2┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[obsidian acorn]

it gives you the last spirit to reach 100

even if u kill it its bugged and stays like that

[pulsar spruce]

WASD by 10000 miles

[obsidian acorn]

i think wasd is best

easier to dodge and attack at the same time

[hoary kayak]

im used to diable

so it feels more natual but ill try it

[midnight rover]

why cant i cast splitting steel with this weapon?

im new and i have no idea why this wouldnt work

it is a sword

is it hte gem level or something?

[fringe plover]

where do I get the right half of this medallion thing in act 2? I thought it was in the mastadon badlands but I fully cleared that area and I didn't get it to drop

[night ferry]

Any suggestions on what rune to put in three dragons for a temple bell monk?

[timid trench]

One piece comes from Serpant people in keth, and other from hyena dogs near bone pits

[craggy gyro]

what does the advanced prefix mean in cruel mode

[night ferry]

Question, for an item like The Three Dragons solid mask, guides notes that it's part of my whole build. So I assume I'll never change it out no matter what level i end up. Does that mean I should go all in and invest in quality and rune slots?

[meager galleon]

you might change it for the same unique with better rolls (if there are relevant rolls) or maybe a good corruption, but otherwise yeah

unique items are often build enabling, giving something you cant get elsewhere and you make your build work based on that

it will probably be a while to get to that point, so feel free to invest into quality and runes

[safe lance]

How early can you go CI btw? Is it possible in acts or would getting good ES/EV be rough?

[golden berry]

what is the thing called that lets you attach runes to your weapon

[meager galleon]

artificer orb makes sockets in items

[red sundial]

what vial reward do i want as magma titan?

[tight radish]

can anything help fix my energy shield

it says i have 0

[meager galleon]

and did you have any before?

you need items that give you energy shield to have any

[pale wedge]

anyone playing on 2 platform? ps5 pc?

[tight radish]

my gear gives energy shield

[meager galleon]

did you take some new Keystone on the tree? like eldrich battery ?

[tight radish]

it was my helmet it gave me 43 shield and 70% increased shield but when i equip it all my engery goes to 0

[meager galleon]

is it a unique helmet ?

[tight radish]

yes

[meager galleon]

whats the name?

[tight radish]

idk but it looks like a cone

im not on rn so i cant show u

[meager galleon]

this ?

[tight radish]

ya

[meager galleon]

Eldritch battery is a keystone that converts all your energy shield into mana

and that helmet gives it to you

[tight radish]

oh

[delicate geode]

can you tp out of a trial and go back in with the same portal?

[jolly osprey]

Guys, can you help me? Why is it that I can put the tablet in the first tower, but second and the third don't...

[alpine silo]

this actually seems pretty good

[echo hound]

Chaos damage is not really an issue in campaign so it's not worth it. MoM + EB + Grim Feast + 50% chaos res (easy enough with a shield and body) will be enough for a while.

[hearty tundra]

why do people call the stats on items prefixes and suffixes? arent they all just modofiers?

[worthy drum]

each pool have their specific modifiers they can roll
life is always in the prefix pool, resist are always in the suffix pool
understanding what mod in what pool is important in crafting process in order to identify if the modifier actually have a chance to roll from specific action
rare item can have 3 prefix, 3 suffix, hold ALT key when hover an item it will show the label at the left side (very subtle), and tier at the right side
for example, if a boot already have 3 prefix, it will NEVER roll movespeed

[safe lance]

Thats very true, in my head I was trying to see if I can avoid chasing life affixes and spec into ES as its easily available in passive tree

[covert eagle]

Can someone help me with the act 1 boss...im ready to smash my pc lol

[lean jasper]

What class are you playing

[covert eagle]

a mercenary

[lean jasper]

How are you struggling

Should be easy for you

You can ask in #2┃looking-for-group

[lean jasper]

If you want someone to just carry you

[covert eagle]

i can get him to the 2nd form no problem, its when he used his cloud attack thing, he mops the floor with me

[lean jasper]

Time your dodges

There is a certain time period between each of his charges

How many times have you failed so far

5+?

[covert eagle]

yeah, atleast 10

i solod him no problem with a witch too, i dont understand whats going wrong, expecially since the merc does a shit tonne more damage then the witch

[lean jasper]

How about this, instead of rushing in and dealing damage and taking damage,
You take it slow and chip his health down by taking your time with the attacks

[lean jasper]

Witch is just that good against bosses

[cursive bluff]

Cloud attack: dodge as soon as he stops speaking he dashed after he says something

[lean jasper]

I don't have audio on and I just time it like a Chad

Or dodge the moment I see a pixel of him on the screen

[cursive bluff]

And how is that response helpful to them?

[lean jasper]

Not helpful and I already told them what to do

Just extra garbage that I'm spouting

[bitter ledge]

This might be a stupid question but I'm trying a mercenary after maining sorc since launch and it seems like the stat allocation is all messed up with this class - when I put points into a strength node it raises dex, dex raises int and int raises strength. Is there some aspect of the class I'm not understanding?

[sacred urchin]

anyone facing this ?

[lean jasper]

Restart game?

[sacred urchin]

still same after restart = =

[safe lance]

Sounds like this is a twink/alt char, if you are in trade league you can get cheap uniques like wanderlust, foxshade that give a lot of movement speed, it makes dodging boss attacks easier in addition to quicker acts completion. Or there are also defensive helms like goldrim.

[lean jasper]

T^T

[covert eagle]

whats this yout talking about?

[lean jasper]

Does it need to be activated?

[safe lance]

movement speed makes bosses easier

[lean jasper]

Movement speed unique armor

[sacred urchin]

just normal skill ,not any spirit skill

[lean jasper]

Weird

[safe lance]

Try assigning it to a weapon set

[sacred urchin]

more worst

have fun with lightning Rod

haha

[lean jasper]

To me it seems like your game is just bugged

[safe lance]

The weapon set text is also garbled

[sacred urchin]

maybe i try check file on steam there

[lean jasper]

Yea that's what I meant

[lean jasper]

Verify file integrity

[clever geode]

even after u shoot it shows nothing?

[sacred urchin]

cant shot that skill slot show notthing

[clever geode]

wtf is this

[sacred urchin]

CoS with bug . normally wont show that skill was socked

lightning ball and that sniper mark appear on there too =_=

[alpine silo]

is this just a visual glitch?

[proper sable]

Hey all, I'm lvl 60 in cruel difficulty and the quest ascent to power, search the traitors passage, has me stumped. I've completely cleared the map twice. Am I missing something?

[alpine silo]

known bug

quest won't clear

[proper sable]

Ohhh

Ok, am I missing out on anything or is it just gonna stay there for no reason

[alpine silo]

its just gonna stay for no reason

[proper sable]

Copy. Thanks!! =]

[lament stone]

ascent to power isnt supposed to exist in cruel difficulty

[alpine silo]

hopefully gonna get fixed next patch

[proper sable]

Copy.

[lament stone]

i dont think it will get fixed until act 4-6 release

its there because its an act 2 quest

but the zone doesnt exist in act 5 (cruel act 2)

[proper sable]

I've done ascension 2 times now, when do I get more?

[lament stone]

and the cruel acts are just placeholders

tokens randomly drop

the earliest youll be able to get your 3rd ascension is with a level 60+ djinn barya

[proper sable]

I have a bunch but they all say no more points basically

[lament stone]

basically with barya its easy to see, number of floors = the ascension itll give

1 floor is first, 3 floors is 3rd, etc.

3rd ascension with trial of chaos requires a level 75+ ultimatum, which is the same for 4th but you need extra keys for that

[proper sable]

Copy. Yeah the last one i got was level 55. I just got to 60 this morning.

[lament stone]

3rd ascension is something youre probably not going to get during the campaign

[proper sable]

There's other content?

I'm just re doing the campaign in cruel

[echo hound]

Maxing out your element res will also be more helpful for surviving, so you might not have the stats for CI (and +Life) anyways. I think you'll be fine without looking for +Life. If you grab Kitoko's gloves then everything is gonna be electrocuted long enough to not worry about much health anyways.

[proper sable]

Is there some kind of price chart for the value of each currency? Example being x amount of exalted = x amount of divine or whatever.

[obsidian acorn]

you have to check with alva for current price

but
1 mirror is like 300-500 divines
1 divine is like 250-320 exalts

it changes a lot

1 divine was 120 less than 2 weeks ago

[safe lance]

yea it was a half baked thought in bed, there's no real advantage to path to CI and I could just be low life and high ES with grim feast.

[covert eagle]

this games pulling 330w on my gpu wtf lol

where abouts is the trade site?

[jovial island]

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

[simple vigil]

That value exploded..

[azure lava]

It's a player-driven economy so prices are always in flux

[crisp oar]

What do I need for 3rd ascension?

Very confused

[novel sun]

Hi so basically I’m currently stuck in act 3 due to mana issues and was wondering what was a good armour piece for monks at level 45-50

Or anything that could help with it

[crisp oar]

Just a djinn with 3 floors?

[azure lava]

If you're having mana issues I would recommend upgrading your mana flask, getting mana (or reduced cost of skills) on the tree, using less expensive support gems (or even inspiration support), and/or using a lower level skill (or less gear with +level of skills)

[azure lava]

And area level 60+

[storm atlas]

I've killed balbala but the quest says search traitors passage. what am I missing?

[azure lava]

Or a 75+ ultimatum with 10 trials

[crisp oar]

How I achieve AL 60+?

[azure lava]

If you're in cruel, nothing. That quest shouldn't exist in act 2 and there's nothing you can do to progress it. It gives nothing

[azure lava]

Find a randomly dropped djinn barya in a level 60+ area

It matches the level of the zone you're in when it drops

[novel sun]

Oh thanks did not know support gems needed mana

[azure lava]

A good deal of support gems have a cost multiplier

[urban spear]

is a new league coming soon? i want to make a new character but im worried it will b pointless

[storm atlas]

thanks

[urban spear]

google says feb

[azure lava]

GGG wants at least one league before the release of poe2 but we have no idea. And that Google result is very wrong/unfounded

[crisp oar]

Is help available during ascendancy or do you have to do it by yourself?

[azure lava]

Everything in the game is doable with a group except the first zone before the act 1 town

[crisp oar]

Fasho

[azure lava]

But the group needs to stick together from the start. You can't have people join midway

[urban spear]

for poe2?

so i should just rip in a try a new char

[echo hound]

You can check trade to see if anyone is selling them too. A 10 room Trial of chaos was like 1 ex last I checked, I imagine Trial of sekhema is similar

[crisp oar]

I got one of the trial djinns I just don’t wanna start if I might not be able to do it. Or if something crazy unexpected is gonna happen. Is it just like the last one or is there some new crazy mechanic?

[echo hound]

Each floor has a boss, up to you if you wanna look up spoilers for 3rd floor boss. If you have a dedicated bossing setup (eg swap out some skills and gems for Cast On spam) that's useful.

[crisp oar]

I’m level 76 with 40k dmg on spark, I decimate bosses I just don’t know what I’m in for

[echo hound]

Otherwise I don't think anything else new. Just grab 2 relics with 75% honour resist, maybe see if you can get cheaper merchant price relics

[obsidian acorn]

a week ago there was a mirror dupe and prices went down a lot

it changes a lot

[wanton knoll]

same

sadf

[azure lava]

Yeah, and characters don't get deleted or anything. You just can't use old characters/items in new leagues.

[wanton knoll]

why does it keeps changing to washington DC?

everytime i load a map?

im playing on japan server

anyone knows?

[lament stone]

are you playing with someone else?

[wanton knoll]

yes

he from US

[lament stone]

thatll be why

it uses whatever server the host is on

[worldly sequoia]

Need help running through act 3 cruel

[lament stone]

#2┃looking-for-group

[vague hollow]

what counts as "recently" in poe2?

[next jay]

im lvl 47 and specced giant bloods. now i dont have enough mana for all the stuff. anyone knows some solutions through the passive tree ?

[hard cypress]

Maybe put low mana cost support gem on your main skill

[cursive scarab]

Does your weapon have + Level to Melee gems?

[next jay]

it has +3 melee skills as a roll

[cursive scarab]

Yeah, levels also increase mana costs.

[next jay]

good point, i make my way up to blood magic (converts mana to life) but this could open up new problems 😄

[hard cypress]

Some support gems also have additional costs which can add up quite a bit

[cursive scarab]

Also https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Inspiration

[echo rivet]

I did first ascendency but not the 2nd. How do I do that do I need the djinn barya?

2nd question. Can I ask anyone to help me do it! Like can I jump on their run?

[cursive scarab]

You need a 2 trial Djinn Barya or can use the infinite repeat ultimatum in Act 3.

[echo rivet]

How do I get djinn barya

I had one from quest which I did

[cursive scarab]

Random drops and player trading.

[echo rivet]

I have more but it says they can't offer me ascendency pojts

[echo rivet]

Can any friend take me to the trial of sekhemas like can anyone carry me?

I can get ap throught that too right?

[cursive scarab]

Also yes, joining someone in the 4th boss of the trial also fills up the requirements of ascendency 2, 3 and 4.

[echo rivet]

Oh yess this! You shared earlier.thankss again

[echo rivet]

Got it. I will try to find sm1 🥹

[cursive scarab]

Try general 2~6, some offer free carries.

General 1 tends to be more sweaty in PoE1 at least.

[echo rivet]

What is general 2-6

Sorry new to this game

[cursive scarab]

Type /general 2 and you join the 2nd general chat channel.

I tend to camp general 6

[cursive tendon]

I took a few day break from the game i came back, i cant portal to town now?

[plain gate]

any1 wanna duo up and do act 3 cruel together?

[steel junco]

i got a lucky start and have 2 stellar amulet drops and 1 div, now im doing maps and nothing notable is dropping, feels sad

[restive slate]

how can i be notified if stashes go on sale?

[wary summit]

any1 know how to fix tree bug

all my int is converted to strength but when i change an int node it takes my strength down and raises dex 😭

so confused

[fringe obsidian]

how is your int converted to strength? is that part of the bug? or is that an item

[echo rivet]

Got it.

So how many chats are there

What's the use of so many gebral chats

[cursive scarab]

The question is rather: how many are active.

[haughty niche]

theres usually a message in yellow text the weekend the stash sale happens. But also this site tracks running events at the top:
https://poe2db.tw/

[cursive scarab]

Spam reduction. Imagine all were 1.

[echo rivet]

Makes sense fr

How will I know which general chat I already am i, is it random everytime?

[haughty niche]

600 000 players, 30% turned off global frame 1, still a couple hundred thousand. Would not be useable.

[cursive scarab]

Mouse over the general chat tab.

[echo rivet]

Got it.

[echo rivet]

Absolutely. I had no clue there's sth like this!

Is there a wayto default the chat to global or trade

Everytime I start it starts at local

[cursive scarab]

Type # and enter. Should start in global.

[hardy sequoia]

anyone able to help with my guild? i cant figure out how to change stash permissions for ranks

[wary summit]

Idek I’ll send tree

Idk how to fix it

But weapons that require strength say I have none 🤨

I’m bugged

[fringe obsidian]

send you character sheet too please. this is very odd. also what items are you wearing

send both those

[haughty niche]

likely more of a question for #2┃after-acts-help to the looks of it, but since you are already here dont worry about going there mid-question

[dull copper]

running through act 2, Dreadnaught Vanguard on a new character, suddenly getting mullered by the 'Infantry' mobs, where its been pretty plain sailing to this point. Its a second character so has pretty good gear for the level, though I'm 2 levels under the area level..

[cursive scarab]

Resists up?

[haughty niche]

that area is just a difficulty spike, given the tight area layout and the enemies are a decent bit harder/swarm you

[dull copper]

in act 2? no

[haughty niche]

you want to constantly be looking for higher resists

and life

[dull copper]

its my first melee toon, I'm assuming these mobs have the armour stat tweaked, as I just don't do a lot of damage

[haughty niche]

You don't need anywhere near cap at that point, but they should at least be positive / maybe 10-20

[haughty niche]

could be poor balance but i highly doubt it. The armour buff they did a week or two ago actually affected enemies as well.

[dull copper]

thanks to runes (now), I can tweak this at least

[shut abyss]

it's a rough area, the boss is probly easier than the way there.

[dull copper]

will see how it goes after Jamanra, as I said with this gear (and maybe 800 Ex in jewels), its been fairly easy so far

[haughty niche]

oh

you should NOT be struggling on a twink character

regardless of archetype

make sure your weapon is updated

[dull copper]

running Pillar

thats it for the rest of the game

well, until pretty late anyway

I'll see if there is any mileage in a good rare

[dull copper]

yeah, DPS drops a few hundred switching to a resonable rare

[shut abyss]

maybe problem is how you play it then, if you don't freeze you don't have too many seconds to kill everything thats hitting you

[safe lance]

I was using the the pillar twink leveling build and had no issues until act 3 iirc

[dull copper]

its odd, and I'm nearly done now anyway, just feels a little slower in this one section

[safe lance]

The one with extreme movement speed and just gets the travel nodes to stack strength. Foxshade, luminous pace etc

ring is important liek they said, need to keep updating for flat cold

[dull copper]

particularly in the Infantry and Heavy Infantry mobs, they are Spongy

the rest of the mobs in the pack are gone in about a second, they take maybe 10

[safe lance]

having any flat damage on ring helps at every point helps (the highest you can find)

I think like acts 2-early 3, the best I had was flat fire to attacks

*I want to clarify that it is very squishy btw, the damage really carries it, freezes everything and shatters etc

[dull copper]

have over 1k life in act 2, it doesn't even feel that squishy, lol

[safe lance]

how do you have 1k life tho? rare chest?

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/y21h6901 this is the one I am talking about

[dull copper]

anyway, Jamanra dead, will see if act 3 seems easier!

[restive slate]

hey, when im playing coop. are rewards separate for me and friend? or do we have to divvy up stuff?
aka: if we kill rare enemy, i get 5 drops, he gets 5 drops. or do we get teh same drops and have to divide the 5 between us

[dull copper]

yeah, I'm making it up as I level, mainly following my end game build guide

[safe lance]

you might have to switch to rare boots/gloves in act 3 I think I could be misremembering if normal or cruel

[safe lance]

ah ok then nvm, this setup is specifically for blasting quickly thru campaign and you'll have to respec once you finish acts and I actually used it on pathfinder, so a massive respec 🙂

[cursive scarab]

Drops are not personalised per se. You can change the allocation though to be free pick or short allocation.

[restive slate]

I like your funny words magic man, but i dont understand them. What is allocation? What is freepick and shortallocation

[cursive scarab]

Multiplayer adds droprate to compensate though.

[safe lance]

here #2┃new-player-in-campaign-help message

[cursive scarab]

Allocation = each player gets to pick their own loot before the other can steal it, free loot would be the oposite and the quicker looter gets the loot.

[azure lava]

Loot is not instanced. The loot you see on the ground is the same for everyone

[dull copper]

for the record, mobs in Act 3 are like cutting grass again, I think those Infantry mobs in the Vanguard are a little overbuilt

not progress stopping, but in normal gear I bet they are interesting

[left socket]

does anyone recommend a certain class to start the game with as a beginner?

[restive slate]

So if me and a friend started new characters together, and exclusively played together. Would we progress slower than a solo?

[dull copper]

I found the Witch/Infernalist minion build to be probably easiest of all, its just a bit slow really late in the game

[cursive scarab]

My recommendation would be monk.

[dull copper]

levelling a monk currently, it seems fine but I am pretty overgeared, lol

[trim turret]

That depends entirely on you guys.

[cursive scarab]

Earlygame yes, lategame just build for synergies instead

[restive slate]

ok.

so the equipment gap must be bridged with cooperation

2 less geared players, but cooperation to fix the gap.

[wary summit]

does like a helmet with an x on it mean ive killed that boss

on the map

[fringe obsidian]

yes

[fringe obsidian]

yes. did you sort out your intelligence bug then?

[wary summit]

its still there but its just a visul bug

if i go to the character screen it works

[fringe obsidian]

So fucking weird. could you please do us all a favour and submit that as a bug report on the forums. that'd be real ass to have in the final release

[safe lance]

what bug?

[fringe obsidian]

his tree was showing him as having attributes that were not at all correct

[trim turret]

You aren't necessarily less geared unless you're both looking for the same base items. There's less sharing that needs to happen if one person needs crossbows and the other needs wands.

[restive slate]

selling items, disenchanting items, salvaging items, getting orbs.

all of that i imagine would be impacted :/

[trim turret]

And more loot dropping to allow that to happen.

You just have to play nice and share. But it isnt like a resource drought or anything. Some of my best drops have been from the boosts to drops while in a party. At least in POE1. 3k of my 3700 hours were played with someone.

[haughty niche]

i played through the campaign with a friend and we had literally 0 issues

currency drops were noticeably boosted to compensate and our 2 architypes didn't clash at all so it wasn't like we wanted the exact same gear anyway

[trim turret]

Yeah there was maybe ONCE the wife and I played the same exact build for a laugh.

[hazy pecan]

Can anyone help me defeat this boss called mektul the forgemaster?

[trim turret]

Lure him out of the molten gold. Make him chase you. Otherwise it's just a DPS check and you can always come back to it later.

[obsidian acorn]

i can if u still need

[restive slate]

are there drop tables anywhere?

like every enem has a 0.1% chance of dropping orb of trans.

or something like that

[frank bear]

anyone selling 4h ascendancy for a normal price ?

[obsidian acorn]

id kill the boss for you

if u get to the end

get to lvl 4 sekhmas and ill tp and kill the boss

there is a trick to how to join but i forgot it ;d

[frank bear]

i died at the boss today thats my problem 😄 and i dont have any runs on my level left

[trim turret]

They dont publish them, it isn't public knowledge.

[gentle flower]

sry asking guys, but are there more trys for the Simulacrum map aswell?

or just for the other bosses?

[bitter barn]

So i think im fully bugged i hope someone can help.... Me and a friend of mine are playing together, we are in cruel diff act 3 aat the Quest "Legacy of the Vaal":Return to infested Barrens and activate the Stone Altar. (U need to put the large Soul Core from the Mechanarium in the altar)... So me and my friend beat the boss for the Large Soul Core and i went afk for a sec, he went to infested barrens and put the core in, i came back, went to infested, and now i cant put the core in.... Its Mainquest, its fully bugged nothing helps... no restart, no mapreload no nothin.... Any Idea on how to fix?

[safe lance]

Do it solo

[bitter barn]

already left group and all, restarted and still the core is already in the altar

[safe lance]

quest steps that sorta involve cutscenes such as blowing the horn, inserting this core, do not seem to work in party.

Ok then reset the instance and reload to that waypoint

[bitter barn]

how do i reset the instance? just by going to a diffrent place and comming back?

[safe lance]

no, if you are on PC, I think its ctrl + click the waypoint and select "new instance"

[bitter barn]

Ty u saved my day!

[frank heart]

I’m in act 3 and want to get uncut spirit gems for combat frenzy? I haven’t had any drop yet naturally and was wondering if there was a method

[jade trellis]

anyone know what could have suddenly made it so i cant target enemies or open doors?

[obsidian acorn]

bug?

restart the game maybe

[jade trellis]

apparently i was holding an item in my cursor

showed up after i exited to character select screen

[frank bear]

still looking for someone who can rush me through 4 ascen for a normal price pls

[cursive scarab]

You get one for killing the hag

[hard cypress]

King in the Mists in Act 1, The Lost City zone in Act 2, The Bog Witch in Act 3 drop spirit gems

[frank heart]

I’ve killed her a few times but so far nothing

[hard cypress]

Its only the first time

It can also drop as random loot, but kinda rare

[frank heart]

Bog witch never dropped one at all for me

Only the quest item for mroe spirit

[hard cypress]

That quest item should have given you the gem as well on use

[frank heart]

I’ll take a look, maybe i missed it

[cursive scarab]

The gem hides inside the skull

[delicate geode]

my loot filter hasnt been working above strict 3, has anyone had this before and know a fix? i tried unfollowing and following them, also went to create a custom 5 on filterblade which isnt working either

[steel junco]

do u know which level spirit gem does this give?

[wary summit]

is it possible to allocate points on console

holding x dosent work

[hard cypress]

Allocate what points where ?

Skill tree ?

[bold iris]

Anyone available to help with act 1 boss?

[craggy gyro]

whats your id?

can help you kill it quickly and get some sleep

[bold iris]

Spartcas

Oh wait ..

[craggy gyro]

Okay 2 mins

[bold iris]

Spartcas#8411

[bitter ledge]

Is there some kind of bug that mismatches stats? For some reason putting points into dex nodes puts it into int, int goes into strength and strength goes into dex

[craggy gyro]

no brother

[trail shard]

anyone on the US server that would be willing to help a 63 witchhunter kill the viper napuatzi. at checkpoint now. i can get the top 1/3rd but then nuttin.

[azure lava]

Do you have some unique item equipped that's doing that? Or maybe you're wearing gear with attributes that gets enabled when you meet its requirements?

[craggy gyro]

sent

[trail shard]

JuanRaulGarza

[azure lava]

#1328202289755983932 helps to make sure you're geared well enough for the campaign.

Or #2┃looking-for-group to ask for a carry

[trail shard]

ok, ill give that one a poke

[bitter ledge]

I've unequipped everything and reset my entire passive tree but it's still not working right. I've got 400 hours in this game between various other characters and ive never seen this happen before

[trail shard]

thanks

[bold iris]

Nothing popped up

[cursive scarab]

FYI, he mainly does Cold Damage. Make sure you did the optional boss in the first map after the town in Act 1, as she gives a permanent +10% cold resistance boost item. Also, sapphire rings/cold resistance and tundra runes are your friend

[azure lava]

Are you allocating the nodes within the refund window? If so, try leaving that and allocating nodes from your normal passive tree

[bold iris]

I did, I also have a cold charm on :/

[timber sable]

Anyone carrying thru campaign ?

[ruby moon]

what am i meant to do at the campsites in act three as i can't mark them off of my map even after talking to everyone at the camp

[azure lava]

#1328202289755983932 can help. The biggest factors for not dying in that fight are cold res, movement speed on boots, an up-to-date life flask with two good mods, and life on gear

And not getting hit

[craggy gyro]

check dm

[azure lava]

They don't get crossed off because the vendors are there forever.

[ruby moon]

ah okay that makes me feel slightly better about them just being there then

[craggy gyro]

@bold iris if you dont need help i'll go offline. i dm'ed you as well. Cant wait much

[bitter ledge]

I've tried that too and it didn't change anything. You can see here I've got nothing equipped and my passive tree is empty, but when I put 1 point into +5 intelligence it raises my strength stat from 7 to 12

[azure lava]

It also looks like your base stats are wrong, somehow. Merc should start with str and dex being equal and higher than int

That's straight fucked, mate

[bitter ledge]

I think it's some kind of visual bug. When I log into my level 95 sorc it says I have 208 strength but all my int requirements are still satisfied despite the game showing I only have 38

[azure lava]

Oh. Check your attributes in the character panel

Not the passive tree UI

[topaz chasm]

no need to put gems in bow shot right?

[bitter ledge]

the character UI displays it correctly, seems like the stat icons were somehow switched around for all the characters on my account. It's just annoying that I need to learn that int=str/str=dex/dex=int when I'm allocating skill points while this bug persists. I'm not sure how to fix that part

[azure lava]

If you want to augment it, you can. But technically there's no "need" to put supports in anything

[azure lava]

I'd report it and see if it's a new bug with this patch

[topaz chasm]

im using my skills i dont use bow shot

[azure lava]

Then don't put supports in it. Unless you think putting supports in bow shot would make it worth using

[topaz chasm]

yeah nah i already got a way to ignite with my poison burst so i think ill be fine

[azure lava]

You ignite with poison burst?

Now I'm equal parts intrigued and worried

I have to ask how/why you're doing that

Rather than investing in poison

[visual onyx]

Just curious, regarding ascendancy points, do you only get 8? I currently have 4, lv 65, havent done the rest.

[spice ice]

Any DeadEyes here can verify something? i noticed that with Heralds of ice/Lightning i use they are the ones making the damage? So my Cold or Lightning shot has no reason to get damage Passives? Should i give more utility?

[azure lava]

Yes, 8 total after 4 ascensions

[azure lava]

You still need to do enough initial damage to shock/freeze something.

And any bonuses you have like "increased cold damage" apply to your Herald damage

And heralds don't do anything in single target fights

[spice ice]

Well i use Lightning Rod for bosses but ok

[azure lava]

Also "increased attack damage" would help, too. Heralds do attack damage

Area damage might help, too, at least for Herald of ice. Herald of thunder does a projectile so proj damage helps that, too

[spice ice]

I thing Ice does the most or maybe the shatter animation makes it feel like it

[azure lava]

You should be able to look in the skill details and see their damage

[warped juniper]

hi! how can i add %incread spell dmg on a staff via crafting?

[dull copper]

which venom for ice strike Invoker? Tempted by Mana

[still bane]

can someone hewlp me with my build im pretty lost on what i should be doing with my build but im a bloodmage i started with using the minions but now im not so sure about them i mostly do dmg over time with curses and chaos dmg and spark btu it does seem to be enough for boses whenim solo its decent when there is a

hoard of stuff btu not for bosses

[hard cypress]

Praying while using orbs may help

Crafting in poe 2 is slot machines so you can't really craft exactly what you want

[warped juniper]

haha hit in the first orb

[hard cypress]

HOLY TEACH ME HOW

[hard cypress]

What do you need help with ? Clearing ads betters ?

You want to build around one or two spells in general and have your passive skills support it. For eg if you're doing minions, take all the minion stuff on the tree. If you don't want minions, you can drop those and see what skills benefit the build you want

[azure lava]

You seem all over the place. I'd pick one of the three things you're doing (chaos damage over time, minions, and spark) and make that your focus and ditch the other two unless you can use them to enhance your focus.

[tight python]

how do I get level 2 uncut support gem?

[azure lava]

I think they start dropping in act 3?

[tight python]

oh okay, Im in act 2

[azure lava]

Late act 2 or act 3, I can never remember

[keen cradle]

any tips on how to level fastert from 95-100

[fringe obsidian]

https://tenor.com/view/thats-the-neat-part-you-dont-invincible-gif-27194608

in all seriousness, builds are considered done at 95

best thing you can do is blast high level maps but good luck!

[azure lava]

Yeah, and don't die (:

Also, #2┃after-acts-help

Unless you got to 95 without beating the campaign, in which case there are better discords to help with psychopathy than this one

[keen cradle]

yeah

well

i am running jhuiced maps 18

but then again

it is fun to

[fringe obsidian]

Yeah it's going to take you a long LONG time

[keen cradle]

yeah it feels like it

my sleep sdchedule is fucked

[fringe obsidian]

the exp drop off at 95 is insane lol

[keen cradle]

so i am no lifing it

it is

i have 9 days before i am ngoing to back to work

so i wanted to try but

haha

but i guess

the best way to level up

[fringe obsidian]

yeah 95 is usually when I just roll a new character

[keen cradle]

is having more people in party

i did duo and trio

and the xp gain is insane

[rapid pond]

is it normal to die a few times to bosses before clearing in first cmapagin?

[dusky burrow]

yeah

[hard cypress]

I've died to bosses, I've died to ads, I've died to lots of things. Its all normal 🙂

[fringe obsidian]

totally, especially if it's your first time

[rapid pond]

yep, learning pattersn and stuff. getting most of the way there but some take me several tries lol 😦

[fringe obsidian]

yeah Jamanra (my beloved) took me a few the first time

[hard cypress]

Makes the kill feel rewarding though

I killed Jamanra with 0 life and mana flasks at the end because my dps was trash and it took like 500 years. But very fun

[fringe obsidian]

he's such a good boss

[pearl lance]

"Frightened Citizen" is definitely one of the monsters ever encountered in the game.

[fringe obsidian]

in PoE1 you get frightened citizen to posessed citizen to drowned citizen 😦

very sad citizen saga

[hard cypress]

There are.. citizens ?

[fringe obsidian]

in poe2? yeah when you use the aztec delorean

[rapid pond]

this azarian guy is getting me down

[fringe obsidian]

that name isn't familiar. can you describe him?

[hard cypress]

oooh

[mild quiver]

is it just me or did cruel act add new moves to bosses

I do not remember lachlan swinging back before

[hard cypress]

Bosses did not do anything for me in cruel

They just insta froze and died

[pearl lance]

i am in the wrong chat 😭

[fringe obsidian]

Yeah for me they just kinda laid on the ground perma stunned while my skeletons beat the SHIT out of them

[mild quiver]

are you using a meta build

[azure lava]

Lachlann swings both ways
😉

[hard cypress]

When my monk bell ding dongs but the boss is not alive to open the door

[hard cypress]

I was doing monk invoker stuff yeee. My gear / gem setup was not the meta recommneded ones but it wasn't bad either

[fringe obsidian]

imagine looking up a build and robbing yourself of the joy of discovery

[rapid pond]

it's the first boss guy in act 2 says "sins of the mother"
i will hear that in nightmares

[fringe obsidian]

just do what feels good 🙂

[azure lava]

The general consensus is that cruel difficulty is the victory lap you take after you get your build fully operational in act 3 normal

[mild quiver]

yeah from normal act to cruelt I have made my build blind

[hard cypress]

Me trying to make orb of storms work for falling thunder hehe

[mild quiver]

doing a mercenary fire necromancer build

[fringe obsidian]

ooooooooh yeah that guys fun. gotta dodge a lot though

my merc multi class ballista seige cascade rapid shot build is uhhhh fine lol

[azure lava]

Raging spirits are pretty heckin strong on any class, so you should be fine

[fringe obsidian]

I believe in you

[hard cypress]

Well the orb didn't so I just spammed tempest flurry for a good bit

[fringe obsidian]

also fine

[trim turret]

Gemling for the skill bonuses?

[mild quiver]

not using raging spirits but going for a health boosting self destruct build on undead

[mild quiver]

gemling for the attribute bonuses omegalul

[azure lava]

You have the mentality of a hardcore player. Keep it up

[hard cypress]

What is the basic idea of a "gemling legionnaire" ? It shows up in youtube with some omega click bait titles

[azure lava]

So you're using that support that drains the life of a minion to kill it and explode it?

[azure lava]

Gems

[mild quiver]

infernal skeletons

meat shield

[fringe obsidian]

9/10 times they get 100000000 attribute points with HoWA I think

[hard cypress]

Oh you get lot of stats then get gear which scale off stats ?

[fringe obsidian]

yeah basically

[rapid pond]

finally beat it lol

[fringe obsidian]

or you could run witchhunter and roll play as that inquisitor from 40k

[azure lava]

Gemling Legionnaires, in poe lore, were the guards for the eternal empire. They were decked out in virtue gems (the skill gems we use now) that were implanted directly into their bodies and corrupted them a lil bit. They were allegedly very powerful in their prime.

@hard cypress

[topaz chasm]

Is Projectile speed important for bow?

[azure lava]

It can be

[topaz chasm]

Idk wat that was lol

[hard cypress]

oh wow this is some cool lore, thanks

[topaz chasm]

Is it working like rid of fire on a gun or does it work more like the amount of speed through space?

[fringe obsidian]

SPEED THROUGH SPACE

sorry all caps

speed through space

[azure lava]

It would be akin to bullet velocity, not rate of fire

[fringe obsidian]

attack speed is rate of fire

[azure lava]

But there is a node that makes increases to projectile speed also apply to projectile damage with bows

[hard cypress]

Petition to change tool tip to say "Increases the projectile speed through space", that sounds insanely cool

[topaz chasm]

OK, see that’s what I thought. I just don’t see how projectile speed can be that noticeable

[fringe obsidian]

ohhhhh you'd be surprised depending on skill. very noticeable on stuff like seige cascade

[azure lava]

Only if they add in air resistance. That way we could calculate the drag to figure out our actual projectile speed

Pob devs would love that

[hard cypress]

lol imagine if it changed based on the biome O_O

[azure lava]

I think it's way more noticeable on skills that shoot up and land, like lightning rod. It also raises the max distance that a projectile can travel. It's very noticeable on skills like ball lightning or frostbolt, for example

[fringe obsidian]

yes.

[azure lava]

Every day we start further from God's light... And closer to EVE online

[hard cypress]

Oooo I never linked the speed to distance, interesting

[topaz chasm]

Copy thanks guys

[fringe obsidian]

I wonder what character to play next. I haven't done melee yet but I really want to try a demon lady and just scale so much chaos it's unreal

[azure lava]

Hexblast demon form is pretty lit I've heard

I'm also pondering what build to make next. I think I just need to play around with more skills and find one that just feels good no matter what

[fringe obsidian]

Thus far I've had good luck on 2 characters by just making shit up and seeing if it works

[azure lava]

Corrupting seismic cry is tanky af and solid, but it feels like straight ass to play

[fringe obsidian]

the witchhunter working was a real surprise I expected him to suck the big one

[fringe obsidian]

Yeah I hate when that happens. I like that one bow skill where you do a little spin move

but not sure what I would do for single target lol

[azure lava]

I was really scratching my head for single target bow stuff. Rain of arrows, spiral volley, and barrage all consume frenzy charges on use. I ended up using barrage + snipe for single target with six frenzies on my ice shot build

[fringe obsidian]

how'd that work out?

[azure lava]

Pretty well. Deleted rares in one shot and bosses in 2-3

Especially with tornado shot behind them

I would:
time stop
Tornado shot behind them
Barrage
Charge a perfect snipe

[fringe obsidian]

oh that's a clean loop

[azure lava]

If time stop was on CD, I'd wait for a freeze to go off

[fringe obsidian]

I keep taking phys nodes on tree forgetting that that isn't how conversion works in this game lol

[azure lava]

Oof

[fringe obsidian]

why'd you change it on us jonny boy

why

[azure lava]

So that we could have energy shield with EB, of course

[fringe obsidian]

oh well. I'm eternally grateful they removed cluster jewels so it's cool

[azure lava]

...for now

I really hope they do an osrs-style remix of poe from here. Roll everything back to square one and reimagine everything

[fringe obsidian]

OSRS?

[azure lava]

Old school runescape

[fringe obsidian]

nah keep poe 1 as the insane lightning fast adhd fest that it is

[azure lava]

They basically remade runescape from 2007 in 2014 and it's its own separate game that went a completely different direction

Like wow classic, kinda

Poe1 stays the same, but poe2 is their chance to ask, "But what if...?"

[fringe obsidian]

What if conversions only scaled after the conversion step?

what if

[azure lava]

What if we took life off the tree completely...

...and then gave insane life scaling to like two ascendancies?

[fringe obsidian]

actually speaking of stuff not on tree. there's like, no crit down in the crossbow section of the tree eh. you have to go up to deadeye for it. not cool tbh

[tight python]

is this worth?

[fringe obsidian]

it is if you're not using grim feast

if you're using grim feast I'd not worry about it

[tight python]

whats grim feast?

a skill?

[fringe obsidian]

it's an aura that ramps your energy shield up to insane op levels

[tight python]

sounds sick when can I get that?

after campaign?

[fringe obsidian]

mmm no during campaign. it's a spirit gem

not sure when it drops

[tight python]

ah

okay

[hard cypress]

You can get it with your first spirit gem

[fringe obsidian]

looks like level 4 yeah

so right from the king in the mists in a1

[tight python]

wait can I get it as monk?

[fringe obsidian]

sure

you can get anything on any class

[hard cypress]

I got it from king in the mists and it didn't seem very useful or I didn't fully understand what it did kinda lol

[fringe obsidian]

it's probably the strongest thing in the game right now

defensively at least

[hard cypress]

Any class can do anything, use anything. Some sklills need a specific weapon which again any class can equip

[hard cypress]

Ye I've heard this so I ended up getting it. But maybe its not good very early when moving from pack to pack fast ?

[fringe obsidian]

as long as you have es. it will make you have twice as much es

and as long as you're killing fast, it will also regen that es

[hard cypress]

So its good when you have a decent pool to start with ?

[fringe obsidian]

depends on how you look at it. it's always exactly double your pool. but obviously the bigger pool the more es that is. but even on a small pool, it still helps with es sustain

[visual onyx]

What do I spend my 300 money on for maximum value (non cosmetic)

[fringe obsidian]

like it's never bad. and come late game if you have a decent es pool it's monstrous

[fringe obsidian]

stash tabs

[hard cypress]

Does it like have a cooldown or is it basically energy shield on kill ?

[visual onyx]

which one

[tight python]

whats es?

[hard cypress]

Currency tab, gem tab, premium tab for trading. Save for map tabs.

[fringe obsidian]

no cooldown. on kill enemies can drop a ghost that you can pick up that gives flat es. it's a chance to drop, so the faster you kill the better

[fringe obsidian]

energy shield

[tight python]

oh

[hard cypress]

Ah I see. I'll play around with it more then, thanks

[visual onyx]

Will there ever be sales on stash tabs or only cosmetics?

[hard cypress]

yes, every 3 weeks or so

[fringe obsidian]

I used it on my first guy because it seemed insane and I think I've died like, 2 times in maps. all the way up to t18

[tight python]

so if I kill an enemy I can consume the corpse and it gives me es and consuming a lot of corpses can even overflow over my max es?

[visual onyx]

Ah okay I will wait then to buy stash stuff

[fringe obsidian]

you don't consume the corpse, the enemy drops a cute little ghost dude, you just run over that and it gives you back flat es. as you level it the value of es goes higher and higher

so you can run es with something like detonate dead with no drawback

it's EXTREMELY op on summoners, since when our minions die they have a chance to also drop ghosts

[tight python]

and whats detonate dead? xD

[fringe obsidian]

detonate dead is exactly what it sounds like. It's a skill that blows up a corpse

[hard cypress]

Next Stash Tab Expected on February 14, 2025

[visual onyx]

AOE nuke that destroys mobs

[visual onyx]

:)

[tight python]

yeah I think witch is the best class from what I've seen

[tight python]

oh its a skill for warrior right? well a recommended, can I actually use that skill as monk aswell?

[fringe obsidian]

debatable tbh. depends on your goals

[fringe obsidian]

detonate dead is an intelligence skill. witch oriented

[hard cypress]

It helps to think of skills as weapon dependent than class based

[tight python]

well I enjoy monk, archer is around the same level as my monk but I noticed only using 2 skills on archer and almost killing everything so I realized how fun monk actually is

[half vigil]

ok someone tell me

what does the ending boss of the chapter 2

[tight python]

yeah well thats just my rpg brain yk?

[half vigil]

has so much fucking hp

[fringe obsidian]

basically use grim feast while you can, cuz that thing is getting nerfed into the ground soon I guarantee it

[hard cypress]

I have the same brain, it was a big struggle to unwrangle and think "Hmm my monk can use contagion for memes"

[half vigil]

i mean im helping a friend

[fringe obsidian]

because he's the best guy ever. learn his moves and have fun

[half vigil]

and i was fighting him for a couple of minutes

[hard cypress]

JAMANRA MY BELOVED

[fringe obsidian]

you don't insult JAMANRA MY BELOVED

[half vigil]

and we didnt even manage to get him to the 2nd phase

i did him solo and i still think this dyde

[fringe obsidian]

HELL YA JAMANRA STILL GOT IT

[half vigil]

has too much hp

i think my friend might drop the game because of him

i dont really blame him

[hard cypress]

Just a boss wanting you to respect mechanics

[half vigil]

this dude has shit ton of hp

[topaz chasm]

@azure lava yea I found a reason for bow shot it just opened us so much crits for me boutta augment it now

[half vigil]

,,respect mechanics"

[fringe obsidian]

I didn't find him that bad the 4 times I've fought him

[half vigil]

dude hes a big slow dude with like million hp

nothing mechanical

just kind of a bore

[fringe obsidian]

ok he doesn't have a million hp and he does have a lot of mechanics to play around

[tight python]

ah holy shit I need so much int for detonate dead

[hard cypress]

To each their own, I had fun fighting him with trash dps

[fringe obsidian]

and if your build is on point you can ruin his life

according to my brother, who is playing this as his first ever isometric arpg, the monk bell attack thing just blows him up

[half vigil]

tell me one aside from dodging his attacks and the very annoying and needless sandstorm

[hard cypress]

"Just dodge bro"

[fringe obsidian]

I guess if you're going to boil learning the timings of all his attacks into just dodging then yeah you'll think there's not many mechanics. but hey to each their own

either way, you probably just need more dps or more tankiness, but probably more dps

[half vigil]

look i killed him already but thats because i actually did well with my build and im pretty decent at dodging

[fringe obsidian]

if you're doing an attack build, consider upgrading your weapon

[hard cypress]

The music is good, so there's another plus. But I think we've made our opinions on the boss so yeee

[half vigil]

and im playing witch

but hes playing a monk and its his first game like this aside from diablo 4

[hard cypress]

All end of act bosses seem like chunky bosses like they desrve to be

Monk bell ding dongs should do lot of dmg

[fringe obsidian]

yeah it sounds like he needs to work on his build. He's got more arpg experience than other people I know who have annihilated that boss on the same class

[half vigil]

id much rather have a boss with less hp but much more timed

[fringe obsidian]

yeah the monk bell is great for bosses

[half vigil]

fights that last around 5 minutes but can end pretty quick if youre reckless

miss timing dodges etc

higher dmg less hp

[fringe obsidian]

again, guy can try to update his build to get more dps

and then use the bell to crack jamanra

[hard cypress]

That's a fair take I'll admit. We all like different things.

Are they using ice strike or tempest flurry ? Just making sure they're not using the basic attacks a lot like I did initially

[half vigil]

@faint elbow

[half vigil]

idk

[fringe obsidian]

POE2 is, at it's core, still an arpg. very solid shot that any issues with bosses taking too long is a build issue. and I say that as someone who took some time to find his footing the first time through this game

[hard cypress]

I actually found diablo 4 more difficult than this hehe

[fringe obsidian]

I do not share that sentiment

I found that game brain breakingly simple.

but again, different strokes

[hard cypress]

I imagine most ppl don't lol. I had no idea what I was doing but still kept dying to random things. Like I die a lot in poe 2 too but it didn't feel bad

[fringe obsidian]

yeah big issue with d4 is just that everything scales with weapon dps

makes building your character feel bad imo.

my biggest issue, I should say

many people like it obviously

[turbid skiff]

Simple. Just one shot him and complaining about his hp over and over doesn't do anything here. Think positive thoughts by one shotting or drespec to one shot him.

[hard cypress]

My old man age might be showing here, but when ppl say "one shot the boss".. its not like just one hit right ? Its kill the first time you try ?

[turbid skiff]

Yes, simple mechanics in every game. Just one shot everything = one hit wonders. One pump chump the monsters and move on to the next one pump chumps. Better yet one pump one or two screens away times 4-5 screens and on to the next map=20 second runs or less

[edgy cloud]

Do yall do any trading to make your character stronger while going through the campaign? Or do you wait until postgame/maps? HC specifically

[azure lava]

It can mean either

[turbid skiff]

no simpler, one hit=dead in their case two phases, one hit=phase one, second hit=dead and then skip everything in the rest of the campaign and straight to end game t15/16 maps or pinnacle bosses and then question your gaming life

[tight python]

bro why does keth feel so hard, if I dont pay attention I can die so fast

[turbid skiff]

best way to play and best way to get loots to sell to you all or horde. either way best way to play the game imo

[turbid skiff]

read up a few chains. one hit them and skip campaign to endgame

[tight python]

bro I dont wanna skip campaign

[mystic forge]

go play minecraft, u one shot everything there

[frozen kernel]

Excuse me, if I have Eldritch Battery but one of my items have "Increased Energy Shield", does this increase then convert to me having more mana? 🤔
Thanks

[turbid skiff]

meh rather one shot everything in poe2

[mystic forge]

no

[topaz chasm]

Does 30% increase bonuses from my quiver mean that if I have 25% projectile speed I’ll get 30% bonus on that?

[turbid skiff]

no

[frozen kernel]

Thanks!

[tight python]

if you one shot every enemy wheres the fun?

[mystic forge]

ull get total 55

[hard cypress]

Campaign is the best part for some ppl

[topaz chasm]

Please explain that math if you’re cool with it I’m not trying to get nerdy, but I need to know?

[turbid skiff]

25% multipled by 35% is 8% (poe rounds down) is 33% projectile speed

[hard cypress]

Is this the area with the skeletons which can sometimes kill you by falling on you ?

[tight python]

thats why I will not skip it

[mystic forge]

any increase is combined, if you have a "more" it multiplies it

[tight python]

nah its like an area where theres little bugs but a lot of them and then theres also bugs that are a bit bigger and theres like a boss version of it which is so hard because its so fast like I dodge and its instantly on my ass again, I have to legit fight it without dodging and just keep on healing

[topaz chasm]

OK, so if my quiver also has gained 22 life pair enemy killed, I would basically be gaining about 30 life per enemy killed now?

[hard cypress]

OMG its the scarabs ?

[tight python]

yeah I think thats what they are called

[hard cypress]

Those little shits still give me the shivers, I get omega stun locked by them all the time lol

[turbid skiff]

to each's own. i don't like stories and campaigns. Just straight to endgame for me

[mystic forge]

yes

[tight python]

I dont know if you can see it good

[hard cypress]

I've found running away scared and being very conscious of not getting surrounded was the key

[tight python]

glad Im not the only one lmao

[azure lava]

I mean that if someone says, "I one shot that boss" they could mean they killed it in one hit/skill use, OR it could mean they beat it on their first try without dying. Both are common usages

[tight python]

I also feel like so weak

[mystic forge]

i was mistaken, ull get 33 % projectile speed

30% increaase bonuses from quiver is a multiplier x1.3

[buoyant socket]

question I saw some people buying normal saphire rings for 20ex, are them super rare or why does they buying them at this high price??

[mystic forge]

its used for gambling

same as stellar amulet and heavy belt

[turbid skiff]

If anyone here wants to head straight to end game let me know I can you or multiple you through the story in an hour or so and then endgame a few times to 65 and then you're on your own

[mystic forge]

must be sold normal quality

[hard cypress]

It can become a very powerful item if you get lucky on using a type of orb

[turbid skiff]

just one hit it and its dead

[buoyant socket]

but I saw most of them sell them for 1 ex on the site

[hard cypress]

Ye has to be white quality

[edgy cloud]

Should I start stockpiling any white quality sapphire ring/heavy belt/stellar amulet? Is there a minimum item level required?

[mystic forge]

those are fake sells

[hard cypress]

Its the "Actually I want more" would be the reply I guess

[turbid skiff]

idk up to you. I don't pick up anything thats not valuable so I wouldn't know

[azure lava]

Whatever the level requirement is for the base item is the minimum ilvl it can drop

[mystic forge]

no minimum

[edgy cloud]

Thanks!! I'm super early and have nothing valuable so i'll be keeping an eye out, appreciate the help

[buoyant socket]

im lvl 30 so 😛

already wasted like 6 Ex and invested 2 ex

[turbid skiff]

told you 33% 😛

[half vigil]

which ones better

[mystic forge]

yeah

[turbid skiff]

want to get to 65 in an hour? 😄

[visual lotus]

how many maps total to hit 30 atlas points

[turbid skiff]

idk get temporalis or moriar and one shot things

[azure lava]

Yeah, I wrote up a whole thing about how wrong yocttar was before I read more and saw they corrected themself

[mystic forge]

shaman mantle like duh?

[buoyant socket]

nah I want to take my time to understand the game cuz if I get high level with no knoledge I would drop out

[half vigil]

alright

[turbid skiff]

i c...come i'll teach you to farm endgame

[mystic forge]

u basically want as much survavability as u can

[azure lava]

You're actually not doing new players any favors by offering to rush them to endgame

You're hurting more than helping imo

[turbid skiff]

what discord is this btw and how am i in it and who are you guys i just realized i don't recognize any of you

[azure lava]

Go to #2┃looking-for-group for that stuff

[half vigil]

i mean im not really struggling with surviving

i need more spirit

[turbid skiff]

idk i'm all about endgame and rushing to end stuff. maybe i'm special...

[azure lava]

150 minimum. 2 for every 10 maps. Also #2┃after-acts-help

[sharp imp]

Hello can someone please help me get through the story fast ?

[turbid skiff]

or run all 15/16 maps and hit them all? I think i did it that way

[half vigil]

and turns out i need more into sooo

[turbid skiff]

I can! I'll be on in an hour or so

[half vigil]

i need to keep the worse clothing for a while

[sharp imp]

Im not available after an hour but thanks

[azure lava]

I don't know if you can skip tiers like that, haven't tried it. I don't think you can. The quests say "do maps of at least this tier"

[turbid skiff]

I used all 15/16 after i finished the campaign they counted for the quest requirements

[azure lava]

#1328202289755983932 can help with gearing. You can also check out various campaign speed running YouTube videos. Or ask in #2┃looking-for-group for a carry

[turbid skiff]

I might have used a lower tier but that was by accident if i remember correctly

[half vigil]

who made this </3

[buoyant socket]

is there a setting to atack towards where the cursor is pointing cuz im playing monk and I want to hit my bell but I always leep towards another enemy insted of hiting it

[turbid skiff]

You did...?

[cursive bluff]

does power charges have a duration or can they stay till they are used? (without any passives to help)

[hard cypress]

15s

You can see the imter under the buff icon

[cursive bluff]

any way to make them last permenantly or is it just duration/max stacks?

[hard cypress]

There might be passives to extend teh duration

But I don't think it counts as a buff so be mindful of that

[cursive bluff]

im trying out witch/minion and testing the skills from wands. since i use raise zombie was curious about the power siphon

but the duration is a pain since thats what im trying to avoid lol

[haughty niche]

self-cast spells and minion skills do not scale well together

they want completely different stats

[hard cypress]

Is power siphon basically killing palm but a spell ?

[azure lava]

Power siphon is just kinda nice as a way to cull stuff

[cursive bluff]

thats not the goal. raise zombie doesnt need a corpse if you use power siphon on a culling ranged enemy

[tight python]

does this mean I have still 2 bosses in the lost city or in the next area where my quest is?

[azure lava]

It culls stuff and grants a power charge, yeah. It's only found on siphoning wands

[cursive bluff]

so then i could summon for bosses and such where corpses are limited

[hard cypress]

Oooh its a weapon thing, gotcha

[azure lava]

Read the legend in the top left to see what the icons mean

[hard cypress]

If you interact with the skull icons they show which area they belong to

[azure lava]

The gold railroad spike icon is where your quest is

[hard cypress]

It might be a nice thing to kill rares and bosses slightly early

[cursive bluff]

wrong ss lol

[azure lava]

I will say, though, that using an entire weapon that's basically useless for minions just for power charges is a bit yikes to me

[hollow ridge]

any of yall know about the lore behind this shield? poe2db doesnt have anything

[azure lava]

You could use profane ritual or lingering illusion

[hollow ridge]

the artwork is beautiful

[topaz chasm]

Bruh I’m finally getting the dopamine I deserve

[azure lava]

I think the flavor text answers your question

[hollow ridge]

dang it..i guess we'll never know

[hard cypress]

Hey that's my face when I get randomly dead to a mob group

[buoyant socket]

is there a page to see your character crit chance?'

[azure lava]

It's skill-specific. Open the skill detail page to see it

[cursive bluff]

i did say i was trying them out lol im going full minion build with a bit of contagion (chaos DOT that spreads and increases damage per spread) but was looking at wands to see what their skills did and saw that for the first time and wondered XD

[tight python]

yes I know its in the next area but I explored the area before completely and Im confused if the boss, rare monster and chest is in the area I fully explored and I missed it somehow or if its in the area my quest is in, yk what I mean?

[edgy cloud]

holy crap, is balbala higher level than the area she sits in? I was cruising through the passage and she was by far the closest I got to losing my hardcore character. Is she just a hard hitter or should I have come back to her after a few more levels? or was it just skill diff gotta not get poisoned?

[azure lava]

If you hover over the icons it will tell you what zone they're in

[hard cypress]

She's a little easier if you know her 2 gimmicks

[cursive bluff]

was either power siphon wand with +2 to chaos skills for contagion or this chaos bolt which is a very underwhelming skill

[half vigil]

not gonna lie they NEED to work on some of the bosses attacks being telegraphed

[hard cypress]

You can hover over the skull to see which area they belong to. Sometimes they are positions closer to a map they are not actually in

[hard cypress]

Balbala dagger throw spam 👀

[azure lava]

it sounds like you're splitting your focus between minions and chaos dots. Unless you have a really good way to marry those ideas, I'm not optimistic

[tight python]

yeah mb I didnt see that lmao

[edgy cloud]

yeah I'm loving going through hardcore blind not knowing what I'm gonna face, but it really feels like a matter of time before a boss one shots me with something I was not ready for. The moment in act 1 when the mist appeared I nearly shit

[azure lava]

All enemies in a zone have a level equal to the zone (plus 1-2 if they're a higher rarity mob)

[cursive bluff]

nah the chaos dots for now is fluff damage and when it spreads it eats through a pack so quick without having any damage modifiers from gear applying to it just 2 chaos damage nodes

[azure lava]

It sounds like the minions are pretty superfluous then

[cursive bluff]

any enemys that die with contagion and is then reanimated have the contagion on them

so they spread it themselves without me needing to cast it

[hard cypress]

I guess ED could then go well with this contagion stuff ?

[azure lava]

I saw that and I was curious, how long does that last? Still the duration of contagion?

[cursive bluff]

i use unearth and raise zombie

unsure tbh im only level 17 i just know it works lol

bosses are a pain since i cant summon but packs insta delete

[azure lava]

Yeah, I did a chaos dot chronomancer and I was curious if you had to kill an enemy, revive it, and have it hit something all within the contagion duration for it to actually spread from a contaminated corpse

[cursive bluff]

my tree atm i only have the 2 central nodes for chaos (and now the +2 levels from new wand) and the damage has been decent so far in act 2

using snipers also which is poison so 2 DOTs

[azure lava]

Based on what you're saying, I really think you might wanna try dropping the minion nodes and just going all in on chaos dot

[hard cypress]

Isn't the top right cluster all just for minions ?

[azure lava]

If you can't use minions on bosses, you're really hamstringing yourself imo

[cursive bluff]

nah minions is the end goal contagion is for now because it works and i dont really have much else i like the sound of for essentially a basic attack

[hard cypress]

Is the build idea to do debuffs from minions ?

[azure lava]

So what minions will you use for bosses?

[cursive bluff]

i have snipers but since im low level thats hindering me with spirit and such

[azure lava]

Do you have a scepter?

[cursive bluff]

i dunno yet lol the class is new to me i never did anything outside of armour/marauder (poe1)/warrior

[half vigil]

ye the bosses need jucier animations so you can tell when and what kind of attack theyre gonna use, especially if youre playing on higher levels where i assume your entire screen is covered with spells and other random bs

[hard cypress]

Scepter gives you 100 spirits to play with guaranteed

[safe lance]

A lot of the bosses actually announce it out loud btw

[cursive bluff]

so a spellcaster/minion is new to me i dont know what this char has available to it yet im just experimenting as i go

[safe lance]

Probably anime inspired

[cursive bluff]

yeah im 2h atm

1 wand 1 scepter

[hard cypress]

Oooo 34 extra spirit nice

[azure lava]

You using raging spirits?

[cursive bluff]

not seen it unlocked yet in gem tree

only got level 6 atm

[azure lava]

It's a spirit gem

[cursive bluff]

oh then no i only have the withered one atm

[azure lava]

Oh my

To each their own

[cursive bluff]

only had the 1 drop atm

[azure lava]

Yeah, but I'm just surprised you used it on wither of all things

[hard cypress]

Next tiem you get another spirit gem, see if you like the idea of raging spirits

[cursive bluff]

wither increases chaos damage taken

my snipers do most of my damage

with gas

[azure lava]

Yeah by 5% at the cost of 30 spirit

[cursive bluff]

which is chaos

[azure lava]

You could summon another sniper probably

[cursive bluff]

in 3 spirit short

i did think about it

[azure lava]

Wither doesn't refresh when a new stack is applied

[hard cypress]

If you upgrade the minions, their cost reduces jsut fyi

[cursive bluff]

thats on unearth

[azure lava]

Okay that's not bad

Well, wait

Yes it's bad

[safe lance]

Btw Byron, I decided to try SSF because my wifi was too laggy, was reminded of the conversation where some guy got very upset that I said his belt was mid. This char is from scratch and did ascendancy at 21 so I was probably not that far off and I’m sure act 3 char can have way better defenses

[hard cypress]

That's.. support

Not spirit gem things

[cursive bluff]

yeah but the wither stacks from this

[azure lava]

Withering touch only applies withered if you deal chaos damage with a hit

[hard cypress]

oh I see

[azure lava]

If unearth doesn't do chaos damage, it's a useless support

[cursive bluff]

it applys and stacks i just did balbala and it stacked

[azure lava]

How are you dealing chaos damage with unearth?

[cursive bluff]

no idea XD

only supp gem i have on it

[hard cypress]

The actual hit from unearth will cause the wither, not the minions that raise from that I think

[azure lava]

It should work for both

The supports on unearth affect the spell and the minions, I think

What's your other support on unearth?

[half vigil]

wait im actually wondering rn

[hard cypress]

Would it though ?

I'd be curious to know for sure

[haughty niche]

I dont see why not

[half vigil]

so when i have a wand that has 60% increased spell damage

[azure lava]

Yeah that's pretty bad even for ssf, imo

[half vigil]

does it apply to my spells like fire wall

or only the spell which the wand fires?

in this scenario chaos bolt

[azure lava]

Yep, all spells you cast/trigger

[cursive bluff]

my original goal was the DOT from snipers but im unsure how i could scale chaos for minions outside of this node since i dont see much in the way of "physical damage for minions" passives to be able to scale this

im assuming im stuck with focusing phys damage for allies if thats a thing?

[half vigil]

ok so fire wall too?

[azure lava]

"Minion damage" applies to everything minions do

[half vigil]

cuz ive been using this since like chapter 1 cuz i cant let go of the 60% </3

[azure lava]

Yep, that spell damage is for all spells, not just chaos bolt

[hard cypress]

But the minion owuld have to do physical dmg for that to qualify right ? For eg arsonist just throw bombs

[half vigil]

neat thanks for explaining cuz i was kinda doubting it

[cursive bluff]

wouldnt that say "extra" then?

[azure lava]

Most minions do physical damage as a base and convert it

So adding flat physical would help

[hard cypress]

oh this happens pre conversion

Makes sense, thanks

[cursive bluff]

i assume flat phys on things like rings dont count since it doesnt include allies/minion

[azure lava]

Correct

[hard cypress]

Took me all of act 1 to realize my two iron rings were sus with minions

[azure lava]

But as for what you said about not seeing much to scale chaos for minions, "10% increased minion damage" works for all damage minions do

[cursive bluff]

so outside of passives and uniques its just the weapons that will scale minions (not including +1 from other gear)

[azure lava]

And supports

And some uniques

And they benefit from lowering enemy res via curses, exposure, etc

[safe lance]

Theres this one node that gives your amulet stats to minions iirc, my wife just outsources builds to me so I think I added it to her char for fun

[azure lava]

And bonestorm

[cursive bluff]

yeah i know that all damage types in 1 i just thought there may be phys nodes or some better way of scaling their phys to increase the chaos damage conversion

[azure lava]

Give bonestorm a read

Well, maybe it won't work with snipers

Do snipers hit?

[cursive bluff]

yes but their hit isnt what does damage

its their gas grenade

[azure lava]

Right, right, I see

My b

[cursive bluff]

using any fire makes it explode but i dont wanna do fire i wanna do a strange build lol

[azure lava]

I getcha

And contagion will spread that dot, too

I see what you're getting at

The annoying part is that any burning ground or enemy that Ignites one of your minions will also detonate the cloud

[cursive bluff]

yeah i dont plan to keep contagion around unless perma minion army is hard to build towards im not a fan of the small duration they stay alive for atm

[azure lava]

So sometimes you're just screwed a little bit

Contagion without raising a corpse is also pretty solid

[cursive bluff]

you get 1 gas grenade for every sniper you have and they can be affected by 2 gas at the same time but atm i have 3 so i always have backups

kinda just stumbled upon that luck lol

[azure lava]

Snipers shoot a pack, contagion on one of them, maybe a curse with decaying hex. Boom, full pack is cursed and dying

[hard cypress]

Add ED then contagion so you spread double debuffs

[azure lava]

Curses also spread with contagion btw

[cursive bluff]

enfeeble atm is the only curse unlocked

i rarely use it

[half vigil]

1. which one are better?
2. where can i access player trade market

[trim turret]

Do you have any allies and are you generating charges?

[lament stone]

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

if youre asking about listing items on the trade market youd need either a premium tab or to use the forums on the poe website (altho im not entirely sure if the forums work rn for poe2 trade)

[cursive bluff]

even if they do unless thats their main focus surely the rare is better since the unique is really only giving life the rare is more stats across the board

[half vigil]

minions

also what the fuck why is the silverback gorilla

randomly one shotting me?

just by rolling into me

[cursive bluff]

its not random lol

[lament stone]

the roll hits multiple times

[half vigil]

he sometimes just moves me

sometimes kills me

sometimes does little damage

[lament stone]

and the gorilla just does a lot of damage

[half vigil]

so im pretty sure its random

so far a buggy boss

[cursive bluff]

90% of the playerbase has been ohko by him thats what i mean about not random lol

[hard cypress]

He kills you if he pushes you in the direction he's rolling

So it can sometimes seem random

[trim turret]

Even the rare gives more life thanks to the strength. That was going to be my next point. But if a unique's special property doesn't apply to you, there's no reason to use it..

[hard cypress]

His mega slam also does a ton of dmg

[trim turret]

Unless you're generating frenzy/power/endurance charges and your minions have a way of using them, there's no reason to use the unique.

[cursive bluff]

ive died to him once when i first encountered him and never again. once you know his swing pattern he becomes a pushover unless the mobs decide to group on you lol

[lament stone]

i can see it being harder with minions

that boss is way easier to fight in melee range

[half vigil]

like i said the damage he was doing to me was random

[lament stone]

the roll hits multiple times

[half vigil]

ik

[lament stone]

so chances are it the first hit moved you out of the way so you didnt get hit again sometimes

[copper dragon]

My minions instant kill3d just about every boss in campaign when i leveled my witch. Only final boss lasted more than a second

[cursive bluff]

you might not have been in its area for all of it to hit

[trim turret]

Don't monsters have damage ranges just like players?

[half vigil]

no he pretty much dragged me with him or bugged both of us in the wall

[half vigil]

fighting almost in the middle

[half vigil]

what are those

[turbid skiff]

One shot him! He won't have a chance to do any rolls or whatever else he does.

[turbid skiff]

Then dance on his corpse and skip to end game 😄

[cursive bluff]

it might seem random to you but you cant see the hit boxes you could be 1 pixel out and it does 0 damage but push you or it could have been a buggy encounter im just saying its not random. you may have had a random moment but the boss did what its coded to do

[trim turret]

Temporary buffs that do nothing by themselves but can be spent by certain skills to do extra things.n

[cursive bluff]

are you using raise zombie?

[trim turret]

That's not realistic, especially for new players.

[cursive bluff]

if you generate a "power charge" as MrTotebag said you can summon a zombie without needing a corpse

[half vigil]

then it just means hitboxes are odd af

[trim turret]

But sharing the charges with minions doesn't do anything.