2┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[daring dirge]

assuming it will release with druid

since they were both showed off so much

[haughty niche]

eh, i do not expect that

[craggy gyro]

So I’m watching a video to help me with my titan build. Are these streamers serious?! “Just get your third ascension”. Like it’s just some poo butt step in the campaign

[haughty niche]

Dont bother doing third asc until you complete campaign / are at last boss

the extra levels help

as well as the better gear

And for trial of sekhima, farm for honour resist gear. 75% honour res makes it infinitely easier, almost makes it feel like balanced content lol

[ionic wasp]

Chaos mode Count Geonor is HARD

[haughty niche]

assuming you mean Cruel difficulty?

Personally I felt that once i hit cruel difficulty, all my characters immediately outscaled the enemies and most things died within seconds.

[ionic wasp]

IDK whatever comes after act 3 regular

[craggy gyro]

Cruel

[ionic wasp]

Yeah that

[high haven]

Anyone knows, is armor from Divine Paladin / Acolyte's Penance Support Packs works in PoE 2?

[craggy gyro]

Thank you sir. I was able to complete it with my deadeye but it’s gonna be completely daunting with my titan

[ebon moss]

They're supposedly going to make all of the old cosmetics work, but so far there's a lot of them that say not available in game. From my old cosmetics, just some of the back attachments and weapon skins work currently.

I don't have the particular ones you mentioned to check, though

[high haven]

Yeah, i hear that.
Sadly 0 of my old cosmetics works and decide to buy support pack so character doesnt looks like a mess.
Sadly have no idea, maybe they doesnt works too. :(

Paladin armor would be perfect, if only i know if its working in PoE 2. :D

[ebon moss]

It's similar for the league challenge cosmetic items as well

[daring dirge]

yea really wish they added the ability to let us turn like armor we find in game to cosmetics or something

just so our gear aren't so mismatched haha

[hearty tundra]

Anyone else compulsively clear every fogged inch of the map?

[haughty niche]

on a first playthrough of an arpg i explore pretty thoroughly. After that, fuck no

[hearty tundra]

im like 200 hrs in and i still turn over every rock lol

[thorn heron]

i need help for jamanra

can anyone help me?

[haughty niche]

#2┃looking-for-group

[thorn heron]

oh thanks mb

[haughty niche]

no worries, more people in that channel are actually in game / willing to help

[daring dirge]

yea most of the people here are at work procrastinating, or is it just me >.>

[fringe obsidian]

whaaaaaaat I would never

[obsidian acorn]

im just playing snowrunner
and if someone ask a question i can help i try ;d

[topaz chasm]

Im boutta kms no way i just saw the all gem options on gem cutting 💀

[haughty niche]

welcome to poe

[limber condor]

welcome to the only game that can kill poe 1

[fringe obsidian]

haha there's a few!

[safe lance]

killed poe1 because it took all the devs?

[delicate geode]

dont open the passive skill tree 😭

[haughty niche]

Its got a few years to go before its filling what poe1 does for me.
Possibly never.
What both games do (or will do) is offer the constant feeling of "oh great wtf theres another tree / mechanic"

PoE leagues fulfill something other games don't do that well, they offer an entirely new system / mechanic, often with equal or more depth than the base game systems themselves. They also sometimes expand the base game's crafting mechanics / aspirational content.

The only game ive seen come close to poe's leagues system is torchlight infinite, which does a great job with their's, besides the OP new heros locked behind season pass and the ridiculously overtuned pact system with expensive gacha...

[topaz chasm]

I made a mistake i made a ranger build with crossbow im in act 3 and i think i want to go back to bows. That’s gonna take a few hours at the least probably u think?

Or should I just stick with the crossbow

[haughty niche]

You will likely need to respec a lot of strength nodes on the tree to get back some points

[topaz chasm]

Exactly

[haughty niche]

But shouldn't be too bad if you find a solid bow

[topaz chasm]

I’m just gonna be blowing through all of my gyms again, huh?

I gotta stop making the wrong decisions man lol

[safe lance]

The one thing I'd like is for poe to have extremely fast acts progression (Current season took like 3-4 hours in D4 )

And that too in hardcore where you have to pause a few times to swap gear, I imagine it was even faster in SC where you dont have to think about risk.

[haughty niche]

I don't think its an issue for poe. Their league mechanics are available immediately after the first town usually, and tend to offer alternative sources of power early on which spices things up

[safe lance]

I did see value in the fixed leveling path, they had these gauntlets/events/races.

[haughty niche]

Poe1's campaign takes me around 10 hours on a fresh start, with several breaks and messing around with a new mechanic.

On twink characters its closer to 4 hours.

Fast people that actually practice do the fresh start in 3-8 hours depending on how indepth they have planned/practiced

I expect poe2 to actually be roughly the same for me. 10 hours once i know what im doing on a fresh start. A bit less on twink chars (though not nearly as much less as poe1 since movementspeed is kind of locked in this game)

Last Epoch's Campaign botherred me more, even with its progression skips built in, mostly cause the cycle mechanic wasn't available nearly enough to keep things feeling new during it

[safe lance]

I think its still like 15 hours at best for me in poe1, I have issues focusing (not in a micro sense but lose track of macro goals)

[hard cypress]

Meeeeeee

[safe lance]

I am also at work but I work from home, which is why I hang out in this channel. I do play a bit here an there on the side. I have ~2-2.5 hours of meetings every day.

[last ice]

Can anyone help me kill Rathbreaker in Act 2 Chaos?

[haughty niche]

Try #2┃looking-for-group . More people actively in game there

[wanton knoll]

is this any good if i create a mage?

[haughty niche]

Notparticularly

You need a reason to want to preserve corpses.

If you were doing detonate dead or something (idk what actually wants that) then sure

[wanton knoll]

so its best if i run witch?

cuz i just got this

and im using withc also

[haughty niche]

No

Nothing is best.

[wanton knoll]

so this item suck AHAHAH

[haughty niche]

Uniques arent better than rares. They are simply unique.

[wanton knoll]

cuz i just saw the 98% magic damage

and my eye lit

[haughty niche]

They offer a stat or combination of stats that isnt available on other items. Whether the stat is useful is incredibly build-dependent.

98% inc spell damage is meh. +lvls to skills and even 30% inc spell damagr would probably outperform for majority of skills

[wanton knoll]

ohh okay thanks

final question

is this affected by spell damage or minion damage

[haughty niche]

Minion damage pretty sure

Since its the minion attacking

[wanton knoll]

ohh okay thanks cuz i am just getting all the minion dmg at passive tree

been thinking if i should get some spell damage

thanks a lot

[trim turret]

There's nothing on that that you can't get on a good rare items. The only thing special about it is the corpse interaction, which is only useful if you're using skills that use corpses.

[fringe obsidian]

if you're doing minions I can't recommend the "respawn time" nodes on the tree highly enough

if you get those, and combine with the support gem that causes minions to live for 4 seconds past death, your army becomes functionally immortal

[wanton knoll]

ye im doing minions

they always get 1 shot by the boss

[hard cypress]

There is a full cluster of nodes for minion life

[fringe obsidian]

yeah minion life is nice, but you can also just run respawn time and last breath or whatever it's called. eventually you won't need that any ways but it makes leveling somewhat breezier

[wanton knoll]

im running the archer minion with fire wall to buff their arrows then put gas arrow to make explosions

if my minios attack ignites does this help

this whole fire talent

[fringe obsidian]

I think it doesn't. because your minions are igniting

not you

poe tends to be VERY specific with it's wording

[hard cypress]

It also means you're committing to use the arsonists long game

[fringe obsidian]

I'm pretty sure burnout doesn't affect minions. it just wouldn't work. wasted point probably

[trim turret]

If it doesnt say minions, the passive doesn't apply to minioms. That says "you." You aren't your minions.

[wanton knoll]

ohh okay thanks a lot guys

ill probably take all the crit rate and crit damage now for the minions

[fringe obsidian]

all good. when looking at the tree keep in mind that if it says you it means you. not any of your summons (ignore this if playing totems some things work on totems)

[wanton knoll]

i just wanna stand at the middle ang let the minion do all the work

and hope they kill the boss before the boss kills me

hahahahah

[golden berry]

how the hell do i play this game lol, what is the best person to guide me on my journey.

[fringe obsidian]

uhhhh can you be more specific with your question?

if you're really TRULY lost, maxroll.gg has some good beginner tips, but honestly the game does a reasonable job of getting you going I find

what's your specific issue?

[golden berry]

first time ever

im jsut clickinng shit ann playinng lol i have 0 idea what does what

[lament stone]

read stuff

[hard cypress]

Read tool tips.

[golden berry]

i made it to act 2 an im hardstuck

[hard cypress]

Ctrl click underlined stuff

[lament stone]

reading is one of the most valuable skills for poe

[hard cypress]

Act 2 is a good bit into the game for a first time

What skills are you using ?

[golden berry]

control is my side swap for skills

i play on wasd does that matter?

[fringe obsidian]

no that doesn't matter

set it to be what's comfortable

[hard cypress]

Sry I don't know keyboard controls, whatever gets you to read underlined items, that helps

[golden berry]

then what does control clicking do?

[lament stone]

you just hold alt to hover over items and you can click underlined words

dont need to hold ctrl for it

[hard cypress]

Sry my bad then lol

[golden berry]

i dont understand

[lament stone]

if you click underlined words they explain exactly what that thing does

[hard cypress]

When you see description, you can check udnerlined items to get more details

[golden berry]

my conntrol swaps skills an alt just highlists

it does ntohing about telling me what it does?

[lament stone]

hold alt so you can hover your cursor over the text of an item, click any words that are underlined

[golden berry]

im not really lost

i got 2 different sets of gear?

[fringe obsidian]

if you go into your gems screen you can mouse over your skills and read detailed descriptions of what they do. on the little skill card at the bottom it should say something like "alt - inspect" if you hold alt you can mouse over words or tags that are underlined to get better ideas of how things work. then it's a just matter of selecting gear and passives on your passive tree that align with those tags.

[fringe obsidian]

you can have 2 sets of weapons

[golden berry]

i understand that

but when i hit alt

it says something COMPLETELY different

example my boots

10% increased movement speed, whenn i hit alt it says 125 (100-150) increased armour

[fringe obsidian]

right. alt is the "inspect" button

so it's showing you what your current armour on the boots is

and the possible range that the armour could have rolled on at that tier of boot

it's like a very detailed breakdown of the mods on those boots

you can use it on SKILLS though (your gems) to read helpful info on what the gems do, the effects they might have, and how to scale them

the best way to scale your skills is to just look at the tags on the skill, and then pick nodes that have similar tags on your passive tree. additionally if the sill is an "attack" skill, getting a better weapon will help it out a lot

[golden berry]

and this is where i get lost

[fringe obsidian]

how so

[golden berry]

i was just clicking stuff on my skill tree

an i cant use any runes

skill gems

[fringe obsidian]

can't use them? do you not have enough attributes (strength, dexterity, intelligence)?

[golden berry]

do i 0 damage

yeah i guess

[fringe obsidian]

ok. so you need to look at your gems, and make sure that you meet their min. requirements. gems have a level requirement, and an attribute requirement.

beyond that, you can't just "pick stuff" on the tree

you need to make decisions that benefit the gems you're using

if you're using fireball, and are taking nodes that affect lightning and cold damage, you're going to do 0 damage

[golden berry]

so this person i got is useless

i gotta restart?

[fringe obsidian]

no? you can spend gold to change your passive tree around at the hooded one

so you can change your attribute and passive nodes to be what you want

[wanton knoll]

lol map resetted while i was reading stuffs on base hahahah

[fringe obsidian]

it's extremely hard to truly brick a character in poe 2

[golden berry]

okay then back to question 1

who do i watch to understnad this game

[fringe obsidian]

ziggyd on youtube would be good, or zizarian

or go to maxroll.gg and go to the new players section

[golden berry]

i refuse to maxroll

last time i used that ruined my lost ark person wasted over 3k usd

[hard cypress]

3k.. usd ??

[fringe obsidian]

that's not gonna be a thing in poe 2. way to easy to respec. but I understand. either way ziggyd on youtube or zizarian

[lament stone]

idk anything about lost ark

but maxroll has the highest quality guides for poe1&2

[golden berry]

im just saying my exp in that website

[fringe obsidian]

yep totally understand, so I'd say check out ziggyd or zizarian on youtube

[safe lance]

Some of the poe1 creators are on mobalytics, you could also try that

[wanton knoll]

been browsing the option, is there a ways for me to see my damage above the enemy?

[haughty niche]

nope

[wanton knoll]

if there is, i may be too blind

[haughty niche]

only on bosses, its to the right of the life bar

[wanton knoll]

ohh yes i saw this

[haughty niche]

While i do like some good damage numbers, I think I get why they dont want to do it

poe has a lot of mechanics/skill interactions that have potential to flood the screen with different sources of damage etc

[fringe obsidian]

lol poe 1 with 10,000 poisons each doing 20dps

[haughty niche]

On top of the already over-the-top interactions/visuals, it probably would look like even more of a mess of colours

[hard cypress]

Does help with immersion too

[wanton knoll]

i dont wanna turn it on like forever i do love the no damage above

i just wanna check how much dmg i do

[wheat dagger]

Can you not access your stash in Aggorat?

[hard cypress]

You want a striking dummy basically

[wanton knoll]

and how frequent imy minion crit

[haughty niche]

if you need to check actual damage then yeah try fighting a boss for the numbers at the top right

[fringe obsidian]

you can check your dps on skills

[wheat dagger]

If I go back through the portal will it reset my progress?

[wanton knoll]

cant do that shit on bosses cuz bosses 1-2 shots me

[hard cypress]

No

[wanton knoll]

i need to doge roll my sht ahahah

[fringe obsidian]

you can check in the gem screen though, like just next to a waypoint

[haughty niche]

Theres also Path of Building 2, which isn't quite there yet for poe2, but for poe1 it could fully calculate damage and compare different gear etc. Its an insane building tool.

[fringe obsidian]

yeah i'm just using pob2 for a nice tree planner

the dps calcs on it are not up to snuff lol

[glacial palm]

I'm imagining what this looks like with damage numbers for the effigy spam plus all the dots/poisons ticking lol

[haughty niche]

Heres an example of all the incredibly in-depth stats pob could provide for poe1. Not quite there yet for poe2, but in time it will be.

[glacial palm]

I will say that a lot (most?) of this picture is there for poe2

[fringe obsidian]

it's just the dps calcs are super wrong right now in poe 2

[haughty niche]

a lot of the skill interactions etc dont work ^

[glacial palm]

Sadly that depends on people getting in there, using it, and submitting issues about what doesn't work 😅

[haughty niche]

Its actually soo useful, that 100% of poe1 builds provide a pob link to the buildguide in path of building. Thats probably gonna start happening for poe2 once it gets better

[fringe obsidian]

I find poe 2 is easy enough to make shit work so far that I don't feel like I need the dps calcs in pob yet. I'm sure as more leagues come out though. or if they ever reintroduce cluster jewels

[haughty niche]

But yeah for now your only real option to estimate damage is by feel or by fighting a boss for the damage numbers there

[fringe obsidian]

https://tenor.com/view/archer-suppressing-fire-gif-11401460

also how does that build work? demon form with the node that makes spell damage do more chaos stuff?

I'm a little interested ngl

[tight python]

is this good? it has good amount of res but no max health

[haughty niche]

its alright

[fringe obsidian]

fine for levelling yeah

[haughty niche]

take what you can get for life / res

[fringe obsidian]

you'll replace it in a few levels

[haughty niche]

if an item offers more res than others but doesn't have life its still viable

[tight python]

is the left one worth 5k?

I do need light res but 5k... I have 17k rn

[haughty niche]

its not a bad deal

but nothing special

[boreal quartz]

how do you get 3 slots on a skill gem?

[sacred agate]

Jeweler orbs

[sick adder]

jeweler orbs

[boreal quartz]

wait so how exactly do I use them?

[sacred agate]

Click on them and click on the skill

[boreal quartz]

do I open up the skill menu and drop it on the skill?

ok

[tight python]

I think imma pass

[sacred agate]

You'll be swimming in Gold later on

[tight python]

when is later on?

[sacred agate]

80+ I suppose?

[haughty niche]

post-campaign

[tight python]

yeah im 21

[glass wraith]

can anyone help me with a lvl 62 7 trial chaos temple ?

[delicate geode]

yo i went into inventory during zarokh to pause the game but it glitched the boss now im stuck. is the only fix restarting my game and retrying the trial?

[sacred agate]

#2┃looking-for-group

[tight python]

I just got this drop lmao, I guess I found my better armor xD

[fickle flicker]

why cant i go back to the end room of trial of shekhemas with portal?

is that intentional?

[haughty niche]

yes

theres a stash in that room if you needed to stash the loot

leaving locks you out and finishes the trial

[fickle flicker]

it didnt finished for me i have to start it all over again

[somber root]

Just got to end game. Doing tier 5 maps. How do I farm currency faster?

[fickle flicker]

but if its intentional why dont they lock down the portal button?

[restive slate]

what does this mean? on the trading website next to the enchantments on an item

[haughty niche]

its identifying the different affixes on the item. Honestly its complete nonsense and a pain in the ass to process.

[boreal quartz]

is it just me or is Genor in act 1 like really hard to beat with a spark leveling build

since I have to channel my sparks it slows me down and I just get bodied

[restive slate]

how do you recommend i determine the price for my gear? or even if it is worth selling?

[haughty niche]

compare to the price of other gear on the market. Look at trends of commonly sought after stats. Etc.

Life, resists, energy shield, movement speed, all are things different characters want.

The best way to get comfortable with item pricing is to just play a bunch of different builds. Gets you used to what the different archetypes like, and what is more difficult to roll

Minimum price for items is 1 exalted orb. No sane person is willing to trade for less.

That said, no ones going to by trash for 1 ex

[restive slate]

so rn, i have 2ish rare items that are not for my build. theres no good way to put those on the market without dozens of hours in the game?

[haughty niche]

Theres also trade overlays that help pricecheck, but they are very primitive for rare gear. Its impossible to accurately price it without knowing good combos of stats / the full potential of an item. Exiled Exchange 2 is the one i tried out for poe2 and it was solid. You can check off certain affixes on the item and it quickly sets up a trade search for them. So while it doesn't necessarily tell you the item's price, it makes it significantly easier to check it yourself.

no one will be willing to buy either of those

they are from act 1-2.

New players cant even trade until they have at least 1 lvl 25 character. A restriction to deter botting etc

[restive slate]

ok

[restive slate]

what is the currency value from smallest to largest?

[haughty niche]

Most gear worth selling will come from post-campaign, or even late in the campaign.

Early currency will mostly be the raw currency drops you find throughout the game as you kill monsters

On trade market, theres only really 2 used:
Exalted orbs (think like common dollar style trades)
Divine orbs (Think like expensive commodity trades)

Then if you need other orbs, theres a currency exchange market in game once you reach act 1 cruel difficulty that shows rates for converting between currency with other players.

[restive slate]

got it

smh. why not just have a currency instead of 13 proxy currencies...

[haughty niche]

Overall you don't need to trade to progress. But with how item crafting/progression works in poe2 its MUCH MUCH MUCH easier to do so.

[haughty niche]

cause the orbs are used for crafting gear. Its kinda neat

Like an exalted orb holds value because it also can be used to add 1 affix to an item

[restive slate]

that doesnt answer why not be able to convert orbs into some value of a trading currency.

like instead of trading with shellfish

we trade with dollars

[haughty niche]

Its a player driven economy.

[restive slate]

then back to shellfish or carrots from dollars

[haughty niche]

And they are very against gold.

[restive slate]

who is they? what do you mean by gold?

[haughty niche]

devs

the alternative to an item-based market is a gold market. Like trading coins or dollars or whatever you want to name the game's currency.

But having the trading be in the currency orbs ties the crafting system into the trading system. The crafting orbs hold monetary value and offer players the choice to either craft things on their own or buy items off trade using the same orb.

Its unique and interesting

The only bad thing about poe trading is the website/manual trade system is fucking archeic and i personally won't defend that shit at all lol.

[fringe obsidian]

it's a barter vs trade system

poe is a barter system, d3's auction house was a trade system

[haughty niche]

The only reason we have gold to begin with is because it is nice as a tax for respecing passive points or buying items from vendors.

In poe1 theres regret orbs which do the respecing and you buy items from vendors with currency orbs instead of gold.

Theres still gold to respec as of the latest poe1 league, but its offered as a secondary option to the orbs. Gold works a lot better for those 2 systems

[restive slate]

d3 as in diablo 3? never tried diablo.

alr. i get it

it is what it is

[fringe obsidian]

Yeah diablo 3. they had a gold system instead of barter

[haughty niche]

Its kind of dumb, but the designers believe that trade needs friction to deter players from just buying every single progression upgrade and to keep the market stable.

Theres certainly ups and downs to this approach, obvious downside is players hate it cause its tedious to trade manually. It does slow the obvious inflation we se in games like Torchlight Infinite with auctionhouse style systems tho

honestly you just get used to it

or you give up and play in SSF

which is definitely harder, but potentially more rewarding. Poe1 offers a lot of methods to progress as an SSF player, but poe2 doesn't really, it kind of sucks currently

[restive slate]

what i doont get is how to improve my gear

like i have a bow

i want a better bow with lightning damage and +1 skills and damage.

idk how to get that better bow

[topaz junco]

What do you mean

Trade for it or hope it drops

[sour crest]

^lol

[topaz junco]

You could try rng crafting but it’s not guaranteed

[haughty niche]

that is probably one of the number 1 complaints about poe2 at the moment. Currently, you have those 2 options listed above, or the third "gamble and hope the exalted orb adds the stat which it wont"

[sour crest]

bring orb of alteration back 💔

[restive slate]

how would you get that in poe 1. just so i can guess what will be added eventually

[haughty niche]

theres like 50 different ways

[sour crest]

you're comparing a new game to a well polished 10+ year old game?

[restive slate]

im asking how the devs fixed this last time.

[sour crest]

xd

[restive slate]

so i can estimate how they will ffix it htis time

unless they said they wont do that

[sour crest]

i didn't know you saw this as an issue. thought you were just asking a genuine question

"how to get this bow"

[topaz junco]

Poe 1 has more tools. None of which are guaranteed to be included with poe2

[haughty niche]

The main way in campaign for poe1 is theres a crafting bench, which lets you just slap on a up to 1 crafted modifier each piece of gear. These values are lower than the highest tiers of affixes that can be crafted via orbs, but still quite good.

[boreal quartz]

What do sockets on armor do?

[topaz junco]

You can socket runes or soul cores

[restive slate]

if i cant focus farm an item. then i am jsut going to focus farm the currency to buy that item off of someone elses random drop.

thats not particularly rewarding imop

[boreal quartz]

ok should I be worrying about that? What's the priorities when trying to get better gear in between the acts?

[haughty niche]

you are in agreement with 99% of other players.

[sour crest]

take it or leave it

[restive slate]

have the devs said anything about this?

[topaz junco]

Not really. They’re an efficient way of getting slightly more defensive in acts if you’re really struggling but I went through acts without using them so

[haughty niche]

Not really no. Its what has most of the longterm poe1 players the most concerned.
We know it will get better with future leagues as they add more crafting options, but the core design of it currently just sucks bad.

[topaz junco]

Hoping they add alterations in a future update

[boreal quartz]

I'm playing Archmage spark rn and I find myself taking a LOT of hits and not being able to kill fast enough due to enemies rushing me

And it's really bad during bosses since a lot of them mandate dodging/moving but sparks slows me down so much

[haughty niche]

Heres what i mean by the poe1 crafted mods btw:
if you picked the bow up off the ground, you can just slap on that light blue text guaranteed for a fixed cost. The item can only have 1 crafted affix at a time, but you can change which affix for additional cost etc.

Theres also just more orbs in poe1 that let you really modify the items how you want. And stuff like Essences (which poe2 has a version of) that let you guarantee specific modifiers are common and target farmable in poe1.

Sadly all of this deterministic stuff is nowhere to be seen in poe2

[covert zodiac]

we get it, poe2 crafting isn't as good as poe1 crafting we know we know

[restive slate]

this is the new people channel

where people who dont know talk

so pls continue polar

[boreal quartz]

Any recs to mitigate this/what to gear up for specifically

[haughty niche]

thats basically it. As far as campaign goes, what i said is the main difference between poe1 and 2's crafting/item aquisition

and why its a little rough in poe2

[restive slate]

so my loop right now is to grab all the items off the floor, identify, disenchant for orbs

then buy off market?

[trim turret]

Resistances are basically the most important stats defensively, followed by life, or energy shield (if your build uses it and can sustain it). Runes can absolutely help fill the gaps in resists.

[haughty niche]

thats an option. Though honestly disenchanting becomes less worth the time investment as you progress. Once you feel you are spending too much time picking everything up, just stop picking up items you feel you already have an alright gear equipped already

[trim turret]

I mean you can absolutely drop or improve an awesome item. I dropped an amazing focus and exalted another really desirable mod on it. It's just RNG so the results will frequently not be exactly what you want.

[restive slate]

idk whats amazing tho :/ not sure how to find right price for "amazing gear"

[boreal quartz]

Gotcha in that case I'm in like act 2 so I'm assuming I should be buying like vendor gear with said resistances? Cuz I've got basically none rn

[restive slate]

is this the right website?https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2

[haughty niche]

yeah trade2 is for poe2

[restive slate]

ok

it wont show me the lvl80 bows that obviously exist when the filter is set to 80. only when filter is 79... seems glitchy

[haughty niche]

it lists items people put for sale in their stash tabs (can only do this with premium tabs). You can also list items for sale via forums but idk how and thats tedius

[trim turret]

Yes, always check vendors. Resists are super important and you take a 10% penalty every act just to make sure youre paying attention to them and your gear.

[boreal quartz]

OH 💀

How many acts are there?

[restive slate]

cant find any bows over level 82. i thought max level way 100?

[boreal quartz]

It feels like each singular act is longer than poe1 so

[fringe obsidian]

MAX PLAYER level is 100. Item level caps out at around 85 probably

[haughty niche]

lvl req on gear stops around 70-80s.

[restive slate]

oh

[fringe obsidian]

3 acts total, play em normal then in cruel

[haughty niche]

item level is what determines rollable stats, and is tied to the level and rarity of the monster that dropped it. So since the highest monster level is mid-80s atm thats also roughly the highest item level

[fringe obsidian]

honestly don't search by item level unless you're not high enough level to wear some items. just search by the stats you want

[haughty niche]

the difficulty doesn't just stop at monster lvl 86 or whatever though. Theres other scaling methods in endgame that attribute to difficulty and reward

[restive slate]

will the highest level of gear change in a league? i always disliked how destiny 2 invalidated prior grinding by constantly increaseing max level.

[haughty niche]

not really

[fringe obsidian]

no it's basically always the same

[haughty niche]

in poe1 the highest required ilvl for a stat has always been 86 pretty much

[fringe obsidian]

yeah I think maybe like 8 years ago it was lower

[haughty niche]

ye

[fringe obsidian]

but it's been set at 86 for a loooooooong time

[cobalt badge]

Hello all, I got scammed, I sent message via site got invite and teleport to player to temple of chaos, when I try to take divine from stash, they dropped on the ground and he picked them, I lost divs and got nothing. Is it possible to do anything?

[fringe obsidian]

I hate to tell you this, but no

[restive slate]

so as a baby player:
focus on currency, pickup gear and disenchant for orbs if i feellike it, pray for great drops.

whats my goal? should i be grinding xp? or rushing the acts?

[fringe obsidian]

you should be moving through the acts at a rate that feels good for you

and then when you hit maps you focus on doing the maps you like in the order you like, while doing the content in maps that you like

for gearing in acts, yep pick stuff up, disenchant it, gamble at the vendor every now and then

but if you're in acts, your goal is to enjoy the acts and learn the systems as you go

[restive slate]

while im leveling up, how often should i be buying newer gear? every 5 levels? 10? 3? just so i dnt feel like im buying too much from market

[kindred tundra]

Yo, has anyone had an issue with act 2 cruel. After moving to the caravan zone on quest line the quest is to find the hyenas and kill that boss. After that quest line disappears and no progression...

I'm stuck. I did some googling and it's unclear but it says I need to do trials in each act again?

[fringe obsidian]

i check the vendors every time i'm back in town. good rule of thumb I find, then in cruel it's every 5 levels or so

[restive slate]

'

isnt this really cheap?

or is the item just really booty

[fringe obsidian]

I mean it's not that amazing

like the total dps is kind of low

total dps is 147

I'm currently wearing a crossbow with like, 600 dps

[boreal quartz]

Oh wow

[haughty niche]

trading for anything at 1 exalted orb or lower usually results in getting ghosted by players. Most people dont respond (too busy playing to interrupt what they are doing and trade for soo little)

[fringe obsidian]

there will be 6 on release

[restive slate]

but this guy right under him has a worse? bow for a higher? price

[boreal quartz]

Wait 6 acts and then 6 cruel?

Or 3 acts and 3 cruel

[haughty niche]

cruel is just temporary until acts 4-6 are done

[fringe obsidian]

right now it's 3 and 3 cruel. at release it'll just be 6, no cruel

[unreal sphinx]

hello there, can someone explain me how to use skeletal reaver skill? I can't put it in any keybind..

[boreal quartz]

Gotcha so cruel just filler rn

[drowsy cobalt]

Everything lower than 1exalt are items that don't exist, its unreal to buy them

[fringe obsidian]

yeah it's cuz the prices are so low that theres a lot of random shit lol

[haughty niche]

at that value, its likely people set a whole stash tab at x price and just dump random garbage into it

[fringe obsidian]

you mean their command skill? as long as you have them summoned it should be available on skill bar

[restive slate]

so its good value?

but bad item

[daring dirge]

someone posted this on Reddit, +104 to all attributes...

[haughty niche]

🤷‍♂️

[unreal sphinx]

no I mean the skill to raise them, I cant move the icon to use it

[haughty niche]

thats an ultra-rare unique. Basically a chase item

[fringe obsidian]

that's not how summons work, you just set them to be on, they'll reserve some spirit, and then be there all the time

like a herald

[daring dirge]

would be crazy with that one unique pole that Gemling Legionaire was using

[fringe obsidian]

that's the build lol

and HoWA

[haughty niche]

pillar of the caged god, and yes its good even when not attribute stacking, since it frees up a TON of affixes on gear when you don't need to reach attribute reqs.

[trim turret]

Minion skills have a little arrow in the gem screen to determine how many of each you want.

[unreal sphinx]

ohhhh

ty

would have never got it

[fringe obsidian]

honestly just go on trade site, pick the weapon type you want, set your max item level that you can wear, and then type in the dps you want

[daring dirge]

wait how you got to Skeletal Reaver levels without ever using minions previously? unless you aren't witch?

[restive slate]

doesnt look like there are many bows on the market over 200dps.

some 300 or 330

[fringe obsidian]

any uncut gems you find will make the skill at that level

[restive slate]

but most around 200

[fringe obsidian]

what really?

[kindred tundra]

AGREED. don't over complicate it. You'll most likely get a new one in 5-10 levels anyway. Which in this game is pretty fast

[restive slate]

that or my search is bugged

[fringe obsidian]

500 dps

[daring dirge]

yea but i assume someone playing witch character would have used other minions before they can use reavers haha

[restive slate]

????

everything on my scree is 200

[fringe obsidian]

bottom left corner

[restive slate]

no

i see that

on your search

im confused why i cant find that

[fringe obsidian]

my search filters

[restive slate]

dude

i know how searches work

[fringe obsidian]

ooooh lol

[fringe obsidian]

turn off min. item level

why would you care about min. item level lol

only ever use max. item level if you don't want to see items that are higher level than you can wear

never use min. item level

[restive slate]

idk. usually i look only at max level gear beacsuse i assume that it is the best it can be

[lament stone]

thats level requirement, not item level

[daring dirge]

Elon?

[fringe obsidian]

sorry mb

[lament stone]

theres nothing that exists that has a level requirement of 79 or higher

[fringe obsidian]

yes turn off level req

[restive slate]

in other games. idk how poe works

[lament stone]

for gear

[restive slate]

thats why im here

[fringe obsidian]

all good.

here's how it works

item level in poe dictates the possible ranges that mods can roll in

[lament stone]

the level doesnt matter, its the mods on an item that matters

[restive slate]

i missed that first level filter...

[fringe obsidian]

higher item levels can roll HIGHER possible mods

[restive slate]

so the highest level item has the highest rolls???

[fringe obsidian]

but you don't need to care about that because you are searching for specific mods

[restive slate]

oh

[lament stone]

you dont care about the level of an item unless youre crafting that item

[fringe obsidian]

exactly

[restive slate]

so dps value of mods > dps value of stats?

[fringe obsidian]

uhhhhh on a weapon the mods / stats are all kind of intertwined if I understand your question

like the thing on an item that says "adds 20-30phys" will show up in the items dps at the tops

[kindred tundra]

Any ideas anyone?

[fringe obsidian]

so again, you don't need to worry about item level (unless there are items that will have a level requirement higher than your current level, making them unwearable). you just need to type in what you're looking for

you're looking for items that have already rolled all their mods. item level is only important if YOU are looking to roll mods on an item

[restive slate]

is the mirror of kalandra a way for the best gear to be infinitely duped and traded?

[fringe obsidian]

yes basically. it's use is that people will craft absolute best in slot perfect items

then charge a service to give you a mirrored copy of that item

[restive slate]

got it

[fringe obsidian]

and not to be rude but your will almost certainly never see a mirror of kalandra

I have 3000 hours in poe 1 and have never seen one

[restive slate]

but for now its rng if anyone gets a god-tier/perfect roll/whatever the term here is

[hard cypress]

Do you have open quests ? Does speaking to the lady next to the ship not let you in ?

[fringe obsidian]

so close to rng as to be functionally the same yeah

[kindred tundra]

Nope, nothing. I've been in and out multiple times.

I've gone back to normal 3 and re-entered the riverbank part in act1 to see if that fixes it

doing it now...

[hard cypress]

Can you create a new instance and re-kill rathhbreaker ?

[kindred tundra]

i think thats what this is that im doing

[restive slate]

@fringe obsidian how many hours a day/week would it take to get all the rewards from a league in poe1 (assuming poe2 shares similar timescale)

[fringe obsidian]

I've never done full 40 challenges, too insane, but most rewards cap out at around 36 challenges. Let me think back some leagues I've done all of them.

League usually runs for about 3 months current league doesnt count

I got everything done in ritual inside 2 months, playing maybe 5 hours a week?

maybe 7 hours?

ritual was a league

[restive slate]

so whats the point of level 40 (as in whats the reward)

[fringe obsidian]

you get a sick ass totem to put in your hideout to flex

[restive slate]

aha

[fringe obsidian]

and sometimes there are some good rewards, but that's more rare

ritual if you did 36 challenges you got a super cool hideout

so I went for that

[restive slate]

so how soon into a league would these BIS items start to appear

[kindred tundra]

fixed it and yeah i gotta do the trials in act2 cruel

Hooded on had quest for me.

But, reading further online seems you can just go to the trials without the quest line and it opens everything up.

Might make a reddit on it so others can find it

[trim turret]

Trials quest in cruel is a bug. At that point it is no longer a quest and you just need a high enough level trial item.

[kindred tundra]

yeah i have a level 41 djian thing or whatever it is

think that should suffice

[restive slate]

@fringe obsidian ?

[kindred tundra]

But the story line is stuck behind the trial quests yeah?

[trim turret]

Depends on the league and the build, but that type of gear, mirror worthy gear, is stuff most players never see, nor do they need it to "finish" their character and achieve any goals they've set for themselves that league. 3700 hours in POE1 and I never got anything close to mirror worthy.

[kindred tundra]

So if i want to continue the story I need to do the trial again

[fringe obsidian]

couple weeks if that

[trim turret]

Shouldnt be if you're in cruel. Shit, even if you're in normal.

[restive slate]

cool

[fringe obsidian]

there are people who basically play this game full time in guilds that are built to find and create the best items as fast as possible

[kindred tundra]

Well, i just did the above and I got the trials quests again. All my other quests disappeared.

[hard carbon]

If I understand it correctly, any source of lightning damage has a chance to apply shock right? How can I increase that chance? And does it work like this with all other elements too?

[restive slate]

why? is there a real cash incentive?

[trim turret]

Again, that quest is a bug and shouldn't even exist in cruel.

[restive slate]

elon type stuff?

[trim turret]

No, that type of shit will get your account banned.

[kindred tundra]

yeah anyways, ive got my quest line back.

Had to go in back to act 3 and do the riverbank again

it reset it all.

thank god

[restive slate]

so why?

[fringe obsidian]

no just for fun. but as someone above said - you do not need to get perfect rare gear to complete a build. I have played for 3000 hours and never had one of these mythical crafted items

[restive slate]

fun...

[trim turret]

The challenge, the achievement, to have powerful items.

[restive slate]

no lifers are crazy

[fringe obsidian]

poe is a game where there are many ways to engage with the game

some people like to blast maps

some like to trade

some like to craft

[restive slate]

magic is blue? rare is yellow?

[hard cypress]

A lot of ppl like to get BiS just to get BiS, that's fun for them

[trim turret]

I think the amount of lightning damage and shock chance improves it. It is generally true for the other elements, but there are things like electrocute, which lightning damage can't do by default and needs specific skills/supports/items.

[fringe obsidian]

in poe 1 my thing was just setting up a rotation of maps called "shaper guardians", putting delirium on them, and running the maps forever to generate maven invites and oodles of currency. then I would go do pinnacle bosses.

[hard cypress]

There is a support gem which makes that skill more likely to shock

[fringe obsidian]

yes

[hard carbon]

I'm just trying to understand how herald of ice and thunder can work off each other when you slot them with their opposite cold and lightning infusion

Everything is still based on chance to pop off each other right? Even if herald of ice has lightning infusion and lightning boosts it doesn't guarantee that procing herald of ice will consequently proc herald of thunder and vice versa?

[fringe obsidian]

no you need to make sure that they do enough damage to inflict their respective ailments

but if you have enough dps the odds of that happening are pretty high

or at least I think that's how it works

[hard cypress]

I think you can do some weird tech

Like put cold infusion on herald of thunder

Put lightning infusion on herald of ice

So one trigger the others ?

[fringe obsidian]

yeah but I think he's wondering about how to guarantee that they freeze/shock

and I don't think you can "guarantee" anything

you can just make it very likely

[hard cypress]

ah, ya

[hard carbon]

Yes that's the idea but it's still all based on chance?

[hard cypress]

Yes it would be

[fringe obsidian]

everything is at the end of the day

[hard cypress]

I guess at high level, the damage is pumped up enough to increase the chance

But still a chance

[fringe obsidian]

but like, if you have an 80% chance to freeze/shock, and you hit a pack of 10 mobs

you're gonna blow up the fucking screen

[hard carbon]

So all those herald ice/thunder builds I see on YouTube are still based on chance.. very high chance because it seems it procs every time though 😅

[haughty niche]

basically guaranteed when hitting packs

[hard cypress]

You just hit things often enough for them to trigger

[fringe obsidian]

if you hit 20 guys at once, your chance doesn't have to be that high lol

[hard carbon]

Is it true that a crit is guaranteed shock or freeze?

[haughty niche]

Also kind of expecting the upcoming balance patches to gut Herald of Ice. Its kind of enabling nearly anything to wipe 3 screens over. Which while its meant to aid in clear, is probably not the intended strength of said clear...

[hard cypress]

I think that's a passive on the tree ?

[fringe obsidian]

think about rolling a dye. you have 1/6 chance to roll 3. ok cool now roll 20 dye

[hard carbon]

Ah yeah probably

[hard carbon]

I see many people saying that one ring is the problem. Not herald of ice itself

[lament stone]

thats poe1

[hard cypress]

1/6 chance ? Just roll 6 times smh (that's not how maths work sadly)

[fringe obsidian]

lolol.

you know what i'm saying though

[lament stone]

in poe2 chance to inflict elemental ailments is based on the damage of your hit vs the enemies ailment threshold

[hard cypress]

yes yes 🙂

[fringe obsidian]

poe 2 is a game about stacking all the odds in your favour and then throwing grenades at slot machines. it's great

[hard cypress]

If I do 1000 very low elemental dmg in a quick time, does that have a very low chance then ?

[fringe obsidian]

you build it up slower

[hard cypress]

So one giant hit is better than many quick hits ?

[unreal sphinx]

as a minion witcher build, does it make sense to always get intelligence??

[hard carbon]

Well yes. 1 big hit with 80% chance is better than many 10% chance

[hard cypress]

Pick stats to satisfy gear, item and skill requirements

[warm jay]

whats the best setup for lvling a witch nowadays? lvling a bloodmage, when i did infernalist it was before the arsonist nerf, so id assume either still that or snipers right?

[fringe obsidian]

TOTALLY depends on a million factors

[fringe obsidian]

can't speak to your build, but I went basically full int on tree, then got other attributes on gear as required.

[lament stone]

yea

[fringe obsidian]

you only need a max of 205 of one attribute

[lament stone]

because the magnitude of the ailment is also based on the size of the hit

[hard cypress]

That is good to know, thanks

[fringe obsidian]

oh shoot I forgot about that.

I've been using ailments to tee up other effects and I forgot about ailment magnitude SORRY

[hard cypress]

Do we have any idea what things are getting nerfed soon ?

[fringe obsidian]

I imagine herald of ice and HoWA

but I have no idea

oh and grim feast

or maybe they'll just buff other defensive options a little

[hard carbon]

I think the real issue is not herald of ice but porcirkeln ring

[trim turret]

You should get whatever your gems and gear needs, and not go out of your way for it. Stacking attributes isn't useful except for specific builds.

[haughty niche]

Grim feast is absolutely getting major nerfs. Its a 30 spirit persistent buff that solves all 3 major pillars of defense: Life pool, EHP, and sustain.

But the non-ES-based defenses do need significant buffs. Or minor buffs alongside enemy nerfs.

[sacred agate]

Dont manifest it please.

[fringe obsidian]

yeah this is my thought too

[haughty niche]

tough to manifest when its basically guaranteed

[fringe obsidian]

I actually kind of hate that my first character was es

because grim feast made it so fucking simple

just autopilot through maps

[haughty niche]

i still haven't made an ES char yet, and i think thats probably why i haven't touched the game in 2 months

[fringe obsidian]

my merc armour evasion, and it's much more fun

enemies can actually hurt me

[sacred agate]

So you left on day two? 😄

[fringe obsidian]

my summon reaver witch it was like watching a bot play almost

[sacred agate]

Game havent been out for 2 months yet? :d

[haughty niche]

I stopped playing fairly early, but came back when they added waypoints to maps and realized they didn't really fix any of the issues i had so fell off again

[fringe obsidian]

I actually really like all the end game systems

but I like them the way I like a stew when you taste it at the start

can't wait to see how it is after they finish cooking it

[quartz orchid]

hi im looking to get my ascendancies can anyone point me in the right direction?

[sacred agate]

Just run them?

[fringe obsidian]

kill balbala, get coin, do sekma trial

[haughty niche]

I personally despise every single part of the endgame besides the cool looking map screen .

[fringe obsidian]

Oh really?

dang

in PoE 1 I was one of those guys who just ran shaper guardian rotations for maven writs. made infinite money very fast

[sacred agate]

If GGG want to appeal to the masses they cant only please the old PoE1 garde :d

[fringe obsidian]

and I like that PoE2 forces me to play differently

also it's fun when a map shows up in the fog with like every possible mod on it

hmmm BiPolarBear seems to have some strong opinions coming in hot

[haughty niche]

bipolarbear is typing

[sacred agate]

I hope they keep working on PoE2 to make it better. It does need alot of changes. But I also hope they dont only try to please the oldschool PoE1 players.

Then it will just become PoE1 with slightly better graphics.

@haughty nicheYou typed so hard the entire Discord API crashed 🤣

[tight python]

Balbala is such an annoying boss with bow

[hard cypress]

Melee jobs reading this 👀

[tight python]

I have a monk thats a bit further, I did her with monk, wasnt as annoying

[hard cypress]

Interesting, I had it reverse. Though I did play ranged second with more game knowledge

But ya, its a gimmicky boss

[fringe obsidian]

yeah I hope that doesn't happen

I like poe. I like poe 2. let's keep 2 separte games

[haughty niche]

im not gonna throw it in here cause its not really the place to complain but summed up i think the following are poorly designed, at least compared to 1:
Map size, kill all rare objective, towers, overall endgame balance, 1 portal map (this i understand, i just personally dont vibe with it)

[sacred agate]

My prediction is the game will lookin vastly different at 1.0 launch.

Comapared to now.

[haughty niche]

for sure

[fringe obsidian]

luckily aside from endgame balance, those are all pretty minor issues tbh

[haughty niche]

They said that of the 5 years they worked on it they spent around 3 months on endgame after they realized players would desperately want an endgame to try in EA.

IMO map size is a major issue

tho fairly fixable with time

[sacred agate]

It took them 5 years to create their campaign? 🤣

The engine is basically a copy/paste from PoE1 with updated post-production/shaders etc.

[hard cypress]

I want good boss fights in end game that I can re-try quickly. Else everyone is just incentivised to build glass canon omega one shot build to kill a new boss

[sacred agate]

The game is onto something though. It has like 250k online right now 2 months into EA in its current state.

[haughty niche]

They started working on the project in 2020 or earlier? thats when it was announced at least. But to be completely fair, it was originally announced as a second campaign for poe1 with shared endgame and graphic overhall/new classes.

Since then it evolved into an entirely new game so its safe to say its gone through MANY revisions.

Also they had gameplay available for 2 other acts in press before EA released so while we don't have access to acts 4-6, they definitely have a lot of that done just not polished

[visual onyx]

Playing POE2 with controller no problems, just one question: how do I view item affixes tiers with a controller?

[hard cypress]

Hold L3

[visual onyx]

Thanks👍

[fringe obsidian]

Yeah johnathan mentione that it started as a project to fix character rigs. poe2 is "scope creep: the game"

whether that's good or bad remains to be seen lol

[haughty niche]

and yeah most of my issues are certainly solvable, but theres definitely a bunch of endgame things that i just disagree with at its core. Especially when they solved the issues year ago in poe1

like towers are more tedious sextants, and they fucking removed sextants entirely in poe1 for being too tedious lol

[dim maple]

wow! the game so far is really wow! i am only act 1, but ...loving the corn fields

[haughty niche]

the campaign is fantastic 🙂 Can't wait for acts 4-6

[sacred agate]

They added new towers. Some of them is 1 straight line

[fringe obsidian]

nice

[fringe obsidian]

My hot take is that I like the finished systems in poe 2 more than their counterparts in poe 1

but the unfinished systems obviously need work

[hard cypress]

The campaign music and voice acting awes me everytime I role a new class

[dim maple]

yeah, second that!!

the cinematic reverb is just fab!

love the sound of the explosions

[haughty niche]

to me all systems kind of just feel unfinished, or inherently flawed. The 3 month crunch of it shows

[trim turret]

And to upgrade the engine, all new characters and animation rigs, redesign the skills and gem system from the ground up, new passive tree, new ascendancies, etc.

[dim maple]

the visual quality is not so great, i feel, maybe its my system, although the system is really powerful, poe1 was nice..maybe need to tweak gfx settings

[trim turret]

1 portal screws party play, which is a big problem for me since I'll be playing every league with my wife.

[haughty niche]

Yeah

it also just removes all chill

i cant relax in maps unless i go back 6 tiers to where i wont get any reward

[trim turret]

That's a hardware issue. Game is visually miles beyond POE1. Physically based rendering is the future.

[sacred agate]

The engine still have basic flaws. Spark sound/visuals getting rendered into oblivion

Can cause sound artifacts etc

If you spam Spark

Exactly like in PoE1

[haughty niche]

Kill all rare objective is kind of a weird choice considering they spent soo much time making all the bosses more interactive and interesting, then they just decide to make them 1 in 4 maps instead of all?

No one had issues with the kill map boss objective in poe1 either.

[dim maple]

ah! what kinda settings do i need in gfx then?

[trim turret]

I didn't say they fixed every issue with engine upgrades.

[dim maple]

@trim turret these are my settings

[trim turret]

I have no idea. That depends on your rig and what it can handle. Being a PC gamer means knowing your system and what to fiddle with in games.

[sacred agate]

Where did I say you said that?

I wasnt even answering you 🥹

[trim turret]

You tagged me in the response.

[rapid pond]

What should I do with low level oranges that don't fit my classA?

[sacred agate]

I did. Weird.

[fringe obsidian]

BANK EM

then if you roll a new character you can use them

[daring dirge]

storage, easier if you have that Unique stash tab

[rapid pond]

In campagin should regal orb be saved, or used?

[trim turret]

Those are just basic settings but I found sharpness actually made things look muddy.

[trim turret]

It can be used on items that have two really good mods that are useful to you already.

[hard cypress]

My recommendation is, if you have more than 5, use them on promising items

[dim maple]

yes it does, which is why i turned it down quite a lot. so dial it down evern more?

[trim turret]

Play with it and find out. I only know what worked well with my system.

[daring dirge]

probably will wait for this weekend before i play more

apparently this weeks patch will hopefully address the windows 24h2 problem

[delicate geode]

can a belt not have quality?

[obtuse pumice]

anyone have tips on doryani?

[steel junco]

run alot. and clear the red bomb when they spawn. go near and go away

[obtuse pumice]

what about the his 2nd stage? i keep getting insta death on some of his stuff 😦

[steel junco]

are u melee or range

[obtuse pumice]

invoker tempest

so i have a range but do better damage with meele

melee

[steel junco]

hmm, i am new to this, never tried melee b4, so i cant say much

[azure lava]

Check out #1328202289755983932 and see if you could be wearing a lot more stuff with life and resistances. And make sure you have, ideally, 15%+ movement speed on your boots

[azure lava]

So far, no

[meager flower]

Are servers down or something?

[quiet vine]

nah they up

[frigid relic]

I cannot log in neither

[sacred agate]

Planned downtime

New patch

[meager flower]

How much longer for the downtime?

[runic arch]

approx 5 mins but idk abt that

probably people wanna login and it will make a queue

[tropic hinge]

https://tenor.com/view/let-me-in-eric-andre-wanna-come-in-gif-13730108

[meager flower]

Oh happy days, I have a 2-3 hours to play, looks like I came online almost on time

Nah, I like the one with the monkey more

https://tenor.com/bkgkH.gif

[visual lotus]

anyone else getting ''unexpected disconnection occurred''?

[opal thorn]

maintenance

[tropic hinge]

https://tenor.com/view/crying-cat-sad-cat-me-when-i-dont-get-orod-tickets-gif-13399313231964052110

[steel junco]

ah

[visual lotus]

i thought it started and ended no? lasted 5minutes

[steel junco]

its not me

geezus

[tropic hinge]

it's up!

https://tenor.com/view/hd-smirk-gif-7206957141966421326

[glad dock]

has not ended yes, cant login :p

[opal thorn]

well, at least in steam there wasnt any change, even the website is off

[azure lava]

Look at all the people that tried to find #2┃general and got lost

[meager flower]

Do you feel invaded? 😄

[azure lava]

I just want my swamp back

[runic arch]

bro my steam is not working

coincidence?

[strong shell]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-gun-shoot-ak47-war-gif-7990705687144326

[runic arch]

nvm, started working when yall said poe2 servers are up

[lethal temple]

game is down for anyone?

[jagged moon]

Can I equip a lvl 60 unique weapon as a lvl 10? on the trad website it doesnt say a level requirement

[meager flower]

restart ur game

[azure lava]

What do you mean by lvl 60? The required level is what matters here. Item level doesn't matter

[meager flower]

How do you know it's lvl 60 then? 😄

Maybe it';s iLVL 60

?

[azure lava]

If it doesn't say a lvl requirement then it doesn't have one

[meager flower]

iLvL doesn;t have any requirement on your level

You can equip any iLvl at any lvl

[jagged moon]

i was looking at the trade site like the item lvl is 60 but it doesnt have level requirment

[azure lava]

Then it doesn't have a level requirement

[meager flower]

that means it can be equipped at lvl 1

[jagged moon]

ok ty

[runic arch]

Would probably show "Required: level 60" etc

[lucid geyser]

hii how do streamers have their drops colored?

[sacred agate]

Loot filters

[runic arch]

good q, im new myself

[azure lava]

Filterblade.xyz

Most likely

[lucid geyser]

can u tell me how to apply them? :3

[azure lava]

The website does a good job of that I think

[sacred agate]

Go to Filterblade.xyz

[lucid geyser]

OH okok ty!!! ill try :3

[runic arch]

I have another question, do the tiers and stuff come in the end game or is it a some type of filter aswell?

[safe lance]

unidentified tiered gear? that only drops in endgame

[runic arch]

Yeah, that is what i was thinking abt, thanks

[safe lance]

I think the lowest you can see it is item level 65 or so

[runic arch]

Have a long way to go then 😄

[lucid geyser]

what level of strictness do you recommend? I'm at the quest for completing waystone level 5+

[azure lava]

Then you should be asking in #2┃after-acts-help

But I personally recommend customizing your filter to suit your needs

[lucid geyser]

okok got it!!

[azure lava]

To start off, I'd go semi strict and hide stuff as needed

[safe lance]

This patch has made characters public, does this mean pob import??

oh only rename function nvm

[deep storm]

Anyone on cruel act1 at ogham manor wanna join up and finish the campaign.???

[hollow ridge]

where can i see my stun threshold value?

[safe lance]

This is more of a Q&A channel, try #2┃looking-for-group

[deep storm]

Okay sorry

[buoyant socket]

can someone tell me if this is a bug?

[safe lance]

they probably meant 8 regal per 1?

[buoyant socket]

I shall ask them then

maybe he did that to appear on top of the market

[safe lance]

could be

[sleek fjord]

@azure lava do u think gemling att stack is viable in hardcore?

[daring dirge]

ooh POE 2 update, hopefully the 24h2 fix one haha

[cerulean zephyr]

Fixed several client and instance crashes. This includes a potential fix for the crash affecting players on Windows 24H2.

[visual onyx]

So for blood mage ascendancy on the left setting base critical hit chance for spells to 15%, what does this do exactly since all my physical spells already have 15% base crit

[vernal ledge]

is the loading screen crash fixed did any1 test?

[azure lava]

I'm currently playing a str stacking corrupting cry gemling in t3 maps at the moment. 4.5k life

[sleek fjord]

what u think about the basic pillar caged god one

[azure lava]

I've never tried it but stacking life seems pretty nuts on gemling no matter how you do it

[sleek fjord]

ah i see

i heard that you need to transition to shield later on so u dont get one tapped

cause life stack is too little

is that ture?

true

[distant cedar]

Do people price items incorrectly on purpose? Somebody priced a morior chest for 2 orbs of augmentation and then asked me for 2 divines 😂

[azure lava]

Idk, this is my first str stacker and it's the first one I got to maps. I use a shield with it and it feels great. Highly recommend doing a build that can use a shield

[sleek fjord]

ah alr

[azure lava]

Sometimes yeah. I bet they did that to be at the top of the sell list

[distant cedar]

I knew the price was ridiculous but I thought, what the heck, worth a try 😂

[buoyant socket]

how good this item is for selling and if its good what price should I look to sell it for?

[dusky burrow]

nothng

its worthless

[loud heath]

vendor time

[trim turret]

What makes you think it's valuable?

[buoyant socket]

I thought it would be a good base to start enchanting it and it has 2 rune slots

[trim turret]

It's a low level base, the one mod on it is only tier 2 (tier 1 being the lowest), and rune slots aren't hard to get as you progress.

[buoyant socket]

then whoat should I start gathering to sell as a low level?

[trim turret]

Nothing. At low level you should be salvaging, disenchanting, or selling for gold any gear you aren't using. If you drop some exalted orbs you can save those for trading.

[buoyant socket]

Thanks

[restive slate]

is there a list of things the devs havent added yet? or is it just that there will be more acts.

as in like plans on trading, gear creation

cuz i feel like im about to get stuck. beginning act 2. not sure how to get better gear....

i know i can buy a bow from the traders, but it wont be good enough unless i invest an augmentation and a regal.

and i just dont have the money for that

so idk what to do

[kindred fiber]

do i need to do the trial of sekemah before i finish the campagin? Im not sure the current two for the wtich are gonna work well with my current build so i dont want to get stuck in an ascendancy

[restive slate]

how freely should i be using runes>?

i only have like 1 of each type :/ dont want to use on a mid item

[stone cedar]

in the lfg everyone seems to be talking about leechers, can someone clarify what that means exactly and how it benefits the ppl that are searching for leechers?

[restive slate]

leeches (afaik. not sure if unique knowledge here) are players who cant or dont help the team complete a goal, but still get a split of rewards

[trim turret]

You don't HAVE to, but leaving the power of your ascendancy lying on the table for that long is going to be painful.

[restive slate]

so leon leech plays with carly carry. carly does 99% dmg. but they split reward 50%

[trim turret]

I rolled through most of the campaign with multiple characters and mostly solid blue items. You don't need to use regals often.

[kindred fiber]

ah ok im running chaos/cold minions so I was hoping to hold wait for the 3rd one whenever it comes out

unless bloodmage would work with that combo

[stone cedar]

thanks, how does that benefit the people seeking leechers tho i dont fully understand?

[restive slate]

can you help mefigure our how to replace stuff? it feels like nothing in the shop is better than my current gear (according to the dps on skills and the biggest 'evasion' numbers)

[restive slate]

idk

[trim turret]

Well they've said they dont want an ascendancy that is THE minion ascendancy. Everyone is likely to start new characters as new stuff gets rolled out anyway.n

[trim turret]

Evasion doesn't matter. Life and resists do.

[kindred fiber]

thats fair Im mostly using minions to boost cold and chaos int his buold anyways

[restive slate]

life regen? or + life?

[trim turret]

You want to incrementally be increasing your life, resistances, get movement speed on boots, and getting a better weapon. Runes can help with all of that, they can be replaced (but are destroyed) and are not hard to get.

[restive slate]

oh. so i should just use teh runes as i get them?

[trim turret]

If you feel weak in some way, absolutely. Saving them does you no good.

I use them to fill in resists or bump the damage of my weapon.

[restive slate]

these are all i have hto :/

use em?

[trim turret]

That's why you also salvage any items with quality or sockets, so you can get currency to add sockets.

Again, what good are they sitting taking up space?

[restive slate]

i dont think my stuff is good enough to invest into
but i cant find bettewr stuff...

[trim turret]

They aren't valuable. They aren't hard to get.

[restive slate]

lvl 19 ranger

[trim turret]

They aren't an investment. They're a stop gap until you find better items.

[restive slate]

which of these you think should be replaced asap?

should be my first priority to upgrade

[trim turret]

You should be looking for better gear all the time. Whatever has the least amount of life and resists. And again, just because an item is rare doesnt mean its better.

[restive slate]

bro i feel stupid

idk what i shouild be looking for haha

[trim turret]

I just told you.

[restive slate]

i dont see a problem, and i dont see a solution

[trim turret]

Life and resistances.

[safe lance]

bigger numbers than 7 for starters

[trim turret]

If an item gives you more life and resists than the previous one, it's better.

[restive slate]

yeah, but i dont see a way to increase life on any of the items. theres an item with +31 life, another one with +1 life regen. but i give up so much damage...

[safe lance]

how do you give up damage?

This is in armor btw

[trim turret]

You don't increase it, you find better items? And no, you don't give up damage.

Weapons don't have life or resists on them.

[restive slate]

some items like gloves do increased damage

should i be looking at the +life or +life regen

[trim turret]

Life and resists is more important.

You do zero damage when you're dead.

Maximum life.

[arctic blaze]

Does anyone have Lesser Jewels?

[trim turret]

Increasing your total life pool.

[restive slate]

idk

[trim turret]

We dont do that here. Trade for them or farm them yourself.

[restive slate]

thats all of my lightingn resist gone

for 8% life inc

[craggy gyro]

So my leap slam isn’t priming for stun anymore. I don’t get it . It just heavy stuns instantly now

[arctic blaze]

Where can I farm them?

[trim turret]

Then keep the resist?

[safe lance]

you can add a mod to it btw its a blue item

[restive slate]

then theres no way to improve my stuff :/

[safe lance]

and you dont even have to regal it

[trim turret]

Or augment the one with life and see if it gives you a resist.

[trim turret]

They start dropping in act 3 normal.

There's a guaranteed one in the first zone of act 3.

[trim turret]

Then you look for new items? It's a loot based game after all.

[restive slate]

gave me cold res. ill be negatrive ten elec tho wo helmet :/

[trim turret]

Then socket a lightning rune somewhere.

[restive slate]

not use it on damage?

bro idk

i dont think anything does cold near me rn

[trim turret]

Do you even have sockets on your weapon?

[restive slate]

2 empty on bow. 1 on gloves

[trim turret]

Then put physical damage ones in the bow and use other for res.

[safe lance]

If you are really hesitant about upgrading your defenses, you can play as is and then look to update if you hit a wall. Idk why you are so attached to your gear, they ahve really low modifier values tbh.

[trim turret]

Resists always matter. Like, just listen to people that have been playing for more than 5 minutes. We know what we're talking about.

[restive slate]

you speak very vaguely due to the fact you arent looking at my gear and are more knowledgable (and thus can make seemingly obvious assumptions)

you cant tell a blind dude to run thru a maze even if you know the way out

[trim turret]

You sent me screenshots of your gear. I know how terrible it is. And I know that increasing your resists and life is ALWAYS something to be striving for. It isn't that complicated.

[safe lance]

Its pretty straightforward, prioritize life, then resistances

7% resistance means you take 7% less lightning damage. If your life is 7 and a hit does 20, you'll die. But if you have 30 life and 0% lightning resistance you'll survive.

[trim turret]

Did you take the titan ascendancy that instantly heavy stuns enemies that are primed for stun?

[trim turret]

#2┃looking-for-group

[woven garnet]

I was wondering why it was so quiet 😂

[daring dirge]

looks like on my binding got reset after patch lol

[fringe obsidian]

yeah it's cuz they added a bunch of options to the bindings I think ?

[bold nest]

what is better?? warrior or monk?

[elder thunder]

So I’m in act 3 and doing a lightning/stormweaver. I want to prioritize lightning warp because that looks siiick. However I’m finding it really hard to keep advancing/my progress gets slow.

Without sparks how can I keep advancing?

[fringe obsidian]

probably monk

[bold nest]

for beginners? my first tme

[trim turret]

All classes are fine, its just builds that are good or bad. But the warrior is the slowest right now so a lot of people don't like him as much.

[bold nest]

mhhh oke. im looking for a class, thats easy 2 play and handle and go for lvling^^

[trim turret]

POE is a complex game. Choosing a certain class won't change that.

[trim turret]

Doesn't lightning warp only work on enemies that can be culled or lightning orbs?

[bold nest]

okay, ty nice to know

[trim turret]

I mean read the skill.

[elder thunder]

It does. I’m not at Lightning Ball yet, so that may hinder the plan for now but can’t seem to find a good skill combo in the meantime with lightning focus.

[fresh tide]

how do i place down the war banner

or like activate it in combat

[fringe obsidian]

you just cast it like a spell

takes a sec to place

[fresh tide]

ah i just forgot to equipt it

im just used to dragging stuff thx

[fringe obsidian]

haha all good

[restive turret]

Where can you get the Djinn Barya's for 3rd ascension?

[fringe obsidian]

Level 75 areas I believe

[restive turret]

Is it a random drop?

[fringe obsidian]

Yep! If you're mapping there's an atlas node you can take that makes desert biomes more likely to drop them

[verbal breach]

Can someone help me through the campaign

[obsidian pawn]

poe2 ash boss how many attempts?

and it is per try for forever?

the final one i mean

[fringe obsidian]

I think at difficulty 1 it's 6 portals and that number scales down as your raise the difficulty

[paper mirage]

nah its always 6

atleast in t4 it is 6 for me

[obsidian pawn]

i heardd it is 5 times

per try

[paper mirage]

5 respawns

so 6 total

[obsidian pawn]

cause i think i emptied him hp but he is not dying is there a bug?

his

[paper mirage]

he has some iframes when hes casting some his mechanics

[obsidian pawn]

i made his hp reach 0 but he is not dying so i lost lol

another time i guess i will kill him

[fringe plover]

where do I get the right half of this medallion thing in act 2 ?

i fully cleared the mastadon badlands and I didnt get it to drop

[willow fox]

building a frost sorc, extra cold dmg vs increased spell dmg which is better

[vernal hare]

Haven't played since launch - does the game still hate Warriors as much as it used to?

[paper mirage]

yes

[pseudo gull]

OK. I finally start the compaign. I am going to play sorc. Is there some online guide for the compaign?

[vernal hare]

just play the game yo

[clever geode]

the other 2 map

[pseudo gull]

Cannot pay. have to ask the support.

[slate copper]

Hi. New player here.
About stash tabs. When is thr next sale?
And what are the must buy stash tabs with the 300 points?

[quartz crow]

pretty much all the "unique" tabs like currency and delirium

quad tab is nice for mass dumping gear that might have value that autosells everything

[slate copper]

Quadtab auto sells?

[quartz crow]

premium tabs can be set to sell everything in the tab at whatever price you set

on market

[dim stump]

im struggling in cruel difficulity can someone link me a good withchunter build that will take me through endgame

[silent gale]

Just bought POE2 I’ve got a bit of ARPG experience, anyone recommend a starter class?

[wheat dagger]

From what I’ve seen, the strongest classes are Sorceress, Witch, and then I think Ranger or Mercenary?

What you really are doing though is building towards your Ascendancy, or “subclass”. The ascendancy is the main thing your character is going to have that differentiates it from others, and once you pick it, you CAN’T change it ever.

[slate copper]

Hi. When will the next stash tab sale be available?

[hoary kayak]

anyone wanna run acts

[brazen galleon]

running t15 maps if you want to join

[hoary kayak]

t15?

im new

so i have no idea what that is

[brazen galleon]

tier 15

level of map

[hoary kayak]

ooo

[paper mirage]

he's at acts lol

[hoary kayak]

OOO OK

i thought acts was like the acts like chapters of trhe story

[paper mirage]

yeah, you cant access those tier x maps just yet

[hoary kayak]

oo ok

yea im new

think like lvl 7 monk

just trying to find ppl to run with

[foggy birch]

baby monk

aww

[hoary kayak]

also is there any reason wen i full clear a map my mini map when i leave game just erases

[midnight prawn]

Is this boss on cruel supose to give something? cus its not ticking off even if i kill it

[slate copper]

?

[pulsar spruce]

Usually every 3 weeks. You can check poe2db for a countdown.

[pulsar spruce]

When you're outside a map for approximately 8 minutes the instance resets and a new map is made.

[hoary kayak]

awww got it

[craggy gyro]

yeah doing chaos trial at 50 was the move. felt way more manageable

[vast iris]

any one need help with trials of chaos?

[hoary kayak]

also is um wasd controls or mouse better