2┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[hearty walrus]

rise of the ancients isn't a league, it's an expansion. runes of aldur is the league

[idle cedar]

ok thanks for the info!

[desert marten]

hey what stashes are the must have for the upcoming league if that changes the list at all, i have currency, merchant, and fragment so far with 155 points leftover

[hearty walrus]

map and gem

[crimson dust]

idk if this is allowed but can anyone reccomend me some legit new player friendly build/content creators for poe2?

[hearty walrus]

that is allowed

[balmy kindle]

hello, wanted to pick up poe2 again after playing a little bit after launch. i know a new updatee is coming in a few weeks or something but is it fine to level and play now?

[hearty walrus]

sure, but if you want to play in the new league, you'll have to make a new character

[tame zinc]

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

Idk how to get more res without taking away from my damage

[queen jungle]

Your rings.

[torn lava]

hello!
the poe 2 update on may 29 is the endgame update right?
the endgame overhaul?

[trail matrix]

yes

[chrome glade]

quick question during league starters do yall usually use your whetstone during campaign or just save it for end game

[obsidian forge]

I immediately use them on my weapon if I find one in the campaign

no point in saving it for endgame coz you can buy weapons

[chrome glade]

ok ive just did a run with ice shot and i only got 6 but never used it lol

nah im just talking for league starts since everyone poor

day 1

[obsidian forge]

me too, I would probably buy a weapon with quality on it during campaign as well

okay by league start I mean first week

[hybrid star]

if you find a nice phys bow then just slam it, lower level items will gain more % per use

[chrome glade]

hmm ok

[brittle sable]

Hi! I am new to POE2 and starting the Interlude I feel very weak, please can someone have a quick look to my char and explain to me the possible reason I feel that weak ?
https://pobb.in/mm9mGxGrH-AZ
thanks a lot in advance for your help! 🙂

[vestal hemlock]

we cant convert tabs to merchant tab anymore ?

nvm

[queen jungle]

Your resistances are a bit low despite your gear only having 4 mods in most cases.
Also you should try to get +level of your skills on your weapon/shield for more damage.

[brittle sable]

ok I was wondering if resitance needs to be caped during Interlude, so I resolved it, now trying to have +gem lvl on items 😄

ppl advice me not to use exalted orb during campaign, can I do so to fish for more modifiers?

[queen jungle]

Yes, resistances can be suffixes. So if your items have open suffixes, you can use Exalted orbs to try to get more, but if you already have 3 suffixes then don't do that.

The interludes are the end of the campaign, so if you find an item that is almost an upgrade, it would be worth slamming it once or twice to try to get a better item.

[brittle sable]

Perfect! thanks a lot for your help!

[tepid glacier]

Odd that it does not state sources of empowerment.
Do warcries and skills that consume rage count (like Furious Slam)?

[noble tusk]

Not by default. But warcry skills specifically can empower your attacks.

https://poe2db.tw/us/Infernal_Cry
For example infernal cry says this:
Empowers one Attack per 10 enemy Power in range, counting up to 50 Power

It also says what it does to an attack: Empowered Attacks Gain (30—49)% of damage as extra Fire damage

[tepid glacier]

Thanks!

[iron sapphire]

I feel like almost all of the uniques I have found or not even close to being worth it, there was one that gave some life, strength and increased charges per second for life flasks... Am I just not finding good stuff or is that true for this game

[trim turret]

Uniques are unique. They aren't automatically good. They're usually situational and are used for their special stats. For general stats like life and resists rares will usually be better.

[iron sapphire]

Yeah that's what it feels like, it's just my item filter goes off like a nuke whenever one drops so I get all excited and then it's something I have no use for

[bitter imp]

Good morning, can someone help me? I started playing yesterday and I don't know how to get a good weapon. Is it worth haggling with the vendors?

[trim turret]

Well you can't haggle. But yes you should be looking at ground loot, checking vendors, maybe hitting the gambling vendor when you have some gold, and be using the crafting currency that drops.

[bitter imp]

ok, thanks

[queen urchin]

Is this still not f2p?

[unkempt garnet]

Not until 1.0

[trim turret]

They're thinking December-ish.

[iron sapphire]

Should I be worried about rogue exiles? Or is that one of those post campaign maps mechanics

[inner swift]

Hi, so I’m liking the game but I’m overwhelmed lol. Can someone link me a reliable how-to and what’s what YouTube vid plz.

[modern spindle]

so im following a leveling build (monk) and i was told by some people that its jus a soft guide and its fine to deivate from the build

are there any skills that work well with all monk builds? it says to get these skills, but that would mean i wouldnt get a single skill from the level 7 section. is there a level 7 quarterstaff skill that you guys would recommend to anyone?

[trim turret]

Skills aren't generically used. The reason why the leveling guide uses the skills that it uses is because they synergize with one another in some way. The tier of the skill has very little impact on how useful its going to be. That said, if you think one will serve a purpose as part of your build, try it.

[trim turret]

They're just random encounters.

[iron sapphire]

Okay cool ty

[supple blaze]

I can’t speak for the ice related skills because I haven’t used them.

But for the level 7 skill gems, if you’re just using qstaff, Shockwave I believe is a decent damage dealer for both clear and bossing. I personally like going for Siphoning Strike though. If you’re clearing fine you don’t usually use it on mobs, but for bossing it’s does alright damage and is a great way to generate powercharges for falling Thunder

[modern spindle]

Im using ice strike w hollow palm

[trim turret]

There's a point where using too many skills becomes redundant. That's why there's so much build variety, and there will be a lot more as time goes on.

[light geode]

Might be an easy question, anyone know how to reset gold on SSF? i tried migrating the existing SSF character but I still have all the gold from it on a new character

nvm, i figured it out

[supple blaze]

Then probably Freezing Mark would be best

[queen urchin]

Damn

[queen urchin]

Ok ty ty

[trim turret]

POE1 is quite free and has tons of content and is mid league right now. And anything you buy is shared between the games.

[solar wyvern]

assuming it's actually been ported

[unkempt garnet]

Hoping the Kalguraan theme of next league means all my Kalguraan MTX from PoE1 is coming in too

[iron sapphire]

I'm looking ahead in my build guide and it shows the chest piece giving valakos charge, can I put quality on that eventually?

It shows with 0 quality the bolt only shoots once but I can get up to 2, ik it's not something to worry about now as this is the endgame build just curious

[full oracle]

if you reply within next 10 min , you get a free POE 2 key

[trim turret]

That's generous.

[full oracle]

https://klipy.com/gifs/times-up-you-took-too-long-independence-day--k01KRRYFWGGQHB6H5Z107JFF8AX

well , maybe some other time

[lethal elbow]

I'm wondering if ggg play-tested the warrior vs the king in the mist by themself? 🤣

[tidal mural]

Stupid question but how useful is evade really? Like is it any and all attacks?

0 armor and block but 75 evade doesnt sound very decent 🤔

Or would you ever go just evade?

[lost scaffold]

evasion is for melee and projectile hits but not aoe
for campaign it's not a big deal if you just stack evasion, you aren't planning to get hit much anyway if you're ranger/huntress
but once you get to mapping it's vastly outclassed by energy shield or evade/shield hybrid

[untold flame]

is there a list on what currencies during campaign are things you should just spend to get stronger and what items are valuable enough to save for trading/post campaign?

[trim turret]

Unless you drop a divine I wouldn't worry too much about using your currency. Exalts are used for trading too. But transmutes, augments, essences, runes, artificers orbs, use them. Exalts too if you're making a good item even better.

[trim turret]

Life and resistances are the base defenses you need. Evasion is another layer, and builds usually have multiple layers beyond life and resistances. Evasion does nothing for spells for instance.

[untold flame]

thanks, yeah I was mostly asking because I heard exalt orbs are best saved for trading and I have 4 of them

[trim turret]

I mean, I wouldn't throw them away willy nilly and a blue item with two good mods is better than a rare with four bad mods, but if you're trying to finish off a good item you've crafted they aren't bad.

[untold flame]

ah okay, by the way are gemcutters prisms valuable? thats the one other item im not sure about

[full oracle]

https://klipy.com/gifs/mirror-mirror-bear--k01KRS54T23FAA7N2B93GYAY91H

[trim turret]

Nah, use em. Quality on your skill gems provides nice benefits. Unless its a skill gem you aren't going to keep.

Yeah or if by some miracle a mirror drops, save it.

4k hours in POE1 and I've never seen one.

[untold flame]

oh yeah i've heard how insanely rare mirrors are lol

[full oracle]

I wonder if a mirror ever dropped in POE2 campaign , it would be crazy if someone used it unknowingly

[tidal mural]

@lost scaffold thank you, maybe ill go evade/energy gear next update

[flint plume]

GGG might have statistics on it, but I don't think they've been posted. During Mercenaries league in PoE1 they did post statistics on people who missed insanely valuable rewards or claimed a different one instead

But getting a mirror during the campaign and using it on a random junk item you have is basically the PoE equivalent of winning a lottery jackpot and then using the winning ticket as a napkin instead of cashing it in

[modern spindle]

why does staggering palm only sometimes travel between a bunch of enemies? ill hit a crowd with a few ice strikes and then press q, and its just completely random if it teleports between the enemies or not. i heard something about mobs need to be near-staggered for it to do that, but ive seen it travel to mobs that were at full hp

do u need charges for it to do that or smth?

[modern spindle]

ohhhhhhhhhhhh

so you have to hit the stunned target for it to do that

[hollow goblet]

When's the new league?

[hollow goblet]

Thanks btw, I'm getting into a whole blown out of proportion argument in gen chat just because they found this tedious to do. I appreciate you!

[hearty walrus]

why would you be in a general chat?

but you're welcome

[hollow goblet]

I thought this wasn't really a good place to ask because it was campaign help so I wanted to stick to the theme. Anyway have a nice day!

[iron sapphire]

Is it possible to add quality to lineage supports? I don't have it yet but I'm just curious

[naive junco]

so basically spirit walker focus on spirits and minions ?

[trim turret]

I don't think any supports can have quality.

[trim turret]

Roughly yes. The spirits can help with various types of builds and the focus is on companion minions specifically.

[mellow ore]

so is a new season starting in 12 days? should i wait?

what will be different?

if its just community stuff then i dont really care

[stark lynx]

If you've seen the announcement video, everything aside of Runes of Aldur will be in standard as well, aka the league you end up in if you start now.

[hearty walrus]

there's a 1 hour video going over all the changes and new stuff

https://youtu.be/vkCu3V81N74

[stark lynx]

embed sleeping?

[hearty walrus]

i used <>

https://youtu.be/vkCu3V81N74

[stark lynx]

ig trade economy is a community related, so you don't care about fresh economy

[mellow ore]

i never really trade in these types of games

i just usually go through the campaign

[stark lynx]

ah if you stop at that point, then there is hardly any difference. Barring what patch notes might change balance wise

[hearty walrus]

there is a lot of game after the campaign

[stark lynx]

the whole update is reworking end game to have some meat around the bones.

[mellow ore]

lowkey might just wait two weeks

kind of awkward timing

nah imma just start a character and then i can restart if i want

[mellow ore]

oh my this is a big skill tree

i forgot

[queen jungle]

Yes indeed

[stark lynx]

forgot?

[mellow ore]

am i able to see the gem cutting menu without a gem?

i want to take a look at the skills

[hearty walrus]

no, but they're working on that

[mellow ore]

oh i just need to hold alt to see the ones that i cant equip

How do i be a dragon?

I have a talisman but i can only choose bear or wolf

[hearty walrus]

you can select wyvern when you're level 6 iirc

or if you have a wyvern skill

[mellow ore]

ah ty

yeah ig theres no wyvern skills till lvl 6 anyways

[mellow ore]

is there any reason to keep old flasks?

i remember in poe1 i could combine them or something

[deep sphinx]

No, you can sell them

[iron sapphire]

@trim turret hmmm In the description though it says gains 0-2 additional bolts from quality?

[stark lynx]

Where does it say that this gem is a support?

[weak bone]

iS this a new gem?

[iron sapphire]

Oh my bad I didn't read it's a skill gem just from a piece of armor but still curious how to add quality?

@weak bone nope

[trail matrix]

with stuff that adds quality globally

like one idol (which wont give quality when new league drops) , gemling ascendacy

that one rather expensive support

[iron sapphire]

Okay I guess When I get to that piece of armor I will look for that stuff

[weak bone]

also one node on passive tree

Another day without Martial Artist reveal, damm

showcase it already

[trail matrix]

yesterday already had its "teaser"

wait 9h minimum for the next one

[noble tusk]

Skill Gems or equipment that grant Skills grant a specific bonus to their Skill based on their Quality.

So, armourer's scraps on a lightning coil.

[clear dawn]

hi we cant desecrate waystone anymore? there other way to do that?

[stark glade]

guys can i beat the trial master for ascendary early?

im having hard time on the boss level

[trail matrix]

nope

[weak bone]

omg, finally

[rose void]

how to additional socket gem on skill?

[cyan zenith]

Lesser, Greater or Perfect Jeweler's Orb

You'll get your first Lesser at the beginning of act 3 (or earlier if lucky)

[turbid tide]

Hello, is it possible to skip the "Eye of Hinekora" map if you've already played it on your first character?

[little iron]

you can but you wont get the bonuses

so basically no

and it has some fairly good bonuses

[limpid crystal]

I'm new to path of exile 2 and it's my first time playing this kind of game should i follow a build guide or just make my own

[trim turret]

Up to you. You ok with hitting walls and needing to make changes?

[weak bone]

don't need to follow a guide strictly, but read a build and learn what they take

[trim turret]

What kind of build you looking for?

[stark glade]

is the ultimatum for ascendacy points doable early?

[full oracle]

heya, for brand new players I would highly recommend to watch this great beginners guide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWVuW8TKhBM

[opaque iron]

Just try it and if you die it should be doable again. Very doable when you get to it but in general it's something some ppl leave till later

Personally, I power through the next like 5-6 zones then run ultimatum, then I only have a couple zones to beat the act

[supple garden]

ive been playing for a bit and tried out some different classes and builds but im struggling to find something that really resonates with me, any help?

[full oracle]

I would think that just depends on personal preference , what type of skills or powers you like ??
do you prefer more melee or ranged combat, weapons or magic spells ??

[verbal crater]

For concentrated area gem it says 30% more area damage. So if i put that gem in mace strike, does that mean it straight up gives my mace strike 30% more damage?

[trim turret]

As long as it has the AOE tag, yes.

[trim turret]

What have you tried and why isn't it working for you? Hard to give suggestions with no info.

[marsh patrol]

whats the best sorceress ascendancy? all of them look sick to me

[opaque iron]

What's the most appealing thing about each one to you

Chrono is slated to receive the most changes in 12 days, we will know more in 5.

Disciple is new and quite strong, but getting to first ascension could be considered tricky.

Stormweaver enables some builds that rely heavily on infusions and Limits. this basically means a ton of elemental spells and fewer chaos/physical ones. No real minion builds for her either as far as I'm aware, whereas you could make the case for a minion Chrono and obviously varashta wins that competition as long as you enjoy her djinn

[marsh patrol]

chronomancer is the entire concept of stopping time, resetting cooldowns and allat

disciple is also very interesting to me, being able to summon a helper like that without running summoner build

and fyi im running a thunder spam build rn, but idk if i wanna keep running it

what do you mean by first ascension btw

[opaque iron]

Choose whatever looks most fun for campaign, you can always change later

[opaque iron]

If you go varashta for minions, you don't have any minion damage nodes for the first ~8 levels

[marsh patrol]

is varashta only for minions?

[opaque iron]

Meaning you run the standard chaos spells + bonestorm combo, or plants, or elemental spells

Then between the levels 22 and 30 you transition into minions

[opaque iron]

Nope

[marsh patrol]

oh

i mean is there any way i can run varashta without going minion?

cuz i feel like stormweaver is such a basic elementalist (which is kinda the entire point)

[opaque iron]

Just go off vibes for now, you can always change later. While some ascendancies synergize well with certain builds, it's not a big deal

There are plenty of non minion varashtas

I'm not sure where you are in the game but when it comes time, you'll have the three presented and can read what you'd be getting

[quartz hearth]

anyone have extra uncut support gem here?

[opaque iron]

If it makes sense given your skill gem tags (projectile, spell, lightning, etc) then great. If not, look at the others

Chrono for example is giving you new spells to use, does that fit your build? Are you gonna be okay pressing fifty buttons to operate it well?

[marsh patrol]

im at that part rn, i gotta choose 1

[full oracle]

I made one that was just based on Ice Nova and Navira's Fracturing (no minions),
it wasnt that great for bosses, but was very satisfying to see the whole screen of mobs freeze and shatter

[marsh patrol]

sure

[marsh patrol]

woah, sounds sick

[full oracle]

technically Navira is still a minion and you would need to go for minion damage,
but I didnt have any extra minions 😅

[marsh patrol]

screw this

ill make my own thing

[full oracle]

thats the best way 👍

[quartz hearth]

@full oracle do you have extra support gem to give?

[full oracle]

extra support gem ?? just uncut ??

[quartz hearth]

uncut please

[full oracle]

sure, let me get ingame, whats your ingame name

[quartz hearth]

can i pm you?

[full oracle]

sure

[brittle pier]

yall is hungry fangs from the trail of sekhmas permanent?

like if i get hit i wont ever get back that hp inside of the trials?

[hearty walrus]

it doesn't reduce your max life/es/mana

[unborn lava]

all buffs and debuffs you acquire are specific to that trial. They don't follow you out and won't be there when you start the next one.

[brittle pier]

guys i disconnected while i was in the altar of ascendancy without having chosen my ascendancy yet, now im back at the trial start, is there a way to get back to the altar without having to redo the trial?

[tame zinc]

Nope.

Gotta redo

[brittle pier]

does spiked shell apply to the final boss of the trial of sekhma?

[tame zinc]

If it says it affects all enemies that also includes bosses so yes

[brittle pier]

it just says monsters not ALL monsters

[tame zinc]

If the boss is a "monster" type then it will apply

[brittle pier]

how do i get more baryas to get more ascendancy points?

[tame zinc]

They drop randomly. Think I can trade them too

U*

Yeah check trade market. Just make sure to get one for your level

[hearty walrus]

there's no 'monster' type. monster refers to all enemies

[tame zinc]

Really. I was told that monsters are non human beast like enemies.

[hearty walrus]

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

humanoid is in there which includes normal humans

[tame zinc]

Ahh I see

So I was just confusing the categories with the term

[modern spindle]

whats the best way to get exalted orbs in act 3?

[tame zinc]

Just. Farm enemies. Rares have chance to drop them

[modern spindle]

ok

my friend is getting into the game and im wondering if i should tell him to follow a build guide or if he should just make up his own build for his first playthrough

[hearty walrus]

depends on how he wants to play

[mellow ore]

is the boss taming in the game yet

or does that come out in 12 days

[full oracle]

in 12 days

[mellow ore]

aw shit

guess im waiting then

lowkey the only reason i came back xd

[hearty walrus]

it's only available with the spirit walker huntress ascendancy

[mellow ore]

i dont mind being huntress

from the little i played last night i think ill use the poison bow skills

[modern spindle]

my friend needs to find two more ancient beacons, he explored the whole map that has them and theres just none left

[hearty walrus]

there's only 1 per zone

[tidal mural]

@modern spindle if you are 10+ levels over an area, they wont spawn

[modern spindle]

i did this and they didnt drop a spirit gem

[hearty walrus]

you get it when you consume the thing that gives you spirit

[fierce veldt]

I haven't played since I got about half way through Act 3 in 0.1, and wasn't super excited to take my squishy Monk through campaign on second difficulty, so I've got a couple questions! First, I hear Act 4 is out, does this mean there's no Cruel difficulty (just do all four acts, then a short quest or two, then maps)? Second, wanting to jump back in with 0.5 on a solidly tanky build (clear speed isn't a huge concern); can Bear form (or one of the shapeshifts) on Shaman (or another ascendancy) be build to be respectably hard to kill?

[hearty walrus]

there's no difficulties anymore. after act 4 is 3 interludes (short acts).

[weak bone]

there was difficulty? I played 0.1 and I don't recall

[hearty walrus]

there were

[weak bone]

must be handcore or softcore, right? I don't think there were difficulty levels

[fierce veldt]

I certainly didn't start it, but I do remember my friends going through Act 1 on Cruel (same with POE1 before the Acts 6-10 dropped)

[weak bone]

Oh... it's just repeat the first 3 acts... this is what was talking about...

it's not a difficulty level for game per say

because they haven't developed act 4, so they just repeat act 1 after you beat act 3

[fierce veldt]

Oh, I know that it's not a 'difficulty' in the same sense as you'd select Easy, Normal, Hard, etc., but iirc it was actually called Cruel Difficulty at the time :P

[near wigeon]

i have a rx480 4g is there a way to increase my fps? i get 30 fps usually

[trim turret]

Tweak the visual settings and turn them down.

That's not exactly a beefy card.

[astral reef]

Excuse me please, I'm reading the quality improvement for Eye of Winter which says 0-30% increased projectile speed. Does that mean it shoots faster or just moves faster?

[astral reef]

How did you research this so I can check future things there too please?

[hearty walrus]

https://www.poe2wiki.net

[astral reef]

Ty!

I want it to shoot faster for sure but I don't want the orb itself going too fast cus itll just zoom past the enemies I'm using it on

I currently have projectile deceleration in it and I don't like that I have to do that instead of a more damage oriented gem

[tidal mural]

How come my 3 rare quartstaffs arent allowing me to reforge?

Oh maybe that cresent one was the problem

[noble tusk]

You need 3 of the same staff.

[tidal mural]

Probably pointless to reroll staffs anyways, just wanted to test

Like a blue with 70%+ enhanced damage then regal and exalted would make a better reforge.
Although I guess we are burning items then too

[stark glade]

does vulcan really have long loading times?

[queen jungle]

hardware dependent

[raw canyon]

Hey all! I am playing a Varashta Disciple on HC SSF. I crafted a power siphon wand and now I am stacking power charges easily. I cannot think of anything at the moment for a pure spellcaster to use the Charges on. Are monk skills the only skills that are empowered by Power Charges?

[glacial dew]

What happens to all the currency you save up once the new league starts?

[rapid cypress]

depends on what "mode" you're willing to play, if you want to try out new league - thats a fresh start for everybody, however you can still play on standard league with all of the things you found throughout all past leagues

[glacial dew]

Is standard the same thing as SSF?

Also what do I do with low level uniques I got in very early campaign? I got this belt at like level 5 but now I’m level 16

[merry nacelle]

If you're not using it you can throw it in your stash for collection or disenchant it for a chance shard.

[rapid cypress]

SSF means solo self-found, you can't interact with other players via trade or multiplayer lobby (also comes with own stash, like hardcore league)

[glacial dew]

What’s the point of keeping it in my collection, can I use it later for crafts?

[rapid cypress]

maybe it'll help what'll happen to your characters

damn its transparent lmao this windows changes

[glacial dew]

All good

But I still don’t get the difference between standard and the new league. I thought standard just meant not hardcore

[rapid cypress]

honestly standard is accessible trashbin for all the things you ever collected and not sold/disenchanted/deleted

[rapid cypress]

current league is "fate of the vaal" in which everyone fresh started on december 12, it has own mechanic that'll spawn in every location (idk if true for poe2 rn, maybe almost every), after it ends in less than two weeks all the goods you'll find will be migrated to standard. then after league that starts 29.05 (return of the ancients) ends, all the characters will be migrated to standard

you can look at leagues as a season (each has own mechanics/encounters), when season ends everthing is migrated to standard

[trim turret]

Standard is where all characters and gear get dumped when a league ends. League means a fresh start, fresh economy, a new league mechanic, and challenges for cosmetics.

Standard is a graveyard where people do some build testing usually and that's about it.

[trim turret]

Level also means very little in terms of uniques. 50% of damage recouped as mana can always be useful for certain types of builds. What matters for a unique is what it offers that you can't get anywhere else and whether it's useful to your build.

[glacial dew]

Oh so no one really cares about standard

[trim turret]

Not really no.

[dull parcel]

for many people in the long term standard is rather boring to play
if you do all the quests there and kill all the bosses once, it will be like a typical sandbox since then where if you won't decide to have any goals for yourself what to do, then there won't be any for you there

[solar wyvern]

standard is for name squatting, sitting on your hoarded loot like a tolkien dragon, and maybe keeping your old characters "alive" for nostalgia

[trim turret]

Characters simply don't need months or years of investment to be considered "finished."

[solar wyvern]

there's definitely a few outliers like people trying to assemble all of the strongest gear that ever existed into one package

[drowsy idol]

yeah but we are talking about like .0000000001% of players, and most wouldn't even be able to assemble that for the cost. As leagues go on, "bis" standard builds are going to be just multi-mirrors per slot

[weak bone]

Damn I guessed it, fubgun is doing twister starter

[merry nacelle]

https://tenor.com/view/nobody-cares-gif-18196907282428815626

[mellow ore]

There really cant be duplicate names?

why ;o;

[full oracle]

because they are used for invite and whisper functions in chat , and in trade

[mellow ore]

per character is crazy tho

[full oracle]

yeah, because you use the character name , not the account name
so you can do /invite Character name and that has to be a single user

or @character name for wisper

[tidal mural]

How come the maps are different from SC to HC 🤔

[hearty walrus]

they shouldn't be

[tidal mural]

Totally different layouts, always been that way.

Not a big deal, was just curious why they did that

Even starting at clearfell its totally backwards

[hearty walrus]

zones are semi-randomly generated

[tidal mural]

Yeah but HC clearfell is the same everytime for example.

Mud cave is west, and Glenwood is north. That Hag with cold res is NW. Every time.

SC is different, mud cave is east every time

But its the same evrry time in each difficulty

In HC, mud burrow is west 100% of the time, its not random.

Hc league rather if it matters.

Right now I just made a standard SC for a laugh and its totally different game

[unborn lava]

The seed for each league is set per league type. Hc/sc and ssf varieties.

[unborn lava]

so this is correct

but will randomize again in 0.5

[tidal mural]

Oh I forgot about that, I did briefly play ssf and that was different as well yes

[quartz hearth]

how do i get more support gem socket on mirage deadeye I currently have 3 i want to make it 5

i have perfect jewellers orb but its not working

[unborn lava]

you cant use jewellers orbs on granted skills

For Mirage it'll gain support sockets as you level

You'll get to 5 when you hit 90

[quartz hearth]

okay thanks

[raw lake]

guys what is this vaal temple and what can i do with it

[hearty walrus]

it's the current temporary league mechanic

[opaque iron]

All rooms and path tiles contain monsters. Rooms usually have more monsters than paths, and also have added effects. These effects can be persistent (increased number of monsters, effectiveness of monsters, rarity of items found, etc) and/or a single reward (usually a single crafting currency, might be something else)

By placing certain rooms you can upgrade them, further enhancing their rewards (both persistent and temporary each run)

Typically you should be trying to reach the Architect and fight him over and over

This is the main way to unlock more medallion capacity, very useful long term

[full oracle]

you have 11 days before its completely changed , so not really worth do go deep into it.
just place whatever rooms you get and run it, its good xp

[opaque iron]

You'll only have 6 crystals to fuel each temple run to start, increasing once again by fighting the architect and completing random rooms

Watch a 10 minute YouTube video by milky or whoever and you should be set

If you hear about a certain "tech" just know its fun to try and go for those but totally unnecessary for what you're doing!

[raw lake]

alright thank you both!

[mellow ore]

Does being in werewolf/bear form effect my stats?

[trim turret]

Yes. If you read the transform keyword on a talisman or a skill it tells you the bonuses each form gives.

[royal temple]

Hi everyone,

After being a long time lurker I finally decided to buy the game.. any tips, or add ons?

[trim turret]

Trying to go in blind or use a build guide?

Familiar with ARPG's?

[royal temple]

Im coming from d4

I like builds lol

Im pretty clueless when it comes to it

[trim turret]

Maxroll has some decent guides. Look for league starters. But there is a new league (season) starting in two weeks. Beyond that, read stuff. POE2 has underlined keywords everywhere that you can hold alt and read. Focus on doing one thing well, look for synergies between skills, get life and resistances on gear, and don't ignore whites and blues just because they're lower rarity. D4 tends to do "up arrow good" especially while leveling. POE, two good stats on a magic item is better than four bad stats on a rare.

[full oracle]

I would recommend to watch this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWVuW8TKhBM

you can find item filter here
https://www.filterblade.xyz/?game=Poe2

You got 300 points for the MTX shop, I would recommend to use them to get Stash tabs.
1 Currency stash tab
1 Merchant tab (for trading later)
other dependant on what you prefer, there is a bunch of them

[trim turret]

There's a stash tab sale every three weeks also.

[royal temple]

Coo coo coo coo ty both

[short wedge]

Hello what is the best ascendency for shield wall warrior?

[mellow ore]

how many acts are in the game atm?

[opal hamlet]

can anyone help me by chance

so i started a lightning arrow deadeye and was having a hard time finding armor

[trim turret]

4 + 3 interludes standing in for acts 5 and 6.

[trim turret]

What do you need help with?

[opal hamlet]

any tips on finding gear with certain things i need

[trim turret]

In the campaign the only things you really need are life and resistances and some movement speed on your boots.

Pick up ground loot, use your cheap crafting currencies, check vendors when you level up, use your runes and artificer orbs.

Look for weapons with better damage values, if you can get other sources of flat damage like on your rings, great.

If there's another thing you need you'll have to be more specific.

[wispy patrol]

Righto ... can anybody explain, not ELI5 more like ELI3 how weapon set switching and binding is supposed to be performed on Xbox/controller ?

[mellow ore]

Did they make this game more difficult

im getting my skull exploded by every attack xd

[trim turret]

No. Where are you in the game?

[modern spindle]

how do i do this

[unborn lava]

Keep progressing Act 4, it comes from clearing one of the maps there which will advance the quest and have you talk to Ange again.

[winter granite]

Anyone have ratha’s assault?

[modern spindle]

i died to the boss here and hes not there anymore

[wispy patrol]

I'm confused about how to set this up ( https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/permafrost-bolt-witchhunter-build-guide / under "Weapon Swap" )

I get how to assign permafrost/frag to different sets, but as a skill that's just the loading ammo part. To shoot I'm using crossbow shot - which I would need for both weapon sets
What am I missing?

[full timber]

I did it with a monk so hopefully you'll understand. In your inventory, rigth click the weapon and it will be "locked" for your first and 2nd weapon set.

In your skills, find the skills you want, press the little arrow to the right and left click on the weapon set you want that skill to be used.

From your message it seems you want Permafrost Bolts ONLY on the weapon set I (uncheck II) and then the other way around with the others

[wispy patrol]

Thanks for giving it a go.

I'm not sure though. I have the same weapon locked to both sets. In my skill menu i have assigned "permafrost" to set 1 only and "frag shot" + "grenade" to set 2 only. BUT ... when I slot the skills there get rephrased to "LOAD permafrost ammo" and "LOAD frag ammo". The actual shooting is a different skill "crossbow shot"

[full timber]

it also says you'll need different keybinds for shots 1 and 2

[wispy patrol]

and then for example - when I am on set 1 I can;t load frag shots anymore because they are bound to set 2

[wispy patrol]

gonna give that a try

looks like it works now? but i'm still confused ... so I'm not loading ammo anymore and the game seems to figure out automatically which ammo to use. But since there's 4/5 different ammo sorts I could have multiple ammos on one weap set. Does that mean this no switching ammos required is a 2-ammo edge case?

[full timber]

A longer clip with a merc

1. Lock weapon
2. Set skills to different weapon sets
3. Set crossbow shot I and crossbow shot II to different bindings
4. Bind the load ammunittion for each shot and use them
5. Fire at will

this looks quite fun, never played this class before

[wispy patrol]

Thanks mate, really appreciate your help. I do think I've got it working now. It's quite nifty to not have to manually change ammo, saves a lot of clicks.

I only have about 20 odd hours in PoE2, but I love the Merc. Crossbow feels great and the voice lines are chef's kiss.

[full timber]

I mean

its a 12-gauge shotgun

not really a crossbow

[wispy patrol]

i have a feeling that in 0.5 i will absolutely need the new grenade launcher

[full timber]

we have grenade launchers?

[wispy patrol]

HELL YEAH https://youtu.be/jsp5NFH5714?t=71

it's a unique in the second half of the vid

[solar wyvern]

the grenade launcher will also supposedly appear as a non unique base

with a special pool of mods

[full timber]

holy shmoly

[wispy patrol]

oooooh, that is even better

[full timber]

yeah i think i got a feel for the rythmn now

[wispy patrol]

The best thing is when he takes out a rare and just says "Easy" .... the disrespect

[full timber]

you can do this even better than me i'm sure

[solar wyvern]

Multishot support on the basic crossbow attack or on High Velocity Rounds is nice for run and gun gameplay, basically a burst fire rifle.

[steep portal]

Hello, what build would you recommand for a new player for the next patch ?

[trail matrix]

need to wait for patch notes to see if some stuff got buffed or nerfed

[sage onyx]

Can somebody explain the Vaal temple to me while leveling? All the guides I see online talk about snakes and best builds and what not.... I have no idea hwo this thing works to begin with from the fundamentals. The rooms never fit properly and I have no idea what the hell is going on =/

[noble tusk]

These are not the starter guides.

[sage onyx]

Yeah, I can't find a starter guide -.-

[noble tusk]

Cause guides usually focus on the most efficient farming strats, yeah. You can just read what the rooms do and explore them youreslf. Rooms can upgrade other rooms, so you want to place them in a way that improves your layout. You can read what each room do in the game as you encounter them.

For you it's going to be enough.

Farming guides for the temple involve broken mechanics that will be fixed in 0.5 update, so I wouldn't waste time on that.

[sage onyx]

But its kind of random every time I do the full 6 that open the portal 🤔
And the rooms I get are random too

[noble tusk]

Well, yeah.

There isn't much you can do before you start seeing medalions.

[sage onyx]

😅

....

So is there any explanation as to what things are?

Apparently medalions only drop after defeating the architect? How do you get to it?

Also - Unrelated question. I am following a guide on the monk and it says that at the end of act 1 (Level 14) to get the hollowed palm technique passive to go "weaponless" but how does that work? Isn't my weapon the majority of my damage? 🤔

[noble tusk]

I suggest you play the game tbh. You will get it in time.

[drowsy idol]

Its going away very soon. Just plop some stuff down and play

Not away but revamped

[noble tusk]

No matter how much I can explain here, it will raise more questions.

[sage onyx]

Well about everything else in game (And so far all other league's) it was rather easy to understand by just playing. I am returning to this league after a very long hiatus exactly because the vaal temple mechanic was so.... unexplained and none intuitive =/
And I still run to the same problem 😅

[drowsy idol]

Its still the same league...what did you think would change?

This is why we keep saying it will be completely different in 0.5

[sage onyx]

People would figure it out and post guides 🤣

I think I've found a guide.... its fine >_>

[sage onyx]

Now to figure this out 🤔
As in - Does the hollowed palm technique forgoe's weapons altogether? 🤔

[drowsy idol]

Did you read IT

There since I said gem

[sage onyx]

I am so confused by what you are trying to say >_>

[drowsy idol]

Im asking if you read the description

[sage onyx]

Of the notable passive? Yes. It says that my unarmed strikes are classed as if I am wearing a quarterstaff....
Buuuuut at what point do I use unarmed strikes? 🤔
Unless I remove the weapon from my hands

So I understand that it interracts with skills that use quarterstaff.... But the bonuses are given only when I remove the weapon?

[drowsy idol]

Read the second line of text

[sage onyx]

I yet again am not sure what you are trying to say =/
I understand english well enough (Thus my question about taking off my weapon and ignoring weapons moving forward)....
Have you understood what I am asking?

I am extremely glad that this makes perfect sense to you =/
I am asking here for a reason

[drowsy idol]

You cant wear weapons. It says it right there. Im not sure what else youre trying to ask here

[sage onyx]

....

What I am asking is if I choose this passive - It means that from that point on, I no longer use weapons? As in - Most other characters benefit A LOT from the weapon slot (Especially with the fact that it can have runes and what not and stuff like +to all skills)
So with a build that uses this passive, I essentially forgo all of these buffs?

Also - It helps when you are not condescending out of the get go and actually try to understand the question

[drowsy idol]

Yes bro for the 200th time. You cant use weapons

[drowsy idol]

Youve been nothing but condescending with emoji after ive answered multiple times. If you think asking to read the description is condescending, then idk what to tell you. Youve got to actually read in this game

[sage onyx]

Which emoji? I have only posted "thinking" because I were unclear.
Your answer was "Did you read it"?

[drowsy idol]

It LITERALLY says both hand slots must be EMPTY

[sage onyx]

The nature of my question was:
"If I cannot wear a weapon for this passive to work, does that mean that builds will just be weaponless?"
A simple "Yes" would've sufficed without "Read the description"

I have read it - And asked for clarification =/

Its fine. Thanks for your help

[drowsy idol]

If you read the description you wouldn't need to ask. That's the point.

If your question was what are hand slots, that would be different

[naive junco]

can i play spirit walkers with the lich squelletons ?

[glass cobalt]

When are the patchnotes dropping ?

[full oracle]

I love this spelling for skeletons , they are now my squelletons

also not sure which skeletons you mean ??

[full oracle]

Thursday or Friday, probably Friday

[naive junco]

OI DONT BULLLY me

[naive junco]

I mean the same skeleton that lich use

[full oracle]

just the normal minions, yeah you should be able to use any of them

but Huntress side doesnt really have many minion nodes, so may be a bit more complicated

[naive junco]

ah alr then

[full oracle]

I am sure there will be good Spirit Walker builds out in the first few days , then we will see

you can check out GhazzyTV , he is the Minion Lord of POE 😅

[naive junco]

i hop

[trim turret]

No weapon, you scale damage instead using the methods provided by Hollow Palm and by getting flat damage on things like your rings.

[trim turret]

No skills are class locked unless they're part of an ascendancy.

[stark glade]

what poe awakend like app does work on poe2?

[trim dove]

does anyone know where you get your first lvl 3 support gem?

[little iron]

exiled exchanger 2 is the awakened fork for poe2

[stark glade]

ty ty

[stark glade]

how to fight last boss in interlude? they just saying weird stuff

[trim dove]

walk to the edge where you will see a guy hovering over the pool

should be top left

[stark glade]

this one

[trim dove]

oh, should trigger when you walk up to them

theyll both turn to look at you, might need to walk back a bit

[stark glade]

._. gad damn i need to run the whole map again

they said its a bug

[trim dove]

cant just respwan at checkpoint?

[stark glade]

they still just saying weird stuff wont start the fight

[stark glade]

i defeated them whats next?

[trim dove]

should now prompt you to return to sin in act 4

where you get 2 passives and then you can enter maps

[tidal mural]

@trim dove just got one in forgemaster, level 41 area

[stark glade]

finally i can build my char xD ty ty

[tidal mural]

Damage to enemies on low life. Are those good investments?

Might be useful on bosses. Probably a waste though if you got enemies that low to begin with

I still cant get over how hard they made the tribe boss in act 3. 1010 hp with 41% armor and i get 1-shot by the spears.

So they do 1500 damage.....

[hearty walrus]

armor only affects physical damage by default

what are your resistances at?

[tidal mural]

31 fire/72 cold/51 lit. I dont think those spears are covered by that though

[full oracle]

the tribe boss in Act 3??

[tidal mural]

Yesz, second last boss

[full oracle]

oh, I guess the Viper ??
there is a boss area in Act 4 named Heart of the Tribe so it got me confused 😅

[tidal mural]

I got that confused before too, oops. Ill start saying viper

I still cant get over 1500 damage though.

[full oracle]

I do think the Viper is the hardest campaign boss overall

[tidal mural]

I found the monkey, and the last 2 in act 4 tough as well

[full oracle]

for Viper try to use the poison charm if you have

[tidal mural]

Ill do that for next time for sure! Never thought of that.

I usually play hc, glad I didn't this time lol

[tidal mural]

Does stun recovery count for tripping? Probably not

Looking at Back in Action node

[full flax]

Hey i was just about to try again and i saw a short about something that made like a persistent swarm of crows around you, what is that and what class do i need to choose to do that?

[full oracle]

its this one https://poe2db.tw/us/The_Ravens_Flock

its an item skill, not locked to any class

[full flax]

Lots of summon buffs. Best for witch?

[flint plume]

Witch is currently the most popular minion class but it's hard to say anything until we get patch notes

[trim turret]

Minion builds have been played on multiple classes and there is a whole new subclass coming along with that item that is designed around companions, which are a specific type of minion.

All that is getting added to the game with 0.5 next week.

[full oracle]

https://klipy.com/gifs/kung-fu-panda-li-1--k01KS142DKJYEKQ49P55Z4NZ00H

[full flax]

Oh is the weapon not out yet?

[full oracle]

its coming with the new league on the 29th

you can check stuff that is coming here
https://pathofexile2.com/ancients

[mellow ore]

the boss taming is actually so interesting i cant wait

[stark glade]

are the uncut support gems really expensive?

[tall hornet]

yea

[tidal mural]

Does chaos orb always give high tier? I got +90% armor/evade, thats crazy compared to other drops in act 3

[stark glade]

i was 1.5 for 1 div wtf

[tall hornet]

on leaguestart lv 20 spirit is 10 or so

[stark glade]

ohh ty ty

i was buying lvl 5 support gem but damn lvl 20 is 10divs

[obsidian forge]

jesus christ, there are support gems, they are very cheap, there are unique support gems, they can be incredibly expensive, there are skill gems, starting with level 19 they get expensive, especially level 21, but below level 19 they are very cheap

right now uncut support gems might cost a divine or something because you are supposed to farm over 100 divines per hour

[stark glade]

https://tenor.com/view/the-burnt-peanut-peanut-sad-sorry-boss-gif-559269176682853254

[undone bone]

ngl I fucked up, tried making a necromancer build and now I cant kill bosses

how fix

[marsh patrol]

is Arc build generally worse than Spark builds?

[trim turret]

By giving more information than that.

[trim turret]

No, it chooses a mod at random based on the possible rolls of the item, which is determined by item level. Greater chaos orbs dump some of the lower tiers but a super high tier isn't guaranteed.

[full flax]

Hey what does the raven flock staff drop from?

[trim turret]

We don't know since it isn't out yet.

[full flax]

Man why is my short telling me its an "early game" build

Yt shorts is so trash

[fresh saffron]

i closed my game yesterday when mid way walking down the long tunnel here that makes you walk really slowly, opened it today and no matter what i do it wont open, the boss wont spawn and i've reset the map, respawned at checkpoint and such

any suggestions

[merry nacelle]

Start a new instance and re-run it. I think it's ctrl left click on map.

[trim turret]

Because you need to use trusted build creators and anyone telling you about a build before we've even gotten patch notes is clickbait bullshit.

[trim turret]

Also make sure you aren't watching anything from Path of Exile Builds, they're a scam channel.

[full flax]

I can't remember who the video was from, can't find it either

Also

Where are the filters?

I wanna filter out common trash but there's no filters

[full oracle]

really shouldnt be using just YT shorts for builds, at least watch the whole YT video

[fading lagoon]

https://www.pathofexile.com/item-filter/ladder/follower/type/PoE2

pick a neversink filter for the start. you can adjust these later if you really want

[full flax]

Im not, i saw that and wanted to reinstall

[fading lagoon]

there are less strict and more strict ones

[full flax]

Whats this?

[fading lagoon]

filters

[full flax]

No

Do they seriously not have native filters

[fading lagoon]

these are native

its a text file

you can filter what you want

[full flax]

Then why isn't it in the game

[dull parcel]

you need to follow the filter to have it in game

[fading lagoon]

will be maybe in time. i can tell you that filters work. there is no UI for it in the game no. you can pick your filter in a dropdown in the game

[trim turret]

Click follow, it gets added to your account and you enable it in game. Neversink is the gold standard.

[fading lagoon]

you cannot adjust your filters in the game currently. there is a homepage where you can do this if you really want. but just follow the neversink filters.. they are up to date and you can switch in between them.

if you really want to do custom filtering (which is a huge timesink btw) you can go to: https://www.filterblade.xyz/?game=Poe2

would not recommend as beginner

[full oracle]

you can also just sync to the existing filters there , its actually very noob friendly

[fading lagoon]

is it? i mean a noob does not know what to filter out

there is no reason to. if you have no game knowledge just go with the neversink ones

[full oracle]

Filterblade is Neversink , lol

[fading lagoon]

i know

thats not what i said. i said doing anything with your filters if you have no game knowledge could just mean that you do something very wrong. which i would not recommend as beginner

and there is not really reason to do it anyway because the filters provided are good as they are

sure if you play SSF and only want to see maces for example. go for it. but if you do not play ssf you might want to see them and sell them. you know what i mean?

[full oracle]

yeah, thats fine, I also think that making custom filter is not really needed or recommended for new players,
but you can just sync the Regular filter from Filterblade in like 5 clicks and it works great , that was my point

[fringe scroll]

I'm running through my first playthrough to get some gold and currency before 0.5. When should I sell my drops to the store for gold and when should I have them broken down for crafting materials?

[full oracle]

you wont actually be able to use anything from existing characters in 0.5 , the economy resets and everyone will create new characters for 0.5 and start fresh

all current characters will be moved to Standard league , so you dont fully lose them

[fringe scroll]

ah right i forgot about the economy reset - i guess as a general question then, about when to sell and when to break down

[full oracle]

if its your first playtrough I would recommend to just focus on learning the basic mechanics, so your start of the new league will be much easier

[fringe scroll]

other than specific boss mechanics i'm having a pretty easy time so far with a few hundred hours in POE1.

[full oracle]

I usually just sell all of them for gold , except the ones that have sockets or quality on them, which you can break down to get stuff to improve other items

[fringe scroll]

beautiful thank you!

[full oracle]

oh just to mention, when breaking down those items that have sockets or quality on them,
dont "Disenchant" them at NPCs , use this Salvage bench, you get it in Act 1

[full flax]

Is 200% impale magnitude +200% damage or ×200% damage

Or is it something else

[trim turret]

Impale is a debuff that stores 30% of your physical damage from a hit on the enemy, and then anything that extracts the impale adds the strongest of that debuff to the hit that does the extracting.

What is the exact language of the stat that mentions impale magnitude?

[tidal mural]

Does stun recovery include tripping?

[full timber]

no

[hasty parcel]

anyone able to help me kill viper napuatzi (act 3 boss)

[tidal mural]

Best of luck !! I HATE that one

My buddy saying he two shots that boss at that point of the game, yeah right.

Using trade board of course but still.

[formal zephyr]

Hi! good afternoon

I am seeking for help to fix my POE 1 build, I keep dying with one shots and my block stats are a mess

[hearty walrus]

this is a poe2 channel

[formal zephyr]

sorry

[full flax]

Hey my skeleton arsonist just kinda stopped detonating my temporary summons. Any help?

Oh they're back now

Aaand they're gone again

[waxen osprey]

will tomorrows patch notes based on past patch experience showcase all changes to skills, support gems, items etc. or will important information be left out?

[trim turret]

Not left out, but more things may change in the week before the league actually launches.

[left quartz]

If its a numerical change. We will know about it.

[harsh tartan]

Not a new player, but not a veteran, and a campaign question, is there a general list somewhere of which side bosses are recommended to do and which are recommended to skip if you want to minmax your campaign speed?

(that kinda feels like a thing that would exist somewhere, but if it doesn't, would someone maybe be willing to make a simple list like that for me?)

[trim turret]

You can always just focus on bosses marked on the map with + symbols since they provide permanent upgrades.

[teal epoch]

stupid question time! following this guide by guythatdies, it talks about swapping to having 2 weapon sets with twister beign on set 2... but thats the one with the faster attack speed, surely you'd run whirling on the faster speed set so you can stack to 3 and then have a higher phys damage spear on set to 2 make each twister do more?

[chilly nebula]

It looks to me like weapon set 1 should have more attack speed. What makes you think set 2 has more attack speed?

[full oracle]

if you actually never reached engame, I wouldn't really recommend to follow speedrunning builds.

[vestal valve]

can someone help me kill yama?

[full oracle]

sure, DM me your ingame name

[vestal valve]

thank you

[south ermine]

Does anyone know how many more patches till 1.0?

[full oracle]

https://klipy.com/gifs/one-michael--k01KS3T79KPM3C81MVN1XR12N1Z

[south ermine]

Nice

So like by December it will be 1.0?

Or one more after 0.5

[full oracle]

yes, they said next league after 0.5 will be 1.0

[south ermine]

Wow nice

I’m hella hyped I wonder how many people will join for 1.0

[full oracle]

it will be huge, but I dont think we will find out anything about 1.0 until Exilecon

in November

[south ermine]

I wonder what they have in store for us

This year gonna end with a bang

[trim turret]

They're going to do incremental balance patches and add new items leading up to 1.0 but we won't get a full new league, new classes, or the last two acts until then.

[astral reef]

Im hoping in the future they will design a character that uses/ specializes in cards like an Arcana or Astrologian

[trim turret]

Not sure how that would fit in with the lore and we still have 4 base classes and over a dozen ascendancies that are already planned and coming.

[drowsy idol]

Thats not how this game works

They could make a card skill (but I highly doubt it), but they dont make characters. You pick an ascendancy and make a build

[full flax]

Heyy soo i saw some video about a year ago in #1322253154083016795 with fireballs and meteors and just a load of mess, and i really wanna do that, but which way should i go in the passives ocean

Also how many of these do i get, cause there's probably around 5000 nodes, 700 relevant ones and im concerned i wont reach all the nodes i want

[drowsy idol]

Just follow a build guide...thats what youre asking for

Find one from 0.4

[full flax]

Why 0.4?

Is that the most recent patch

[drowsy idol]

Because thats the current patch

[full flax]

Ah

Is there a name for what im describing other than chronomancer? Because im only level 6 and dont know when ascensions happen

[trim turret]

Yeah but comet trigger is probably getting nerfed in a week and chronomancer is also getting reworked.

[trim turret]

Some kind of spell trigger build, but there are a lot of them.

[drowsy idol]

What your describing probably doesn't work anymore. Theres also a new patch in a week. Theres meteor builds out there, but im not familiar enough to help directly. Look up.0.4 meteor guides

Yeah what tote said

[drowsy idol]

Id honestly suggest just hopping in game and messing around for a week, then restart with the new patch and fresh economy. Use this week to just get your feet wet.

[trim turret]

In a week I'm gonna sink my teeth into that new Monk ascendancy.

[full oracle]

max is 124 skill points at level 100

[mellow ore]

i enjoy this game, but being tripped while running might be one of the worst most annoying mechanics ive ever seen

[hearty walrus]

don't run near enemies

[stable frost]

what time patch notes?

[dapper arrow]

^

[unborn lava]

No time has been given, but it's a safe expectation to think it'll be sometime after 8am New Zealand time

[ivory turtle]

play pathfinder

[ivory turtle]

in 16 hours

[ivory turtle]

<t:1779408000:F>

This should show in your local timezone

[undone bone]

can someone help with fixing my necromancer build?

[full oracle]

probably best to post the details of your build in #1308715058716610580 under the appropriate class thread ,
and what specifically you are trying to do or need help with

usually people that play the same class are there and would have more knowledge about that specific thing

[undone bone]

following a necro minion build but im really struggling with dmf/ bosses

[full oracle]

yeah, just post the full details there,
best to even link the build you are following and what gear you are specifically using yourself

they are sorted by ascendencies, so just make sure you add it in the one you are using

[ivory turtle]

who is necromancer

this is poe2

[full oracle]

I am assuming its Witch 😅

[ivory turtle]

maybe you mean POE 1?

[undone bone]

witch lich

[ivory turtle]

or they mean poe1 which has necro

you can also post here #2┃build-planning

[drowsy idol]

Thos sounds like a question for Playstation or ggg support...not us randoms on discord if youre absolutely sure its not working

[steady swift]

I.... Just got the items.. was being impatient

[rocky trout]

What's the best feeling monk league starter you've played?

Tried LA/LR and Twister lvling on monk and they feel pretty good compared to normal monk lvling. Very squishy even with some armour based gear sadly

[delicate willow]

Just a sanity check becuase it's been a while -
When the new league rolls around, all my characters and their resources get moved to past league right? I can still play them, and enjoy the new league content with them?

[restive shard]

No.
Your old characters are not deleted, but you cannot play the new content with them right away. Those are exclusive to the new league.
Later, after the league ends, the new content might be added to the standard league where you could then play it with your old character, usually in a lesser form.

Basically, when a league rolls around the entire thing is cantered around the new mechanic and you will usually interact with it in every zone and map.
Then, when the league ends up being good / well liked, it is added to the base-game permanently alongside all the other old leagues. You will of course no longer stumble over it in every area then.

TLDR: PoE1 and PoE2 fully expect you to make a new character every few months. And as daunting as a task this might seem right now, I can promise you that it gets better the more experience you get. There is a reason why the vast majority of players prefer this type of reset.

[noble tusk]

The league is runes of aldur. Everything that's unrelated to it can be accessed in standard, once 0.5 releases.

[restive shard]

Ah, right. Things like balance changes or reworks of mechanics etc are of course global and not just for the league.

Considering that runes are supposed to be added to the expedition mechanic, I am not 100% sure how this will play out in standard. It might be that the entire mechanics just gets disabled there for the moment, or you might just keep the old version.

If you get to travel to the new islands in endgame... I don't know, but I would guess no.

[plush tangle]

Wow I want aware tomorrow is patch notes

[delicate willow]

Is that all new league stuff? Like for skill/node updates too?

I hopped into the game about a week ago, and picked Chronomancer 🤣

[hearty walrus]

only things related to 'runes of aldur' are exclusive to the league

[noble tusk]

No, there are always 2 parts. Update and league. Runes of aldur is league, chrono is a part of an update.

[restive shard]

This is all new grounds! I can only say how the handle it in PoE1, but that game is obviously not in Beta :D
I would just assume that anything stat related (changes to the passive tree, ascendancies, skills etc) should be in standard. Anything that is new content but NOT actually linked to the new league mechanic MIGHT be in, but I would not be surprised if its not. Anything that is directly linked to the new league mechanic is definitely not in.

Past experience tells me that GGG does not care much about the state of Standard (an opinion that most players share). Its VERY much low on the list of priorities, to the point that entire mechanics were outright not functioning properly for months there in PoE1, meaning to get the final answer, you will just have to wait and see :P

[delicate willow]

Ok!

[hearty walrus]

I doubt they would do things significantly differently than in poe1

[full flax]

How do you all keep a sorcerer alive? I was fighting a guy that took like 10% damage and reflected every projectile and just 🫩

[hearty walrus]

was this in the graveyard area?

[full flax]

Yeah in one of the tombs

[hearty walrus]

you need to circle around those guys with the big shield

[full flax]

Ik im probably not gonna see that guy past this area, but i still need an actual source of damage mitigation

Also what is this temple crap? Why can't i just make a path to the objective?

Why let me make a path if i can't actually make it?

[hearty walrus]

it's the current temporary league mechanic. you're given a random set of rooms to place each time you go in

[full flax]

And random locations you can actually place them?

[hearty walrus]

not random. most rooms can only be placed next to a path or connected to a specific other room

[full flax]

I got that, but i can't use the paths to walk to the architect room

I can put nearly anything on anything else unless it would get closer to connecting to the architect room

[full flax]

Do summons do chaos damage?

[drowsy idol]

Depends on your build

[full flax]

Oh that reminds me when do i ascend

[full oracle]

in Act 2, in Trials of the Sekhemas

[warm pebble]

patch notes when?

[full oracle]

Later today

[warm pebble]

is it in 3h or 4h

[drowsy idol]

11:59 pm pst

[ivory turtle]

in like 6ish hours

[warm pebble]

it would be 3pm est then right?

[waxen osprey]

why do you think its in 3/4/6 hours?

[merry nacelle]

you all smoking something

[full oracle]

https://klipy.com/gifs/kung-fu-panda-li-1--k01KS142DKJYEKQ49P55Z4NZ00H

I dont think GGG ever actually specified when the patch notes will be out , so its still unsure

[warm pebble]

got my awnser: 6h06mins from now aka 8pm est

[full oracle]

as mentioned, GGG never confirmed the time , so that may not be correct

[warm pebble]

source was poe2db maybe its wrong maybe not

[full oracle]

yep

[full timber]

50/50 ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[mystic condor]

any suggestions for a build that is kinda foolproof for get the basics of poe2?

[full oracle]

as much as I have seen , no build is fool proof , there is always a bigger fool 😅

[full timber]

Getting the basic of poe is understanding damage, resistances, leveling, skill interaction, bosses, currencies, trading and endgame content

Any build can do these things

oh and crafting, lets not forget about crafting 😅

[full oracle]

the best build is learning the mechanics

[mystic condor]

i have played poe1 for quite a while but not sure about poe 2 builds

[full timber]

it should be easier to you to bridge the gap then... just start with a class/ascendancy that looks fun to you

[smoky fractal]

new player here wondering why i cant use this but i meet all the requirements, im so confused

[full timber]

its a game after all, having fun is the goal.

Do you have enough spirit to activate this

[noble tusk]

Socket a skill. It won't work if it's empty.

[smoky fractal]

socket a gem into archer?

[noble tusk]

Yes. It's a meta gem, you need to support it with your skills.

[smoky fractal]

Okay, so do i socket a support gem into it or a skill gem. Sorry i got no idea what im doing

[south ermine]

patch notes wen

[noble tusk]

At first skill gem, then support gem.

Mirage archer uses skills from it's slots and the skill is supported by everything in other slots.

[full oracle]

scroll up

[hearty walrus]

meta gems let you socket other skills into them

[smoky fractal]

ohh i see now, thank you so much Sirbutter

[full flax]

What should i pick for my first bind specter

[opaque iron]

The most popular ranged spectres are in late act 3 as well as interludes

Here is a spectre wiki you can see act 1 and 2 monsters

Vile vulture in act 2 deshar and cultist archer from act 1 freythorn are some id recommend trying, but neither is going do be strong enough on its own at this level

https://poe2spectrewiki.com/all-spectres-cost-type-and-locations/

[tidal mural]

How long do modifiers last in plunders point? And what maps do they take effect in?

[hearty walrus]

the huge expedition? remnant modifiers affect all monsters from that and future explosions

they're only for that encounter

[tidal mural]

But theres only 1 monster on the whole map, and 1 explosion. 200% exp seems kinda pointless. I know im missing something here

[hearty walrus]

did you detonate it after placing one explosive?

you're supposed to place all the explosives, then detonate and they'll chain

[full flax]

Which ascendancy for the witch buffs summons the most?

[hearty walrus]

lich and infernalist have minion/ally buffing nodes

[tidal mural]

Oh my bad, thought I only had 1 bomb

Wonder if I can redo that

[hearty walrus]

you can't, but you'll encounter more

[noble tusk]

You can if you didn't make an explosion. But if you already pressed a detonator then no.

[full flax]

Which one lets me have the most summons

[opaque iron]

While the Oracle can technically reach higher numbers, Infernalist is a solid minion ascendancy to start with you simply cannot go wrong in choosing it

1. Infernal hound
2. Extra spirit from stacking Life

Those two are the main reasons

[full flax]

I do have a ring that makes my fire spread

[opaque iron]

That won't help unfortunately

[full flax]

:/

[opaque iron]

For acts 1 and 2 it's got solid stats tho, just life Regen + mana regen + fire res

[full flax]

Why not?

[opaque iron]

If you are using flame wall for SRS or snipers then it adds some value

[opaque iron]

You are not your minions

You cannot wear the ring and have your infernal hound spread its ignite as an example, I'm not sure if that's where you were going with that idea

[full flax]

[opaque iron]

There are a few unique rings that work on minion builds but in general you just go for life/mana/rarity/resistances/attributes. Cast speed can help make things feel smoother but not vital

[full flax]

Its got fire res and fire damage at least

[drowsy idol]

Fire damage doesnt apply to you minions

Like the other dude said, you are not your minions. You need specific minion damage

[full flax]

Did i break my ankles?

[hearty walrus]

you'll trip if you get hit while running

[severe fulcrum]

why tho , did GGG look at super smash bros brawl and think "oh people hate that lets put it in" ?

[hearty walrus]

they don't want you to just sprint through everything

[opaque iron]

Sprinting is op and you can always play pathfinder to not get knocked on ya booty

[tidal mural]

I hate tripping as well. I feel they couldve added one without the other. As HC i try and just walk everywhere, death by tripping sucks lol

[opaque iron]

Death by tripping sucks but it's almost never not the players fault for tripping hehe

That's a good hc death

[noble tusk]

Yeah, just don't speed.

[opaque iron]

Embarrassing to the point you don't make it agajn

[full flax]

Do my resistances gained by passives affect summons?

[dusky ocean]

I need help with the Count. Any takers?

[hearty walrus]

not unless it specifies minions/allies

[full flax]

The wolf guy?

[dusky ocean]

Yes

[noble tusk]

If it's nodes with minions resistances.

[dusky ocean]

I can mop up the first round. The second round I have trouble

[full flax]

I can help, i dont know how to join someone though

[dusky ocean]

What’s in game name?

[full flax]

Sorry i cant rn

[dusky ocean]

Can still add as friend?

[full oracle]

sure, DM me you ingame name

[fringe scroll]

I'm running through the Machinarium and the game keeps playing the sound like something dropped an important item even when nothing has died recently. Is this trying to point me toward the soul cores?

[uneven kestrel]

Yes lol

[fringe scroll]

BONG. BONG. BONG. BONG. go over therBONG

would it be directional if i had headphones on?

right now it literally just sounds like "something important is on the ground" which... okay.

[uneven kestrel]

Yeah I think it was directional iirc

Still silly

[full oracle]

it bongs every time you enter the radius where the soul core is, so when it bongs it means it is close.
if you leave that radius and get back into it , it will bong again

[full flax]

Yeah do you need my account name or character name

[keen yoke]

anyone wann play with me, im new

[keen yoke]

good talk

[full oracle]

bro its been 3 minutes, have some patience 😅
also you can can check in #2┃looking-for-group

[worn jasper]

did you do a full restart?

[trim turret]

There are also less people playing because we have a new league starting in a week.

[keen yoke]

im being dramatic dw

may 29?

[trim turret]

Yes, 0.5.

[keen yoke]

ill ask the same question 8 days from now then

[full oracle]

yeah, and everyone is just frantically refreshing the Patch notes website

[lofty cipher]

Yeah, but maybe I should wait like 10 minutes (or how long does it take to reset zones and stuff?)

[trim turret]

I'd explore a but and try to learn some of the basics in the meantime.

[trim turret]

I need time to dweeb out and read them and report the big changes to my group.

[worn jasper]

if it was a visual bug it shouldve been cleared with the reset weird

[lofty cipher]

As I said, there was no reset, I just rebooted the game instantly. How long does it usually take to reset during logoff?

[worn jasper]

i was talking just on the games side. if you want to reset a area to see if it fixes the issue you can go outside the said zone. Ctrl+LMB on the zone enter, and open a new instance manually instead of waiting the 10-15 minute timer

[wispy patrol]

is poe.ninja correct for poe2 chars? pretty much all main stats on my char have minor to significant differences between in-game and ninja

[full flax]

How long does it take my skeletal warriors to respawn?

[waxen osprey]

will we get more changes that are not listed in patch notes? e.g. I have the impression they have not done much for balancing the game

[trim turret]

They'll change more stuff leading up to league launch but there were a large number of changes/additions.

[trim turret]

A matter of seconds should be.

[tidal mural]

I hope the update fixes all these abandoned camp, abyss etc stuff from showing as not cleared. That bugs my ocd to no end 🥲

[haughty temple]

reading the patch notes, is it me or did leech get a nerf?

[knotty lava]

My brother in Christ... why is the beginning so rough

[unborn lava]

For many builds, yes. This was discussed in the livestream Q&A a few weeks ago

[knotty lava]

Lvl 9 monk and they got me facing Dark souls over here

[haughty temple]

i only caught part of that, and damm that really sucks 🙁

[knotty lava]

Not best to start out like a noodle Monk huh

[brittle pier]

will monk get any new changes aside from the new ascendancy hes getting? im new and planning to use them on league start

[haughty temple]

is leech capped by max hp in poe 2 like it is in poe1?

[knotty lava]

Idk man, monk kinda like a weak one in the start

[brittle pier]

i mean ive gotten to act 2 already and it isnt that bad with melee characters

[knotty lava]

Im lvl 9 and im dying to one shots

[brittle pier]

apparently low lvls monks use bows

they dont melee till like lvl 23

[knotty lava]

Im new to poe2 but played poe1

Im sorry what?

Bows?

[haughty temple]

lol monk skills suck low level, ya use other things to level

[knotty lava]

Oh my god seriously

[brittle pier]

yes because melee is hard early game apparently from the builds ive seen

[knotty lava]

Im over here with a quarterstaff

[haughty temple]

lol

gl with thag

[knotty lava]

They even gave me Pillar of the Caged God lmao

[haughty temple]

that

[brittle pier]

you need to lvl until 23 if you wanna get hollow palm tech

then once you get it you can start meleeing if you built around it correctly

[trim turret]

Melee is very much doable. Just tough to setup early combos. Life and resists on gear early are a must. And finding synergies between skills.

[trim turret]

This isn't a particularly good early staff since its made for stat stackers.

[knotty lava]

I know, its an old poe1 staff I used before. Was surprised it appeared at lvl9.

[knotty lava]

That killing blow gem with thunder strike works pretty nice once you accumulate power charges

But outside of the synergy of that, im like a glass cannon

[trim turret]

Life and resists. That's every class early. Roll out of the way of big hits.

[atomic hull]

mfw im playing zdps wind blast again

[supple kestrel]

is it normal that the firt skill monk gets in the first map requires power charges ? and that its more efficient to Only use normal attacks instead. Isnt it better they give us one of the other tier one spells ?

[hearty walrus]

the skill you get is always the same

[supple kestrel]

yes but I mean what's the purpose of getting a non usable skill first ?

shouldnt they give glacial cascade instead maybe ?

[hearty walrus]

it is usable

[quartz hearth]

anyone got spare exalt i need to buy some new gear i keep dying 😭

[steep portal]

Hello, after patch released, any advise on a good starter build ? Is edc good
I alors hesitate with a plant build

[hardy wasp]

Better play in new league on may 29

[steep portal]

Not what i asked

[cyan zenith]

Both edc and plants are smooth and strong, i also really enjoyed the gameplay

[supple kestrel]

I might be wrong, but all speedrunners never use it on the first boss before getting to the act 1 town. they spam normal attack instead

[opaque iron]

Yes the monk start is a meme lmao, if that isn't clear from the last two weeks of leagueststart bonanza idk what is

but the irony is that other skills would be too strong 😅. killing palm + falling thunder you would damn near one shot him, glacial cascade has a solid % ratio when hitting the tip, etc

Maybe tempest flurry or ice strike would be fair, or just give falling thunder a teeny bit more unempowered stats such as range or speed or damage

[gilded burrow]

hi!

[safe heron]

how to i delete these merchant tabs, 50 is too much

[iron sapphire]

Can anyone help me assign skills to weapon set 2 on PS5?

[iron sapphire]

I just got to the part in my build where I have to do this but it's PC instructions help 😭

[iron sapphire]

Nevermind I got it

[short pumice]

Hi, I'm planning on playing poe2 for the first time when 0.5 gets released. I'm a pretty experienced poe1 player, is there anything I should look into or can I just go in blind?

[trim turret]

Id say just jump in. Its different from POE1 but a lot of the fundamentals are the same. Get life and resistances on gear. Don't mix and match random skills that have no synergy.

[valid sky]

how many skill gem slots do we have by default?

[trim turret]

I think its 9, not including skills provided by items and ascendancies.

[valid sky]

ye, just default gem slots

[trim turret]

9 is quite a few too.

[cyan zenith]

A few points that come to my mind:

• You can play on WASD (it's pog)
• No movement skills like in PoE 1, you use dodge roll instead and you can sprint
• You get skill gems from Uncut gems, skill gems have sockets for supports
• No flask piano, only life/mana, charms instead of utility triggering automatically
• Sell items for gold
• Way different crafting approach, you can't go back to white base
• You can use 2 weapon sets with (partially) different skills tree for each, assign skills to weapons and it'll fully auto-swap
• No crafting bench, you put runes in item sockets
  Going in blind is easier than in PoE 1 in my opinion, but feel free to grab any build guide if you prefer. We'll get in-game planner this patch, comming to PoE 1 as well soon I hope

[safe heron]

Any help on this?

[cyan zenith]

I believe you can't delete tabs that you paid for

[valid sky]

you bought them

[safe heron]

Yea and now I want to delete them

[valid sky]

you can't unless you refund them

and I doubt they will let you just refund them randomly

but write to game support

why did you even buy 50 of them in the first place

[full timber]

To support GGG 💪

thanks man

[valid sky]

will we get list of alt qual gems for gemling before the league start?

[rocky barn]

I have a friend joining us for season 5 that has absolutely no ARPG experience going in, and I've been out of the loop for a season and a half - anyone have favorite simple starter builds that are unlikely to have been crippled as far as we're aware?

I can make questionable builds work, but I want to point out a few tried and true paths so that my friend isn't making life harder on themselves, especially since I may overestimate how "beginner friendly" some setups are now that I've been playing a while.

I was torn between whether this is technically a new player question or a build planning question and leaned towards it being new player. If I do need to move it around, let me know.

[fathom lodge]

I've seen a lot of negative reviews focus on how it's been feeling unfun to play balance wise, but patch 0.5 seems to be fixing a LOT of things, whats ur opinion

[full timber]

I think its best to let your friend choose a class/playstyle they like so they can have fun with the game, and then find a good build for that class.

[untold maple]

So I saw they are adding a free armor set with the update. Is that common for them to do and how hard is it to actually unlock it?

[trim turret]

They're adding challenges that unlock an armor set. They do that every league in POE1 and will likely start doing it here. The other mentioned cosmetics are ones that are being ported over from POE1.

[cyan zenith]

0.5 scope is mainly a huge endgame rework with some balance adjustments, no meta-shakeup here, but still a few important changes in terms of defenses balance. I played with bows, crossbows, many casters, minions, plants and much more in EA, tried almost every defensive layers in a different way so I'd say there is enough build diversity. Some heavily overpowered builds are already nerfed, but for sure there are still some skills that would need buffs. I think poe.ninja (~Day 3 or similar) will show you better than my opinion what's viable for beginners - there are no skills with usage over 16% and ton of playable skills with at least a few %. Keep in mind poe.ninja is not good at recognizing a main skill and most of them are used within the same build

[knotty lava]

Its quite honestly alot more vast in terms of the skill trees and such than poe1 where you focused mainly on a skill gem

Its overwhelming at first

[fickle thunder]

guys im not new but only played S1 and S2 a little, so at the end idk anything yet, someone can recommend a build for someone very bad? simple and not too hard? like 1 button maybe? o without preparation

[quartz hearth]

how do i search amulet with spirit in the market?

[trim turret]

Under item type choose amulet and there should be a section for affixes/stats and you need to search for spirit. Explicit mod probably though some amulet bases also have implicit spirit.

[tidal mural]

Act 6 Viper boss is wild

Anyone does that on hardcore ssf is impressive lol, still trying to beat

[knotty lava]

Alright so whats a good class to start out with to get my bearings on this game

[trim turret]

Pretty much any of them, they all have good builds. Just depends what you're trying to play in terms of builds.

[knotty lava]

Lvl 9 monk with a quarter staff falling thunder kinda glassy

[trim turret]

Again, that's gonna be any class unless you're getting life and resistances on gear, which should be the priority.

Nothing is a powerhouse at level 9.

ED/Contagion Lich is pretty solid. Lightning arrow deadeye. Plant spell or bear Druid.

[knotty lava]

Yeah I was at praetor Draven boss fight, had evasive and energy shield with resistance on armor

[trim turret]

Its just easy to die that early. Gotta dodge the big hits..

Grenade/ammo mercenary.

Tons of solid builds.

Hollow Palm monk.

[knotty lava]

What is the Hollow palm build?

[trim turret]

You take the hollow Palm keystone passive that lets you use quarterstaff skills while unarmed and you scale damage in other ways.

[fast flicker]

Guys how can I dodge attack of benedictus that he goes in air and slams ground I cant dodge it

[woven sigil]

Hello can anyone tell me why my health doesn go up and is in the reserved thingy

[hearty walrus]

infernalist?

[normal delta]

if i wanted to practice just to get better at the game how should i go about it? i have played POE on and off for awhile and just end up getting frustrated and stopping. i have a lot of hours in Diablo games. I'm really wanting to get better at this game especially with the new league starting in a couple days. i have been watching Tuadh's league start videos but I'm still lacking a lot of knowledge. any help would be really appreciated.

[woven sigil]

yes

[hearty walrus]

read the ascendancy nodes you took

[woven sigil]

Oh ok thank You SO MUCH

[full timber]

Pick up one topic at a time, there's too much to go through at the same time. Want to learn crafting? Learn crafting. Want to learn about currencies? Learn currencies. So on and so forth. When something confuses you, check that specific thing before moving forward. Lots of good sources on Youtube.

I'm still learning myself and the thing is that everyday you pick up a different bit.

[normal delta]

do you have any recommendations for people to watch?

[full timber]

MyleSwi covers both PoE 1 and 2. Watch only the 2 content if thats what you're getting into.

Very good videos, tailored for beginners too

[normal delta]

nice i will look him up. thank you

[full timber]

good luck out there in wraeclast

[tidal mural]

What are you supposed to do on blood priest twins

Like you can't stop moving, and they still hit you anways since they are always dashing right on top of you.

And when you do get away your health just keeps going down anyways

[normal delta]

does he have a discord server?

[full timber]

I'm not aware

[winter portal]

Is it true that daggers and traps are gonna be shadow-dropped in 0.5?

[hearty walrus]

how would we know?

[winter portal]

u right

[fair moon]

Hello folks, i was directed to this channel.
I've some issue with IRON WARD......on second thought, IRON WARD has an issue with me. Mine doesn't go off. it just charges to full and nothing.

[hearty walrus]

"Using this Skill releases the stored damage as a nova of spikes."

[fair moon]

right, and yet you can't "use" the skill

you can't put it on your skill bar, and it's auto enabled, so how does one "use" it? clicking on it doens't do anything either.

it just sits there, charged, and pretty like, forever

[fair moon]

are you going to tell me how it works or just stick with quoting the skill text?

using my brain, figured it out. you cannot drag drop assign it to your action bar, but you can pick it form the list of skills on your action bar.

wish i did that 49 levels ago.

[hearty walrus]

i was busy. and i didn't fully know how it works, but was going to ask if you tried that

[fair moon]

thanks for trying :). you really made me think hard about using the skill. so you did help

i thought "this guy!!!" and i was like, "maybe he has a point" and tried both ways to add a skill to the skill bar. now i have sharp diamons killing monsters. niece. have a nice fridayh

[warped osprey]

while leveling should i use exposure (frost bomb) and elemental weakness? i dont fully get how they interact

[hard blade]

Is there a way to reduce the physical damage taken from volatility?

I thought it was dealing chaos damage otherwise I would of grabbed chaos inocluation

Hm okay so armor it is

[knotty lava]

I find it funny that the Ranger always delivers

Lightning arrow for the wins

[hearty walrus]

they stack

[fringe scroll]

Something in act 3 dropped this Tribal Mask with special text and notifier but when I pick it up it's a regular white helmet. Do I need this for something?

(filterblade semistrict)

[hearty walrus]

chance orb base

[fringe scroll]

could someone please remind me how to turn on the feature where it says the name of the area and monster level in the top right 😄

nvm it came up when i opened my map with tab

[cerulean flame]

anyone running 4th acendancy?

[glossy cape]

Looking to commit to learning PoE2 more in-dept with 0.5 and been messing around with plant druid in prep for it. Seems pretty slow, but also pretty safe. Almost finished Act 1 now (about as far as I'll take it) and it's all making sense. The only thing that I'm still trying to work out on the guide is why is there such a mish-mash of armor types in the guide? It has every possible hybrid combination (AR/ES, AR/EV, EV/ES). Is that normal for Druid/any class? Or is there a specific reason that Druid would want a spread of types like that?

[compact thorn]

you can do any combintion on pretty much any class, more or less

probably for druid u want to go full ES or ES/AR mostly

[tame zinc]

Why can't I get tame beast to work. I use it on a beast and it doesn't do anything. Just plays the animation

[queen jungle]

Are you defeating the beast while it is engulfed in wisps?

[tame zinc]

What wisps?

[queen jungle]

The wisps from the skill

[tame zinc]

It says it coujures wisps. But they don't appear

I cast the ability and my character does the animation and the effect. But nothing happend

[queen jungle]

Are you targeting a Rare Beast?

[tame zinc]

Tried it on rare beasts. Magic and normal ones

[queen jungle]

Rare only, won't do anything to anything else

Get it low, use the skill, then kill it

[plush tangle]

Unique item recipe ( use orb of chance)

[flat dirge]

could someone explain to me the boenstorm living lightning impale interaction ?
what does that do and why would you want it ?

[trail matrix]

read what impale does

living lightning does attacks so it can extract impale

[twin stump]

Yo is there a setting so that my left click ability ONLY attacks when holding down shift, i cant find anything like that

[full timber]

I don't think so

[tidal mural]

I dont understand the 7 pillars, why are they letting me pick individual when the bottom one gives all bonuses anyways ?

[flat dirge]

The bottom one is the opposite it debuffs you with everything while giving you more exp

Its a tradeoff thing

[tidal mural]

Oh, maybe i should learn to read better 😋

Thank you

[clear dawn]

can someone help me got my last 2 points ascension? 🙁

[tidal mural]

Finally beat campaign after all this time (I think). On SC though. Not good enough for HC yet I guess lol.

Got to mapping device.

[exotic rampart]

hi gamers what steps i can do to maximise my crossbow permafrost dmg? im near the end of the act 2 and im trying a build with no guides

here's my POB https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/1b5ec just in case

right now the dmg is as follows

[tidal mural]

What is that 24 points in weapon set?

[trim turret]

That's the number of passives you can spend in two locations, one for each weapon set. Its used for weapon/skill swapping in builds. So like weapon set 1 has a staff and cold passives and weapon set 2 has a crossbow and projectile passives.

[tidal mural]

How do I get to there though to use them? I feel this is something I shouldve known already 🤔

Just watched a video and someone showed how to do it with a mouse. That's useless for controller though

[exotic rampart]

https://youtu.be/xhp8aND9iuo?t=151 maybe this might be helpful?

[knotty lava]

Gonna try Fubguns lightning arrow build

[tidal mural]

@exotic rampart thank you, got it now. Still kinda pointless though if its not 24 actual points. 🤔

[trim turret]

It makes 24 of your points usable twice. Super valuable for a lot of builds.

[tidal mural]

I mean im stuck at 24, I cant move further down the tree 😕

And I tried removing them and placing agajn with the other points and same thing

Im sure im missing something here but ill get it later on

[tidal mural]

Wtf, I never even hit 0 health. And I beat them

Oh they mustve took my honour down at the last second or something, id be wild if that was hc

[full flax]

Hey i saw a short of asmondgold i think with some immortal thorns build. Does that have any crazy requirements or something?

Also which class is it on?

[trim turret]

We'd have to see the build.

[full flax]

Oh i didn't see one. Just asmondgold staring at the screen like a deer in headlights as the boss killed itself

Like that

Well whatever whats the tankiest setup?

I tried survival stats on witch and it was wretched, so is any tanking good?

[trim turret]

What do you mean survival stats? As I've explained multiple times, all characters are weak early and all can be made tanky.

That thorns build may be the most generically tanky build but there are many ways to do the same build.