2┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[tired light]

does this mean any passive nodes i've taken that increase regen don't work anymore?

[real solstice]

So the serpent boss won’t let her self been seen after taking half her hp

Is this known bug?

[real solstice]

Did you use the token that’s quest related i beleive others won’t give you points

[hybrid star]

inherent mana regen is 5% of max mana, now it's 6% of max life, increase mana regen still scale that up

[hardy sun]

Depends which trial you did. I hear that some people will skip the first trial, do the second one and then come back for the first. It's possible you did something like that, or have another kind of bug

[true wedge]

Because of target re-hit interval, is increasing your cast speed so you shoot faster than the target re-hit interval pointless?

Like on spark, you have a cast speed of about 0.66s, and it has a target re-hit interval of about 0.66s, so against a single target, you wouldn't be increasing your dps at all by increaseing cast speed, right?
Or am I misunderstanding target re-hit interval?

[elder ember]

the re-hit interval only counts from projectiles of one cast

so increasing cast speed will allow you to hit the target more times per second

it just means that one cast cant just bounce off terain and hit the target repeatedly in succession

[true wedge]

When you say one cast, do you mean one projectile, or all projectiles of a single cast are tracked as a group with target re-hit interval? Since spark shoots like 5 bolts.

[true wedge]

Where did you find that?

[elder ember]

its the spark tooltip

i just highlighted the important bit

[true wedge]

Okay thanks. I shouldn't have missed that.

[dusky burrow]

it's like if all the projectiles from a single cast were all the same projectile

[true wedge]

So target re-hit interval kind of nerfs increases in projectile speed.

And makes increasing projectile lifetime important

[elder ember]

its probably easier to scale cast speed instead

as you would need to increase proj lifetime in discreet increments of 0.66s to actually do anything

[dusky burrow]

proj speed is good because of their erratic movement

meaning projectiles from a given cast can go back and hit the target again

increases to proj speed helps them do this before their lifespan runs out

[twin slate]

Can anyone help me with my trial of ascendancy

[elder ember]

#2┃looking-for-group

[true wedge]

Trying to find all the things that can increase my spark dps.

Currently I know of:

spell damage
elemental damage
lightning damage
lightning penetration
critical hit chance and damage for spells, elemental spells, and lightning
cast speed for spells, elemental spells, and lightning

Any that I am missing? (Particularly those that are in the passive tree)

[elder ember]

curses (exposure)

crit

[twin terrace]

How does one obtain like decent endgame viable gear

[elder ember]

cast on crit shenanigans specifically

[elder ember]

trade or luck + crafting

[twin terrace]

So crafting is a thing

[elder ember]

yes thats what all those orbs you have been picking up are for

[twin terrace]

Do we trade with premium currency or is it farmable

[elder ember]

you trade with the orbs you find

generally exalted orbs and divine orbs

[twin terrace]

There's so many orbs

O

[elder ember]

just browse the trade website https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2

[twin terrace]

Is the lategame very grindy

[elder ember]

yes

[twin terrace]

Like warframe

[elder ember]

kinda?

theres no timegating in poe

[twin terrace]

So what's the premium currency in the game and what do you use it for

[elder ember]

buying cosmetics and stash tabs

theres no p2w

[twin terrace]

[elder ember]

but you do need to buy premium stash tabs if you want to sell on the trade website

but if you bought the game to play early access you will have 300 coins (premium currency)
recommend you use that to buy some stash tabs

buy the currency tab, maps tab and some premium quad tabs

currency tab is the most useful

[twin terrace]

There's so many tabs

And my brain is tiny

Is it bad that I can't even follow a build guide properly on PoB

[elder ember]

theres not actually that many types of tabs, and a lot of them are kinda superfluous if you are new

[elder ember]

follow a guide on websites like maxroll or mobalytics if you stuggle using PoB

[twin terrace]

Those didn't really help either I only recently discovered how support gems even work

I've been improving tho

At act 2

[elder ember]

tbh you will learn the game faster if you try make your own build during the campaign

blindly following a guide may make your character stronger but you wont know why

[twin terrace]

That's the thing I didn't even know how to follow

[elder ember]

highly recommend checking this out https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1328202289755983932

[twin terrace]

Now I'm just doing my own thing using skills and supports

And it seems to work

(ps controller helped)

[elder ember]

for campaign just focus on getting life and elemental resistance on your gear, and damage on your weapon

[lilac turtle]

If ive already changed ascendancy, can I change it again?

Or is it only a one time thing?

[spice pagoda]

You can change it by doing another ascendancy trial, talking to the NPC to refund points, and then using the thing that gives the points

[lilac turtle]

Does it matter which trial?

[elder ember]

so long as it is a high enough level to grant the number of points you have

[azure lava]

This isn't technically true. There is a way to list items on the trade site using a forum post. It's incredibly cumbersome compared to using a premium stash tab, but it's possible.

[elder ember]

aint nobody got time for that

also i was technically correct
you need a premium tab to sell on the trade website

[hybrid star]

that method does list the items in the trade website

[elder ember]

does it verify the item too?

[hybrid star]

there's verification?

[elder ember]

yeah

it just means that the item is real and exists

[hybrid star]

I never noticed that anyway, just buy a damn premium tab

[azure lava]

It does, yes. It's the exact same functionality, it's just annoying

[lilac turtle]

would anyone happen to have a couple level 2 or 3 suport skill gems I could have?

[desert sedge]

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

[lilac turtle]

oh, my bad

[twin terrace]

Dumb question but how do I start getting spirit gems

[meager galleon]

you get some as quest rewards, and then its just rng drops

they are somewhat rare

[azure lava]

First guaranteed spirit gem is from the king in the mists in act 1. The Freythorn zone

[twin terrace]

Must've missed that

[tardy perch]

hello if anyone needs clearing or bosses lmk, i dont care abt drops all yours just tryna do sum

[pliant bolt]

I heard that gemling got gutted but is it still viable?

[brisk venture]

question, are build guides as much of a necessity for new players in poe2 as in poe1?

[meager galleon]

i would say its easier to improvise a build that can beat the acts and maybe early endgame if you just read and do smart decisions

but to have a strong endgame build you still need to do some planning in advance, if thats your own effort or a guide is up to you

it is much easier to respec through gold tho

@brisk venture ^

[brisk venture]

Gotcha gotcha, thankyou!

[dusk storm]

hey guys, is it normal that pretty much every item that i have is bought from trade? it seems like everything that i drop is so shit that i just sell it to vendors, i cant imagine playing with SSF. do I not realize the power of items at all? every time I try to upgrade a white/blue item with sockets to rare, the affixes are just so bad and i sell it to a vendor

[meager galleon]

its not normal that everything is from trade, but tuning loot has been an ongoing thing since early access started, and will likely continue

and tools to upgrade items are also limited and very rng atm

[native inlet]

Theres alot of rng in crafting but there’s things you can do to favour your craft

[worthy drum]

if you not rolling the RNG wheel, you not obtaining anything from it, it's that simple
it just a case where you ignore the wheel and just go trade

[elder ember]

the issue with trade is that you can buy items that are a significantly higher item level than the zones/maps you are currently in because character level requirements are a lot lower. you can finish campaign at level 60 and instantly buy ilvl80+ gear

this means its pretty much impossible to find gear yourself that is stronger than what you can get from trading

until you get to t15-16 maps

[azure lava]

Gemling stat stacking got gutted, but they got a fairly substantial buff to builds that want +gem levels (which is most builds).

[elder ember]

I don't really see the point of gemling, its very generic

it has no identity

[true wedge]

Is the unleash support gem essentially an extra 25% damage?

[stuck plover]

is ther a way to reduce the level of a gem like we could in poe1? I dont want to lose the quality and sockets, but the mana cost is too high.

[stuck plover]

I use it on contagion to hit more enemies. I'm not sure if it can hit the same target multiple times.

[pliant bolt]

oh I'm building a new char specifically for stat stacking

sad days

so I should just go for another build?

like +gem?

[azure lava]

Stat stacking is still good, gemling specifically has a node that used to just say, "innate bonuses from attributes are doubled", now it has another line that says, "20% less attributes"

So you still get a ton of life, mana, and accuracy from your attributes, but you have less of them

So it's more like 60% more innate bonuses from attributes

[pliant bolt]

ah okay okay

I guess in the world of completely optimized builds, gemling is gutted and dead

but that still sounds good

side not I have a few unique items

I have Draven's unique quarterstaff

and the unique head slot that gives you bonus attributes and a LOT of armor

are they good?

[final geyser]

Draven's? Outside of Pinnacle bosses in the endgame, there are no specific drop tables like that, so it's likely just a random Unique Quarterstaff, and so you'd need to name it for us to know how good it is. In general, though, Uniques aren't automatically better than Rares. They simply have stats that may not normally be found on that item type, but they're only good if those stats are actually good for you and aren't worse than a Rare item.

[azure lava]

I'm guessing they found a pillar of the caged god, but I can't be certain

[final geyser]

Could also be Blood Thorn.

[azure lava]

They asked about stat stacking, so my money is on potcg

Unless blood thorn also scales with attributes

[final geyser]

No, but they have simply said 'unique items', not that they are uniques for attribute stacking. In general, though, rather than guessing we should just see what the actual uniques are.

[waxen osprey]

do hameo blood crystals work? I don't see them, but maybe its a subtle visual effect

[azure lava]

They consume bleed on enemies to make a crystal that explodes after a short delay. If you're not hitting enemies that are bleeding, it won't do anything. What skill is haemocrystals linked to and what skill are you using to inflict bleeds?

[waxen osprey]

i inclict bleed via rake and consume it via blood hunt (with hameocrystals)

[lament stone]

blood hunt itself consumes bleed already, so the haemocrystals cannot consume any bleed

[waxen osprey]

they should remove it from recommeneded skill gems then

[elder ember]

recommended skills are kind of a trap

[trim turret]

I'd chalk that up to EA oversight.

[azure lava]

Yeah who knows how many versions of blood hunt and/or haemocrystals happened after the recommended support gem team made that list

[waxen osprey]

are the jewels on the sekhemas resolve ring buffed by ritualist ascendency or ingenuity utility belt?

[lament stone]

No

Only the ring itself

[lilac bronze]

Are there any builds that can be used as a Huntress throughout the campaign?

[boreal tulip]

i did pure ranged with throw spear + lightning spear

pumping phys and stun on throw spear and elem and volt on lightning

[boreal tulip]

very strong but quite flimsy defenses

[azure lava]

Rake + stomping ground + brutality and taking nothing but str nodes works for all classes up to around act 3

[glossy python]

So, Blackflame:
All it basically does it change Ignite damage that enemies take into Chaos damage, right? It functions as Fire damage, Elemental Damage, etc,, being buffed by those stats, but once it applies to enemies, it's just converted from Fire to Chaos?

And does that also mean that Chaos damage buffs affect the final damage too?

[lament stone]

no

it does fire damage, not chaos damage

it just makes enemies take chaos damage

so something like withered which increases the amount of chaos damage taken would work

or despair which lowers their chaos resistance

[glossy python]

so:
fire damage dealt buffs it
and chaos damage taken by enemies buffs it
but not vice versa for both

does it change the ailment to no longer be Burning though?

wondering about Explosive Impact

[azure lava]

They're still ignited/burning

[glossy python]

oooh, sweet

[lament stone]

you deal fire damage, so everything from your end of things is fire related
the enemy takes chaos damage, so anything that specifically applies to the enemies (rather than amplifying directly what youre doing) should be chaos related, which really is just chaos resist reduction through despair and withering presence

stuff like fire penetration doesnt work because the enemy is not taking fire damage

[south sparrow]

How can you tell how using a gemcutter's prism on your skill gem will affect your skill stats?

[lament stone]

you can holt alt when hovering over a skill to see the effects of quality

some skills have multiple tabs and quality wont appear on all of them

[south sparrow]

I'm not seeing it for galvanic shards. I see it for other skills

[lament stone]

check the other tabs

[south sparrow]

ah ok. I was looking at in the tab, but you have to change tab then hover back over gem + alt.

wait, no. I hovered over wrong gem. still not seeing it.

ah got it now, +alt then select tab

but only works when right panel is up also.

[final geyser]

All it should require is holding Alt and being on the correct tab of the skill

[south sparrow]

Well there are two places to see tabs. 1) click the arrow by the dps 2) alt then move mouse into popup region. Problem was that when i move my mouse the popup went away. It seems finicky. Sometimes it lets you move mouse and select tab other times it removes popup.

[final geyser]

You can just hover over the gem, no need to click the skill info arrow. Then, you need to hold Alt, which will keep the tooltip in place. You can also click on the pin at the corner of the tooltip to pin it in place.

[grand pelican]

I will use the Tame skill, but I need a haste buff, I've been refreshing for about 2 hours, I can't get a haste buff from rare monster, has it been removed?
Do you have any information?

[final geyser]

It still exists, maybe you're trying to get it on a monster type that can no longer roll Hasted/Haste Aura.

[grand pelican]

correct

?

cruel act 3, camp at jungle ruins, trying to find

[final geyser]

I don't believe that particular enemy type can get Haste Aura, or it is very rare if it does spawn.

[grand pelican]

which one I can find it in.

[lament stone]

"fast" enemy types can no longer roll haste aura

[final geyser]

One of the other camps spawns 2 guaranteed rares, apparently they are able to roll Haste Aura.

[south sparrow]

Finally made it to the projectile portals on Jamanra. I'll get through this one of these days.

[grim dragon]

waht does king of the mists droip again? cant remember if you can skip him

Act 1 cruel version

i know act 1 normal is spirit

[hard blade]

What are the chances of getting a +2 to all lightning spells? Using exalted orb

[south sparrow]

omg, I just beat Jamanra. took 3 days. so freaking stoked.

[burnt harbor]

congrats bro

[south sparrow]

ty

[trim turret]

Craftofexile might know.

[hard blade]

Is the weight the % for to get it?

[real solstice]

Hello I got another question

So I recently changed from stoic to omen scepter but I don’t see the permanent buff like I did with stoic

[true wedge]

Does mana tempest convert damage, or add damage?

[trim turret]

Omen sceptre applies something to enemies, not to you.

[real solstice]

Also when I’m next to an enemy I don’t see an icon saying im debugging it

[trim turret]

"Gain." So it adds extra damage. It would say convert if it converted.

[trim turret]

You dont get icons for status effects on enemies. They may have something at their feet or over their heads.

[real solstice]

Thanks

Also taking about attacks, does a skill like lighting spear can deal other type of damage like I have added cold damage and fire damage on my ring but it won’t proc trinity unless I throw my spear

[trim turret]

That's because for trinity to proc your hits have to be able to roll more lightning damage one hit, more fire damage one hit, etc. And some flat damage on ring probably doesn't come close to making that possible.

[real solstice]

I see

ATP idk if. I should be using trinity the.

[trim turret]

Lightning spear is converting physical damage on the spear to mostly lightning and that is the majority of your damage.

[true wedge]

And is it added along with all the other increases, like increased spell damage, or does it add to the base so stuff like increased spell damage multiplies with it?

[trim turret]

If it isn't proccing and filling, its a wasted gem slot.

[real solstice]

that’s what I was thinking but idk what other gem to use

[trim turret]

I BELIEVE its an increase to the base spell damage, but don't quote me.

[real solstice]

I’m rocking CoC (snipers mark); combat frenzy, blasphemy, herald of thunder and trinity

[true wedge]

Is the unleash support gem essentially an extra 25% dps?

[trim turret]

Could always do something defensive.

[real solstice]

Like?

I tried ghost dance but didn’t really understand it

[trim turret]

Wind Dancer, Time of Need, or if you're trying to inflict ailments more consistently, overhwelming presence.

Ghost dance restores energy shield based on how much evasion you have when you're hit.

[spice saffron]

should i use the corruption altar or would it do something bad?

[real solstice]

My version went down from 80% to 70% due to some changes on my items

[trim turret]

Corrupting can break items. And you can no longer modify corrupted items.

[real solstice]

I’ll see those two

[trim turret]

Version?

[real solstice]

??

Evasion*

[trim turret]

You said your version went down.

Well ghost dance is based on your flat evasion. Not your chance to evade.

[spice saffron]

oh gosh so i shouldnt put my good item in it

i was thinking of doing my main weapon

[real solstice]

Unless it’s a +20 quality and fully socketed and you’re not scared that 1 or more stats are re rolled

[spice saffron]

yeah its plus 20 quality and fully socketed

[real solstice]

I’ll read about this two, cuz I have like 120 spirit for one more gem

[trim turret]

I mean it can have positive outcomes, just know it can also have negative ones.

[spice saffron]

well i did it? nothing really changed with my item except it gave me plus 4 health on kill as an extra attribute

[trim turret]

So not the worst outcome.

[real solstice]

Sometimes it eats an attribute

[true wedge]

Does the unleash support gem essentially give a skill 25% more dps?

[spice saffron]

as long as u keep it above 90 percent mana yeah

[trim turret]

You're not being ignored, people just may not know.

[spice saffron]

oh wait

im thinking of a different supp gem i think

[trim turret]

Could just try it and see how it feels. Or punch it into POB.

[real solstice]

Oh no for time of need I need higher str:( I’m a int/dex based cha

[spice saffron]

wow

doesnt matter now i got one shot haha

did not expect to get one shot by it even with 75 percent res

[real solstice]

12

Ouch 😦

Btw Mr Totebag I don’t see the circle meaning I’m applying malice on the enemies. I only see the curse above their head

[spice saffron]

yeahh i never beat the campaign yet

but i got close atleast

now im debating on still trying my ice strike monk or going to my rhoa build

[real solstice]

Pros tho cuz you’re ssf

Kinda wanna make a cha to be a support 🤧

[spice saffron]

cha?

but thank god i have a second character in act 2 already

[real solstice]

Cha= character

Bro don’t tell me malice is a curse Caldwell

Too*

[kind crest]

Thinking about rerolling, not entirely sure I am liking how fast I am killing with my Artillery ballista - Smith, anyone recommend some builds that are easier for dumb people? lol

[worthy drum]

Minion. Just loot. Let your skiny friends do the work

[trim turret]

Malice is not a curse. The enemies need to be within your presence.

[real solstice]

Yeah I’m right in front on an enemy lol

[trim turret]

Maybe it just doesn't have an indicator. Not sure.

[spice saffron]

i think ima try a new build, a perfect strike warrior

[real solstice]

Could be, does it look like a rage indicator?

[kind crest]

I have thought about a minion build. looking over maxroll and moby websites.
I totally suck I would never be able to come up with my own..

[real solstice]

Cuz that’s the only new one I’m seeing

[real solstice]

you don’t need to follow 100% the builds you see.

Use them as a guide and then play with them to fit your playstyle

[trim turret]

I have no idea, I've never used it.

[real solstice]

Alright, imma look into it tho 😭 if not I’ll need to find a stoic one just to be a damage/support hybrid

[kind crest]

Yeah, I know. I am trying to push more damage with Ziz's Artilleray ballista but i just cant get the drops or currency to push more... lol

[real solstice]

Welp upgrades become expensive once you start looking for niche rolls

[kind crest]

FACTS

[trim turret]

I mean are you/your minions even built for crit?

[real solstice]

I’ve got several nodes on critical chance and critical damage. Up to a point I had “cooked” and I had way to low defenses.

Also I’m the one with highest dps on my friends guilds and I carry them when they wanna lvl up or wanna do some t15. So giving extra shield is never a bad thing

[kind crest]

I will go find a minion build in a bit and try to restart and see how much fun it is... back ina bit..

[real solstice]

Gl

[worthy drum]

Frankly even without guide, as long as you make logical choice you can go very far with minion build. Because only 2 big things matter - minion damage on tree, gem level on gear. The rest is just your defenses.
Also interesting in a way that you can try different minion and spectre with the same exact setup. So if you got bored with fire today, can go ice tomorrow...

[kind crest]

If I have a50/50 chance to make a logical choice I am choosing the wrong one 90 percent of the time... lol

I was honestly interest in the Smith of Kitava build because it makes building defenses, largely easy..

[twin terrace]

Is huntress a new class they added last patch

[boreal hedge]

Yea

[dim maple]

i am running a Smith

its good..i am doing a Rake build and am currently in A3 Cruel

i am just str stacking on the tree, plus melee dmg, atk dmg ...

[azure lava]

Melee damage doesn't affect the stomp damage, I'm pretty sure. Attack damage and area damage do, though. Attack/skill speed helps, too

[vernal tusk]

I couldn't toggle on a companion even after taming one in cruel, on my warrior, have 60 spirit and no red text, herald of ash toggles fine, I don't have access to the client atm but I tried taking the gem out and putting back in and relogging to no avail. any ideas on what I can try later?

had zero issues on my other characters

[azure lava]

What % of your spirit does the tame beast use?

[topaz root]

Games dead. Can’t find players to play with

[trim turret]

A lot of people like to play solo.

[compact matrix]

Just started a witch build (lvl 16) is there any point to using chaos bolt instead of essence drain ?

[lament stone]

imo no, it feels like its just the replacement for basic attack on wands since wands dont have attacks in poe2

[final geyser]

It basically is, yes, similar to Firebolt on Staves.

[lament stone]

the other wand implicit skills are better, but still not really something you use unless you need it for your build

[vernal tusk]

I think it's at 42.7%.

[azure lava]

I use chaos bolt with withering touch support with ed/C builds, but it still feels like trash unless you have a wand with a decent chaos bolt level. Which is basically never.

I typically remove it from my bars unless I find a new wand with a good chaos bolt level

[twin terrace]

Currently at lvl24 and the boss keeps destroying me in the first trials of ascendancy

Should I wait till I'm higher level with better equip or just need to git gud

[trim turret]

Nothing wrong with waiting until you have better gear.

[hardy sun]

It can be tricky on 1st playthrough, getting better gear makes a big difference. Perhaps around level 28 or so, you'll get the next tier of gear. Depending on build, weapon is usually the biggest factor for dps.

Should be enough dps at that point to kill boss without taking too many hits

[twin terrace]

Damage seems fine for me, I just feel quite squishy and clear speed might be low

[azure lava]

I'd give #1328202289755983932 a read. If you're prioritizing the right stats on gear you should have around 500-600 life (at least) with movement speed on boots, an up-to-date life flask with two beneficial mods, and at least 90% total resistance

[twin terrace]

Think I'm lacking resistances

[hardy sun]

People hate on armor, but armor is very good for campaign. If you get over 60% reduction, you survive most big hits

[twin terrace]

Only have rings that give me some lightning and cold

[azure lava]

Also, the trial of the sekhema can be made wayyyyy harder by the afflictions. What afflictions did you have in your last fight? Avoid taking afflictions at all costs

[twin terrace]

I'm playing Monk and most of the survival there is evasion

[hardy sun]

At low levels, under 55 or so, it's really hard to get high element resistance without unique gear

[azure lava]

In the campaign the priorities are life, resistances, and movement speed. Other stuff like armor, evasion, and es are bonuses you shouldn't be considering with gear choices

[lament stone]

depends on how much time you spend gearing tbh

[twin terrace]

[azure lava]

As a hcssf player I had capped ele res by act 3 or early act 1 cruel I wanna say

[lament stone]

even in act 1 you can cap a single res by the time you reach geonor

[azure lava]

If you get lucky with cold res rings, yeah, geonor is a cakewalk

[hardy sun]

I've put through 20 characters, I can face tank things with armor, don't care what attack any boss does

[lament stone]

it does help to know what kind of damage types the upcoming bosses do as well

[hardy sun]

It's literally face tank everything, armor in campaign is very strong

[azure lava]

I will also vouch for armor and say I don't think it's nearly as bad as people say it is. Not having to worry about little hits or swarming enemies is very strong

The viper fight in act 3 is a ton of small-medium physical hits that armor will greatly mitigate

And that fight is notorious for killing newer players

[hardy sun]

Viper is fun, very frustrating to learn the fight but a good challenge

[vernal tusk]

what's fun is when you have the dps to skip her mechanics xD

[dusk storm]

do i just sell potions if theyre worse than one that im currently using?

[spice pagoda]

Sell, drop, or DE

[dusk storm]

oki, i thought maybe there was some secret thingy to do like use them at bench etc 😄 thanks 😄

[spice pagoda]

You can salvage them at the bench if they have quality

[tacit vessel]

Hello guyz

i just started new pg, some party to go i am lever 15. Btw even if there is some active build

[trim turret]

Are you asking about builds or guilds? You can use #2┃looking-for-group to try and party up but a lot of people play solo.

[real solstice]

For act 1-3 I would recommend just joining from social tbh plenty of people grouping up and some high level always join 🫠

[spice saffron]

are these stats good enough for jamanra? i usually play blood mage fireball so idk my damage

[azure lava]

Your defenses seem fine but that weapon looks fucking terrible for the end of act 2

Did you just find a unique and stop looking for upgrades?

Are you using three uniques?

[spice saffron]

sorta? it just goes with my two other uniques

[azure lava]

What's your main skill and what other uniques are you wearing?

[spice saffron]

yeah, my shield slam does fire exposure so i shield slam,infernal cry then perfect strike

[spice saffron]

my main skill is perfect strike

[azure lava]

That weapon has way less damage than a white mace of your current level I'm pretty sure

[final geyser]

It does, yes

[azure lava]

It does 21-37 damage with a 1.45 attack speed. Look at the vendor and you can probably find something at least twice as good

[final geyser]

Uniques are not the best in slot items in PoE2 unless they're doing something you need for your build. Many low level uniques are intended to just be used while levelling, or in some niche scenario that might not even exist yet, so generally, unless you need a specific affix on the unique, any Magic or Rare item with better affixes will be superior.

[azure lava]

It's extra bad to be using that at the end of act 2 in hcssf because if you die, you lose a pretty decent leveling weapon for act 1

But that is a unique version of a level 1 weapon. Attack skills scale with your weapon. Weapons scale immensely with new bases and their damage mods

I'm amazed you're able to actually kill stuff

[spice saffron]

i just found all 3 of these during the run but ill change and buy a upgrade now thank you! i just didnt know when i should switch

[final geyser]

When you find something better

[spice saffron]

because i still do decent damage (more than my fireball build atleast)

[azure lava]

The answer is when you find something better

Damn, mobile fingers too slow

[final geyser]

xd

[azure lava]

Oh no

That makes me very worried about your fireball build XD

[final geyser]

Again, Uniques aren't BiS in this game, unless it's actually good for you I'd recommend swapping to Rares.

[azure lava]

Or even magics

[final geyser]

And same here

[spice saffron]

when i reached jamanra i just tickled him it was horrible haha

[azure lava]

At least you're not just cheesing the first two acts with rakestomp

So kudos

[final geyser]

Also, those Uniques Gloves give Giant's Blood and needlessly triple your Attribute Requirements on weapons, they're not ideal.

[spice saffron]

also i got these boots from jamanra? are they good ?

[balmy wasp]

Hi, i am now on act 5 (2 on cruel) and i have an objective to speat to Zarka about second Trials of ascension, but as you see, there is no dialog option. What should i do?

[lament stone]

can you consistently self inflict ailments on yourself? if not, no

uniques does not mean good

if you dont need the specific thing that it does, dont use it

[final geyser]

Ignore it, it's bugged, there's no Cruel version of the Quest Trials.

[azure lava]

I mean, that's a lot of life and they have more than zero movement speed. I might try wearing them if I were in your shoes, but if I noticed ailments completely bodying me, I'd swap them.

That's assuming you don't have better boots

Boots with 15% movement speed and no other mods would probably be preferable

[balmy wasp]

So there is only two ascensions yet?

[azure lava]

In the campaign, yeah

[balmy wasp]

Thanks

Love ya all

[spice saffron]

uhh i have pure armor boots rn, with double armor rolls and double res rolls but no movement speed

[azure lava]

No movement speed = not worth wearing

[lament stone]

just use whatever boots have the highest movespeed

[azure lava]

For boots, that is

[spice saffron]

oh

did not know that i just focused max health

[azure lava]

Using a level 1 weapon and boots with no movement speed in hcssf. You're playing hard mode holy shit

[spice saffron]

not that bad i kinda just abuse shield slam one shotting groups

[lament stone]

boots are the only slot where i dont care about any stat except movespeed, other stats come after having highest tier because movement is just too slow

[spice saffron]

but i think im only one shotting because of the uniques passive

[south sparrow]

For Jamanra, I'd also recommend looking for a life flask with plenty of total uses if possible.

[azure lava]

Which unique?

[lament stone]

you arent

[spice saffron]

window to paradise

[azure lava]

Oh, no, that's doing nothing

Because shield slam is physical

I'm guessing infernal cry is doing everything

[spice saffron]

yeahh

idk i think its my herald of ash thats exploding when i shield slam

[final geyser]

If you got a proper weapon, you'd be doing way more with your Mace skills.

[lament stone]

wait why are you using that and the unique weapon

[azure lava]

Shield slam does damage based on your shield's armor, I think. So your weapon is doing nothing

And yeah, your weapon and shield both apply exposure which doesn't stack

And your only fire damage is from infernal cry

[spice saffron]

oh i mostly use perfect strike which is fire damage

but i guess i shouldnt use it for mapping

[azure lava]

Yeah, but your weapon has no damage

[lament stone]

if youre using resonating shield id actually swap the shield for something else

the weapon would be fine in that case

[azure lava]

Yeah, that's true. The weapon armor break is a global mod

[lament stone]

because the damage on your weapon doesnt matter for shield skills

[spice saffron]

i wanted to use it just didnt know how really to make it good

[lament stone]

but the defenses on your shield scale your damage

[azure lava]

You make it good by getting a shield with lots of armor

Your weapon will allow you to break armor and apply fire exposure

Even though you don't hit with it

Oh, nvm

You only get the exposure when the weapon breaks armor

Does it still break armor with shield skills? It just says, "Hits break armour" on the mace

[lament stone]

resonating shield says it does

[spice saffron]

this is the best i found in the shop ;-; maybe i should have been looking

[final geyser]

That shouldn't even be available in the Act 2 shops, since they only sell 'Act 2' gear

[spice saffron]

nvm

i found one

[final geyser]

By now, the Act 2 vendors should be offering weapons with a base damage that is better than your current Unique, not to mention with %increased phys or flat phys.

Why are you checking the vendors in Clearfell and not the Caravan?

[spice saffron]

i checked act 2 didnt have anything good

[final geyser]

Act 1 will have lower level bases and items, so it's going to be even worse.

[spice saffron]

this was the only thing here in act 2

[south sparrow]

Maybe just run highest level map available until you find something?

[final geyser]

You could attempt to gamble with Risu, not sure what the Gold cost is but it should give you something better, or look for drops, yeah

[spice saffron]

okayy ill go to act 3 and look for upgrades

[azure lava]

Also I would pick up white plated maces and transmute + augment them

[south sparrow]

What is "augment"?

[lament stone]

orb of augmentation

[south sparrow]

I see. If you get a modifier you like and upgrade it to rare will the good modifier remain?

[final geyser]

Yes, unless you do something to reroll the mods, they remain as you upgrade it.

[spice saffron]

well got a new weapon atleast:p now just need gloves and shield

[south sparrow]

Do certain items always have an implicit or is it random? And can white items have an implicit?

[final geyser]

The implicit modifier is based on the base type of the item. All items of a given base type will always have the same implicit (or lack thereof).

For instance, all Crumbling Mauls will always have the same implicit of "Causes Enemies to Explode on Critical kill, for 10% of their Life as Physical Damage", whether it's a Normal, Magic, Rare or Unique.

[south sparrow]

Thanks. Really good to know.

[near dew]

got a question for mercanary players, what do you use for dealing the reload time on galvanic shards?

[south sparrow]

I have martial tempo support which reduces reload time.

So I guess any attack speed boost should help.

[final geyser]

There's also Nimble Reload, but that's a Tier 3 support, so won't be available right away. In general, though, you can get increases to Reload Speed on the tree, and general increases to Attack Speed also work.

[near dew]

oh im using lightning infusion and innvervate rn so i think i need a 3rd slot

[final geyser]

There's a guaranteed drop of a Lesser Jeweller's Orb in the first zone of Act 3, in a chest near 2 rares, if you need one.

[near dew]

im in the early stages of act 2 rn so a bit off

[dim maple]

Oh thanks. I'll revisit those then

[south sparrow]

I found a couple of Jeweller's Orbs before act 3 so you might find one.

[south sparrow]

How can I tell what I chose in act 2 valley of the titans for quest option. 30% increaesd charm charges or 15% mana recovery from flasks?

I don't remember.

[final geyser]

I think it shows if you hover over the icon on the world map, or you can also go there and check, the waypoint is right next to the altar. You're also able to freely swap the buff there.

[south sparrow]

Oh, nice. thanks!

[final geyser]

If you're already in maps, https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1308714975082053693 would be a better place to ask. Also, you're not forced to play in a party at all, most people don't.

[near dew]

whats a good lootfilter to use?

[azure lava]

Neversink is the most common one by far. Filterblade.xyz

I don't use a filter and the game plays perfectly fine imo

At least until endgame

[south sparrow]

Some prefixes and suffixes are two lines long. When you click alt it just has a heading prefix or suffix. Other than looking up all the modifiers is there a way to tell exactly how many of each there are?

[final geyser]

If you look at the right of the tooltip, you can see each affix separated out. On equipment, it will also list the tiers of the affixes, so you can just count those within the Prefix/Suffix section.

Right, Discord being weird with embeds

[south sparrow]

oh dang. didn't notice that. What does Tx refer to?

oh tiers, nvm

So I just found my first gear that when unidentified said tier 2. But when identified the prefix says T4. What does it mean for an unidentified gear to say Tier X?

[lament stone]

it just means when you identify it theres a minimum level for the mods it can roll

its based on the level requirement for the mods to be able to roll, not the actual tier of the mod

[south sparrow]

Ok, so just a minimum level. Is there a maximum level for a given minimum?

[lament stone]

idk what you mean by that

[south sparrow]

From what you said it sounds like if an unidentified gear says, say, Tier 2, then all it's mods will be at least 2. But do higher tier gear allow mods to have a higher max tier?

[lament stone]

no, if an unidentified item says tier 2, it just means mods with a certain level requirement cannot roll,
for example if theres a tier 1 mod with an item level requirement of 52 it can roll when identifying a tier 2 item
if theres a tier 5 mod with an item level requirement of 10 it cannot roll when identifying a tier 2 item

it doesnt affect any maximum at all, only the minimum

the item level of the item affects the max tier of mods that can roll

[spice saffron]

for 2nd ascension is all the modifiers stacking or its one per room

[lament stone]

theyre for the entire trial

[spice saffron]

oh gosh

i have to go through 10 rounds of this too

[lament stone]

no thats just the ui

the quest one and lower level ones are 4 rounds

i think its level 55 theyre 7 rounds and 65 theyre 10 rounds

[spice saffron]

uhm hes stuck in the wall

and i beat it:D

[dusk storm]

hey guys I just used an exalt orb on a rare item and it didnt add a modifier but it added values to 2 modifiers, how does it work? can u use exalt orbs on an item without a limit? what will happen if i try to exalt this item once more?

before:

after:

[lament stone]

theres a hybrid life + evasion mod, if you hold alt you will see all the separate mods

[cerulean zephyr]

it did add a modifier, but that modifier's stats were already present on the item so their values are combined normally. normally what you see on the item are the stats it grants, which do not have a 1:1 relationship with the mods that grant those stats

[dusk storm]

ohh 😮

it added 2 modifiers, small health and small evasion+energy shield

i have 7 modifiers now

[lament stone]

its 1 mod that adds 2 stats

[south sparrow]

added or replaced?

[dusk storm]

oh ure right!!!

its 1 T4 mod

[glossy python]

Does Frostbolt damage snapshot into Whirling Slash? I'm leveling in HC and haven't gotten to lvl 14 to get Incinerate yet. I just switched from Explosive Spear burning ground to Frostbolt and it seems way way weaker

[dusk storm]

@lament stone is there anything I can do with this item? or just add socket + quality?

[lament stone]

just socket and quality

i mean you could vaal it too, but that comes with risks

[dusk storm]

oh thats not for me yet haha

[simple oxide]

how do i ge to this mf ?

there is no way to reach the last monster

lol

[south sparrow]

When an essence says something like "with one fire modifier". Does that mean fire resistance or fire damage or either?

[lament stone]

anything with the fire tag

[lament quartz]

there is a small passage half covered in fog of war near the left, you just need to click on a Switch on one of the pillars to open the passage and go in (similar to Hidden Riches in Act 1)

[lime barn]

Can I level up gems with weapons in my swapped hand?

[weary osprey]

sounds like a #1┃general question? but answer is yes

[lime barn]

dang it I keep doing that, thanks

[weary osprey]

try toggling the channel via id:customize

[hollow condor]

I'm not new but I need help. Trying to use my first companion and cant for the life of me figure out why it wont spawn

[tall yoke]

maybe lack of spirit?

if spirit isnt the problem try spawning it without support gems to check for any requirement

[hollow condor]

it wont spawn without support gems even and I meet the spirit / attribute requirement

[south sparrow]

Does the gem menu show a swirling animation around the icon?

Did you right click it?

[hollow condor]

no cause when I right click it nothing happens

[south sparrow]

Does it have an exclaimation mark?

[hollow condor]

No.

There are pics

[south sparrow]

Did you right click where the arrow points?

[hollow condor]

Yes nothing happens

I have 8 90+ chars and I cant for the life of me figure out why this wont activate

[ruby scaffold]

I saw that a female hunter had the skills to catch wild beasts

[hollow condor]

I've tamed 3 companions now none of them will let me right click it

i put one of them on my 92 deadeye and it works

[cerulean zephyr]

I have an idea

you're a smith of kitava in that screenshot

[hollow condor]

iI figured it out

it was an ascendency point

[cerulean zephyr]

yeah

manifest weapon is a companion

[hollow condor]

you also cant use heat of the forge

[tired light]

diablo 2 had a build known as 'fishymancer' which was known to be able to clear some of the harder content with subpar gear or even naked... what is this game's equivalent to a build like this?

[trim turret]

There's no build you want to play naked in POE I'd think, but some kind of minion build I'd guess. POE2 has plenty of types of skeleton minions.

[tired light]

well the point is more that it's the best build with minimal gear

the skills are the least gear dependant, so it makes for a good season starter

this game has to have some kinda build that stands out for not needing gear as much as the average build

[trim turret]

That's any league starter.

League starters are meant to get up and running without needing any specific gear.

[tired light]

so nothing is particularly known for it then?

[trim turret]

And just using what you find basically. They dont need any uniques or anything.

[dusky burrow]

wdym "some of the harder content"

like if you want to beat pinnacles (esp high diff ones), you're going to need good gear no matter what build you're playing

[trim turret]

Not one over all the others. "Best" is a loaded word with POE because there are so many variables and aspects to builds.

And ways to build things.

[dusky burrow]

or are you just talking about normal mapping, etc.

[tired light]

could clear through all 3 difficulties is all i meant, not extreme end game stuff. what would you think is this game's equivalent to a fishymancer?

[dusky burrow]

the campaign?

i guess that's like rakestomp this league

[trim turret]

I would consider D2 Hell difficulty to be mid-late mapping in POE2.

[dusky burrow]

minimal effort to complete the campaign

[tired light]

yeah a fishymancer has little issues clearing it with garbo gear

[trim turret]

Your resists need to be sorted, you need an established build.

No matter what build you play you need life and resists, but that isn't hard to get.

[tired light]

what i'm saying is ofc relative.

they basically need nothing

compared with what other classes will need

especially a barb

[trim turret]

Again, that's almost any league starter.

Class doesn't even enter the equation here.

[tired light]

I think the other guy gave me the answer i was lookin for

[trim turret]

Rake stomp also falls off hard in the late campaign and you have to pivot to something else.

[tired light]

damn i mean i'm surprised if there's really no particular class or build that does this best, like i know what league starter means.. i'm wondering what is known to be the goat at it lol

[trim turret]

We're missing half the character classes, balance is frequently changing, we're early in the games life cycle, and builds are significantly more flexible and complex than D2.

Even something like an incendiary shot crossbow wielding warrior would probably be fine to get up and running easily.

[icy bluff]

is summon reaper really that bad

[dusky burrow]

wrong game, and yeah it's not great

[icy bluff]

my bad always get the 2 chats confused

[arctic panther]

i have a question regarding Crown of Eyes:

Would it also influence things like crit chance in the passive skill tree?

or only nodes such as increase spell dmg

[final geyser]

It only applies to increases and reductions to Spell damage, nothing else.

[twin terrace]

I'm starting to run into mana issues, what can I do

[hybrid star]

-get better mana flask, use transmute and aug on it if you haven't done so
-put inspiration support on your main skill
-get more damage so you don't have to do alot of attacks

[twin terrace]

All these things went over my head

Except the last one

[hybrid star]

damage literally solves everything in this game

[plucky snow]

work a but with mana leech or mana regen
can use lower lvl skills as long as mana issues arent fixed

[elder ember]

get a better mana flask

surely you get that

[twin terrace]

Is it a good idea to get a normal mana flask from vendor and upgrade it to magic

[elder ember]

if it is better than you currently have

as you level up your character you will get access to higher tiers of flasks

once you are level 60 you can get the highest tier "ultimate"

this is all the tiers and their respective level reqirements

when you upgrade them you ideally want the "x% increased amount recovered" mod

thats the most important one to get

the other mod (you can only have two on a flask) isn't as important

[round flame]

Well, depending on the build it very much can be. Generally best 3 are increased total charges, decreased charges used or charges regen per second.

[elder ember]

its still important but if you dont have %inc recovered then its basically a bricked flask

[lament stone]

still depends on build, i use blood magic so no mana, but i can still have a mana flask equipped for ambrosia support

[dark oak]

this still available?

[lament stone]

#2┃looking-for-group

[compact matrix]

I defeated zalamah but it's not crossed out on the map ? Is it a glitch ?

[lament stone]

did you use the quest item, or give it to an npc?

[grim frost]

Do I get less xp in higher monster level maps?

[lament stone]

yes

there is an exp penalty for being too high or too low compared to the monster level, it gets larger the bigger the difference

[grim frost]

So optimal is to stay in area with the same level as mine

[lament stone]

optimal is staying 1 level below the area level

but once you get to the endgame you cant do that because the max monster level is like 82

[grim frost]

I see

[lament stone]

i wouldnt worry about it too much

just stay within 3 levels and you shouldnt have any problems

[grim frost]

I was rushing through the sone, I was 3 level above the area and didnt get much xp, and I checked my level, which explains it now

[hollow condor]

There is? Because when I farm T14/T15 maps in my 60s I get like 2-3 levels per map usually

Not the same if I do low level maps

[lament stone]

there is

[hollow condor]

Interesting I'm about to finish act 3 cruel on another char Im gonna test this

[lament stone]

idk the exact formula for poe2 i dont think anyones done enough testing on it yet

but it is different to poe1 from the testing ive seen for act 1 and 2, where the penalty always starts at +1 level

this is the poe1 formula

[topaz root]

any good website to download free poe2 cheat codes???

[upbeat veldt]

Did they do something to astral projection and shockwave totem? jsut watched a guide on it, but the support gem says it does not support Shockwave totem

[trim turret]

It's an online ARPG, there are no cheat codes.

[trim turret]

Yeah that all went through a bunch of adjustments and changes. Make sure whatever guide you're watching is up to date.

[upbeat veldt]

the video was from may 5, weird it says astral projection, but the support does not work at all

[spice saffron]

is it bad im using this so i can have wind dancer and ghost dance

[trim turret]

No, it's a good body armor if it's giving you what you need and you aren't missing the mana bonus from intelligence too much.

[spice saffron]

i do run out of mana fast but by the time i run out of mana i have instant flasks and i melt bosses

[real solstice]

How yall change the color of the stash 😭😭 it’s imposible on console

[spice saffron]

its a premium stash thing

[real solstice]

I have some premium

But it won’t allow me to change colour

[spice saffron]

can u change the name? its in the same area u change the name

[real solstice]

It just does from change name to selecting the “tab filter”

Unless there’s a button to press on console I have no idea

[spice saffron]

maybe there is? idk i dont play console

but for me i just right click the tab

[final geyser]

I'm nearly certain there is, but I also don't play with controller, so I wouldn't know

[spice saffron]

i swear the should give us a movement ability but make it only work while not in combat

i hate going the wrong way and having to walk for 5 minutes to check one spot i missed

[final geyser]

They had discussed something like that in a recent interview.

[cunning mulch]

Can anyone tell me why it has shown this guy being killed for me twice now but I still don't have the fire res from act 3 cruel, please?

[final geyser]

Might just be a visual bug with the icon, if you can kill him and get the quest reward, all is fine.

[spice saffron]

yipppe first time beating collosus with lightning arrow, did barely any damage but i sustained long enou8gh

[spice saffron]

oh really? thats awesome!

[cunning mulch]

I thought the resistance buffs just happened after completion since it isn't part of any quests like the passive points are?

[final geyser]

You drop a quest item that you need to use, that's what I meant.

Also, not all the passive points are rewarded from quests either.

Crowbell, Kabala and Silverfirst aren't tied to any quests, but reward a Book of Specialisation.

[cunning mulch]

Thank you, I appreciate your help 🙂

[spice saffron]

im scared of fighting silverfist again, first time fighting him on not a melee champ

[azure lava]

Damn, did you just say "melee champ?" get that LoL terminology outta here

But fr, good luck. Silverfist killed my last character

I tried to fight him and a rare at the same time

[spice saffron]

silverfist is the only boss that scares me because hes the only boss where one misclick kills u

if u dont play perfect he kills u

[azure lava]

I mean, yeah, but playing perfectly isn't too hard. I was able to tank a hit from him in cruel on my 0.1 gemling

[spice saffron]

ehh im a ranger idk if i can tank him

[azure lava]

If you're 1v1ing him with no rares around to get stuck on, he's not too bad

[spice saffron]

i only have 550 hp

[azure lava]

You only have 550 life in act 3?

Lmao gl

That's pretty low imo

[spice saffron]

well i went full dps for my lightning arrow build

[azure lava]

That shouldn't stop you from getting gear with life and resistances

[spice saffron]

but i do have ghost dance and wind up

[azure lava]

You don't have to give up any dps except for maybe your rings

To get more life on gear

[spice saffron]

i have alot of gear with plus max life

like 3 of my pieces have plus 60

[azure lava]

If you only have 550 life, then I'm afraid you don't

Or the values are just very low

[spice saffron]

but the thing is do i value resistances or hp more.

if i do get more hp all my resistances go down to around 10 percent or negative

[azure lava]

Depends. I value 1% res at around 2-5 life depending on my current resists and life

[spice saffron]

i could change my chestplate since its a unique but i lose wind dancer and ghost shroud

[spice pagoda]

Why can't you run at least GS without the chest?

[azure lava]

The chest is fine, but I saw it doesn't have any sockets. Are you using artificer orbs to keep your resists up? At the very least you could slap life in there if your resists are solid

[spice saffron]

i still only have 30 max spirit without this chest

[azure lava]

Wind dancer and shroud only use up 60

What is your other 70 spirit doing?

[spice pagoda]

Ghost Dance is 30

Wind Dancer is meh

[azure lava]

60 total

[spice pagoda]

They don't have it yet

[spice saffron]

i also have herald of thunder

[azure lava]

So where's the last 40?

[spice saffron]

not being used

waiting to get cast on shock

[azure lava]

At least get vitality or clarity or something

Precision perhaps. I forget what tier those supports are

[spice saffron]

oh i dont have enough inteligence lol

[spice pagoda]

Right so the chest is actually enabling Herald of Thunder and Wind Dancer. WD is not great early, and even if you're not dropping the chest you should probably use supports over WD

[azure lava]

Have you just been pumping dex? You should only have enough dex to use your gear/gems. Anything else is kind of a waste imo. Dex has the worse inherent attribute bonus

[spice pagoda]

But I don't think Herald is worth the investment in early campaign

[spice saffron]

herald just helps with my clear

[azure lava]

Eh, I really like wind dancer lol. The hit from it can be super helpful when you link it to stuff like blind and maim

[spice pagoda]

Right but it takes a lot to get it going and your bossing is clearly suffering

[azure lava]

You're playing lightning arrow, why does your clear need help?

Can you screenshot your bow and share your skills/supports?

[spice saffron]

it doesnt need help i just didnt think herald was a bad thing to have, anything to get me more dps and i also have the nodes when a herald is active i get 30 percent more damage

[azure lava]

It's not bad, I don't think your chest is bad by any means (until you find one with loads of life and better resists)

Herald is fine, but I'm curious how your clear is struggling while playing lightning arrow, a skill famous for its smooth clear

[spice pagoda]

They did say their clear doesn't need help

(more reason to drop Herald)

[azure lava]

They said Herald helps with their clear

Which implies that their clear needed help in the first place

Oh, and then I didn't read the next thing

I see

My b

[azure lava]

30% increased damage, not more

[spice saffron]

in total its 74 percent increased lightning damage

is increased damage bad?

[azure lava]

All "increased damage" sums into one big pool regardless of its source, then that total is multiplied by everything else. "more damage" is multiplicative with everything else

If you do 100 base damage and take:
-10% increased damage
-20% increased damage
-20% more damage

You'd do (100 + 10 + 20) x 1.2 = 156 damage

Whereas if that third one was increased it would just be
100 + 10 + 20 + 20 = 150 damage

So more is always equal to or better than increased, % for %

But that 30% inc Herald damage node is additive with all your increases to attack damage, projectile damage, bow damage, lightning damage, elemental damage, etc

[spice pagoda]

Also keep in mind that more is even multiplicative with other more, so 20% more and 20% more is (100*1.2*1.2)% damage

[azure lava]

Yep, that would be 144% damage instead of 140%

[spice saffron]

thats so many numbers... but i think i get it

anyways sorry for late reply i been trying to make better gear but now im running out of orbs lol

[spice pagoda]

Basically increased is worse the more of it you have, and more is always that amount more

[azure lava]

It gets way more pronounced at higher sums of increased damage. If you already have 200% inc damage and 100 base damage, then 10% inc damage is only taking you from 300 to 310 damage.

Whereas 10% more would take you from 300 to 330, or 3x as much as the "increased" provided

[azure lava]

I think one easy way for you to get more life is to see how much extra dex you have that isn't doing anything. Respec some of it to strength if you can

If dex isn't required to equip your gear or use your gems, that "isn't doing anything" in my book

[spice pagoda]

Or, as is reasonable at endgame, if you have 1500% increased and 100 base, getting another 10% increased takes you from 1600 damage to 1610. 10% more would take you from 1600 damage to 1760

[spice saffron]

im still at the bare minimum, im at 68 dex 17 strength and 30 int, if i change any dex nodes i dont hav enough to use my bow

[spice pagoda]

Can you change int?

[azure lava]

Ah, you're fine then. Just make sure you have movement speed on your boots and use runes

Runes are so good

[spice saffron]

i can but the next helmet i got needs 27 int

[azure lava]

And artificer orbs are way more common

If your chest doesn't have two sockets yet, then start there

[spice saffron]

im actually low on artificer but i been trying to salvage some

[azure lava]

There are a lot of quests that give artificer orbs now

Renlys tools in act 1 gives a blank rune and an artificer orb

[spice saffron]

the best i got to was 697 health

[azure lava]

Much better

[spice saffron]

now ima have to socket a dex roll or smth because i dont have enough dex for lightning arrow but i have enough for my bow lol

[near dew]

Ive reached the point where i have to pick an ascendancy for my mercenary, what builds are good to go for right now?

[azure lava]

Artillery ballista gemling is pretty solid I've heard

But you can change ascendancy later if you want

[spice saffron]

yippee ended up insta killing silverfist

did not think i did that much damage

[compact matrix]

Which witch ascendancy should I pick ??

[south sparrow]

Really? I thought he had pretty good health. I think I just dodged, dropped grenade, repeat, ...

[spice saffron]

i just barrage lightning bolt and lightning bolt twice more then barraged lightning arrow and he just got half healthed and stun then i just finished him with another 2 barages

it was like a 8 second fight

[upbeat veldt]

Do shockwave totem scale with meele damage?

[cerulean zephyr]

yes, it is a melee attack that uses your stats (other than your weapon's local stats since it uses its own weapon)

[tacit vessel]

someone is doing atc 2 last part?

[dusky burrow]

#2┃looking-for-group

[quaint hornet]

Hi can someone help me withJamanra the Abomination? Im Stuck af

[dusky burrow]

#2┃looking-for-group

[compact matrix]

I using witch and I am not being able to cast any spells when my energy shield runs out . I don't know why this is happening can someone explain

[cerulean zephyr]

are you a Lich with the Eldritch Empowerment node?

[compact matrix]

Yeah

[cerulean zephyr]

that node causes your spells to cost energy shield, which does mean you can't afford to cast them if you have no energy shield

[compact matrix]

Well need to rework my build then

[dark oak]

what level should i be beginning act 2

[burnt harbor]

20

[dark oak]

ty

[waxen osprey]

how are minions currently balanced? is it more like walking behind them and they kill the monsters or is it more like constantly supporting them via spells that buff/shield them and using the minion abilities actively?

[dark oak]

i’m level 17 going into act 2 and not sure how i can level fast enough

[lament stone]

act 2 zone levels start at level 16

[kind crest]

Thinking about restarting to a minion build and I see there are a few between invernalist, lich, etc. Are there any that are secretly traps for people that suck. or are they all relatively straight forward? I do not have a lot of currency, so I likely cannot twink them, but I might try to get a couple of the leveling uniques...

[dark oak]

so i’m alr

[lament stone]

yea

youre higher level than what youre expected to start act 2

[dark oak]

alr ty!

[kind crest]

Besides Goldrim and Wanderlust, what are some cheap leveling uniques for a minion build??

[hard blade]

How rare is it to get a unique from Finn?

[real solstice]

It’s rare but most uniques are niche

I just use them for transmog

[south sparrow]

Dang. Think I'll have to farm awhile before I have the dps to beat Mektul.

[spice saffron]

wow bought a insane ring off of the kind poison dude

[dusky burrow]

#2┃general / #2┃early-access

[real solstice]

I’m confused

0/12 deaths?

[spice saffron]

0 is for poe 1, 12 is poe 2

[real solstice]

Oh

[spice saffron]

so for act 3 i should still just pick up the better stat stick for main weapon? i started to us zealot bow over dualstring but i kinda miss the additional projectile

[real solstice]

Uhm, okay?

You do you I guess splinters

[real solstice]

Use tooltip to find out best dps tbh

[boreal tulip]

use skills tab to check dps and advanced info, play with both and see what "feels" good

[orchid loom]

Servers up? Stuck on loading screen on ps5

[indigo totem]

can you still get a quadrilla with haste aura on it?

[hardy sun]

Nope

Wolf is probably next best option

[keen heath]

guys... any idea how to pass to the next area?

already use t he skill gem but still not allowed move xD

[final geyser]

I don't see it on your hotbar, and your ammo still seems to be the default Crossbow Shot. Have you tried putting the skill on your bar and activating it?

[hardy sun]

Have to put the ability into lower right corner. Once it's on the low right hotbar, you will be able to use it

[wispy pewter]

guys why is my spirit 191/211

[hardy sun]

20 is being used by some support gem

[wispy pewter]

o thanks

[wispy pewter]

man how come i cant see artic armour when i try to craft it using a spirit gem

i dont see sigil of power either

[final geyser]

Sigil of Power isn't a Spirit reservation, it can only be found on a specific Staff base type.

[twin terrace]

Is there no way to actually farm spirit gems

Or are they just randomised drops

[final geyser]

Just like Uncut Skill Gems, they're random drops with a few guaranteed drops in the campaign.

[boreal root]

ive got the dijnn barya and its telling me to go to the caravan and talk to zarka but nothing is happening have i soft locked my ascendancy points?

[lament stone]

cruel act 2?

[boreal root]

regular act 2

[lament stone]

is it the quest version (green text) that dropped from balbala or just a random drop?

[boreal root]

it was the quest version

ive got the quest and everything but its just telling me to return to the caravan

[lament stone]

if youre in regular act 2 you just speak to zarka after you dropped the item then go to the desert map to travel to the trial location

if youre in cruel act 2 that quest is not supposed to exist, its bugged and you cant complete it

[boreal root]

yeah ik it doesnt work in cruel it was fine on my other character but now it just doesnt want to work i dont even have the location on my map

[lament stone]

its called "balbalas barya"?

[hardy sun]

Did you clear the campaign progress to when it splits paths to different zones? Have to clear the gate opening zone before it lets you go to trials

If you did, might have some other weird glitch I'm unaware of

[opal thistle]

Is it normal to get disconnected every like 5 mins and then loose progress on both the map and inventory while on that map?

Kinda getting over it

Seems to work on NZ server but Australian server boofed lol

[wild hedge]

What do i do in a situation like this? Is my game bricked?

[elder ember]

ignore that quest

its bugged

its only supposed to be a thing in act 2 normal, not act 2 cruel

[wild hedge]

I'm in act 2 normal

Hmm

[elder ember]

have you done the trial of sekhema?

[wild hedge]

Nope

[elder ember]

you got the barya quest item?

[wild hedge]

Ah, it's thr trial

I understand now

[main dragon]

how do i change to the cobalt style in filterblade website ???

[novel turret]

hmmm, i have the ascent to power quest on act 2 cruel, but i can't speak to zarka about it

any idea what i need to do?

[real solstice]

It’s on the trail of Sehkma(might misspelled it)

It’s the token you find after killing the optional boss on the traitor passage

[novel turret]

is that the 3rd assendancy ?

because i have several tokens for the trials, but none of them giving more ascendancy points

[real solstice]

Yes just like you get 1 and 2nd

[final geyser]

Ignore the one in Cruel, it's not even meant to be there. You can unlock the next set of ascendancy points once you get a Barya with 3 floors, or an Inscribed Ultimatum with 10 rooms.

[real solstice]

Oh

[azure lava]

On the first page where you set the strictness I thought it also let you pick the aesthetic

[hot shore]

Hi guys

Sooooo basically I just play all the campaign for starters right?

There's no "need to do" stuff?

[real solstice]

ehm

Wym by need to do

I would recommend doing all the quest/side quests if the area offers them

[queen heath]

Is there a way to sell items without drag and dropping to the seller npc ?

[lament stone]

ctrl+click

[queen heath]

Oh ok thanks

Can you change that Ctrl bind btw or is it hard coded ?

[main dragon]

ahh ty

[azure lava]

Check the world map with the U key and read the map legend in the top left to see what the icons mean. Go for anything that looks appealing to you

[clear osprey]

Can someone please help me I collected a butt load of unique items but i dont know if they are really that much

[balmy grove]

guys i cant dodge anymore . is it cuz i dont have evasion ?

[elder ember]

what do you mean you cant dodge? you cant do a dodge roll?

[south sparrow]

Did you change your keybind?

[hybrid star]

passive keystone also

[trim turret]

Price check them on the trade site. Most uniques aren't very valuable.

[empty prism]

Can anybody help thru act 3

[dusky burrow]

#2┃looking-for-group

[lament stone]

which game? youve asked this in both the poe1 and the poe2 channels

[empty prism]

I know my bad I thought I was in poe2 at first 😭

But poe2

[lament stone]

ok so this link will help you the most

unless youre having problems with damage or survivability which is why youre asking

then getting help on how to look for good gear upgrades will help more in the long term

[empty prism]

Alr thank you

[wild hedge]

Can i just leave the corruption altar in act 3 and come back 50 levels later?

[final geyser]

Sure, but it is just a Vaal Orb in terms of function, so by that point you'd probably have enough that the altar wouldn't be needed.

[wild hedge]

Oh

[south sparrow]

What is the base number (or chance) of flask charges gained by killing white, purple, yellow monsters?

[south sparrow]

Thanks, where is that info located?

[lament stone]

any underlined text is a keyword, just hold alt so you can hover over any underlined text to read what it means

[south sparrow]

Oh nice. Is there a way to "reach" a secondary keyword?

[final geyser]

When you hold Alt and click on a keyword, it opens up and pins the tooltip, you can also pin the initial tooltip so that you don't need to be holding Alt to look around it.

[south sparrow]

Oh, wow, that's awesome!

[spice saffron]

Movement speed or more hp? im at 500 hp but i can bring it to 550 with these boots or have 15 percent more movement speed but stay at 500

nvm got 100 plus more hp off of better rings i found

so now im 600:D im at the beginning of act 2

[upbeat veldt]

are totems considered minions?

[final geyser]

The ingame tooltips for the various skill tags generally explain such things.

[vernal smelt]

Any People wanna start up on the new league? I havent played since like February lol. I dont care if your a new player just want someone to talk and chill with.

[lament stone]

#2┃looking-for-group

[vernal smelt]

I did

[hollow drift]

what is this bloody lag on EU server???

[trim turret]

Apparently the EU servers have been getting DDOS'd for weeks now.

[hollow drift]

why??? So much hate in the world...

[oak steeple]

Guys i just bought the game whats the most “beginner friendly” build or class out there.

[azure lava]

All classes have beginner friendly builds and they all have pitfalls that will make new players struggle. All classes can use all skills and gear.

Personally I like essence drain + Contagion chronomancer (an ascendancy of sorceress)

Build for chaos damage and use chaos damage over time abilities. Primarily essence drain that's spread by contagion. Later on you get a skill called dark effigy which helps for single target damage

But you can do reasonably well without following any guides if you read your skills thoroughly and hold alt + click on underlined keywords to read more about them

[oak steeple]

I will try this one out first thanks for the help

[azure lava]

My #1 recommendation is to try shit that looks cool to you. The skills feel so different from one another and there are so many ways to build. You can make pretty much any skill(s) strong enough to at least beat the campaign

[tidal iron]

jsut EU?

[south sparrow]

Is there a way to avoid going through that secondary portal gateway to return to home base?

[south sparrow]

The time travel one.

[lament stone]

unfortunately not

which becomes more of a problem when you finish act 3 and going through it teleports you to the riverbank in cruel act 1

[south sparrow]

Strange they don't fix that.

[lament stone]

i think theyre probably holding it off until act 4 is finished and added

[spice saffron]

any tips for gear? or any early orbs farm, im reaching halfway through act 3 and getting unlucky on shop and im out of orbs to keep gambling gear and i had the same bow since beginning of act 2

[real solstice]

Wym 13

I liked farming red vale btw

Small map and not that many “mazes” made it my fav to farm for drops

[spice saffron]

well can i farm red vale even tho thats a lvl 5 area?

[real solstice]

Gold

[spice saffron]

gold?

[karmic crane]

gold everywhere

[glossy python]

ligurium talisman making regeneration work on energy shield: this doesn't work with life flask, does it?

[karmic crane]

who needs life when's there's gold

[keen blaze]

Hm. I've gotten hardstuck at Rathbreaker with Sorceress HC SSF. 10 deaths so far; took a break from the game for a couple weeks for family reasons and came back and died again at the end of a new run. Any tips that might help me get past him? Running standard/league, I eventually can win with enough repetitions of the same fight. Just difficult to do in one go.

[burnt harbor]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/946760051354382388/1265519423826165790/IMG_7420.gif?ex=6827618e&is=6826100e&hm=02c0571beacad868d3be1c750ff005ddf43c58045b50d398f89080c96f2240ed&

[keen blaze]

Searched and found this. Any additional stuff?

Mobs appear to be the worst of it for me.\

My plan I guess this time is to hard farm for better gear, as well as maximize my spark or some other AOE to mob clear. I can dodge Rathbreaker, I really just feel like it's the mobs that get me.

If it works I'll report back lol

[keen blaze]

I don't know what this means

[hardy sun]

people hate armor, but for campaign armor helps a lot. what i've also noticed, if you stick really close to the bottom of boss stage, in the south corner on the ledge, don't go up at all, you can avoid the mechanic of the adds throwing spears onto the stage

i know you said sorc, but perhaps finding a few armor/es based equip at low levels is manageable for the str requirements

[keen blaze]

I'll give that a shot. I've been focusing on ES, with evasion as a (distant) second, but considering I'll probably never be super dextrous, armor may be better due to damage reduction. Is that the thinking?

And will try to keep that in mind for the south corner.

[hardy sun]

rath is much easier if you dont have to worry about those spears coming from offstage, then it's just his big swipes attack that are kinda slow

[hardy sun]

yeah, even getting like a little bit to 20% armor can be enough to survive the random hits

[keen blaze]

Heard. I appreciate it!

[desert sedge]

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

[south sparrow]

Finally got Doryani, whew.

[south sparrow]

So I assume when it takes you to act I that is the start of cruel mode? Are you supposed to go through the whole thing again?

[hybrid star]

yep

act 456 are still on the work

[south sparrow]

I get that it's EA, but they should it least explain these basic things as you go. Like a simple popup or something. Just seems so discontinuous.

[hybrid star]

there are gonna be more things unexplained like killing Balbala in act 2 cruel won't give the coin to ascend (but the quest still shows)

[south sparrow]

Anyway, playthrough was descent, and pretty hard, espeically bosses.

So say I wanted to buy a rare crossbow that works for my build that I could use for several levels. How would I go about that?

[elder ember]

it does explain as you go

[hybrid star]

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2

[south sparrow]

I meant the transition to cruel. Maybe I missed it.

[hybrid star]

do we have a written trade guide?

[south sparrow]

yeah, there is a trade guide.

[elder ember]

what do you want to know?

[hybrid star]

I just don't want to explain

[elder ember]

oh lol

[south sparrow]

I've just never bought anything. I guess I'll just have to try it.

seems scary

[elder ember]

why would it be scary

its a website

[south sparrow]

i mean finding the right stuff, not wasting your res

[south sparrow]

ty

[hybrid star]

hit search then click the DPS at the bottom of each item to sort

[elder ember]

you can put your budget in the "max" field next to exalted orb in the above picture

[south sparrow]

so if you want to identify items for free in cruel 1, you got to go back to zigg encampment?

[hybrid star]

yeah, but you will unlock hooded one (again) soon

[elder ember]

just buy wisdom scrolls, they are only 25g

[south sparrow]

i'm a penny pincher

[elder ember]

the time you spend tping to and from zigg encamp would cost you more than you would earn killing stuff

[south sparrow]

yeah, of course.

well, at the rate I kill stuff, probably not 🙂

[elder ember]

in endgame you will be using wisdom scrolls more, because you can just throw away loot while in your maps without porting to and from your hideout constantly

[south sparrow]

I do "throw away loot" I only take yellow, or socket or quality.

[elder ember]

youll be throwing away rares in endgame

[south sparrow]

i expect so

If I can get lvl 3 support and 4x skill slots it will help.

I'm actually shocked how hard they made this game.

It's kinda cool, but I could imagine a lot of people would just be, fuk this.

[elder ember]

the challenge just makes build upgrades more meaningful

the goal of the game is to become so powerful the game becomes braindead easy

you walk in the campaign so you can run in the endgame

[south sparrow]

that's not really my goal. I still want to have to try

If endgame is really just pushing right click to get more gear I will probably not be that into it.

[elder ember]

depends on your build

[south sparrow]

yeah, i mean there is plenty of challenge to be had if you want it 🙂

I've only had 30 spirit so far. The build I'm using has lots of spirit gems. How do I get more spirit? Gear?

[elder ember]

you get a total of 100 spirit from campaign

[south sparrow]

what?

[elder ember]

30 from act 1
30 from act 3
40 from act 3 cruel

[hybrid star]

prolly missed azak bog in act 3 normal

[south sparrow]

how do you get 30 from act 3?

[elder ember]

azak bog

kill bog witch

[south sparrow]

i kill everything, leave no fog

[elder ember]

the boss

[south sparrow]

shit ok, what area?

[elder ember]

azak bog

[south sparrow]

tyty, going there now

[elder ember]

you can get spirit on amulet and chest too

and some other unique items but dont worry about them

[south sparrow]

will this be cruel?

[elder ember]

wym

[south sparrow]

i mean level, but no, it's low level

[elder ember]

the acts are separate world maps, act3 and act3 cruel are entirely separate if thats what you mean

[south sparrow]

oh, so it I went there from cruel 1 start teleport it would be cruel?

[elder ember]

just open your map and click act 3 up the top

from a waypoint

[south sparrow]

yeah, i'm in there now.

[elder ember]

you dont need to use the gateway every time

[elder ember]

no

you have to progress all then way through cruel to get to act 3 cruel