stone]

it says map complete

now you just open a portal to exit the map

[carmine veldt]

Ic, and who do I talk to for the completion though?

nvm lol

So is the strat to complete every trash map without any modifiers, get to towers complete them, and then do the good maps?

[brisk saddle]

No, because if you start putting suffixes on maps; you'll also get +map drop rate and you'll need them to keep getting maps to drop

[carmine veldt]

Ic, and when do u start getting these suffixes

[sage token]

how much should i sell greater jewellers orbs for

[sour pebble]

Transmute, augment, and regal your waystones

Currency exchange has the market prices

[carmine veldt]

Sorry, and I do this how?

[brittle parrot]

Are there any site that lists all possible corruptions on jewels?

[daring dragon]

Go to Alva and look up their price in exalted orbs there.

Then use her to directly convert them.

[daring dragon]

Same as with Items, apply the different orbs to the waystone.

[carmine veldt]

At what point do u get these orbs?

[daring dragon]

From the very beginning

[solemn verge]

is there a way to have 2 passive skill trees? lets say i want to try another lay out but i also want to keep old one in case i dont like new layout. do i just have to refund all passives or is there a second page?

[daring dragon]

No way to have two trees

[solemn verge]

sad

[sage lotus]

How do you Life Modifer an armor piece?

[sage token]

ahh i see

[daring dragon]

Rng

[solemn verge]

lets say i have an orange item but i dont like its stats. is there a way to roll it to new stat?

[carmine veldt]

Dang Ic, I don't think I've been getting them

[daring dragon]

Uniques have fixed mods

[wide oriole]

anyone at traitors passage and wanna learn the game together ?

[daring dragon]

Very unlikely since they are very common. If you played beyond the tutorial area you should have some.

[ripe owl]

Technically using a vaal can change the ranges, but that's just a chance

[somber venture]

How can I check what lvl 4 raging spirits health is? I can't find any resources

[daring dragon]

Also ask in #2┃looking-for-group

[ripe owl]

The blue face items? They are very common

[opaque stone]

You should have at least a few dozen, unless youve been ignoring them

[daring dragon]

True, I assumed they meant changing the mods themselves and not the numerical values.

[carmine veldt]

Nvm yeah for some reason I didn't know ygs were talking about orbs of transmutations and augmentations

So pretty much just augment/transmute all ur maps

path to towers etc

[opaque stone]

You might want to save any boss+corrupted+irradiated nodes for once you get higher tier waystones

They can give atlas passive points for the Boss tree

[solemn verge]

i seen an item that was Mirrored what exactly does it mean?

[opaque stone]

Someone has duplicated the item with a Mirror of Kalandra, thats the duplicate since its Mirrored

[daring dragon]

Mirror copies an item

[opaque stone]

(This also mirrors it's art)

[weak harness]

can vaal just not do anything?

[gusty portal]

can someone help me out

[opaque stone]

Yeah, 1/4th

[gusty portal]

someone told me to get 20% quality on one of my skills for an extra stat

[opaque stone]

Technically higher than 1/4th but 25% chance straight up, then yo uhave a chance of getting like +0% quality

[gusty portal]

how do i do that?^

[solemn verge]

why would someone need to duplicate item? is it so that if they corrupt it and it breaks they have extra?

[opaque stone]

To sell

[azure lava]

Gemcutter's prism adds 5% quality to a gem

[daring dragon]

Gemcutters prism

[gusty portal]

so i need gemcutters prism to upgrade my main skill?(lightning arrow)

[opaque stone]

Mirrors are used on the best of the best items to make duplicates to sell, usually for a decent fee + the buyer's own mirror
Basically infinite money glitch

If you get a mirror in SSF (you poor bastard) i guess you'd just use it to make a second weapon for dual-wielding or to make an item to give to an alt

[daring dragon]

Yes

[normal ibex]

there are no alts in SSF

[gusty portal]

ty, time to try and get a gemcutter prism

[opaque stone]

Yes there are, you share a stash with all SSF characters in the same league

[normal ibex]

also you cant even switch leages from ssf to standard

[azure lava]

In poe1 people offered what were called mirror services.

1. Person with an insanely strong item advertises they're offering mirror service. We'll call them Chris.
2. Customer gives Chris a mirror plus a mirror fee
3. Chris mirrors their item, pockets the fee, and trades the mirrored copy back to the customer.

That's the most common way mirrors were used in poe1

[azure lava]

?

[opaque stone]

There were also a lot of ways to get pre-mirrored items in 1

[azure lava]

All ssf characters in the same league share a stash

[solemn verge]

so you can mirror an item infinetelly?

[normal ibex]

huh, i was sure i tested that, oh well i stand corrected

[opaque stone]

Like the Mists of Kalandra, which let yo uchoose between two pieces of jewellery: One would have ivnerted stats from the second (ie, +100 life would be -100 on the other amulet)

[azure lava]

Yes, but you cannot mirror a mirrored item

[somber venture]

How can I check what lvl 4 raging spirits health is? I can't find any resources

[azure lava]

You can't

[normal ibex]

so theres no functional different between SSF and standard if you dont trade with other players?

[azure lava]

I guess if you had some way to deal a flat amount of damage to them per second, you could see how long they take to die and estimate their life total

[opaque stone]

Also no party play but yeah basically

Its the main reason i dont play SSF

[azure lava]

No, you also cannot party with other people in ssf

[normal ibex]

i dont like people, so meh 😛

[azure lava]

I love ssf and I abhor trading

[somber venture]

dang. would you think that logically it has scaling health? I have a guide that just wants me to have the lowest spirit gem possible and I assumed it was because of health

[azure lava]

Yes, minion life and damage scales with skill level

[somber venture]

thanks for your help 🙂

[real gust]

Is there a minimum map level requirement for breach shards to drop?

[azure lava]

#2┃after-acts-help but I didn't notice them until tier 10s. Might be sooner tho

[cobalt yew]

Hey everyone looking for some help with Viper Napuatzi

[spring turret]

Hey guys I'm doing an Ice Strike Invoker build and I'm wondering should I avoid crit nodes until I I'm a higher level where I can actually take advantage of them (I'll have a lot more crit nodes and better crit gear). Should I for now spec them into other useful things like dmg and defense through the acts

[azure lava]

With how much crit chance quarterstaves have, early crit is more viable than ever for those builds

But I still don't know if it'll be better than generic damage

[ripe sentinel]

Hello, which classes do you find to be the most fun

[azure lava]

Fun, imo, isn't derived from class as much as skills or archetypes. All classes can use all skills.

Personally I find grenades and bow skills to be the most fun

[foggy birch]

monk

monk is cold

[ripe sentinel]

I see, I took archer atm but I'm at the beginning so I just pew pew and jump

I'm in the red vale

[foggy birch]

pew pew and u gone`?

[azure lava]

Lightning rod + orb of storms slaps the entire campaign

[ripe sentinel]

Idk shat is orb of storms yet

[azure lava]

It's an elemental skill gem

It's a lightning spell and it slaps super hard with lightning rod

[ripe sentinel]

Atm I've Lighting Arrow, Lighting Rod and Escape Shot

Doing well

[solemn verge]

True or false... More than 250 rarity is useless

[azure lava]

False

Also #2┃after-acts-help

No shot you have 250% rarity in the campaign

[sturdy dome]

using widowhail + radiant grief on gas arrow levelling and it feels great. is there any point i should switch off widowhail into deaths harp or a rare bow?

[solemn verge]

I dont i watch videos before sleep to learn more

[ripe sentinel]

I see, tbh my gear sucks for now

But I believe that's normal

[azure lava]

You should never not be looking for upgrades, crafting on white bases, checking vendors, and gambling

Never ever stop looking for upgrades or you're gonna fall behind really fast

Also, prioritize life, resists, and movement speed on gear

Movement speed on boots trumps life and res

[ripe sentinel]

Should I clear the whold map for golds gear and xp?

[azure lava]

Imo, no. But you do you

I would, however, pick up almost everything that drops

[ripe sentinel]

That means I need to often go back to town to sell because the inventory is so small

[azure lava]

You probably don't have a salvage bench yet, but pick up and save any items with sockets until you get access to the salvaging bench

[brisk sandal]

these super delayed on death explosions are a bit much

[azure lava]

Yes, but gold is good. You can also identify all your items for free once you unlock a certain npc a little ways into act 1

[azure lava]

Did you have a question?

[ripe sentinel]

Is ranger a good class? If so I'm worried it will get nerf to oblivion

[azure lava]

All classes have good and bad builds

[ripe sentinel]

Is it easy to make alts on PoE2?

[brisk sandal]

lol sorry wrong chat.. guess I switched it

[azure lava]

What do you mean by "make"? Because you can make like 10 alts in less than a few minutes if you really wanted to

[ripe sentinel]

I mean, like level up them and optimize them late game

[haughty niche]

id say harder than poe1, but still fine. There will be levelling uniques/gear that make things much faster.

[opaque stone]

Optimal levelling, you can probably do it in like 5 hours without much practice and gear bought with your first character

[azure lava]

Using hand-me-down gear or getting good leveling gear (or twink gear, as it's called) makes the process significantly faster than your first character

But it's still not trivial to get alts through the campaign

[ripe sentinel]

What's that grenade archer build you were talking about?@azure lava

[azure lava]

I just respecced my ice shot chronomancer to a grenade chronomancer and I'm not sure how I feel about it yet.

But I just love chronomancer

Temporal rift is addicting and I can't imagine playing without it

[ripe sentinel]

Is that the skill that stop time and revert it?

[opaque stone]

Is Mana over the life bar a console thing or a MoM thing?

[azure lava]

It's the one that takes you back in time four seconds

[scenic salmon]

can you revive with it?

[azure lava]

No

[scenic salmon]

oh :(

[azure lava]

But it's one of the only skills in the game that can move you a significant distance very quickly

[ripe sentinel]

Sorceress can use any weapon?

[clear merlin]

How come I get a resistance penalty when im in act 2

[azure lava]

It's also great for exploring zones. If you hit a dead end you can save yourself four seconds of backtracking

[azure lava]

All classes can use all skills and gear

Aside from skills granted by specific ascendancy classes

[ripe sentinel]

Oh.. ok what's the point?

Sounds suboptimal no?

[azure lava]

The point of what?

Playing a bow chronomancer?

[ripe sentinel]

Yea for exemple

Or ranger mace

[azure lava]

There is not a single ascendancy node that specifies a weapon type

[opaque stone]

Ranger is around a ton of Projectile Damage nodes; Use mace skills that deal projectile damage. Or path up into monk, and grab Elemental/Generic Attack damage instead

[ripe sentinel]

This is confusing, so weapon doesn't really matter and all you do that first when you choose your character is your ascendancy? And ascendancy is like a spec?

[azure lava]

Ascendancies are about what style or flavor of build you want to do. Kripp just made a guide for a warbringer (warrior) summoner build that's very strong

[ripe sentinel]

Oooh

[azure lava]

Kinda, yeah. And your class determines where you start on the tree

[covert atlas]

The bigger issue is how far you might have to path in the skill tree

[dark talon]

Can some help me understand which build guide is updated regarding deadeye lightning.

There’s two of them and in one of them it uses orb of storms. The other uses “ Cast on Shock”. I was under the impression that people generally went with Orbs of Storm.

[ripe sentinel]

So at the end of the day you can be anything almost

[azure lava]

But there are so many ways to scale certain skills that you never have to travel very far to get nodes that are important to you

[azure lava]

Exactly

That's the beauty of poe

There is so much build diversity

[ripe sentinel]

So only the ranger can have poison skills due to the ascendancy but other classes not

[scenic salmon]

Yeah travelling is and skill tree changing is holding back the diversity a bit
but there are some very interesting builds

[opaque stone]

Not every build is built equal from the getgo, but with enough tomfoolery you can make pretty much anything work

[opaque stone]

No

[azure lava]

Pathfinder is the only one with the concoction skills, if that's what you mean

[opaque stone]

Pathfinder is (mainly) for poison, poison isn't only for pathfinder

[ripe sentinel]

Oh..ok

[narrow talon]

Which build is poison build (damage overtime)

[ripe sentinel]

For sorceress if you're a chronomencer later you can back in time by 4 sec but you can still have a ranger kind of playstyle? So tou can have lighting rod and such?

[azure lava]

Lots of poison builds.
-Hammer of the gods chronomancer
-Poison concoction pathfinder
-Poison burst arrow anything

[opaque stone]

Yeah, though ideally you have a reason for going whichever ascendancy you choose

[ripe sentinel]

Wdym exactly

[scenic salmon]

Bleed bloodmancer :D

[azure lava]

On my bow build I used temporal rift as pseudo invincibility, the 20% nearby slow for more survivability, and time freeze. The time freeze was to set up my copious amount of stuff in peace before I 1-shot a boss.
(time freeze - tornado shot - barrage - snipe with perfect timing)

[opaque stone]

Your ascendancy is just another piece of synergy. If you go Stormweaver for instance, one half of your ascendancy would eb useless for attacks, and you need to determine if its worth going Stormweaver for the other nodes there

(Since those nodes all affect only spells)

[real gust]

haven't seen any and i have only done like 1 or 2 past 10 so yeah that makes sense

[opaque stone]

Chronomancer luckily is very strong defensively so you can run most of anything with it

[ripe sentinel]

So basically you can do whatever but at the same time it can be anti synergistic if you let's say for a ranger but decide to got with mace shield and take witch skills

[narrow talon]

can i buy poison spells?

[ripe sentinel]

Or use grenade with a witch

[scenic salmon]

at that point you are asking for trouble
it is possible to get things like battle mage in PoE1

[azure lava]

Most people, when making a build, don't start with a class. They start with a skill, a unique item, or some sort of interaction they want to maximize, explore, etc.

Then they pick pieces (like the ascendancy) to make it fit together.

In my case, I mostly just wanted to play chronomancer and figure out how to make the most of it because I looooooooooved temporal rift in poe1 and when I learned it was exclusive to chronomancer I knew I had to play it. So then I looked at the other nodes it had and tried to play around with them and see what I could come up with.

I settled on ice shot + barrage + snipe + etc

[azure lava]

There are no such things as "witch skills"

[ripe sentinel]

I'm familiar with the battle mage terms

[opaque stone]

The only person who enjoyed Temporal Rift in PoE1 i see

[azure lava]

Anything that hits* can poison if you have poison chance and deal the appropriate damage type(s)

[ripe sentinel]

Temporal rift sounds fun

You almost convinced me

[azure lava]

If you use it wrong it'll almost certainly kill you more than it helps you

[azure lava]

joke's on you when I'm delving down loads of tunnels and can zip back to the cart instantly when I see a dead end

[ripe sentinel]

I'm not looking for the meta builds or easy ones but fun

[agile junco]

how do i get my 5th and 6th ascendancy points

[azure lava]

In that case, I'd experiment. Try all the skills you can and see which ones just feel fun to you. You can make anything work if you build around it properly

[agile junco]

how do i get the second one

[opaque stone]

And one of the only 10 Delve players? Impressive

[ripe sentinel]

I'll redo a character and go for sorceress

Chrono sounds fun

[azure lava]

I showed you a 4x2 chart, what do you mean by "the second one"?

[agile junco]

its a different relic tho no?

[azure lava]

Relics are not listed in there

Do you mean the djinn barya/ultimatum?

[agile junco]

yes

[azure lava]

They're random drops

[ripe sentinel]

So if I want to choose my main I should absolutely look at which ascendancy they have regardless of their starting skills and weapon? Just to confirm

[opaque stone]

Ideally you'd find a skill you like the nchoose your class based off that

[azure lava]

After your first two ascensions with quest items, your future ascensions are done via randomly dropped Baryas/ultimatums

[agile junco]

ahh okay

[ripe sentinel]

Idk the skills tho

[azure lava]

All classes can use all weapons, so I'd completely disregard what weapon a class starts with in the first zone

[agile junco]

so i cant use that

[azure lava]

Correct. Needs to match the ascension 3 section in the photo I shared

[azure lava]

Temporal rift is a skill that is greatly disliked by the majority of poe1 players, but the people that enjoy it are head over heels for it. I hope you're in the minority

[opaque stone]

Huh, did the sales just change

[ripe sentinel]

So what I'll do is to look at the ascendancies, and look at their unique skills and pick what I like the most?

Basically

[azure lava]

Transmutation orb then augmentation orb

[azure lava]

I mean, that's one approach. There's no objectively correct way to make a build

[ripe sentinel]

Why ppl dislike it

[narrow talon]

which class is poison path

[azure lava]

Ranger can ascend to pathfinder

[narrow talon]

what about melee?

[azure lava]

It's hard to keep track of where you'll end up when you press it. Though that was a much bigger issue in poe1 because it was way faster and more chaotic

[azure lava]

All classes can use melee skills

[ripe sentinel]

So I can in theory just take a random skill I truly like and theorycraft around? Like if I like Evasion Shot for example and wanna make a build around it would be smart to go for an ice build? Something like that?

[safe lance]

pathfinder can be done melee too but the most appealing thing is that it throws a bottle of poison

or ice/lightning etc

[azure lava]

Did you mean path as a shorthand for pathfinder, or did you mean poison path as in, "the path to playing a poison build"? Because I thought you meant the former

[azure lava]

Possibly, yeah

[opaque stone]

Yeah, and ideally you'd look at what the skill has going for it. Escape Shot is one of the few skills with a 100% conversion for instance (though it's +time to attack time would turn me off from playing it as a main skill)

[craggy gyro]

Hello

[dark talon]

With deadeye lightning level build am I supposed to use Cast On Shock or Orb of Storm. Build guides seem to differ in these two. Does anyone know why? Did one of them get nerfed?

[craggy gyro]

Goodbye

That is all

[scenic salmon]

what will you theoretically use to poison with a mace

[ripe sentinel]

Make sense, I actually understand better

[azure lava]

Barrage with escape shot goes pretty hard from what I tested. I didn't like how it moved you backward tho

[safe lance]

the best pconc is probably buffs to projectiles, speed etc and hence using a quiver right? Wonder if there are other options that are equally good

[opaque stone]

Yeah, repeats to help mitigate the extra attack time makes sense

[azure lava]

Orb of storms + lightning rod rocks the campaign imo

[ripe sentinel]

So pick a skill, build arould gotcha and see which ascendancy fit the best

[opaque stone]

Yup

[safe lance]

Well I dont poison with my bow either, I just have it because it buffs my quiver

I am throwing bottles

[narrow talon]

path to play poison build

[opaque stone]

People in #2┃build-planning can help out with it too, if you want to try asking

[ripe sentinel]

What is deadeye good for?

[ripe sentinel]

Ty