2┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[lament stone]

magic items with life + elemental resists are better

unique weapons are especially bad if theyre early drops, you outscale the damage within a couple of acts, and if you dont need the specific unique thing they do you should definitely be looking out for upgrades

[azure lava]

@manic patio check this guide out #1328202289755983932

[manic patio]

Should I be using this?

[lament stone]

if its unique boots that have like 20% movespeed or more then tbh id just keep using those because its kinda hard to get a lot of movespeed on boots early on

[azure lava]

If it's better than any other weapons you've found, sure. Otherwise no

[manic patio]

I’ve got unique boots with 10% movement speed

[azure lava]

Unless you've weaving between projectiles and melee, that spear is pretty mediocre for its level req

[trim turret]

Are you alternating between melee and projectile skills?

[manic patio]

Should I be prioritizing physical?

[lament stone]

you can replace that easily, unless you need the unique thing it does

[azure lava]

Depends on your build. If you see a spear that looks like it could be an upgrade, equip it and check the dps of your main skill(s)

[manic patio]

Nah not really aside from using thunderous leap

[manic patio]

Alrighty thanks

[azure lava]

Every tip I have for gearing I've already compiled in #1328202289755983932

[trim turret]

Then the special thing it does isn't worth anything and you're better off finding something that just has better flat damage on it.

[manic patio]

Gotcha

One more question would you guys recommend trading for better items or just finding them myself?

[azure lava]

You shouldn't need to trade to complete the campaign. I also abhor trading. I would never recommend it unless you need a very specific unique item to make your build function. And then I'd probably recommend against using that build

[waxen osprey]

can multiple bleed effects stack?

[dusky burrow]

technically, yes, but only the most damaging bleed will deal damage.

[waxen osprey]

so practically no

[dusky burrow]

correct

[waxen osprey]

thanks

[reef parcel]

does anybody wanna run campain tgth on new chars?

[pallid knoll]

i need help killing geonor if anyone is up for it

[azure lava]

@reef parcel @pallid knoll #2┃looking-for-group

[azure lava]

Also I'd give #1328202289755983932 a read. Improving Gear is about 70% of the difficulty of poe2. Also get cold res if you can. Runes and sapphire rings

Geonor does a lot of cold

[rigid wagon]

my advice is to up your gear. I'm not a great gamer, but when i hit a block in this game, i respec gear and i usually get through

[rigid wagon]

^ this

[dusky maple]

So, I'm in Act 2 currently. I thought we were supposed to get a spirit gem sometime in Act 1?

[rigid wagon]

grouping to kill act bosses is not a great option, because the difficult goes up with more players

[rigid wagon]

have you done all the side quests?

[azure lava]

You get it from killing the boss of the freythorn zone in act 1

Along with your first 30 spirit

[dusky maple]

I thought so. I'll go back and check

I guess I did not kill the king of the mist

[cold iron]

@azure lava do you have a pob for your old chrono grenade build?

[azure lava]

I do, but I am several thousand miles from my pc

[cold iron]

if you cared you'd fly back right now

were you running ES/EV gear?

[azure lava]

I was only at like t10 maps or so and in ssf, so I was running whatever rnjese gave me that had life and resists

I also leveled as lightning rod + orb of storms during the campaign, swapped to ice shot + barrage + snipe after they buffed the hell out of ice shot and barrage, and then tried respeccing to nades and regretted it horribly.

Not because it was bad, but because grenade mechanics are dogwater

And they're so loud and bright

I hated them

Destroyed packs tho

[cold iron]

how was the boss damage

[azure lava]

If I got lucky with the 33% CD bypass and the boss stood still, I could kill map bosses in a few seconds

[cold iron]

tbh the best grenade abuser is probably just amazon or deadeye but that's BORING

[azure lava]

Shooting out like 7 sets of 3 cluster grenades is fun for the absurd explosions the first ten times, but then it gets boring

And painful on my eyes

And the visual clutter is absurd. You can't see shit

[cold iron]

cluster seems meh honestly

id probably focus on explosive since it got the big buffs this patch

[azure lava]

I used a bunch of different kinds. Cluster is nice when you can get everything to overlap

Explosive was my bread and butter

[dusky maple]

Is there a quest I have to pick up? Cause I've killed the King of the mist 3 times now and still haven't gotten the gem or spirit but I also have no quest to kill him

[azure lava]

You never have to pick up quests from town to get rewards I'm pretty sure

[azure lava]

How much spirit do you have with no spirit on gear?

[dusky maple]

I have 0 spirit

[azure lava]

Can you screenshot your inventory?

Oh, you're on xbox

Read that skull thing in your inventory

You've been lugging it around for an act now, probably

[dusky maple]

I have nothing but scrolls of wisdom

[azure lava]

You killed the king and didn't get a quest item drop?

[dusky maple]

No quest items

[azure lava]

And you have 0/0 spirit, right? Not like 0/30?

[dusky maple]

The king is the dude that i summons after doing the 3 smaller pillars right?

[azure lava]

Yeah, then you do his big one

And kill him

Also, on the world map, is there an X through the king in the mists icon near the freythorn?

[dusky maple]

Yup, done that 3 or 4 times now... Then the dude from the town pops up. Which has an ! In his spot, but i get nothing

Nope, he's not greyed out and no X. He's still white letters

[azure lava]

And the king in the mists doesn't drop a green item?

[azure lava]

Okay that's weird

[dusky maple]

...........

[rapid terrace]

hey, ive played poe for about 1k hours and im considering picking up 2 with a friend of mine, so duo play. ive heard some mediocre things in terms of scaling/rewards so i was wondering if the experience is decent or at least playable for all content

[dusky maple]

I'm going to jump off a cliff

[azure lava]

You definitely fought him tho, right? Like, he casts those big purple balls, two phases, etc?

[stone lotus]

Can someone help me kill Jamanra

[polar lance]

any idea why my essence drain doesnt do damage overtime?

but instead just applies this 15% stack or whatever that goes up in 5s

[dusky maple]

The green item was directly on top of the pillar and I didn't "tab" over to it to pick it up...

I thought it was the Pillar that I was clicking on

[azure lava]

Depends on what you enjoy. I love poe2 a lot, but only if I play hardcore. Softcore didn't grab me after the campaign in 0.1, personally. But they added a lot of new stuff since then to the endgame

[stone lotus]

Can someone help me kill Jamanra

[rapid terrace]

sounds good, i havent been a hardcore player and the person i wanna bring with is new to the game, so i just want the bosses and playthrough overall to feel good with duo scaling

[polar lance]

anyone know?

[azure lava]

Yes, I'd give #1328202289755983932 a read to beef up your character. Gearing is very important to keep up with the ramping difficulty of the game. Also try to get topaz rings and/or lightning resistance runes. The higher your lighting res the better for jamanra

[azure lava]

What supports are on it?

[polar lance]

i even took out both supports it still doesnt do damage overtime

[azure lava]

The Campaign is the best part of poe2 imo, and it's great for co-op I've heard

[polar lance]

bro

im so stupid

[rapid terrace]

fire, i saw some mid things on reddit but thats why i came to ask here

[azure lava]

Brutality?

[modern field]

im on him as well wanna run beat him together?

[polar lance]

this entire time i was casting chaos bolt that came with the wand

[stone lotus]

yes

\

[azure lava]

As someone who doesn't read the reddit for poe2, this game is great

[modern field]

sent dm

[void jacinth]

What is that weird texture on enemy healthbars? On rares.

[sharp locust]

Is anyone having trouble with not being able to use attacks when revived?

[red condor]

can i get some help with jamanra

[vale moss]

anyone have any tips for the count fight in act 1? Frost Monk stuck on second phase. Level 17.

[inland bluff]

Frost Resistance, run the mansion a few times and out level it by 2 levels

[vale moss]

ill give that a try. Thanks so much man!

[polar lance]

it says can be applied 10x

so why is the max i see always 4 stacks when killing stuff

or is it limited to at 4 stacks for small mobs?

like here

no matter how long i stand next to this guy it doesnt go higher than 20

[inland bluff]

Tool tip says, you apply it every 1.74 seconds. So, four stacks is 7 seconds. It also says the duration is six seconds. So that tracks

[inland bluff]

Do you apply it any other way??

[polar lance]

ah rip, i wonder how i can reach 10 stacks

[inland bluff]

Passive skill when dealing chaos damage, on the right

[polar lance]

what

oh the tree

[inland bluff]

This, and there is a support gem I believe, give me a sec I'll dig it back up

https://pathofexile2.wiki.fextralife.com/Withering+Touch

I've typically seen it run on, I believe it's called... eye of frost? Because it shoots a bunch of projectiles and the passive node above can give it chaos damage to apply Wither

[frail path]

can i make necro builds around spectres/summons that arent necessarily meta

or is that cooked lol

[inland bluff]

Depends what you consider meta I guess.

[vernal pasture]

I'm trying to cut primal armament for perfect strike and it says "warning this support cannot be socketed into this skill"

I have no idea why

the support fits the skill, and I have an open socket

[frail path]

idk i js found some google sheets talkinga bt all the new spectres

and some that it lists as bad but i find cool

[autumn sphinx]

im really tired of this RPG game where the role im playing is the victim

any tips for dealing with viper

im a poison archer

[inland bluff]

I've played a lot of witch prior to dawn of the hunt. You have a few options for dps minions... early you're going to want to use archers or fire bombs... later when you have more Spirit, you could choose reavers... I think you might be able to make the lightning casters work if you tried. However I've had the most success (up to lvl 80 where I stopped to play ranger) with 4 archers 2 clerics 2 Fire bombs 2 Swords, and 1 lightning

Was that what you were looking for?

[frail path]

well for example like

Brutal Transcendant is one spectre that the spreadsheet calls lacking

cuz slow or long cd i think

but if i rly wanna use that

can i build around it an dmake it work if im diligent and smart

or do i have to meta slave

cuz theres almost 500 spectre options and im hoping it doesnt end up being like 5 viable ones and meta slavey

[worthy drum]

Max your chaos resist.
Use poison immune charm.
Minimum life pool at normal... 700 maybe. Cruel 1.5k.
Otherwise if you fail to dodge the spartan poking it going to one shot you.
The rest of the fight isnt really the problem honestly. Aoe first phase - run, dont roll. Second phase - roll, dont walk.

[autumn sphinx]

alright thanks

[inland bluff]

You can make almost anything work through the campaign. You can make a great deal of things work after the campaign. Unlike some other arpg's this one truely doesn't feel like every class has two builds, one good one and one terrible one. That said... there are a lot of smart people making lots and lots and lots of builds. So... what is "optimal" will eventually be found. But that doesn't mean builds that are "suboptimal" are trash either. That also doesnt mean every build will magically work past the campaign... I've gotten stuck on my pathfinder because everything oneshots that character as I didn't put... anything... into defence... at all.

[frail path]

can i push endgame contnet and shit

with a lot of builds

and like, my own combo of spectres

[inland bluff]

yes.. and you can respec

[autumn sphinx]

how do i upgrade tame beast

[frail path]

yayy

ok so im fine if i just try to make my own spectre comb owork

[worthy drum]

Since the tree dont change, you just change gem setup, its easy to experiment around with different specter.

[frail path]

right thats true

ok that makes me happy

and with any given spectre if i really build around it and optimize it i should be able to push very far right

thats nice

[inland bluff]

However... if you're like me... you're going to want to run every ascendency option because... possibilities... lol

So... select an ascendency wisely... because you cannot respec that

[frail path]

yeah good point

[rotund river]

using wake of destruction boots with combat frenzy for that tornado build, but i’m not building any charges. anyone got any suggestions?

[tawdry hatch]

anyone know a build for witch that is pure chaos no minion

[worthy drum]

The usual EDC (essence drain + contagion)... Its not like we got a lot of skill choice now.
Although scaling the damage late game might have some challenge.
Similar problem since poe1 tbh.
Hexblast was dead, unless someone figure out how to cut down curse duration by a lot to make it smoother.

[trim turret]

Combat frenzy works with electrocute. Not shock.

[rotund river]

ohhhh i’m dumb

thanks

[blazing kelp]

any way to hide the annoying map objectives

[fleet wolf]

is it purely a skill issue that I am taking a lot more damage on huntress? I can't seem to clear enemies as well compared to when i was on monk (new to poe and i swapped off of monk after level 15)

[formal wave]

brand new to this game and style of game what class should i use?

[tiny harness]

Is anyone helping fast track through campaign?

[slim elk]

gear dependent

[slim elk]

depends on what u want

[formal wave]

i saw some guy on twitch like throwing lightning bolts that looked pretty cool

what class would that be?

[fleet wolf]

That would make sense, would you recommend gambling at Finn or buying stuff at renly

[slim elk]

huntress but its high skill cap

[slim elk]

dont gamble act 1 too poor just use what u can

[hybrid star]

it's just the weapon spear, any class can use spear

[formal wave]

not sure what high skill cap means

[slim elk]

a lot to do to maximize dps

[rose ingot]

so any class can use any weapon?

[slim elk]

vs witch is like just summon minions to fight for u and cast spells

[rose ingot]

I am using spear and shield on monk cos its easier as of now

[slim elk]

qstaff stormwave good when u hit 23 then u just 1shot act 5-6

[vale moss]

Does the level of your weapon matter, or is it mainly the stats and buffs it gives.

[slim elk]

both

[formal wave]

what would be the best class for someone brand new to this style of game

[slim elk]

better chance for higher rolls with level

[rose ingot]

ok ty

[upper mantle]

Should I be using things like regal and exalted orbs before I beat the campaign?

[slim elk]

im mono storm wave this league

[slim elk]

to an extent, u might as well use it becase it can make ur gear significantly better and make progressing easier ie: farming currency faster

its more abt knowing when to use it rather than just using it tho

[upper mantle]

Ok cus i just used one to make this cus it seemed good

[slim elk]

yeah thats fine u shouldnt upgrade tho if u can clear

[lethal goblet]

how good is this?

[pure raptor]

Could someone help me with the dreadnought normal for 1 exalted

[slim elk]

meh just check market

[slim elk]

send ign

[upper mantle]

also what should I be using my extra skill gems for ?

[worthy drum]

Lemme just tell you the very important difference of PoE vs other games.
Other games hand hold you, you pick any class and will be fine.
PoE (both 1 and 2), it just dump you in the beach and good luck.
So just pick whats cool and go with it, learn whats the game about first rather than trying to find anything OP or easy.
Because you simply will not have the gear and items to make anything work perfectly early on anyway
So learn the game system first. Knowledge is power.

[azure lava]

Class has really very little to do with the difficulty of the game. All classes can use all skills and gear

[formal wave]

so the one that throws lightning would be huntress tho right?

that one looks fun

[azure lava]

That being said, there are easier and harder builds. All classes can be used in easy and hard builds

[azure lava]

All classes can equip spears and use the lightning spear skill

[vale moss]

Beat the count 3rd try

Frost op

[formal wave]

is there a way to restart if i wanna try a new class?

[azure lava]

Yeah, make a new character

You have loads of character slots

[toxic dirge]

Hello everyone, I'm currently playing a game on the ROG Ally and I'm having trouble figuring out how to mount the Rhoa Companion.

[formal wave]

been sitting here for 20 mins trying to pick

[azure lava]

Go off vibes

[worthy drum]

Roll a dice, or pick the one with biggest boob.

[formal wave]

im going with merc

[azure lava]

I'd read the gem carefully and make sure you don't have another companion out

[shadow leaf]

guys, do I need item rarity in this patch? how much?

[formal wave]

nvmd huntress

[azure lava]

You don't need any in the campaign. More helps, but it's not necessary

[formal wave]

didnt know i could see em if i click on em thats neat

[shadow leaf]

sorry, wrong chat. do I need it on maps?

[azure lava]

#2┃after-acts-help

Idk tbh. Haven't gotten to maps this patch yet

[formal wave]

what are these things

dawn of the hunt standard and others

are these modes?

[azure lava]

Leagues

They're identical in terms of content

[formal wave]

i should prob do standard since ive never played a game like this then?

[azure lava]

But dawn of the hunt is the new one that people are playing for a fresh economy

No, do dawn of the hunt

[formal wave]

k

[azure lava]

Standard is the exact same, just fewer players and a way worse economy

[formal wave]

time to try ts

[opaque stone]

Its really funny to me we got PoE1 standard economy in not even 1 whole league

[formal wave]

ive just been looking for a game like this too play when no one is on to play wit me

[azure lava]

If you think poe2 standard is as fucked as poe1 standard, gimme some of what you're smoking

[coral quiver]

how do i do this? says i need to talk to Zarka for this but thiers nuthin to talk to her about

[azure lava]

If people actually played poe1 standard it would be an absolute mess

[azure lava]

Take it to the trial of the sekhema

[coral quiver]

whre is that

[azure lava]

But you should have a quest item called Balbala's barya

[azure lava]

Act 2, it's accessible via the desert map

I think you need to free the defector first

[coral quiver]

all i have is Ascent to power and wants me to talk to Zarka

but thiers nuthin talk to her about

[azure lava]

Yeah that's weird. Description might be bugged

Have you freed Risu yet?

[coral quiver]

yes

[azure lava]

Did you fight balbala yet?

[coral quiver]

trying to remmber who that is

but im sure i did

[azure lava]

Lots of daggers, ghost-like

[coral quiver]

cant remmber, im about to go blow a horn i got from killing 2 bosses at once

[azure lava]

Do you have an item in your inventory called Balbala's Barya?

[coral quiver]

no

just this

[worthy drum]

Traitor Passage, check if the skull on the world map still lit.

[coral quiver]

kabala?

[azure lava]

No, balbala

Find traitor's passage on your world map and see if there's a skull icon labeled balbala

[coral quiver]

dont seee it on map

[azure lava]

Traitor's passage?

Oh, it's underground

[coral quiver]

ohh wait

oh i see, no didnt kill him ig, its lit

[azure lava]

Yeah, go back there and find her and kill her. Then you should get the ability to desert map to the trial of the sekhema where you can ascend via the barya. I'd use the quest version first

(the quest version is Balbala's Barya you get from killing her)

[coral quiver]

ok, ill go kill her

[formal wave]

killed the first boss after dying 1 time

[arctic frost]

hi, new here, can anyone point me to the build guide for Monk? i like monk but its too hard...am dead in a sec vs normal mobs

[formal wave]

how do i level up spear to electric

nvmd i see

[coral quiver]

how do u fight her???? she sets posion then cant do anything

[azure lava]

#1328202289755983932 isn't a monk guide, but I don't think you need a monk guide. All characters need generally the same gearing during the campaign

[hybrid star]

she's invisible run around to find her

[azure lava]

Find her and the poison will recede

[coral quiver]

bruh lol

ok

[hybrid star]

and dodge her slam

[azure lava]

They're a bit over leveled I think they'll be fine

[vale moss]

Just got to act 2 anyone wanna run it? No mic though

[coral quiver]

she dead

[torpid topaz]

whats a good skill to to use on a spear melee phys character as dps/dmg burst while the target is stunned?

i can use rake as my clear but right now its also my most single target, even barrage and spearfield and such dont do half as much

[balmy verge]

Hey guys I just logged back in from 0.1. Is there a way to remove this rune so I can use my old weapon?

[formal wave]

what button is map?

[hybrid star]

U

[formal wave]

thx

[hybrid star]

you can overwrite but not remove runes

[tender sequoia]

how come certain items linked in chat have a yellow-green color? different from quest items like a lighter shade

[runic osprey]

hi, just entered Mausoleam in act 4, and this immediately pops up. who is that boss?

[lime breach]

That is a rogue exile

[vestal folio]

WHy cant i open this

[runic osprey]

okay, so does this just tell me they are in the map?

[lime breach]

They are probably nearby

[azure lava]

Probably timelost uniques obtained from reliquary keys if I had to guess.

[leaden marten]

When should I be strong enough to do the 3rd ascendancy?

[runic osprey]

got him, ty!

[azure lava]

Well past the campaign

[formal wave]

is there a way to get better spears?

[autumn sphinx]

what is the counterplay to doryani robot's spinning laser shotgun? it's instakill

[mental needle]

Should be able to roll through it

if you can't survive like 1-2 ticks then your defenses are VERY low

[cinder ferry]

so these boss fights are a bit rough. how are people approaching viper napuatzi . . i do basically no damage to her on huntress. constnat movement so storm lance + barrage + explosive spear misses half the time. when they do it's maybe 5% of her health. . . maybe

[cinder ferry]

my defensives have been low against basically everything so far. need to much str/dex to add in energy shield as a defensive layer

[vestal folio]

Does the vaal orb on a skill gem still allow you to get 5 link or whatever for cheap

[cinder ferry]

it would but it's rng. you can use it on a 4 link for a potential 5 link or you could brick the skill gem

[mental needle]

ES not that good of a defense in campaign anyhow

all about life and resists

[cunning anvil]

Question with this.

This says % Increased Physical Damage and % Increased Elemental Damage with Attacks

Do those stats only apply to the weapon's stats, or do they indirectly affect skill attacks?

[cinder ferry]

right now nothing seems to be. this point last time I was already in maps. right now i've been walled for 1-2 h ours on a few different bosses

vastri is just the next one and seems to be the more irritating one

[dusky burrow]

first is only to the weapons stats

second to all attacks

[cunning anvil]

👍

[cinder ferry]

damage seems so excrutiatingly low. i've upgraded my weapon, tree has mostly damage output on it. gems are setup for decent damage output with what i've had access to. but i still tickle these things

i'm at 23 hours played on huntress and not even past act 3 normal yet

[charred halo]

how do i add multiple stash tabs into the same folder

[high jasper]

is it worth me trading to get this rare gloves and get rid of my unique ones..im frost sorc

[zealous osprey]

Drag and drop them on the folder

[cinder ferry]

i might just see you all next season. . . 23 hours and still not even doign with act 3 is pretty . . unenjoyable. . . I'm basically walled right now, because it's early game i don't have the resources to just change my build on the fly to something like staves, or adjust skill gems etc as i've used most of what has dropped (support gems being the main limit rn). . . I could just make a different toon entirely, but Im not looking forward to another 10-20 hour trip back to this point

it's fine if end game bosses are hard, I prefer them to be. but campaign builds aren't that strong and the damage that seems to be required is . . . high

[pallid horizon]

how do I use the passive skill tree reset that they gave in standard league

[mystic inlet]

Any fixfor doryani phase 2 crash?

[calm hawk]

hey guys, when are the most recent fixes coming to the game?

[naive hatch]

Hey yall, if I want to spec into gemliong legionnaire does it mater what I do early game?

[calm hawk]

you arent punished for making choices on your skill tree as much as poe1, it would save money to roughly the same path as you will at level 90, but you don't have to

[loud karma]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/lightning-arrow-farmer-fubgun

hi hi, I'm following this guide (and the linked starter guide)

but I'm not sure what ascendency i'm suppposed to take?

"Update: This build was heavily nerfed in 0.2, I wouldn't recommend it as a first character as it needs a bit of gear."

[calm hawk]

it says deadeye on the link?

[loud karma]

oops. I mean, what ascendancy skill...?

[loud karma]

sorry, if I'm being a bit blind here

[calm hawk]

middle of the passive tree, at the bottom

youre alright

[loud karma]

.... omg. I am being blind

which of those forks should i take first you think?

This is my first char for the patch

[versed nexus]

im on HCSSF playing lightning arrow ranger, im lvl 29 and am trying to kill zalmarath

and holy shit

the dude

has fucking

THOUSANDS

of hp

and my shots do like

150 dmg

wtf do i do

[calm hawk]

i really really like tailwind, i recommend going down first

[calm hawk]

farm

[versed nexus]

does the zone not scale with your level?

[calm hawk]

the zones are at a set level always i think

the zone level is at the top right

[versed nexus]

am i supposed to just reset this zone over and over and pray for better loot?

yeah, it went up every time i killed a zone boss

ive killed the mammoth and fire guy so far

i figured being two levels above the zone was enough but i guess not

im just not getting any exalts/regals so my damage is ass...

[calm hawk]

dont forget shops, and to dismantle rares

everything so expensive though

[versed nexus]

yep, though at this point ive kind of pivoted to selling any rares and praying for a good gamble..

also, it seems like lightning arrow got killed for singletarget

am i just cooked

[calm hawk]

yea i think that's what alot of people do, i think theyre looking at that because people arent doing what they thought theyd do with the rares

before you gamble you should really check the shops

can you send your build somehow

[versed nexus]

since i cant use lightning rod with orb of storms anymore i have like singletarget dps, im not sure how im supposed to kill zalmarath without just getting insane rng and dropping a better weapon

one sec

ill download pob2

[calm hawk]

is there a pob2?

[versed nexus]

ya

[tame whale]

have you tried lightning resists?

[versed nexus]

lightning resists?

[tame whale]

yah, it basically trivializes bosses if u have a resist for it, tho if u haven't gotten yellow rings to drop and can't find it in vendor you're pretty out of luck

[versed nexus]

https://pobb.in/954BhhhikEK-
https://pobb.in/_waGusacMqUW

i dropped a slightly better bow a few mins ago but the issue is the same lol

[tacit knot]

Shock chance is calculated per hit against enemy ailment treshhold right? Or more hits / time?

[versed nexus]

zalmarath does lightning? didnt know. but mine is 69% so i should be fine there

[calm hawk]

this is almost exactly the build i had came up with, it actually blasted too

[versed nexus]

its the only reason why im alive

[calm hawk]

except your skill tree is weird, usually you never want to do a circle

[versed nexus]

just wanted the early ms

not opposed to getting rid of it tho

but did you struggle with zalmarath?

[mental needle]

I think zalm's eye laser is lightning, doryani's lasers of the same appearance are.

but that thing doesn't really do damage

[versed nexus]

i should mention this is my first ssf experience, and i opted for hc which probably was a mistake

yeah his stupid rocks are annoying, it feels like its random where they fall, i dont see any obvious shadows or anything

but yeah my damage is ass for bosses and i am NOT going to even try jamahrah until i figure this out

because i am not about to fight him for 30 mins

i fought him for literally 10 mins on softcore back in 0.1.0

that was terrible

same build, but i pivoted to iceshot in act 3

this is loosely based on aer0s build from that patch

what would you guys suggest besides just farming for 40 years

[mental needle]

What are you using for single target DPS?

[versed nexus]

freezing salvo is the only thing i really got

since they apparently gutted orb of storms/lightning rod

it doesnt seem like lightning rod is proccing from lightningarrow against zalmarath

probably since hes not on the fucking platform

so its just my pitiful LA damage

[mental needle]

You might be shooting your rods off of the platform

or their aoe is just too small

[versed nexus]

yeah theyre on the platform, maybe i can buff their aoe some more..

[calm hawk]

i agree the damage is weird for that boss, it's like ground based attacks dont hit him properly

[versed nexus]

but im already using magnified effect on them

[mental needle]

then they should hit, hitbox is just weird

you might just wanna use bow shot tbh

throw a totem on with armor break

ballista I should say

[versed nexus]

i was literally thinking of that

but i remember seeing

a fking video

of a dude putting down like 3 ballistas

and they didnt shoot him 😭

it was some streamer

[mental needle]

lmao idk haven't done it myself

but I'd believe it

[versed nexus]

hes got the GGG blessing

but yeah theres no way im surviving act 2 at this rate

im not brave enough to do trial of sekhemas until im comically overleveled

[mental needle]

What

how do you even RIP in sekhema

[solid carbon]

swap to crossbow and artillery ballista with explosive shot is what I did

[mental needle]

floor 1 at least

[versed nexus]

i havent ripped in sekhema, but i remember hating the boss

hmm i saw some people talking about crossbow for ranger

[mental needle]

Well that boss isn't as tanky as zalmarath lol

[versed nexus]

it seems interseting

fair enough

the ascendancy would probably help too..

[solid carbon]

you get a lot of access to atk spd on ranger side which helps reload as well

you could also go glacial shot instead of explosive i've heard good things about it

[mental needle]

yeah you're leaving tons of damage on the table without tailwind

would help a lot

defense too

[versed nexus]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/ben-deadeye-lightning-crossbow?weaponSet=set1

saw this over in the church of deadeye, i think ill give it a shot

now im regretting selling all those rare crossbows

ugh

[reef parcel]

can anybody help with act 1 boss doth

[hardy sun]

+1proj path is my preference

[autumn sphinx]

died 40 times to doryani act 3. gave me 1 regal orb and a rare belt with no usable stats

rewarding experience

[solid carbon]

Welcome to the Vision

[tawdry venture]

wich stat does increse my daamge in gas arrow

[autumn sphinx]

am i really just supposed to follow some meta build or something?

my run sucks

[mental needle]

Attributes don't increase damage except for under explicitly stated circumstances. You're mostly just trying to meet requirements for your skills/items.

[autumn sphinx]

ive always enjoyed poison archer but everything is just tedious and sad..

[tawdry venture]

oh so items increse my damage what stats do i go for do u know ?

[mental needle]

Not sure what people do exactly for gas arrow, but any skill will have its tags beneath the name, it will scale with things that give you damage in those categories.

[tawdry venture]

ty

ima look it up

[warm abyss]

i see a glicth in poe2 where can i report ?

[opal hawk]

looking for some new league advice... i have a explosive arrow build already in maps. wife wants to play couch coop. we did monk/minion witch last season and it was difficult to dodge any thing on the ground due to all the spam. any suggestions for good couch combo duo that doesnt run into this problem? She is thinking of lich witch.

[trim cove]

Can someone tell me if monster u capture with bind spectre keep their modifier?

[calm hawk]

wait you want to see the screen in endgame, but want to use a minion build?

sorry if i'm wrong i thought lich was the minion arch

[opal hawk]

this was our first coop arpg... didnt know it would be like that, and campaign was fine, but just ended up getting frustrating in maps with witch/monk...

couch coop has its own weird quirks to play around as well

[desert island]

Is crit weakness from eye if winter still in the game if not where can I get extra crit chance buff from a skill

Of*

[calm hawk]

i'm really not sure, i'd suggest looking at all the skills, putting a list together of viable main abilities and choose from those

probably by watching a video of someone using them in maps one at a time

[opal hawk]

is there any glaring issue with doubling up on the same class? like double witch?

[calm hawk]

probably not, other than not knowing who's ability youre seeing

since all of your abilities look the same

you dont have to use the same abilities though, even though there's not that many skills yet

honestly most skills in the game shouldnt make the screen that hard to see what's going on, even in endgame

i do remember my friend saying he couldnt tell if it was my lightning or his lightning, so maybe dont choose the same element

[calm hawk]

also make sure these would be main abilities, not every skill can be your main ability

[fathom rover]

but does that matter

[calm hawk]

that mightve been obvious but i'm trying to cover everything

[calm hawk]

it depends on the person, my friend said he couldnt tell who's lightning it was, but i always knew what lightning was mine, even if i didnt know, i didnt mind

so, for me no, but for my friend it seems like it did matter

[fathom rover]

i mean
as long as mobs die
who cares whose it is

[calm hawk]

true, plus i think you should know how your lightning looks, lighting rods going off dont look like spark

or ball lightning

i really didnt mind

[astral tide]

at what level can you trade with other players?

[calm hawk]

25 i think

it was last season

[cold lichen]

When do they fix the lag tho?

[wet hedge]

I have herals of lighting-neural overload-electrocute, and combat frenzy. but while mapping, i never get a single frenzy charge. I'm sure I have both activated. is there something i'm missing?

[cunning anvil]

How does Infuse Weapon work with Twister?

Does it not do anything until the Twister finally ends it's duration?

[meager galleon]

if you have electrocute connected to herald of lightning it only counts for the dmg done by those herald of lightning bolts

which you only get like 3 hits, on 3 different enemies after you kill a shocked enemy

so you arent hitting stuff enough to consistently electrocute it with herald of thunder

[stray elm]

Could someone explain how level difference in a group affects gameplay/exp? E.g. if i was 10 levels ahead of my friend in the same group.

[lunar coyote]

hi all ,can someone help me with my 2nd and 3rd lab please? i can offer some currency in exchange 🙂

[meager galleon]

we dont do carry services trading in here

try in The forbidden trove discord

[gentle hare]

Can anyone tell me the recommended way to get more Ascendancy Points? I completed the first trial. When do i go for the 2nd floor? It's a bit confusing to me

[meager galleon]

so, first 2 you get from the first floor quest run in act2

next 2 is intended to get from the 4 trial run in Temple of chaos in act 3

[gentle hare]

Ah ok, i just got to Act 3

[meager galleon]

also, you can get the 2nd set of 2 doing a 2 floor run in trial of sekhema, but you need to find a 2 floor coin to open that

[stuck pendant]

hello guys. why is that i cant put any support gem in my spirit gem skill?
i have the stats requirement too

[meager galleon]

actually, heres a table

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

[meager galleon]

supports for spirit gems often increase the spirit reservation cost

do you have enough spirit ?

[gentle hare]

Ok, that makes sense. Thanks

[stuck pendant]

yes i do have enough spirit and stat.i wanted to put fast forward support gem to my "time of need" spirit skill

[meager galleon]

it might be the case that that support just doesnt work with the skill

wheter thats inteded or bug i dontknow

there are still cases where the game recommends a gem that doesnt work for the skill, its early access..

[south trench]

hey guys someone said to gamble for sceptres should i stop gambling now, is this good enough?

rare is what I had on before

[meager galleon]

rarity doesnt matter

[stuck pendant]

i see.could be a bug. its the same with my tamed beast, i cant put any support gem on it even meat shield or last gasp.

[meager galleon]

what matters is if the mods are useful for you

[meager galleon]

oh another case

you are limited for supports based on stats

so fast forward is a red skill, how much str do you have ?

[stuck pendant]

i do have the stats for it

[stuck pendant]

im on 151 str right now.

[meager galleon]

oh okay, then that shouldn't be an issue

[twin delta]

@south trench
mods to look for on sceptre

• to minion skills and spirit

you want any piece of armor with just energy shield on witch, be it boots, gloves or helmet
belts do not matter that much early on, but yours is level 4 iirc, so honestly anything would do
focus depends on what dmg you deal, but again, at this point anything else might be helpful
rings and amulet gambling is expensive, but you just want resistances and helpful stats on them, you can get spirit on amulets for more dudes

imo it's fine to waste all gold on gambling early to help yourself progress the game faster, you will make all that money back very fast as you go deeper into campaign

maybe you have stuff to trade idk, getting decent early gear might cost like a dozen exalts tops

[south trench]

a dozen exalts

i think my entire time playing

ive gotten 3 exalt drops

and a chaos orb lkmao

[twin delta]

well then it's gamba time

[south trench]

idk i feel like when i listen to others campaign it sounds so differnet to mine

[south trench]

i just spent all my gold i didnt get a single decent sceptre but made an okay helmet

[twin delta]

my first campaign was miserable in poe2 0.1.0 until I realized that my gear is shit and I went to gamble

[south trench]

ill just give the boss antoher try, i put some lightning resistance runes in my gear

[meager galleon]

sounds like the average poe experience "D

[twin delta]

I remember I had like lvl 20 something shitty crossbow which didn't even fit my build
rolled crossbow with +3 to projectile skills and very high damage for my level, started killing bosses in seconds

[sonic sand]

anyone knows locations for artificer orbs that they just placed to campaign? 12 of them ?

[twin delta]

isn't that coming tomorrow?

probably will take time to find them all too

[sonic sand]

isn't that in the patch that came yesterday?

[normal ibex]

i think thats a to be done thing not added already

[sonic sand]

oh okay

[normal ibex]

i like the more 'direct' approach of what they are saying, gives us something more concrete to look forward to 🙂

[final geyser]

Correct.

[twin delta]

1 AM next day for me sadge

friday gaming I guess

[crystal parcel]

Is a minion build viable to play with the coming changes? I was thinking about trying Witch - Lich summoning type

[sonic sand]

all they do is keep boosting minion so I'd say so.

But better ask it in #1308715058716610580 Church of Lich

[crystal parcel]

Gotcha, thanks !

[twin delta]

yeah it's pretty good now
I am running Lich with frost mages and RS

your main DPS button is Frost mage's active skill

big AOE, clears screens in seconds

[normal ibex]

i love how this channel is still often full of like 'endgame' advice depite the fact it wax created to avoid that 😛

[sonic sand]

non of those were endgame advices tho 😮

[proud raft]

can anyone tell me how does cost on minion death works? I got raging spiritt with minion instability on, and the cast on minion death does not seen to work, the energy level is not going up

[hybrid star]

it changed this league, only minions that cost spirit can trigger it

[proud raft]

oh thanks

[rigid wagon]

reaches Doryani on cruel

instantly one-shot

Yup, that tracks. Time to respec my gear again

[shadow haven]

Is there a reason why i am not able to make my party public for some help?

[odd moon]

is the affix line '110% of fire damage converted to cold damage' effectively the same as 100% conversion?

[elder ember]

yes but you get 10% more

[odd moon]

cool

[gaunt nimbus]

can shockburst rounds shock?

[elder ember]

no

read tooltip

[hybrid star]

wot you don't

[elder ember]

wym

110% is more than 100%

[hybrid star]

you don't get anything more from over convert

https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Conversion#Overconversion

[elder ember]

shit really? why would an item have more than 100% then

[hybrid star]

pretty sure it's vaaled

[elder ember]

ah

@odd moon i was wrong

[sharp parrot]

whats the best solo class in the game

[elder ember]

the one you find the most enjoyable

[proud forum]

how do u get back to the place after you completed act 3 cruel?

i cant run maps even tho i finished campaign

[shut abyss]

it's one of the towns in act 3

(there's two)

[gaunt nimbus]

am i missing smth but it says estimated main hand crit chance 95%-112% and yet i crit every 4-5 attack if im lucky

[lament stone]

how are you measuring how often you crit?

[gaunt nimbus]

have choir of the storm and using shockburst rounds with 19rounds and i see the lightning bolt like 2-4 times per use

[lament stone]

can you screenshot where it says your crit chance?

[gaunt nimbus]

idk how estimated crit chance work

thats the only confusing thing for me from the amazon ascendancy

[lament stone]

oh the amazon nodes arent displaying correctly

idk if its even working

but its definitely not 95%

[gaunt nimbus]

maaan

[shut abyss]

feels like it's working but zero testing just feeling

[gaunt nimbus]

i guess thats like some kind of added multiplier then?

[lament stone]

if it is working it still should be about 23%

not 95%

[shut abyss]

i meant my toon not his

[craggy gyro]

I see the changes transforming poe2 to d4 ?

[soft scaffold]

hey, a question: is PoE2 "completable" as it was a released version? i mean, you go throu acts & fight the final boss? Or are some acts still missing from the final version? Thanks ❤️

[lament stone]

the final 3 acts are not in the game yet

[twin delta]

probably will be like that until game fully releases, since leveling is tied to act progression

[soft scaffold]

ok thanks!

[fiery robin]

im revisiting act 1 to get those skill points i missed and im not able to kill him, hes also not going through the door or anything...

anyone else had this issue

restarted the game multiple times aswell

he also cannot kill me so im stuck........

[mental needle]

I think if you do too much damage he just shits himself and bugs out

respawn at checkpoint

[fiery robin]

oh this option exist

[fiery robin]

problem is. im a full lategame build idk how to NOT oneshot him

[opaque flare]

guys what secondary skill to run with ice shot deadeye for bosses

[mental needle]

Take your weapon off and punch em with some damage supports on it

[rustic acorn]

Console users, how do you mount the Rhoa mount from the spirit gem?

[fiery robin]

ahhh punching exists, forgot

[gentle hare]

Wow, Xyclucian the Chimera is a terriblly designed boss fight

[fiery robin]

tysm!

[gentle hare]

Who thought it was a good idea to have a boss that's untargetable like 75% of the fight

[lament stone]

when it stands on the pillars you can break the pillars

[twin delta]

I mean, Chimera is okay in that sense
Viper, birb in act 1, Geonor are way worse in that regard

[mental needle]

Geonor?

[twin delta]

yeah when he starts the winter storm part in second phase

[gentle hare]

Oh i hated Geonor as well. Way too much of a drag

[twin delta]

jumping at you while smol dudes attack you

it's just a waste of time imo

[gentle hare]

Good luck with that as Poison Gas Ranger

[normal ibex]

its almost like boss fights make you think about strategy

[twin delta]

there is no strategy to geonor's winter storm
it's just guitar hero

rhythm game

roll every time he finishes a phrase

it has no place in ARPG, but here we are I guess

[mental needle]

that fight rules idk

[gentle hare]

Haha exactly what i did

Let the speech finish > wait 1 second > DODGE

[twin delta]

not the worst fight in the game, music and vibes are good, just wasting time to kill ads while you can't attack the boss is

[mental needle]

When he starts doing the blood beams and you're in the fog idk, I wouldn't call it guitar hero

[twin delta]

If you know what you're doing, you never see beams and fog at the same time

he just dies before it can happen

[mental needle]

That's not knowing what you're doing in most cases that's having a lot of damage

[twin delta]

I think the last time I saw blood beams was my first playthrough in december

[mental needle]

I'm sure I'll be seeing it in citadels

[twin delta]

probably yeah, I couldn't bring myself to grind lategame in 0.1.0

I leveled 5 characters through campaign, and got to like t15 maps on one of them

hopefully this time around it's a more enjoyable experience

[mental needle]

Yeah I did a lot of campaign runs in .1

Endgame is way better this patch fs

[candid mason]

is witch viable in the new patch?

[gentle hare]

This bunnyhopping pos literally doesn't sit still for more than 0.5s

[hasty remnant]

do support gems get upgraded or lv1 and lv2 are separate skills?

[mental needle]

They are just different tiers, support gems always do the same thing, no levelling up or quality.

[glossy cape]

Is it normal to not be able to keep up with gem stat requirements, especially for hybrid classes?

[pseudo pine]

anyone mind quickly helping me with geonor ts pmo

[strong pike]

Yh u need stats on gear

You can't get enough from tree to fulfill requirements for huntress

[glossy cape]

Yeah, I feel like that's probably it. 0.1.0 had me replacing gear regularly - but 0.2.0 has me like "Please sir, it's been 30 levels - can I haz an upgrade?? O_O"

[strong pike]

I'm just buying better gear

Or chancing

[worthy drum]

I hevant even cap resist at early mapping
Gead drop feels a bit problematic if trying to SSF

[hoary schooner]

act2 cruel the trail of corrunption, is there known bugs. she is just standing still and not movong to open the 2nd gate

[glossy cape]

I've been checking vendor every level up. Only have like 1 chance orb.

[strong pike]

I mean buying from trade

And buying chance orbs too

[glossy cape]

Oh, I refuse to engage in trade until they make it less obtuse/full of scammers.

[strong pike]

For example thus new crit spear cost a lot

But it's t5 only so you can easily chance it

1 in 2

[spark abyss]

did they reduce act 3 map size already?

[glossy cape]

In 10 hours.

[spark abyss]

k, will wait until then

don't want to go through act 3 the 5th time with that size of a map

[shut abyss]

same but i did finish campaign without problems and under level, doing okay on first map and i'm 5 levels under ^^

[glossy cape]

I'm doing fine* in campaign. *am same level, and bosses take like 10 minutes.

[strong pike]

What build u were playing?

[shut abyss]

rake so bleed

[spark abyss]

my new lich character is 50 already, and still using level 10 head piece

[worthy drum]

Its less about the level but more about how lucky you are with your gearing (or just trade...)

[spark abyss]

the drops are so shit...

[strong pike]

I finished campaign with all blue gear except weapon

From 1st or 2nd act

[shut abyss]

60 and lvl 12 ring

[strong pike]

And just good spear

[normal ibex]

good weapon is 50% of good gear, maybe more

[spark abyss]

when jonathan said he go back home at night, and play poe2

my reaction

https://tenor.com/view/doubt-press-x-la-noire-meme-x-button-gif-19259237

[gentle hare]

Servers are terrible today

[worthy drum]

Every attack build's problem since poe1 : self find a decent weapon
Dont care how much you hate trade, just go buy better weapon. This little sacrifice will make your next 100 hours way more enjoyable.

[shut abyss]

this is abit of a problem, def need something for single target

[strong pike]

He have his own Poe 2

With Dev client

Where he have enough everything

[spark abyss]

no grind right

[gentle hare]

Nice, disconnected from client

I guess that's it for today, when i was in the middle of the trials of chaos

Gtfo

[spark abyss]

like, I had to farm for a level 9 skill gem during act 2 just to deal with the boss

[strong pike]

He said that when he was playing Poe 1 one time he just gave himself mirror xD

[glossy cape]

I mean, I'm gas grenade merc. Pretty sure that is the single target build. Just have a Xbow from 20 levels ago...

[spark abyss]

at this point, he should just stream the game himself

see how it felt

[strong pike]

He love combat in Poe 2

[vestal quartz]

can i somehow respect the begining of the tree without affecting the later parts?

[strong pike]

So he probably still in acts

[spark abyss]

I had two character previous season, first 2 times playthrough the story, okay, pretty fun

[strong pike]

After 60h

And is fine with it

[spark abyss]

but after the second character, feels like shit

not mention the honor system

[strong pike]

I made 1 char in .1 and 1 char in .2

I can't stand this campaign

[glossy cape]

Not without breaking the path, but if you remove points from the end of your tree, you can re-path, then remove the other path.

[strong pike]

Everything else I just buy acts leveling

2h and you done with acts

[worthy drum]

Only for attribute you can change option without need to remove later part of the tree

[strong pike]

Just need to pay

It's like 10 div or so

[vestal quartz]

well i need crazy ammount of money for that then

[strong pike]

For good leveling

In the start of the league

[spark abyss]

first time was awesome, second time was fine, third time was annoying, forth time is tedious

[tacit matrix]

I just started a new character I’m level 5 anyone looking to party up just chat and play together

[normal ibex]

base game should be balanced for SSF, and other modes are what they are

[glossy cape]

I'm not sure if he charges you the respec costs until you finalize, so the final cost should revert if you re-place the points in the same positions.

[spark abyss]

also, ascendency felt....weak

[shut abyss]

you can unspect something from the end then make changes to the beginning and respec the end after if that helps

[spark abyss]

not sure about other classes, but when I played minion infernalist and lich, I just don't feel the power spike

how about other classes?

[final geyser]

I've played the campaign literally dozens of time, I don't have a major issue. However, if you want to be discussing the game rather than asking questions or helping players, I'd ask that you take this to one of the discussion channels below.

[vestal quartz]

oh i see, but i do need all the gold needed for full respec so thats unfortunate

[strong pike]

And how you do campaign fast with twink?

[spark abyss]

btw, did they fix the monster HP?

during story

[strong pike]

I mean maybe some tips

[spark abyss]

I am having some issue with the act 3 boss atm

the venom boss

can't remember the name

[final geyser]

I just use the extra currency and gold I have from a first character to gamble at the vendors and throw exalts onto decent rares I find. I don't mind taking some time in the campaign, I enjoy it.

[strong pike]

Viper?

[spark abyss]

yeah

my ES doesn't recover fast enough and ended up getting one shot by the pike spam

[strong pike]

Yeah ggg will nerf this boss a little bit, that is probably hardest boss in entire campaign for majority

[spark abyss]

k, time to try again

[strong pike]

Okay, thank you

[final geyser]

They're going to be adjusting one of the mechanics with the next update, but in general, you're able to dodge most of the dangerous attacks, including that phase. They happen at a consistent rhythm, so just rolling at the right time should let you avoid all damage.

[worthy drum]

I had wished they slow down the viper sting move by maybe 10 to 15% tbh... That gets me way more than the aoe phase

[spark abyss]

guess I am not into too much repetition

[spark abyss]

well, time to look up some video to learn the pattern

[final geyser]

You don't need to be watching videos, just pay attention to the timing during the fight and roll through the attacks.

[normal ibex]

we have iframes now?

[final geyser]

No, but those count as Strikes I guess (Dodge Roll causes Strikes and Projectiles against you to miss for roughly the first half of the roll)

[spark abyss]

did, but didn't dodge it, still got caught, and I am waiting for map hotfix

[rigid wagon]

f*ck me. Finally got through doryani cruel. had to use all my currency to get the gear >.<

[normal ibex]

grats?

[rigid wagon]

Oh, it's definitely grats

[spark abyss]

what class?

[rigid wagon]

ranger

[spark abyss]

I am considering making a kitava sub, not sure how was its progression experience

[twin delta]

kitava slaps

I think top 100 characters atm like half are kitava warriors kek

[spark abyss]

nice

[meager galleon]

not sure if they are kitava ascedancy, but yeah most of top is warriors

[fickle leaf]

Idk why i cant get rewards for bosses in cruel act 3 i killed them twice and they still gave me no reward

[mental needle]

It's a lot of amazon and deadeye now

[spark abyss]

how is huntress during campaign?

heard a lot of complaints about its early game

[shut abyss]

do you have loot hidden? shortcut Z

[fickle leaf]

No

[meager galleon]

rake+stomping something support carries you early, and storm lance carries hard the moment you get volt support out of a t2 support gem

[hardy sun]

They made some buffs, I'm currently leveling through campaign and it seems pretty strong

[spark abyss]

I see, storm lance is not the one that's bugged right?

[meager galleon]

not aware of it being bugged

[hoary raptor]

guys i just killed oryani in crual and spoke to him and the hooded one but quest isnt updating what do i do now

isnt it time for maps

[meager galleon]

yeah you should end up in like a vaal temple kinda zone

anybody else to talk to?

[hardy sun]

Gotta be in the other zone

[hoary raptor]

i dont think so

[meager galleon]

or use the portal ?

the time portal

[hoary raptor]

time portal puts me back in time like usual

[lament stone]

did you speak to doryani in the past after you defeated him?

[hoary raptor]

i dont think so

[lament stone]

like when you defeat doryani, you portal back to the timegate and speak to doryani in front of the timegate

[hardy sun]

If you didn't see explosion scene and "wake up" from a bed, you might have missed something

[hoary raptor]

after the boos died it told me to speak to him in the encampment so i came back and he had the quest marker and i spoke to him, then the hoodedn one had the marker spoke to him too but nothings happening

[lament stone]

youre not supposed to go back to the present

[hardy sun]

Haven't heard anything about glitches like what you're saying, possibly could be. But talking to doryani in boss fight room is important

[hoary raptor]

bruh

[lament stone]

when it says speak to him in the encampment it means in the past

[hoary raptor]

well hes not there

[elder ember]

in the past

[shut abyss]

i just finished campaing and look like my quests were stuck and i couldnt use the map device but using a map at my hideout seemed to get it going again
maybe that helps

[hoary raptor]

hideout?

[hardy sun]

Might have timed out from the campaign map

[lament stone]

you have to complete maps to be able to unlock a hideout for the first time

i think you might just have to fight doryani again

and hopefully that fixes it

[hoary raptor]

wonderful

ill try

[hardy sun]

After killing him, have to talk to him in the boss room.

[lament stone]

dont portal out of the arena too soon after defeating him

[hoary raptor]

okay hes dead

ill see what happens this time

[tidal willow]

will Herald of Ash work with artillery ballista?

[hoary raptor]

ye i got nuked and now somewhere i havent been

[gaunt nimbus]

can i recombinate a fractured mod?

[dull copper]

did they nerf the raging spirit spawn rate again, 2 at a time now?

or did I have something set up last time to increase that, lol

[wanton geode]

Yea its max 2 per spell now

[lament stone]

no, fractured mods are tied to the base theyre fracture too

so you cant select a fractured mod for recombination, but if the recombination picks the base with a fractured mod you will get the fractured mod

[gaunt nimbus]

the base is 50/50 right?

[lament stone]

yea

[wanton geode]

time for gambling!

[gaunt nimbus]

ok

one more question if i have an item that i have made with only suffixes and and item with only prefixes how its gonna combo?(never used recombinator before)

[meager galleon]

you could just put in 2 fractured bases with the same thing fractured...

[strong pike]

You can choose what mods you need on recombinator

But even with 2 high tier mods it's like 5% chance to recombine

[gaunt nimbus]

i get is 4.28% chance

[strong pike]

So u have 96% chance to delete both items

[gaunt nimbus]

damn sounds fun

what i dont choose which mods i want can it recombine at random?
with higher chance of not being deleted

can the bench decide to not apply the affix at all?

[mental needle]

You must choose

if it succeeds the item gets all the chosen affixes

it's all or nothing

More mods or higher tier/lower weighting mods lowers the chance

[gaunt nimbus]

damn devs do hate crafting

[meager galleon]

what crafting, its all just slot machines

[strong pike]

2 mods t 9 and t8 is already 4% for 3 mods it's like 0.1%

So it's useless for crafting at high level

[gaunt nimbus]

3 mods T9 T8 T3 with combining t4 mod for me its 4.28

[strong pike]

Yeah try 3 T9 mods

Difference is pretty huge

It also depends on what u recombining

For example scepter with t4 strength + spirit + spirit will be like 10% while same spirit + spirit + t4 intelligence will be like 25%

Not exactly those numbers but can't remember rn

[gaunt nimbus]

i jsut want to give this crit chance from my other item, why is it soo hard

[strong pike]

Devs don't like crafting

[gaunt nimbus]

sadge

[mental needle]

That's already a good weapon

it shouldn't be trivial to improve it

[gaunt nimbus]

kinda is since we established amazon chance ascendancy node lies and i wanna trivialize to one button build xd

[meager galleon]

btw, this si more like #2┃crafting-advice discussion

thats for sure an item beyond being in acts

[ionic shore]

does anyone know how can i see/find the mods for a beast that i'm going to tame? and also taming a beast consumes the skill right? if i want to tame another i need another skill gem yes?

[worthy drum]

for the gem issue, they will add option to disenchant tomorrow i think

[ionic shore]

ooh that's good to know

[crystal hill]

Is there a way to apply shock with basic melee attacks? Can any physical attack skill shock with some kind of support/passive skill or item?

[lament stone]

only lightning damage can shock

[crystal hill]

does that count "added lightning damage" on weapon too?

[lament stone]

it does

[crystal hill]

Do I need to overcome a certain barrier then? I've been using a +80 (avg) lightning damage weapon didn't see any shock applied

[lament stone]

depends on a lot more than just that

[crystal hill]

I'll try a different skill too wait I've been raking maybe that doesn't have a hit portion

[lament stone]

like how much increased shock chance you have, are you using anything disables the ability to shock

are you using brutality support with rake?

[crystal hill]

I wasn't that I know 🙂

I'm trying to both break armor and applyi shock and the same time with one ability so I Can consume them with another attack.

[plain saddle]

IS there any options that hides these large descriptive windows?

[meager galleon]

just to clarify to make it clear
melee/ranged is dmg delivery method
fire/cold/lignting/chaos/physical is dmg type

you need the correct dmg type for the ailment you wanna do (lightnign for shock for example) it doesnt matter how you deliver the dmg (unless the skill/supports explicitly states you can't apply the ailment with it)

[meager galleon]

press Z to toggle labels (it also hides loot labels, and npc name plates, and all that stuff)

[wispy kraken]

hi i need help for boss act 3 normal please . my tag : LINOLUZ3010#8074

[lament stone]

#2┃looking-for-group

[crystal hill]

Ok I see what my poblem is. I just did a regular stab attack and was able to apply shock. Rake-stomp combo just doesn't use my weapon damage type so it wasn't applying the shock

[lament stone]

rake should

[meager galleon]

rake use your weapon dmg, stomp doesnt

[crystal hill]

but rake just applies a bleed it is not direct hit

bleed can't apply shock

[meager galleon]

stomp is just phys dmg based on your strength iirc

[lament stone]

it is a hit that applies bleed

[meager galleon]

while that is true, its wrong angle at the same time

[lament stone]

the magnitude of bleed inflicted is based on the physical damage of the hit

[meager galleon]

bleed is the ailment of physical dmg, shock is the ailment of lightning dmg

phys dmg applies bleed

lightning applies shock

if you hit for both phys and lightning, the appropriate calculations happen for thresholds and shit

and you either apply any of them or dont

[lament stone]

its much harder to inflict ailments if you dont have increased chance to inflict them too

[crystal hill]

Yeah currently I understand that part but Rake doesn't seem to apply shock with same weapon. When regular spear stab does. to same enemies

[meager galleon]

you might just not deal enough lightning dmg

[lament stone]

what supports do you have linked to rake?

[crystal hill]

stomp splinter and demolisher

I'm trying to both break and shock at the same time to consumes them for primal strikes

[zealous osprey]

Haven't seen you for a while

[gentle hare]

Ok, i'm in the Trials of Chaos. I believe floor 2. I have these 4 red lasers i'm dodging. Killed all the enemies, but no path to go?\

[crystal hill]

It can be probably done with mjolner far easier but currently just testing ideas and I'm not level 65 yet 😛

[hardy sun]

Is it the statue?

[worthy drum]

here the thing about poe - any skill can do any damage type all at once, unless it specifically say it cannot (or support gem block them doing specific damage type)
if you can add lightning damage to a skill, it can shock, unless you add a support gem that specifically say "this skill now cannot shock".
example source of lighting damage on weapon "gain % of damage as lighting damage"
if it effective or optimal to do these things, is a different question of their own ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[gentle hare]

I have 1 statue that's stomping on the ground, and a bit further the laser thing

[hardy sun]

You have to move the statue, standing underneath it moves the statue

[gentle hare]

Oh what the hell! I see now. I moved out of it's bubble because i thought it was stomping on me

Thought it was a trap. Thanks!

[lament stone]

theres no reason you shouldnt be shocking, it might just be that the lightning damage is too low to consistently apply shock

[crystal hill]

I'm seein a 0% lightning thingy on the left side of the mob bars, I guess the damage is to low with rake to apply enough shock or somethingl like that

[twin delta]

is there anywhere I could read about how elemental damage bonus on weapon affects overall DPS?

for example, does it get added to skill dmg or something like that

[azure lava]

Try walking near some walls where it looks like a path should be. The walls open automatically

[azure lava]

Damage on your weapon constitutes your base damage, which is then multiplied by the damage effectiveness of the skill you're using

And also all your other modifiers

[twin delta]

So elemental damage bonus on weapon is a meme?

[azure lava]

I don't think I said that

And when you say ele damage bonus, what do you mean specifically?

[grim frost]

How do you know what type of dmg an enemy does?

[vestal quartz]

idk how to set up filter correctly, i followed the filter on the website and also in options activated it but the items look the same on the ground for me

[azure lava]

"% inc elemental damage with weapons"? Or something like "adds 10-20 fire damage to attacks"?

[twin delta]

Okay for example

I have weapon with 100-150 phys damage, and it has 1-35 electric damage, does that electric damage bonus get added to skills and such?

[lament stone]

generally the attacks are coloured to indicate what damage type it does

[azure lava]

Yes, just like the phys damage does

Sort of

I wouldn't say "added to the skill"

It's more like the attack skill uses your weapon's damage

[twin delta]

Ele damage included?

[azure lava]

Yes

[twin delta]

Okay got it ty

[azure lava]

That is your weapon's damage

Anything at the top of the weapon is the base damage it deals

Those ranges it shows

[worthy drum]

also check the skill panel details for breakdown of the details of what you got

[vagrant thorn]

is this good?

[gloomy furnace]

3 reses always nice

[worthy drum]

no life but usable, can exalt slam it hope for life

[gloomy furnace]

then vaal it

[vagrant thorn]

i have only vaals orbs xD

[meager galleon]

dont vaal it

[vagrant thorn]

fuck it

xD

[worthy drum]

interesting

[meager galleon]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[vagrant thorn]

I should have used 'exalt' before.

[gloomy tulip]

How do I get back to the past version of Act 3 normal? When I use the orange portal/gateway it takes me to Act 1 Cruel (I need to do the Sacrificial Heart quest)

[worthy drum]

• use the portal, ended up in cruel
• open town portal go back to encampment
• walk down the stair to flooded city
• use the waypoint to go back to encampment
• you will be brought to pass utzaal
  follow these steps correctly
  (seriously GGG need to patch the map like they did with Cruel...)

[blazing kelp]

Is there a way to hide the map objectives??? It’s annoying

[meager galleon]

you can turn it off in settings

its quest tracker or something like that

[blazing kelp]

That turns off quests but not map objectives right

I tried that I think @meager galleon

[azure lava]

I think an easier way is:

1. Take portal to cruel act 1
2. portal back to town (act 3)
3. Log to character select and back in
4. Profit

[gloomy tulip]

that's crazy, it worked

[azure lava]

@gloomy tulip

Yeah it's jank af

Oh, I think my method was for getting back to the present

[hardy sun]

If you go to any zone that's not in the past, a present zone, cast town portal and you go to town

[queen jungle]

Skill speed's tooltip says:

Affects the speed at which all Skills are used. Increases and reductions to Skill Speed stack additively with increases and reductions to Attack Speed, Cast Speed, Warcry Speed, and similar stats.
Does this also increase a crossbow's reload speed?

[low moon]

for vaal guard spectre... would vulnerability be better than flamibility? (i've seen people run flamibility but isnt the physical damage the higher one? wouldn't vulnerability be better?)

[quartz wren]

why it happens so often?

[meager galleon]

there are some bugs, a couple of them should be fixed in tomorrows patch

[lethal dirge]

i am stuck in Temple of Kopec in Act 3, not able to login, it keeps crashing when i click on play game

[hollow jungle]

Try changing server

[marble rapids]

yes i finaly dont need 10 different bind spectre gems for different monsters

[lethal dirge]

tried but did not work stil crashing

[worthy drum]

just get frost wraith and forget the rest 😆

[limber hornet]

hello guys whats the most fun build to start with rn

[hollow jungle]

Hmm thats weird

It might still be some server issue, there have been a lot of disconnects recently

[vocal fern]

Are you new or veteran

[limber hornet]

new

[lethal dirge]

might be, have been trying for almost 2 hours not able to play

[limber hornet]

i will follow any guide from mobalytics or maxroll

[vocal fern]

Mercenary is super o.p right now

[hollow jungle]

I'm playing gas grenade witchhunter and its pretty fun and easy for me so far. It does require 1unique to function properly though, but its not that expensive to trade for

This is the build https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/frostferno-witch-hunter-fearless-dumbo?widgets-state=eyJmN2Q4MjEwMi03ZTc3LTRhNDQtYWQyNC0zM2I2N2U4YWU3YmYiOnsiZmlsdGVycyI6eyJhY3RpdmVWYXJpYW50SWQiOiJlOWQ3MWY2ZC03MzI0LTRhYjgtOWRmYS00ZDA2NzNhMGFjZDgifSwidHlwZW5hbWUiOiJOZ2ZEb2N1bWVudENtV2lkZ2V0Q29udGVudFZhcmlhbnRzVjEifX0

[vocal fern]

Meh build guides

[hollow jungle]

Had 0 issues in campaign at all with it, everything just got blown up

[hollow jungle]

He is new, if he doesnt follow a guide it'll just be banging his head against a wall until he passes act 2

[vocal fern]

I'm just not a fan is all

[limber hornet]

i mean learning some things from veteran players is making the experience better cause u understand what u doin

[worthy drum]

regardless of what you rolling with, no gear = bad
so just pick anything sounds cool to you and go with it, priority is learning the game
play in trade (not "SSF" solo self found) so you can buy gear from player for easier progress
or party up for assistant

[hollow jungle]

Thats fair, and it is fun to make your own build, but before you know the game properly its gonna be really though

Yeah trading is a big help if you feel like your damage is getting low and bosses are hard to kill

A good weapon can easily double your damage

[limber hornet]

i was asking cause i want to run it with no assistance at all, begging for help on geonor for example is not my thing..

so i wanted smth like rly fast to level up and clear all the maps

[worthy drum]

poe2 is a slow game, i have to say that first

[limber hornet]

well the game ''starts'' after act2, no?

[hollow jungle]

The game starts after act 3, maybe even after act 3 cruel

[quartz wren]

game "starts" in the endgame

if you'll not die of boredom earlier

[hybrid star]

for me the game starts when I hit Launch

[limber hornet]

https://tenor.com/view/haha-jajaja-funny-memes-lol-gif-10265758410603600743

[quartz wren]

mr. low expectations in chat

[marble rapids]

god damn the viper spearwoman boss is annoying the gurds do way more dmg than her

[craggy gyro]

Most fun boss as twistermazon 🌪️

[rigid wagon]

yeah, twice I had her down to nearly nothing and got backstabed by one of the guards

[marble rapids]

dammit died 3rd time to now the purple stuff

[rigid wagon]

endgame seems easier now

[limber hornet]

is this any good to progress solo the first 3 acts?? https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/ronarray-minion-lich

[hollow jungle]

Check out the build I sent, once you get the unique mapping is basically throw gas grenades while running around, the unique basically auto explodes them. Unique is also pretty cheap, you can probably get one for 2-3 exalts

[limber hornet]

okay then ima try it

[hollow jungle]

Hmm minions were really bad before the recent buff, I'm not sure how good they are now

[rigid wagon]

I prefer ranger builds over minion builds

[craggy gyro]

U won’t really have any minions to dps early so yeah

[hollow jungle]

This is the guide creator's vid, shows how the build plays https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7ptg-eEFN4

[vagrant thorn]

wtf is that