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[quartz patrol]

omg that really was it, nameplate disable the idol UI thing hahahahah

thanks for the answers!

[normal marsh]

should i buy poe 2 or stick with poe ? Iam new

[fleet yew]

Hello, i have a question pelase im playing lightning arrow in your opinion whats the best between ES or Evasion ? on this patch

[trim turret]

Depends what you're after. POE2 is more deliberate and more slowly paced and has better visuals but is also in early access and missing a lot of content. POE1 has ten years of content but focuses more on getting your character to zoom zoom screen exploding levels of power.

Both games share purchases where possible.

[normal marsh]

iam just thinking will poe 1 stay relevant compared to poe 2 in the long run

[trim turret]

They're two different experiences that are both going to receive updates.

[simple venture]

well poe1 is not gonna recieve updates soon

[hard cosmos]

can someone help me on count geonor act 1 pls?

[simple venture]

player name

[hard cosmos]

AxelSchulz

[trim turret]

Next league will be around June.

And it has ten years of content.

[trim turret]

Cold resist helps a lot. Resists are crucial.

[azure lava]

Yeah, you could plop down a mana tempest for funsies

[brazen yew]

is volatility like a legitimate way to scale your damage late game if you can figure out how to not die to it?

[hard cosmos]

i also deal 0 dmg to him, just fought him for 15mins straight

[clear vine]

what things give power charges? and is there ways that i can alter things to make them give me power charges instead of frenzy charges?

[hard cosmos]

can someone help me on count geonor act 1 pls?

[clear vine]

show build

[azure lava]

You bet. Give #1328202289755983932 a read and you should have your defenses and damage fixed in a jiffy

[final geyser]

The Keystone Resonance, converts gained Frenzy Charges to Power Charges. As for what gives Power Charges, that's Killing Palm, Siphoning Strike, Combat Frenzy (through Resonance), as well as Power Siphon on Wands.

[clear vine]

whats keystone resonance?

[final geyser]

Also these

[azure lava]

A keystone on the passive tree called Resonance

[trim turret]

That's a build problem then and you need to fix it whether you get help or not. What are you using to do damage?

[clear vine]

ty

[hard cosmos]

idk im following a leveling build at least skill tree wise

can i just pay someone to carry me

cba to farm up my gear for an hour

[clear vine]

does each enemy have an inherent amount of each resistance? if so does that mean if you invest into penetrating that resistance you still deal more damage even if the enemy doesnt have that resistances icon?

[trim turret]

That may not be necessary. That's why were asking questions. And a build is a lot more than a passive tree. If you're following a tree but using a bad gem setup or something it can hurt you.

[final geyser]

Penetration cannot bring a Resistance below 0%, so if the enemy doesn't have the icon, then Penetration does nothing.

[hard cosmos]

im using what hes using, just ligthing spear

[trim turret]

And what's your weapon look like?

[lament stone]

what are you using to gain frenzy charges?

unique does not mean good

[hard cosmos]

i dont think i can even get them yet im lvl 15

[trim turret]

A low damage weapon that does nothing for a lightning skill.

[final geyser]

You can get them from level 2

[lament stone]

you have access to parry+disengage from level 2

[hard cosmos]

well i havent found a good one yet

[final geyser]

Parry into Disengage will give you a Frenzy Charge

[hard cosmos]

i think i need more then frenzy charges to kill a boss

[lament stone]

dont use lightning spear without some way to get frenzy charges

[lament stone]

you need a better weapon

[final geyser]

A random Spear from a vendor with a %physical affix should be more than that unique gives you.

[trim turret]

You could buy a white one from a vendor and hit it with a transmute and augment and end up with something better than that.

[clear vine]

then is there a point in investing in it?#

[hard cosmos]

yeah but i cant find one

[hard cosmos]

ive checked the vendors every level up and did this

[trim turret]

And didn't come up with something that does more damage than that? Unlikely.

What about the gambling vendor?

[hard cosmos]

best one i got

[final geyser]

Depends on the boss or enemy you're fighting, and how much you're lowering Resistance through other means. Having some Penetration is generally helpful since it helps negate that resistance on enemies with a lot of it, but it can't boost your damage as much as Exposure, Curses, etc, if you manage to bring it below 0%.

[clear vine]

also, wasn't there a way to plan out the skill tree so it gets auto set or atleast stays there ?

[hard cosmos]

best one i got, im poor now xd

[final geyser]

Not at the moment, the feature to import a tree and have the nodes highlighted, and potentially even highlight stuff ingame, is apparently already made, just not enabled in the release build of the game.

[hard cosmos]

well im dealing way less dmg now

all my dmg came from the poison

[trim turret]

"Deals %50 more damage when consuming a frenzy charge."

[lament stone]

if youre using spears youll want to level with rake until you can get volt support for lightning spear

[hard cosmos]

im using the normal spear throw against bosses it does more dps

[clear vine]

ah and another thing, how do you know where you're affected by herald. Is it all the time aslong as you have it activated and its using spirit? Im talking to clarify this branch of the skill tree btw

[final geyser]

As long as it's active, yes, I'm pretty sure.

[trim turret]

You asked why you're doing low damage and how frenzies won't help you. Just trying to show you why you should read stuff.

[hard cosmos]

i dont use the skill in boss fights.

its way less dps then just normal hitting

[trim turret]

Even with the %50 more?

[clear vine]

ah okay ty

[hard cosmos]

no then it would do more, but i dont think i can get a frenzy charge for every throw?

[lament stone]

you dont use lightning spear if you arent generating frenzy charges
i wouldnt recommend using lightning spear if you dont have volt support (tier 2 support, starts dropping in act 3)

rake + stomping ground support is just so strong for spear levelling in the first couple of acts

[hard cosmos]

cant get new skills i dont have skill gems and support gems :/

[trim turret]

I'm doing rake and have stomping ground on disengage but same thing. Plus parrying in general makes enemies take more attack damage.

[clear vine]

have the chances for rare enemies to spawn been buffed? i feel like im seeing them a lot more

[lament stone]

they get more common the further you get through the campaign

[hard cosmos]

so how do i beat him just with my aa´s or ls tho? xd i dont have skillgems

[lament stone]

farm for some

[clear vine]

did the base chances get buffed though? i feel like im seeing them more in DOTH than in the EA league

[trim turret]

Whatever does the most damage I guess, but make sure you have decent support gems on them and you should be parrying. Parried enemies take more damage. And if you want to use LS, generate frenzies first. You can have up to three. That's three attacks with the 50% more damage, plus it's lightning so it can shock, which makes enemies take more damage.

[hard cosmos]

would it be bad to buy a carry? i dont see a world where i can beat him with what i have

literally 20mins bossfights for nothing

[trim turret]

I thought you were broke.

[hard cosmos]

idk how much it is but im expecting it to be cheap

[trim turret]

I don't care what you do. Your build problems will still exist afterwards.

What are you using besides LS? What spirit skill?

[hard cosmos]

yeah true u right

[hard cosmos]

herald of thunder

whats the best way to farm then?

idk what or how to properly farm at lvl 12ish

[trim turret]

Just run the manor a few times. You want to be in an area as close to your level as possible.

Pick up even white spears. Disenchant and salvage drops..

[hard cosmos]

how many lvls do i need to be above count geonor before i can deal damage with my setup

[clear vine]

what is this blue flame on the enemy

[trim turret]

Has nothing to do with your level.

[lament stone]

your level doesnt directly affect your damage

[trim turret]

Your gear/gems/passives and how you use it all matters.

[hard cosmos]

so i need to find better armor,rings,etc,full set and a weapon and then i should try again?

[hard cosmos]

oh got it

[trim turret]

I think a better weapon would do it personally.

[clear vine]

have you got any exalts at all?#

[lament stone]

also level 12 is just about high enough that youre not getting exp penalty

[clear vine]

@lament stone

[hard cosmos]

like 2-3

[hard cosmos]

do i just look for more dps?

cuz the poison dmg is actually alot on the spear so id need to like quadriple the dps before it would be even worth it to use i think

[trim turret]

Yes, as much physical damage on it as possible.

[trim turret]

Yes but you have zero investment anywhere else in damage over time or in poison.

[marsh reef]

im stuck act2 on finding relics, where do i find the RIGHT medallion?

[hard cosmos]

i mean i do have investement in my passive tree but i guess that is not worth it

[trim turret]

I thought you were following a leveling guide? Does that guide take poison nodes?

[hard cosmos]

yes because of the spear

[trim turret]

Did you take them because of the spear or because the guide told you to?

[hard cosmos]

i mean i read the guides and try to think why he used it, and yeah i took it cuz its just good, 33% increased dmg against poisoned enemies

[trim turret]

Link the guide.

[hard cosmos]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/4d750e45-e58a-44e3-bddc-40d48587b4f1/builds/884f8eff-085e-4893-9a66-de3136dba32b

i know i know i dont have most of the uniques and stuff

i just have like boots gloves spear chest for now

[marble rapids]

what if i wanted to start new character and not have the stash share? like starting anew other class from scratch?

[trim turret]

Would have been nice to know that it's a guide that assumes you have a couple divines worth of gear already and that it actively recommends that spear.

[marble rapids]

ex:i have lich lvlv 60 wanted to try huntress without stash share

[trim turret]

Start a new character. Do you have one in dawn of the hunt already?

[marble rapids]

lich is in hunt

but normal league doesnt have new economy right?

or class

[trim turret]

It has the class, but not the new economy.

[marble rapids]

okok

i just wont use the stash tab until same lvlv i guess

[pearl leaf]

Hi, I am playing huntress and currently in early act2 using lightning arrow and lightning rod on atm. The clear and bossing is getting slow for me atm. Is there any alternative skill combo or ways to improve the campaign clear? Also, when should I switch to lightning spear ?

[marble rapids]

haver useen rav guide?

it helps

[trim turret]

A full set of leveling gear exists for a reason and assumes you know what you're doing somewhat. You're ignoring basic things about how skills work, don't have all of the gear for that build, and don't have currency to get the items you need and you're confused as to why you're doing low damage.

[hard cosmos]

so just start over with no guide then?

[trim turret]

Or use a league start guide that doesn't tell you right off that you need 3 divines worth of leveling gear for it to work.

[hard cosmos]

im bad at finding guides, i think ill just not use one then and try again (if that is doable)

[pearl leaf]

can you provide the link? I don't think I can find it

[azure lava]

I think that's the indicator that they can be culled with a culling ability. Like killing palm

[mystic ocean]

if i exit out of poe during an area at a checkpoint, will i still be there when i log back in?

[azure lava]

Yes, but the zone may reset while you're gone

But you'll still be at that checkpoint

[mystic ocean]

okay thanks

[trim turret]

It is. If you want to avoid frenzy charge generation and still want to go huntress, look at bleed skills. And read what things buff skills.

But maxroll should have league starter guides.

[wet ferry]

Question: Should I do bosses with + (permament upgrade) on both difficulites? Or its enough to do it on cruel?

[lament stone]

you should do it in every act

normal and cruel

[wet ferry]

thanks

[hard cosmos]

so whats "better in theory" lighting arrow or gas arrow? if you know, sry to bother u this much btw

[trim turret]

Better is subjective. I know lightning arrow and orb of storms is a good combo. And gas arrow and a way of igniting it is fun.

[timid coral]

what should i pick?

[azure lava]

Assuming you're in act 3 normal, they're all pretty unimpactful. If you don't see one you really need rn, I'd honestly pick none and grab one later when you can pinpoint which one would help your build the most

[timid coral]

could be

i'm between 2

stun threshold and mana regen

no idea if this build could use more mana regen or not

still transitioning to end game build

[azure lava]

They all have the value of about a small passive node and a half

You won't really feel the difference with any of them, most likely

I play hardcore so I almost always go for stun or ailment

Stun is probably better imo

But mana regen can be great for builds that need it

[subtle whale]

sooo from how I understnad poe2
I (as a ranger) can BUILD with skills into EVERY weapon this game is offering atm, but I can only use he rangers eh node thingies?

is that bad when going for other weapons exept the bow? I wanted to try the crossbow it kinda looks strong and eh, well fire magic stuff, il change everything once the templar and sword comes out i think/i guess

[dusky burrow]

but I can only use he rangers eh node thingies?
on the regular tree or ascendancy?

class fixes your starting location, so you're going to have a hard time getting to templar or maurauder, for example.

but getting to mercenary or monk is quite easy.

everything has concrete considerations: there is nothing stopping you from going crossbows, in fact many do.

[amber crypt]

how come the devs managed to make any boss that used to fly 10x more annoying???

i cant with this game

the dragon is flying forever

only got to hit him 10 times in 2mins

[dusky burrow]

even if you never get the crossbow nodes, which arent too far away, they still scale off of mods like inc. attack damage, inc. proj damage, attack speed, inc. phys/ele dmg, any crit modifiers, etc. etc., of which is plentiful around ranger start.

[subtle whale]

whats ascendancy xd? im very new so i got no clue man
but I randomly missclciked and found this screenshot, and this is exactly what I mean

[subtle whale]

WAIT WHAT
I THGOUTH I HAD TO MAKE A NEW CHAR????
so your telling me I could technically become so strong that I max the whole tree of dots oneday??
I thought i had to mak ea new char omg omg omg

this is so cool, I can keep my charcter while always- BRO DA
my brain has been MEGA FRIED

[fluid fern]

anyone bored enough to help through a bit of campaign?

[dusky burrow]

no, you get 99 points from levels, 24 from quests

= 123 total

if you really want to get to the other side of the tree, you can, but it'll cost you a metric ton of travel points

[flint plume]

Ascendancy is your subclass. Basically an extra mini skill tree with very powerful nodes

[subtle whale]

pathnfinder right?

[subtle whale]

[azure lava]

Ranger can ascend into pathfinder or deadeye, yes.

[subtle whale]

ohhhh and deadeye, good to know

ig i can just use ranger for anyything range wepaon related

and make another char for tempalr for melee wepaons?(i have hopes that the templar is gonna have some nice cool looking holy attack :3)

but what abt magic?
how can I combine a bow with STREAM OF OF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFIRE
Or smth like that?

[azure lava]

You can use any class for any type of weapon

The effectiveness varies

Not inherently, mind you. It's not like rangers have a bonus for bow and a penalty to melee. It's about where they are on the tree. It's harder to get to the mace nodes from ranger than from warrior. That, in turn, would make a mace ranger get less value out of their tree per point if they decided to path all the way over there

[opaque stone]

Ranger does have mostly Projectile damage rather than Bow damage though, so you can run Molten Blast and have it not work out too bad (in theory)

True mace melee is a bit rougher

[azure lava]

Indeed. And the ranger area of the tree has loads of attack damage and attack speed which would also help our hypothetical mace ranger

[dusky burrow]

didnt ppl go deadeye with the proj mace skill

[opaque stone]

Thats exactly what i called out lol

[azure lava]

They may have. Mace ranger could be good for all I know

[opaque stone]

With the introduction of huntress there's also a bit more melee support in the pure DEX area, especially if you alternate between melee and ranged

[half moon]

can i essence craft cold res on amulets

[opaque stone]

Yes but it shares it's mod pool with % inc cold damage i think

[half moon]

unlucky ty

[hard cosmos]

anyone selling spirit gems lvl 5?

[desert sedge]

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

[random acorn]

Can i get all 8 ascend points without spending the quest green Balbala barya?

Or do i need to spend that thing before buying a carry?

[quartz wren]

will I lose some kind of global progress if I'll not do all ritual sites? just because rewards are not worth time

[lament stone]

you cannot get your 3rd ascension if youre under level 25, you cannot get your 4th ascension if youre under level 50, but you can do them before spending your quest barya, idk why youd want to do that tho because its a 1 floor barya, so has basically no useful loot

[random acorn]

thats funny

[opal eagle]

at what point do you stop using pillars of the cage god? 😛

[opal eagle]

I am playing monk so I don't really want to invest in str that much..

[random acorn]

Looks like i can before 50

as im 31

[opal eagle]

strangely I think pillar is a better leveling weapon for warrior, no?

[lament stone]

how does that work?

youre not supposed to be able to enter endgame areas below level 50

[random acorn]

Meh

I pay a carry

Just sit into sekhema while he murder trials of time last boss

easy 8 points

I dont require anything but sekhema map waypoint to enter

Is not my invitation so i bypass requirements

im happy now i can oneshot everything while on acts

i refuse to spend other 20 hours on this character too

[elder edge]

can minions gain Volatility with the Volatility support gem? or it will go on me?

[trim turret]

It's a good leveling weapon/weapon in general for anyone stacking relevant attributes.

[clear vine]

Have chances been buffed for everything?

[dusky burrow]

no

[clear vine]

Do frenzy charges act the same way as power charges? like on glacial lance if i use a power charge on it instead will it have the frenzy charge effect?

[sage phoenix]

Glacial Lance specifically consumes frenzy charges. It won't react to you having power charges.

[trim turret]

Wording is very specific.

[deft hamlet]

Hi, is the exchange rate now normalised or is it like before 1 div = 800ex? Sorry I did not unlock the currency exchange to look by myself.

[gritty torrent]

My flasks are being used automatically when they didn't use to, is that a new thing?

[dusky burrow]

i dont think there's any way in the game for flasks to be used automatically?

[hybrid star]

there are some supports that make the skill cost flask charge

maybe you have that?

[gritty torrent]

ohhhhhh

Maybe, let me look Lotte

LOL my MMO mouse is bugging out and the thumb keys are also hitting number keys

Sheesh, it's always the simple things

[hybrid star]

[gritty torrent]

Thanks btw!

[hybrid star]

I thought you had this

[gritty torrent]

I didn't even know that existed, but now I do. hah

[scenic estuary]

did poe2 wipe?

[sudden notch]

if someone carries me through the ascendancy point 7-8 before i complete the acts, do i still be able to get those points?

[quartz osprey]

Question , if a friend and I go into 3rd ascension and complete will we both ascend ? we have required token and both have not gotten 3rd yet

[honest raft]

are there any good uniques for leveling amazon through the campaign

[hybrid star]

yes

[gritty torrent]

Yes, anyone who makes it to the end will ascend.

[static hornet]

can anyone help with Doryani?

[clear wave]

does anyone use two different types of weapons for their two weapon sets?

[fleet eagle]

We can't change our ascendancy class yet right?

[fleet wolf]

is it normal that i havent gotten a single level 2 support gem? im in act 3

[mighty gazelle]

Yes this is when you start unlocking them

[fleet wolf]

ooooh thanks, my build said i needed them but i havent gotten any anywhere haha

[mighty gazelle]

From act 3 onward every support gem should be lvl2

[random pollen]

can anyone help me in nightmare viper napuazi?

[olive sapphire]

did someone know can projectiles double forks? tangletoungle+support fork gem?

[dusky burrow]

tangletongue isn't actually fork

i know it says "forks critical hits", that isn't actually fork

[olive sapphire]

it dosnt mean fork when i crit?

[dusky burrow]

doesnt at all

[dusky burrow]

Forking Critical Hits
Hits with this weapon roll against their Critical Hit chance twice when determining if they are a Critical Hit.

If either roll succeeds, the hit will be a Critical Hit, and thus the Critical Damage Bonus will apply as normal.

If both rolls succeed, the hit will be a Critical Hit, and the Critical Damage Bonus will apply twice to that Hit.

If a modifier makes your Critical Hit Chance Lucky, that Luck will apply individually to both of these rolls.

that's the whole tooltip

[olive sapphire]

its mean forked projectiles never crit without this unique?

[dusky burrow]

read the tooltip

it checks your crit twice. if it passes 1/2 times, you crit normally. if it passes 2/2 times, your crit multi is doubled.

so if you have 100% crit, your crits will deal double damage.

[olive sapphire]

omg now i got it

[mighty gazelle]

Fork was a terrible choice for that mechanic lmao

[olive sapphire]

i think this is base when i have more than 100% crit i will get quad damage change

[dusky burrow]

more than 100% crit doesnt do anything

i dont think there's any mechanic that rewards overcap crit

[mighty gazelle]

Tldr is fork gives you noticeably higher crit chance and sometimes way bigger crit damage

[olive sapphire]

ok now i know how get devastating crits i need this unique not overcap crit change

[mighty gazelle]

100% crit chance should mean 2* crit damage bonus

[vale moss]

Going to level another character since I’m a bit bored of my monk right now. Any recommendations on a class you enjoy?

[mighty gazelle]

Essence drain lich seems to be the new monk this patch

[polar sundial]

I am doing trial of sekhamas on huntress, why can't I use my weapon?

[austere patrol]

Yo friend, any way to get more than one Crisis Fragment? My Waystone drop rate won’t go past 500%.

[knotty totem]

Projectile fork on hit is such a dumb thing to add, it makes 90% of bow skills useless since the projectiles fork to china instead to the mobs

[ionic shore]

what should i do before using vaal on a unique? can i add sockets after corrupted?

[worthy drum]

No modifications after something is corrupted.
Of you want to do something, quality, socket, etc, do it before

[ionic shore]

is there anything else you can do for uniques other than socket and quality?

[manic python]

Does this mean i have 52.2+10.44 = 62.64% crit chance, or, 52.2% of 10.44%= 15.88% crit chance?

[azure lava]

62.44% (estimated)

[azure lava]

Divine the for better rolls and vaal them for an implicit

[ivory grove]

when trading getting this error i'm on my amazonian on dawn of the hunt league idk what i'm supposed to change

[dusky burrow]

link trade

[ivory grove]

i cant click on any to direct whisper it all tells me the same thing

[dusky burrow]

link the search

[ivory grove]

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Dawn of the Hunt/vqJkpgWcE

[ivory grove]

nvm i just found i'm a fucking idiot and i dont want to talk about it

[kind crest]

okay so dumb question, how the heck to you ensure that you have enough resist gear leveling through the campaign ... lol..
and what resist is the better for act 2, is it lightnight or cold..

[modern field]

if you get a companion can you get a new one later on or is it permanent?

[dusky burrow]

hmm, the search is probably right, so i'm guessing you weren't logged into the character you thought you were?

[dusky burrow]

act 2: lightning

and for gearing see https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1328202289755983932

[dusky burrow]

can get another one

[modern field]

for lightning spear huntress what would be the best effect on a pet? haste, physical dmg or lightning?

[kind crest]

Thank you, and thank you. i know I suck at this game, but I definitely have issues with that

[dapper stream]

I want to level as like a tanky thorns build, is this possible? been looking at the skill tree, I dont't hink dual wield is possible (not in a good way), I don't even think a mass regen/armor build would work based on the tree, am I missing something? speed isn't my desire, just being abel to play and chill

[zealous osprey]

LS is already giga damage, so I'd go haste (but that's just personal preference, all 3 are good... Albeit what's the single target you're using?)

[modern field]

I have the lightning spear and primal strikes rn

I just crossed into cruel act 1 so I'm still leveling

[zealous osprey]

I'm using the same, but forgot the primal strikes conversion hmmm

[modern field]

It's 40% conversion

[zealous osprey]

Both physical and lightning are viable options to boost damage TBH

But you won't need it for mapping, so I'd go haste

And on bosses, companions get yeeted in seconds anyways

[modern field]

I mean ik even haste is used for bossing

[zealous osprey]

Attack speed yes, and well ms for dodging

[prime thunder]

i have a weird thing going on where whenever i mouse over an item, the tooltip is being pinned open. i have to click the pin icon and then the x icon to get rid of it. does anyone know what setting controls this or how to stop it from doing this?

[modern field]

If you run the same do u think u could help me with my gear as well? Still unsure what's good or not

[prisma venture]

how should I interpret these gem level upgrade numbers?

like is it less damage?

[modern field]

So whatever physical damage you do is fully converted to lightning damage

[dapper stream]

No I think he means the 100% -> 77%

[modern field]

ah

[gleaming wolf]

If someone is running Merit of Service to give block chance to a second person w a Focus equipped, they still cannot block, right?

[modern field]

anyone able to help with cruel act 1 final boss?

[marsh sigil]

ign?

[modern field]

Youcanhuntdeez

[dapper stream]

nutz

[marsh sigil]

i messaged you

[modern field]

I ended up getting a legendary spear from that thx again

It's almost perfect but I'm afraid to try and change anything

[final geyser]

Some skills and lines of effects are bugged, don't worry about it.

[scarlet sorrel]

anyone know why i can't use skeleton archers when i have enough spirit

[wintry sand]

do I need to activate "Infuse Weapon" from Amazon?

[meager galleon]

no, it triggers on its own

This skill triggers whenever the user consumes a frenzy, power, or endurance charge.

so when you consume frenzy with lightning spear or some other skill, infuse weapon turns on

[steel dawn]

Guys why i am overwhelmed by enemies while partying with lower level player? like my damage(sorcerer with frostbolt) feels like not really as good as soloing and the lower level player(Warrior) seems having more impact on killing mobs but my equipment a lot better

[meager galleon]

are you or the other guy the party leader ?

also enemies got more life, based on how many ppl are in a party

[steel dawn]

the other guy, only 2

[frail mountain]

level scaling is turned on, party leader needs to turn it off

[meager galleon]

^

[daring dragon]

If you have downscaling enabled you will feel significantly weaker than you were when you were that lvl yourself

[meager galleon]

you are getting downscaled to the party leaders level

[frail mountain]

it's under options > game > default level downscaling

[steel dawn]

ah i see, so it does affect the overall equipment stats?

[frail mountain]

yes

[steel dawn]

okay thx for the info

[meager galleon]

i want to note

that if you turn it off, and you are noticably higher level

you will do all the dmg and clear, and the other guy wont get much experience

[daring dragon]

Also this is how you change the default settings. If you want to change the settings of your current party you will have to do so in the party menu.

[ionic shore]

how do you use the map device? i'm putting a waystone and clicking traverse but nothing happens

[daring dragon]

That's how it works. Is the traverse button grayed out?

Are you perhaps trying to do a corrupted Nexus map?

Also for the future use #2┃after-acts-help for endgame questions.

[meager galleon]

are you in hideout?

[craggy gyro]

whys this green

[meager galleon]

its from the treasure vault

its basically like holographic or foiled card

just fancy visual

in endgame you can find a reliquary key

and it opens a zone where you get a single random unique with that visual effect

[ionic shore]

nope i can click it and when i click it closes the map device

[ionic shore]

nope i just got to the endgame

[daring dragon]

Tried a relog?

[meager galleon]

asking cos you need to do the first in the ziggurat refuge since its a quest from doriyani

[ionic shore]

relog fixed it thank you!

i thought i was doing something wrong lol

elon moment

[orchid storm]

what does concentrated effect do to warcries? does it shrink the aoe of the cry itself, or the empowered skill

[meager galleon]

i would expect it to shrink the aoe of the cry itself

[potent ice]

Just started today, was supose to be on Standar or Season is fine? (never poe before)

[daring dragon]

Season

[solemn knoll]

[twin arch]

how low lvl can you actually be to get the acendancy trial boost to the final points? you just need to unlock the sekhema right?

so you could get to act2, pay for a 4th trial boost and boom, you got all 8points?

[fair stream]

How long would you guys say it takes to go from act 1 to end game?

[daring dragon]

Correct

Only need to unlock sekhemas as well as go there once I think.

[daring dragon]

~20-60 hours depending on how experienced and quick you are

[fair stream]

I think I'm experienced but only done one play through beside next league lol is there a speed running cheat sheet or something? "If that's not allow MB "

[daring dragon]

Probably, but I don't have it at hand.

But you can skip pretty much all sidequests without a + on its icon. Iirc there were atleast one exception of that rule tho.

Other than only going for the sidequests that give permanent bonuses however it all comes down to having a good lvling build and rushing through the maps quickly.

Having a high lvl friend help with bosses speeds up things as well.

Alternatively ask #2┃looking-for-group many helpful people who don't mind quickly jumping in to help with bosses.

[frank sundial]

w8, so u can get all ascendency points even if u havent finished all 6 acts?

[lament stone]

yes, the level restrictions they put on cruel areas and endgame areas dont seem to affect the trial of sekhemas

[lilac panther]

Does this apply to my minions as well? I mean, as a summoner, this wouldn't affect me much if it doesn't, so just wondering

[lament stone]

no

if it does not say "minions" or "allies" it does not apply to minions

[lilac panther]

Awesome! But, are you saying that "allies" would be the same as minions? I mean, I know there are separate minion stats, but there's also a ton of "allies in your party..", I assumed that would only work on players, not minions

[lament stone]

allies applies to anything that is an ally, so minions, companions, other players, totems

minions applies only to minions and companions

[lilac panther]

Ah that's perfect! Good to know. Thank you very much, I really appreciate that information

@lament stone Sorry, just one last question. If gear says something like "20% increased critical hit chance". Does that apply to my minions as well? If not, I know I can pretty much ignore such stats as a summoner. Like my fire wall spawns raging spirits that does most of my damage. But if they don't receive that critical hit chance, it's just a useless stat to me

[lament stone]

no

[lament stone]

^

[lilac panther]

Ah of course. Thanks!

[static loom]

5 vaal orbs is worth only 1 exalted?

[merry depot]

are people finding lich or infernalist if i want to build storm witch?

[daring dragon]

If that's what the currency exchange npc says then yes

[static loom]

is this worth putting up for trade?

[meager galleon]

not really

in general, its very unlikely to find anything worth putting on trade while in acts

[frank sundial]

But i need a token to start the trial for the last 4 points right?

[lament stone]

you would have to get a carry

you wouldnt be able to do a level 75 trial at level 22

[meager galleon]

can you even enter it? at that low of a level ?

[lament stone]

^

[meager galleon]

oh right its just the area level listed on wiki, its not level restriction

[lament stone]

probably because the entrance has to be accessible at level 20 or whenever you unlock it

and they cant just have separate entrance zones for higher level areas

[frank sundial]

But dont i need a token to start?

[lament stone]

you do

[meager galleon]

you do

but you can buy it

[lament stone]

which is why i said you would need to get a carry

because you wouldnt be able to do a level 75 trial at a low level

[meager galleon]

yeah, you can get in if you just buy the token, but clearing it is another thing

[lament stone]

true

[frank sundial]

So i need a higher level player and he needs a token to start it?

What is the tokens name?

[lament stone]

djinn barya

it just needs to be a level 75+ one to be able to have 4 floors

[frank sundial]

Oh, same as act2 token ok

[meager galleon]

yeah, they have different amount of floors listed in the tooltip

and the amount goes up with item level

[frank sundial]

Yeah i have several tokens but they are all low 20-50

Never bothered going cause i wanted to finish campaign

[lament stone]

you cant really do your 3rd ascension in the campaign anyway because it requires a level 60+ barya or level 75+ ultimatum to do

and theres only like 4 zones at the end of cruel act 3 that are high enough level to drop a level 60+ barya

[frank sundial]

I just need a 75+ult to get all 4?

[river lotus]

To get 4th ascension through Ultimatum, you have to fight the Trialmaster, whose fight is unlocked with three distinct fragments and is found at the end of an area 75+ Ultimatum. So just playing through one Ultimatum, without having those fragments, won't give you 4 ascendency points

[frank sundial]

But the 75+ djinn baria also awards them according to the pic or im missing the point

[daring dragon]

Correct

[river lotus]

Yes, the Trial of Sekhema also gives them, so it is your choice whichever trial you want to go for

[frank sundial]

The cheapest/easiest 😅

[static loom]

so I bought the stash premium upgrade but my stash is still the same

[river lotus]

I'd say if you're in the acts and never tried any, give each one a go at their lowest level, whenever your character is ready, so that you get a feel for it. If not then I guess getting a carry it is, but imo it's so much better to progress at your own pace cause you also learn more about the game etc.

[daring dragon]

Relog or create a new instance

[silk mesa]

Can i avoid a trials affliction if i don't take the honour shrine?

it shows in my debuff list, but ive not taken the honour restored shrine at the end...

[daring dragon]

You can avoid an affliction by not entering the related room.

[ashen bane]

you get affliction at start of the room

[silk mesa]

gotcha i realise what im seeing, the shrine adds another random affliction

im tired

idk why im doing this tired

[azure lava]

Depends on what the room says. If it says, "...upon entry" you cannot avoid it. If it says the affliction on the shrine, then skipping will not afflict you

[simple venture]

trading is the worst thing I've exprienced in the game

no one is responding

[frank sundial]

its mostly humans doing it, be patient 🙂

[simple venture]

I was

[silk mesa]

I will say, 1e items are hard to get responses for as the season progresses

as people dont want to leave maps for 1e

[simple venture]

I mean they can communicate

I would!

[quaint dune]

im playing mercenary for the first time. i can slot support gems into my "crossbow shot", does that mean those supports apply to any skill i actively use as long as it could support the skill on its own?

i.e. if i socket lightning infusion into it it will apply to all crossbow skills i might use?

[azure lava]

I'm not sure what you mean by "any skill you actively use". If you mean any type of bolt you load, then yes. If you mean a separate crossbow attack, then no. Lightning infusion needs to be on galvanic shards to affect it, not crossbow shot. Crossbow shot is a separate attack

[quaint dune]

hm ok

but if i have crossbow shot bound to left mouse then i shoot whatever bolt i have loaded right

[azure lava]

Correct

[quaint dune]

so how can i tell which skills it applies to and which not?

eg if i use ammo conservation it applies to everything?

[azure lava]

I'm not sure if you can chat while the game is paused. And if you can't, then finding a spot to stop and type is a hassle

It loads your crossbow, so basic shot would fire a galvanic shards bolt

^ The wrongest I've ever been

[quaint dune]

yea im not talking about basic shot

[sick mortar]

hi there, i am hearing from some players that trial of chaos is going to be nerfed into the ground and 4th ascendancy from it will be easy to get from the level 65 tokens, can anyone confirm this? I cant find anything relating to this

[quaint dune]

just trying to understand if my crossbow shots are effectively 6 links through this mechanic

[sick mortar]

????

no

no it doesnt

basic shot and galvanic shards are two totally different things

nothing in basic shot will affect galvanic shards, nothing in galvanic shards will affect basic shot

[azure lava]

Kinda, but they're limited. Lightning infusion, for example, says it can only support attacks. Galvanic shards is not an attack, but crossbow shot is

[sick mortar]

800 hours into crossbow

[sick mortar]

??????

have you used crossbows

[azure lava]

A little bit, my b. So galvanic shards grants the reload skill and the attack skill?

[sick mortar]

yes

[azure lava]

Ah, ok

[sick mortar]

basic shot is its own standalone thing

nothing in that will affect anything else

[azure lava]

So when you equip galvanic shards, do you get one skill added to your bar or two?

[sick mortar]

ill show you

[azure lava]

I thought I understood cbows but evidently not lmao

[sick mortar]

i have exclusivly played them since 6dec xD

basic shot is like another ammunition type to put it simply

[azure lava]

Okay, wait, does crossbow shot only have one set of supports in the gem panel?

Can you show the gem page?

Because I think it's working exactly how I said

[sick mortar]

yes but you dont use it like that if it makes sense crossbow shot only buffs your basic bolt shot

[azure lava]

Crossbow shot fires whatever you have loaded, but it's separate from the ammunition skill

[azure lava]

That's where we disagree it seems

[sick mortar]

crossbow shot buffs this

[azure lava]

That's what loads basic ammo

Not what shoots it

[sick mortar]

i am 800 hours onto this

[azure lava]

If I ever said basic bolt, I meant crossbow shot

Sorry

[sick mortar]

crossbow shot still does not buff your things other than basic bolt

[azure lava]

???

[sick mortar]

sorry i am gertting

really annoyed

having to repeat myself

[azure lava]

Put scattershot on crossbow shot, load basic bolt, and shoot

[sick mortar]

so i am missing words typing now

[sick mortar]

yes

because thats the only thing it effects

like i said

it does not affect galvanic shards

[azure lava]

So what are you pressing to shoot galvanic shards bolts?

[sick mortar]

crossbow shot, but you are only supporting the basic bolt by putting things in those gem sockets

[azure lava]

Right, I'm not saying they should put supports in basic bolt

If I did, that's my bad

I meant the ammunition skill (whatever it may be) and crossbow shot

[sick mortar]

this is fundamentally wrong

look

[azure lava]

Galvanic shards does not have the attack tag

[sick mortar]

lightning infusion within galvanic shards

and it buffs it

liek please

i am telling you

from 800 hours of experience

how ti works

please just listen

[final geyser]

As someone with plenty of Crossbow experience as well, I can confirm that you put supports into the Ammo skills, not the Crossbow Shot, since that's just supporting Basic Bolt.

[sick mortar]

thank fuck for this

right im closing discord before i punch my monitor

[azure lava]

I wasn't saying I don't believe you, I was more incredulous how wrong the tooltips were

That's kinda baffling tbh

[final geyser]

It does?

[azure lava]

That's what I get for looking at poedb at 4 am

I deserve that punch instead of their monitor

[plain saddle]

Do I have to chose the normal body armor node to use the lower ones?

[final geyser]

Yes

[azure lava]

Yes

[static loom]

there is no resistance to bleed right?

[amber crypt]

https://tenor.com/view/orange-cat-laughing-gif-13031147940704744720

[twilit kayak]

Any good Chaos Lich build please 🙏

[frank sundial]

map device is an endgame feature? im doing campaign and geting waystone thingy drops

[split burrow]

if i have physical damages and lighting damages added to attacks on my glove and pick avatar of fire does that mean 75% of those damages all became fire damages added to attacks ?

[plucky snow]

yes, after act 6 you can use those

[unreal belfry]

Chaos damage governs bleed

[azure lava]

No, but physical damage reduction works (not from armor, that's only against hits).

Charms are probably your best defense against bleed

Or, well, actually

Armor indirectly helps vs bleed because it lowers the physical hit damage that inflicts the bleed which would lower the bleed magnitude

But in the campaign, life and ele resists are more important

[azure lava]

Nope. Bleed is physical damage, not chaos

Poison is chaos damage over time, you might be thinking of that

[azure lava]

Yes

But you'll also not deal any physical or lightning

So it's less overall damage

[final geyser]

Pre-mitigation

[azure lava]

Wait, does poison also say premitigation?

[final geyser]

Yes

[azure lava]

Holy shit, either Jonathan is wrong or those tooltips are

[final geyser]

What did Jonathan say?

[azure lava]

He said in an interview with ziz that armor would help vs viper because the phys hits would get reduced which would lower poison magnitude

[final geyser]

I would assume that he was mistaken on that occasion, though to be fair, Armour would still reduce the hit, meaning less damage dealt overall.

Considering the previous Bleed confusion, I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't recall every detail of how these ailments work in the moment.

[unreal belfry]

Ya I guess I thought bleed poison and chaos were all governed by chaos. But makes sense given blood anything is phys

[azure lava]

https://youtu.be/YiFLwjFI4S4?si=0OeJH_k2mlcV5PT7

1:32:20

Yeah, possibly. I'll take the L on this one along with Jonathon

[odd glen]

hi its telling me to talk to her but there no dialogue option

is this a bug or

[azure lava]

Yeah the tracker doesn't tell you the correct info. You need to kill balbala in the traitor's passage

[odd glen]

okok tysm

[south spoke]

Hey Im trying to go into this Jewel Socket node here (at the bottom). And the one above is directly connected to it. But for some reason it wont let me activate it. And ideas as to why?

[plucky snow]

requires skill point, you cant assign skill point to it or?

[south spoke]

Yeah have a spare skill point as well

[trim turret]

Are you using weapon set points?

Those lines look at little green.

[south spoke]

I am yeah, that green line is my weapon set 2, which Im trying to connect to the jewel slot

[trim turret]

I don't think you can assign jewel slots to specific weapon sets.

[south spoke]

Right so I have to go down that straight line with normal points, then swap back to weapon set 2 once I pass the jewel slot?

[elder ember]

yep

cant path to jewel slots with weapon set points

[trim turret]

Yes. I also definitely wouldn't waste weapon set points on travel nodes like that.

[thorn quest]

Loot on the floor only shows when I hover it with my mouse. Is this a bug or have I changed a setting on accident??

[trim turret]

Hit Z.

You hid nameplates.

[south spoke]

Yeah thats where I went wrong. I need to travel with regular ones. Cool thanks all

[pine oar]

HEy what are the base for these boots? Wake of Destruction Secured Leggings. meaning a normal stella will give me astra with a chance what will give me these boots? pls and thanks

[final geyser]

You answered your own question there. The name of the Unique is Wake of Destruction, the base type is always the line below, in this case Secured Leggings

[pine oar]

ahhhhh thank you 🙂

[clear vine]

How do i get my whirwind lance to become a blizzard by taking the glacial lance effect

[modest ruin]

anyone interested in learning how to make your own build in poe2?

[half pasture]

Is ranger or huntress lightning spear better

[modest ruin]

ranger will be better for long range spears, huntress is mix of both( melee and range)

[trim turret]

Does the cold damage/crystals from glacial lance not add cold damage to the whirlwind?

[clear vine]

not sure, i dont believe so . i dont see a visual change

[trim turret]

Might need chilled ground.

[final geyser]

It would need to create an Elemental Ground effect, I don't believe Glacial Lance creates Chilled Ground by default.

[woeful palm]

guys i cant kill crowbell, his life is stuck at few hp

[elder ember]

respawn at checkpoint

[woeful palm]

how ? i go to character selection then i reconnect and i still in the fight

[azure lava]

Instead of clicking character select, click "respawn at checkpoint"

[elder ember]

from pause menu theres a button

[woeful palm]

ah thanks you

[heavy fable]

is there any way to use pseudos to find pieces with x amount of total resistance on the new trade site?

[elder ember]

yeah do weighted sum

and put each res in and set total weight to X

[heavy fable]

ok thx

[elder ember]

you can adjust weight of each res if you want more of that

like put chaos higher or something if you value that more

then in the results click on "sum" at the bottom of any listing to sort by highest

[spark creek]

Is there work being done on performance?

There are zones in this game that drop fps like crazy and i would like to know if there is going to be fixes to performance

[trim turret]

Yes, they've stated it's something theyll be working on over time. It is still very early days.

[elder ember]

each patch has had incremental performance improvements so I would expect that to contine

[mighty geode]

what would you guys say is a really good defensive/block build but also fast clearing speed for ssf?

[azure lava]

Essence drain/contagion chronomancer

[static loom]

so I have this ascent to power quest and it says to speak to zarka but when I do nothing is there

[elder ember]

kill balbala in traitor's passage

[tiny forge]

hello, my friend just got jumped by an npc named Drusian, the Artillerist in mid map, is that a new feature?

[elder ember]

yes, rogue exiles

[tiny forge]

oh thats it, awesome

ty

[edgy cloud]

So I lost my last two favorite HC characters to silverfist, I want to try again but I'm a bit demoralized. Just want to make sure before I start again, there is no preparing that can be done for him, right? Like no amount of health will let me tank his hits, even with overleveling? If anything it seems like the plan should be: overlevel and focus on nothing but damage to finish the fight as soon as possible. Maybe try fighting him a few times in standard to get the timing down to roll his overhead slam? Any other tips for making sure he doesn't claim another?

[elder ember]

stay close to him and circle strafe

easier to dodge that way

[edgy cloud]

would you still dodge roll when he does overhead slam, in the direction you're circling? Or should strafe keep you safe?

[elder ember]

dodge to be sure

you cant actually dodge slams anyway

but its a burst of movement to position faster

[edgy cloud]

got it, thanks for the tip! I think I'm definitely dodging early and he is turning a bit and coming down on me. I also think I suffered a bit trying to keep him at screen length instead of just getting as close as possible. Same way Blackjaw got me

[plucky snow]

just stay under him and dodge behind his back every time he attacks

[edgy cloud]

I'm torn on overleveling, I worry if I do most of act 3 first I'm just setting myself up for a bigger character loss, would you recommend overleveling?

[edgy cloud]

got it, will do. I think this is why my melee character cleared him but I've lost two ranged to him

[plucky snow]

why not to play non HC game? xd

[elder ember]

the power of git gud compells them

[edgy cloud]

lol 100% this. I love HC, the feeling of dropping to 5% life then still winning the fight is better than anything standard has to offer in my experience.

I'm definitely not used to character loss like this though. Elden ring with no summons was a similar feeling of self imposed challenge but the pain was so much less

[plucky snow]

i feel like risk vs reward for HC is not good enough (if we talk about dopamine)

with amount of random stuff that is out of your control

[elder ember]

you haven't felt pain in elden ring until you try godskin duo at RL1... I gave up

[edgy cloud]

That is completely fair. And honestly I feel like if I make it to maps then lose my character to a lag spike or something, I'm probably just switching to standard for the season. But at least for now I want the campaign beat blind in HC at least once

[plucky snow]

but you had done the acts before?

[edgy cloud]

yeah that sounds fucking brutal. Godskin duo reminds me of four kings, there is a certain dps you can have that makes the fight one of the easiest, you won't get why everyone else is having such a hard time. But if you fall under that dps and they start teaming up on you, you are absolutely screwed.

[elder ember]

just the fact that a server bug can end a HC run is enough for me to never try

[edgy cloud]

I have only done them on HC, gotten to act 3 a few times but so far losses to either blackjaw or silverfist. Blind I just mean in the sense of I haven't looked up any info on any bosses going into them

Lost one of my favorites to the jamanra wind attack because I didn't know what the fuck was happening, saw the wind shield right as I went down

[plucky snow]

shouldnt you do standart first and then try HC? 😄

[edgy cloud]

I don't look forward to losing the next character to whatever shit the act 3 boss does, but it'll be worth it

[elder ember]

yeah lol

[plucky snow]

to learn all the bosses and stuff

[azure lava]

That's the coward's way

[elder ember]

have you faced viper yet?

[edgy cloud]

I completely get that sentiment, but you only get once chance to beat HC blind, once you know what's coming, you can never go back

[plucky snow]

that the way of people who dont have too much spare time 😄

[edgy cloud]

No and I am terrified. I know nothing about her* other than people saying it is a shit fight, I expect to lose one there figuring out mechanics most likely

[elder ember]

her

she just does a shit load of damage

and poisons you

[azure lava]

I don't think it's an issue of spare time. I think it's an issue of what you enjoy. I don't mind rerunning the campaign when I die because I have so many builds I want to try and I legit enjoy the campaign on hardcore

[plucky snow]

just my friend abandonned poe2 because he couldnt beat acts on HC without playing standart

[azure lava]

I think it becomes an issue of spare time if you see parts of the game as wastes of time

[edgy cloud]

This is also a big part of it. In all games I'm the kind to start 5 new characters before I finish because I love trying new builds, so HC sets me up for that

[azure lava]

I don't see the leveling as "getting to the real game" in poe. I enjoy it all the way. If I didn't, I wouldn't play hc

[edgy cloud]

same. In lots of games I enjoy the leveling more than the endgame, so I'm all for the challenging start

[elder ember]

you doing ssf as well or are you trading?

[edgy cloud]

but I was surprised by the amount of "why the fuck would you do that?" responses I got when talking about HC, I thought it was much more popular

SSF

[azure lava]

Once my corrupting cry gemling got to maps in hcssf in 0.1 I actually got bored real quick lol. It was so tanky. Clunky, but tanky

[edgy cloud]

I'm playing on regular HC with some friends on the side, but I plan on getting the clear on SSF

I was surprised how much harder HC is in multiplayer in a lot of ways

[elder ember]

idk how you guys do it. i never get good drops at all, 90% of the time i need to trade to get upgrades

[azure lava]

Yeah, way more clutter. Bosses are less predictable

[edgy cloud]

Some bosses actually get a lot harder when you have to worry about them switching targets constantly

[edgy cloud]

100%

[azure lava]

Did you read #1328202289755983932?

[elder ember]

yeah i know all the strats im just unlucky

[edgy cloud]

oh yeah, like it is my bible lol

[azure lava]

I literally wrote the guide on gearing in ssf in this server so I'm golden

[edgy cloud]

oh shit that was you?! I use that guide and so do all of my friends that I've linked, it is fantastic

thank you so much

[elder ember]

im vendoring, disenchanting rares, gambling, salvaging sockets

[azure lava]

Pog, glad you got value out of it

[elder ember]

the lack of regals is really annoying

and every time i use one i get the shittest mods

like 2hp regen or something

[edgy cloud]

absolutely my biggest issue

I ended up raising multiple characters and kind of shifting currency towards whoever was doing best/getting furthest

[azure lava]

Are you picking up and IDing all blue items that could be upgrades, too?

I honestly think ssf is easier to gear in one respect:

In ssf you're not afraid to use exalts

In trade, no one uses their fuckin exalts in the campaign

[elder ember]

yes I fill my inventory all the time and ID

[edgy cloud]

sooooo true. In SSF exalts are actually kind of fun. In regular HC using one makes me wince

[elder ember]

but even if i find a good blue its useless because no regals to get more mods

[azure lava]

Yeah, being able to actually exalt gear is so nice. I love it. I abhor trade so much

[elder ember]

its very rare that I find a magic item that is better than whatever rare I have equpped currently

[edgy cloud]

what I ended up doing in SSF that got me some regals was lots of witch runs for gambles gave me low level rares I could disenchant without that feeling of massive gold loss

[azure lava]

I should add a clause or a ratio to that guide or something about when to sell vs DE rares. I realizing that selling isn't correct 100% of the time

[edgy cloud]

but I'd say the regals were outweighed by the crushing feeling of all those gambles and no widowhail

[azure lava]

DEing for regals can be good depending on How much gold you have.

[elder ember]

im DE pretty much all rares

but even then rare items are pretty uncommon to find in early acts

[edgy cloud]

Once I have a few characters I'm usually DE on all rares from act 1, sell after that

yeah true

I think loot changes are likely imminent, especially with lots of people saying they could see a big buff before LE releases

[elder ember]

I feel like maybe I should be selling them to do more gambling

but that feels so stupid

[edgy cloud]

🤷 whatever works

[azure lava]

I'm pretty meh on gambling tbh. I mostly sell so I can afford good vendor items

And respec lol

[elder ember]

like why am i playing a looting game to get gear from an NPC

[azure lava]

I'm a respecaholic

[edgy cloud]

the only gambling I do is the targetted low level kind to try to hit a unique that could let me raise a specific character

like widowhail for concoctions, although I think that might have died in 0.2

[azure lava]

Ask GGG

They made vendors absolutely busted compared to poe1

[elder ember]

I usually gamble when I have a particular item that hasnt had an upgrade in like 25 levels

[azure lava]

Yeah that's valid

[elder ember]

usually boots for MS

[azure lava]

I also gamble on new characters for, like, a good wand/staff at level 2. It's so cheap

[elder ember]

ms should be implicit, change my mind

[azure lava]

We don't need to change your mind we need to change Jonathan's

[edgy cloud]

Right? When he was like "well it isn't bad for gear to have one must have roll"
But there are plenty of must have rolls man, come on, just give us move speed

[azure lava]

I think implicit ms on boots is fine for like 5%, then lower ms mods by 5% across the board

[elder ember]

yeah thats a good idea

[azure lava]

But then you might as well just give everyone 5% ms and lower ms boot mods by 5% because no one is running around barefoot after the second zone

[elder ember]

up to 15% implicit and up to 20% explicit, limited by item level

[edgy cloud]

I also think more regals would help with the issue. I've had so many insane blues with the highest resist+life rolls I've ever seen that went straight in the trash. If I had regals I could gamble on some of those hitting movespeed, ya know?

[elder ember]

also why are alchs so rare

[azure lava]

Nah. I don't want lower tier boots to be completely shit

[azure lava]

Because they're very powerful in poe2

You can take an item with two sockets in the campaign and give it 4 mods. That's what I use mine for

[edgy cloud]

So how do you use them in SSF? I end up hoarding because I'm not sure the use case? Maybe on good base amulets/rings?

[azure lava]

Or sometimes a perfect implicit res ring

[edgy cloud]

ahhhh that makes sense

[elder ember]

how so? its basically just a regal+exalt combined but worse because its easier to brick an item

[plucky snow]

do low lvl rings/amulets roll low lvl stats?

[azure lava]

It's a transmute + augment + regal + exalt

[elder ember]

yes

[azure lava]

Low ilvl, yes. Low level requirement, not necessarily

[elder ember]

yeah but we are showered with transmute and augs

[azure lava]

I think alchs being about as rare as a regal + exalt makes sense

Maybe rarer, not sure

[elder ember]

they are only really good for waystones imo

[edgy cloud]

basically lower level rings/amulets roll lower tiers of the things they can roll. So your rings can only roll up to 10% resist in any element at first. Then 15% once you're past ilvl 12, 20% past ilvl 24, etc.
NOTE: they can still roll lower, this just gives them the chance at a higher tier

Imagine knowing this and you haven't even beat act 3, lol

[elder ember]

lol

[plucky snow]

i just stacked a bunch of normal rings since league start, so its not much point to alch low lvl rings?

[elder ember]

yep

high tier rolls are locked behind higher ilvl

handy to keep a few good ones for leveling other characters though, especially flat dmg mods

[plucky snow]

but for orb of chance items lvl mean anything?

[elder ember]

yeah the unique has to be same or lower ilvl as the white item iirc

same goes for gambling

but for character level

you actually have decent chance to get widowhail from gambling at level 2

[grand roost]

How do I get my character unstuck? I'm on the Viper Napuatzi fight in Act 3 Cruel. I glitched through a guard and now I cannot get back into the fight. I can't hit the boss. The boss can't hit me. I can't die. I can't teleport out. I've tried relogging several times. Stayed logged out for 10 min. Tried switching servers.

[trim turret]

Escape, Restart from checkpoint.

[grand roost]

Ahh! Didn't know that existed. Thank you! Worked.

[trim turret]

Instances can also be reset by ctrl-clicking their entrance or waypoint on the waypoint screen.

[elder edge]

can someone help me with the wolf boss? in standard

[lament stone]

#2┃looking-for-group

[elder edge]

my bad thanks you

[prisma pumice]

Does anyone know when the ascendancy respec patch will drop? or is it unknown?

[cinder coyote]

If i have ignore elem resist, does that make ele pen useless?

[amber crypt]

im stuck here

amazing

😭

https://tenor.com/view/ahoklollmao-angry-cat-angry-black-cat-angry-black-cat-gif-8431628872897666919

[azure lava]

I'd give #1328202289755983932 a read to upgrade your equipment so you can beat bosses without help

[azure lava]

Escape, respawn at checkpoint

[azure lava]

Yes, same with lowering enemy res

[smoky delta]

does rhoa mount give more mvmt speed?

[amber crypt]

i just lost my best attempt

[lament stone]

no, it just disables the movement speed penalty for moving while attacking with a bow or with spear projectiles

[azure lava]

No, it just allows you to move without any penalty while using the listed skill types

[azure lava]

Rip. If you check out #1328202289755983932 you may end up with good enough gear that viper isn't nearly as bad

[smoky delta]

got it thx!

[amber crypt]

she isnt

but im not doing her

im just so tilted already with the game and my overall shitty luck

[ionic shore]

is there a way to see how many passive points i have without respec? i think there was a bug and i've lost like 6 passive points lol

[lucid canopy]

can you only get charm slots as explicit? is it possible to vaal to get extra?

[elder hinge]

Is there any advantage to higher skill level gem for the tame beast summon?

[foggy echo]

How do u release a tamed pet on console

[opal eagle]

@azure lava

what do you think of Reality Rending?

it's probably not better than going for the Waking Dream node

[azure lava]

For the dumb ice shot acolyte build?

Or in what context?

[opal eagle]

I'll have to test out how it feels to go after the flames

[azure lava]

Disenchant the gem

[opal eagle]

I'm making the ice monk

I'm not building ice shot

[azure lava]

Ah gotcha

[opal eagle]

would that be better?

btw, are you on ur PC?

[azure lava]

I think that's the best offensive node on acolyte

Yeah. Well, not currently. I'm in a different country than my pc

[opal eagle]

which one?

Reality Rending?

[azure lava]

Reality rending, yeah

[opal eagle]

better than flames..

interesting

the thing is

if I'm going CI I don't need

but maybe I don't need to go CI

[azure lava]

Yeah, I advocate for the first breach one, reality rending, and the mana leech nodes, personally

Tho I'd have to play around with the breach nodes and see if they feel more impactful

[opal eagle]

Reality Rending benefits having a fast attack skill

[azure lava]

I suppose it makes it more consistent

[opal eagle]

or multi hit

[azure lava]

But it's not strictly better than attacking slower and harder with the same dps

[opal eagle]

I guess not

u get more dmg from big hits when it lands

[thorn quest]

do I need to grind before doing big boss fights? I have been really underpowered for most of them. Like the act 2 second main boss fight I cannot do right now. Am I supposed to grind better gear?

[opal eagle]

can I send you my planned Passive Tree for feedback?

[azure lava]

Probably most meh part of RR is that it gets worse the more %gain as extra you have

[plucky snow]

act 2 boss is just overbuffed for no reason

[azure lava]

Oh wait, didn't GGG confirm that only one of the reality rending effects can happen at once?

Or did can you get giga lucky and land all three?

[thorn quest]

No the end of act boss, just the general bosses on the way through act 2. Been struggling since the act 1 end boss

[opal eagle]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/mk9tz07w

[azure lava]

You're supposed to have already been upgrading your gear on a regular basis constantly. I'd give #1328202289755983932 a read for tips on how to do that. If you keep up with your gear according to that, you shouldn't ever need to farm for gear before a boss

[opal eagle]

I still have points to throw around

I suspect I should spec into crit

[azure lava]

I don't know the tree well enough and I cannot see what nodes do on mobile :/

[plucky snow]

well, i personally have not struggled till i got to end of act2 boss, after this boss had no issues again - so i will assume that act2 boss is a bit overbuffed xd

[opal eagle]

but in general u would go for Reality Rending first over the flame node?

[elder ember]

if you want to spec into crit, then you want to spec in to a lot of crit, for most builds it usually all or nothing

[opal eagle]

that's fair

I'm just near a lot of crit chance nodes

is why

but I don't know if I have that many points left

[azure lava]

I'd have to look further into the breach nodes and see how they work and how they feel to play. If the breach stuff is annoying with having to run around and grab remnants, I'd rather take the free chaos damage

[elder ember]

for campaign its probably not great

[opal eagle]

I like to plan for what my build looks like at lvl 80

right

I guess I just take reality rending for now then

[elder ember]

you can respec

[opal eagle]

yup

[azure lava]

Also, I'm not entirely sure how important spirit is for your build. There's a world where the darkness is worth it, maybe

I might be inclined to try it for hc

[elder ember]

once you're in maps you generate a ton of gold so doing a massive respec is easy

[opal eagle]

I think the darkness nodes are so bad xD

I honestly hope they rework it

cus it sounds cool

but it just seems so bad

[azure lava]

Oh darkness reservation lasts 10 seconds and 5 seconds with the 4 pointer.

Fuckin lmao

And it has antisynergy with the damage taken from mana before life nodes. Nty

[lusty jungle]

can anyone help me with doryani?

[elder ember]

#2┃looking-for-group

[azure lava]

You bet. I'd give this a read to upgrade your equipment #1328202289755983932

If you follow that advice you should be able to solo the campaign

[spare sun]

Total newb here where can I see the damage so I can compare equips?

[elder ember]

press g

then expand the tooltip of your main skill

bear in mind that tooltip dps does not count any conditional buffs, if you're quick you can open it up while killing stuff to get a better idea

[thorn quest]

I looked into this and most of what it says I have been doing and I am still struggling :/

[topaz citrus]

Is Bronnach the manhunter just unkillable? she has been regening health for 5 minutes and I cannot kill her

[dusky burrow]

depends on your build

if you just dont have enough damage, move on

[thorn quest]

where should I go to grind? Stuck in early act 2 right now unable to progress

[dusky burrow]

dreadnaught / caravan areas

liberally use reset at checkpoint to get more monsters/minute

[edgy stone]

Are we talking about chayula?

The darkness nodes really are just like, ES without any benefit

[thorn quest]

should I just run around and kill the weak enemies to like level up? What level do you recommend before fighting ||Jamanra, the Risen King||

[dusky burrow]

its not really about level more about gear

i can't recommend anything without knowing your build and current situation of gear

if you're hardstuck against jamanra farm that area and get some upgrades

dont forget to check vendor on level up

[thorn quest]

so, I am not following a build. is that bad?

[elder ember]

yeah simply leveling up means nothing if your tree is bad

[thorn quest]

I am just putting points into whatever skills look good

[dusky burrow]

not neccesarily, that game isn't that hard

[elder ember]

get lightning resistance for jamanra

that helps a lot

[thorn quest]

I have been struggling a lot lmao, takes me between 10-50 attempts to kill a lot of the bosses

Currently more than 50..

[dusky burrow]

you should never try any boss more than like 10-20 times at absolute maximum

[elder ember]

what kind of build are you running? like what class/skills

[thorn quest]

Witch, trying to level mostly into minion abilities

Recently got incinerate just for some extra damage

[elder ember]

wand+sceptre I assume?

do you have any gear with +level to minion skills? any + maximum spirit?

[thorn quest]

I have some + maximum spirit (Like 25?) and yes wand and sceptre

[worthy drum]

ye it's not about the level, but how well if your setup, which consist of 3 aspects : gear, passive tree, and gems
act2 boss primarily is lighting so you want to max your lightning res
if you on attack build, quality your weapon, put phys% runes on it
if you on spell build, check vendor for any + gem level weapon and craft them further
for minion look for scepter & helmet with + minion level
i actually recommend you try Essence Drain instead of other type of spell that you need to stand still to do damage

[opal eagle]

trying to figure out if shattering palm of frozen lotus is better

[thorn quest]

The biggest issue I have been having is that I run out of health vial before I can get him anywhere near low enough on health

[opal eagle]

I'm gonna be honest, understanding the skill tool tips is a bit difficult

[elder ember]

try to get hit less

[thorn quest]

But the fight shouldn't be lasting like 20+ minutes no?

[elder ember]

it may be counterintuitive but staying close to the boss makes it easier to dodge abilities

[elder ember]

no lol

[worthy drum]

your damage just too low, need to investigate your character to say anything further

[elder ember]

are your skill gems levelled up?

[thorn quest]

I have been playing with a friend, we both don't do much

[elder ember]

bosses get a ton more HP in coop

[thorn quest]

Yeah think so incinerate is level 5 rn cause I just got it

[thorn quest]

I see, how much more is a ton

[opaque stone]

50% more i think

Per player

[thorn quest]

its just me and 1 friend

[opal eagle]

Frozen Lotus seems to have bigger explosion damage than shattering palm

[elder ember]

coop with even just one player using a bad build makes fights a slog

if both of your builds are bad then its a giga slog

[thorn quest]

Neither me and my friend are following any "build"

[elder ember]

when I say build i mean your character

[spare sun]

how do you remove the rune in slot of armor

[elder ember]

you cant, just override with a new rune

[spare sun]

thanks

[elder ember]

what minions are you using

[thorn quest]

Warrior (2 of them from scepter) sniper (2 of them) and arsonist (1 of them)

[elder ember]

thats it? are you using all of your spirit? or are you using spirit for other buffs?

[thorn quest]

My sceptre is like 100 spirit, thats about it I think

[elder ember]

what is your total spirit

[thorn quest]

where can I see that?

[elder ember]

look on your character sheet

press c

[thorn quest]

130

[elder ember]

what level are your minion skill gems

[thorn quest]

warrior is 5, sniper is 6, arsonist is 4

[elder ember]

get them all to the highest level you can

[thorn quest]

6 is highest for me rn I think?

[elder ember]

the higher level they are the less spirit they use so you can have more minions

consider dropping the arsonist for more warriors or snipers

also which ascendancy nodes did you get when you ascended?

you should get necromantic conduit

[thorn quest]

I havent ascended??

[elder ember]

u said u were a lich

[thorn quest]

nope

[elder ember]

oh

[thorn quest]

witch

[elder ember]

ok go do trial of sekhema

[thorn quest]

cant until i make it through the gate

[elder ember]

huh

[elder ember]

go to traitor's passage and kill the boss there

balbala

[thorn quest]

Yeah I have the coin

Can't use it until after getting through this gate no?

[elder ember]

oh

your fighting jamanra in the small balcony area?

[thorn quest]

yeah

[elder ember]

ohhhh

[dusky burrow]

oh first jamanra

thats not even the hard one

[elder ember]

bruh

[thorn quest]

So I have heard

[worthy drum]

dont forget appropriate support gem, feeding frenzy, muster, commandment, etc
dont remember what you have access at that point, just check around
also use their command skill, arsonist explosion + sniper poison is a combo
you not doing optimal damage if not using these correctly

[thorn quest]

Which is why im super confused why the game has been so hard, it doesnt even seem like a skill diff cause I am alright at most games xD

[elder ember]

yeah what support gems are you using on your minions

[thorn quest]

last gasp, the rest dont have any

[elder ember]

...

no wonder you do zdps

[worthy drum]

https://tenor.com/view/yeah-thats-the-problem-saturday-night-live-weekend-update-thats-whats-wrong-thats-the-issue-gif-20523260

[elder ember]

putting support gems in your skills is mandatory

absolutely massive source of damage

[thorn quest]

I have put them in some of my skills, some of my want skills and my incinerate, I havent gotten too many

[elder ember]

you should have a bunch

[thorn quest]

I havent sold any of my gems so idk xD

[elder ember]

do you have any uncut support gems?

[thorn quest]

no

I have 2 that have been cut for skills im no longer using

[gaunt phoenix]

what level are you?

[thorn quest]

22

[gaunt phoenix]

you should've gotten a bunch by now. bad luck?

[thorn quest]

Putting all the ones I have in my stash and equipped together I have like 6

[gaunt phoenix]

i guess maybe thats a normal amount

[thorn quest]

lemme double check

8, including the ones in my stash

[elder ember]

you can buy level 1 uncut for 1 regal on trade

[thorn quest]

not sure what that means lol

[elder ember]

you can buy items from other players via the official trade website

[thorn quest]

do I have to like message them and then meet them in game and trade etc?

[elder ember]

yes

but its 1 click to send the message

[gaunt phoenix]

yea, as much as it sounds bad at first, trading on the poe2 website is a pretty crucial / common way to get your power. the economy for this game lives on that site, and its 100% legitimate.

[elder ember]

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Dawn of the Hunt/rqgJZLGHQ

[topaz citrus]

I am level 60 and have not gotten a weapon upgrade (sorc) since level 25, what in the hell am I meant to do now that I cannot kill anything and am playing SSF so I cannot just trade? Why does this game just not drop any loot?

[opal eagle]

I'm struggling to understand why I would use shattering palm over Frozen lotus

other than the mobility aspect

[gaunt phoenix]

are you checkign ur vendors?

[topaz citrus]

Literally every single level

[gaunt phoenix]

[topaz citrus]

not ONE plus to skill gem level

not a singular one

40 levels

not a single wand or staff with +ranks to spells

[elder ember]

its good for ice strike + HoI

[opal eagle]

HoL?

[gaunt phoenix]

• to skills is not everything. yes its good / important, but a big damage boost can outweigh the benefits of +spell on lower tier gear

[opal eagle]

oh herald of Ice

[elder ember]

Herald of Ice

[topaz citrus]

nah man the difference between level 14 and 17 gems is too big to drop my shitty staff