2┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[small hatch]

everything i have ive just found

[opaque iron]

how much gold do you have

[small hatch]

51,340

[opaque iron]

and how much gold does it cost to gamble items at your level, it varies

[small hatch]

not sure

i dont know what gambling items means

never done it

[opaque iron]

ok you need to spend more time in town talking to vendors, they are important

their inventories

add/remove some items as you level up

[small hatch]

oh

you mean that

the vendor that has the ??? items

i mean i just assume they'd scam me. or id get fucked

[opaque iron]

well

there are still two vendors that sell identified items

you can even go to act 3 hub and talk to zarka

she prob has some rings

check armour while youre there as well

movement speed on boots, life eveywhere, resistance is good, and mana is meh. weapon and focus are different

gem levels, spell damage, cast speed, all great

i got pulled into a fkin aram in league so ill check your poeninja again to call out any gear i LIKE

the belt can stay with you even into maps, until you see 100 life and good resistances

[small hatch]

i will do everything you say after this current attempt im in

[opaque iron]

beats it

[small hatch]

yeah i havent found any move speed

[small hatch]

haha

i hope so

[opaque iron]

the helmet, for not having life, is ok.

[small hatch]

whats the most important stat for me? is it increased % spell damage

[small hatch]

yeah i thought i got pretty lucky finding that helmet

[opaque iron]

skill and support gems look alright at first glance, in another game now

so what you want for crafting

is to spam transmutes and augments on items you find

till you get a nice 2 mod item

then its either a single essence, or a regal orb

then you just use exalteds and MAYBE some abyss currency, but no need to worry about dat

use artifer orbs to add sockets to gear you like, you can put resistance runes in or even better, body runes for Life

[small hatch]

i beat hiom

thank god

[opaque iron]

man that gif

nice job

[small hatch]

so transmutes makes normal into rare

augment adds a suffix to that rare

correct?

[opaque iron]

read orb of transmutation

gotta read a lot in this game

[small hatch]

turns normal into magic with 1 mod

gray into blue

then aug adds another mod into the blue item

regal turns it into yellow and adds another mod?

[opaque iron]

regal is equivalent to an Essence

do you have any essences?

you break the rare mob out of the crystal

[small hatch]

a couple

ddidnt know what its used for

[opaque iron]

heres a tip to make you feel like you know what you are doing:

next time you have a blue item with BAD mods, throw an orb of alchemy on it

even tho you can use alchs on white items, it will fully transform the blue item into a 4-mod rare with 4 new mods

so its kinda like you get transmute and augment for free a second time

[small hatch]

i only have 1 alchemy orb i think

[small hatch]

i see

[opaque iron]

no worries

just going from where you were, to using those currencies you described will be awesome difference

[small hatch]

which wand is better you think?

[opaque iron]

both garbage sadly

[small hatch]

ill be more conscious about it

[small hatch]

what makes a good wand?

i mainly look for increased spell damage

[opaque iron]

+levels of all spells, or +levels of all physical spells is a PRIORITY, followed by spell damage

[small hatch]

ive never seen a + levels of all spells

[opaque iron]

you cannot have both of those on one weapon (btw, wand focus is fine but switching to staff allows you upgrade your entire offense in one swap)

[opaque iron]

we have been over this, you JUST now found out that vendors sell items you need so it is understandable that you havent seen any up to this point!

They WILL eventually have +levels of certain spells, even as early as act 1

[small hatch]

well i know vendors sell stuff. it always just seemed worse than what i had at the time unfortunately

[small hatch]

what do you mean by "but switching to staff allows you upgrade your entire offense in one swap"

[opaque iron]

regarding the weapon it can have a total of 3 prefixes and 3 suffixes. since spell damage is a prefix and +gem levels are a suffix, you are looking for another 4 mods

generally speaking youd want cast speed, which is a suffix, followed by crit chance or crit damage, also suffixes

for prefixes, "gain damage as extra" is great and arguably better than spell damage

[opaque iron]

staff is one item, wand and focus are two items

[small hatch]

got it

thats what you meant

would you say staff ius better?

[opaque iron]

sure

[full timber]

i was following a build guide suggesting wand and focus for sorc

switched to staff and picked a level 8 gem not in the guide

damage went from 300 to 1.5k

[opaque iron]

staff can reach higher damage than wand focus after the 0.4 changes but again, wand focus is totally fine. gem levels stay the same which is the big thing

you can get more damage gained as extra on staff, but otherwise its pretty negligible to the naked eye. 300 to 1.5k is nuts tho haha

[full timber]

probably just a weak wand i guess

[trim turret]

2 good mods are better than 4-6 bad ones. Make sure you're using your artificer orbs and runes too, don't save them.

[scenic bloom]

Heya. Question: Does anyone know if fragmentation rounds count as 10 hits for % chance on attack hit effects? I assumed they would just merge into a single hit, but now I found out that they count as 10 for the riveted armor debuff

And I wonder if it applies to other stuff as well

[trim turret]

Pretty sure they are all separate projectiles with their own roll for crits.

[iron sapphire]

Hello all I'm doing a shield wall build and it says to put my warcries on weapon set two but doesn't give me a reason, does anyone know why?

[scenic bloom]

Its so weird to test - hitting enemies with 60% chance for incision with 10 bolts should inflict multiple ones or at least guarentee one per shot, but it doesn't seem to.

[trim turret]

Probably because you can lock weapons to both weapon sets, put all passive tree warcry bonuses on set 2, and then you still have those passive points for set 1.

[iron sapphire]

@trim turret hmmm that makes sense I could just get my stat requirements and then just pump the rest of the points into strengthened life

Thank you

[trim turret]

More likely set 1 has more damage oriented nodes.

But check the guide.

[past furnace]

can anyone help with ascendancy hardcore

[little iron]

for on-hit effects its only 1 hit. Something like riven armour is technically not considered an "on hit" effect, so it still calculated them seperately.

merging is a bit of a weird concept

[little iron]

nah the fragments merge and then roll crit

[wild fossil]

One of the many minor inconveniences that makes melee just so damn annoying in this game.
Using Ice Strike on this boss (by right clicking for example) simply doesn't hit him ever. You have to force move closer.
https://i.imgur.com/SidkGsE.mp4

[devout hull]

Am I doing something wrong that I'm unable to progress the game as a wich at level 40?

[worthy drum]

We will need to see your character setup to make detailed comments.
But generally checking out build guide on how to do basic gear up, gem combination and passive tree is recommended.
Not paying attention to these three aspects is going to resulted in a severely weak setup.

[karmic vault]

Hey, first time doing the campaign overall, is there an easy way to get max ele res SSF?

Something like swapping res like we did in poe 1 w the horticrafting bench

Im hella unlucky and got fire res on all my equipment

And i currently dont have the currency to get more and try again (i just started act4)

[worthy drum]

Pay attention to item sold by NPC, unlike POE1, they are actually useful. Even one good mod is useful to try further craft them.
Runes is what we commonly use to fix resists, but it's not exactly drops in plentiful early on.
Can go back to farm easier area for resources.

[tepid glacier]

Hey, is rage no longer shown at the top left of your screen?

[lament stone]

it never was in poe2

[tepid glacier]

Oh, thanks

[thin pumice]

I'm in the act 3 now but I need an uncut spirit gem 4, there is a way to farm it in the campaign? I already used the one from the king of mists

[lament stone]

rng

theres only a few guaranteed spirit gems in the campaign

if you already did king in the mists in act 1 you got the guaranteed level 4 one already

[sage kernel]

as i remember on the launch it was but now its bar as in screenshot

[unborn lava]

Yes I believe that's correct. The rage UI bar was added in either 0.2 or 0.3.

[lament stone]

huh

i know they changed it in poe1 a couple of years ago, but i thought that was before poe2 launch

[brisk shale]

is hollow palm stronger than staff for leveling generally? assuming non insane staff rng?

[opaque iron]

Does this help ya

In general I think the answer is yes, especially if you are assuming moderate or bad RNG

55-82 at level 22 should feel fine, and you'd probably have +1 melee gloves by then if checking vendors and magic gloves off the ground

[wicked fractal]

how do i get better gear? im having a problem with a2 boss and idk how to get gear in campaign without poe1 item gambling https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/BuddingRomance-2819/vaal/character/poeoneisbetterthanthis

[opaque iron]

Act 2 boss is a well-known stat check, let me see what u got

[wicked fractal]

theres nothing even comparable to my current items in both vendors

[opaque iron]

Level 20? Is that up to date?

[wicked fractal]

but overall i feel like i deal no damage

oh yeah its not

should be now

[opaque iron]

Your flask better be different when it updates 👀

First thing I check

Ok it's an updated flask, but you are shooting yourself in the foot with that suffix modifier

[wicked fractal]

the % taken from mana?

yeah ik

my body armour is outdated as fuck but i missclick salvaged my new one

and didnt drop one since

i could use this in theory

[opaque iron]

Looking at your wand and focus, it makes sense things feel slow. By this stage you will 100% have been shown some +lightning spell wands or staves, maybe you leveled a few times in a row without checking or whatever, it happens, but being THAT unlucky is pretty rare. There's a lot to remember each time you town so learning in chunks is fine

[wicked fractal]

nope i didnt get a single +lightning yet

[opaque iron]

@wicked fractal feel free to scroll through my chats last night, I helped someone in a similar situation except they were midway through act 4. Lot of juicy tips there and they are a druid caster so it's applicable here

#1 get rid of that flask asap, either thru town vendor or farming dreadnought vanguard (by the way you can get level 9 skill gems here as well, nice power boost heading into the fight)

[wicked fractal]

alr i swapped the flask

[opaque iron]

#2 begin picking up white and blue staves, it's easier than upgrading two items all the time. Carry orbs of transmutation and augmentation with you in order to craft on the go.

Dreadnought vanguard is awesome XP if you can handle the tougher mobs

Get to level 31 there and try focusing on what loot drops on the way, if you see essences or magic/rare chests, open that shit

[wicked fractal]

why staves?

[opaque iron]

It's 1 item

Not 2

A wand with +2 lightning and a focus with +1 all spells is going to be similar to a +3 staff, but you have to find two items

[wicked fractal]

oh a staff gets +3?

[opaque iron]

A staff is going to always be equal to, if not stronger, than wand + focus

All three items cannot immediately roll their best mods, you must level up and reach higher level zones for that to happen

Btw this means you can go back to act 1 and check Una for her gear as well, the item levels should be relatively close to 20 and you are doubling the chances of seeing +lightning spells by checking act 1 AND 2

You may only see +2 all spells on a staff, but that'd be a large upgrade already even with no other mods!

[wicked fractal]

alr ill go check the vendors then

[opaque iron]

Your tree pathing is solid

Support gems look fine, you have elemental weakness which is good but you could add frost bomb... It's one more button but can be worth it if you want

More effort shorter fight vs longer, easier fight if that makes sense

Wait yeah you have spark, you REALLY want to be infusing it

[wicked fractal]

i just deleted frost bomb cause it felt useless

[opaque iron]

Spark + frost bomb on its own is enough, with ele weakness of course

Orb of storms for supplemental damage works, it's nice having something to hide under for mobbing

And it will proc life remnant for you intermittently

[opaque iron]

infused spark is like 2.5-3x damage 👀

You fire more proj, and they deal double dam

I'd say remove flame wall for frost bomb, both compliment spark but one does it better

If the theme of firing sparks thru the walls is too enjoyable tho just keep running it!

[wicked fractal]

oh

im out of uncut gems though

[opaque iron]

Farm vanguard, do you know how to reset the zone?

[wicked fractal]

yeah

[opaque iron]

From a waypoint, Ctrl click and it should bring up instance menu

Definitely need more lightning res ideally, above 0 😅

[wicked fractal]

oh im on negative res? didnt even check

ok i fixed it

[opaque iron]

Noice, also max life is easier than trying to cap resistances, life everywhere besides weapon!

[wicked fractal]

ok a2 boss down

[young mesa]

i would need some assist with trail of corruption im a witch lv32 i have yet to respect my build

[opaque iron]

Lfgggg

[opaque iron]

Trail of corruption refers to the entire campaign questline iirc, are you saying you're still in act 2 or have you reached act 3? See above for some late act 2 tips

[young mesa]

im at the dreadnought part and im getting nuked by hte mobs so far

[opaque iron]

100% it's top 5 hardest zones in the campaign, numba one rule is don't beat yourself up over it haha

It has flying wasps which can bypass bridges, it has shield mobs that you have to stun in order to damage typically, and then it also has more melee mobs that can cause bleeding and swarm you

Are you able to share your build on Poeninja? Again see above for general tips... If you are playing minions your goal will be to find a nice Sceptre with +1 level of minions and IDEALLY some spirit or % ally damage, or % ally attack speed, but you'll still be looking for mostly LIFE on all your armour + jewelry

[young mesa]

i mean i m hoping for an assist as it can be more fun as a team and i felt like if someone else was stuck there too

[opaque iron]

Ah, this isn't really the channel for that although you may get extra attention, the lfg chat is what you'd want

#2┃looking-for-group

[young mesa]

ah sorry

[opaque iron]

Just DONT let it happen again, or else...

Jokin, have fun

And fyi there is a "private league" with over 2.5k players that started barely 24 hours ago, you already have an established character but figured I'd mention it as there will likely be some folks interested in starting completely fresh!

https://x.com/i/status/2053191870436782188

Darth Microtransaction (@DarthMicroT)

With Path of Exile 2 0.5 Starting in 20 days, I've made a fresh League for anyone who wants to join. Links below. Its free to join, is softcore standard, and will last till release of 0.5

X · May 9, 2026, 7:14 PM

[full timber]

Fresh league huh

[opaque iron]

I am halfway thru act 2 in it! It's nice and populated, has a global chat you can join too

I booted up this morning for 45 minutes and already was seeing good morning global chats, people linking early items for trade or showing off, it's good vibes

Put "stall" somewhere in your name and you'll fit right in 😅

[full timber]

How welcoming would it be for a new player who barely understands stuff yet

[opaque iron]

I mean I wouldn't clog global with "what skill should I take at level 6, what should I buy in town, where should I path on tree" type stuff but in moderation there's no harm 🤷‍♂️

More welcoming than trade tho that's for sure, huge chance you get some handouts if you ask politely

These are kind of in-between trade league and groupfound... Some people might be overly eager to help bring others up, some might focus on themselves and testing their own leaguestart skills

[full timber]

Nice

[tidal fractal]

In Endgame, do Random sellers not have any charges??? like in campaign (you can see charges on the bottom right of the Random seller in Campaign)

[opaque iron]

You can gamble infinitely in the endgame

[tidal fractal]

Thanks

[marsh matrix]

hi, since spirit walker is out soon, if i level a huntress now can i change to it when its out?

[lament stone]

yes, but only in standard league

[marsh matrix]

oh

[lament stone]

in order to play in the new league you have to create a new character when it launches

[marsh matrix]

ah ok

[wicked fractal]

what does ailment threshold do?

takes less dmg to apply an ailment?

[meager galleon]

pretty much yeah

[flint plume]

Higher ailment threshold means more damage to apply an ailment

[wicked fractal]

ok i see

does stun threshold work when im running?

idk which one to pick between the two

my build says i can pick either

[flint plume]

I don't think stun threshold stops you from getting stunned out of sprint but not sure

[tame zinc]

I'm stuck in the same place I was when game first came out

[trim turret]

Where and with a new character or an old one?

[wicked fractal]

where is the temple of chaos? ive searched in chimeral wetlands for like 10 minutes and i couldnt find it

[hearty walrus]

it's right behind the chimera boss iirc

[wicked fractal]

ok ive found it

it was like on the other side of the map

[bold rapids]

Does the lightning burst from lightning rod scale from the rod or the arrow?

[brisk shale]

is there a list of all side objectives/rewards in campaign? theres so many - like where to find all guaranteed jewellers would be useful

[eternal violet]

Can I overwrite a rune that is equipped on an item?

[hearty walrus]

yes, just socket a new rune

[eternal violet]

alr thank you

[fickle acorn]

Hi guys I have never finished the poe 2 campaign before and want to try it again before the next update. Can anyone recommend a good beginner build that scales smoothly through the acts without too much reliance on gear drops?

[full timber]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/ronarray-unarmed-hollow-palm-monk

This one is being very fun for me

Doesn't even use weapons so that's one less piece of gear

[faint mesa]

Campaign area rework. Campaign areas won't be as applicable

[flint plume]

They're trying to finish before the next update. Also I think most of the changes in 0.5 are just things that make it easier to find stuff in the campaign, not reworks

[past condor]

No gear = slow leveling. No exceptions

[nocturne vale]

Can anyone help me, I see guides say you should use barrage and then snipe but I can't seem to ever use snipe fast enough? The freeze always runs out before I get to the perfect timing window. Am I really just doing it too slow? Feels like there must be no time for error at all

But then I see some people using a node on tree with 20% less freeze and it makes me even more confused

[visual ruin]

freeze?
what does snipe have to do with freeze?

[hearty walrus]

snipe does more damage if it hits a frozen enemy

and an explosion iirc

[quasi geyser]

Guys I'll be joining everyone for PoE2 on next league launch, any builds great for newcomers from PoE1?

I've been playing a little melee as of lately but I've always been one for magic stuff or minions

[karmic vault]

I finished the campaign for the first time ever coming from poe 1 yesterday night with this build https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/anthonys-vampire-queen

Its p solid

And easy to follow

[obsidian forge]

essence drain lich, lightning arrow deadeye

[obsidian forge]

you are too slow then

[hearty walrus]

note that we don't have patch notes yet. meta leveling builds might see nerfs

[tepid glacier]

Is unlocking the Wyvern form for talismans locked behind getting your first lvl. 3 skill gem?

[hearty walrus]

wiki says wyvern is selectable at character level 6

[tepid glacier]

Ohhh, thanks!

[vernal sand]

Hey guys, I'm using a minion leveling build which I want to bring to the end game. There are two uniques that I would really enjoy having, do you have any suggestion on how to farm them?

[queen jungle]

Depends on what they are

Some only drop from specific places

[tame zinc]

How do I beat ||viper|| in act 3? She's impossible to dodge and does way to much damage

[opaque iron]

She has a phase where she is completely immune and you must focus on her walls of soldiers. Slightly moving out of the way of their stabs and dodge rolling if you have to (usually only the final thrusts are dodge rolled, the rest can be sidestepped)

If that's not what's giving you trouble, then just keep trying

She's got a couple nasty melee moves but they are telegraphed

[lament stone]

shes quite easy to dodge once you understand the pattern, it just might take a few attempts to practice

[opaque iron]

Upgrade your life flasks in town, and make sure you aren't using "recover life from mana" or "give healing to your minions" on that flask

[lament stone]

but you should also check your gear and make sure you have a good amount of life and elemental resists

viper does mostly phys, fire and lightning damage

and the poisons are obviously chaos, but chaos damage is mostly just a life check during the campaign

[opaque iron]

Yup racers would have like 500-600 life here, I aim for 800+ to feel more comfy

[wicked fractal]

why am i not passing an a4 stat check? https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/BuddingRomance-2819/vaal/character/poeoneisbetterthanthis

also how can i improve my damage?

[opaque iron]

You have fine stats for act 4. 1200 + 1200

Personally on Bloodmage I never run blood magic. You can simply put mana remnants on, Mind Over Matter, and then lifetap on important skills

Some skills like orb of storms or frost bomb I would leave WITHOUT lifetap... You aren't spamming them which means mana flask + remnants are more than enough to keep you overflowed

So you'd have 1200 life, 1200 es, and 800+ mana which can overflow as well

Damage would hit your ES then Mana then Life, all for the price of a single support gem on main skill + inside CoC (which you don't have yet anyway)

ImJustAnthony does this in his builds, sometimes he runs blood magic but not often. Mana tank variant is a style he's becoming more known for, and I think it's easier to digest content for new players

It doesn't help you spend 4 atteibut nodes multiple times to get out there...

[wicked fractal]

my damage is kinda dogshit and i run out of flasks on bosses and my costs of skills and 0 hpr kill me

[hexed cairn]

Are you in a trade or SSF league?

[opaque iron]

Pathing through es at the start is questionable, usually only done much much later

[wicked fractal]

thats what my pob for interlude looks like

[opaque iron]

That's not good I'm ngl

[wicked fractal]

might be fault of the build maker

[opaque iron]

That screams "I have good enough damage mods on gear I can afford to path like this"

[wicked fractal]

do i swap back to the spell damage path then?

[opaque iron]

I don't want to brick your gold

By saying yes

Are you still on par with zone level like you were for the big sulphire fucker?

Poe1 I was 10 levels above the zone my first playthrough, poe2 you can reduce that down to 5 and still be getting very very very little diminishing returns

I only mention poe1 cuz of your character name lmao

[wicked fractal]

i respecced it

its whatever i dont need gold yet anyways unless i decide to use currency exchange

im level 52 rn and zone level is

52

[opaque iron]

Case in point

[wicked fractal]

nah im not staying here overfarming ill just keep trying to kill benedictus until my pc melts

[opaque iron]

I can share videos of people doing level 1 to maps Bloodmage caster to use as a reference, youll see that even without trade these fights aren't so bad that players get hardwalled and have to farm

[wicked fractal]

if theyre familiar with poe2 sure

im familiar with poe1 and unique bosses being pushover shitasses and not uber level of complicated bosses 10 times per act

[opaque iron]

Change magnified area on frost bomb to potent exposure

There's some damage for ya

[wicked fractal]

what my intuition says is that im probably missing some important affix that isnt in my pob or a support gem

or something like qual on gems or whatever

cause idk all easy sources of damage in poe2

[opaque iron]

Qual on gems is negligible you'll be lucky to get 4 gem cutters from beach to maps

[wicked fractal]

ill do it

[wicked fractal]

i already got 5

my spark is 20 qual and frostbomb 5

[opaque iron]

Nice, more than you'd expect usually

[wicked fractal]

i also got a tink worth almost a divine in act 3 but i had to sell it for chaos orbs to save gold

oh

that might have also been a problem with my dps

wtf why is fee on items so high in poe2

12k gold for a 1 ex item

[lament stone]

gold is a lot more common

[opaque iron]

It's also item level 80, even if it has low level mods allowing earlier usage

[lament stone]

there isnt any gold sinks like kingsmarch either

[opaque iron]

I think around 80-100k is normal for first hitting maps? If you never dump it?

[opaque iron]

Also you should be running spell echo and over abundance on frostbomb so that you can infuse more Sparks. I already mentioned how it's 2.5x damage and those supports beat cooldown support

Should have enough lesser jewelers by this point, 2-3 of them not including the guaranteed one in act 2

[wicked fractal]

is that outdated?

i got interludes without doing this

[lament stone]

what are you even looking at?

[wicked fractal]

https://domistae.github.io/poe2-leveling/poe2_act4_guide.html

[lament stone]

zarokh is the final trial of sekhemas boss for your 4th ascendancy

has nothing to do with the campaign

[wicked fractal]

it probably is outdated then

[lament stone]

outdated?

zarakoh never had anything to do with act 4

[wicked fractal]

or just wrong

since it looks like its updated

[unborn lava]

The creator of that list likely intended to say you receive +2 Ascendancy points for killing Zarokh

[wicked fractal]

no that is from another pointer on the list

[unborn lava]

Right, that's what I'm saying. They made an error in how the bonuses (and which are required) is listed.

[scarlet charm]

Anyone playing Hardcore willing to help me out ?

[drowsy idol]

In game?

[stuck geyser]

any news about the temple in the upcoming patch ?

[opaque iron]

Snakes and atziri rush are killed, we will have to see what they do with architect reward rooms and also what they do with earning crystals/medallions/room cards in the first place

Destabilizing will occur even halfway thru a long snake, those rooms then become empty connector rooms

[hard ore]

i am in act 2
is there an enemy i can use bind spectre on that summons enemies?
i mostly wanna use that so i can have free corpses on bossfights

[stuck geyser]

ty

[hard ore]

will this revive my minions?
i saw it reviving some walking goliaths

[opaque iron]

If you want corpses, put Infernal Legion support on your skeletal warriors and they should die quickly with no fire resistance

Bonus points if you can use your offering skill on one or two of them before they die

Extra value so you aren't offering up your other minions. Btw skeletal clerics later on will fullfil the role of reviving your army. 2 of them with last gasp and you shouldn't have any problems

[vernal sand]

A normal one, so trade. I'm playing in standard right now.

[wicked fractal]

how does this guy have coc and life remnants? https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/squishy/builds/0-4-squishy-s-bloodmage-coc-spark?ws-ngf5-f7d82102-7e77-4a44-ad24-33b67e8ae7bf=activeVariantId%2Cb277fba8-49a7-4d9f-95ee-a574e760556e

i only have 100 spirit and idk where he got the extra 20 from

[opaque iron]

Life remnants has no reservation cost

Cast on crit goes down to 91 spirit when at 20% quality, 82 spirit with Diallas

[wicked fractal]

how does it have 0 cost?

mine has 20

[opaque iron]

You have a support gem in there

Support gems can cost spirit

[wicked fractal]

oh

btw what do i do after interludes?

it just tells me to go to oriath

but how?

[opaque iron]

Kingsmarch

Should get your last 2 skill points there

[wicked fractal]

oh ok i had to talk to the hooded one

the fuck is that

where is my good looking 2d atlas

[opaque iron]

#2┃after-acts-help you have graduated sir

Don't wanna spoil the newbies ya know

[unborn lava]

Also, be aware that it's changing quite heavily in 18 days

[tidal mural]

Cant wait!

Still cant figure out temple though 😅

[hearty walrus]

the meta temple strat is gonna be severely nerfed this patch

[eternal violet]

is it a known bug that the last boss in the campaign or interlude acts is bugged when you die? The two blood bosses

[full timber]

At what point should i worry about crafting gear? Should i expend whatever resources i got from the campaign (acts 1 to 4) on it or just work with the loot i get and aim for endgame crafting only?

[opaque iron]

The game will tell you (you'll start dying and feeling weak in some fights)

That's when it's time for an upgrade. As far as expending all campaign currency, no, you don't need to do that

Just going for basic life gear with resistances and/or attributes is not going to break the bank unless you're very unlucky

For some items, consider crafting yourself a nice 2-mod blue item to then use a Greater Essence on

From there, you can use a jawbone or rib from abyss to reveal a 4th mod

Exalt twice from there and boom! Budget craft done

Those first 2 mods could be gem levels, flat or % damage on weapon, spirit, or just really solid defence or life rolls

[opaque iron]

I've heard that said before, yeah. Sorry

[eternal violet]

i mean its not that bad, just annoying if you die and have to load a new instance xD

[slate belfry]

if i made a character back in a way way older league, will it be up to date with everything now other than current league?

[opaque iron]

so you played acts 1-3 then acts 1-3 cruel? youd be missing act 4 and the interludes technically

for mapping, to my knowledge you should have access to everything besides fate of the vaal stuff

[hearty walrus]

all updates apply to existing characters

[vale moss]

Is there anyone that wouldn’t mind helping get through the last boss of act 4? I just want to get to maps before the season ends to try things out. Would seriously appreciate it if anyone wouldn’t mind UpperChedd#7480

[modern spindle]

yo when i make a character should i put ti on the fate of the vaal league or teh standard version?

yea im just gonna do that

[hearty walrus]

we always recommend to play the current temporary league

although a new league is starting in a couple weeks

[modern spindle]

will my character be unuseable or smth?

[hearty walrus]

no. if you start in fate of the vaal, once the league ends, your character and stash will be moved to standard

[unborn lava]

In general, it's highly (and I mean highly) recommended to start fresh with everyone else when a new league begins. Doubly so if you're fairly new. You miss out on the newest league content by not doing so and the Standard economy is totally borked and unbalanced because it is a dumping ground for all items from every past league since launch.

[modern spindle]

ok so i should just make a new character when it drops

[unborn lava]

Definitely recommended to do so, but that isn't to say starting now is a bad idea.

This is a deep game, and getting a few weeks to learn the basics will make you way more prepared to dive into the fun of league start on May 29th.

[digital crystal]

Yeah I just bought poe2 today and that’s what I’m gonna do is just get used to everything

I played poe1 a bit so I kind of get things

[unborn lava]

Nice! Having some PoE 1 context will definitely help, but some systems do work a bit differently, like damage scaling only applying to the final damage type in cases of conversion. Overall though most people would say it's a more accessible game to get into as a new player.

[digital crystal]

Oh yeah I have definitely heard that about poe2, it’s dl right now I’m bout to give it a try. I might have questions so just warning you 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[unborn lava]

That's what this channel is for! You have good timing too, because it's quiet around here for the next few weeks. Once the new league starts it'll be popping.

[glacial dew]

Is there any reason other than a higher item level to pick up a white item over a magic or rare?

[modern spindle]

should i follow a build guide?

and if so wheres the bset place to find those (i forgot)

[novel abyss]

What are you guys league starting next league?

[stoic harness]

depending on the item base, you can use crafting currency to see if it rolls any desirable modifiers to further craft on the item.

[glacial dew]

I don’t really understand crafting yet but will keep note of that

[stoic harness]

for a white base you can use an orbs of transmutation plus an orb of augmentation then see if it has any desirable modifiers based on your build

[glacial dew]

Ah I see

[stoic harness]

such as life and resistance modifiers for armor

[indigo condor]

Any news on shadow class?

[glacial dew]

But I mean like without any mods at all and before I use currency, the only indicator I have is item level right

[unborn lava]

Won't be prior to 1.0 in December, beyond that we don't know.

[indigo condor]

AHHHHHHB

[stoic harness]

item level and base type

[indigo condor]

PLEASE ITS THE WHOLE REASON I BOUGHT THIS GAMEEE

[glacial dew]

Base type? Like the type of item?

[stoic harness]

yes like if a base is of armor or evasion base type

[unborn lava]

And within a given category, each item base will have inherent stats, which form the base from which all mods apply to. See for example, Slim Mace vs. Morningstar.

Generally the base stats will scale up as the level requirement does.

[glacial dew]

One problem I have is I’m a sorcerer and I have this low level staff that has a skill I’m building around. So if I dump the staff for a higher level item I’ll lose that skill

[unborn lava]

Unique staff or rare?

[glacial dew]

Rare

[unborn lava]

If it's rare, you just need a drop of the same base type at a high ilvl

The higher the ilvl of the item, the higher the tier of the implicit skill it has.

[glacial dew]

How often do you get a staff with a specific skill tho?

[unborn lava]

What's the staff base you're using?

[glacial dew]

Firebolt

[stoic harness]

you can check the vendor in town to see if they have your desiered weapon base

[unborn lava]

that's the skill

Assuming you're fairly low level then you're probably using an Ashen Staff

[glacial dew]

Yeah

If I dump the staff I’ll lose the skill no?

[unborn lava]

Well sure, the skill is implicit to the weapon in this case.

But the Ashen Staff can drop at any item level

So ideally you're looking for another Ashen Staff from drops or vendor as Duck suggested that has a higher level version of Firebolt + better mods

[glacial dew]

So I just have to wait for a staff of higher level with that implicit skil

[stoic harness]

the vendor changes inventory when you level up

[glacial dew]

Ah

Thanks!

[unborn lava]

In practice, Firebolt falls off pretty badly as you progress and pretty much nobody uses it beyond the first few zones

[glacial dew]

Oh

That means I fucked up bc I put support gems on it

[unborn lava]

But don't take that to be me telling you to change

Nah, you can swap supports anytime

If this is your first playthrough do what you're enjoying and have fun learning and exploring. You only ever get one blind experience.

But I said that just as an FYI that you don't need to be too emotionally tied to that base type

[glacial dew]

Good to hear!

Thanks for explaining

Ik it takes like 1k+ hrs to get the hang of this game

[unborn lava]

I promise that's an exaggeration 🤣

Unless you're unwilling to ever look at a guide or read the wiki

In practice, you'll be surprised how quickly you start to put things together once you get through the basics

But the first run is brutal because you don't even know what simple keywords mean and PoE has its own lexicon of special terms and interactions

[glacial dew]

Yeah, I want to follow a build guide but whenever I do I fail to learn the game

I just copy

[unborn lava]

It can be frustrating and you'll probably hit a wall or ten during your first couple characters. But if you can push through, the frustration will turn into a love of the depth

and then in six month when 1.0 comes out you'll be the experienced one sharing all your wisdom with new folks on release day 😄

[wise dove]

I’m beginning to realize, perhaps I’m just ass

[vale moss]

I genuinely really like this game but can’t stand the campaign

[wise dove]

I see these build guides online and I try to follow them but they do so much better at the same point in the story, I don’t know what I’m doing wrong lol

I just wanna be a bear

[unborn lava]

One piece of hopefully good news, they have said the Acts 1-3 are receiving some decent streamlining this update.

[wise dove]

Thank god 😭

[vale moss]

That is good news but honestly I just get stuck and the issue is me not understanding the mechanics well enough. Just started interludes at least.

[opaque iron]

I drilled my friend on why he only plays one character per league, and it came down to not only having to complete "maps" in campaign you also have to get quest items as you do so

That seemed to be the big difference for him between starting in maps at level 1 and starting like we do now

Hopefully following the snakes works out

[upper cedar]

What's a good act 1 time

I did like 52 minute

[obsidian forge]

relative to people good at campaign 50 minutes is good, yes

[obsidian forge]

same here, my friend just gets stuck in campaign forever

[marsh cliff]

Will May 29th league launch be a free weekend like past leagues?

[nocturne vale]

How does gambleshot work? If you have no source of chain, fork or pierce, does it still give a chance? Or does it give an extra chance if you already have it? I'm not sure if that makes sense

[hearty walrus]

it doesn't need existing pierce/chain/fork

[queen jungle]

I heard yes but I don't have a source

[marsh cliff]

I’ve been looking for official confirmation but can’t find it. I want to get some friends to try the game out

[glass raft]

Noob question 🙁 but where should I be investing my passives on witch? This is my first playthrough ever and im confused as hell.

[ripe flame]

What’s up famalam
I need help
I’m in the endgame mapping atlas thing and I need breach splinters for the realm gate but every time I do one of those purple hand things it only gives me 1 splinter and I need 300!!
Am I doing something wrong or is it just all about the grind ? Please help me lol

[little iron]

you dont need 300 splinters yet, you only need 50, 100 or 150 depending on the tier of breach boss encounter you want to do. How much splinters you get depends on how many mobs you manage to slay during the breach encounter

[little iron]

depends on what you want to focus on, generally getting energy shield nodes are always a must, but if you want to scale spells, get spell and crit clusters, if you want to scale minions you want to get those clusters etc. Its generally better to focus in on one thing than spread yourself wide

[glass raft]

Tysm, i seen something a long a fire build, which is the goal. Im only level 8 though and this passive tree is confusing the life out of me, thanks again🙏🏼

[little iron]

if you are just lvl 8 then dont worry too much, just search "elemental damage" or "spell damage" in the search bar and try going for those. If you feel like you are way too squishy even when dodging and upgrading your gear, then go for energy shield nodes aswell. Generally tho, the game is designed so that 90% of your character power comes from your gear, so its always important to check vendors for upgrades. They reset their shop every time you level up.

[glass raft]

Ohhh dammnnn tysm, you've genuinely helped more then you know. I didn't even know there was a search bar!🥲

[ripe flame]

Ok that helps a bit but I know I’m taking more than a few of those mobs out at one point I had to go looking for them because of how many I took out but still only get 1 splinter

[little iron]

yeah splinter drops are pretty scarce if you dont have a high clearspeed build or have points invested in the breach league tree, wich you get for clearing the breach boss encounter

[ripe flame]

Ok so I just have to grind like no tomorrow basically.
Thanks for the assist I appreciate you a lot 🤙🏻

[tepid glacier]

Hey, what is the name of these type of passives?
They don't seem to be notables.

[little iron]

thats called a keystone

[tepid glacier]

Thanks!

[untold maple]

So do endgame builds devolve into one button spams or is there viable builds that have more of a rotation?

[trim turret]

Depends on the build. Clearing tends to be less buttons, but there are definitely some setup/payoff combos for bossing.

[untold maple]

Man what I wouldnt give for a western arpg to have the combat from last ark.

[full timber]

[iron sapphire]

Is it possible to do too much stun? I'm using my mace strike to follow up with bone shatter but that white dot doesn't show up over their heads but they look like they're stunned?

[trim turret]

Yeah boneshatter is touchy because enemies need to be primed for stun, not actually stunned. There's a support gem for it, brink maybe its called? Put that on your stunning skill.

[hybrid star]

brink support

[iron sapphire]

Okay thank you I switched to rolling slam and I hate that

[little iron]

depends entirely on what you want to do yourself, most build devolve into 1 button cause thats what people want to achieve

[full timber]

Fast map clear seems to be best so you can get more resources per minute

[opaque iron]

Not that this pertains to new players in campaign, but maps per hour is determined more by how long you spend in hideout than maps a lot of the time

Sure you have long map times like Mark said in the Ziggy interview (20-40+ minutes lol) but oftentimes clearspeed is just a matter of good loot filter, ignoring unjuiced mechanics, and staying out of hideout. The difference between someone mapping every 2 minutes and 4 minutes might be a fast map clear setup, but the difference between those and the 10+ minute per map ppl is mostly getting distracted in hideout or maps

[lethal elbow]

I think I'll give up trying to enjoy poe2 with the warrior, the temple of chaos feels too much like a chore.... 🤦‍♂️

[spark obsidian]

I’m at act 4 and got the “find a suitable hideout” quest, do I really have to reach “endgame” to actually get a hideout? or is there a map in act 4 with a hideout to unlock

[opaque iron]

Temple of chaos is annoying piece of crap mechanic that is a full year overdue for changes. Warrior has clunk but it is one of the strongest starters out there, with smith of kitava being one of the only ascendancies in the game to actually help you cap your resistances IN campaign, and skills from warrior still doing solid damage.

Perfect strike with boneshatter + rolling slam until you get shield wall at level 31, or swap rolling slam for leap slam if you want to keep using a mace. I'd say if you aren't enjoying maces, look into shield wall. If you still don't enjoy shield wall, you can let him go knowing you tried. I'd even say try crossbow warrior for an easy respec before hitting up Act 1, but there's no harm in restarting! Character will still be there 🙂

TLDR if temple of chaos is level 38, I'd be at least 40 before going in

Unless you're racing or SUPER eager to ascend, there is no reason not to power up a bit and take care of it later on in act 3

1 incorrect/bad choice and your chaos run is either ruined or just incredibly frustrating. Not worth that stress on any class

[trim turret]

Its on one of the islands in act 4.

[modern spindle]

what should i do w spare skill gems?

[opaque iron]

Tuck them away in your stash or just junk them

Eventually you may have a need for lower level skill gems, there are plenty of applicable situations for it

[thin pumice]

Temple of chaos is always an experience

[merry nacelle]

Yeah I kinda wish they had tried something different with Temple of Chaos and Trial of Suckymas

[full timber]

win or lose temple of chaos is at least faster than the act 2 trials

[hearty walrus]

I like sekhemas

[thin pumice]

Me too tbh

Especially the music

[opaque iron]

how many rooms can a sekhemas runner complete while you're waiting for the damn rock to float down the path 😅

40% movespeed boon, relic movespeed + dodge roll distance, being able to save a copy of your run and continue another time, etc

[full timber]

Well, assuming runner is an abreviation of speed runner i have no idea, not one of those. these are just my first playthroughs and chaos felt faster, even if i lost more often because i wasn't understanding it all yet

[opaque iron]

It's just 7 vs 4 rooms, some can be annoying from each so there's RNG involved for sure

But sekhemas has more choice meaning the more you know what you're doing, the faster it goes. Choosing ritual rooms, chalice rooms, then hourglass and finally gauntlet as an example.

Someone running three gauntlet rooms back to back to back in sekhemas is going to remember that shit forever haha, understandable

[flint plume]

"Runner" in this case just means someone who runs it for profit as a way of farming. But since how fast you can run it is the main measure of how profitable it is you're still kind of right

[old dust]

Great new video about companions just posted, sure having a ton of companions is nice, but One boss companion with infernal legion should be enough

[warped osprey]

is contagion useful for other than spreading essence drain_

[hearty walrus]

chaos dots and curses

[topaz junco]

how are you spreading curses with contagion??

[brittle pier]

yall what should i spend my points on?

im new

[hearty walrus]

depends on what build you wanna do

[brittle pier]

i wanna druid

bear mode

[trail matrix]

generally you should spend points on nodes that affect your skill you want to use

look at the skill, under the name are its tags, these tell you more or less what can scale that skill

[iron sapphire]

If I don't like the character that I'm making is it just a matter of gold to essentially start a new build on the same class?

[brittle pier]

ive heard i should spend my points on tabs, shouldnt i do that?, also is there no way to get more points in game other than buying them?

[hearty walrus]

there's no way to get store points besides buying

are you asking about store points or passive points?

[brittle pier]

store points

the 300 you get from the ea key

[hearty walrus]

oh. I that case, currency tab, merchant tab, fragment tab at least

[brittle pier]

do i buy them now? i heard they go on sale

[brittle pier]

also no map tab? i heard those were really essential

[hearty walrus]

there's no map tab in poe2

and it'd be best to wait for a sale which should be in a few days

[iron sapphire]

What's stash tab do I need for things like the gnawed collar bone and the artifacts you get from expeditions?

Also I have a map tab? I'm confused What you mean by there is none

[hearty walrus]

I thought the map tab wasn't in 2 yet

[iron sapphire]

The affinity is called waystone But it shows one through 16 🤷🏻

[unborn lava]

There's definitely a map tab in PoE 2. It's called the Waystone tab.

[brittle pier]

ok thanks

[unborn lava]

If you own the map tab in 1, it'll grant you the Waystone tab in 2

[hearty walrus]

oh ye

[brittle pier]

so once the sale begins in 2 days which tabs should i buy?

with the 300 from the ea key

[iron sapphire]

I have the currency, gems, fragment But I guess when you get to end game content you're going to want the maps one and maybe essence?

[hearty walrus]

currency, 1 merchant, map. then I'd go fragments and gems

[brittle pier]

no regular tabs?

ok

[hearty walrus]

currency tab let's you hold 5000 of each basic currency item

merchant let's you sell items to other players easilu

[iron sapphire]

@hearty walrus What kind of tab holds the splinters?

[hearty walrus]

they're adding the fragments tab. I forgot what all it's holding tho

[iron sapphire]

Ohh okay I guess I also have the power of the internet ty tho

That's just odd after all this time there wouldn't be a tab for it when there is one for basically everything else

[hearty walrus]

devs stopped making league specific tabs years ago

[iron sapphire]

That sucks, and even more strange because this is an early access and seems like they would want a bit more of a streamlined game versus POE1 but who am I

So everyone just has random tabs full of random artifacts and splinters

[hearty walrus]

a lot of leagues in poe1 have their own free storage box

[iron sapphire]

I wish it was like that for this But I also understand they do a lot of leagues and that's just a lot of storage boxes to have people buy but the game is free right ?

[hearty walrus]

they stopped making league tabs and instead everyone has access to a league's specific storage box

[iron sapphire]

How do you get that?

[vast sequoia]

Can you do a monk build with charged staff as primary skill? Like a ranged monk

[low moat]

what level should i try and do my first trial of chaos? or should i just do the trial of the sekhamas again?

[opaque iron]

Charged staff is a buff, but storm wave is probably what you want. Branching fissures on it for better reach

[hearty walrus]

in poe1, you just have them (can place them in hideout)

[iron sapphire]

Hmm okay I was looking through and only saw the relic locker and guild stash and that's not either of those

[opaque iron]

I prefer running the next ~6 zones after obtaining the entry token, which leaves the remaining 3 zones of act 3. Don't want to spoil much here but yeah, either go in early and see if you get favorable mods, or wait until level 41 and you have a whole array of new skills/upgrades available

[trim turret]

Which one are you looking for?

[iron sapphire]

@trim turret I'm looking for one that will hold petitions splinters or those black sun artifacts because I have a tab now of just random BS that I'm not using right now and it's just kind of ugly

[trim turret]

Not really, the free ones plus those should carry you really far. If you're still filling up your existing tabs after that you're probably grabbing too much.

[trim turret]

Things like the expedition tab unlock when you interact with the mechanic for the first time.

Some of it may be stored in the fragments tab.

[iron sapphire]

The expedition is where you string along the bombs and detonate them right? I've definitely done that

[brittle pier]

Tbose?

[trim turret]

Sorry, those, meaning the specialty tabs recommended to you.

Currency, maps, merchant, then possibly fragment or gems.

[trim turret]

Hrm, then maybe they're considered fragments in POE2, I honestly can't remember. Sorry.

[twin plinth]

Do you guys generally skip the Devourer or beat him for the level 1 support early?

[iron sapphire]

@trim turret nothing to be sorry about!

I'll just have ugly tabs

[trim turret]

I usually beat him, but I'm also a guy that likes to do all quests no matter what.

[trim turret]

My old man brain can only be in one POE mode at a time and we've been playing the POE1 league.

[solar wyvern]

big worm must be squished

[iron sapphire]

@trim turret I understand, I want to try that but I feel like I'll be wasting my money playing that instead of this

[trim turret]

We do both, its the beauty of staggered leagues and most purchases are shared between the games.

[iron sapphire]

@trim turret that's cool I think once I have a more established base of knowledge regarding crafting and what things to look for on certain kind of gear I could probably play multiple characters

[low moat]

how can i get more spirit in act 3? still only have the 30 from king in the mists

[bright dagger]

Wrong chat lol

[hearty walrus]

mostly gear at this point

[opaque iron]

A zone in act 3 will grant another +30 permanently, or you can check Oswald in town for body armour with spirit, or Zarka for an amulet with spirit

[iron sapphire]

Does the DPS of a weapon include the +3 or however much to attack skill level? Or is that calculated when I actually use it

If I worded that weird I will try to rephrase it

[trim turret]

It doesn't because the damage effectiveness varies from skill to skill. +3 to one gem will do something different from another gem.

[novel pier]

i just got back into poe2 and i see there is another leaguhe

should i even choose fate of vaal if the new update is coming on the 29th?

[worthy drum]

Anytime is good time to play poe, there just too much stuff to learn.

[obsidian forge]

you need maybe 40 hours to finish a build rn

a good player could do it in 20 hours

[static loom]

can anybody recommend what class I should use for the next update? I already tried blood huntress, shock archer, and dragon shaman, they all got pretty monotone after reaching endgame, is there a class build that is fun, challanging and doesn't get old?

[old dust]

go watch the reveal trailer from this past week, and decide, if you want to go to standard or want to start the new league when it drops

[old dust]

until we see the patch notes.....it is still up in the air, something epic today, could be more epic, or trash in a few weeks

I am really interested in the new martial arts stuff. having almost mirage warriors from poe1 using attacks in poe2 sounds amazing. But I will likely just stick to infernal legion companions, if it does not get nerfed

[static loom]

I heard monk is pretty high skill, like it's not just a button mash, I'm eager to try him

[spark obsidian]

Yh I did a bit of research thanks anyway incase I gave up yesterday 🤣 ( FUCK DIAMORA)

I hate that bitch

fish*

[hard ore]

how did this happen?
i was at 0 yesterday

do you get a boost when you change acts?

[tidal mural]

You killed yellow monsters, 44 to be precise

[opaque iron]

Each act is independent, yes

Earn more charges by killing uniques

[hazy summit]

I’m seeing multiple speed running guides mentioning skipping balbala and getting the coin in deshar but don’t you need to kill balbala to access trials?

[normal bear]

I just have one question what would be the best sub class for mercenary

[young zenith]

How is the changing ascendancy work? If I do sakhema in act 2 for a verashta, can I do the chaos trial (use quest token from act 3) after I finish campaign to choose the ascendancy I want for a the mapping?

[trail matrix]

depends on the build but generally gemling has the least potential of the 3 and the other ones both have sth cool with them

[trail matrix]

you can change ascendacy as long as the run you make is at the same or higher level than what your max was

so for example if you only had 2 points so far then yes you can reset in the ultimatum quest

[lost eagle]

hey im wondering, took a break way back and with the new stuff coming in, am I able to still get the rewards for last of the druids before return of the ancients comes out, I think there was a thing you get for killing count geonor I just don't remember what.

[unborn lava]

I believe the answer is yes. Officially those were only for the launch weekend, but from other people's reports it appears they set them up in the background as challenge rewards and they're available for anyone the first time they go through campaign in Fate of the Vaal league.

[opaque iron]

No, you do not have to kill balbala in early act 2

Simply bring the level 28 barya to the trial area and activate the altar. You can even choose at that point whether you want to run the 22 or the 28

[hazy summit]

Don’t we still need to activate the trial area? Can we do it without killing balbala?

[opaque iron]

Unlock the trial area by using the caravan map

Unlock sekhemas by having a barya on you

It doesn't matter which barya you bring. Therefore it doesn't matter if you skip or kill balbala

[hollow salmon]

[iron sapphire]

To calculate damage for let's say just a physical part of my weapon, I do the two numbers in the range added then divided by two?

[hearty walrus]

(min damage + max damage)/2 x attack speed

[iron sapphire]

Okay ty

[modern spindle]

this monk leveling build guide im following says to get "high evasion armor"

does that mean i need to get both evasion and armor on equipment pieces?

[hearty walrus]

no, just evasion

[left quartz]

Armor as in equipment

[hexed girder]

in poe1 you skip a few of the quests and focus the ones that give skill books, is this similar for poe2?

each area on the map has the icons around the area for bosses etc

should I be clearing it all?

[hearty walrus]

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

they don't all give character bonuses

[hexed girder]

gotchu ty, is this similar in the sense that i just make a list of the quests that give bonuses and run through the campaign only doing them?

my focus in poe1 was always to get to maps and farm currency

[low moat]

this krutog guy is dumb

[full timber]

is there any stat that shows hours played per character

pretty sure i'm far beyond the 5 hour mark for this first one and the end of the campaign is nowhere in sight

[hearty walrus]

/played in game

[full timber]

19hrs

[opaque iron]

Not spawning any adds to kill really messes with flask sustain, just have to remember to run away throughout the stomping phase and get your damage in when you can

Shouldn't take damage from anything else he does besides maybe the big pool of lightning, but it tickled me with <30% lightning res and no armour

Easy to be underleveled, I was 47 it was 49

The zone right before with the shrine is solid to farm once or twice, I should've reset it

[bold rapids]

My act 4 boss finish is just frozen here, cannot progress....

[sterile barn]

ctrl and leftclick the map node, reset the instance

[bold rapids]

fight him again?

[sterile barn]

unfortunately yes

[bold rapids]

worked, thank you

[hybrid star]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/ice-shot-snipe-ranger-leveling?weaponSet=set1&ws-ngf5-f7d82102-7e77-4a44-ad24-33b67e8ae7bf=activeVariantId%2C6
@chrome glade so red is weapon set 1, green is 2, you don't need another bow tho, you can use the lock button it shows while ur hovering the equipped weapon, to use the same bow for both sets.
It seems to me they are using set 2 for marks and shock effect, that means using freezing mark with set 2 (I'm not sure how you are gonna shock tho)
If you expand the skill panel there are checkboxes which you can set which skill to be uses with which weapon set.

oh this is how you shock

[chrome glade]

ok i got it now

[tidal mural]

"Attacks" is just normal attack right? Not skills?

[hybrid star]

no the skill gem should says it's an attack or spell

[tidal mural]

Oh ok gotcha. So as ranger it should be all attacks

[hearty walrus]

depends on the skills you use

all classes can use all skills and items

[hybrid grove]

I’m very much new to this game, using the Druid class atm and I’m confused on why I have an actual weapon slot and a talisman, do I actually invest into weapon skills? I know the class revolves around the talisman

Would crossbow/talisman be viable? I’m fairly new to ARPGs in general

[meager galleon]

i'm not very up to date on druid since i havent played the class yet, but i think it does use weapon dmg and it very likely has to be a melee weapon if it does use it

[hybrid grove]

Yeah man this game is overwhelming to say the least. I’ve been following a build guide as best but it doesn’t mention an actual weapon lmfao just the talisman

[meager galleon]

i might be wrong about the weapon then

[hybrid grove]

You most likely know more than me I appreciate the feedback either way

[meager galleon]

havent played that much poe2 yet either, mostly poe1 ..

[hybrid star]

talisman is a weapon

[meager galleon]

well that answers everything

[tidal mural]

You can save orbs for temple right? Like you dont have to go in immediately upon getting 6?

[queen jungle]

Yeah

[raw holly]

Anyone knows how Polcirkeln interacts with permafrost, frag rounds or herald of ice?

[lament stone]

im assuming what you mean by druid is that youre using shapeshift skills, shapshift skills are attacks, and attacks have their damage based on whatever your equipped weapon is (you need a talisman for most if not all shapeshift skills) so the damage on your talisman is quite important

[tidal mural]

Just got to act 4 for the first time, died to the tribe boss on HC but whatevrr, im not restarting now, new season soon anyways

I feel that tribe boss is way too hard, doryani is a complete joke by comparison

[full timber]

the guy does have 3 healthbars

[tidal mural]

The tribe boss doesnt, just 1

[full timber]

are we talking about Tavakai?

[tidal mural]

Im not familiar with that name. The 2nd last boss in act 3 is who im referring to. Pretty tight timings in that one

[full timber]

Yeah, i'm sorry for the confusion then. But i thought that we were talking about Tavakai as the act 4 "tribe boss"

[tidal mural]

Ah sorry, ive never been to act 4 before today. Just got to the 5th island.

These bosses im finding tough as well, just bezt the prisoner barely

[full timber]

act 4 bosses surely felt harder

got 1-shotted a few times, can't imagine doing this on hardcore

[tidal mural]

Im not sure why I feel compelled to play it. Always what ive done I guess ever since D2.

Suppose I should beat SC first to get boss strats down

[hollow tiger]

I'm so hyped for that new crow RF

Is it a normal spell or is it comes from unique item?

[trim turret]

Its from a unique. Likely an endgame unique.

So you'd probably need to level with other minions.

[little iron]

its from the delirium pinnacle boss, so you would need to be atleast lvl 78 to equip the lowest lvl version

[tidal mural]

Still dont understand tier 2 and tier 3 stuff. Doesnt identify any better than anything else

[graceful basalt]

What is a good levelling build for stormweaver?

[full timber]

Higher tiers have increased chance to roll better modifiers

[trim turret]

Just chops off some of the possible super low tier mods.

[spare forge]

Who is a good yt or player to look for witch builds still suck at it😅

[subtle spoke]

since you apparently want a minion build, id check out kripparian's infernal legion build

[full timber]

This looks pretty detailed https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/animeprincess-stormweaver-sorc-league-starter

[tidal mural]

@full timber thank you

@trim turret thank you

Gee, that tavakai guy is wild. 3 forms, died on last

Is this it for chapter 4?

[full timber]

i think so

[tidal mural]

Hope so

Last 2 bosses have these huge raid wides , no idea where youre supposed to go 🤷

[full timber]

i hope to finish the campaign soon so i can get to whatever the endgame is

[tidal mural]

I mever been this far, act 4 is a nice change

Usually die in HC in act 3 lol

[hybrid grove]

Yeah I understand that the talisman is basically what the character revolves around but the game also lets you hold a crossbow for example at the same time as the talisman. Would it be worth it also investing in crossbow skills? Just an example

[lament stone]

in different weapon sets, theyre both 2 handed weapons so cant literally be used at the same time

but also its not a great idea to mix vastly different skills into one build because you end up having to spread all your tree and gear to buff each a bit instead of just focusing on making one really strong

[hybrid grove]

I see, I appreciate the feedback. I’m still learning how to play arpgs

[hearty walrus]

poe2 allows weapon swapping to an extent with weapon set points

[trim turret]

It depends what you do with it. I did a monk with a staff and a crossbow and used the staff to freeze enemies and the crossbow to shatter/explode them. If you're able to find synergies between the skills weapon swapping can be super strong. But you don't throw in a second weapon type for no reason.

Yeah it depends how you use your weapon set points.

[full timber]

whats the difference between a skill point and a weapon set point

[hearty walrus]

weapon set points allow you to assign 1 skill point to each weapon set

[trim turret]

You still spend a passive point, you just spend it in two spots, one for each weapon set. And you only have a limited number of those.

[modern spindle]

are u able to get the hollow palm technique without following the skill tree all the way up to it? this build im following has a leveling guide, and it tells me about the hollow palm technique after i unlock ice strike. however, the build doesnt go down the path of the hollow palm technique, so im assuming theres some sort of method to get it without unlocking it on the skill tree

im not sure if im only supposed to unequip all those things when i get the hollow palm technique

and this is what the build says to go

[little iron]

yes, there is a jewel called flesh crucible that lets you get a keystone in a jewel slot for a pretty hefty downside, the build you are following is probably using a leveling tree tho that goes into hollow palm first

thats the endgame tree its prolly respeccing into later

[hearty walrus]

yes, unequip those. hollow palm can only be used if you don't have a weapon, offhand, and gloves equipped

[little iron]

gloves can be equipped in poe2

[modern spindle]

but the leveling build guide doesnt get hollow palm

[little iron]

just spend the 3 points into hollow palm

[modern spindle]

ok

[hearty walrus]

oh

[little iron]

the poe1 hollow palm doesnt want you to have gloves equipped because facebreakers exist

[modern spindle]

wait so

is there any way to upgrade like

my damage

or is the damage from ice strike always gonna be enough

like yk how on weapons they have modifiers n stuff

is it the modifiers from my gloves that upgrade it now or smth?

[little iron]

the flat dmg for hollow palm depends on the skill level of the skill you use

so you always want to upgrade your skill gem and try finding gloves and amulets with + melee levels

[modern spindle]

ahhh gotcha

[little iron]

and the crit and attack speed depends on how much evasion and energy shield your character has

[modern spindle]

is this fine for now? im kinda lacking on some of the side nodes along the way to hollow palm

but i could just get those as i level up

[little iron]

yeah thats totally fine, hollow palm feels really strong when you first allocate it, you'll see

[modern spindle]

👍

this build seems super fun so far

for some reason my staggering palm skill wont teleport to multiple enemies anymore

[little iron]

it only does that if there are multiple enemies on the brink of getting stunned nearby

[modern spindle]

should i be entering the vaal ruins every time they show up?

[hearty walrus]

it's a side mechanic. you can engage with it if you want

[modern spindle]

is it worth it though

[trail matrix]

it has some guaranteed rewards in some areas in campaign

[tired forge]

o/

Hey guys, a quick question if I may:

Have the solved the Shader issue yet?

Also has there been announcement when next season is due to begin?

[trail matrix]

29th

[tired forge]

This month?!

Hurrah!

[trail matrix]

yes

[tired forge]

tyvm for the information : )

[unborn lava]

The reveal livestream recording, if you're interested:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkCu3V81N74&t=2887s

[indigo grove]

hi guys i really dont understand temple of atziri layouts
the map forces me to place rooms in certain places (standard rooms, not fixed rooms from chamber)

[hearty walrus]

some rooms can't be connected to other rooms

so they'd have to be connected to a hallway directly

[indigo grove]

I'm struggling to synergise things
i see online so much talk about this "snake" route, but it doesnt seem possible anymore?

sry im a new player

[hearty walrus]

the snake strat is getting killed in just a couple weeks anyway

[indigo grove]

gotcha
what do you recommend i try to focus on?

[hearty walrus]

for temple? i have no idea. i've barely touched it

but it is side content and not mandatory

[obsidian forge]

finish campaign, leech temple until level 95 at least and you have a couple hundred divines, then buy items for a budget build and you are ready to start farming on your own

one hundred div is enough tho

[hearty walrus]

i wouldn't recommend that to a new player

especially since the strat is going away soon

[obsidian forge]

agree to disagree I guess, leeching temples is how you start this league

[hearty walrus]

you don't have to do that is the thing

[obsidian forge]

if you do anything else you will be 10 times slower

[hearty walrus]

so? a new player might not want to exploit a broken strat

[indigo grove]

🙁
leeching feels like cheating though?

[hearty walrus]

then just don't do it. play at your own pace

[obsidian forge]

I mean if you want to progress optimally, have gold, experience and divines then leech temples

if you want a very slow start then don't

[hearty walrus]

it's a broken strat that's going away soon

[obsidian forge]

what does it matter if it will be there next league? every league is different, he is still playing this league

[hearty walrus]

it's up to them really

[little iron]

the journey is what matters

[hearty walrus]

if a new player wants to leech temple, they can. but i don't like recommending broken strats that are gonna get nerfed, at least to new players

[little iron]

its not even about the nerfing, its about taking 50% of the game away from people that dont even know what the game is yet

like telling a new minecraft player to just go into creative mode and build stuff when they ask what to do when starting a world

[short wedge]

Hello…Kinda new to Poe .. can’t decide between huntress or monk for league start.. any recommendations?

[indigo grove]

from my perspective, never played poe1 or poe2, every map i find a vaal chest
but the temple itself is not intuitive and restrictive
plus all this begging and leeching in chat feels really off putting to the sense of the game

[hearty walrus]

they both are getting new ascendancies

[indigo grove]

i mean i find vaal chest every zone i clear, so it's in my face that i should be doing this content and not ignoring it

[hearty walrus]

it's the current temporary league mechanic, so it's in every zone

[indigo grove]

so in new league vaal temple is removed from game?

[hearty walrus]

no. it's going core

[little iron]

its just not in every zone

you can decide to spec into it like the other extra content

[indigo grove]

gotcha
i just unlocked maps too, so just trying to figure out what's expected of me and what's available for me

[little iron]

dont worry too much for now, just click the different nodes on the atlas, put a waystone in it and slay some shit

one step at a time you will learn what you can do

[hearty walrus]

the endgame system is getting a pretty big change next league (dedicated quest areas)

[obsidian forge]

if you don't want to leech you can buy items with whatever you have and farm some chaos trials, good profit

chaos trials are very easy

and then buy better items and farm some experience/gold in maps

[indigo grove]

gotcha
im in temple now so cant access my stash, but i believe chaos trials are like the act 3 ascendancy thingies right?

[hearty walrus]

yeah. or find any mechanic you enjoy and farm it

[indigo grove]

thank you!
I'll have plenty more questions as i progress
dont even get me started on this delirium fog stuff

🫠

[hearty walrus]

that's also getting a rework next league

as well as breach and ritual

[trim turret]

Basically every side mechanic.

[hearty walrus]

and expedition

[trim turret]

And some balance stuff. Looking forward to patch notes.

[iron sapphire]

This might feel like a stupid question but is electricity and lightning the same thing regarding resistance?

[little iron]

electricity isnt a damage type

do you mean electrocution? that is dependant on lightning dmg

[iron sapphire]

Okay I meant hazards that do electricity but ty

[hearty walrus]

anything electric is lightning damage type related

[iron sapphire]

Oh Okay so it is based on resistance mine is only at 53% right now but those hurt bad

I could have it at 75%, but my gloves are giving me +2 to my melee skills and I feel like I shouldn't sacrifice that big of a chunk of damage?

And I don't really have the kind of currency to go shopping and at my level I don't think it's worth doing anyway because I keep getting new stuff

[drowsy idol]

Take the res if youre dying (you eventually need to cap all ele res eventually)

[iron sapphire]

@drowsy idol I'm not really dying but yeah I'll keep that in mind I think I'm hitting harder than I'm supposed to in the area I'm in

[full timber]

One heavy bonk and I'm dying in the interludes. I guess energy shield is a bit squishier

[opaque iron]

Agreed, they should buff ES

Really tho if es feels squishy it's cuz you don't have enough, or aren't able to recover it consistently. Both hard to manage in campaign which is why life + armour is usually the focus

From level 45 to 65 you can buy cheap 100 life gear that has armour/es, and then at 65 get a cheap 600 es vile robe to start your es stackin

[full timber]

Bosses without minions are kicking my ass. Health flasks not enough to drop them to 0

[opaque iron]

Something like body armour you can drop resistances to focus on high es, get res on other gear

[opaque iron]

Your damage is too low, or your flasks need updating

[full timber]

Also SSF so no trading i guess

[opaque iron]

SSF lacks the tools to reliably craft yourself what you need. It's just trade but picking up ground loot is your trade site

If you are legit hardwalled, which it doesn't sound like you are, then the ssf play is to farm a zone multiple times and slam a lot of normal/magic items

You can take a look at your support gems and skill tree to power up too of course, otherwise dodge roll correctly, learn the fights, and get your damage in when you can

[full timber]

Currently i just had to replay some bosses, but i feel comfortable about my damage at least when it comes to clearing maps

Got like 5k on arc lightning (with infusion)

[opaque iron]

Devs want you to fight and die to bosses like 5-10 times on average on your first go

If you are a caster

[full timber]

Working as intended then

1.2k energy shield is alright? Level 58 i think

[trim turret]

If you can sustain it somehow.

In combat.

[opaque iron]

If you are a caster you should have access to sigil of power, elemental weakness, and frost bomb

Should be utilizing weapon set points for curse magnitude or better exposure

Combined with being able to slot CoC or trinity or elemental conflux you can start rinsing bosses if you align your buffa

[trim turret]

Da buffa brudda.

🙂

[iron sapphire]

Quick question, Is The best way to upgrade a white base that I'm looking to upgrade to is by using essences? I'm not too familiar with crafting

[opaque iron]

1.2k es and hopefully 1k+ life underneath it

If you lose es, you press your instant recovery life flasks and then let es recovery after 2-3 seconds (it shouldn't be the full 4 at this point imo, couple points and you're there)

If you care to, you can run convalescence with cooldown and second wind supports, it allows your way to Regen even while actively taking damag

[opaque iron]

Budget way is to use transmutes and augments, then greater essence

[iron sapphire]

@opaque iron okay ty

[full timber]

[iron sapphire]

@opaque iron I got plus accuracy rating which I don't use, is there a way I can get rid of that somehow?

[full timber]

these are the actual stats, sadly can't be shared on a single screenshot

[opaque iron]

if you are in campaign, then not really. just trash it or use an essence or regal orb if the first mod was good enough to make the item an upgrade

orb of annulment is the main currency for removing mods, and you would be lucky to see a single one by the time you hit maps

[iron sapphire]

Ahh okay, I had all good mods except accuracy

Getting Increase light radius gives me hemorrhoids

[opaque iron]

ppl hate light radius and then spend extra time back tracking cuz they missed a vaal temple halfway thru the map

[iron sapphire]

I'm not on maps yet but I'm sure I'll run into that

So I have the choice of these 2 weapons and 1 has a higher overall DPS and the other is lower BUT it has plus levels to attack skills. Is flat DPS better?

[trim turret]

Do you have both and are able to equip them?

[brittle pier]

yall where do i access my merchant stash tab? i dont see it in my regular stash?

[iron sapphire]

I need to level up to equip the one with plus levels @trim turret But I now get what you mean I can just wear and compare them

[trim turret]

Have to get to act 4 and your hideout with the vendor NPC.

[trim turret]

Yeah I mean it depends on the actual flat difference in damage and everything so its hard to give you an answer anyway.

[iron sapphire]

I was trying to ask whether or not the plus levels would be reflected but it would just show on my skill list anyway

[trim turret]

Yeah it will increase the tooltip DPS.

[brittle pier]

i see thanks

[tame zinc]

How do I unlock a hideout? Got a quest to find one by can't find it

[glacial dew]

Is there any reason to use normal orbs over the greater/perfect ones?

[gloomy mango]

Whakapanu island has a hideout you can find.

[opaque iron]

They will be more rare next league according to devs, but in general no

You would be opening yourself up to some lower level modifiers, maybe if you need your ES to be exactly 6969 or something you can go for a lower mod on purpose. Niche examples like that are the only reason I can think of

[glacial dew]

So what's the point of even having them

Like maybe for really low level builds?

[iron sapphire]

I know I'm far from it but Would my gear be considered incomplete if I had to use runes for resistances?

I have 75% across the board except chaos But I'm using runes

[opaque iron]

what

you progressed the entire campaign without seeing any greaters

then you do midgame and see greaters

[glacial dew]

No I mean what's the point having regulars

[opaque iron]

by the end you hold onto a few perfect to use sparingly, thats how it should be imo

[opaque iron]

progression

if you killed the miller at lvl 1 and he dropped a perfect transumute, it would make your item unusable

due to level requirements

[glacial dew]

Ah

[opaque iron]

its the entire point, gate those better currencies behind harder content aka maps, ye

[glacial dew]

So you just use regulars in early game

Makes sense

[opaque iron]

and like

i dont think you can greater/perfect strongboxes

usually ppl roll with orbs of alchemy and vaal orbs in their inventory

[glacial dew]

Gotcha

Thanks!

[full timber]

should i be getting this

[safe heron]

why is my ingame map zoomed in all of a sudden is there a way to change it back?

[full timber]

press - in your keyboard

[safe heron]

OMG thanks

i never knew that

[full timber]

[safe heron]

why would anyone find that useful to zoom in like that?

[full timber]

some people can't see small things very well

there's also a toggle for map zoom under the interface if you need it

what is this skill i can't find it anywhere

[trim turret]

Does your build use it?

[full timber]

yea

[trim turret]

I think it comes from certain base types.

[full timber]

as in items? staffs and etc?

i guess so, this is in the build

thanks

[safe heron]

how u get your buffs at the top of the screen like this guy?

[lament anchor]

in settings -> Interface -> show aura icons

[tame zinc]

Any help would be nice. Stuck on ||Tavakai|| ATM

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Pandorium474-9410/vaal/character/Sourcesci

[wind moth]

Can someone help me with a act 2 boss

[safe heron]

I think you would get a quicker response and invite asking in global chat in game

[wind moth]

Yeah your right

[stark glade]

im new to the game is faith of vaal a league?

[little iron]

fate of the vaal is the currently ongoing league yes

its ends in like 1 and a half week tho

[stark glade]

ty ty im just trying poe 2 while waiting for the new league they said so many changes from poe 1

[thin pumice]

GGG usually discount the tabs more than 20%?

[trim turret]

From that link your resists look pretty awful. Use some artificers orbs and runes.

[lament stone]

the discounts are always the same %

[thin pumice]

ok ok thank you!

I bought a currency stash tab and a merchant tab, i think they are the most important

[lament stone]

yea

[tame zinc]

Have done. Still not that good

[opaque iron]

Tavakai is annoying, he's got big scary moves and tbh the best method is to simply scale enough by that point that dealing 100k is no problem

From your gems, it seems you are running sort of a typical chaos + black flame setup however you might be mixing the worst of two builds

Your essence drain for example is to be used for raw debuff damage, and withering touch + chain do NOTHING to help that. Chain should be replaced with swift affliction for bossing, and your other two supports should be zenith 2 and considered casting. Cast once, then cast two dark effigy totems OR keep doing the flameblast shenanigans you are trying. One is more used than the other but I'll let you make that choice. You can use both but we are getting to the point of piano fingers and that's never fun

Dark effigy totems will fire spell projectiles at enemies affected by your chaos dots, and is your main source of wither aside from Chaos Bolt, which isn't guaranteed to come with each wand you find

[opaque iron]

You MUST change your life flask. Immediately.

This is a "shoot yourself in the foot" flask for you right now

What happens is you click to heal, but then you drain your entire mana pool and thus have to click mana flask 😅

Meanwhile you take another hit and have to heal again... Neverending cycle of pain

Your wand and focus are "okay" for this level. Generally I'd say you could have at least one or two more levels to spells from those slots at this time but that's alright, changing support gems and adding dark effigy will already make a big difference

[full timber]

100K? Wait.. what should be my average damage on main attack skill at that point?

[opaque iron]

Here are generally good EDC support gems to run

[opaque iron]

Situational, can't answer

Almost all skill gems scale exponentially, even if they aren't as extreme as others. Combined with unlocking almost everything by level 58, you should be ramping pretty hard if you know what to do

[hot stream]

Hello guys, i am starting my poe2 journey as a first timer to get a hang of it before 0.5. I want a build which i can start with. Any suggestions? BTW i am starting in fate of the vaal so that i can progress faster.

[drowsy idol]

Id suggest not trying to progress faster and actually learn the game. Alva getting nerfed next league. For builds you can look.at poe ninja to see whats played then look up guides for stuff you find interesting on maxroll, YouTube, etc.

[hot stream]

Yeah i will take it slow and to do that I am going shield wall warbringer. I think Carn has a guide for it

[hot stream]

Thanks for the tips.

[drowsy idol]

Np. Yeah carn a good one to follow

[hot stream]

I am a POE1 player but POE2 0.5 looking kinda fire. I am hopping on 🙂

[drowsy idol]

Nice. Yeah im a poe 1 beta player. Poe 2 is getting there. With the end game rework its getting there.

[narrow oriole]

what witch/summon build/guide would you recommend for a first time POE player plz?

[astral reef]

Excuse me, if a sub-weapon/ focus says 30% cold damage or 30% spell damage, does that mean they will do the exact same thing for my cold spell?

[hearty walrus]

if 100% of your damage is cold, yes

[drowsy idol]

Infernal legion is the popular minion building right now

[astral reef]

Excuse me it's me again, what determines if an enemy will be frozen by me? I'm level 2 and using a staff with frost shards skills

The one the staff gives me for free and most of the time it freezes enemies in 1 cast but sometimes it takes 2 casts to freeze them

[stark elk]

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

[drowsy idol]

Beat me to.it lol

[astral reef]

I read it and I guess sometimes I just get unlucky and don't roll a high enough freeze ailment, I think the passive tree might increase how much freeze ailment I can apply in one hit.

But more importantly, I found this really amazing cold spell artwork on your link and want to try the spell now: It's called Ice Storm

it looks and sounds so cool in the picture

This website is cool, it even gives recommended spell support gem for the skill

[stark elk]

its been nerfed but cast on freeze is an amazing gem, when you can use it deffo give it a try, had some really fun comet/eye of storm builds from Cast on gems.

[opaque iron]

Skeletal snipers + the aforementioned Infernal Legion recommendation

Here are two links, keep in mind these are relatively fast players but the builds are simple and solid for having no access to trade!

https://youtu.be/4iVPFPfF0Tk?si=IR1YsRFlubayHITL

https://youtu.be/o7LjJJtL1LA?si=rGOY6eLyxG5xzKir

Skeletal sniper + choose Unearth or Flame Wall as your main mapping skill. Unearth spawns minions, flame wall spawns minions if you spend 30 spirit on a gem called Summon Raging Spirits

Both of which you could stop using once you unlock infernal legion. There are passive tree points for minion resistances, this allows them to survive without burning down to zero HP. There's an act 2 spectre called Vile Vulture that works as an all-rounder, it won't do as much damage as pure Infernal Legion but it ignites enemies for your skeletal sniper gas explosions. Highly recommend

[astral reef]

This sounds like advanced tech to my newbie brain but I'll try stuff out during my playthrough

I'm playing rn to learn and get an idea for what I want to do when the new game comes out soon

[opaque iron]

Keep in mind cast on freeze no longer exists, it merged with others to become Cast on Elemental Ailment

[astral reef]

Understood. @opaque iron How do I upgrade my freezing shards level on my staff without changing my staff because I like how I crafted this

[stark elk]

yeah, i kinda went in blind through my first playthrough, deffo should do the same, then when you get to maps you can start looking up builds, have fun next update sounds crazy good.

[opaque iron]

That's the neat part

You cant

If you want skeletal warriors you have to keep upgrading your rattling sceptre, if you want to keep freezing shards you must get a new Gelid staff, etc

If they were more modular we would probably see people run those skills more often. I know I've enjoyed using Lightning Bolt in campaign if I have extra support gems.

For spells, using Unleash early on different spells is a great way to chain back to back multi-casts

Not as relevant for frostbolt + frost nova I don't think tho

[astral reef]

I understand. Thank you Clan!

[astral reef]

Mmmm, I see your point but I wanna do my own ice magic build because what I think it pretty and cool someone else wouldn't think so

I'm loving what I've done so far with Ice infusion from Cold time bomb and frost nova for aoe and icicle darts for bosses.

I stocked up 3 cold infusions before the poison mushroom boss and I shredded him with my icicle darts when he got frozen

There's nothing cooler than ice spells in this game for me, pun not intended

[trim turret]

You just get a better staff. That's decent for low level but its nothing super special.

[astral reef]

Side note, is there a way to make the little objective and bonus things more visible/ different colour?

Like for the skulls and treasure chests

Because the default colour with the background is not very easy to see for my eyeballs

[hearty walrus]

there's no way to change the colors

[astral reef]

Aww ok

[gloomy mango]

whats crazy is this is the more visible version they put out. in 0.1 it was so much worse lol

[astral reef]

I'm enjoying crafting and getting lucky with what I roll. Look at this little beauty. I'm going to try and use exalted orbs to add 2 more good things like cold damage % and maybe cast speed or something.

I did some additional research online about other crafting enhancements too with specific items and things but those are beyond my current level of accessibility in the game.

[trim dove]

anyone know where the first level 3 support gem drops ?

[chrome glade]

New to poe but whats the point of weapon swaping if i can just allocate my passive on the main passive skill for the nodes i wanna use

Do i get extra damage if a weapon swap?

[hearty walrus]

weapon swapping is usually used for a support/curse/etc. setup to help your main damage setup that you'd need different points for

[chrome glade]

Ok so on the skill gem there a check mark for both set 1 and 2 do i have to uncheck one of them

[hearty walrus]

only if you want to use the skill on only one weapon set

[chrome glade]

mind checking dm

[trim turret]

So I'll give you two examples. I've done two crossbows before, one with stats and tree passives geared towards grenade skills, and another with stats and tree geared towards the ammo skills. I've also done a staff and crossbow and for the staff I had passives oriented towards freezing to use with wave of frost snd for the crossbow I had passives to buff fragmentation rounds.

[brittle pier]

Guyw after the new league starts in 2 weeks, will i be able to transfer my current character to it?

[cyan zenith]

No. New league is a fresh start for everyone. Your current character will be still available in Standard league

[brittle pier]

So if i wanna do the new content i either start fresh or wait 200 days?

[cyan zenith]

The whole endgame rework and the current Vaal Temple league mechanic will be available in Standard. The new Runes of Aldur league content will be well... in a league 🙂

[hearty walrus]

the league will have challenges for an armor set, better economy, and a new mechanic (runes of aldur)

[worldly spindle]

question, i heard some people recommending me to buy a fragment stash tab rn that are on sale, will i really need one for the new poe2 season? or should i get a map or another one instead? currently have a currency and trade one only

[trim turret]

Most people start fresh. 4 months is usually more than enough time to achieve desired goals with a character and they add/change enough to be worth it. It isn't like an MMO where you play a character for months or years.

[trim turret]

If you have currency and merchant, map and fragment I'd call almost equally important. Maybe map first.

[worldly spindle]

i see, thanks for the help

[fiery lake]

I need help with the cauchvic vault bosses

[crimson dust]

does poe2 require you to follow build guides like poe1 if your a new player?

[cyan zenith]

Much less than PoE 1

[drowsy idol]

Depends what your goals are. Want to kill ubers...id follow a guide. Finish campaign only...you can raw dog it, but could still be tough

[fiery lake]

Help

[trim turret]

#2┃looking-for-group

[celest heart]

is the passive tree alt button broken

it shows that like nodes are not going to impact any of my skills

[trim turret]

Yeah most of that doesn't work right now. If you're confident that the passive will have some effect check the stats on the skill in the gem screen before and after.

[brittle pier]

will my fragment stash tab transfer from poe1 to 2 next update?

[hearty walrus]

yes

[wispy patrol]

So if I read correctly PoE2 shares everything (char cross progression/ mtx) between PC and Xbox? I bought PoE2 on Pc and was about to buy another pack for 0.5 but I'm thinking I might as well buy it on Xbox instead . I just don't wanna end up with Pc/Xbox being separated in any way, then I'd prefer to just stay on Pc

[hearty walrus]

they are shared. it's only Playstation that separates mtx (still has crossplay)

[opaque iron]

My b I read it wrong

Yeah buy a license on each system and then link them together. Kinda sad we can't get the league supporter packs and spend the 300 gold on early access or something

[bronze ether]

Jamanra as Melee is miserable. First time playing, been cruising along honestly until this brick wall....................

[idle cedar]

are there cosmetics for the current season? if so how long would it take to get to them if I started today?

[opaque iron]

top 5 hardwall campaign bosses, dont beat yourself up

if you dont know every single one of his moves, you will soon xd

update your life flask and make sure you arent trolling yourself with 'take 15% of life recovered from mana' or 'grants recovery to minions'

[trim turret]

Make sure you have some lightning res too.

[trim turret]

There were a couple tied to trivial progress during act 1, but I THOUGHT they were just for like the free weekend. But I've also seen someone say they still got them. Full set of armor coming with new season.

[glacial dew]

Dumb q but are leagues somehow preserved after an update? Like after Rise of the Ancients will Fate of the Vaal stuff still operate in the game somehow ?

[hearty walrus]

the fate of the vaal temple mechanic is going to be added to the core game