2┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[tight python]

this shoe has cold res but then my evasion goes down a lot

[azure lava]

@tight python https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1328202289755983932 try this guide for gearing tips to get through the campaign

[azure lava]

Evasion doesn't matter

[lyric fulcrum]

Correct

[tight python]

why not?

[azure lava]

If it's not life, resists, or movement speed it doesn't matter in the campaign

[trim turret]

Resists matter more. A blue item with resists and/or life are way better than rare items with a bunch of useless mods.

[azure lava]

Evasion doesn't work against slams or area attacks, for one. It's also far less important than resists and life

[night ferry]

ok did what you suggested, just gotta find one to test it out. IIRC, the character says a quick line or two when they kill a rare

[azure lava]

Resistances lower all ele damage and life just makes you die less. Life also raises your stun and ailment thresholds

[frank merlin]

are there any skills which rival perfect strike as far as single hit damage? Right now I've been going for auto attack stuns into a massive perfect strike

the on hit does half their health and the ignite takes the other half

[tight python]

wait I have this

this is my current one

[azure lava]

The first one is miles better

[tight python]

do I switch it out only for the fight or for ever?

[azure lava]

The second one has no life or resists, so therefore it's worse

[night ferry]

Anyone know by which act can I get about 120 spirit? I'm at 30 atm without getting stats from armor

[azure lava]

Forever. Until you find one with more life/resists

[trim turret]

You should always be improving your life and resists, that's not a temporary thing.

[tight python]

I also have this which has more cold res

but less life

[trim turret]

Depends on your build. Hammer of the gods can crush stuff pretty good I hear tell.

[azure lava]

That's a harder call. I think I'd go more cold res one

[trim turret]

I would go with more res. I also wouldn't hoard gear. Know what you need, equip better items, disenchant/salvage/sell the rest.

[meager flower]

It's usually dead quiet there, very little help offered

[azure lava]

Well if the bank is closed you don't ask the mechanic next door to cash a check

[merry gulch]

Could some1 play act 2 with me? New charakter 🫡

[azure lava]

#2┃looking-for-group

[meager flower]

Does that mean you don't know if divines roll uniques?

[azure lava]

It means I don't know what you mean by "reroll the bonus"

If you hold alt, a divine can reroll anything with a range on it

[restive turret]

When should one start their ssf journey

[night ferry]

Dang still not working T.T

[meager flower]

I asked if I put a divine on an uncorrupted Ingenuity belt, would it roll the bonus % to equipped rings/

[azure lava]

Whenever you want. You can always migrate to trade league. I think? Did they get that working?

[flint pike]

guys whats a good leveling guide for mercenary

[restive turret]

Ohh you can switch from ssf to standard?

[azure lava]

And I don't know because I don't have an Ingenuity to hold alt on

[azure lava]

In poe1 you can but I know there was a bug for a while where you couldn't in poe2

Idk if they fixed it in the latest patch

Check #old-game-news for patch notes

[fierce panther]

If an item has this range in parenthesis you can divine it (assuming it isnt corrupted iirc)

[azure lava]

Raizqt has a youtube guide for leveling merc with grenades that seems nifty

[flint pike]

thanks

[azure lava]

But you can also level with https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1326972100409426081 @flint pike

[meager flower]

Thank you, I needed the confirmation it works on unques too, not just ordinary items.

[fierce panther]

Its still a gamble though, you are very unlikely to get a high roll so only do it if you got lots of currency to spare

[azure lava]

It can also roll the same value

If you're unlucky

[fierce panther]

yup. So unless you have an absurdly low roll, you are more likely to waste the divine than not

Gambling is the strongest enemy in the game, and it wins more than you think it can

[tight python]

it did get a lot easier but I still died, I almost had him tho, which of these rings should I equip?

[dawn musk]

Finally have time to try out poe2, whats the most meta build right now?

[fierce panther]

I would go in blind until you start having problems. All the "meta" stuff is really only for hardcore map grinders

It's not like an mmo where if you arent playing a "good class" you wont get picked for the softball team

[dawn musk]

Thats me, usually a MB by week 2 in poe1 kinda guy, just havent kept up with poe 2 stuff

[fierce panther]

every class has some good ascendencies. If you really want to sweat just check out which ascendencies are which playstyle encouraging

Ranged has it easier atm, and warriors cost abit more to build out at endgame

[tight python]

so how do I farm equipment? do I just go into the highest level area I can access and just kill everything I see?

[fierce panther]

basically, just try and find rares to kill. Also keep checking the shops as they can sell good bases you can use currency on to get better gear

shops reset every time you level up

[azure lava]

Based on the knowledge that life and resistances are the only stats that matter, you should be able to deduce which ring to omit

[azure lava]

You shouldn't ever need to farm in the campaign. https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1328202289755983932 has all the info you should need

[fierce panther]

Take a look at a beginners crafting guide if you arent sure how that works, because its a very easy way to get good gear for campaign

[tight python]

then I would go with the one that gives me 2.6 lifes regen per second and the one that gives me +16 life

[nocturne raven]

Why does my loot keep disappearing before I can grab it??

[fierce panther]

are you using a loot filter?

are you hiding drops with the option for that?

dunno what button it is for console

[nocturne raven]

Idk

How do I check

[somber edge]

Hold the alt button and see if it pops up then. Or you accidentally hit the Z button

[azure lava]

Sorry, I should have clarified. "Maximum life" and resistances are the only stats that matter. Regen is not considered "life"

[nocturne raven]

I’m on console

[fierce panther]

Start -> Options -> Interface -> Uncheck and Recheck Always Highlight.

[somber edge]

Oh lol well fuck

[nocturne raven]

I got no loot from act 2 boss 😓

[azure lava]

That's impossible

[fierce panther]

Its likely there, just hidden with the button.

[azure lava]

Maybe your filter hid it all

[fierce panther]

youll have to check and make sure you have the option set to show loot and if you are using a loot filter try disabling it

try holding down R2 and pressing down on the d-pad

thats what google shows me

Loot definitely dropped though, just a matter of figuring out whats hiding it from you

[tight python]

so with all the info I just got, the left one is better right?

[fierce panther]

left for sure

[nocturne raven]

The boss only gave me 900 gold

[fierce panther]

go check out that loot guide link that was dropped above, you will get a lot of use out of it.

[lyric fulcrum]

Unfortunate. I would start with Google then and see if you can get a few things to try from there.

[tight python]

I did

[nocturne raven]

I did the loot filter thing and still no loot

[night ferry]

Seems like a few people are having finisher issues too, but they use item filters, which I don't. But yeah, thx for the help. I'll go make a bug report or something

[fierce panther]

Something is hiding the loot. Youll have to find someone that knows console ways to fix it or try google, I dont know what options to change for you to do it

Assuming you didnt pick it up and not realize it, but I assume you checked your inventory already

[safe lance]

Its the hide label thing

Z key on PC

on console you gotta enable in settlings and maybe L2+some dpad to just show on demand

Gameplay > Always Highlight

sry General > Always Highlight

[tight python]

is there a transmog?

[azure lava]

Yes, the right one has no stats according to the criteria I recommend

[azure lava]

Negative

[tight python]

man

[azure lava]

Not yet, at least

[tight python]

wait then whats that in the shop?

[azure lava]

In poe1 there are skin transfers, but idk if they're in poe2 yet

[safe lance]

transmogs usually mean like one in-game gear appearance to another, but the shop things work

I am too stingy to test if buying poe1 skin transfer works in poe2

[tight python]

wait I already have 300 of this currency, why?

[azure lava]

Those are cosmetic equipment

[azure lava]

You bought early access

[safe lance]

there are definitely cosmetics

paid ones

[tight python]

yeah imma buy something because the way my armor looks rn I dont like it xD

[azure lava]

Transmog means to make one piece of gear look like another

[safe lance]

but in games like D4 you can salvage a gear to save its appearance and apply on any similar piece

[tight python]

yes

[safe lance]

that is usually what transmog means so we were confused

[tight python]

yes that is what I meant

mb

[safe lance]

that is not available

[tight python]

should have explained more

[safe lance]

and even when it is, it is not free

People usually recommend to spend the 300 coins on stash tabs

[tight python]

wait this ingame currency is expensive af, 200 points for 20 dollars?

[safe lance]

they are extra storage tabs but more importantly better organized and premium tabs make your items public and make trading seamless (game scans and automatically lists them for trade)

[azure lava]

Yeppers

[safe lance]

you dont really need any more currency tbh

300 is plenty

[tight python]

yeah because 300 is 30 dollars, I expected it to be like 1k ingame currency for 10 dollars

[safe lance]

its 1:10

so 10 would be 100

[azure lava]

I mean, whether it's 1k or 300 is meaningless without knowing the prices of stuff

[safe lance]

if you like cosmetics then youre gonna be poor

they had cosmetics for characters, each skill, pets, etc

[azure lava]

Even fuckin footprints

[tight python]

well I just wanted to make my armor cool but with these prices I wont

[azure lava]

Armor can look pretty cool on its own. Give it time

[safe lance]

They somes give free loot boxes

just gotta wait for the game and new leagues/events to release

[fierce panther]

If you arent playing trading simulator you wont see your character that often anyways

[azure lava]

Also once the game releases they might have challenges like leagues like in poe1. Those have cosmetic rewards for completing a number of challenges over the course of the league

[safe lance]

I really want to play SSF and should have from the start as I am not good at trading for some reason, but too much sunken cost fallacy

I'd like some sort of general guide for trading, I see people who are totally new to the game doing well with it but I've always been bad at it.

I didnt play that much of poe1 but definitely a lot of d4 and still was very bad at it.

[fierce panther]

I mean, there is nothing from stopping you converting to "SSF" by just stopping all trading with other players.

[safe lance]

I dont like the flow of play being interrupted and context switching, so when I want to trade I want to sit and sell everyhting in like an hour and then go back to playing but that doesnt seem to work in any such games.

Poe1 console had a trade market similar to currency market where you do passively and dont have to interrupt the flow if you doing any activities.

[trim turret]

Wait until what you want is on sale. Always. And supporter packs are best value for the money. They include cosmetics and a nunber of points equal to the cost of the pack.

[fierce panther]

Devs are committed to a conscious design choice of making trading annoying. Its unlikely to ever change unfortunately

[trim turret]

There are also free cosmetics every league, once POE2 starts having leagues.

[safe lance]

it existed solely for console in poe1 tho, they just need to bring it back for people who arent that good at context switching or just passive about trading imo

[rough lintel]

sucks that poe2 is very unfriendly to ssf

[safe lance]

I think ima go do a suggestion for the first time, where do I do it?

[safe lance]

true, I already regret the few ssf chars I am playing

no crafting bench

and all rng

[fierce panther]

forums. But good luck, they completely ignore suggestions of "make trading easier please"

[plush mantle]

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-forum/2213

[safe lance]

I can be specific about bringing console trade market

ty will try to make a post

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3643174 ima go see if someones said it here

why do people complain about scammers? how exactly do they get scammed?

[azure lava]

my guess is they mean price fixers

[plush mantle]

remove currency, replace with different type/less, change what the item is, there's a few ways

[safe lance]

this game also makes you inspect the thing they are trading before you press accept, so its really hard or even impossible to bait and switch

like you have to hover over it on console

thats not there in PC?

[plush mantle]

6 links in PoE1 were notorious because some of the art would obscure the links

[safe lance]

oh yea, I remember posting screenshots in poe1 new player help asking why I cant socket and looking like an idiot

it also lets you socket supports in unlinked sockets iirc

[azure lava]

1. Valuable item exists.
2. Price Fixers list valuable item for [cheap price]
3. Price Fixers buy all of the items they can
4. Normal people look on trade site for the valuable item and only see it being listed for [cheap price], so they follow suit and list it for [cheap price].
5. Price fixers snatch up all the ones being listed for [cheap price] and resell them for their actual, much higher, value

[safe lance]

I played with a 5 link for all of midgame and only realized when I tried to look at damage calc in pob

[safe lance]

this can never really be fixed by GGG tbh

[plush mantle]

adding a price history would help, but it's hard to do with a customized search and mean anything

[azure lava]

it could if they forced the people listing it for [cheap price] to actually sell it for that price

but that opens a whole host of other issues

[safe lance]

price history would still be offset by people who got scammed or scammers would just trade among themselves to add bad data theoretically

[haughty niche]

Most common scam besides price fixing is people getting to last step of trade, exiting window, then quickly retrading and putting a different item or less currency in the trade window.

This gets a lot of people because they are tired or impatient and quickly rehover over all the items and click accept.

[safe lance]

this is what I meant btw, you cant do that at least in console

you have to hover over item with dpad before you can press accept

[azure lava]

you need to do that with your mouse on pc, too

[plush mantle]

you're confusing highlighting an item with actually inspecting it 🙂

[haughty niche]

Poe1 added something that shows amount of currency in the window but poe2 didnt port any of the qol features poe1 got in the last 4 years...

[safe lance]

but they can still change after that?

[azure lava]

but people do it so fast that they subject themselves to scams

[azure lava]

no, that's why bipolar said they retrade

[safe lance]

oh so people dont look carefully when they retrade?

[plush mantle]

to be fair, do you remember the exact values of all the affixes on a 6 mod corrupted rare with an enchant?

[safe lance]

makes sense

I dont trade a lot tbh

[haughty niche]

You as the victim still need to go through the process of ensuring you get the item you asked for, its just the retrade makes people impatient

[azure lava]

1. Set up real trade with proper items
2. Cancel trade, usually by saying "oh, sorry, gotta split a stack" or something
3. Retrade with scam items

[plush mantle]

there's social pressure with leaving a trade window open while you're carefully inspecting things

[safe lance]

poe.ninja was great for price history and price confidence

[safe lance]

yea thats why I also dont do it often, it stresses me out, was easier in poe1 console because you dont interact with the human

[azure lava]

y'all are making some great points, but all I can think is that GGG has already addressed all these issues.
It's called Solo Self Found

[safe lance]

I am trying it but as I said theres a lot of sunken cost fallacy

plus lack of determinstic crafting

[azure lava]

then burn the boats

delete your standard characters

[plush mantle]

Byron may be biased about SSF though 😉

[safe lance]

[azure lava]

MAY be?

[safe lance]

I have a bunch of vases to sell

[azure lava]

I'm 1000% biased

[safe lance]

It was really fun in poe1, I wanted to get a wand for ps mines and I did ritual, changed the atlas for essence etc

[azure lava]

in fact, I'm offended you left in the possibility that I wouldn't be biased toward the best way to play poe

[safe lance]

and did like 5 wands and arrived at a wandI personally was proud of using recombinator

it was a very satisfying moment and that cannot happen in poe2 yet

[azure lava]

is buying that wand from a guy who only speaks Russian more satisfying, then?

[safe lance]

I also remember I wasnt understanding how the dps worked and what mods I needed and people got frustrated with my questions at a point after repeating so many tiems

[safe lance]

it is not is my point, I would probably just be stuck demotivated in SSF if I know what I needed but didnt have a clear path to get it

[azure lava]

you'd be surprised how much power you have to at least explore avenues of crafting

mostly through reforging

[safe lance]

hmm wait

does reforging have a logic like recombinator?

I loved that and did a whole spreadsheet to make that wand

[silent lotus]

Are you trying to make this sound fun? O.o

[onyx bone]

hello there is it possible to replace an existing rune on an equipment? ie there is currently 12% fire rune on it, i'd like to change it to 5% all resist

[azure lava]

fun is subjective

#2┃looking-for-group

[safe lance]

you can replace but you wont get back the old rune

[onyx bone]

cool!

[azure lava]

put new rune it and it'll destroy the old one to add in new one

[silent lotus]

Reforging is something you do outside ssf anyways, and it is not fun

[onyx bone]

thank you

what rune do i need to add to the item to get the +5% all resist?

[safe lance]

it is a soul core that you get from chaos trial

[onyx bone]

is it expensive?

[safe lance]

I cant spell it

[azure lava]

check the trade site

[safe lance]

yea I think it costs maybe 50 exalts

[azure lava]

pathofexile.com/trade2

[safe lance]

you can check in currency market at Alva

[azure lava]

or the currency exchange maybe

[onyx bone]

ok thank you

[safe lance]

if you have currency market already unlocked*

currency exchange*

[plush mantle]

Soul Core of Citaqualotl

can you overwrite soul cores, or just runes? Not sure I'd WANT to lose a soul core, but I'm curious 🙂

[safe lance]

but seriously how do you use reforging for crafting, I am looking at wiki page and it is NOT recombination

[azure lava]

you can overwrite any socketable

[azure lava]

it's not deterministic, it's just more ways to get randomly rolls bases

[onyx bone]

thank you 🙂

[safe lance]

btw I reforged 3 essence into a greater in the first few days of game and used it on my acts character

worst decision ever

I didnt realize these were impossible to find

does essence ignore item level/base for the mod value it applies?

[plush mantle]

pretty sure the PoE2 version doesn't, it just resticts the affix pool to whatever the tag is

[silent lotus]

the only thing you need to think about with reforging is ilvl

since some things like + 5skills wand require ilvl 82 or above and reforging causes the new item to be the lowest level of the items input

[safe lance]

yea I am just gonna get better at trading

no SSF

until they add more crafting at least ig

[tight python]

I FINALLY BEAT HIM (I spent so much time in town that I had to go and search for both stairs again 😭 )

[safe lance]

who is HIM?

[tight python]

anyway is the random quarter stuff from finn worth?

[tight python]

this count the final boss of act 1 I guess

[azure lava]

depends on how bad your current one is

[safe lance]

oh nice, congrats

[tight python]

I dont think its bad

[safe lance]

I felt like gold is scarce in early game, I also tried a lot of builds so idk

I never gambled

[azure lava]

what level are you?

and did you check the normal vendor first?

[tight python]

where do I see it exactly?

[azure lava]

press C

[tight python]

these are the ones from normal vendor

[azure lava]

look at the numbers at the top, not the blue mods at the bottom

[safe lance]

23-37 looks nice

[azure lava]

I mean, they're both important

[tight python]

wait this looks very good

[safe lance]

but if you get one flat physical damage mod on your current staff it could even be better

[azure lava]

but 23-37 with 1.4 attacks per second blows your 14-28 phys out of the water, especially since it has no runes

and you can augment it for a suffix

[safe lance]

Idk if others do it but i buy the quality gear from venddor and salvage for the currency

[azure lava]

probably can't afford that in act 1

[tight python]

I have 12k I dont think I can

[safe lance]

and probably dont have need for quality currency in acts either

If it helps, I was able to do acts with just stuff I found

[azure lava]

they probably didn't even unlock the salvaging bench if I had to wager

[safe lance]

I did waste exalts adding mods etc but still possible without

[tight python]

what? I have it

[azure lava]

oh, nice

gj

[safe lance]

reforge is the act 3 one

[azure lava]

it's easy to miss

I know

[zenith peak]

which suppport gem improve distanced attack?

[tight python]

why not at the mods? my current has 49% increased phys dmg and 13% crit dmg bonus

[safe lance]

longshot?

[azure lava]

yes, but the base items have different damage values

[safe lance]

the mods on it are good but it needs a flat damage mod for it be actually a good multiplier

[tight python]

so should I get the 23-37 and salvage my current one for the rune slot and use my phys rune on it?

[azure lava]

that would give you more damage, yeah

you can put two sockets on 2h weapons, btw

and chest pieces

and make sure to augment it

[safe lance]

e.g. it is doing 50% more of 9-20 I think

[tight python]

I got life per enemy

[zenith peak]

cani use it on shhockburst rounds

[azure lava]

can't win em all

[tight python]

wait I didnt get the rune slot from my weapon

[safe lance]

if it is type "Attack" then yes

[tight python]

so now I dont have a rune slot

[zenith peak]

it does. thanks

[azure lava]

you get an artificer shard, not a whole artificer orb

[safe lance]

use poe2db.tw to check skills and supports btw

[tight python]

but then is the one I bought not worse than my old one because it doesnt have a rune on it yet?

[azure lava]

indeed

[tight python]

so I f*cked up?

[azure lava]

but not by a wide margin

how many shards are you away from an artificer orb?

[tight python]

7

[safe lance]

btw for weapon based skills you can check if an item improves your DPS by looking at DPS value of that skill in skill gems window and swapping the weapons

[azure lava]

oof, Well, keep your eyes peeled. Maybe try buying cheap socketed items from the vendor

[zenith peak]

Does more strength to passive skills increase my life

[safe lance]

its doesnt take into combos but still a very decent crude measure

[safe lance]

yea strength gives life

[tight python]

it shows if it has a socket when I hover over the item right?

[azure lava]

yeah, but there's an option to always show sockets

I'd recommend enabling that

[safe lance]

hmm idk where to ask but where does poe.ninja get the data dumps?

I am trying to maybe do something personally for myself to help understand trading prices

[haughty niche]

could be completely wrong, but id assume somewhere in the api docs

https://www.pathofexile.com/developer/docs/reference

[safe lance]

Ty checking

[tight python]

BRO I KILLED THE BOSS BUT THEN DIED TO A HORDE OF HYENAS AND THE LOOT DESPAWNED

there was an item that would have added 4 modifiers

[haughty niche]

congratulations

[tight python]

ON WAHT

[haughty niche]

Yeah having the whole squad rush you after you kill the boss is pretty bad design in combination with the items despawning on death

[daring dirge]

yea... my first chaos orb drop I died at the same time as boss, he killed me right as he died smh

[coral cosmos]

is shockchain arrow any good? feels kinda dogwater

[tight python]

like I probablky wouldnt have died if I wasnt stuck because they surrounded me

and I couldnt dodge anymore

[trim turret]

What AOE skills are you using to deal with crowds?

[tawdry garden]

Can someone tell me where the zone level reaches level 51 please? Thank you!

[tight python]

Im monk so I dont have a lot of choices really, I have the bell, I have the lighting and ice spinning attack and that flying attack where you smash down

[haughty niche]

https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Act_1

act 1 cruel ohgam manor

[tawdry garden]

End of Act 4, thank you!

[trim turret]

Every class has AOE options. Falling thunder and some power charges clears excellent. Frozen locus. Glacial cascade. Anything that freezes in an area.

[trim turret]

Are you shocking enemies before you use it on them?

[tight python]

yeah, but listen I was instantly surrounded by like 40 mobs I couldnt run away anymore, I wouldnt have died if I was able to ran away and dodge

[fringe obsidian]

typically it's better to just kill everything instead of run. IF you can manage it. if you can't try and get your build to a state you can. my opinion anyways

[trim turret]

You need the tools to fight out so you don't have to necessarily run away and dodge. Those hyenas are relatively weak.

[coral cosmos]

I mean by the time enemies are shocked they are getting swisscheesed by lightning rods

just seems very redundant as a skill gem

[tight python]

well I didnt have the life to survive long enough

[trim turret]

If you have something else that's working, stick with it. Shockchain arrows might be better in a different overall build than how youre setup.

[coral cosmos]

fair I suppose

[trim turret]

Things aren't generally bad or good in a vacuum.

[tight python]

yeah they are weak but there were also bigger mobs, it was like 20 hyenas and like 5-10 of some bigger mob and I got surrounded, I was dead in like legit 5 seconds

[trim turret]

Just keep working on improving your life and resists. What spirit skill are you using?

[tight python]

I only just got one and I chose that buff

herald of thunder

[trim turret]

Remember that only triggers when you kill shocked enemies. So being able to shock enemies frequently is useful.

[tight python]

are they shocked when surrounded by the lighting? because then Im shocking them very often and very fast

[fringe obsidian]

yeah I think

[trim turret]

Shock or electrocute. Though electrocute is harder to get usually. So yeah probably shock.

[tight python]

dude its 3 am I should sleep but its so adicting

[dapper cove]

Anyone wanna help with the Cemetery bosses I’m new to these games

[fringe obsidian]

haha welcome!

[sharp dune]

I’m so confused, I’m doing the trail of sekhams but I keep dying on full hp because I run out of honour. How can I get honour after losing it, I just don’t understand how this works

[fringe obsidian]

there are rooms that restore honour, but more importantly, keep an eye out for dropped relics. some of them give "honour resist" use them in the little buff box thing at the start of the run

[sharp dune]

What buff boxes?

I keep getting to room 8 which is the boss and dying its so annoying

[fringe obsidian]

at the beginning when you put the coin in. there's a little window with a grid like your inventory. you can put relics in there. look for relics with "honour resist" on them during your runs

honour resist makes your runs SO MUCH easier

[sharp dune]

I’m guessing it restores it over time, how can I get one

[trim turret]

You can always come back later but dodging hits is very important in that trial. It's a rogue like basically.

[fringe obsidian]

no it doesn't restore it, it makes it so you lose less on hit

[sharp dune]

This is so annoying I have a build where I tank builds and spam electricity so I don’t dodge at all lmao

[sharp dune]

I’ll try see if I can get one

[fringe obsidian]

get a few lol

[trim turret]

You can still roll can't you? That and some movement speed on your boots should be enough to get you through. Either that or wait for the trial in act 3 and do that instead.

[latent vessel]

Can you get 4th ascendancy during acts?

[fringe obsidian]

nah. maps

[fiery flax]

what do people mean when they say 1st, 2nd 3rd, etc... ascendency?

[fringe obsidian]

1st. is first 2 points. 2nd is second 2 points

etc

[trim turret]

There are multiple trials at different levels. For a total of 8 points.

[fringe obsidian]

goes up to 4th for final 2 points (8pts total)

[fiery flax]

oh damn its 8 points total?

[trim turret]

Yup.

[fringe obsidian]

yep

[fiery flax]

i see

do you think mid-act3 and level 40 could get me past asc 1

havent tried since i got stormweaver

[fringe obsidian]

absolutely

I did asc 1 in a2

[fiery flax]

alright im gonna make that my next priority then

[fringe obsidian]

and asc 2 in a3

[fiery flax]

i did as well

currently on my first playthrough

[fringe obsidian]

oh I think I misunderstood the question then lol sorry

[fiery flax]

no worries

but definitely going to go try that

[fringe obsidian]

but yeah I guess good rule of thumb

a2 is asc1
a3 is asc2
a3 cruel is asc3
maps is asc4

[fiery flax]

i gotcha

by the way, what is cruel?

[fringe obsidian]

when you finish a3. you replay a1-3 on a higher difficulty called cruel

because they don't have a4-6 yet

[rustic dirge]

Is there a way to farm the same boss a few times?

[blazing robin]

Is Poison still bugged? The one that causes you to not receive EXP or Loot drop

[late kiln]

yes just go to waypoint and create new instance

[fiery flax]

ahh okay thank you

[rustic dirge]

Gotcha thanks

[tight python]

okay here Im really unsure what to chose, but Im thinking of the +4% against all

[fringe obsidian]

it depends what resistances you need to hit cap

cap is 75%

[tight python]

wait why does lighting say -6%

[fringe obsidian]

because you lose res in each act

so when you hit maps, assuming you've found all the permanent buffs in campaign

you should be at negative 20 res to everything but chaos if you're not wearing gear

also. yeah you need lightning res real fuckin bad

[tight python]

this is with the lightning ring, Im not sure if its actually worth tho

[hybrid star]

nope

[fringe obsidian]

seems like not

[tight python]

you mean its not worth?

[hybrid star]

I mean you gain 5% lightning and huge loss on cold

[fiery flax]

are these worth anything i keep seeing ppl talk about them

[tight python]

yeah and 4% on fire

wait I have a charm

[hybrid star]

you would want a normal/white one

[fiery flax]

gotcha

[steel junco]

how do i check if i have all skill points for unique bosses/ quest?

[fringe obsidian]

if you have 24 you have them all

theyre all weapon set points

[steel junco]

ok

tq

[glacial palm]

Honestly, gas arrow leveling with the ignite helm

It's kind of silly

Anything you think might beat that in terms of ease of use?

[fringe obsidian]

I levelled with the merc rocket launcher thing

that was breasy

[fiery flax]

how are my stats looking for mid act 3

[fringe obsidian]

fin imo

fine*

[fiery flax]

👍

[fiery flax]

should i care about energy shield at all or focus entirely on my life do you think

thats the biggest dilemma ive been facing with my gear

[zenith peak]

is peircing passive skills usefull for lightni skills such as Galvanic shards

[fringe obsidian]

really hard to answer. depends on your build a lot

[fiery flax]

i gotcha

[pine hatch]

Can anyone help me I’m stuck on act 2 and I keep dieing

On ps5

[fringe obsidian]

yeah can be. depends on your build and use case. for clearing it's great I think

[fiery flax]

im so mad this is chaos

[timber spear]

At what level do 'endgame' items start dropping regularly? Like at what item level would the mod tiers be consistently at an endgame-viable level?

[haughty niche]

never

The way ilvl works is higher ilvl adds additional tiers of affixes with higher values, but it does not remove the low value affixes

[fringe obsidian]

yeah but at what level do the highest end mod tiers become available?

I think it's probably around 80

[trim turret]

Getting a carry won't fix that. How are your resists?

[haughty niche]

depends on the affix you need

some affixes have highest tier in like 40s even

[clear merlin]

How do you rename stash tabs on PSN

[haughty niche]

but 86 should be absolute highest id assume

at least it is in poe1

most things is around 82

[twilit crow]

Alguien para jugar soy nivel 10 apenas

[sage crow]

Not really true. I struggled on rathbreaker but breezed through the rest

[balmy idol]

Does anyone know which price check app is safe to use ?

[signal arrow]

What should i do if im having trouble killing normal boss's? like i just cant dps them down before they regenerate health

[frozen igloo]

how do i get the 2nd trials item above the affliction picker?

[fringe obsidian]

depends on build. you need to make sure you're scaling damage properly across your gems, gear, and passives

[rigid fable]

how do i get more slots for my skills, like to use more support gems on one skill

[errant seal]

i use the poe overlay II from overwolf to price check - very convenient overlay for PC. otherewise for price checking you just need to learn and understand which affixes on your gear drive value and compare to similar items. With practice and getting more experience in browsing the trade site, you will also learn to spot items that are just posted to manipulate (scam) new players. Rule of thumb personally, if I'm messaged within 15 minutes i way undervalued aan item. experience is your best bet tho

[balmy idol]

Which button do you press to price check ingame ?

[haughty niche]

i used exile exchange 2 and its ctrl+alt+d

by default

[errant seal]

for me its alt+e playing WASD

[rigid fable]

how do i get more slots for my skills, like to use more support gems on one skill

[haughty niche]

jewelers orbs

the first guaranteed one is in the first area of act 3

they are tiered though. So you will only see Lesser Jeweler orbs very rarely for a long time

i played 125 hours and never found any higher tiers despite getting to endgame maps etc

[narrow skiff]

I have found a bunch of greater jewellers in maps, but after hundreds upon hundreds of hours have only seen two perfect jewellers as pure drops (aka. they are quite rare).

[floral copper]

Anyone wanna play I'm a lv 6 witch

I just started

[dusky burrow]

#2┃looking-for-group

[craggy gyro]

which boss was your first major wall?

I got stuck on Jamanra The Risen King for like 40 minutes as witch. I feel pretty dumb

the arena was really small and I kept panicking

just beat Azarian with a bit of fire resist tho. how crazy do these bosses get lol

[narrow skiff]

Please don't feel dumb. A lot comes down to things like experience with PoE 1. If possible, try to enjoy the challenge of it instead while you can 😉

[outer imp]

~~

[craggy gyro]

ur right

I’m having a lot of fun

[fringe obsidian]

My first wall was sekhema. I had built too tanky at the cost of dps and I kept losing the war of attrition that is the honour system lol

[chrome moon]

Anyone been to that point in act 2 like the Olympics

[fringe obsidian]

we must watch different olympics

[chrome moon]

The sekekha trials or whatever

Test of strength

[fringe obsidian]

ooooooh yeah

[chrome moon]

Yeah

[trim turret]

Did you have a question about the trial?

[pine hatch]

Not that great

[azure pike]

I need help with act 2 normal please

PC^

[pine hatch]

I don’t want to be carried I just need some help

[trim turret]

We can give you advice/feedback and answer questions. #2┃looking-for-group if you want someone to help you ingame.

[pine hatch]

There certain area I’m struggling in and idk what it is

[trim turret]

#2┃looking-for-group

[trim turret]

What area?

[pine hatch]

It’s balbala boss I got his health down to half but I just keep dying

[trim turret]

Dying to anything in particular?

[pine hatch]

Hmm I think it’s it things he throws on the ground and at you

[vernal arch]

Become God of dodging

[trim turret]

The obvious answer is to avoid them by rolling out of the way. Beyond that, are you prioritizing life and resists on gear? Using runes when you can? Checking vendors for better gear? Disenchanting and salvaging gear for crafting materials?

[trim turret]

Negative resists are a huge problem.

[dusky burrow]

(it's a she btw)

[pine hatch]

lol

[pine hatch]

Bet

[vernal arch]

Banana roll

[trim turret]

I'm over 35. Nocap bussin' or whatever. But seriously. Outside of your weapon, the most important stats you can have on gear are resists and life.

[trim turret]

Yes, those are still negative resists. Lol

You should have some transmutes and augmentation orbs. Even if you need to check vendors and buy gear and hit them with some crafting currency. Any open rune slots on gear?

[slender finch]

so max number of active skills are only 9?

[haughty niche]

i believe so yeah

unless you pick gemling ascendency on mercenary, they have a node that lets them have 3 more

[worthy orbit]

Is pathfinder or deadeye better for a lightning arrow ranger build?

[hybrid star]

deadeye

[worthy orbit]

Ty

[haughty niche]

If you need more than 9 you probably don't

[haughty niche]

pathfinder has more of a focus on flasks/poisons.
Deadeye is generic projectils stuff

[slender finch]

dang okay. I want to play around with 3 elements and each have their own combos so 9 don't appear to be enough

[hybrid star]

there's also a ring that increase skill limit forgot it's name

[haughty niche]

ah thats not good

You want to specialize into 1 element

max 2

I think theres a tri-elemental monk build but they still prioritize 2 pretty sure

in general, using too many different damage types and skills means you aren't scaling any of them effectively

[slender finch]

yeah I've been picking generic spell/elemental damage

[hollow venture]

so i killed a boss in greywood and died before I could get the loot. will it respawn?

[haughty niche]

ctrl+click the area enterance or waypoint to the area to create a new instance

when you die loot despawns

You probably got quest progress for killing it

but if you wanted boss loot, creating a new instance will let you kill it again

[hollow venture]

it was in a random hut i found.XD Thanks for the info, though!

[wanton knoll]

can anyone help me?

already finished it yesterday game bugged i couldnt talk to the npc

[glacial palm]

Did you have questions about what to do, or something else?

[wanton knoll]

need help to kill the boss now ahahahah

i killed it last night but game bugged on me

[glacial palm]

Oh, in that case you either want to try global chat or #2┃looking-for-group

[wanton knoll]

i couldnt talk to alva

ohh okay thank you thank you

[arctic pumice]

Anyone available to help with Viper Napuatzi?

IGN - Susurrus__

[glacial palm]

Sure, what questions did you have about the fight?

[arctic pumice]

Those spears are messing me up😂

[glacial palm]

Ah yeah, that's a rough one sometimes.

Basically best advice is to keep yourself towards the center if possible, so you have time to react, then roll towards the wave as it fires.

Time it right and you just roll through the spear wave with no damage

[cursive bluff]

And a poison charm

[vague hollow]

does skill speed% affect stuff like crossbow reload speed?

[haughty niche]

hover over it and hold alt

[cursive bluff]

@unkempt frost better talking here

[unkempt frost]

ok

[cursive bluff]

You get 3rd and 4th ascendancy tokens at certain levels

And they are just a random drop

[unkempt frost]

ok I just beat the 2nd easily

[cursive bluff]

Or you could go in #2┃looking-for-group and ask for your 3rd ascendancy carry and then 4tg

[unkempt frost]

Oo

[cursive bluff]

You don't need to pay or have your own key

Just join someone else

[night ferry]

what's the prefered attack speed needed for ice/lightning charged staff monk?

[high charm]

Anyone know what support gems I should use starting out with Lightning arrow?

[clever geode]

0.06 😄

[night ferry]

wait really? Im only in act 2, but that's insnane

[clever geode]

level 1?

[clever geode]

ah u mean at low level?

just focus on dmg

as long as u can 1-2 hit it's fine

[night ferry]

oh no, i mean end game was just cruious

[high charm]

Pretty much. I'm using martial tempo and pierce. Is that good>

[night ferry]

but yeah i know not to farm stats atm lol

[clever geode]

that's good

once u get rod u can chain

[clever geode]

i would say around .2 at least

[high charm]

Yea I have lightning rod. I have persisstence and scattershot on it

[clever geode]

give rod tempo

and get orb of storm

[clever geode]

no clue

[upper jungle]

anybody know what this passive does exactly?

[clever geode]

i think for skills that are not out yet

[upper jungle]

my spelldamage doesnt help my minion damage right?

[clever geode]

yes

[upper jungle]

and + cold skills on my wand doesnt help my cold mages eather right?

[haughty niche]

hover over the mages and read their tags at the top

if its just minion and no cold tag then no

[hidden prism]

if you make a solo self found account does that make drop rates better?

[hybrid star]

same

[craggy gyro]

is there a way to reset act 2 if I wanna replay some earlier bosses

or do I gotta beat the whole act first or something

[elder ember]

if you just want to fight the bosses they will reappear in endgame

[fiery flax]

what item do i need to start my asc2 trial

[upper jungle]

so when i want to only boost my minion damage als witch then a wand + scepter doesnt make sense? better to use scepter and shield?

[fiery flax]

is flame sorcerer really viable for getting through cruel or should i hop over to spark (im running stormweaver)

[elder ember]

inscribed ultimatum

trial of chaos

[narrow frigate]

would building towards warbringer or titan be more enjoyable for a new-ish player

[fiery flax]

oh you dont do the trial of sekhema?

[elder ember]

correct

[fiery flax]

i gotcha

[velvet pendant]

add me friends for play togheter

[elder ember]

#2┃looking-for-group

[craggy gyro]

oki

I just saw a video that says I can reset the zone by clicking new instance too

[elder ember]

you can do that but major campaign bosses wont respawn

iirc

minor map bosses will though

[scenic salmon]

Major bosses respawn too

[elder ember]

oh really? even act bosses?

[scenic salmon]

Sure

[elder ember]

i stand corrected

[craggy gyro]

oh cool ty!

[night ferry]

man, getting to end of act 2 as monk feels soooooooooooo worth it. I honestly feel substantially more powerful

[hearty tundra]

Is there a rason why Rootdredge doesn't get greyed out when I kill him in Cruel Act 3? I've killed em a few times already.

[azure lava]

He and bog witch are bugged and don't always gray out

[dim maple]

peeps! i just dl teh game...imma start now

i wanna try monk

is that a good starting class?

[dim maple]

oh, and then i see this!! vindicated! ty

[night ferry]

I'm a noob to this game so it took some time to get used to it. Won't lie, act 1 is probably the hardest for me, Act 2 and now act 3, while not a breeze still, feels like I have a lot more at my disposal

[dim maple]

thats nice!! looking fwd to i

[night ferry]

I recommend a guide lol do you know what build you want to do? I didn't know either initially so was kinda lost

[dim maple]

but i just am stumped at the 1st ever checkppoint

in the riverside...

[night ferry]

how so?

[dim maple]

there is a miasma...but i cant go beyond it

[night ferry]

boss?

oh, dang i don't remember, do you have a screenshot?

if you follow map and it's the very first check point it should lead you properly to the next location

[dim maple]

i am searching for miller.

but i am following the map, cleared all the monsters. and there is this miasma

[night ferry]

Can you go south east?

[night ferry]

did you get your first skill gem?

[dim maple]

yeah, i just needed to rt click to use the skill

i thot that was just an info msg.

[night ferry]

ah, so you good?

[dim maple]

i didnt realise it was a game stopper until i did

[dim maple]

yeah, good, thanks

[night ferry]

gotcha, then. GL and enjoy the game!

[dim maple]

can u see ur friends from poe?

my social screen is empty, none of my friends of poe are here

[night ferry]

i think you might need to add them in poe2 again? Im not too sure cause all my friends are just waiting for release lol i couldn't wait

[dim maple]

my friend gave me the ea key

and i so wanna find him

and i cant

[night ferry]

nice

hmmm not sure aobut that then srry

[dim maple]

nvm, i tried using his handle, and found him! he's offline atm

[hearty tundra]

have fun man!

[dim maple]

ty mate

[hearty tundra]

how's monk so far?

[deep radish]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/witchhunter-galvanic-bigdaddy

[upper jungle]

does this help with spell hits from my mages?

[dim maple]

yeah ok...but i think i might like rannged better

might give scrss a try

she's ranged, i reckon

firebolts and stuff, the usua

are u guys using wasd or mouse?

i am getting so confused using wasd and mouse to attk

[craggy gyro]

who can help me make the 4th ancestry pls

[hearty tundra]

wasd

it feels much easier to kite while using wasd

[reef mason]

anyone willing to help with 1st accendancy trial?

[bitter ingot]

its easy no!

[hearty tundra]

maybe some newer players get filtered by the honor system

[bitter ingot]

i mean if u are new player dont u want to do it urself even if u die or couldnt do in few attempts,thats what make it challenging and interesting to play!
nd yea if cant u can ask for help it it feels tiring

[dire solstice]

Hey, what are 2 universally good points to take for deadeye ascendency ranger? Thinking skill speed + tailwind gain

[hearty tundra]

truueee

but some people wanna play differently ig

[bitter ingot]

meanwhile me who only completed Act 1-6 with diff classes but havent tried Endgame yet XD
as a new player (first ARPG)

[trail horizon]

i got a question. how do the Trials of Sekhemas carry service people do the last boss so fast? like instakill

[haughty niche]

the game is terribly balanced after act 1 cruel

player power can quickly outscale monster life if done correctly

[bitter ingot]

i dont get the question but i mean at endgame people can instakill with their good builds nd gears and they do it(trials)for good drops!

[dim maple]

i am ok with wasd, just mixing the two is annoying. i couldnt swap out the right click left click skills to keys though..

[bitter ingot]

wasd feels so good to me

[dim maple]

yeah, but how to not use hte mouse at all? just only keyboard? any options?

[bitter ingot]

i mean u need left click to atk that cant change

[hearty tundra]

you mean using wasd and a mouse at the same time?

[bitter ingot]

he meant only keyboard !

[dim maple]

yeah, thats the thing. if i could only not click but use keys to attk

[dim maple]

well, even if we use wasd gotta use mouse! annoying!

[hybrid star]

but you kinda have to aim with mouse?

[bitter ingot]

nah bro it not annoying at all,u gotta use mouse for every game

else use controller

[dim maple]

also shooting and movement direction is based on mouse! i was going backwards until i realised! lol

[hearty tundra]

hes trolling

[dim maple]

anyway, thats my gripe but guess i can get used to it soon

[shut abyss]

play with a controller 😛

[bitter ingot]

it feels so but not also at the same time unless they bought pc just rn

[dim maple]

at least there is wasd!

[dim maple]

yeah, except i have hardly played many games and never on a controller!

[shut abyss]

it has auto aim

[mighty creek]

Hello, i need help with Steam key, i think i got it but i dont have early access? and i can launch the game and cant login, is it a bug or i have to buy early access?

[dim maple]

controller? cool

[bitter ingot]

u have to claim it
i ll suggest just watch a vod how to claim steam key its better to see than i explain in chat

[mighty creek]

where can i find it, i got a key from a friend

[mighty creek]

thanks

[clever geode]

dont tell me he gave u a steam key

u should not claim other people steam key

as stated on the key itself

[mighty creek]

why

[haughty niche]

steam key is not beta access

it just adds the game to steam account. you still need a poe account with beta access

which uses a separate code

[open nebula]

when you say beta access do you mean Early Access? just wondering if I missed some new beta release, heh.

or is it the same thing?

[safe lance]

they dont seem to use the word beta officially

[haughty niche]

they call it an early access, but with how poorly balanced half the shit is it might as well be beta

[open nebula]

or alpha, really. agreed.

I've find myself only using my bow, as a ranger deadeye. I found some nice quarterstaffs but have never found myself EVER using them in combat. I just use bow 100% of the time with like lightning rods, lightning, orb of storms, some poison arrow and Snipe, but NEVER my quarter staff. for one, switching to it loses ALL my spirit and ALL my bow benefits which seems dumb.

[craggy gyro]

How does "+50% increased Critical Hit Chance" work? If I have 5%, will it become 55% or 7.5%?

[shut abyss]

7.5 thats why weapon crit mod is so important

[plush mantle]

if it says % increased, then it's multiplied. If it is just +% to Critical Hit Chance, that's added to the base crit

[craggy gyro]

So if I have a base crit chance of 5%, +5%, and +50% increased, I get 15%, right?

[plush mantle]

yes

[clever geode]

there are other like bloodmage setting spell to 15% etc

but u get mostly how it works

[smoky rose]

anyone know a good stormweaver leveling build ive been accidentally using an endgame one

[lean jasper]

I would use arsonists till you are level 50+

Cause anything under that level or to that point is squishy

[trail horizon]

thanks for the reply. I guess I was surprised because I forgot you could pause the trial just before the last boss and form a party. once the party is formed the service person can go in and kill the last boss quickly

[onyx bone]

hello there, is there a way to make my teleport default to my hideout?

[trail horizon]

i was expecting the service person to start from scratch lol

[clever geode]

Just dont mom ci battery first

Those build works fine for leveling

[clever geode]

No

[smoky lava]

Hello Im playing infernalist minion army from maxroll atm at act 3 and its going really good. But How I can make arbiters run a little bit faster or maybe should I swap them to other minions? Thanks for any help

[clever geode]

Arbiters?

[bleak spade]

I have been playing the game for 150hrs, and have just NOW realized we can upgrade our gem skills 🤦

[smoky lava]

sorry

arsonists

[clever geode]

Wot

[clever geode]

On pc?

U can command them with '

Also there is a passive node making them move faster

Other then that nothing

[smoky lava]

oh ok

thanks

yes Im on PC

[bleak spade]

I know… Im a dumbass 💀

That 10% atk speed on ice strike would have made runs so much smoother.

[smoky lava]

Also are minions good in late game?

Or they just lack in power compared to spark for example?

[clever geode]

Yes

Stonk if u build it right

[smoky lava]

Can u recommand good guide to follow for "stonk if build right" ?

[lean jasper]

You want a skill tree ?

[smoky lava]

I think skills and tree would be helpfull

[tribal goblet]

so i just got piercing shot on my amulet. is it on my passive tree ?

[clever geode]

Problem is

What minion do you want to play

[lean jasper]

Aren't arsonists/snipers skill trees similar?

[clever geode]

Good build are really expansive jewels

Not really

Sniper need accuracy iirc

[lean jasper]

Eeeh.... fair

[lean jasper]

No

[clever geode]

And they are maily phy?

[lean jasper]

They don't need it later

[clever geode]

Mainly

[lean jasper]

Yes

[clever geode]

Is that so?

[smoky lava]

Well I want something with fast gameplay

[clever geode]

Well

U are using wrong char then

[lean jasper]

Skeletal snipers

[smoky lava]

I still remember poe 1 spectre that shotgun whole map

[clever geode]

Summons are mid speed but strong

[clever geode]

Still waiting how they going to add spectre

[lean jasper]

Gemling att stacker I suppose

[smoky lava]

I can play mid speed to farm currency

[tribal goblet]

so i just got piercing shot on my amulet. is it on my passive tree ?

[clever geode]

Sniper i guess

[clever geode]

Yes

Also

Thats #2┃after-acts-help

[tribal goblet]

oops sorry

[clever geode]

Engldgame stuff

All good

[smoky lava]

this will be good? https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/skeletal-sniper-infernalist-build-guide

[lean jasper]

Sniper skeletons skill tree if you are interested

[clever geode]

Jewel wise what u use

Any div are harm making this build?

[lean jasper]

Minion damage, energy shield, mana or life on kill

Mainly minion damage

[craggy gyro]

What needs to be changed?

[lean jasper]

Although arguably you don't need the mana on kill either since you only use 2-3 skills with skeletal snipers

Oh and directional keys

[smoky lava]

Arsonists are still best for campaing?

[craggy gyro]

49lvl

[lean jasper]

Yea

[clever geode]

Yes

[smoky lava]

ok

[clever geode]

And srs

[smoky lava]

So when I jump on maps then swap to snipers??

[lean jasper]

Scatter shot,martial tempo, any fire increasing skill

[clever geode]

Maybe lvl 75+

[lean jasper]

70+

[clever geode]

It works fine till 75+

[smoky lava]

ok

[lean jasper]

75 if you want something solid

[clever geode]

Then it gets slow

[lean jasper]

So slow that I gave my 6 link arsonists to some new player

Lol

[smoky lava]

lucky guy 😄

[lean jasper]

Yep he got a max quality/level 19/6 link for free

Also another reason why snipers are better later is when you increase the quality they cost less spirit

[smoky lava]

oh ok

[lean jasper]

I currently have 17 snipers and 2 clarics

[smoky lava]

Im act 4 and can have only 7 arsonists

[swift canopy]

the door to trial of chaos for me is perma stuck open, I can't close it, and I can't walk in, how fix?

[lean jasper]

Restart gaem

[swift canopy]

Done that

[lean jasper]

With grim feast active?

[swift canopy]

Tried taking the thing out, etc

[lean jasper]

Hmm, maybe put in another ultimatum?

[swift canopy]

I only have the one atm

[lean jasper]

Wish if I was on, would've given you one

[swift canopy]

Been taking it out and shoving it back in to see if that fixed it or not

Preesh, but It would be okay regardless xd I can't accept it ^_^

I'll try some more stuff I guess ay

[lean jasper]

It's fine

I gave like 3 divs worth of items to some new player the other day

[swift canopy]

fair

[night ferry]

Fellow monk players, what reward did you choose in act 3 for Servi's quest? The one with the Venmo draugh

[swift canopy]

nvm found it closed, it's fixed itself finally

[lean jasper]

Lol

[smoky lava]

I dont have grim feast

[cursive bluff]

Not every monk build is the same so what they take might not be a good choice for you. If you're following a guide then it should say if not you can take whatever you want depending on what you need

[lean jasper]

You should, more survivability

[smoky lava]

atm Im not dying and need more faster clrea speed 🙂

[lean jasper]

Fair enough

But later you want grim feast in case of dangerous situations

You said you were in cruel mode act1?

[eternal meadow]

What's better Infernalist or blood mage?

[lyric fulcrum]

That depends on what kind of build you're going for. Infernalist is better for all forms of minions, besides detonate dead. Bloodmage is better for all forms of detonate dead, and in particular the bone skills.

[boreal hedge]

What's with the massive difficulty spike in arrogat? I'm getting 2 shot by mobs when I wasn't before

[lean jasper]

Would say that you are either underleveled or not good enough gear

[eternal meadow]

I just really think that the skill where lose only 25 percent is really good.

25 percent health overtime

[lean jasper]

Depends on what you want to play with

Minions/ demon form or corpse explosions that 1 tap almost everything

Although by no means, minions are weak

[eternal meadow]

Wait they are weak

[lean jasper]

They aren't

[eternal meadow]

Oh

[lyric fulcrum]

Bonestorm is also good with Bloodmage. XD

[lean jasper]

If anything it's the closest thing to being lazy af

You use 3 skills and the directional keys by end game

[eternal meadow]

Yhe I think I'll go with infernalist, attest I can have another variety

[lean jasper]

2 skills if you don't care about more armor shred

[eternal meadow]

Ty, I'm just really indecisive

[humble kiln]

is someone able to help me kill xyclucian act 3

[elder ember]

#2┃looking-for-group

[hearty tundra]

is this from a guide?

[vague hollow]

can you still add a rune socket to a corrupted item?

[hearty tundra]

dont think so

[clever geode]

new socket no

replace rune in socket yes

[vague hollow]

gotcha

so if i want to buy a howa, it has to already have 2 sockets?

[clever geode]

u can socket stuff in as u wish

but if it has 0 socket

u cannot add new one

[brisk sundial]

i have no clue why but my support gem wont fit into skeletal snipers

but it is on my build guide

anyone have any idea why that might be?

[boreal hedge]

Ended up having to trade my energy shield for more life but that seemed to fix it

[viscid bear]

hello my game freezes the whole PC when I am fast traveling anyone knows if devs said anything about this issue?
apparently people were having these issues since early dec specially on AMD X3D CPUs but I only recently started getting them

it froze my PC 5 times yesterday and I started getting worried that it would harm the PC if I keep on trying to play

[echo knot]

due to their high cache values?

[viscid bear]

I have no idea but when I searched in google people say its because the game uses all the CPU cores and leaves nothing to windows so the whole PC freezes

[echo knot]

must be lucky, had no freezing on my cpu side

[shut abyss]

if it's that you can toggle off core or two

[viscid bear]

yeah I just found people saying that fixes the window freezing but not the game crashes

maybe a bios update would fix that too? and I also found my RAM speed reseted back to 4800mhz

[shut abyss]

it's probly windows update 24h2

[viscid bear]

I saw someone who said rolling back to 23h2 fixes it but 24h2 helps performance for basically every other game since it fixes a bug that windows had with AMD CPUs

[echo knot]

using an amd cpu and had no freezing for my entire play sessions

[viscid bear]

I didn't have these issues a month ago it suddenly started happening yesterday

[balmy idol]

is there orb of scouring in poe 2

[echo knot]

defo weird

using 16 core/32 thread cpu, might have more resources to stop it from freezing

might have a fix, not sure if permanent

😦 nope, need to set for each time load game

[craggy gyro]

ye

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/tree/caeye0hz/0

[viscid bear]

I just updated a bunch of AMD drivers and now I will do the BIOS update, if it doesn't work well then I guess I will stop playing till it gets fixed
I found someone at github who "fixed" the window freeze but the game still crashes and might reduce game performance and it wont be fun having the game crashing every few mins

[echo knot]

since im not effected, tried setting a reduced affinity number on the game process?

allows you to set the process and stop it from using x number of cpu cores

[steel junco]

so im using fireball with wildshards and raging spirits

when it procs my game freezes

anyway i can mitigate this?

[viscid bear]

well this is the same thing that the guy did to not make windows freeze but game still crashes

will try playing now wish me luck 🫡

[echo knot]

good luck

[viscid bear]

first loading screen successful but it has like a 50/50 chance of crashing the PC will play for around an hour and report back

[wind socket]

Is there a Chinese channel here?

[zenith peak]

How tp get all resistence?

[undone sleet]

No, only English

[rugged tangle]

gear

[wind socket]

Thank you

[azure lava]

gear and runes. Resistances should be #1 priority on gear until you're capped

[tight python]

does evasion rating impact how fast I roll? because I recently changed my armor so I get more health etc so I have way less evasion rating now and I feel so much slower when rolling

[azure lava]

you likely swapped out gear that had movement speed. That's my guess at least

[tight python]

nah I have more movement speed now

my shoes didnt have movement speed before

[shut abyss]

armor does have movement speed penalty in them

[azure lava]

all body armors have a hidden -movement speed penalty, and I think some types have more than others

but only by like <5% difference

[tight python]

but does movement speed really impact how fast I roll? because when I just run I dont feel a difference

[azure lava]

yes, it does. Rolling and running have the same average speed

unless you have modifiers to your roll, specifically

[shut abyss]

that amulet with extra roll distance is amazing for twink leveling

[tight python]

is the one on the right still better because of the maximum life?

its really expensive too

[azure lava]

life and resists are harder to compare, tbh. I tend to value 1% res at around 2-5 max life. Though it also depends on how low my resists are

[tight python]

its like half of what I have

[azure lava]

yeah I wouldn't spend half your gold on that

[sudden grotto]

So I know you can hold the alt key while mousing over an item, and it will bring up detailed information of the modifiers. Does anyone know how to do this with a controller?

[azure lava]

R3

[sudden grotto]

TY

[zenith peak]

I have all trash runes. Where to get more

[azure lava]

you can buy them from players using the trade site or currency exchange. you can also use the reforging bench to trade 3 of one rune for a new random one

[unborn delta]

Am I just stuck with this quest now? I've done several Sekhema trials and I've been all over Traitor's Passage. >_>

[echo hound]

R3 (right stick click)

[echo hound]

If you want to see the Tiers of each affix/suffix, you need to hold L3 (this is a very lame recent change, not so long ago it showed tiers when you press R3 xdd)

[azure lava]

it's bugged in cruel and it's not completable, but it's not meant to even exist in cruel in the first place and you're not missing anything

[tight python]

which one should I use, I also have a rune slot and if you say the one with non quality I could scrap the one with quality and then apply that to the new one

[azure lava]

the one on the right has more dps even without quality

https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1323030345876111530

[tight python]

okay so Imma put a phy rune on the right one and then scrap the quality staff and put quality on the new staff, thats gonna be massive dps increase right?

also is phys rune the right choice?

[azure lava]

yes

well, lemme math it

a phys rune will add 6.8 average physical damage

so if you convert your physical to lightning or cold and the lightning/cold rune offers more than 6.8 average damage, then it would be better

I don't recall the elemental rune values off the top of my head

[foggy birch]

i wouldnt bother tbh

[tight python]

this is my lightning rune right now, but I kinda wanna use it on my armor because I have no lightning res

[tight python]

so you say just use the phys rune?

[foggy birch]

runes are fine,but dont put ur quality resources in it

[azure lava]

yeah if you're short on runes, use the phys

[azure lava]

why not? they're plentiful

[foggy birch]

for such a low lvl i doubt

[tight python]

so now do I also scrap my old staff and use quality on the new one?

[foggy birch]

nah

[azure lava]

I mean, definitely scrap the old one

your call on the quality

[tight python]

wait I got 4 out of the old staff

oh I cant use it on armors?

[azure lava]

nah, different resources

[lament stone]

quality currencies give a lot more quality on lower level items

[trim turret]

That's why you should salvage any items with quality and sockets.

To build up those resources.

[foggy birch]

yeah i dont know about that lady

[lament stone]

like on a level 5 item 1 blacksmiths whetstone gives 20% quality

[foggy birch]

he could also exchange it for ex,and just get a better staff

[tight python]

whats ex?

[lament stone]

except they cant if theyre below level 25

[azure lava]

exalted orbs, one of the more commonly traded currency items

[tight python]

yeah Im 21

[lament stone]

i also think that attitude of just trade for everything instead of trying to craft stuff yourself makes this game very unfun

[tight python]

gonna take a while till 25

[lament stone]

and even if theyre at level 25 they only have the trade site, you dont get the currency exchange until you reach act 4 (cruel act 1)

[quaint pivot]

What act does the cultist greathammer start dropping?

[foggy birch]

he can still list the items on the trade stash

[lament stone]

youre unable to open the trade window ingame before you reach level 25 at least once

[azure lava]

it requires level 22, so act 2

[trim turret]

Looks to be whatever zone is level 22 and up.

[quaint pivot]

Ah sweet, thank you

[delicate geode]

which cruel act gives more spirit?

need that extra 40 for blink

[azure lava]

3, bog witch

[molten meadow]

how to 1 click add to bank? ❤️

[azure lava]

ctrl+left click

[molten meadow]

tysm

[tight python]

how important are the skills that add energy shield in the passive skill tree?

[azure lava]

in the campaign, not at all

imo, the tree in the campaign is for:

1. Damage
2. Killing things faster
3. Making things die sooner

[tight python]

so I should refund these?

[azure lava]

imo, yes

also it looks like you have some unnecessary small nodes