2┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[unkempt frost]

they are the ones listing the prices like 1 divine

[sour pebble]

Listings at the very top of a search result for items priced in divines are often price fixed, which means those are legitimate sellers. They are trying to fool people to thinking that is the market price so that they sell their item at that price and then the price fixer swoops in and buys the item for that cheap price that they've fabricated.

[unkempt frost]

thats lame

[sour pebble]

Let me guess... corrupted HOWA 😄

[nimble pasture]

Any tips about Jimanqui's Machinarium ?

Like where is it supposed to be x)

[opaque stone]

After the Chimera boss

[unkempt frost]

I pleed the 5th on that

[opaque stone]

In the back of it's arena

[nimble pasture]

This is actually insane

[opaque stone]

lmfao i had the same problem

[nimble pasture]

I thought i had everything discovered

[opaque stone]

Cleared the whole map and ended up back in the arena and found it and cried

[nimble pasture]

but actually there was a TINY TINY pixel at the back that made it not discovered

Insane

That's probably the thing i hate the most about poe2 compared to poe1 rn

The speed of my character is quite slower bc less dashes

Makes that map discovery so annoying x)

[sour pebble]

Feels like the radius that icons appear on your minimap is too small...

You'll be so close to a checkpoint but it won't appear on minimap

Not a bug or anything, just think it's not optimal choice of radius atm

[distant comet]

any warriors out there wanna price check this for me?

[sour pebble]

https://tenor.com/view/we-dont-do-that-here-black-panther-tchalla-bruce-gif-16558003

[scarlet falcon]

if you use meglomaniac jewel to allocate a skill that's within the radius of a time-loss, does it also get the large passive affect

[distant comet]

ah my b. still new to discord.

[dusky burrow]

yes

works exactly as if you had taken it normally

[tiny scroll]

PSA: Once done with the campaign your total # of passives is 23 + current level. Correct me if i'm wrong.

[sour pebble]

Correct

Although I think it's better to phrase it as 24 points from campaign + current level - 1 since a good way to check if you have all points from quests is seeing 24 weapon set points in top right of passive tree

We just need that /passives command soon, GGG...

[restive turret]

How good is witch earlygame?

[tiny scroll]

isn't it -1 because you get your first passive at level 2?

[scarlet falcon]

thank you

[ebon moss]

Just look at your weapon set points. If you have 24 you got them all. If you're at the end of Act 3 Cruel and you only have say 22, you missed one.

[sour pebble]

One of the better classes for the campaign in my opinion

especially for new players

[restive turret]

I did a run with sorc and made it to end of act 3, wanted to pick up witch and am doing hardcore ssf on her

Suspiciously weak

[sour pebble]

There's a good maxroll guide for witch leveling: https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/minion-army-infernalist-leveling-guide

[glacial palm]

I played sorc with "witch skills" (occult) and had my comfiest leveling experience so far.

Essence Drain + Contagion just deletes.

[craggy gyro]

They should put some limitation on choosing a warrior as 1st character so that more newcomers would survive to endgame

[sour pebble]

AGREED KONAKA

[restive turret]

will this guide make me do da damage

[tiny scroll]

don't forget your sniper's gas grenade

[nimble pasture]

I'm kinda lost do they expect me to do the whole 10 stages ?

Isnt there like a step at 2 stages for the 2 next ascendency points after the 2 first ones ?

[plush mantle]

it's 4 rooms

even though it says x/10 in the prompt, there's only 4

[nimble pasture]

I'm almost sure I saw room two when hovering over that key thing

So I gotta kill that bird boss okay

[sour pebble]

The boss will be randomly chosen from 1 of 3 possibilities

so if you died to bird boss one run, you might not get it the next

[nimble pasture]

Ah, amazing for knowing what spells he gonna xD

Okay okay

[nimble pasture]

I hope i get him again

[plush mantle]

if you die, you can just close the run at the pedastal and reopen it for the quest version

[nimble pasture]

Below it shows other things no ? Or is it only when placed in that altar

[plush mantle]

in later versions, dying will cost you the ultimatum

[nimble pasture]

Amazing

[plush mantle]

That's what it looks like in your inventory. I'm not sure what the prompt looks like when you place it in the altar

[noble tapir]

can turn a magic item with 1 mod into a normal item using an annulment or no

[nimble pasture]

IT was displaying all the ascendancy points ways of obtention

[sour pebble]

no, i've tried this myself

it'll become a blue item with 0 mods

[glacial palm]

Can do fun stuff with it though 😅

Transmuted, annulled, regaled, annulled, vaaled.

[noble tapir]

rip

[sour pebble]

trying to chance into an everlasting gaze in SSF?

@noble tapir

[nimble pasture]

I got the manticore thing one, way easier ngl

[noble tapir]

nah im not SSF, got my first annulment orb and im like...how can i squeeze divine out of this

and was thinking of stellar amulet

[worthy sage]

Sigh

I don’t understand…

[dusky burrow]

i do (hopefully)

[worthy sage]

I got to act 2 ish using a guide but then my friend said the guide im using is leaving a LOT of info out so im now trying to restart blehhh

But then he started explaining crafting

Im literally just venting wtf am i doing sorry all

[sour pebble]

Well what guide are you following now?

[worthy sage]

Trying to decide on one now

But tbh its kinda overwhelming

[sour pebble]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/minion-army-infernalist-leveling-guide

[worthy sage]

Is this a recommendation?

Let me peak

[sour pebble]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/fubgun-live-starter

[timber hemlock]

should i skip sekhemas? i dont want to stay too long in act 2

[sour pebble]

you want to do sekhemas

[rapid thicket]

how do ppl get over 100k dps? i got a monk build and i got like 35k dps on my main attacks and im lvl 91

[dusky burrow]

gear and more gear

all there really is to it

[near mantle]

how much damage does zalmaraths move when he slides the dagger and throws rocks with it do?? i just got oneshot on my hardcore ssf slot because of it coming right after him doing the move were he places the knife and does his breath

[dusky burrow]

but for monk specifically, you do stat stacking with pillar and howa

[honest raft]

is there any way to check if you've done all the act permanant awards? i'm pretty sure i missed a few but tracing my steps seems like a massive pain

[timber hemlock]

But for what

[sour pebble]

for your ascendancy

it is a large power boost

[dusky burrow]

the icons on the map show if they've been completed

find a list of all the permanent rewards online, find the associated icons, and make sure they show as completed

[rapid thicket]

idek what this means bro ngl im new

[timber hemlock]

At this point already considering a boost haha I heard nightmares about getting ascendancy

[honest raft]

the fact its gray means i didn't do it right?

[scarlet falcon]

yes

[modest copper]

So after I kill Doryani the first time i just have to do the whole campaign on cruel to get end game?

[worthy sage]

Is this a good beginners guide

[sour pebble]

Yes

[worthy sage]

Ty

[sour pebble]

both guides i linked are good

[dusky burrow]

right, in that case all you need to know is that it'll come in time, along your progression of both gear and knowledge.

[sour pebble]

one is for witch and other for ranger, depends on your preference

[worthy sage]

I haven’t played either so I’ll try them out thank you

[honest raft]

close to level 40, is it time to drop wanderlust? when do you guys usually stop using it

[sour pebble]

i drop them when i find 15% movement speed boots with good stats, or if i find 20%+ movement boots with okay stats

[honest raft]

got it

what about goldrim felt cap? i got it for 1 exalt a while ago but idk how item scaling works

i also foolishly spent some stuff to get +8% quality on it

[sour pebble]

dropping goldrim is harder to talk about. it depends on your other gear.

[honest raft]

i got the 2 uniques everyone uses for infernalist but everything else is just random stuff i picked up from the vendor

all the items in my guide are 65+ so i'm lost

[sour pebble]

basically, if replacing goldrim with another helm means you go way below an elemental resistance then that's bad

[dusky burrow]

goldrim is a lot of res, it's hard to drop

i kept it for a very long time on my gemling

[honest raft]

ok

[sour pebble]

but if replacing goldrim means u lose like 5% resistance but gain a bunch of life then it's worth it

[honest raft]

maybe its time to droplet my amulet and wanderlust then

i got 110 exalted to spend

[sour pebble]

well your body armour is dogshit

boots are dogshit

amulet seems questionable...

this is a minion build i assume?

and you're using everlasting gaze?

[honest raft]

really? i thought pilgrim vest was good

yeah, its infernalist build

i've mainly been using stuff i found except for the hat and shoes which I bought

[sour pebble]

idk i'd say go follow a guide at this point

[timber hemlock]

i just did a portal out of the trials to throw items in stash and i cant go back?

[sour pebble]

was it the final room?

after a boss?

[timber hemlock]

nope

prefinal

1 before

[sour pebble]

then you can just go to the same place you opened up the trial and continue

go to that altar thing idk the name

[timber hemlock]

but i cant go back through the portal itself

[sour pebble]

where u put the invite in

yeah dont worry about that just go to the place i said

[timber hemlock]

oh yeah i can just go there

thanks

[worthy sage]

Is a guild like a clan? like doing raids together and stuff or something

[haughty niche]

No

This isnt an mmo

[sour pebble]

in poe guilds are basically just chat rooms and also there is a guild stash feature to share items

[haughty niche]

All content is balanced/designed around solo play

[worthy sage]

So the coop stuff is just there because?

Like the ability to party up

I mean

[haughty niche]

Ye

[worthy sage]

Oh okay i see

[sour pebble]

some people like to play with friends

but there is no particular advantage in poe 2 to do it

[haughty niche]

Iy plays fairly well coop too, just you cant see whats happening

[kindred fiber]

hey folks I am on the colossus boss fight and he stops taking damage after a small chunk of his health is gone. first try i got him undre halfish health but now he just wont take damage at all

no spells no melee no minons nada

[sour pebble]

you're a minion player right?

someone else had this bug before and i don tthink we ever figured out how to solve it lol

they were using snipers, idk if u also are

[kindred fiber]

he wont even take spell damage

[haughty niche]

Try shooting off the arena iff you can

Like below it

[kindred fiber]

thats the only place my spells aim

[sour pebble]

are you using skeletal snipers

[haughty niche]

Honestly id try and reset it, but i think his hitbox is stuck under the arena cause its buggy as hell

[jade perch]

Anyone around level 9 wanna group? Level 9 Merc new player here

[honest raft]

does everlasting gaze's item level even matter? i'm probably gonna sell mine but its only item level 5, but the stats seem the same as everyone else's

[sour pebble]

doesn't matter

[dusky burrow]

yeah it basically doesnt matter for uniques

[honest raft]

alr cool ima see if anyone will buy for 5 exalt

[haughty niche]

Only for chancing iirc

[sour pebble]

uhhh well technically it might matter for corrupt outcome possibilities but realistically that's not going to matter

[trim turret]

Yep basically just for fun, not because its required.

[kindred fiber]

ok seems to jank in and out of it

god i ahve no lightning resistance T.T hes just cookin me but at least nut bugging

[honest raft]

if you dont have it just get some 🤓

[kindred fiber]

those stupid lil floaters they really didnt need these in this fight

[honest raft]

can someone explain why my level 32 gloves can roll up to 20 cold resist while some gloves by the vendor a while ago could only roll up to 10% fire resist at level 33? both are default quality too

[worthy sage]

Idk guys maybe im stupid

[glacial palm]

If I'm understanding you right, you looked at the roll ranges and saw they were different?

[honest raft]

yeah

don't ask why i'm still wearing these terrible gloves

[trim turret]

Because higher level items have the CHANCE to have higher tier mods, but it doesn't guarantee them.

[honest raft]

just seems confusing since these don't say expert or have increased quality or anything

[honest raft]

but the ranges themselves are different

[trim turret]

Yes, every mod tier has a range.

[honest raft]

oh i get what you mean

its the little t thing

[trim turret]

There a question in there?

[worthy sage]

I think the game is fun and its really satisfying but i just dont understand the guides and some of the mechanics

Maybe its something i just have to repeat and not analyze

But its daunting and overwhelming for sure

[dusky burrow]

it's easier if you take it step by step and ask a specific question

like "here's two items, im not sure which one is better"

[trim turret]

We've answered questions of all kinds.

[tawdry hatch]

good early game dead eye build? or something to get me going as i head to maps

[worthy sage]

Thats fair, i think i just find myself getting overwhelmed often and just brushing by it like “oh ill just get to it”

Sorry im yapping

Ill git gud and ask when i get stumped

[honest raft]

whats your current level lol

[rotund trench]

Act 3, Quest rewards for The Slithering Dead... any recommendatons on which vial to take? I'm playing ice strike monk

[trim turret]

Whatever you feel like you need. They aren't build defining and can be replicated with a couple of passive nodes.

[rotund trench]

oh i see

what does increaseing the elemental ailement threshhold mean?

increasing the amount i can absorb before i become frozen/burning/etc?

[honest raft]

yeah

[tight radish]

what do i do with these

[wary summit]

how do i farm loot

still in act 1 but tryna make this build

[honest raft]

the best way to farm loot is to just keep playing i think

and buy stuff from vendor every level

if you get exalted orb or stellar amulet don't sell it though

[half fog]

do i need a loot filter starting out

[honest raft]

i dont think its necessary but i dont think it hurts either

[timber hemlock]

am i tweaking

why can it not go into cast on shock

[loud heath]

may as well get it early to get used to it

[kindred fiber]

had to brute force the colossus and i got jack for drops worst boss fight ever i had to cheese him like crazy

[wary summit]

When should I think about resppecing

Just hit 14

[glacial palm]

What's the spell you're trying to support?

[frail ivy]

Do I have to finish cruel to get to endgame?

[timber hemlock]

cast on shock

[glacial palm]

Cast on shock is not a projectile skill

It needs a spell skill in those support slots to do anything

[glacial palm]

Yep

[timber hemlock]

yeah i put in arc in there

but it says on the support skill that it works with cast on shock

and this is kind of what im following

[glacial palm]

It works with cast on shock, if it is being used for a projectile skill.

Arc is not a projectile skill iirc

Don't check compatibility with cast on shock, check for the skill you're putting in cast on shock

[timber hemlock]

the build itself usues ball lighrning

so im guessing i need that first

before i can do deceleration

can i even get ball of lightning now

[river delta]

is there a wand type that is more likely to roll a +lightening skills modifier?

[glacial palm]

Don't believe so. Pretty sure wands share the same modifier pool.

[honest raft]

confused on why its recommended to take heft for skeletal arsonists if they are fire damage

[kindred fiber]

fml i ruined my build T.T

[graceful shoal]

mana recovery is great

as skill levels go up

[rotund trench]

Okay sweet. I did ended up getting that. Good, Ty

[vagrant anchor]

phys conversion to fire damsge

[acoustic sierra]

There is a price. i'm newbie

[restive turret]

Question about building, I'll be able to reset everything except my ascendency yes?

[vagrant anchor]

you can reset ascendency

points

[restive turret]

Elaborate

Points as in premium currency or?

[vagrant anchor]

you get points to put towards your ascendency, you can reset those

[restive turret]

Ahh those, okay

But I cannot go from one ascendency to another

[vagrant anchor]

but you cannnot swap ascendency

[honest raft]

i see

[restive turret]

I see, ty

[honest raft]

btw are trials worth doing?

[potent forge]

rank in sf6?

[vagrant anchor]

you get your ascendency, you get runes that only drop in trials, other stuff i am missing.

[honest raft]

i've searched every corner of this place and i still can't find the passageway to the next map

no entrance in jungle ruins either, how do i progress?

[sturdy barn]

i fighting an undying bloodjaw for 5 mins straight from an expedition, whats the catch???

[night ferry]

So.... i died right as I killed a boss, watched the cutsceen and then respanwned

are all the items dropped 100% gone?

[safe lance]

What are the modifiers?

[sturdy barn]

the modifiers from exped are going to last indefinitely right???

[winged crescent]

so act 3 is a bit weird you arent going to progress to the next map through the venom crypts

[safe lance]

Yes in expedition map (logbook). In normal map it only applies to exp monsters. Also to note that the mods get added in order of explosion. The first bomb will only have 1st set, 2nd will have 1, 2 etc.

[honest raft]

i just found it, act 3 is so weird

[winged crescent]

compared to 1 & 2 yes

[serene bay]

I have a problem. I detonated some expedition runic monsters and they are completely immune to all type of dmg. what to do?

[eternal ingot]

hello, what to do with this Heavy Belt?

[winged crescent]

wear it, sell it, toss it, sacrifice it to satan

[eternal ingot]

https://tenor.com/view/thing-for-friend-gif-26106022

[winged crescent]

lmao

[serene bay]

guys, they should be immune to cold dmg, not to all.
I'm literally stuck, running around the map while they are chasing me

[winged crescent]

are you only dealing cold dmg?

[serene bay]

I'm a light arrow deadeye ranger, I think they are actually immune to lightning dmg.

I tried turning off all my lightning buffs, and attacking them with auto attack only, but still they dont get dmgd at all

I found a bow with no lightning dmg on it, and they get barely scratched, takes me like 2 minutes to kill one. low dmg bow but still
That also just with basic attack.

[serene bay]

Fixed this... had a lvl 19 skill gem laying around, so I Got detonating arrow (fire skill) and sniped them with my main bow from distance. It still took a while but managed to clear them. Was funny, but dangerous.

[glacial hornet]

chests are often coming up empty, and loot disappears after a few seconds,,, glitched?

[hollow river]

first part is normal chests are dodo for loot and the second part is a setting you have on cant remember what its called or where to find it

[vapid cave]

ass?

[elder ember]

ye

[vapid cave]

are these bad too?

[elder ember]

good for levelling

thats the case for most uniques

[vapid cave]

the 58 scepter is good for leveling?

[elder ember]

lmao maybe not that one

[finite holly]

Is olroths life flask better with less increase charge use? I don’t understand why people selling the 150 percent roll for so much.

[sturdy shore]

hi i got a bug that when i use my stash , i wan to ctrl +left click my ex orb to my currency tab , but it dont work

anybody have idea about it

[languid horizon]

Man, this game is really grindy huh

[meager galleon]

shouldnt be really in acts, there is rarely a reason to just grind the same zone in acts, you just go forward

in endgame tho, yeah, its all about the gear grind

[meager galleon]

does it not transfer to stash at all, or does it go somewhere else?

[languid horizon]

It just feels like I'm walking around a map for hours on end clicking two buttons on my mouse

I don't get it

[meager galleon]

its arpg, thats mostly the whole gameplay, although once you get more skills you will have more buttons to press

[honest raft]

guys i just got the ultimatum thing for chaos trial, could i beat it at level 39 with infernalist? also will it be costly if i fail

[meager galleon]

is it the green text ultimatum ?

[half sluice]

Can anyone help me finish the trail of chaos act 3?

[languid horizon]

Oh no what have I gotten myself into...

[meager galleon]

the basic arpg game loop "explode all the enemies, prefferably whole screen at a time, and get all the loot, then repeat"

[languid horizon]

But like

What's the point?? Haha

[meager galleon]

turning your scrawny little char into a god of your own making

[obsidian forge]

yeah impossible to explain

[languid horizon]

Hmm okay. Fair enough

[obsidian forge]

you can only see for yourself

[languid horizon]

I shall keep going in that case

I'm around level 20 right now

[honest raft]

yes

resistances capped but scepter is mid

[meager galleon]

yeah you are pretty much at the point where a build would maybe start to show some synergies that make it feel good

[meager galleon]

so its the quest ultimatum, you can repeat that until you manage to do it

[honest raft]

oh ok

[meager galleon]

only loss is time

[honest raft]

ill try it though

[oak wadi]

Hi is there sacrificial heart in cruelty poe2

[honest raft]

i've heard ppl say its ridiculous

[oak wadi]

hi is there a sacrifical heart in cruelty ?

[meager galleon]

i wasnt able to do it when i got there on level

i only got back to it way later

when i was way overleveld

[oak wadi]

oh so

[meager galleon]

i think so

[languid horizon]

I thought there would be more build variety than I expected tbh but everyone's kind of playing the same things right now@meager galleon

[meager galleon]

there is build variety, although in poe2 right now we are missing 2/3rds of the classes and 1/2 the skills and weapon types

[oak wadi]

but the heart didn't drop for me in arrogat

[meager galleon]

making your own builds can be tricky, so ppl follow guides, and there will be limited amount of guides

cos ppl make guides only for the stuff they think is the best

but that doesnt mean you have to play that, theres a bunch of things you can do, there just arent guides for it, so you need to figure it out yourself

[languid horizon]

I gotcha

I'm kind of winging it right now and just picking what seems cool

I don't really like the meta builds for my class

[echo magnet]

exactly this. I have a bloodmage and a ranger and dont play meta builds, and went with what i like and with some research think whats best for it.

[safe lance]

I think it can drop in any of the areas around that level. It dropped in utzaal for one of my chars and I had to carry it around to aggorat.

[echo magnet]

PoB is a huge help in the process

[safe lance]

Maybe its tied to mob type

[languid horizon]

Will they keep adding skills for the weapons already out now or is this kind of it

[oak wadi]

may i ask about the dagger ?

where do i get it too

[safe lance]

I found it near the altar itself for 2 chars but I think for 1 char it was maybe in utzaal or somewhere else. It doesnt seem like its tied to location but rather mob type.

But def in a "past" area

[sturdy shore]

it does go somewhere else

for example i am in first tab , but my currency tab is on 2nd tab , when i ctrl left click it dont go 2nd currecy tab

[safe lance]

Does that page also have currency affinity?

[sturdy shore]

no

[safe lance]

Just checking 🙂

[sturdy shore]

but when i using my 2nd computer

with same account

it work

[safe lance]

I play on both PS5 and PC and every time I switch platforms and use a tab, it resets all affinity

oh interesting, wait, maybe its a similar issue. Are you using the same client on both PCs?

[sturdy shore]

yes

[safe lance]

As in steam client on both? or native client on both or different?

[oak wadi]

i wanna ask about a build in mobalitcs if anyone can help me

[sturdy shore]

yup , same account same character , just different pc

[safe lance]

not asking about account/char

I meant if steam on both or diff clients

[vapid cave]

what upgrades the quality of a ring?

[safe lance]

Do you use GGG client or epic client on one for example?

[safe lance]

it is in your name

[sturdy shore]

ya steam

[vapid cave]

@.@

[safe lance]

then I have no idea sry, but this is an issue for me when I switch PS5/PC.

[sturdy shore]

weird

[honest raft]

am i dumb because i cant find the temple of chaos

[sturdy shore]

it on your right side or the screen

[safe lance]

https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Catalyst

[vapid cave]

...fuck okay its from breach

[honest raft]

it doesnt do anything when i click on it

[vapid cave]

i was going to say because i didn't see a slot in the currency tab for any upgrade material for them

[safe lance]

idk why, I think it was from some weird thing in poe1 too. Maybe sanctum or ultimatum (the current trials)

[safe lance]

what stage of the game are you in?

[oak wadi]

do i ask about builds here or in another tap ?

[honest raft]

nvm i was dumb, i needed to activate the stone altar and stuff

[safe lance]

There are build help channels for each ascendancy under #1308715058716610580

[oak wadi]

i can't send a message ?

in it idk why

[safe lance]

which one?

[oak wadi]

invoker channel

[meager galleon]

if you also hold shift, it goes to the currently active tab ignoring affinity, could it be it thinks for some reason you are hodling shift ?

[sturdy shore]

err nah

not using shift

[meager galleon]

you are not, but maybe it thinks you are

because of some bind or macro

[sturdy shore]

i just format my desktop last week XD

just for this game

i didnt change any setting tho

but i try to change a keyboard

to test

[meager galleon]

well thats the only thing i can think of could be an issue on your end

[obsidian forge]

sure

[oak wadi]

i am tryign to build something called nuke crit wave lightning invoker may i ask how it works ?

[tame berry]

What is focus also am I doing anything with it being in my second weapon slot by my scepter?

[oak wadi]

i can't seem to deal damage when i used lightining wave hard to switch to ice strike

[meager galleon]

focus is just spellcasters version of a shield

it can have mods that benefits you casting spells

as opposite to scepter that is mostly about minions

or shield that is defensive

[tame berry]

Oooh makes sense

[obsidian forge]

I only know that if you use a regular quarterstaff you need to spend tons of divines to make it work
pillar of the caged god is cheaper

[pastel cairn]

DM if anyone needs help with anything im bored

[night ferry]

I'd love some help via nub question. When should I use my exalted orb? lvl 18 atm

[oak wadi]

then why it says starter on it if its tons of divine lol

[meager galleon]

#2┃looking-for-group

[oak wadi]

is there a reccomeneded invoker build then for budget ?

[meager galleon]

if you have an item that already has 3 fairly good mods, it might be worth a gamble

[tame berry]

Do the stats on the weapon and or shield in the second weapon slot work or do I have to use them

If that makes sense

[obsidian forge]

when you want to buy an important item like a weapon. try buying mist items with a regal orb first. don't use them for crafting

game gets too hard - buy items

[tame berry]

I have some in my second slot simply for the stats on em but I’m not sure if they work like that

[meager galleon]

the weapon set has to be active for the stats to apply

[tame berry]

Thank you

[meager galleon]

but what you can do is have lets say bonuses for lightnign on one weapon set and bonuses for cold on the other weapon set

and then set your lightning skill to set 1 and cold to set 2

and it will automatically switch

when you use the skill

[honest raft]

wait... did i miss the trial entrance or do i have to do the later quest (activate generators) to do the trial of chaos

[obsidian forge]

hmmm archmage spark would be cheap

[honest raft]

i wanted to give it a try then sleep but that doesn't seem likely at this point

[oak wadi]

i am invoker..

[pastel cairn]

you just need to have an ultimatum drop for the trial

[meager galleon]

he has that

[obsidian forge]

and? this is the answer, archmage spark is probavly tbe cheapest build for you

[oak wadi]

so i just make a new character

[obsidian forge]

no, as invoker

[tame berry]

I’ve been wondering when I’d get to use like elemental magic didn’t know I was missing a spell tree

[obsidian forge]

if you are asking for a cheap quarterstaff build tgen idk...

[oak wadi]

i am confused u said archmage

[honest raft]

nvm i finally found it

wish me luck

[oak wadi]

isn't that an ascendancy

[meager galleon]

skills are from uncut skill gems, you can pick any skill you want there as long as you got enough int/str/dex for them

so when you find those, you can add elemental skills

the passive tree is just about making certain things stronger

[obsidian forge]

no, a passive skill everybody can use. invoker can be nice with it

[tame berry]

Ahh

[obsidian forge]

generally archmage spark is just op so you don't have to spend a lot of divines on it

[oak wadi]

where can i find it

[obsidian forge]

maxroll, mobalytics, search for stormweaver spark builds

I would go heavy on crits as invoker

[honest raft]

"trial failed from too much ruin"

wtf is this bs

my energy shield didnt even deplete once 🥲

[meager galleon]

you picked up some modifier that gave you a stacking debuff called ruin

that just fails the run when it reaches certain amount

[restive turret]

After finishing act 3 should you immediatelly go to cruel difficulty or prepare a bit?

[obsidian forge]

gear up whenever the game feels too hard

[honest raft]

oh i did the trial

it was super easy ngl, i think i got the easy final boss

the debuffs were super annoying though they should honestly rework some of them

[meager galleon]

cruel isnt some big difficulty jump, its just lineary going up

[azure lava]

If you're not constantly preparing a bit, ie, upgrading your gear, you're in for a bad time forever

[serene bay]

Do lightning arrow deadeyes benefit from "Leeches 6.31% of Physical Damage as Mana"??? Seems to me like it does nothing

[azure lava]

Read the lightning arrow gem and see how much physical damage gets converted to lightning

Whatever is left is what you'll be leeching with

[meager galleon]

and even if you have some leftover phys dmg, in acts that will be tiny amount anyway

and you leech just 6% of that tiny amount

[serene bay]

ah thanks, makes sense

[serene bay]

i got like 70k dps, endgame build. just trying to learn some stuff

[azure lava]

https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1328202289755983932 has tips for maintaining gear throughout the campaign

[serene bay]

i see, thanks

[obsidian forge]

they are a little counter productive if they have access to trading though

[azure lava]

How is it counter productive? Nothing in there says to use exalts or divines. You can both follow the tips and trade for gear

[dull nexus]

does supercharged slam work with skill speed or attack speed?

[vague hollow]

how important is elemental penetration?

[night ferry]

How rare are orbs of alchemy?

[vague hollow]

i'm looking at a galvanic shards tree and it takes no penetration, as well as none on jewels

is it just not that important in poe2?

[obsidian forge]

I find your advise great for myself since I already have a lot of experience in the game, but I think for a new player it would be too complicated. I would just tell new players which mods are good and how to buy items for regals and exalts

crafting, quality, runes etc might be a bit too much all at once

[azure lava]

There's already a guide for that

But I find it's best for new player happiness to have them interact with the trading system/other players as little as possible

I'd also argue runes/quality are some of the easiest mechanics in the game for upgrading gear. It's also one of the most ubiquitous across games. So it should be fairly easy to grasp if they've played similar games.

Those are basically the only ways to make an item objectively better through currency use every time

Which is what most people new to poe expect when they hear the word "crafting"

[azure lava]

Hold alt and click on attack speed and skill speed keywords to read what they do. Attacks should scale with both of those.

[azure lava]

I'm not sure how much resistance enemies have on average, but if you're doing mostly elemental damage and don't have a curse or other way to lower enemy resistance, then I'd say aiming for 30% penetration is solid.

[azure lava]

Rarer than exalts and regals, more common than chaos orbs

[night ferry]

oh dang, thanks. Guess I'll hold onto them for trade. Seems like exalted and up I shouldn't use for now? Been surviving with regals every now and then, plus just finding good items in vendors

[azure lava]

They likely have a curse or apply exposure to lower enemy resistance. In poe2, penetration cannot go below 0% resistance and it applies AFTER flat resistance reduction like from curses and exposure. So stacking both types is less effective

[vague hollow]

o ok

[azure lava]

If you're able to trade, yeah, the general advice is to use exalts for buying upgrades from players.

[night ferry]

gotcha. Thanks!

[honest raft]

some stuff looks cheap but isnt btw

like white stellar amulet and sapphire jewel

so dont sell those to vendor lol

[dapper storm]

Hi guys, anyone can help me to get a good expert tribal mask for a monk ice strike build ? Im trying to use the poe trade website but sometimes the value of stats like evasion rating or maximum energy shield are like 6 or 11 on them, but its low no ?

[azure lava]

You can set minimum evasion rating/energy shield in the search parameters on the left side I think

[dapper storm]

I tried but each time the research not finding items even if there's with what I writed

[azure lava]

And make sure you include "expert" if you're searching by item name

[dapper storm]

Yes I writed it

[azure lava]

Can you screenshot your search parameters?

[dapper storm]

Okok wait let me redo it i was on another item

[azure lava]

Or paste your trade link here

[native crane]

What passive skills should I prioritize as a minion witch?

[azure lava]

Minion damage and minion survival

[native crane]

Fair enough :p

[azure lava]

Minions don't benefit from any passive nodes unless they specify that minions and/or allies are affected

A 10% spell damage node does not affect minions, even if they cast spells

[dapper storm]

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Standard/BY4l9yXu8

It's this

but Idk if I choosed good stats tho

[craggy gyro]

this is glith e.e?

[azure lava]

You need to set the minimum values in the equipment filter, not the stat filter. You're looking for expert masks with +108 evasion rating, not 108 minimum rating

[dapper storm]

ahhh

oops

[azure lava]

No, he hurts. How much life/es do you have?

Also you can set it so your life/mana values show above your globes

[craggy gyro]

540

+200

[azure lava]

That's kinda low for act 3 so that makes sense

[quiet otter]

Hey guys! From when can you get trial boosted for +8 point?

[craggy gyro]

How many hp should I aim for?

[brisk canopy]

Been using this for my warrior, who is using bone shattering and perfect strike. Should I keep trying to upgrade it?

[sick whale]

Ok, i guess i wont get to that hideout 🤣

[azure lava]

I would prirotize life and resists on every piece of gear

[azure lava]

#2┃general or #2┃after-acts-help

[azure lava]

Items basically cannot be upgraded to keep up with you in the campaign. You should constantly be aiming to replace your gear with better items. When you get a solid baseline, then you can maybe add runes, quality, or extra mods. But that's a level 1 mace and it likely has long overstayed its welcome

Tho idk what level you are

Obviously if it's the best thing you've found, that's fine. But higher level items have higher base damage which means they're more likely to be upgrades

[honest raft]

i had like 240 es fighting that guy and tanked a couple shots without it breaking, i think you need more resist (cap everything out)

[brisk canopy]

Super useful!

At the minute it’s best I have, I’m level 20 right now

[obsidian forge]

without trading I would have miserably failed the campaign, even with trading it took me 80 hours 😄

because I was unlucky with the builds I was choosing

I feel like the choice of build and trading are like the 2 most important things for newcomers

[long sequoia]

how long can this last me? really a pity couldn't get physical damage increase man

do the % multipliers get better when you get higher leveled?

i'm getting low ones like 40-60% on other staffs

[meager galleon]

you probably wont find a better one for at least a whole act, very likely more

higher item lvl items = the mods can roll higher tiers

not guaranteed they will, but they can

[foggy birch]

tthat staff should be good enough for the enitre campain

this was my staff when i was in campain till end game tier 1/2 maps

gave me a good time

[long sequoia]

ahhh i see

i'm in act 2 cruel right now, hoping to get a better one by endgame

[long sequoia]

ah that does look great

[foggy birch]

it was like the launch of the game

where 1 ex was alot of worthy lols

[brisk canopy]

Can you unsocket gems in your weapons to other weapons? Or is it once they are done it’s done

[lament stone]

runes cant be removed once youve socketed them

you can destroy them to replace them with new runes

but you cant get them back

[restive turret]

How rare are rings like this?

[azure lava]

Once you're at a high enough zone level to see the prismatic ring base, not really uncommon at all. I assume you mean the prismatic base and not the mods

[restive turret]

Yeah, I'm looking at some builds and all share this ring in common

Why are defensive stats prioritized over damage stats in most cases though?

If you spec everything into damage surely you just wipe most content with ease, no

[azure lava]

Resistances are always suffixes and rings can only get offense stats on prefixes.

[restive turret]

Ohh okay

[azure lava]

And your weapon is the most important source of damage anyway

So if your damage is lacking, the first place to look is there

[restive turret]

Also another question

For stormwaver mage should I use a staff or wand + another thingy

[lament stone]

depends on what kind of build youre doing

[azure lava]

Depends on what you can get that's better

[restive turret]

The basic stormweaver spark firewall build

[lament stone]

i hope youre following a levelling guide

[restive turret]

I take it buying from the trade site is alkways the better option than farming?

[prime bane]

Question, does spark work the same in poe2 as it does in poe1? (I use widowhail spark in poe1)

[restive turret]

Im gonna do that for later

[azure lava]

Farming is, imo, the absolute last resort in all possible worlds, so yes

[restive turret]

Rn I'm mix-matching builds and taking whatever gives me damage

[lament stone]

dont ignore defences

[restive turret]

I will

[lament stone]

defences are more important than damage

[restive turret]

They're useless if you do not take damage

Eventually if I die 20 times to a boss I will beat it by nohitting it

[azure lava]

Damage is useless if you die and reset zones

[lament stone]

once you get past the campaign, if you die you fail the map and get kicked out of it

[restive turret]

And you are blessed by clearing it again and having more chances for good loot

[azure lava]

That sounds like sufficient defenses would give you 20x the dps

[restive turret]

The maps in question are like T1 -T16 ones ppl talk about in global chat?

[lament stone]

yea, the ones you get to as soon as you finish the campaign

[restive turret]

I see

[lament stone]

if you dont have functioning defences by then youre going to suffer

[restive turret]

Very well, I'll respec if I find failing in those maps

[lament stone]

youre not going to survive a 5k damage lightning attack with only 2k life and no resists

you need resistances

[restive turret]

I finished campaign with 1.6k life and 200 shield

Will that be enough for act 4-6 or do I need resists..

[lament stone]

without resistances enemies deal more damage to you

as in they literally get a more damage multiplier if you have negative resistances

[proven lily]

Is this where I would Post to ask for Help with Chaos Ascendancy, I I keep getting Mauled on the 4/10?

[prime bane]

Not at all, defences aren't really that necessary in the campaign. The whole thing is a damage check

[lament stone]

resistances are super important

its a terrible idea to ignore resistances

[prime bane]

Nope. Ive beat it multiple times with negative res'

[restive turret]

Are there boss attack that are a guaranteed hit and cannot be dodged?

[lament stone]

evasion/armour/energy shield are whatever

[azure lava]

The endgame is balanced around you having 75% ele resistances. If you have only 25% instead, you literally take 3x the intended damage

[prime bane]

Ive done the campaign 8 times...

[lament stone]

yea

[prime bane]

I know what im talking about mate

[lament stone]

dodge rolls by default can only avoid melee strikes and projectiles

anything else cannot be avoided by dodge rolls

evasion is the same

but evasion also guarantees that you will get hit eventually

[prime bane]

You dont need to be so focused on the res rolls on an item. Same with the eva. If it's better, then sweet, but weapon, imo, is way more important to look for than armour

[lament stone]

weapon doesnt affect what you look for on armour in any way

theyre separate slots

[prime bane]

...

Did I say they were the same?

[lament stone]

you can look for a high damage weapon and an armour piece with good resists at the same time

[azure lava]

Some people have also smashed their dick in a toilet lid multiple times and were fine, but it's not something I'd recommend in a new player help channel

[sacred agate]

Why are you outing me like that?

[prime bane]

All im saying is, damage is more important. You can max put your res', but new players tend to slam all their currency willy nilly to get better armour, then they're left with nothing for damage and are stuck in an hour long fight in the titan grotto fight. There is no need for defences in the campaign if nothing hits you.

[azure lava]

And there's no reason NOT to aim for defenses since there is so little overlap on non-weapon gear

[prime bane]

Hence why in my previous comment "If it's better, then sweet"

[glad grove]

If they are choosing between a ring with 5 added cold damage and another with 60 life and 50 res, then according to your advice they should pick the damage one

And that is blatantly shit advice to a new player

[prime bane]

You can get by in the campaign using shit off the floor and focusing on weapons from vendors and such to save gold

[lament stone]

yes

[sacred agate]

https://tenor.com/view/dancing-duck-dance-duck-duck-ooontz-dance-gif-10943740227711557279

[lament stone]

you can do the campaign with only magic tier armour

[glad grove]

We never said anything to the contrary

[lament stone]

with just 1 life and resist roll

we arent saying to waste all your currency on making 6 mod rares

just dont ignore resistances

[prime bane]

Thats the main point. Dont waste your gold and currency trying to get better armour in the campaign, use it for your weapon

[sacred agate]

looks at his 24m gold

[prime bane]

Armour with semi decent rolls is easy to come by on the ground, weapons? Not so much

Campaign wise

[restive turret]

So the main way to get good weapons is through those Tiered maps?

[prime bane]

I have my loot filter set to specific bases in maps. Dont worry about those yet

[restive turret]

There's a loot filter..?

[prime bane]

Shit...

[restive turret]

Does it only highlight stuff or autopickup it

[prime bane]

Okok, google filterblade. There are guides on how to use. I promise there isn't a virus

[glad grove]

highlight good stuff, hide bad stuff

#1308715317375270952

[prime bane]

Thanks

Had no idea where the guide was

[lament stone]

you can just follow a filter on the poe website and itll show up ingame

[restive turret]

THis is actually cool af

[glad grove]

... doesnt have the hot to download a filter guide yet, but there is one in #1223326540847120668 that works identical you just need to select poe2 wherever you can instead. 😄

[prime bane]

But yeah. It's almost mandatory to have a filter in the endgame or your screen becomes a cluttered mess

I always wondered how console players went without a filter into maps

[lament stone]

https://www.pathofexile.com/item-filter/ladder/follower/type/PoE2

[prime bane]

Targeted pick up is terrible on controller

[echo rivet]

guys, whic hbuild should i follow, bw these 3 or if u got sdth better

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/life-stacker-infernalist-kripp
https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/bombarding-minions-infernalist-build-guide#passives-header
https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/fjuim01r

[restive turret]

jesus christ their forum is ugly

[prime bane]

Life stacker is meh, have played it

[glad grove]

*efficient

[prime bane]

You want witch?

[glad grove]

Choose whichever looks the coolest to you

[prime bane]

Wouldnt say beginner friendly imo, just careful

[echo rivet]

new here, sm1 please help

[glad grove]

As long as ythey are marked as "leaguestarter" builds you wont be having any big problems with any solidly written guides. The ones you linked are from reputable sources. @echo rivet

[prime bane]

Easiest way to play a witch is honestly minions. Super easy playstyle, you just need alot of spirit and minion damage/survivability nodes

[glad grove]

Wouldnt use this one for example

[prime bane]

Ye

[glad grove]

Also not rexx's guide either

[prime bane]

You want a guide with no uniques, thats a leauge starter

[glad grove]

You shouldnt be looking for endgame builds

[restive turret]

Speaking of endgame, when does it start?

[glad grove]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides?filter[build_guide_type][filters][0][taxonomy]=taxonomies.build_guide_type&filter[build_guide_type][filters][0][value]=archive&filter[build_guide_type][filters][0][operation]=!%3D&filter[build_guide_type][filters][1][taxonomy]=taxonomies.build_guide_type&filter[build_guide_type][filters][1][value]= &filter[build_guide_type][filters][1][operation]=NOT EXISTS&filter[classes][taxonomy]=taxonomies.classes&filter[classes][value]=witch&filter[metas][taxonomy]=taxonomies.metas&filter[metas][value]=leveling`
`https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds?widgets-state=eyJiZTRmMmNjNi0zNmRiLTQ0NjUtODI4NC00MDlkN2M3ZmU5Y2YiOnsiZmlsdGVycyI6eyJ0YWctY2xhc3MiOiJ3aXRjaCIsInRhZy1idWlsZC10eXBlIjoic3RhcnRlci10eXBlIn0sInR5cGVuYW1lIjoiTmdmRG9jdW1lbnRTdFdpZGdldERvY3VtZW50c0Rpc2NvdmVyeVYxIn19

[prime bane]

AAHHHH!

[lament stone]

that varies depending on who you ask

the campaign is the tutorial/levelling part of the game

[glad grove]

Very loose definition. Mostly used to refer to the content post your cruel campaign gotrough though.

[restive turret]

Let's say would around lv 75-80 be considered endgame?

[lament stone]

i wouldnt say its a level

[sacred agate]

Endgame starts when you escape the hanging in Act 1.

[lament stone]

because you can still be in the campaign at around level 75 if you really try hard enough

[echo rivet]

but how to know which one should i stick with and like better than theothers?

[glad grove]

Watch video, see playstyle, use what looks most appealing to you.

[latent tangle]

hi im new to the game and sorry to interrupt can anyone tell me why casting ANY spells siphons my loads of health, yes im a blood witch but this has only stated siphoning now in act 3.

[glad grove]

You completed the trial of sekhemas im figuring?

[latent tangle]

yes

[lament stone]

read what blood mage does

[sacred agate]

You put points in your Ascendanc?

Read the points

[glad grove]

Then read the first node you specced into on your ascendancy tree

[latent tangle]

wired because it has only started now

[sacred agate]

Because you just put in the point

[latent tangle]

nope

[sacred agate]

[latent tangle]

i did not just spec

[sacred agate]

Maybe you just noticed it now first. But as soon as you spec into it it starts doing that effect

[glad grove]

Then you previously just picked up enough of the health gloves that point drops to combat the loss without noticing

[lament stone]

it probably wasnt as noticable before because you had life regen, or skills were lower level/had less supports so the cost was less noticeable

adding a 3rd support gem to your skill would increase the cost by quite a lot

[latent tangle]

probably thanks for the help

[lament stone]

also check your mana flask mods

theres a mana flask mod which removes life to recover that much mana

[latent tangle]

ok

[azure lava]

also possible that you recently added a new support gem and/or leveled your spell(s) so that the cost greatly increased

[echo rivet]

guys asking again cos I AM confused

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/life-stacker-infernalist-kripp
https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/bombarding-minions-infernalist-build-guide#passives-header
https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/fjuim01r

Which to follow atm, and why

[glad grove]

First. Please press the X next to one of your embeds to not flood the chat

[restive turret]

Why does Finn not have the "Currency Exchange" option? I'm in act 1 cruel

[glad grove]

Second: As i already told you two of those guys are not good for a first time build as they are endgame builds that require money and a high level to pull off.

So either follow the kripp guide or you'll need for another "STARTER" guide

[azure lava]

did you beat geonor in act 1 cruel?

[restive turret]

Nope, ty

[azure lava]

no, that's not the reason why

[echo rivet]

done

[azure lava]

it looks like it's daytime in that screenshot, which leads me to believe you're in act 1 normal

[echo rivet]

okay, got it! thanks

[restive turret]

It doesnt automatically put you in cruel when you beat the basic campaign?

im disabled nwm

[real glade]

Find doriyami in black chamber. I have probably spent 45 minutes clearing the area. Am I missing something?

[glad grove]

yes

[real glade]

-_-

I will check but will probably not be anything there

[mild quiver]

do it

kill him now

[real glade]

Ez

Thx

[mild quiver]

You have done well

[signal ore]

I unlocked the salvaging bench but I don't know what should I actually salvage because it has sockets and what to keep

[mild quiver]

You can go ahead and salvage gear you don’t wanna use and add sockets to your good gear

[glad grove]

If an item isnt an upgrade for you I would use the following order during leveling:
Salvage bench everything you can
Disenchant rare (yellow) items
Sell the remaining ones.

[mild quiver]

Though if you feel lucky you can transmute the white armor and see if it has good modifiers

White gear can easily replace your gear if they have good modifers

Though it can easily brick

[somber coral]

Salvaging socketed geae will result in shards, enough shards will make an artificers orb so you can add sockets to gear /weapons

[restive turret]

Should I save this or immediately invest into my build

[glad grove]

Would save it until you are done with acts.

[signal ore]

can I remove the runes I socket to gear?

[desert hazel]

Save it or use it to buy upgrades

And with buying upgrades, I mean endgame gear, not when you're still in campaign

[warm chasm]

need help getting char thru act 3

[glad grove]

Currently you are capped pretty hard by required level to use items that would be worth spending your divine on.

[half fog]

are frost sorc builds good

[restive turret]

I thought those orbs were ultra endgame but I got one in act 1 cruel

[glad grove]

#2┃looking-for-group is your best bet. There arent any direct carry services in this serve rhere.

[glad grove]

You can overwrite them with new ones.

[glad grove]

They can drop there. Just incredibly rare.

[signal ore]

what if I find better gear that i want to socket

can i take my runes out of gear a and put them in gear b?

[desert hazel]

You can overwrite the rune with a new one, but you lose the old one

[pliant horizon]

also as you progress you get runes for days, for weeks even

[glad grove]

Nope-

Once they are in a piece of gear you cant get them back.
But like mentioned above they will become very frequent and you should be looking to use the ones you find to boost your damage and resists.

[jovial zealot]

hello, is there a way to always put flame wall at my feet instead of cursor?

[desert hazel]

Always keep your cursor centered in the screen 😜

[jovial zealot]

ty, probably it only worked with totems in poe1

[desert hazel]

Also kinda makes sense in a way like, totems are a physical thing you put down, and flame wall is magic you just cast somewhere

[pure root]

Since I see other people asking questions I have one l've been trying to find an answer for but the results I'm getting aren't very clear….

If I have gear with "8% increased rarity of items found" and I wanted to increase that stat to a higher number is there a way to do that or would I just need to hope I find another piece of gear with the higher stat on it natively? I've done things like increasing the item rarity (from common to magic) but it just added more stats without increasing any of the numbers. There's so much that goes into gear and they use their own unique terms and I'm so confused

[glad grove]

You cant upgrade tiers of a mod on a piece of gear.

You would need to find/ buy another piece of gear with more of it.

[pure root]

Okay thank you very much… now I can stop messing with that gear and just look into getting better stuff. Don’t know why it was so hard for me to google that 😂😂

[boreal hedge]

Is it better to invest in energy shield through the skill tree or through gear?

[azure lava]

in the campaign? Neither

in the campaign, the tree is for damage, boots are for movement speed, weapons are for damage, and you get as much life/resists on gear as you can

[winged crescent]

Depends on the build you are trying to achieve. However, throughout the campaign, I would have to agree with @azure lava

[stiff nebula]

ugh i cant get a spirit gem to drop for me. does anyone have an extra?

[vast mesa]

Is there a way to show the life as full?

[stiff nebula]

selected wrong skill

[lament stone]

your life is not full because you are reserving half of it

[glad grove]

Since you are reserving it, no.

[lament stone]

so it cannot show as full

[vast mesa]

yes but its stressing me out

I only want it to look full, not be actually full

[shut abyss]

wasn't there a way in the options for that?

[azure lava]

yes

[winged crescent]

What level?

[stiff nebula]

i am lvl 31 so i think max lvl 9

[vast mesa]

ohhh

found it!!

[azure lava]

rule six of the server rules says no asking for handouts, sorry

[vast mesa]

thanks

[stiff nebula]

i can give something in return ofc

[winged crescent]

Let me finish this map I’ll see if I have one

[vast mesa]

but I still see here as half

that sucks

[azure lava]

trading is also disallowed by the same rule

[glad grove]

There are some guaranteed spirit gem throughout acts. Could check those out on the wiki.

[desert sedge]

Rule 6. No trading, begging, asking for 'loans', giveaways, tips for services, etc for any game. See #trading for alternatives.

[lament stone]

thats because you are reserving half of it

[vast mesa]

question, there is the perk that you have only 1 max HP

what if a mob does a chaos damage to me? I will always die?

[vast mesa]

yes but I want to normalize it

[stiff nebula]

i have checked all posible trades on the trade website but nobody answer me. so idk where to ask then

[lament stone]

that keystone makes you immune to chaos damage

[glad grove]

That same node makes you immune to chaos damage.

[azure lava]

try whispering people who are selling them for a higher price

[half condor]

any idea why i cant progress to the node below? i do have a skill point

[lament stone]

and no you cant use that node if you are reserving life

[stiff nebula]

i set limit for 1 exalt but not 1 person of 17 is answering me lmao

[lament stone]

you cannot reserve a percentage of 1 life

[azure lava]

it's connected via a node that's assigned to weapon set 1

so you can only assign that point using weapon set 1 or change the prior node to a main node

[half condor]

ohhhhh okay, thank u

[lament stone]

weapon set points cant be used to allocate keystones or jewel sockets either, and they need a path connected to the centre of the tree that has no weapon set points

[azure lava]

unless you're actively swapping weapons, I wouldn't touch weapon set points with a 10-foot pole

[half condor]

so i just dont use my weapon skill points?

[azure lava]

they're useless unless you're swapping weapons

[half condor]

alright noted

[azure lava]

in fact, they could make your build worse and your life harder if you use them without a purpose

[half condor]

thanks, better to know that early

[humble karma]

when is the economy reset?

[shut abyss]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[floral jewel]

Hey, I bought the game nearly on release, played a couple of hours, quit for a while came back now and im a little hesitant because I might not even touch the game for the same reason I quit before.

What I want to ask is, do all endgame builds play like a meme?

[humble karma]

what does mean like a meme?

[floral jewel]

every meta build vid I see, the playstyle looks straight out of disney memeland, either running blinking spamming aoes spamming whatever can be spammed, spamfest the game

if the endgame is running around and spamming aoe, the game might not be for me lowkey, that seems boring as hell ngl

are there different approaches without feeling like im forcing it just to avoid being efficient instead with a meme like aoe spam build

[humble karma]

if you dont enjoy the game, you might have chosen the wrong genre
after all its not WoW or anything close to it, u will end up having 2-3 buttons to press

it might seem boring to u, but u spend 2 months farming like a moron, to get to the point where u have to press just one button

[floral jewel]

that doesnt answer me, Im asking about something I havent gotten to yet, Im enjoying what im doing a lil but if im gonna end up in an aoe spam loop or im gonna be missin out then ion know

[humble karma]

well u dont have to, but u are right, aoe is the most efficient way to clear i mean u dont have to be a genius to understand that

if u want limit ur game play the way u like it to be

[floral jewel]

I see, thats what I was fearing, aoe spam being a necessity if u wanna be efficient, ye im good off that

[humble karma]

non did say u have to build on one button

its not really, poe1 yes cause u have one 6l, u can in poe2 actually use efficiently more then one skill

[boreal root]

im really stuck on the final boss of act 2 jamanra any help/tips would be apricated

[floral jewel]

Basically how people were making boss 1 shot builds in elden ring, but u have the option to not play the game so goofy like that because its a single player game, except in PoE2, its an efficiency loss if u dont do that, which kills it entirely for me

[humble karma]

u are even going to benefit from it in the end

lets say ur gear sucks, other with better gear run that juicy map using one skill, u still will be able to do it but with more skills, "how i see it"

cause i have a build that isnt really efficient

[haughty niche]

Try ssf, you stop looking at efficiency/other builds the same way

[humble karma]

only reason i can do some stupidly boosted maps is cause i do use more then one button xD

[floral jewel]

whats that

[haughty niche]

Solo self found

A vharacter creation option that restricts partying and trade

[floral jewel]

isnt that counter intuitive to my issue with the game

[haughty niche]

If that doesnt sound fun, i get it tho. I usually play in trade league and limit my time trading

[floral jewel]

thats pretty much being forced to play the meme builds or im gonna be struggling to get the best ressources

[humble karma]

non is forcing u

most people dont even go that high to be clear

[haughty niche]

Well ssf you dont need to worry about 1shotting/efficiency since you are the only person in the economy

[shut abyss]

you're forcing yourself, there's no endgame raid or endgame dungeon you need to have a meta build for.

[floral jewel]

Nobody is forcing me, Im forcing myself if I refuse to play a non-meme playstyle build in a grindfest game

[floral jewel]

exactly, worded to perfection

[humble karma]

but the game is about grinding i dont know what did u expect to get from a company with GRIND in the name lol

[floral jewel]

thats the exact reason why I feel like this game might not be for me

[humble karma]

all of them are a grind

[safe lance]

all about Grinding Gear

[humble karma]

D4 is a grind fest

[floral jewel]

grinding never meant u have to make a sonic the hedgehog build and fidget spinner your way with lightning spam around the game, thats just goofy (example)

[humble karma]

same like every other mmorpg, or anything with rpg, i did play

[safe lance]

you're calling these MMOs?

[haughty niche]

Arpgs tend to not be anything like mmos

Besides sharing the common ground of being built for grinds

[floral jewel]

thats my grime with the game, its not the grinding aspect, its how goofy the efficient builds be lookin, straight cartoon

[haughty niche]

Dont play them then

[safe lance]

give it a couple years, it'll be crazier

[humble karma]

i wanna see which u did look up

most of them are already hitting 1-3mirrors

[haughty niche]

Also its pretty likely we see a massive nerf patch to tone things down a bit

[humble karma]

and like 90%+ of the palyer base dosnt even go that high btw, poe 2 can be done with more then 1 button

[floral jewel]

I already see it, I thought on release I done seen it all, now when I tried to get back, its straight roblox rn

[haughty niche]

They wanted this game to be slower and methodical, and 99% of builds arent really fitting that

[humble karma]

those u see on the internet are already heavy invested builds that run really well

[floral jewel]

This

[humble karma]

true i wanted to ask what happend to that lol

[floral jewel]

This is exactly why I bought poe2 and not poe back then

but alas...

[haughty niche]

Im assuming the rushed endgame balance caused it

[humble karma]

since the first video i saw from poe2 did look much different now its turning in to poe1

[safe lance]

Whats worse is early acts is like that and rough and then endgame becomes 1 button

[haughty niche]

Cause acts 1-3 definitely feel like what they were saying the gsme would be

They spent 5 years on those acts, and 6 months on cruel/endgame

[safe lance]

makes sense

[floral jewel]

I dead felt baited with my expectation vs reality after seeing the trailer and first week vids

I guess og poe players saw it comin

[humble karma]

its still to early to judge btw, i for my part hope its going to be a soul like arpg game

[floral jewel]

I dont think theres any fixin this, it done turned into a meme fest already

[humble karma]

but loot needs rebalancing and like a lot of other things 😄

[stoic stump]

for witch lvling do ppl suggest malice staff or skeleton warrior staff? ? or something else?

[humble karma]

i mean what do u expect for real, its the state for now, early doesnt mean its finished

its the same like thos people hating on ashes of creation lol

u have to understand what early access means, its not done, it could take them a year to finish it

[floral jewel]

fair i guess, all build focused games so have those early state funky builds that be 1 shotting everything no iq, aoe spam of doom, etc... which all get patched along the line

but in the case of poe I feel like that is never going to disappear

[humble karma]

if not even more... so chill, if u dont enjoy it its fine non is forcing u, go play something else come back in couple months the game will still be here

i dont enjoy it as well atm, but i am not complaining, the only thing poe2 did to me is making me wanting to play poe1 even more lol

[shut abyss]

wait for the next big patch and economy reset, there's probly going to be some big changes there

[floral jewel]

people will just find the next gimmick after gimmick

[humble karma]

i mean combat will not change much, economy balances will

and i hope they fix it the only reason i dont wanna play atm is cause of the economy and how some strats make way to much

[shut abyss]

my guess is that it will change

[mental pier]

Combat will change a lot on the top end

like a lot

GGG is now on record saying they want minute to three minute boss fights

[safe lance]

The genre itself is that really, if they made post act 3 and endgame slow paced then it will probably take entire league for people to find and fight pinnacle bosses

[humble karma]

i dont think they will menage to do such a balancing in just this time frame

ist been 3-4 weeks since the last patch

no cance they did 😄

[mental pier]

The thing is that is supposed to be the case, getting to arbiter and actually beating him is supposed to be something not everyone can do

[floral jewel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WR5fnE4bOY

like what is this bro

[humble karma]

its a build... and to be honest try to make one on ur own xD

lets see how far u get lol

[shut abyss]

^ his not being mean, it's a challange

[haughty niche]

I honestly expect a lot of the automated builds we have now are using bugs or definitely unintended interactions thst will get removed

[floral jewel]

can somebody recommend me the least meme lookin build thats meta and efficient?

[haughty niche]

Poisonous concoction i guess

[humble karma]

nah dude, i dont like when someone expect games have to be to their liking, if u are not the targetet group its just unchangeable, non is forcing u to play it, it doesnt matter how i or u see it btw

[safe lance]

But heres the thing, I think elden ring came up in this conversation earlier, this genre will NEVER be like that because you are supposed to farm him not just kill him once

[humble karma]

and thats the reality

[floral jewel]

tysm will look that up, any other reccs welcome too

[haughty niche]

Its literally just tossing a poison flask at the enemy and does a ton of damage

[mental pier]

Elden Ring has zero bearing on anything I said.

[floral jewel]

💀

[shut abyss]

no

[mental pier]

The point is GGG is on record saying things like beating the fourth trial or beating arbiter is not something that they expect everyone to do.

[haughty niche]

Theres not much they can do to poisonous concoction to balance it without just changing the skill entirely

[safe lance]

not what you said but they're just talking about this genre in general and people seem to be thinking its about balance changes

[humble karma]

i mentioned it, but thats how the showcase did look like

[haughty niche]

They are weird when saying things like this though when they say everyone, they MEAN everyone

[floral jewel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g89fm80NKJ8

oh hell naw u trolled me 💀

[safe lance]

But the short answer really is, yeah this game is gonna be like this, it will be fine tuned for balance but not gonna be like a paced combat where you dodge a hit, wait and then hit once etc.

[humble karma]

i did even say it like 4 months ago, i would not like the game to be like that since i am not a fan of souls games, which doesnt mean they suck, i suck lol
but i would love to try it, it might even bee good if they menage to balance loot

[shut abyss]

i think you want to play a warrior anyway

[lament stone]

outdated

[haughty niche]

I did my own pconc. It didnt abuse ANY mechanics. Its literally just tossing the flask and it does damage

Theres nothing more normal than that

[mental pier]

I mean yeah? The point still stands that if people are expecting the top end meme builds they can easily replicate will stay, they will get burned hard.

[haughty niche]

Using a skill for its intended purpose

[lament stone]

there was a bug which made concoctions gain damage from increased bow damage nodes, that has been fixed

the build is mostly the same, but does less damage

[humble karma]

btw why is the blink unique still in the game?
the body armor that lowers cd

[safe lance]

I toss my flask and then hit it towards enemies with a bow

[haughty niche]

Temporalis is very difficult to obtain.
It has a min vooldown now of 100ms, which is kinda still fucked tbh

[mental pier]

Basically I am saying that anything >5 mil dps will be gone come 0.2 I would bet money on that

[floral jewel]

I see, I was lookin for something more normal on the gameplay side of things 💀 not the dmg

[haughty niche]

Play warrior

[safe lance]

yea thats why I keep repeating my point, Idk if this is the game for you tbh

[shut abyss]

just make your own build and see if you can push it trough campaign, if it survives that, see if you can push it to T15 maps

[floral jewel]

W Zed

[humble karma]

still bro, it goes against what they wanted the game to be.. so i am kinda confused why its even in the game

[haughty niche]

It feels like ass but warrior mace builds are the most normal thing

[mental pier]

The 100ms was just a bandaid fix

the real hammer is coming with the league and new content

[safe lance]

and thats not a bad thing, I wouldn't have played this genre 10 years ago

[lament stone]

temporalis is only obtainable from a nohit 4 floor trial of sekhemas, there was a couple of bugs early on after launch that made it a lot easier to get, like chayula monks darkness being able to ignore honour or the resetting the zone to get an extra temporalis from 1 relic thing

[humble karma]

most of the builds i have seen in the past days are building around temporalis

[lament stone]

youre probably going to see it a lot less once we get a new league with a proper economy reset

[floral jewel]

u finally folded and agreed, I like that

[humble karma]

i agree only that temporalis shouldnt be in the game

since it breaks the concept

[lament stone]

ggg said they want players to feel like a god

[humble karma]

doesnt matter how hard it is to obtain lol

[floral jewel]

theres like a million other things that break the concept too but it is what it is, theres no savin this

[lament stone]

its up to them to design the game

[floral jewel]

zayum

[mental pier]

They also said that big boss fights should take a minute to five minutes

Those are not mutually exclusive

[humble karma]

u do know that u are talking about GGG not blizzard - ubisoft or u name the trash companies xD

[floral jewel]

Globber u been speakin nothing but facts

[lament stone]

the first few times you fight them

[humble karma]

GGG is still capable of making good decisions, which i cant say about most others lol

[mental pier]

I did Arbiter with 3 people and one MF aura character last night and we killed it before it could do its mechanic

so yeah that for sure was NOT intended

mind you that was the regular one, we will do the dif 2 later today

[humble karma]

and btw u have that in the most games, when u hit end game gear, u feel like a god which in a way is good

[boreal root]

im really stuck on the final boss of act 2 jamanra any help/tips would be apricated#

[humble karma]

thats why i spend in my first season 1,2k hours

to grind that 7mirror build of mine

to feel like a god

if not i would have stopped at 200-300 hours

[floral jewel]

what build u runnin apollo, u spammin aoe lightning or ice, or do u be throwin poison flasks or sum

[haughty niche]

I do hope they follow through and make the endgame a bit more methodical, both in player and monster damage getting lowered. Cause atm it just feels like a worse poe1 endgame, same gameplay but no movement abilities. Im hoping poe2 actually does feel different from poe1 once its out of early access otherwise they just wasted years of development on making a gsme that directly competes with their own game thst has decades more content...

[boreal root]

i be spamming the lightning

[humble karma]

it all depends on how easy its obtainable, will the way to the optimal broken gear satisfy u or not

[floral jewel]

Out of all languages in the world, you chose to speak facts and only 📠

[humble karma]

btw he doesnt like to press more then one button hahahaha

[woeful palm]

Guys i have a weapon in red but every condition is ok but i still cant equip it why ?

[mental pier]

The thing is they can easily do that if they bring the outliers down which I am quite certian they will do. My expectations come 0.2 is basically that everyone will be around the level of a minion witch, which is in fully kitted endgame it sits at something like 3 to 4 mil dps

[lament stone]

what weapon is it? do you have anything equipped in your offhand?

[haughty niche]

Im hella a poe1 blaster
I just know if they keep this game too similar to poe1 il play poe1.

Hoping for a different experience

[mental pier]

That would I assume fit into their idea of yes you still feel plenty of powerful but you have to actually do mechanics when you fight the juiced up bosses.

And not one tap six difficulty mod map posses on corrupted, irradiated and delid maps

[floral jewel]

EXACTLY I seriously thought I'd get a different experience here and I still have faith they can achieve that

[lament stone]

do you have the giants blood keystone?

[woeful palm]

yepp

[humble karma]

same.. like i did say it just maked me wanting to go and play poe 1 lol
i mean i dont have a problem with pressing more buttons, even if they make it slower i am fine with it if the loot is ok, i do care only about loot 😄
"dopamine addict"

[woeful palm]

oh ok

mb

[lament stone]

you need to 3x the strength requirement of whatever 2h mace youre equipping

[woeful palm]

yea i just see it ty man

[stiff nebula]

Hi can someone point me in the direction of where to ask for help getting spirit gem lvl9? since i cant ask for this here?

[humble karma]

it will drop

just keep going, if not try the trade

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Standard

[stiff nebula]

i have tried trade but none of the 17 ppl answer me. and i dot know why it so expensive. i cant progress because i die in 1 hit

[lament stone]

if youre dying in 1 hit resistances and life are more likely to be the problem

[humble karma]

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Standard/QawvJOMHw

i mean they are 3transmute