2┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[cedar hamlet]

bro what are runes and augments

[glad aurora]

you will see when they drop in campaign

[hearty walrus]

stuff like this

[glad aurora]

yeah pmuch

with that ascendency node you get more value out of them as they gain an additional effect

[cedar hamlet]

ok makes sense but whats the idols

but w/e im not gonna take that rn it doesnt rly seem good to level with at all

[cedar hamlet]

thx bro

[glad aurora]

they are like a quiver for wands/staves

[cedar hamlet]

oh ok 😄

[hearty walrus]

https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Idol](https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Idol)

[cedar hamlet]

imma take more elemental dmg and this 1

seems nice

[hybrid star]

idols are wisps socketables

[glad aurora]

wait I am stupid

yeah they are just a different flavor of runes

[wintry slate]

wait are the number of sockets on your maul/shred based on your level or talisman level

oh nvm 4th support slot is 60 not 50

[prime venture]

Best map for xp farm in act 4?

[wintry slate]

early prolly the one with the lil tribemans

[winged marten]

Anyone got a trick for finding where they missed passive points in campaign? I've completed Acts & Interlude but I have 22 weapon set passives, not 24. Checked my quest progress against a guide and I've 100% completed all the quests, I've re-killed all the bosses that drop passives as well and absolutely cannot find what I missed.

[hearty walrus]

talked to sin after finishing the interludes? i think in act 4?

[winged marten]

Yup I talked to all the NPCs that give passives again to check if I had unclaimed quest rewards, including Sin in Kingsmarch

[hybrid star]

idk if this is fixed but the Yeti in the interlude shows as completed even if you haven't done it

[winged marten]

That was fixed 0.3.1 I think, I killed it again to be sure and didn't drop any points, and none of the NPCs have it as a quest reward

[worthy summit]

can anyone help with trial of sekema in league?

[dusky burrow]

#2┃looking-for-group

[regal knot]

as a new player is druid a good starter class? or should i go witch minions?

[hoary eagle]

what do the wisps give me? is it worth scouring the map for them?

[twin rivet]

Does druid not have anything to say mid conversation? I swear when i played witch she spoke more. I was kinda hopin this guy wiild have more to say to delwyn at least

[hearty walrus]

druid was just released

[hoary eagle]

literary every class has op af builds. Now if you mean minion druid vs minion other class, then witch or varashta would be better options. wolfs suck as of now. Well, going shaman but without wolfs, just standard minion setup is pretty good

[regal knot]

just in general I'm interested in both and don't know which would be easier to understand while i learn the game mechanics and everything

never played poe 1 so im new new

[hoary eagle]

shapeshifter druid is kinda rough in act 1. He just doesnt have all the tools to feel good. Act 2 onward he feels great and very strong. At least wolf does. I hear people complain about bear late game and wyvern becomes pretty good only late game. Witch on the other hand is a smooth sailing all the way through with plenty of options to level: essense drain/contagion, minions, fireball, etc. and it feels good from start to finish.
TLDR if you dont mind rough 1st hour or 2, druid is excellent "new kid on the block"
witch is a safe, tried and true option

[regal knot]

yeah after hearing that imma probably go witch just to learn then have druid as second char, ty for the help 🙂

[icy knoll]

Hi. Any idea why flame wall's ignite does not trigger explosion for skeletal sniper's gas arrow? I saw the ignite icon on the mob, but nothing happens. Played gas arrow build like 2 leagues ago, and I know it's supposed to explode.
The interesting thing is the mobs also missing the ignite visual effect on them, but maybe that's just me.

[prime venture]

Druid is good for some straight up combos. I’d say it’s a good starter. But if you think minions would be fun do that

[void helm]

does interlude npc uniques still reset everytime u level up?

[shy rover]

can someone explain how weapon set passives work for walking calamity?
I'm trying to do the thing where you get a ton of duration using weaponset passives but I'm not sure what exactly I need.
(like do I need another talisman for set 2, do I need to manually change weapon set in combat? etc)

[upper mauve]

dont really know where else to ask but has anyone seen or had issues with the first portion of the eye of hinekora causing crashes when you touch the well?

[arctic bobcat]

im trying to add a lesser jewellers orb to my shred but it dosent do anything

[dusky burrow]

level breakpoints

character level, that is

your 3rd socket comes at 36

[arctic bobcat]

ahhh okey thank you

its not weapon level right only character level ?

[dusky burrow]

character level yes, because it's from a martial weapon

[arctic bobcat]

ah gotcha tysm

[leaden swift]

What's this glow in the map ?

[upper cobalt]

wehre are the maps located in act 4 I cant find the last one 😭

[winged marten]

Okay I raised a bug https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3891590 I made an imgur album of me going through every single passive point quest/boss showing I didn't miss any and I don't have pending quest rewards, even re-killed all the bosses I could and they didn't drop the passives https://imgur.com/a/missing-passive-points-bug-ybG4Atk

[winged marten]

Kedge Bay, Shrike Island, Whakapanu Island, Isle of Kin.

[upper cobalt]

ive been to all except kin but its greyed out

[winged marten]

Could be a visual bug, try again, Isle of Kin map is super close to entrance anyway (wall follow to the right)

[upper cobalt]

close to what?

[hushed onyx]

How in the world do I access my atlas? I can't open the map device in my hideout and as far as I know I completed the interlude.

[hearty walrus]

all 3 interludes?

[winged marten]

entrance to the zone, i.e. close to where Kanu drops you off from the main ship

[hushed onyx]

yeah there is no more quests for them they all say complete

[hearty walrus]

did you talk to sin in act 4 afterwards?

[hushed onyx]

I dont even see Sin on the map

[winged marten]

He's in Act 4 town, his dialogue takes you to Ziggurat Refuge

[hushed onyx]

Lmao im so dumb got it figured out thanks

[pure thistle]

i've killed the Mastodon twice in act 2 and it will not drop me the tusks i need for the quest, i've restart the game after the first time, any idea what i should do?

quite literally can't progress without them lol otherwise i wouldn't be too worried

[mellow thistle]

i figured out i wanna make a minion build but i don't know what class to use apparently druid, witch, sorceress, lich can all use minion, but what class excels at using minion to best? there are soooooooo many pre nerf, post nerf, changed skill tree, e.c.t its a lot to take in and i just wanna know what's the best minion build currently as of today.

[forest ridge]

Hey if I do first trial and want to respec the points once I do second trial I only need to do the trial of chaos once right

I can just talk to the guy respec first 2 points and then the alter to have 4 total to spec right?

[violet hinge]

You want to change your ascendancy?

[forest ridge]

no just respec the first 2 points I spend

[violet hinge]

Just respec them

Its 5x expensive as normal points

[quick pike]

you can respec ascendancy points from the hooded one

[forest ridge]

I thought you had to redo the trial

or is that just to change

[quick pike]

you redo trial if you want another ascendancy

[forest ridge]

ah ok

I've never actually had to respec an ascendancy yet

[hybrid plinth]

for my weapon set it says 7 (24) but i can only allocate 2 points? and when i count it out i only have 17 points for the weapon skill so i should have 7 to allocate

[quick pike]

you get 24 points you can put normally or assign 24 to each weapon https://maxroll.gg/poe2/resources/poe-2-passive-tree-and-dual-specialization#weapon-specialization-header

[hybrid plinth]

hmm so i assigned a weapon skill point as a normal one? is there any way to see which node is using up a weapon set point

[quick pike]

you get 24 normal skill points from quest , you can use them normally or just use the as weapon skill points but they are normal skill points ,if you want to use for weapons you must respec any passive points first

[inner wedge]

is poe 2 free to play already?

[long solstice]

best sorc ascendancy is best rn?

[quick pike]

no , at release it will be f2p , now you need to buy a 30$ early access pack and you get 300 mtx points but even when it goes f2p if you don't have stash tabs from poe1 you will need some

[inner wedge]

so i need progress from poe1

to play poe2?

[quick pike]

the new one is really good the disciple of varashta , I'm playing it

[quick pike]

no , the way it works if you've played poe1 and bought stash tabs and mtx you will get them for free in poe2 , so you don't have to buy them again in poe2

[inner wedge]

oohh ok

[quick pike]

to play poe2 you need a supporter pack like this https://pathofexile2.com/purchase

one with Path of Exile 2 Early Access or Path of Exile 2 Key

[inner wedge]

so its mandtory to have it

[quick pike]

poe2 release is like 1 year away

[inner wedge]

they say 2025 lol

like at the end of 2025

[quick pike]

they really want it released by the end of 2026

[inner wedge]

bruh

really?

[quick pike]

they need to finish the campaign have a lot more classes released , next league is a big endgame rework too

[inner wedge]

damn dude

thanks for the info

[quick pike]

but yeah if you enjoy poe2 even if it's f2p you still need to spend some $ on stash tabs , you only get 4 of them for free , poe1-2 are more like free to try and spend 30-60 $

[inner wedge]

i enjoy poe 1 alot

so probably gonna enjoy 2 aswell

[quick pike]

same I have 5000h in poe1 and 700 in poe2 , poe2 combat feel is amazing , way better campaign but the endgame right now is not that good

[inner wedge]

5k? lol i only have 300h

[quick pike]

first 2000h are like the tutorial 😄

do you have stash tabs in poe1?

[inner wedge]

no i was full free to play

i sell so many thing bc of lack of space and got confuse for not having stash tabs

[grand wing]

how do i get back to the ziggurate refuge?

ok gotta talk to doryani in hideout

[obsidian forge]

30 in poe1 (it was a long campaign) and 2k in poe2 here

[quick pike]

nice, I would have more than 700 h in poe2 but I'm not a fan of how the endgame is right now , poe1 has the best endgame

[obsidian forge]

damn, almost every poe1 player has a problem with something which could be the best part about poe2, I find it so weird

[gaunt bluff]

How can I change my Stash skin. I checked in cosmetics tab can’t find it

[crude girder]

Early Game Galvanic Shards doesn't feel great.

Hi all,
I'm a newer player to POE2. First character was a bleed Amazon and this season I decided to do a lightning merc. Tons of people couldn't recommend the skill Galvanic Shards for clearing enough. For reference I'm midway through act 2 and I can't figure out why this skill feels so bad. In comparison to my Amazon by this point herald of blood was room clearing with almost 0 effort. This build is so much slower. Is it a skill issue? What supports should you use on this skill early? Did it get nerfed this update? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

[quick pike]

only the hideout one you can change , go to hideout edit ,decorations

[gaunt bluff]

Also I cannot carry over my stash items from other saved character/league into new league ?

[hybrid star]

nope

[gaunt bluff]

Thanks

[hybrid star]

they stay in standard

[quick pike]

not sure , but you could check https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/ruetoo-tactician-mirage

[fading bone]

kanu boss does not spawn it is bugged?

[scenic glade]

Does anyone know the solution to Akthi and Anundr not dropping the skill book. I remember that bug from over a year ago, but thought it was fixed. Appearently it's back

[vague mist]

talk to rani in town

Can you change a spectre that is already binded to a gem?

[scenic glade]

Thanks!! That was changed

[austere patrol]

how do you kill Azmadi the Faradun prince as a melee characteR????

he has like a quick slash upfront that removes 1500 life instantly

[urban zodiac]

Any good skill gem farms in act 1?

[ionic shore]

does atziri's temple close if i portal back to town? i want to bring some stuff for the workbenches but dunno if i'll be able to rejoin

[hollow surge]

Wanna start a new character from start anyone wanna start playing together?

[queen jungle]

#2┃looking-for-group

[feral stratus]

is getting carried in an asc trial doable at low levels

[daring dragon]

Yes

[feral stratus]

alright, thansk

[heady minnow]

Do you still have to do campaign twice in poe to get to end game? act 1 2 3 and then again? Or how does this work now 🙂

[daring dragon]

No

You do act 1-4 and then 3 small temporary new acts called interludes.

[quick pike]

there was a bug with that but they've fixed it,not sure if it works, haven't tested it

[scenic glade]

Guys I feel like such a total noob, but how the heck do you do that azmadi fight as a melee. Just getting killed over and over again

[quick pike]

what build are you playing , ppl are killing him on melee characters

[austere patrol]

after 34 tries on a melee char, i got him - its literally just remembering all his moves to the exact detail. the two moves you can safely attack him from behind is when he creates the golden ring and when he charges up one line slash

[hollow hemlock]

question for the devs:
why are the loading times on act 3 so significantly higher than in the other acts?

[austere patrol]

never experienced it alongside my friends - we're all SEA though

[hollow hemlock]

how can i adress it and what infos should be provided?

[scenic glade]

nBiggest problem is where he goes invisible and then does insta kill on a short range. If I happen to be attack then I'm just done. The only time I managed to get close I got the bug where he totally disappears from the arena

[quick pike]

try to delete the shader cache in appdata-roaming-poe2 folder and see if that helps

someone fixed it here https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExile2/comments/1pl9p9c/anyone_else_having_extremely_long_loading_screens/ the 5th comment

[mental horizon]

Poe 2 when there’s a couple circles in maps and u can went there and clear rooms,after clearing rooms it’s impossible to went out by one click i have to spam it couple times to get out

Since last updated

Anyone else also having issues to get out from lost tample I’m always pressing like 10 times to get out from there

[austere patrol]

oh yeah i died 33 times to that bull - he does that right after either

• the triple sword slash move
• the boomerang sword move
• immediately after the big sword move
• immediately after any of the long channel moves

you just stand far and he'll do it either only once or twice then go back in - he can't do it more than that, he needs to channel something else before doing that move again

when he holds the sword really high up and holds for like 2 seconds, hit him a lot from behind

then once he slams, run away

keep running until u see that same move again

[scenic glade]

Thanks for the help. Just did it. You were right don't attack in the openings, but wait till you know what he's going to do.

[austere patrol]

nice

[austere patrol]

i hate hate hate that boss, only boss in the campaign with the ONLY super slow walk animation cutscene

game punishes you hard for failing it

[scenic glade]

If this is a prelude for the trials ..... No idea how I'm going to do those

[austere patrol]

like u gotta do that walk of shame

every other boss after that is a cakewalk

the next time you'll meet that same boss is in an endgame map

so dont sweat it

[scenic glade]

😄 Phew. Well hate the trials in general but with losing honour for even trying to attack something up close. ..

[austere patrol]

oh yeah just do trials of chaos to save your sanity or stack up 75% honour resistance and avoid gauntlet rooms

[scenic glade]

Are trials of chaos possible that high a level? I usually have trouble there with 20 overlapping nasty debuffs

[hollow hemlock]

can i delete other subfolders as well?

[quick pike]

not sure , I only delete the shader cache

deleting other stuff might mess with your settings

are you on nvidia ? you can do this too =nvidia control panel, click manage 3d settings and search "power management mode" and set it to "prefer maximum performance" , I just changed it too , I have this problem where my game goes into low performance and it's suck to 40 fps instead of 80-100+

[hollow hemlock]

i have a pretty beefy pc
everything max out 4k 120fps no issues

just some longer loading times

[silent imp]

i have made a new character with my friend but we arent getting any invites when we invite each other to a party (im on playstation)

[daring dragon]

There should be an error message when you try to invite, what does it say?

[silent imp]

there is no error message

[daring dragon]

There should be tho

Have u checked the chat?

[zinc night]

Hey, anyone know what the two circles above the picture means?

[silent imp]

doesnt say anything

[daring dragon]

Tried a relog?

And check settings for possible cross play settings invade he is on another platform.

[coral gorge]

So I haven't bought the game yet. But was wondering if I could use a build that was last updated in April. It's the minion army infernalist for the witch. It sounds awesome.

[daring dragon]

Might be the runes in the item

[zinc night]

I haven't played since 0.1, are they from a different type of rune?

Like new updates allows different sockets?

[coral gorge]

I'll be using maxroll for builds because I'm familiar with that one and mobalytics kept directing me to maxroll anyways.

[daring dragon]

That entirely depends on the exact build and how exactly it got changed since then. A universal answer isn't possible. Generally it's not a good idea to use outdated builds and often they need to be adjusted to a certain degree or won't even work at all anymore

[quick pike]

check https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/minion-army-infernalist-build-guide , if you want to play a new minion build the sorceress summoner is really good https://www.poe-vault.com/poe2/sorceress/disciple-of-varashta/djinn-minion-leveling-guide

[daring dragon]

Have you tried clicking or hovering them?

[coral gorge]

The flame one is the one I was referring to. Minion army infernalist. Lol

[zinc night]

Yeah, I'm just on the trade website right now https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Fate of the Vaal/V5neJrKlsp

[coral gorge]

That's what I was afraid of. Lol I remember you from D4 btw.

[zinc night]

I'm looking in currency shop for something that resembles the symbol

[daring dragon]

Don't worry then the guide above is up to date

[coral gorge]

Okay thank you!

[daring dragon]

I don't know all the new stuff that got added so I can't say if there are any new ones sry

[coral gorge]

The special effects alone in this game is what caught my interest. Looks way better than d4 imo.

The builds look nice too

[zinc night]

No worries, thanks

[daring dragon]

@zinc night It might be bonded runes from the shaman ascendancy

They maybe have their own icon

[zinc night]

Yeah, I did get it from the shaman

[coral gorge]

And apparently I was on the wrong minion army infernalist build earlier. Thank you guys!

[zinc night]

Ohhh, now that I look closer, the top left and right corners has the symbol

Problem solved 👍

[coral gorge]

So would any of those armor sets help me that come with the higher supporter packs? I'll be using the minion army infernalist build.

Or should I just play it safe and go with the $30 access.

I just went with the $30 because those supporter packs are probably to promote the druid anyways.

[heavy fable]

so does everybody have the problem that you can't get back into the Vaal Ruins after Doryani shows up? all my crafting benches wasted

[quick pike]

do you need a poe2 EA key ? only some packs come with the EA key

all armour is mtx and you can use it on any character

[heavy fable]

the armour is only cosmetic

[coral gorge]

Idk. I'm downloading the game through steam.

[queen jungle]

The armour sets don't give stats, they're jsut cosmetic

Skins

[coral gorge]

Did not know this game was over 100gb. Haha

[quick pike]

it's highly recommended to use the 300 or 600 points on stash tabs , there's a stash tab sale or 20% off in 1day 11 h , stash tabs like currency ,map are some of the most important , merchant too if you want to trade with the new async system

[coral gorge]

Ah okay. Well I made the right choice going with the $30 anyways. I'm only trying the out the game. I didn't like the first game but that was only because I didn't like the dated graphics. This game looks miles ahead of diablo 4. So I'm sold.

[heavy fable]

oh is the stash tab sale scheduled?

[queen jungle]

There's a sale every 2 weekends

[coral gorge]

Can stash tabs be bought with in game currency?

[quick pike]

only with the mtx points

[queen jungle]

nope, only their digital currency on the website

[quick pike]

you got 300 points from your EA pack

[coral gorge]

That might end up being a deal breaker for me not sure yet.

[hearty walrus]

any mtx you buy is applied to both games indefinitely

[wraith zenith]

What is happend with the map , its moveing to left

[heavy fable]

use your arrow keys

[coral gorge]

How much stash tabs can I get with 300 points?

[wraith zenith]

still moveing to left

[lament stone]

technically yes, but if you buy a higher tier you automatically get all the tiers below that unless you choose to upgrade from a lower tier, and the lowest tier you can upgrade from already has the early access key, so it doesnt matter which early access pack you get, you will get access

[heavy fable]

your left arrow must be stuck

[wraith zenith]

no

[coral gorge]

If stash becomes an issue later I might have to drop the game. Because using real money to buy stash tabs kinda feels greedy.

[quick pike]

poe1-2 are like free to try and then spend 30- 60 $ for stash tabs and done

[hearty walrus]

its one of the best monetization systems in the market tbh

[coral gorge]

Oh that's it???

[quick pike]

you're fine with 300 points from your 30$ pack , just wait for the 20% off in 1 day 11 h

[hearty walrus]

you buy stash once and you get those for every update forever. and for both games

[lament stone]

the essential tabs are less than 300 points if you get them during a stash tab sale

so its more like a $30 game with an extremely generous demo

[coral gorge]

Well I didn't know it would be cheap like you said. Haha I was definitely thinking it would be one of those continuous things you would have to keep buying more of. 🤣

[lament stone]

you can get away with not getting those "essential" tabs if you know what youre doing, but currency and map tabs are way too much qol

[hearty walrus]

ggg are actually good devs

[lament stone]

merchant tab just makes selling thing really easy, but there is also the option of making forum posts to list things on the trade website

[coral gorge]

That is what I'm hearing. Unlike blizzard. 🤣

[modest birch]

I m in act 4 somehow
Dont know how i reached there! 🤣
Dont understand a thing

[coral gorge]

This gives me hope.

I still don't understand diablo 4's mechanics. Haha

Wished this game would hurry and download.

I'm ready to play already

[peak basin]

Every league ur stash is new and u keep all of em that u had before. Any cosmetic u buy u get same amount of coins as if u would buy only coins

[modest birch]

On the passive tree i m just going damage
And the armour and ER gears upto my max level if i get one somehow drop in acts or checking vendors after level up!

Thats it
I dont know when i should use my exalt orbs or how to craft a gear what is optimum what is not

[coral gorge]

Now that is interesting. Thank you!

[peak basin]

Look up some guides

[modest birch]

Whats the point of new player experience then

[peak basin]

The game gets fun once u start to understand the buildmaking

[coral gorge]

I'll be following a build guide on maxroll.

[peak basin]

It's a game 2 so you should've started with poe1 if you were a new player (joking)

[peak basin]

Go to mobalytics and look up current league builds, new patches changed the build you want to run a bit

[coral gorge]

I'll never understand build making. I been playing diablo 4 since early access and I still don't understand how to create builds on the game.

[peak basin]

Well I am EU player today evening I can hop on VC

[warm echo]

I see it in the following way: A new player should both experiment as well as look at a guide. Ideally in PoB to understand how damage works. but they should also experiment themselves to get a feel for what they like to play.

[modest birch]

I m a soulslike lover so the boss fights looked great and i bought it impulsively

[coral gorge]

My ADHD will not allow this and it makes me nervous.

[peak basin]

Well one important thing I recommend guides for is to understands that u have to max out defence before maxing out dsmage

U need to max out ur ele res

100%

[modest birch]

Seems like i have to as i m feeling stucked/dying faster

[peak basin]

Ofc only after prelude

[peak basin]

It's far from soulslikes 😂

[warm echo]

but I will never say that as a new player you should only play with guides

[coral gorge]

Can I play with controller?

[modest birch]

Wish i had this much time!
Can play 2 hours max a day so yea
On the weekend i grinded for long still in act 4 tho XD

[deft nexus]

Does character skin work on diff classes?

[peak basin]

Yes Samuel

I'm already making a 2nd build

[coral gorge]

I would use mouse and key board but I'm always losing sight of where my mouse arrow is and it bugs the hell out of me. Haha

[modest birch]

Yea those campaigns boss look great in videos
But in endgame its just run and kill without even seeing enemy or what killed you

[deft nexus]

So I don’t have to be a female spec anymore?

Sorc

[peak basin]

Exactly

[peak basin]

Well get used to it, it ain't that hard xD

[warm echo]

on the one hand, I am a bit of a Veteran of PoE (I reached t15 once) on the other hand, I am also not done with the Interludes (unofficially act 5) so no worries there. I also looooove to experiment

[deft nexus]

Does it change so that my sorc has Druid form when wearing armour?

[daring dragon]

Skins are not related to the classes gender

[peak basin]

I reached T17 🙏🏻

[deft nexus]

They aren’t?

Damn

[warm echo]

the forms are tied to talismans

[coral gorge]

Um I played with m+k for years and it's still an occuring issue and one of the top reasons why I die in games like this.

[peak basin]

T15 once is not a veteran, I've gotten to t17 once

[coral gorge]

I don't accidently hit buttons on a controller either.

[peak basin]

Ah okay makes sense

T18 maps is where it gets fun

[warm echo]

wait, they implemented maps above t15 or are you pulling my leg? (they still got my soul)

[peak basin]

Corrupt t15 to get t16

[coral gorge]

How does difficulty work?

[peak basin]

T17 is corrupted t16 and corrupted map modifier

T18 is both above + irradiated

[hearty walrus]

areas have a level

[peak basin]

Or for t17 u can run t16+irradiated

[coral gorge]

Finally it installed.

[peak basin]

Mob levels basically, that's it

[warm echo]

difficulty= mob level and resist penalties

[hearty walrus]

endgame areas have levels too, but you can modify them for more difficulty and reward

[peak basin]

Yeah

It's mainly mob level

[copper spindle]

any idea why i cant turn this on?

[peak basin]

I'd suggest go to mobalytics and look at some STARTER builds

[peak basin]

Try right click weapon set in your inventory to lock it and then see

[warm echo]

hey, that spoils level 2 (jokingly)

[peak basin]

level 2?

[coral gorge]

Is this normal? My AMD drivers last updated December 11th.

[warm echo]

the skillmangroove reaction

[peak basin]

Can happen sometimes, just keep em updated

[coral gorge]

Yeah I checked there is no more updates.

[lament stone]

no, you want to downgrade amd drivers

[coral gorge]

I have a 7900xt too.

[lament stone]

the latest versions cause slow load times

[peak basin]

Idk I am not on amd

[peak basin]

Read DMs

[sweet sun]

do we know when we will get tabs on discount

or its mystery always

[ripe cape]

its on a rotation usually.
so soonish?

[sweet sun]

so we dont know?

[lament stone]

its usually every 3 weeks or 1 week after league start

so next sale should start this weekend

[sweet sun]

is it for all tabs?

[lament stone]

yes

[sweet sun]

and how big is it?

[lament stone]

like 20-30%

[sweet sun]

thansk!

[lament stone]

its always the same discount every time so you can check the wiki to see exact numbers

[quick pike]

1 day 11 h , poe2db has a timer

[coral gorge]

Where can I find those builds that actually tell you every step you should take and what gear to look for from the moment you start playing? It was very detailed. This was like 6 years ago when I put in a few hours on poe 1. Maxroll and mobalytics seem to skip a lot and I'm so confused. I'm still at the character select.

[sweet sun]

Do u need those Delirium/Essence/augment/ritual tabs?

[peak basin]

ill write u something in dms now

[sweet sun]

augment looks nice I guess

[quick pike]

not really , the augment tab is nice ,the gem tab is nice is probably better , there are a lot of gems

[compact plank]

Hi guys
Im playing an invoker build, i use combat frenzy and the passiv to convert frenzy to power charge for a bunch of spells
Someone knows why i cant get any power charge this way against bosses ? Was working back in 0.2

[sweet sun]

well I have curency and gem tab also have that premium quad which is useless now... and I will buy map and merchant x1 on discount and I will have 40 coins left

so was thinking one of those delirium/esseence/augment/ritual or second merchant

delirium seems useless its actually not many items

[quick pike]

how many normal tabs do you have ,overall I would go with currency,map,gem ,merchant and some normal tabs

[peak basin]

Read both skills

[sweet sun]

4 normal standard ones and one quad

so like 8 I guess

[peak basin]

I have 5 quads 3 currency 5 merchants, 1 map 1 gem 1 of each others

And maybe 5 premium

[sweet sun]

3 curency?

[peak basin]

[compact plank]

I did bro ☠️ combat frenzy says that whenever i freeze, electrocute or pin, i should gain a frenzy charge (there's a cd) and the passiv just give me power charges instead

[peak basin]

There was a time I bought it to have 3 times one mirror

[sweet sun]

just $ it no?

[peak basin]

Just run cast on crit profane ritual or hand of chayula with charge regulation

Or the one that gets charges for kills

[lament stone]

did you take the resonance keystone on the tree without reading what it does?

[peak basin]

He cannot electrocute or freeze enemies

I think thats his problem

[lament stone]

no, his problem is that hes gaining power charges instead of frenzy charges

[peak basin]

He needs power charges

[peak basin]

.

[lament stone]

oh i see that now

what are you using to freeze, electrocute or pin enemies?

remember electrocute is not shock, they are different things

[peak basin]

it would give him only one charge too

[coral gorge]

Do I need a item filter?

[peak basin]

Not really we can sort it out later

Just take big number

Big number=good

[opal shuttle]

Heyo
Are stash tabs worth buying and if so what would i get with the 300?

[peak basin]

Wait for sale

currency, merchant, maps, quad

Rest u can do whatever

[quick pike]

sale in 1day 11 h

[opal shuttle]

Howd you get that info?

[opal shuttle]

Whats merchant and quad

[coral gorge]

So If I want to play solo I play ssf fate of the vaal?

[hearty walrus]

we don't recommend ssf

because it means no trading

[coral gorge]

Oh. I can still play solo right? I never traded in diablo 4.

[quick pike]

you can migrate the character from ssf to trade if you want

[hearty walrus]

almost everyone plays solo anyway

[coral gorge]

I found trading cheating. Lol

To me.

[hearty walrus]

there's nothing in the game that requires a group

[coral gorge]

Okay good.

[hearty walrus]

and you won't see random people around except in towns

[coral gorge]

So just normal fate of the vaal. What is fate of the vaal?

[hearty walrus]

the current temporary league

[coral gorge]

Temporary?

[hearty walrus]

leagues are like seasons

[peak basin]

Its a season yeah

[coral gorge]

Maybe I should pick standard starting out?

[warm echo]

no

[peak basin]

Not worth

League=fun

[coral gorge]

Okay.

[peak basin]

And it started 5 days ago

[hearty walrus]

no reason not to play the league

[peak basin]

6

[lament stone]

the new league mechanic is only available in the current league

[warm echo]

League is standard+new mechanic

[peak basin]

Flicker enjoyer<3

[coral gorge]

Um I thought I could play solo?

[peak basin]

U can yeah?

Oh no there is no pure singleplayer

[coral gorge]

Why does it matter if the name is taken?

[peak basin]

Nothing

Name means nothing

[coral gorge]

Says a character with this name already exists.

[hollow elk]

I also have a q about leagues. I read they get merged into default when they end. So, all items and equipment get transferred into my standard stash, and my character goes into standard world as well?

[peak basin]

Someone has that name taken

U can have multiple characters with different names

[warm echo]

you still have chat in there

[peak basin]

Yeah I just have weird names

[coral gorge]

I guess I'll just type a bunch of random letters then

[hearty walrus]

the game is online only

[peak basin]

My current monk is DizzyCat (I play whirling)

[warm echo]

always valid (but might get you muted by happenstance)

[coral gorge]

Yeah diablo 4 is too which I find odd.

[peak basin]

Mmos

[hearty walrus]

yes

[coral gorge]

But this isnt a mmo

[peak basin]

Yeah they get moved

Arpg sorry

But it's online game

I mean you can just play alone the whole time with 0 problems

[coral gorge]

I'm saying it's the same for D4. I use the same name for all my characters. 🤣

[hollow elk]

Ok thanks guys 🙂 so basically if I find a great spear, I can give it to my huntress in standard once the league ends?

[peak basin]

Ah here one name ever

[peak basin]

Yeah you can

[hollow elk]

Ty!

[coral gorge]

Now I'm gonna be here for hours trying to come up with a name. Lol

[peak basin]

I usually give away all my gear

[peak basin]

Just write anything funny tbhp

[warm echo]

"YIsLilithtaken"

[coral gorge]

Yls?

[hollow elk]

Why is

[warm echo]

Why is

[coral gorge]

Lol

[peak basin]

y is

[hollow elk]

It seems druid wolf goes crazy but has some defense issues from what Ive read. How are the bear builds doing? Are they pounding yet?

[daring dragon]

Amazing

[warm echo]

there exists a lvl 91 Shaman on HC with apparnetly a bear build. If that answers your question

[hollow elk]

I'm a newb so I can't really judge that. But it sounds like a yes. HC is hardcore?

[coral gorge]

MaterDaemoniorum worked!

[modest birch]

In HC u die once all ur progress gone
So most of the time people just press ESC and respawn or log in again XD

[hollow elk]

Are there other ways to tune difficulty? In some video I saw a guy recommending to do a boss on hard difficulty to get better drops or permanent bonus but I don't know how lol

[coral gorge]

Now that's a kickass latin name.

[hearty walrus]

not in the campaign

[warm echo]

what class you playing?

[hollow elk]

Ok.. Where else though? Just trying to understand

[modest birch]

End game maps
U can juice ur maps accordingly to farm or get better drops

[heavy fable]

you can do the endgame bosses with different numbers of splinters to tune them

[hollow elk]

Aah ty

[crude lagoon]

what do they drop?? I killed them 2 times now and nothing of interest drops except Equipment?

[hybrid star]

try talking to a npc in town for a book of specialization

[warm echo]

you need to go baclk to town

[crude lagoon]

shoudlve known myself 😂 thanks

[hollow elk]

Got another newbie q for y'all: so I am finishing act 1 and found two orange items with (seems to me) insane stats, I wear them ofc. Will they still be UP in a few levels in mid act 2 just because of level progression or can you find "generally great" items that will always be great?

[trim turret]

You use uniques for the stats they provide that you can't get anywhere else, if your build needs them. Rares will end up being better in most cases.

Uniques don't scale. Their stats are their stats.

[crude lagoon]

jeez.. and where is that one supposed to be? The Maps MUST always be 64km² x 64km² big or what? xD

I've ran through the whole Map now and I didnt find it

[trim turret]

It's a small little cave off to the side. Just run aling the outer edge.

[coral gorge]

This game is much easier than poe1

[hollow elk]

Oh wow I didn't know that. So then uniques are very strong early (because of static stats) and MIGHT be good later but generally the scaling will let rares take over?

[crude lagoon]

is it optional? in terms of: "it does give equipment onlyz

[trim turret]

Correct.

[trim turret]

Anything with a + symbol is a permanent character upgrade.

[hollow elk]

Thanks a ton

[trim turret]

Its also about what is actually on the uniques. A lot of people see orange and assume better but it doesn't work like that.

[crude lagoon]

found it thanks... jeez

[hollow elk]

Yeah okay. There are so many stats, I'm still mostly confused, but I get it

This chat room is invaluable

[crude lagoon]

are they permanent choices?

[hybrid star]

you can change later

[warm echo]

no, you can change it

[crude lagoon]

at cost? or freely? ^^

[warm echo]

free

[crude lagoon]

ty ❤️

[wet saffron]

any good uniques here?

[valid sky]

Anyone has an idea why my blasphemy doesnt apply its effect on mobs?
I have enough int for both blasphemy and the curse
Map doesnt have curse immunity nor less auras/curses mods
I have enough spirit
I have its animation rotating around my character

but it doesnt apply anything

[trim turret]

Is the curse high enough level? I think monsters that are too high make them immune to lower level curses.

[valid sky]

it doesnt work on any map

and I'm trying different level curses too

from lowest to highest

it just doesnt

[trim turret]

Read the curse and see what level of monsters it affects.

[valid sky]

you can see its animation working

it says not above level 76

I'm in 75 lvl map

[opal bobcat]

What does this orange aura around a map icon mean?

[heavy fable]

is anybody else playing shapeshifter having bad problems with small spaces? i'm having this issues where i get wedged in and can't attack anymore...it's like there isn't enough space for the animation to play...also with many bosses they end up wedged in a corner and i can't dodge them anymore...i constantly have to kite them out to the middle of the arena

[faint umbra]

for quick levelling of sorceress any good low tier unqiues?

[weak night]

hey all, i have 40 available spirit but when i place a gem that reserves only 30, the skill says not enough spirit?

[plain hearth]

If anyone needs help with bosses up to act 4 lemme know

[plain hearth]

Do you have support gems in it? Something that you can add will sometimes make it cost more spirit

[thin panther]

Can i undo a support gem thing?

[plain hearth]

You can’t unselect it no. Do you need a new one?

[weak night]

nope, no support gems

[copper bear]

If I am trying to freeze a boss, does an ally using fire skills (or their minions) remove that freeze buildup?

[hearty walrus]

no

[plain hearth]

Negative

[copper bear]

sweet. Thanks

[plain hearth]

Hmm. Mind sending a picture?

Which spirit gem are you using?

[still jacinth]

Is it smart to not play my lvl2 druid rn and go to a ranger while smarter people than me can come up with better and more systematic builds ?

Coz the current build seems very confusing and i am lost

And i don't have much time to play

[weak night]

i have time of need active. i'd like to use herald of ash as well and i have 40 available spirit

herald of ash requires 30

[plain hearth]

Try equipping it and show me the error you get

[weak night]

herald of ash? just says needs more spirit

[glad pine]

can you still get the hip attachment and level up effect microtransactons from playing thru act 1?

[quick pike]

that was only for the free weekend

[glad pine]

ty

[zenith umbra]

can anyone help me understand this new league mechanic . everytime I open a new portal and select the temple then open it and enter it tells me temple complete and its the same room everytime is this normal?

[quick pike]

once you complete it , you must find 6 more circles in zones

[zenith umbra]

yea I understand that im talking about after I find the 6th portal then enter

I select the path then open the temple and after I enter it says temple complete without me doing anything

and I get nothing out of it

[heavy fable]

are you using this?

cuz that would be why

[weak night]

that was it! thank you

[compact plank]

Sorry i went outside, thanks for the tips ill try those

[compact plank]

I actually freeze enemies, even bosses, but i just dont get power charge when i freeze bosses idk why

[peak basin]

Hand of chayula with charges is better for bossing

[compact plank]

hand of chayula + sniper's mark socketed + charge regulation for the buff ?

Ill try

[feral stratus]

Do nodes such like "100% increased defenses on shield" affect shield skills damage?

[unborn lava]

they do not, unfortunately. Shield skills use the raw local stats from the shield, not your applied character stats which are derived from the item + passives.

[trim turret]

Do you not have rooms to place on the left side of the screen before opening the temple?

[zenith umbra]

I do

and I choose them

[trim turret]

And place them?

[gray elk]

So how do I go about getting more ascendancy points, do I just keep running trial

[trim turret]

Higher level trial keys.

[craggy gyro]

completely new to this game

any advice?

[gray elk]

Read your passives

[craggy gyro]

what

[trim turret]

Read everything.

Underlined words are keywords you can hold ALT and read. Read your skill gems. Read your items.

Figure out what things do and how they work together..

[gray elk]

Like the passive tree looks a little intimidating at first but it's really chill you just pick the stuff that works for you

[trim turret]

Get gear with life and resistances.

[craggy gyro]

ok

btw i saw a guide where mage is good but i wanna use swords?

are they bad?

[south sparrow]

Most important. Have fun. If you like the game, just enjoy the campaign and don't get frustrated.

[craggy gyro]

iam having fun

i usually play rpg story games this the the first online type game i actually liked

[trim turret]

Swords arent in the game. And you use the items that let you use your desired skills and buff them.

Wands and staffs buff spells.

[cunning light]

So uhhhow do i get 24. because i think the mist tome bugged out

[gray elk]

Oh right how come my resistances are so low when I have Insulating Hide and Bastion of the Forest and I'm a bear

[craggy gyro]

no like i understood u use gems but is swords as weapons good than staffs?

[gray elk]

No like there are no sword weapons

[craggy gyro]

oh

[cunning light]

am i fucked

[craggy gyro]

then what is this ceramic type dagger iam using?

[tame sable]

So I have the game since pretty early in the early acsses i didn’t get the chance to really dive in yet but with the new Druid update im thinking of giving a try is there any good Druid or mercenary builds i can try that’s good to start with ?

[south sparrow]

swords are coming, but not here yet

[cunning light]

?

[trim turret]

Dagger? Daggers aren't in yet either. You playing POE1 or POE2?

[gray elk]

I'm having a lot of fun with the bear but I heard plant druid and wyvern druid are really good

[cunning light]

im tryna get my 2 passives

[tame sable]

Plant Druid ?

[craggy gyro]

poe1

[trim turret]

#1┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[craggy gyro]

ohhhhhhhhh

[gray elk]

Yea druid gets some plant spells

[craggy gyro]

iam really sorry guys

[trim turret]

POE1 has swords but there's usually not much reason to use them with a spellcaster.

But it depends on the specific build.

[gray elk]

One of the top guys on NA HCSSF is running plant druid

[craggy gyro]

that channel seemed inactive so i thought everyone was here

[tame sable]

Umm yeah I’m down to give a Druid build a try any links to some builds I can check maybe ?

[zenith umbra]

yes

[hearty walrus]

it's inactive because this is a poe2 channel and a new poe2 league just came out

[gray elk]

Also is it ok to learn on HCSSF? I feel like the fear of losing my character stops me from playing stupid

[cunning light]

bump

[worthy summit]

Can someone help with janmara the abomination in leagues?

[trim turret]

#2┃looking-for-group and get some lightning res.

[worthy summit]

I don’t have much XD

[cunning light]

cheers in advance i hope i dont have to make a new character

[south timber]

You’re sure those are where the last two points you need come from?

[cunning light]

yeh

[paper kayak]

How does projectile acceleration III actually work? IT says that increases and reduction of projectile speed also applies to damage. But I don't see this damage in the tool tip.

[cunning light]

i did all the final ones

in the interlude

[plain hearth]

Anyone know why the blind beast isn’t giving the upgrade its supposed to?

[cunning light]

and i know how to get the 4 from acts 1-3

[south timber]

If you have all of the other passives except for those two then maybe submit a bug report

[south timber]

They moved those to another encounter

[cunning light]

how do i do that

[plain hearth]

Ok. So it saying that it’s not dead after I killed it is normal?

[south timber]

Forums would probably be the best way

[hearty walrus]

it means that any modifier/passive that says "increased projectile speed" will also give "increased damage"

[cunning light]

sadge

[south timber]

Yeah it’s a visual bug

[plain hearth]

Ok thanks. Just wanted to make sure

[south timber]

If you know you did it then it’s done

[paper kayak]

Yes and the support gem gives +40% speed but my damage is still the same in the tooltip. Removing/Adding the gem doesn't change anything other than the speed.

[hearty walrus]

it give "more" proj speed. not "increased"

[south timber]

And sorry I was mistaken they moved something else’s passives to blind beast

Can’t remember what it was because I didn’t play much before this league lul but I heard a lot of people talking about it in global

[paper kayak]

Lol. Wow. So how do I get increased speed? Just items?

[plain hearth]

According to the global chat it’s the blank greater rune. Just a visual bug for why it’s not disappearing after it died

[hearty walrus]

items, passives

[paper kayak]

thanks

[cunning light]

does that mean ive gotten the 2 points or no

[quick pike]

the ? is 5% max mana , you're missing that

[cunning light]

dont care about that idk

ive checked quests

i dont see any ive missed

[trail shadow]

Is there a good place to farm Djinn Baryas in Act 2?

[quick pike]

for , you can farm the quest trial ,if you don't finish it you can keep doing ,but if you did finish it , you can get low lvl ones too but it's rng

[cunning light]

yeh uhh i think its bugged

[quick pike]

in what way , can't talk to the npc ? did tujien tp to the zone ?

[cunning light]

tujin did tp but i think i died

[quick pike]

check the town

you could try to reset the zone too , ctrl+click on the zone entrance or waypoint

[autumn thorn]

do temple runs stack? If I put my rooms in, don't run the temple, then collect 6 more crystals, am I missing out on a run or can I do 2 runs?

[terse zenith]

Whats the best red alter buff? Movespeed?

[cunning light]

nothing

[quick pike]

what's the quest status for that zone

[cunning light]

it doesnt exist lol

says its completed but

thats the only quest i can think of

[quick pike]

that quest gives 2 passive points

[cunning light]

hmmm

[south timber]

Did you go and get the verisium to make the nails and use the nails on the statues

[cunning light]

yeh

[south timber]

Hmm weird

[cunning light]

do you by chance obtain 2 for getting to maps

[quick pike]

you get 2 for finishing the campaign

[cunning light]

i fucking knew it

i kept thinking in poe2 you didnt

i havent finished campaign

[peak basin]

Yeah that, I will send u ss

On CoC I use charge profusion 2

[thin panther]

What build do i follow for witch? I am still act 1. There are many on youtube. Is any build okay or do i need do a specific one?

[peak basin]

ascension?

[hearty walrus]

there's no 'one best build'

[peak basin]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/ronarray-minion-lich

I usually say this

It's simple

[thin panther]

I dont know what that is, i just started the game. Right now I have specter with contagion, unearth, sniper skeleton and fireball.
I am level 7

[quick pike]

if you want to play ED contagion , go witch if you want to play minions I highly recommend Sorc with the new ascendancy ,it's really good , just go to maps

[thin panther]

Do i need to start again for that?

[hearty walrus]

for sorc, yes

[tawny lava]

Can someone help me determine what I should be looking for on a weapon for plant druid? I don't quite understand the whole wand vs staff and what I need

[quick pike]

check https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/deadrabbit-spellcaster-druid

Wand or Staff with +1 to level of all physical gems ,even better if it has spell dmg or spell physical

[tawny lava]

Thank you I'll check it out

[quick pike]

check vendors every few lvls too , pick wands,staves from the ground , id them

[tawny lava]

I think I'm using a wand with spell damage or something , can't remember I'm at work

[quick pike]

craft on white/blue wands/staves with transmutation,aug

check https://poe2db.tw/us/Modifiers , wands, staves , check the ilvl breakpoint for + to physical/all spells

[south sparrow]

If you use Eternal Mark with Pounce, does that just give you 2 wolves per killed marked target or does it do something else? Or does that mean the mark is transfered to another enemy?

[thin panther]

Oh, id like to stay with witch and learn more than make new one!
I will follow this one, thank you!

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/ronarray-minion-lich

Last question, should I save orb of augmentation, transmutation and regal shard? Or should I use them on things?

[quick pike]

use them from time to time , I would use them on weapons , check the ilvl breakpoint here https://poe2db.tw/us/Wands#ModifiersCalc

ilvl 2 wands can get +1 to Level of all Chaos Spell Skills

at ilvl 18 you can get +2 all Chaos Spell Skills,at ilvl 36 +3 and so on

check vendors for wands too

[thin panther]

Oh got it, thank you!

[quick pike]

press alt to see the ilvl , req lvl is not the ilvl

[sinful lynx]

Guys i deafeated the guy on freytorn and the witch on act 3 but i still have 30 spirit why?

[dusky burrow]

did you pick up the gembloom skull(s)?

they drop the quest item and you have to use them

[sinful lynx]

Yeah , prob i picked but didnt use the one from the witch

But I dont have in the inventori

[dusky burrow]

you might have to do the fight again then

[sinful lynx]

I did no drop

[dusky burrow]

and you definetly got the spirit from the king in the mists?

[sinful lynx]

Yeah because i missed it and did it

But I checked and i have only 30 spirit

[echo sierra]

but why would you expect to have more? you get 30 from king in the mists, 30 from the witch in act 3 and 40 from interlude

[sinful lynx]

Maybe bc i have 30 spirit? And not 60?

As I said i done the witch

[echo sierra]

ah i didnt read that

you clicked the item the witch gave you then? when you did so with the act 1 boss

[sinful lynx]

I think so , she dont drop it again

As example now ive put a +46 amulet , but it says i have 53 spirit

[echo sierra]

are you by any chance a druid or did you skill "lord of the wilds"?

[sinful lynx]

Ohhh right

I forgot

[south sparrow]

omg, I forgot Azak Bog.

[cedar hamlet]

How do I get more support slots on my basic attack of the bear form?

[glad aurora]

quality of your talisman

[south sparrow]

It's tied to character level.

[gloomy silo]

Anyone know a good build to follow for ranger? I tried out the poisonburst arrow one but I could just not be doing it right lol

[glad aurora]

I have been lied to

[cedar hamlet]

thx

[gloomy silo]

One sec I can't remeber but its like a orb of alteration or sum

[gloomy silo]

Jewelers orbs

[cedar hamlet]

ye thats on the other skill gems but it doesnt work on this one, someone in general said level 35 for this one

and than 65 and 90

[gloomy silo]

Ahh sorry

[cedar hamlet]

np bro

[cedar hamlet]

I think the guy was wrong

[cedar hamlet]

im lvl 35 its still 2 so I think its tied to the weapon

[cedar junco]

Guys why doesnt ancestral cry work for talismans?

[gloomy silo]

Yea im not sure either all I can find online is either unset rings(dont know what that means) or using jewelers orbs is all I can find

[gloomy silo]

Yea i think you need unset rings not positive tho

Provides an extra skill gems socket

[copper spindle]

Can i pair up with someone to help me figure out why I cant turn on a spirit thing for 30 spirit? I cant figure it out but I can stream my game.

[quick pike]

https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Gem_socket#Skills_granted_by_items_and_passive_skills

[latent pecan]

Anyone know what do you need to upgrade a thaumaturge room?

[quick pike]

depends on the spirit gem , for instance heral of ash only works with martial weapons , if you're druid it wont work with a staff , press G and check > assign weapon only to tralisman

[snow sandal]

i want to play some sort of minion build, and i want to have a smooth experience, what should i do? how can i find a good guide to follow?

[quick pike]

say no more , go sorc Disciple of Varashta , it's super good , just got to maps and everything melts and I'm in ssf

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/dslily-varashta-djinn-sorceress

or ghazzy https://www.poe-vault.com/poe2/sorceress/disciple-of-varashta/djinn-minion-leveling-guide

[snow sandal]

i see ghazzy, im sold

[keen zephyr]

has warrior been improved since i last played back in the first server?

[trim turret]

Which improvements were you looking for?

[keen zephyr]

i cant remember anything i just remember warrior being pretty mid 11 months ago

[trim turret]

Definitely can be good and strong depending on build of course. Still slow. Slow but powerful.

[quick pike]

you can even go bear warrior

[trim turret]

Thats true too. Lot of new build archetypes. Saw a crossbow warrior a while back.

[opal shuttle]

If i leave this new Temple i have to create with own tiles
with a portal, can i then come back into it with the portal or will it be locked?

[quick pike]

you can leave and go back

[nova spruce]

Best way to get a low level unique (plaguefinger) ? Gambling ?

[still jacinth]

What is claw stab and how i get it

Its in the build guide

[quick pike]

it's this https://poe2db.tw/us/Claw_Stab but there are no claws in the game , what build guide are you using

[still jacinth]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/the-shapeshift-druid-leveling-guide

See skills act 1

[quick pike]

yeah that's weird ,both maxroll and ziggyd have good stuff , the claw stab might be a placeholder , ignore it

[quick pike]

ahh I know what it is , it's maul check in Skill Rotation , act 1 maul x2 ,it's just showed as claw

maul is the basic bear attack from the talisman

[still jacinth]

Ohhh ok

Thank you so much

I feel like the druid class is easy to play but also complicated at the same time

[heavy pendant]

question, just wondering how do you get uniques? is it completely random or are there ways to farm for specific ones?

[quick pike]

both random and some pinnacle bosses have their own uniquest that drop only from them

[tall iron]

Is abyss in act2 valley of titans bugged?

It doesnt close for me, map icon wont grey out / no chest or door spawned

[quick pike]

and there are no monsters ?

[tall iron]

No monsters no chest

[quick pike]

you could just reset the zone if you want to do the abyss , ctrl + click on the zone/waypoint

[marsh chasm]

WTF is going on with the ixchel's torment and Zerphi's Infamy? New Meta?

Their price was rocketed this morning

[waxen osprey]

how does poe2 calculate damage:
-when I cast comet and shapeshift into wolf, do I get bonus passive damage for being in wolf form from my passive tree (cause im in wolf form when the echo of the comet comes down) or not, because i wasnt in wolf form when casting the spell
-if I cast a dot, does the dot snapshot (snapshotting = when im buffed when creating the dot, the entire dot will be stronger for its duration, even if I loose the damage buff during the dot's duration)

[quick pike]

I don't think so https://maxroll.gg/poe2/getting-started/damage-scaling

[hollow elk]

I see many wolf builds using skills from other classes, like frost bomb or contagion. Would I be at a huge disadvantage if I would purely use wolf stuff?

[glad aurora]

Not really

you should not restrict yourself too much though

[sonic blade]

Is there a ranger/witch/sorceress build using druid plant skill and summons ?

[quick pike]

plant skill and summons on the same build not something that would really work well , plant is spell dmg/physical spells + to spell skills/ physical spells , summons is minion dmg + to minions

I'm playing the new sorceress Disciple of Varashta summoner build and it's amazing and the plant build is great too , works on druid,sorc , not sure on ranger

[sonic blade]

is that your own build or something that I can lookup ? its for my GF, she's into the druid plant stuff, not so much about the character himself lol

[quick pike]

this
https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/deadrabbit-spellcaster-druid?ws-ngf5-f7d82102-7e77-4a44-ad24-33b67e8ae7bf=activeVariantId%2Ce7749645-361f-4dee-9d0e-9731876bdf22

[sonic blade]

Its for druid oracle though ?

[heavy pendant]

so can they just drop from random enimies besides the boss specific ones?

is it worth trying to farm for some if I'm not in late game?

[quick pike]

il check for sorc

[wild fossil]

How do you unlock the abyss area to unveil desecrated items in 0.4? Still in campaign act 3

[solar sun]

can somsone help me with act 3 interlude boss please

[quick pike]

ok found by gorath a great build maker https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/37dv0ueq , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGLN_6WZRxY

[quick pike]

it's in act 2 mastodon badlands

[opal shuttle]

Which are the essentials

[sinful crown]

Is there an indicator on your character for when you can use a Glory skill? I keep forgetting...

[quick pike]

currency,map tab,merchant for the new trade , maybe gem there are a lot of gems

[opal shuttle]

Currency, map and merchant are 300 on sale

No, less

[sweet sun]

IF I take out that reward the trial will end yea?

[sinful crown]

you cant take it out

its just a preview reward for when you finish

[sweet sun]

yeah but when I finish there is a take reward button

[sinful crown]

yeah it drops everything

[sweet sun]

and trial is done cannot continue for points?

[quick pike]

the sale 20% off is in 1day 3h

[sinful crown]

idk honestly i dont do that trial so much

[sweet sun]

well lets try to finish this first and I will tell u

[opal shuttle]

Whats the difference between merchant and premium since you can sell in both?

[hearty walrus]

merchant allows asynchronous trading

[opal shuttle]

?

[sinful crown]

merchant is extremely important for trading

[lament stone]

buyers can buy things from merchant tabs without ever having to interact with you

[sinful crown]

you dont have to be online for trading

[hearty walrus]

with premium, they have to message you, you invite them to hideout, then invite them to trade

[opal shuttle]

For Premium i have to be online and actively participate in the trade?

[lament stone]

when someone buys something from a premium tab they have to whisper you and you have to invite them and trade the item to them

yes

[opal shuttle]

So for trading merchant is a must

[sweet sun]

it does ehhhhhh

do I want to continue or take 3 divs

[sinful crown]

3 divs pretty good

[sweet sun]

its double my curent divs so yeah I guess

[lament stone]

if you get really good rewards like that i would take them and do a new trial

[sinful crown]

but... next reward COULD be a mirror

[sweet sun]

next reward was some crap for foci

for 10/10

and 10/10 wont even give me ascendancy some secret room after 10 will give me 7/8 point I guess

and I dont know how hard it is so better to secure bag

[hollow elk]

are spirit gem drops random or progression-related?

[south timber]

In a lot of cases random, there are some quests/encounters that give them guaranteed

[abstract pine]

if u die on waystones on hardcore mode. going on standard?

[south timber]

If you die at all in hardcore you get moved to non-hardcore league (at least that’s the case in 1 and I’m assuming they’ve done the same in 2)

[austere atlas]

hi guys i haven't played the new update how's the druid? is it stronger than some other classes?? thx

[near jolt]

god i am dying in the campagin constantly and i am doing massive combo bs for a bloodmage> this sucks

[opal sierra]

repeat some of the older zones and level up; check the zone's level and compare to yours

repeat farm some mini bosses to get uniques if u dont have

[near jolt]

its seem like overleveling is not helping the build

[opal sierra]

what level are you right now ?

[near jolt]

~50ish. I just getting blow up and it is hell to get health at all. I got energy shield that does not recharge and I get stun lack and my button combo is spark -> frost bomb -> orb -> firewall -> sparks -> sparks -> thunder storm.

I am also blood mage so my health is going down a lot

even with the life remanaents + remenant health + camabalism and leech

[quick pike]

it is strong , if you play a shapeshifter you need a good weapon , something with flat dmg, flat lightning, % phys , there are alot of shapeshifting builds , warrior bear looks great , check dreamcore for that , the plant druid is really good too , you can water the plants, sorc works great for that too, goratha for sorc or deadrabbit1 for plant druid

[jade skiff]

what should a HC monk level as? seems like quarterstaff skills arern't any good until you get ice strike or storm wave... should I level as LA or ED/Contagion or maybe QS is ok and I've been doin it wrong.

[heavy pendant]

question, how can I change the attribute passives? I've heard you can change them without refunding them but I can't figure it out

[quick pike]

you can't without refunding

[near jolt]

this league is so bad right now ....

[opal sierra]

i have no clue about Bloodmage but i asked chatgpt lol maybe something will help you from this

[heavy pendant]

will it disconnect every stat connected to it?

[quick pike]

you go to the hooded one and click the attribute ,switch it

[sweet sun]

am I doomed? since I only dropped one -_- I didnt knew this 😢

[near jolt]

bruh. I would not ask chatgpt

[austere atlas]

thx

[heavy pendant]

thanks

[lament stone]

thats just bad info

[sweet sun]

can I somehow go buy them and reenter?

[opal sierra]

so what's the good info ?

[lament stone]

well not asking ai for a start

but using only 1 skill during the campaign is gonna make your damage shit

[opal sierra]

it says you have a Helpful role.. and you're not that helpful

[lament stone]

spells suffer much more from the combo thing

[hollow elk]

do you generally rather sell or disentchant rares that you dont need?

[lament stone]

as in using them outside of combos is worse

until much later on of course

[near jolt]

it used to be the thing until they made changes QwQ

[lament stone]

but with attacks generally you can just use default attack to solve damage

you can drop orb of storms

[hoary zenith]

Should I exchange a orb of annulment for exalts? Don't think I'm at a certain level where it can be useful for me

[lament stone]

or actually thunderstorm would be better to drop if youre not building around freeze

and just use orb of storms mostly to apply shock so your spark does more damage

frost bomb is still useful for infusions, but infusions arent fun to build around imo

[eternal gulch]

If I use druid, and werewolf ability, add a shield to my character, during werewolf transformation, will block chance be applied to werewolf form, and provide active block chance to my character in werewolf form, providing the same benefit as a shield in normal form?

Or do I need to be in normal druid form to benefit from a shield?

[lament stone]

and you need to make sure you have life and ele resists on all your gear

life and elemental resists are far more important than any other defensive stat you can get

also whats your source of leech?

[near jolt]

spells

[lament stone]

no whats the actual source

like the line of text that is giving you leech, where is it from

[near jolt]

bloodmage has 10% spell leech

[lament stone]

ok

[hollow elk]

better to disentchant or sell rares?

[lament stone]

just wanted to check that because thats the only place you can get spell leech

do you need gold or regals more?

[hollow elk]

... kinda both? xD i have 13k gold and 2 regals, in act 2 rn

[lament stone]

you cant equip a shield with a talisman, so you cant be transformed and have a shield

[eternal gulch]

No passive block?

[lament stone]

if there isnt any on talismans, no

and it doesnt look like there is any on talismans

[eternal gulch]

I found one that does

[near jolt]

my issue is that is rng. it is a pain there

[lament stone]

wait there are some, but it cant be scaled

[eternal gulch]

damn

[lament stone]

its 10-15%, but theres no block chance mods on talismans

[drowsy matrix]

hey! i keep dying, even in act 1 bcs either i have too less hp or too less armor, idk. im a lvl 14 druid and w 315 life, 20 shield and 208 mana. idk how to share builds and i also dont know what to do :/

[near jolt]

we do not have deterministic craft to enable that

[lament stone]

so youd have to scale block chance through tree, if there are even nodes that dont specify block chance with shields

[eternal gulch]

I found one with 30%, but I thought if you equip a shield, on druid, the base character, then it's gear stats apply to you in werewolf form? I guess that's not the case.

What stats apply to your werewolf form?

[lament stone]

no, a talisman is a 2 handed weapon, if you are transformed the only weapon you have equipped is a talisman

[eternal gulch]

From gear.

[lament stone]

all your stats from gear

[eternal gulch]

Not weapons I assume.

[lament stone]

you just cant equip a shield with a talisman

not from weapon swap no

only your currently held weapon set applies

which would be your talisman

[eternal gulch]

damn

okay thanks

[drowsy matrix]

@lament stone do you think you can help me out?

[sweet sun]

does this trigger after cast on critical cast a spell?

[lament stone]

that life amount sounds fine

so its probably resists if youre fighting a boss with a lot of elemental damage

or damage if youre getting swarmed before you can kill things

[drowsy matrix]

no im like dying on the overworld bcs there just tons of enemies i cant dodge out which deal damage. also, i often cant defeat them in time before they kill me 😭

is there smth i should do?

[lament stone]

so yea its damage

upgrade your weapon or skills if you can

you might also be using skills that are just bad

[drowsy matrix]

you can upgrade weapons...?

[lament stone]

by getting a new weapon and replacing your old one

[drowsy matrix]

well im using shockwave totem -> volcano -> frost bomb -> pounce -> build rage w maul and then gurious slam. but by the time that rotation is done im dead

[drowsy matrix]

oh ya ic

[lament stone]

youre trying to do too much

drop the totem and frost bomb

[drowsy matrix]

im trying what the guide tells me 😎

[lament stone]

thats for single target

not for clearing mobs

[drowsy matrix]

oh.

well maybe that explains a lot

ok so just volcano and then maul and then furious slam

[dusky burrow]

normally its just maul maul slam

[drowsy matrix]

alr ill see how that'll go. tysm!

[dusky burrow]

volcano becomes useless quite quickly

[south sparrow]

try maul + slam. you can get your rage up with maul to make your slam better.

[lament stone]

i wouldnt use frost bomb either

[drowsy matrix]

well the guide says that frost bombs i citate: "strips the resistances of enemies"

[lament stone]

since your bear attacks will probably be almost entirely phys damage

frost bomb is only useful if youre doing elemental damage

[drowsy matrix]

well but I also have fire attune on my furious slam

[orchid sonnet]

Are wyvern druids a thing or is everyone levelling as bear?

[drowsy matrix]

but anyway ig I’ll just shorten my rotation for normal mobs and see how the current build works w boss

[dusky burrow]

i swapped to wyvern quite comfortably in act 4, but you can probably do a lot earlier

[copper spindle]

Can i pair up with someone to help me figure out why I cant turn on a spirit thing for 30 spirit? I cant figure it out but I can stream my game.

[dusky burrow]

it just takes a second to get the skills for it to be good, instead of bear which can be slamming immediately

[orchid sonnet]

So maybe start out as bear until full wyvern skill set!

[dusky burrow]

yeah, that's what i did

[hollow elk]

how do I life leech with the wolf ? via items (x hp per kill) or with passive skills?

[dusky burrow]

it's a mod on weapons and on rings

there's also a rune for leech

also support gems can give leech

those are your primary sources of base leech

[heavy pendant]

question, so I'm having trouble with fast traveling. apparently I'm not able to fast travel within the ziggurat encampment even though I'm pretty sure I was able to in earlier patches. anyone know how I can fix this?

[hollow elk]

oooh that was important to know, thanks!

[quick pike]

what do you mean , are you stuck with the sacrificial heart in inventory ?

[heavy pendant]

nope portals are just disabled

[nimble flower]

When do you get the first compaign reward decision? it says my choice should be charges in my guide but i cant remember picking anything

[trim turret]

Charges for charms? Act 2.

[nimble flower]

can i revert my decision somewhere?

[quick pike]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/getting-started/permanent-stats-from-campaign

the act 2 charm things , yes , some others no

[nimble flower]

so my last question is my guide is vague if by "charges" it mains charges gained or effect duration

[quick pike]

Charges gained

[nimble flower]

thank you

unlike poe 1 guides my poe 2 guide does not indicate how much to level each skill gem is the rule of thumb to get all of them to max?

[lament stone]

yea, outside of mana cost theres less of a reason to keep lower level gems

but theres also the fact that stuff like curses have maximum limits on the level of enemies they can apply to to prevent you keeping it low level to keep mana costs down

[languid sundial]

running lord of the wilds, and have a sceptre with 154 spirit, for a total of 92 after the reduction form lotw. so why can i not equip herald of ash and savage fury at the same time? they both have a reservation of 30 spirit each

[drowsy matrix]

should i switch the right gear w the left gear? if so, what makes the left gear better?

[south sparrow]

It also doubles reservation of skills.

[manic smelt]

is spark just bad and slow in the campaign? even with upgrades, clear feels not good and the improvements are very tiny 🙁

[languid sundial]

wtf is that. it halves your spirit AND doubles reservation

[south sparrow]

Yeah, high price.

[languid sundial]

thanks for the help tho i appreciate it

[south sparrow]

You can put savage fury on weapon set 2 if set 1 is duplicated, but this is probably a bug and will be fixed.

[quick pike]

left has life and some energy shield , right is better for attacks

[languid sundial]

i dont understand why this build even had me push for this, i could just wait until act 3 and have enough spirit for both anyways smh

[drowsy matrix]

Ah ic Alr

[south sparrow]

If you are doing it for malice, it won't matter until you get good crit chance/dmg

[languid sundial]

yeah for malice. ive been away for too long ig thanks for the help

[rose burrow]

just opened a Vaal temple and i try to enter and it says: "disconnected from server"

any way to fix this?

[copper spindle]

Can i please pair up with someone to help me figure out why I cant turn on a spirit thing for 30 spirit? I cant figure it out but I can stream my game.

[south sparrow]

Do you have Lord of the Wilds keystone?

[hard blade]

Is this good? Ohh it got rid of accuracy stat that was on it

I might have crafted a perfect early druid leveling item

[quick pike]

good for a few levels

[south sparrow]

That mod you picked only increases elemental damage you already have. So unless you have a good amount it won't do a ton.

[chilly nebula]

I'm near the end of act three, where is alva or is there someone else I can gamble items from?

[quick pike]

next to the fountain there's some stairs go down

[south sparrow]

That new girl that you rescued has it.

[unreal leaf]

is the lady ghost in the cemetary usually a pain to beat?

[hearty walrus]

no

[sinful crown]

Blind Beast doesn't drop skill book anymore?

[unreal leaf]

well she was this time XD took about 10 tries

[hearty walrus]

that was moved to the delirium island

[sinful crown]

i see

thanks

[buoyant stag]

what happened here

[trim turret]

Prioritize life and resists on gear, look for better weapons, make sure your early support gems are straight DPS increases as opposed to utility or QOL. Don't be afraid to use early currency on gear. Transmutes and augments.

[rose burrow]

how do you get corpse info when hovering?

[unreal leaf]

well, i managed to beat her, took like 10 tries, was starting to annoy me, also didn't help i didn't have all of my skill slots filled, added in some extra damage

[waxen osprey]

so I want to respec my ascendency and im in the sekhema room with the altar, however i dont have enough gold - is there any way to get enough gold, e.g. leaving and returning without it resetting?

[dusky burrow]

can you vendor stuff to balbala? you have your stash

[waxen osprey]

no, i cant sell anything to her, already tried that

[rose burrow]

I see the corpses highlighting in blue, but no unit frame info (like name of corpse, etc). how do i get that info?

oh you have ot use the skill gem and then they show up

odd ok

[orchid sonnet]

Going through the first few maps as a bear druid but is it me or are they VERY very squishy? (At least at first i guess?) I have many close calls and find I need to dpam my health pot… often

[dire solar]

how do second weapons work because i wanna get the damage bonus from this but when i use it i lose the benefits of my first slot weapons

[near jolt]

okay HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO GET GOOD EQUIPMENT

[hearty walrus]

the other weapon set is disabled when you're on the other set

[true crown]

trade for it