2┃after-acts-help

[manic bobcat]

IDK how long it's been since it been in PoE1, but I remember at like 2015 when I played a netdecked CoC shadow trapper and it pissed me the f off

pre-atlas

Havent played much poe1 since lulz

[ebon cargo]

lol

[tropic quarry]

I kind of get flashbacks of that from those shield dudes that shoot projectiles when taking hits

[ebon cargo]

do ppl call build guide builds 'netdecked'? only ever heard that in MTG

[tropic quarry]

Because my double machine-gun that is the effigy turrets procs that.

[manic bobcat]

Ohh and the rogue exiles also had reflect mod (or was it harbinger mod idk)

[tropic quarry]

They look at me instead of the turrets, which means my little turrets cause a barrage of projectiles my way lol

[manic bobcat]

Creative word usage, I enjoy that

[slate pine]

is killing the trial master worth?

[ebon cargo]

yea, I like that too

[opal badge]

for ascendancies sure

[tropic quarry]

ofc

[slate pine]

for currency

[vague valve]

if you're lucky sometimes he can drop a scroll of wisdom

[arctic crag]

I play shattering concoction aggro deck

[opal badge]

well he drops the Adorned, which is really nice.

[grizzled grotto]

if he drops a good mahu shield it's worth

[ebon cargo]

which one drops ingenuity?

[grizzled grotto]

or adorned

king of the mist

[manic bobcat]

For ssf doing trials is the only real source of jewels

[ebon cargo]

is that the altar boss?

yea

[opal badge]

King of the Mists, rituals

[ebon cargo]

ty tech

[grizzled grotto]

the real big drop

[ebon cargo]

I still have a bone to pick w/ the trialmaster for all the shit he talked to me in POE for bailing out early

[manic bobcat]

Which reminds me that I have unlocked a jewel socket for like the last 20 hours of my gameplay, still empty

[opal badge]

you can buy a cheap jewel to slot first, the power upgrade is still substantial

[slate pine]

which build are you?

[thorny lion]

just curious about the melting maelstrom flask, how powerful is it? i primarily need it for mana recharge but is there a significant amount of damage it provides too? or is that just negligible

[tropic quarry]

A fairly decent jewel is surprisingly cheap tbh

[tropic quarry]

It's... it's a lot for the right builds.

[vague valve]

buying a good jewel is so hard because itll have all the stats i need and then also have some shit like "Minions with dreads regrow their left arms 2.3% faster if below 75% health" and its posted for 25 exalts

[tropic quarry]

10 uses iirc, full mana recovery, frequent damage, and no downside if you're on CI?

[thorny lion]

If I am a crit strike lighting ice invoker monk, will i get a big damage boost?

[ebon cargo]

ahh the infamous spider minion jewel

[opal badge]

tbh i had a 3/4 jewel BIS for monks and it still went for 80 exalts

[tropic quarry]

More of a caster myself, I'll have to let somebody more monk-knowledgeable answer that.

[manic bobcat]

The post that reminded me of this was that Trials of Sekhemas are the only real source of jewels for ssfs. So no, I can't buy an easy 140% quiver effectiveness and 80% attack speed just like that

[thorny lion]

i feel like even if its better than my current mana flask as just refilling my mana, i would be satisfied

[drowsy trail]

Do I use a divine on this?

[opal badge]

imma let you in on a secret: chaos orbs on jewels are really effective

[manic bobcat]

Yeah, and so are essences

[opal badge]

iv'e gotten a few divine-worthy jewels just tossing chaos orbs on them

[ebon cargo]

ugh my eyes are too bad to read that lol

[grizzled grotto]

no

[manic bobcat]

Lightning essence on sapphire is 50/50 lightning magnitude

[tropic quarry]

Well, the issue is whether or not you get any damage value (how much mana you spend), and whether or not you can take that damage every time you want mana (don't think you all run CI)

[drowsy trail]

Why?

[opal badge]

no, it won't reroll spell skill levels

not worth

[drowsy trail]

Ahh

Thank you

[thorny lion]

I am chaos innoculate so not worried

[ebon cargo]

cause you can probably buy a better one for less than a divine

[slate pine]

"14% bonus from quiver"
"10% increased damage with bows"
"10% increased projectile speed"
"8% slower cabbage digestion rate while singing in madagascar at winter"

[grizzled grotto]

those mods don't seem like they'd be high enough tier to use a div on it

[tropic quarry]

In that case, yeah. Honestly probably just worth for the mana recovery alone lol

[ebon cargo]

then again, I have no clue what the wand market looks like

[viral blaze]

sheeeeeeeeeesh

[thorny lion]

last question but how valuable is the increased duration? worht a few extra divine to get a longer boost?

[ebon cargo]

that seems pretty nice Neyc

[opal badge]

honestly would still take it, until I can find better. xD

[drowsy trail]

I was gonna do that to sell, but if spell skills won’t be rerolled, it’s not worth it

[manic bobcat]

Yeah definitely not div worthy. Wouldn't you scale better from attack speed than +% inc anyways?

[tropic quarry]

Pricey, but not terrible. Early upgrades can get a few ex, jumps to the 15-30 range after that.

[viral blaze]

yeh spell dmg isnt perfect for monk but i need ES soo bad haha

and rarity

[vague valve]

now post it for 1 exalt and never accept any trade offers

[slate pine]

15% bonus chance of getting a text back

[ebon cargo]

you running meditate?

cause if you're not running meditate

you should run meditate.

[tropic quarry]

For you, that's where the "damage value" comes in (how much mana you can spend during the duration)
If you're just taking the mana refill, then don't worry about it.

[opal badge]

15% of 0% is still 0% 😂

[manic bobcat]

DO different sources of Overflow stack?

[thorny lion]

thanks for the responses! this helps

[viral blaze]

nah this

[slate pine]

ggg please make additive

[viral blaze]

i got high crit soo i run this for resistmaps

[ebon cargo]

no, but meditate lets you go straight to your max essence value quickly, especially if you run a weapon swapped focus w/ faster energy shield recharge on it

basically swap, meditate, swap - full ES in < 1.5 seconds

so great full heal for anything that doesn't one shot you

[tropic quarry]

They do, in the sense that both can help get you to double your base value.
They don't in the sense that you won't get double then double

[viral blaze]

does focus also add more shield for some time or regenerate only good thing?

[tropic quarry]

Both just want to get you to double your base value.

[ebon cargo]

you don't actually fight with it, it's just a stat stick for making meditate go fast

[manic bobcat]

Ohh, right

[viral blaze]

i think im fine since i run shock siphon + grim feast but ty 🙂

[viral blaze]

dang that shield is INSANE

[ebon cargo]

well think I just lucked into a GG craft

[viral blaze]

i got 1,7 🥲

[manic bobcat]

Without playing with it, Meditate sounds a lot like an energy shield flask of a kind. So it works by reducing the energy shield recharge delay to 0 when you start channeling or is it just a recharge mult?

[ebon cargo]

still not sure if I like sidekick or exiled exchange more lol

keep swapping between them

[ebon cargo]

it's not a 0 delay, but it's very fast. fast enough that I wish I could macro it to one key without getting banned, takes me longer to remember to do the swap before starting the meditate than it does for the meditate to do the job

plus it's nice because you can do it right at the start of a map and have max ES w/out killing anything

grim feast is good for sustain ofc, but I'm considering swapping it for blink

[tropic quarry]

You've got the right idea. Don't believe it modifies the actual recharge delay, but you just begin ES recharge after the cast time (plus the recharge bonus)

[ebon cargo]

any reason to not just use like level 5 white waystones in precursor towers to speed run them?

[manic bobcat]

Wait, what are you swapping for it?

[ebon cargo]

oh on your second weapon slot

[manic bobcat]

Curious for the meditate swap tech

[ebon cargo]

you run something like

so that the channel is much faster

recharge rate affects how long it takes for it to full charge

[digital slate]

guys what is the point of lunar amulets ?

[tropic quarry]

Personally I've found the tower maps to be fairly dense, and often in range of other towers so getting your nearby tower boosts, so I will prefer to run actual maps.
Also useful for anybody that's still on the atlas quests.

[viral blaze]

btw what hero u running with this?

[ebon cargo]

invoker monk

[tropic quarry]

If I come into an area and no towers in range yet though, I don't mind running a lower waystone to just click through it.

[lunar peak]

in simple terms what does "Hits ignore non negative elemental resistances"

[ebon cargo]

know what, I never stopped to consider that the towers get boosts from the other towers lol

[viral blaze]

bruh HOW

do u have 0 evasion?

[tropic quarry]

In short, it's a change that is to your benefit.

[ebon cargo]

nah I run wind walker

[tropic quarry]

If you ignore negative elemental res, you would deal less damage @lunar peak

[ebon cargo]

and have a 905/350 hybrid chest armor

lol

evasion is around 76 or so

[lunar peak]

ok i get that, but what does it do specifically?

[tropic quarry]

Basically that modifier says "If they have any resistance that would lower your damage (any positive value), you ignore it"

[lunar peak]

ah i see

[tropic quarry]

If their resistance is less than zero, you still get that benefit.

[ebon cargo]

basically means if they have > 0 ele resist, it's like they have 0 ele resist

[viral blaze]

thats INSANE

[lunar peak]

ahhh ok i see

ty

[viral blaze]

u running electro?

[ebon cargo]

I'm doing lightning/ice crit

[viral blaze]

how much dps on tempest and storm wave?

[ebon cargo]

without charged staff on it's

but

[viral blaze]

[ebon cargo]

gotta remember crit

oh you're doing attribute stack?

thought about switching to that

[viral blaze]

uh not really i mean idk whats diffrence

[manic bobcat]

Oh, but you get to spec weapon set points for ES recharge on the meditate weapon set (unless you are doing something else like cursing) I could imagine that being like instant full ES

[viral blaze]

my dps is much higher to

[ebon cargo]

attribute stack uses Morior Invictus and Pillar of the Caged God with Hand of Wisdom and Action

yea it is, but gotta remember my true dps is crit based

so my paperdoll won't match

the true values

[manic bobcat]

What is the Morior Invictus passive of choice for the 2nd affix?

Or can you stack them (in pob2 you can't)

[viral blaze]

dont u need that 500 div stellar amulet for that staff

got this rn

[ebon cargo]

I don't think Astramentis is required for the build, but it's what pushes the build to the 'broken gonna get nerfed' level

[spiral olive]

is it better to do arbiter solo or in a party? in terms of loot

[viral blaze]

u think il do more dmg with that other staff if my other stuff stay same?

got this one tht im selling but never really used it

was waiting for ammy haha

not sure if my stats are big enough anyways

[ebon cargo]

oh that's a nice one dude

ones I've tried to craft are hot doodoo

[manic bobcat]

Wouldn't matter in the slightest, if astramentalis would just be removed from the game. You get so ridiculous stat stacking with ingenuity and GG rings already

[ebon cargo]

oh yea, also needs ingenuity forgot about that one

but that's farmable

[viral blaze]

yeh got that one

[ebon cargo]

think it has like a 25% drop rate or something

[viral blaze]

73%

[manic bobcat]

Only slot where you can't have useful unique as attribute stacker is boots

[ebon cargo]

helm

but those are 2 great slots to stack your rarity into

[manic bobcat]

Helm has one that is pretty bad, but it says +15% attr

[viral blaze]

soo in ur opinion should i balance dex and int or is that fine and i just switch staff?

got right gloves already

[ebon cargo]

I go dex hard unless I need int for a support gem

honestly I'm overstacked in int right now because I've not gone back and changed a bunch of passive nodes since I tweaked my gear this weekend

[viral blaze]

ight lets see how i do lmao

[viral blaze]

went for int mainly for grim feast

[manic bobcat]

If anything they should nerf the time-loss-jewel attribute gains. They are not in-line with rest of the game

[ebon cargo]

yea, honestly if I dropped grim feast since I have meditate, I could probably scale int all the way down to 95 for my gear

[keen valve]

you can use path of builder to see if something will give you more dmg or enhance your char in any other way

[ebon cargo]

Hey BlackJack, can you import your characters yet or are they still API blocked on that?

have to manually put them in

etc

[manic bobcat]

POB2 is experiemental (pretty broken) right now so take care

It adds up stats nicely so I don't have to do it myself

[keen valve]

how is it "pretty broken"?

[manic bobcat]

That's my main use case

Shock for example doesn't work at all

[strong vigil]

What are the best mods for ritual tablets? Extra reroll I’m assuming but what else

[keen valve]

that's a bug but not "pretty broken"

[ebon cargo]

the best part of waking up is divine orbs in my cup

[manic bobcat]

My point was that the dps number will 100% be off

[ebon cargo]

[viral blaze]

looks like dmg is still 1,5x better than with other staff

[manic bobcat]

So use your own judgement too

[viral blaze]

pog

[manic bobcat]

Distance is broken too

[ebon cargo]

I was looking at the github, looks like it's also having issues with some hybrid affixes showing correct values?

or maybe I misread

[keen valve]

true but just slightly. mine is off too but only by like 0.5% or so

it's not perfect but it helps with previewing items on your build

[viral blaze]

dang mana goes down soo fast lol

[manic bobcat]

Okay, you are right. Broken is exaggeration. It simply lacks some features, my bad. I'm active user and enjoyer of said software anyways (right now)

[uneven heath]

did i price checked that right?

[grizzled grotto]

if you're saying that the dps number in the skill tab is broken because it isn't accounting for shock or distance (point blank/far shot?) then that's just working as intended. it can't account for enemy buffs or the debuffs you apply.

if you want to see all that, use pob2

[manic bobcat]

Well why is there a "is shocked" toggle in the Config tab then?

I'm speaking of Full DPS here

[grizzled grotto]

oh ye, didn't realise you were talking about pob2

[manic bobcat]

Yeah

[grizzled grotto]

it does seem like shock is hard capped at 20%

even if you adjust the number in configs

[manic bobcat]

Yeah and that's not very helpful when it's so easy to hit 60%-100% with all the shock magnitudes

[tropic quarry]

For this reason.

[manic bobcat]

But it's all fine, that's not much to adjust by mental arithmetic

[ebon cargo]

was able to grab a shot of dps buffed (hard to do while fighting a pack lol)

so not terrible for how high my defenses are, still could use some refinement

[manic bobcat]

Yeah and this field is broken

[grizzled grotto]

you could account for that by using custom configs, maybe by unchecking shock and typing in "enemies take X% more damage" or smth

[tropic quarry]

Then report it to them
Bugs only get fixed when developers are told they exist.

If they knew already, it would not have been released 😅

[manic bobcat]

Good idea

[viral blaze]

nice will try mine as well

[manic bobcat]

Though there isn't even shock calculation in the pob2 codebase so I probably won't bother (they know)

[viral blaze]

would be nice if we had some kind of training dummy in the hideout

[thorny lion]

ey bros, how good is the olroth flask if you are chaos innoculate? does that just basically give you all the guard all the time? how protective is it?

might be trying to double flask these uniques

[manic bobcat]

Yeah, but I already see a passinate reason why some lead dev thinks this ruins the game because it's not diablo II

[tropic quarry]

They do know, because it has been reported: https://github.com/PathOfBuildingCommunity/PathOfBuilding-PoE2/issues/426
That link also includes a workaround to allow you to adjust the shock value as you like (by changing the max shock value in the data.lua file)

[thorny lion]

pretty hard to hold my staff if i am double fisting potions though

[tropic quarry]

So there is shock calculation, it's just been capped incorrectly and can be easily fixed with a minor adjustment in the meantime 🙂

[manic bobcat]

Ohh thanks!

[undone merlin]

I think I remember during one of the dev interviews there being made mention of a feature that minimized party members skill effects. Was that something that is in game, was to be added ,or a hallucination of mine? My buddy lagging a bit when fighting big groups I suspect due to my frostbolts going every direction

[manic bobcat]

Also shock effect is not same as shock magnitude, but I understand they have it there as a band-aid left from pob1

[viral blaze]

https://prnt.sc/VFzzRY00b5X-

[ebon cargo]

yea

that's impressive

your AS based though right?

[tropic quarry]

Oh yeah, it's clearly been just adjusted to get it out to us asap.
Like I'm not complaining that I'm creating "socket groups" for my skills and being asked which item they're socketed in lol

[viral blaze]

AS?

[ebon cargo]

attack speed

[viral blaze]

oh leme check

[manic bobcat]

Honestly, I'm motivated to just contribute and fix this one ATM

[tropic quarry]

Honestly, if this is all it is you can leave it. Been thinking about getting into the project and this would be an easy first commit (and excuse to clone the repo to work later) lol

[viral blaze]

its 4,63 but it spiked to 4,81

[silent pond]

how many skill points do you have if you're lv 78?

[viral blaze]

cuz of hands of wisdom prob

got them from my first breach boss haha

[ebon cargo]

yea

I should upgrade mine

bought a cheap pair when i was first testing to see if I liked the build

[bold mortar]

is it worth saving the trial fragments to face the trialmaster or, should i just sell them for ex?

as in, does he drop anything even worth it?

[viral blaze]

this good for warrior?

never played him soo idk

[ebon cargo]

no clue, no one here plays warrior because we can read

[viral blaze]

[tropic quarry]

Look out before Byron sees you saying that 😏

[viral blaze]

lolol

[ebon cargo]

me big warrior me no like to run

[nocturne folio]

its pretty awful

has almost no dmg

[tame horizon]

anyone having issues with endgame map? like i cant go back to the home area its fog, cant see where i previously been? I cant even find the burning monolith

[grizzled grotto]

if you get too far some areas can unload, try relogging

[ebon cargo]

is there a chance you're zoomed all the way in?

[viral blaze]

doesnt work if u click on that player icon or red skull?

[snow torrent]

Does anyone know if Gemling gem skill passives are bugged? It doesn’t seem like they give any quality

[tame horizon]

im zoomed all the way out

[ebon cargo]

yea, I'd log fully out, close the game

and log back in

[tame horizon]

well its been like that since yesterday and i jsut loged in

[grizzled grotto]

if that doesn't work, try doing a map closer to where you wanna see

[tame horizon]

what player icon>?

[tame horizon]

that works but i need to find the path again

[grizzled grotto]

there's a player icon that takes you to the last node you ran and a home icon that takes you back to center

[viral blaze]

icon that shows u where u are with character

top left

[tame horizon]

i mean i can click on the icon jsut centers it

[grizzled grotto]

I suspect they maybe didn't make it cache enough of the atlas at once to reduce the load on the servers

[manic bobcat]

Ohh, I didn't know about the home icon, nice one!

Need to check my angle is perfectly away from it once in a while

[tame horizon]

thats what i get when i click home

[ebon cargo]

yea

uhhh

well, time to play SSF

I see the home icon top left though

[manic bobcat]

LMFAO

[grizzled grotto]

if you wait does it load? or has it stayed like this for long play sessions?

[ebon cargo]

his home must be in london with all that rain

[tame horizon]

nope just stays like that

[manic bobcat]

I've had some funny graphics bugs inside delirium where multiple planes of beige violently spasm my whole screen and I die cause can't see shit

[ebon cargo]

I've had some on the map too

[grizzled grotto]

and that's where the home icon takes you?

[ebon cargo]

like come to an 'edge' that confirms wraeclast is flat, which I've been saying for years to all the roundclasters

[tame horizon]

to that image

[grizzled grotto]

make a bug report on the forums

[tame horizon]

if i keep lcicking it kicks me out saying clicking too fast

[grizzled grotto]

include as much info as you can

huh, never gotten that kick lol

[tame horizon]

lmao i been psamming home

[manic bobcat]

Man, this makes me think of an 3d atlas with spherical precursor tower ranges

Sounds awesome in theory, IDK who would want to play that though

[pastel owl]

question how do i level up ragin spirits i can find it in in my skills to use my uncut gems

[snow torrent]

Need uncut spirit gems

Not skill gems

[viral blaze]

homeless ahhhh situation

hope u get it fixed soon

[tame horizon]

lmao yeah thanks

i wonder if its a graphics trhing

[zealous fern]

what do people farm for divines aside from maps

[snow torrent]

Youtube

[viral blaze]

i heard chaos is pretty decent

like 1,5divine per hour or smthn

[ebon cargo]

try pasting %APPDATA%/Path of Exile 2/ into file explorer, and delete your shadercached3d12 and shadercachevulkan folders

(may not have one or the other depending on what graphics API you use)

[plain raven]

ATDs make good money. even if you sell them unid you can make 4d/hr easily

[zealous fern]

hmm i see

[zealous fern]

ATD?

[viral blaze]

dang 👀

[undone merlin]

Does sigil of power benifit from any particular mods on the chiming staff?

[zealous fern]

oh from sekhema

what about simulacrum

[plain raven]

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

[plain raven]

i don't have any comment on that, i just hate simulacrum with all my being

[ebon cargo]

oops 😄

[zealous fern]

how do you even do one

do yo uneed to find something on your maps

[plain raven]

combine 300 splinters into a simulacrum

from deli maps

you run it the same way as breachstones

[zealous fern]

gonna try

[viral blaze]

gl

[manic bobcat]

Too bad there's no delirium precursor tablets though

[grizzled grotto]

if your build relies on herald of ice, you should know that it doesn't currently work in simulacrums because the monsters melt away and can't be shattered

[viral blaze]

ice just getting worse and worse fr D:

[grizzled grotto]

ice is still good for everything else

[manic bobcat]

Ohh, does this mean any on-kill effect is ineffective? That would explain why my damage is so bad immediately at the beginning of delirium

[grizzled grotto]

maybe, not sure

[manic bobcat]

Herald of Thunder seems to be disabled yeah

Now that I think of it

[plain raven]

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

[grizzled grotto]

ah, that's a pretty nasty oversight

[manic bobcat]

Ohh wtf, I even got 1 now. Just went 30 tablets without seeing the first it seems

[undone merlin]

I'm thinking that no mods would really apply to sigil of power but not sure. Yall know?

[uncut abyss]

are there dif rewards for sekhema if u do level 80 compared to leve 76?

[grizzled grotto]

so none of the heralds would work in simu

[hollow parcel]

guys why i have 5300 honour and my friend only 1300?

[uncut abyss]

goes off health and es

[manic bobcat]

Relic affixes

[stone widget]

I know this is weird but does anyone else play on PS? I have tried to do my Level 3 Trial of Sekhemas 5 times now and when I am on level two and open survive the timer room, My game freezes like crazy and I end up dying out of nowhere. I know its a beta but fuck its infuriating lol

[plain raven]

no, besides the ilvl of the rares. bosses drop ilvl 82 gear which can roll nice

[grizzled grotto]

are you playing one of those demon form builds?

[manic bobcat]

Ohh this one. It lags like fucking crazy for me too

[grizzled grotto]

that may still be bugged

[stone widget]

No I am playing Lightning Deadeye

which everything I see online does not point to that build

[hollow parcel]

es?

[uncut abyss]

energy shield]

[grizzled grotto]

I haven't had issues with survival rooms

[manic bobcat]

As a workaround. Did you know the name of the room tells what kind of room it will be? Just avoid those hourglass ones

Really useful too if you prefer some room types and the rewards are equalish

[stone widget]

No I didnt know that.....where does it show that at?

[manic bobcat]

Nowhere

[stone widget]

haha

[manic bobcat]

Just hover cursor on room name when selecting I mean

But the game doesn't teach it (except maybe through dialogue, but who tf reads dialogue)

[stone widget]

Hmm I will have to look out for that. The only time I have ever seen what type of room it is is after I have slected it\

[viral blaze]

is it even worth for me running herald of ice anymore?

[manic bobcat]

The ones you want to avoid are "Hourglass" or something similar to that

[stone widget]

I have almost thrown my controller about 4 times now.

[keen valve]

for area clear maybe. are you using and herald right now?

[manic bobcat]

If you don't like the ones with traps, those are named "Gauntlet"

[plain raven]

o7 damn consoles have it hard

[viral blaze]

yeh but i feel it doesnt do much at all since im using herald of thunder anyways

was thinking maybe get cast on shock or crit instead of herald of ice

for better boss dps

idk

[stone widget]

I love this game so much that I might rebuild my PC just to play it haha

[keen valve]

that not the worst idea. but in general combining HoI and HoT leads to clear beyond your screen. if you don't want or need that then just go with either

[stone widget]

Side Note: Any good areas to farm jewelers orbs? Im level 74 and have not found a single one yet

[keen valve]

trial of sekhemas if you can do it fast

[stone widget]

I would but it leads me back to my original problem of it freezing for me haha

[grizzled grotto]

have you done all the quests/objectives in the campaign? there are at least 2 guaranteed drops in a3 normal/cruel

[keen valve]

sorry I missed the post

[grizzled grotto]

you should be clearing all the markers on the map in the campaign

[stone widget]

Yeah I am at the endgame. Where are the drops located? I didnt get either of them. I have this weird bug as well where I killed the bog witch in both of my playthroughs but on my cruel playthorugh her marker is still showing as not completed. I will go and kill her and it wont clear....I kinda think the game didnt give me the rewards for killing her twice lol

[viral blaze]

no way im missing 2 spirits lmfao

[keen valve]

damn. if you have leftover skill points you can skill to reduce the reservation of herald skills

but I wouldn't go that far tbh

[wintry aspen]

should i use focus or shield on spark mage lvl 70

[grizzled grotto]

whatever your build says

[undone heath]

Focus up until 5-6k Mana, than switch to Mahu probably

[viral blaze]

i c u think 6% is enough?

[keen valve]

he will ask the same question later again. was the same yesterday 😄

[wanton dawn]

lmaooo

[keen valve]

6% gives you 2 spirit per herald

[wanton dawn]

maybe he has dementia

[viral blaze]

per herald u mean like herald of thunder gives me +2 spirit now?

[wintry aspen]

is there atlas tree meta?

[hollow parcel]

Does anyone feel like boosting two people for Ascendancy 6+8?

[keen valve]

when you skill this node your heralds will use only 28 spirit each

[viral blaze]

oh i see tnx

[proud gorge]

Anyone know of a site that lists the requirements for each level of the persistent buff skills? (Having to buy old uncut spirit gems, but don't want to keep shooting in the dark)

[viral blaze]

flow state will give me just extra mana regen rate if i play monk right?

pog

[wanton dawn]

poe2db

[hollow parcel]

anyone wanna help boosting two people for Ascendancy 6+8? 🙂

[keen valve]

no

people usually pay for that

[hollow parcel]

price?

[plain raven]

i can, /w me in game @Toby_Cleer

[undone heath]

like 40 exalts on the forbidden trove discord

[viral blaze]

its like 40 ex i believe

[hollow parcel]

ty 🙂

[viral blaze]

wht do i put on last slot

already using inspiration on other skill soo idk

[opal badge]

energy retention or the one that builds energy faster? don't recognize the icons offhand

impetus that's it

[prime scroll]

Hey, which boss gives the ancient crisis fragment again?

[delicate arrow]

I wonder if there's a way to make a siege cascade build work still

[keen valve]

energy retention

[viral blaze]

got impetus rn will do energy retention!

ty

[opal badge]

iron citadels I believe

[prime scroll]

Thanks!

[small spruce]

Anyone know if there’s a big diff loot wise between t4 simu and t1? I heard t1 better to farm flask for but what about t4 does it have any other valuable drop?

[undone heath]

T4 bosses start dropping valuable gems afaik, like the Megalo something in simulacrum

[slender brook]

Could anyone explain how does maelstrom flash work? I'm too stupid to understand It 😄
If possible talk to me like to kindergartener

[small spruce]

Ohhh icic thank you!

[undone heath]

Most sorcerers have Chaos Innoculation making immune to Chaos dmg so the flask's drawbacks don't affect us. We use Mind over matter so our life is actually our mana. The flasks recovers 100% of our mana instantly.

Best flask is like 800 mana, vs maelstrom can be 10k + (if we have 10k mana)

purple juice > blue juice

[slender brook]

Oh okay thanks, I'm playing monk so idk if it would be good for me, my mana drains so fast

And to not worry about that chaos dmg I'd need to get ci and change my jewels

[undone heath]

yea idk how worth it it is for classes other than sorcs, look at your guide is it worth the 15 +- divs ?

[slender brook]

Mmm I'd probably prefer changing other stuff, there was no guide I liked because everything was expensive! I need to find one and being following it

Today I made like 18 div (first successful day) so technically I could begin doing so

[grizzled grotto]

not sure which is worse >_>

[dark wren]

Anyone knows why sometime you see the rare/boss on your minimap quickly and sometime not? Is it random?

[undone heath]

Spiked shell, afaik bosses aren't monsters ? Even if they are it would still be my go to

[grizzled grotto]

you need to get the map down to 200 monsters left for the rares to show

[grizzled grotto]

bosses are still monsters yes

[dark wren]

Mathematically, giving you have no boon and everything, 40%less dmg is worse

[grizzled grotto]

but I guess I also have 30% less monster life boon already

[dark wren]

Ok, so there's super tiny map that make it pop almost immediately?

[grizzled grotto]

ye

[fallow stone]

how do I contend against a boss that mana drains and is melee so he's always running at me? :<

[shadow nymph]

stay close to him

[dark wren]

I see, makes sense! Thanks

I'm 93 hc ssf and still didn't figured this out

[opal badge]

hug him

[undone heath]

Use your weapons attack and be patient 🥲

[fallow stone]

I thought it drained if you were inside the circle?

ie, melee range

[grizzled grotto]

nope just on the circle

inside or outside is fine

confirmed this myself today

ez run

[opal badge]

it's a donut

[fallow stone]

hhmmmmm alright, thank you, I'll try, Might die tho 🥲 gl to me

[opal badge]

roll through him, true darksouls style

[strong vigil]

does anybody know how item drops scale while in a group

quantity wise, in general

like if I am in a group of 4 identitical characters (to remove magic find as a factor) will we drop around 4x as much loot

also for things like boss drops, if 4 people go to fight the mist king for example, could they drop 4 ingenuitys

[undone heath]

That's not possible, idk about the first question though

[grizzled grotto]

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

you get up to 51% quant from a party of 6, so there's no 4x anything

[strong vigil]

why thank you

[fallow stone]

I killed him. Tho annoyingly, when my attacks knocked him back, he flew like 4 meters, and put me in the effective area of his mana drain. >:C

[blissful glade]

So i finally did all 4 levels of the trial of Sukmyass and got to the boss and did the boss encounter. it was probably the strangest boss encounter of my life. his attacks barely hurt me but i could barely damage him. after 10 mins i had him down to 50 percent health but then finally ran out of honour. not sure how i can make my character more powerful. i have been unable to find a better xbow on the market for nearly a month

[sturdy valve]

Why do I get randomly one shot in simulacrum boss fight. I tried 3 times and just sale through until the last room…overturned or am I missing something??

[strong vigil]

make sure you are taking account of both of the bosses and what they are doing

[grizzled grotto]

look at other builds and compare what they have that you don't. pob2 can help in these comparisons so you can see the numbers.

[strong vigil]

you might just be standing in something without realising while focusing your attention elsewhere

[blissful glade]

im on console and struggle with POB. im a witch hunter merc. gas grenade build. doing fearless dumbo guide. t be fair considering im all armour i can do t15/16 maps fairl ok

he deffo was doing that. mainly has i got bored after 5 mins. it was like a Eldon Ring boss

[strong vigil]

what level are you?

[blissful glade]

90

[undone heath]

I had a similar experience my first time too, only had to 10x my dmg before he became enjoyable to kill

[strong vigil]

if you are really struggling you could get a carry

have you fought any other pinnacle bosses?

[blissful glade]

no not yet

[strong vigil]

no clue

[blissful glade]

just been mapping trying to farm currency

to improve my gear

[strong vigil]

but i see people offering 4th ascendency carries in trade chat all the time

[blissful glade]

ive only manage to level up my boss ladder on on atlas. i have nothing in any of the others lol

[strong vigil]

have you fought he arbiter?

[grizzled grotto]

sometimes people offer carries in https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1308714168576249887

[blissful glade]

Im honestly not sure. i have thought a couple of bosses

[strong vigil]

personally when i fought ol' sekky boy he melted

[grizzled grotto]

or you can try posting there if you can get another run up to Zarokh

[strong vigil]

the first time though i died to the time orb mechanic like a noob

[blissful glade]

I',m 4/10 on the boss ladder

[grizzled grotto]

you can leave sekhema right before the boss to invite a carry

[strong vigil]

ah then you haven't fought arbiter probably

[strong vigil]

yep true

you might have to give up some currency

but you can do that

[blissful glade]

sorry about the spelling I have an horrendous ear infection right now which is not helping my POE progress

I'm trying to get 300 splinters for breach so i can start doing the ladder

[grizzled grotto]

and make sure you have relics getting you up to 75% honour res, alot of people seem not think of that

[cobalt mesa]

LF boss carry simulacrum lv0 last few waves
IGN: SparkCi

[subtle hamlet]

Frick that guy. Playing minions against him was pain

[grizzled grotto]

https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1308714168576249887

[wanton dawn]

frick D:

[faint swan]

do we have confirmation that any major nerfs/changes will come with a reset, or did i just hear that from somewhere bs, im afraid to actually invest into a build in fear id just waste all my resources

[grizzled grotto]

almost guaranteed. every major patch comes with larger balance changes.

[faint swan]

Ok cool, cause the cast of freeze nerf early on was early enough it was able to bounce back easily but this late into investment a big nerf would really hurt to try to bounce back from

[trail dove]

does the import hideout thing work in PoE 2?

[undone heath]

Nerfs will come with a new league so currency and stuff won't matter afaik

[grizzled grotto]

and you don't need to worry about your investments cause you'll be starting new characters on the new league once that's out. old characters will go to an EA league that can't have new characters made for it but would still be accessible if you want to play on your existing ones.

[undone merlin]

ive survived two t15 breaches in a row. think im finaly suitable

[vague pike]

Should we tell him about T16, T17 and T18 Breaches?

🥹

[undone merlin]

i know. but was dying in teir 10 yesterday

so doing good

[jagged hound]

Does Overwhelming Presence affect required Heavy Stun / Freeze / Electrocute buildup?

[uneven heath]

how would you guys recommend to skill?

[wise edge]

does the tier of map effect trader inv?

[plain raven]

depends what you want to farm/do

[uneven heath]

uh i would say atm currency since my build is everything but not a build lmao

[plain raven]

well chests you can spec out for sure

that node is dogshit

[uneven heath]

so you would not recommend me that?

[plain raven]

this is the "standard" juice tree, if you want to focus on tablets to buff your maps

[uneven heath]

alright yea ill do that, thank you

[plain raven]

if the maps are too hard you can spec out some modifier nodes

[plain raven]

you can also do this if you want to skip tablets for now and focus more on building up waystones

[uneven heath]

i did it like the first pic, that sounds good to me

[silent pond]

if I use a map on a moment of zen node will the map complete?

[eager egret]

Hi
herald of ice not working in Similacrum is a bug or a featrure?

[grizzled grotto]

feature

[keen valve]

feature

[plain raven]

simulacrum mobs dont create corpses so you cant shatter them / dd etc

[obtuse hemlock]

no corpsewade either

spark builds weren't meta enough

[keen valve]

do you know what the effect of rarity on waystones is?

[plain raven]

theres a higher chance of getting them magic / rare

[keen valve]

but rares drop only from arbiter

[plain raven]

its good on economy start but its bad now since you are better off just alching them with omen

its waystone not a tablet

the arbiter node is for tablets

[keen valve]

so higher chance getting rare ones from arbiter?

oh, right

[grizzled grotto]

you can drop rare waystones anywhere, not just arbiter

[fervent sparrow]

Hey guys, any guide about the atlas passive tree ?

[plain raven]

he got it confused with this node

[obtuse hemlock]

waystone rarity is pretty much a waste as augs/alchs/regals are so cheap

[keen valve]

I confused it with tablets

[grizzled grotto]

or are you saying it's possible for arbiter to drop rare tablets?

wtf

[keen valve]

yeah this one

[wintry aspen]

what is breachstone

[plain raven]

ye, idk if anyone does that tho

seems juicy though

[obtuse hemlock]

arbiter value seems really low

unless +4, only one item of value which is worth less than 1 div, costs 3 to summon

[undone heath]

The grand regalia that can drop in +0 can be worth +-60 divs with the right rolls

[plain raven]

if you scroll up I posted two

[minor sun]

just finished cruel difficulty. where should i be farming to get better gear? level 68 stormeaver spark here, having trouble with waypoint tier 1 maps

[keen valve]

waystone tier 1

[obtuse hemlock]

it sucks but the best way to get better gear is just buy it on trade website

a few exalted worth will get you to 15s

[keen valve]

or that

[minor sun]

whats the website

[vague pike]

Depending on build 😄

[plain raven]

looking again this could be slightly improved if you path through the bottom to take High Road and the explicit nodes instead of quant

[obtuse hemlock]

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Standard

official website by ggg

[minor sun]

thank you

[obtuse hemlock]

2h weapons are cheaper than wands as nobody wants them in endgame, but plenty strong for you

ghostwrithe is a cheap way to get lots of ES early on if you need the durability

[minor sun]

should i still be picking up items to disenchant them?

or should i be strictly looking for upgrades

[obtuse hemlock]

selling for gold is better than disenchant

except uniques, the gold is usually better

but yeah look for items to pick up for upgrades and to sell

stellar amulets sell for 110 exalts for instance

stuff like these are probably good options for you to start with, cheap and a lot of bonus damage

[brisk nimbus]

how do i go in the middle if there is no roads?

[obtuse hemlock]

that's the point... you don't lol

[grizzled grotto]

swim

[sage trench]

Quick question about defering at rituals. When you defer an item, will it keep reapearing until you buy it, or is there a set number of times it will reapear before the defered item goes

[obtuse hemlock]

this was mine

[obtuse hemlock]

it's just a limestone hideout, but it's a limestone hideout like no other

[grizzled grotto]

it will keep re-appearing as long as you keep deferring it

[undone heath]

it'll keep reappearing as long as you keep deferring it

[sage trench]

what if I dont defer it one time

[undone heath]

you lose it

[grizzled grotto]

if you don't defer it again, there's a chance it will show up again but the cost will go back up

you have to look at the tooltip to know if it's going to show up again

but as long as it's not red it should

[sage trench]

what does it say if it will

[grizzled grotto]

it will say it's not gonna show up again

[sage trench]

ah ok I will look out for that

thanks for the help

I just want to make sure I dont lose any audiences or good omens 😅

[silent pond]

PSA: using a map on a Moment of Zen node will count towards quest completion! (but it won't give a notification that the map was completed) perfect for using maps with bad stats!

[grizzled grotto]

they really need to let us swim lol

but with the stuff we're seeing on land, I don't think I wanna know what's in the water

so maybe it's for the best

[plain raven]

thats a fishing island you just know it

[grizzled grotto]

fishing confirmed?

[arctic crag]

yes keep fishing for brine king

[grizzled grotto]

dammit nessa

[bold mortar]

my unique diamond jewel says "limited to 1". is that referring to unique jewels or this specific diamond unique jewel?

[grizzled grotto]

that specific unique

[bold mortar]

so i can have multiple unique jewels

[grizzled grotto]

yes, as long as they are not the same diamond jewel

[plain raven]

wait you cant use more than one ATD?

true limited to 1 never saw that

[misty cairn]

Sorry but if i buy a belt from Alva does it have a chance of it being unique?

[grizzled grotto]

yes

but only chanceable uniques

so no ingenuity

[undone heath]

:'O

[misty cairn]

for ingenuity i have to use chance orb on heavy belt only?

[plain raven]

you cant chance boss drops

[undone heath]

you have to kill the king of the mist pinnacle boss

[arctic crag]

it is not chanceable

[digital vector]

heavy belt = Headhunter.

[arctic crag]

chancable?

how do you spell that

[digital vector]

its not a word lol

[arctic crag]

nah its real https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chanceable

[hidden heath]

[misty cairn]

oh okay. i forgot lol. i got it mixed up

[grizzled grotto]

didn't know that was an actual word but it's been a poe word for as long a I've been playing

tho headhunter is chanceable so you could gamble on alva for it

[hidden heath]

How do u get the gateway for king of mist

[misty cairn]

if you use it enough times it'll eventually be added to the webster dictionary. just like how rizz is in there

[undone heath]

do rituals, find the audience with the king. Buy the audience with the king fragment

only 2600 exalts 🥲

[hidden heath]

[grizzled grotto]

you know divs exist right?

[undone heath]

only 8.83333333 divs 😮

[obtuse hemlock]

nah use mirrors

[undone heath]

only 1/20th of a mirror !!!!

not even, like 1/40th ? xdf

[obtuse hemlock]

yeah mirror price has exploded

just like divines

[undone heath]

the homies and I deal in exalt 😎

[wintry aspen]

when should i start adding quality gems to my gear ?

[undone heath]

whenever you stop replacing it frequently

[grizzled grotto]

when you get to endgame and your gear stabilises

[wintry aspen]

how can i know if my current build is okay to strict with

[obtuse hemlock]

yeah you only use them earlier if you are twink leveling an alt and have cash to spare

[obtuse hemlock]

you don't, that's the point of early access

one day you're a gigachad, the next day you are not

[undone heath]

your resists are capped, your health and mana are decent, replacing it is more than you can afford

[wintry aspen]

ok its not the time then

[undone heath]

There is 1 or 2 dead mods at most for early items

1 or 0 dead mods for late game good stuff

[obtuse hemlock]

and yet the game has over a dozen dead mods

[grizzled grotto]

not all builds are the same. what you call a dead mod may be good for someone else.

except light radius, that ones pretty useless

[viral blaze]

if i use electro on tempest i cant proc herald of thunder?

[silent pond]

yey i got a waystone from a pot!

[heady gyro]

how to search for items with extra rune slot on trade website?

[wintry aspen]

on archmage spark build mana drains too fast. what to do ?

[undone heath]

slot ''inspiration'' has one of your spark's support gem

[grizzled grotto]

equipment filters

[proud gorge]

Surefooted Sigil Jade Amulet is reducing my Evasion by 26%?!?!?! Without the amulet at all, I have 46% and when I put it on, it drops to 20%?? Why in the world is that happening?

[heady gyro]

oh I was blind XD

[amber helm]

can you hover to see if your actual evasion rating is changing

[proud gorge]

Yes, say more about what you want to hover over.

[amber helm]

the evasion part

that says the chance to evade

[proud gorge]

WIth the amulet:

WIthout the amulet:

[wintry aspen]

i cannot afford jewellers rn

is there anthing else i can do

[undone heath]

what is your mana/regen do you have ''touch the arcane'' and arcane surge ascendency ?

[grizzled grotto]

you could swap one of your other spark supports out for inspiration

[wintry aspen]

which one to swap

[undone heath]

I think you need to revisit your build guide

[grizzled grotto]

is that persistence? why is that on spark?

if it's fast forward it's even worse

[amber helm]

oh i got it

the ammy has life

[wintry aspen]

this dude says that

[amber helm]

when you equip it you get more maximum life

but it's not been recovered immediately, so you're not on full life

so your body, foxshade, doesnt give the 100% inc. evasion rating bonus

[grizzled grotto]

I never had trouble with spark uptime, swap persistence out for inspiration

[undone heath]

The ''Greater's jeweller's orb'' are really cheap but if even that is outside your budget, you may want to corrupt a bunch of low level skill gems to get a at least 4 sockets.

[grizzled grotto]

can you link the build guide? I can't find that one

[undone heath]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/archmage-spark-stormweaver-build-guide#skills-header

[wintry aspen]

how much is it

20 exalted ?

[wintry aspen]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/archmage-spark-stormweaver-build-guide#atlas-passives-header

[grizzled grotto]

oh that is the same guide I was seeing he just has it terribly organised

[undone heath]

around that yes, your Mana is very low, do you have EB and MoM. Your skill levels are really low, is your wand at least +4 and focus +2 ?

[narrow cloak]

if i pick Eldritch Battery (conv all es to mana) on passive skill tree, then I get it though my del for amulet, does it double or am i wasting time

[proud gorge]

Thank you!! I forgot about the +100% evasion as I'm just blindly following a rapid campaign plan for my Alt toon trying to get to the end game with it.

[silent pond]

Just when i thought i was doomed, RNG came through for me

[wintry aspen]

what is eb and mom? +3 wand +2 focus

[grizzled grotto]

you can't anoint keystones and you can't double up on notables with anoints

check the tooltip

[undone heath]

Eldritch Battery and Mind over matter, EB converts ES to Mana and MoM takes mana before life

[wintry aspen]

no i dont have them

[undone heath]

Combine EB with Everlasting gaze for survivability and mana

[wintry aspen]

im pathing

i need 3 more points for both

[undone heath]

I guess struggle through a couple more levels whilst you make some currency and skill points, I imagine you just entered end-game. Lvling up is quite fast at the start

[grizzled grotto]

share a pic of your character sheet

[undone heath]

if you don't die too much

[wintry aspen]

is this the screen when i press c?

[grizzled grotto]

I really don't think you should be going archmage yet

yes

[undone heath]

Even with 1800 mana, it's still 144% gain dmg

[near plank]

bruh presistance is OP on spark

the hell am i reading

[grizzled grotto]

it's 0% if you can't keep up the cost

[narrow cloak]

thanks, other than that node what else would u recommend for a stormweaver?

[grizzled grotto]

I'm following Tuna's guide and using cast on shock + grim feast til I get more mana regen. I tried archmage and ran dry in a few seconds, cause it made me drain >10% of my mana per second

[undone heath]

is it archmage or mana tempest that's draining you ?

[grizzled grotto]

so it you are struggling with less regen than I have then you should probly not be using archmage just yet

just spark with archmage

without archmage I do fine

and I do alright damage for mapping

[wintry aspen]

its legit 8k dps to 4k dps

[near plank]

tuna's spark guide is trash btw lol

[wintry aspen]

are you sure its not worth to use it

[near plank]

idk what drugs tuna was on when he made it

dont use it imo

[undone heath]

Eventually you get to a point where mapping isn't really the issue at all and you're just building for pinnacles

[frigid lantern]

question about this relic from zarokh, apologies in advance if im just being dumb

[undone heath]

I think archmage is worth it, build around it

[near plank]

unleash on spark in tuna's guide lol. dude is unhinged.

[brisk nimbus]

which give more dps spell damage or elemental?

[frigid lantern]

but does this mean it'll get destroyed when I kill zarokh?

would I lose it if I die in a trial?

[grizzled grotto]

early on that really hurt my damage lol. ended up switching back to pierce.

[near plank]

pierce is a dogshit support

[grizzled grotto]

yes to both

[near plank]

another bad part of his guide

literally NEVER use pierce in campaign for spark

only use case for pierce is MAYBE simulacrum

[frigid lantern]

damn okay, so i'm not gonna equip this rn

[wintry aspen]

so what guide should i follow mec

[near plank]

i like ben's version

[frigid lantern]

im gonna wait till i can kill him immediately

[wintry aspen]

can you link it

[undone heath]

it's 1:1

[near plank]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/sparkmage-ben

[jovial stump]

Is there a channel we can buy carries? Is that a thing in this game?

[undone heath]

let go of the ligthning META and join us chillmages https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1329167464122290197

[undone heath]

it's one in another discord ''the forbidden trove'' you can ask in Looking for group but no buying/selling here

[grizzled grotto]

this server isn't meant for trades or services. you can see if anyone is offering carries or willing to carry you in https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1308714168576249887 or try the TFT server

[jovial stump]

Okay thank you

[wintry aspen]

so guys what am i gonna do for mana regen ?

is my passive tree wrong since i followed tunas leveling

[near plank]

get more max mana

and mana regen

and reduce cast speed

until you aren't running oom

base mana regen is 4% of your max mana

so max mana is your defense, offense, and mana regain

[wintry aspen]

oh then battery thing would solve my problem

[undone heath]

Battery + everlasting gaze

[jovial stump]

There’s a legendary amulet that took me through the whole campaign that makes your mana regen go crazy

[wintry aspen]

its everlasting i guess

[grizzled grotto]

*unique

[jovial stump]

Sorry used to Diablo lol

[sage trench]

I am just about to buy an astramentis. I wanted to double check divine orbs reroll the prefix and suffixes of an item. i.e. for astramentis it would reroll the 80-100 to all attriubtes stat

[wintry aspen]

what stat is important

[undone heath]

if you can afford it, go for minimum 30% of mana gained as energy shield

[river inlet]

um ? anything abnormal here, no ?

[keen valve]

nah, that's normal

[river inlet]

ah early access classic

i see

[keen valve]

yeah

[river inlet]

ait thanks

[wintry aspen]

they are 50 ex

[keen valve]

I have a citadel which would be like 3 maps away if it would be properly connected. now I have to go around which lead to about 30 maps

[river inlet]

god

[keen valve]

but it happens. also there are enough other directions I can go

[undone heath]

It's needed for survivability until about 7k mana then you can switch it out for more dps

[river inlet]

oki ty

[grizzled grotto]

what's sigil of power from? it can't be cut from anything

[river inlet]

staff

[undone heath]

Chiming staff ''attack''

[grizzled grotto]

there's no staff in this build...
https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/sparkmage-ben?weaponSet=set1

[undone heath]

that's still where it's from xd

[grizzled grotto]

does it stay up if I weapon swap?

[undone heath]

It does, my entire backbar is setup to boost Sigil of power and conductivity whilst frontbar is all dps

[mild thicket]

If I picked ssf at the start, can I opt out ever? How?

[undone heath]

My sigil of power lasts for 35 seconds iirc

[grizzled grotto]

yes, you can migrate to trade league from character select

at least I think that's where the button would be

so probly a white chiming staff would work to get sigil I assume

[undone heath]

You'd want to go for highest +lvl of all spell* skill available but it's not a huge difference afaik

[grizzled grotto]

would only be able to use up to lv 16 for now

and I think I might need to figure out what req level that staff would be

[uncut abyss]

is there a chance if u reroll a sekhema relic can it turn into a unique?

[grizzled grotto]

you mean reforge?

[plain raven]

no

[uncut abyss]

yes

[grizzled grotto]

no

reforge keeps the lowest rarity

so if you put in a normal and 2 magic items it will give back a normal item

but it cannot go up in rarity

[chrome pollen]

is there a way to grab all the currency from alva without doing ctrl click?

[grizzled grotto]

no

that is what ctrl click is for

[chrome pollen]

😦

[grizzled grotto]

fix your ctrl button

[chrome pollen]

im gonna click like 30 years for trading audience with the king

[chrome pollen]

its not broken

its a hassel

[manic bobcat]

When am I supposed to get my first Greater Essence though? I'm reaching level 90 now lmao

[grizzled grotto]

it's literally 2 buttons lol

[chrome pollen]

wym

[grizzled grotto]

I still haven't seen greaters

[chrome pollen]

like im trading audience for exalted

its like 2.2k

[manic bobcat]

The atlas passive tree section for essences is like a joke too

Let's see hmm "Do I want 2% quant or whole 4% chance to spawn essence!"

[chilly kernel]

does expedition logbook drop chance increase with waystone drop chance?

[manic bobcat]

And the notables scale even worse (+10% essence chance)

[grizzled grotto]

no

[manic bobcat]

It also doesn't help that there are (clearly) limited and specific places in map tiles where essences may spawn so for example in hideout maps you probably saturate the max essences possible to spawn

Let's share atlas trees!

[grizzled grotto]

so I have to pick between ES and res on my body or enough spirit to fit in blink >_>

[undone heath]

Most people just backbar blink afaik

30 spirit somewhere for grim feast, 100 base for archmage for mana stackers

eventually drop the 30 spirit when switching out of gaze

[manic bobcat]

Are you aware that you can use different buffs on your second weapon set?

That's how I blink

[grizzled grotto]

how do I automatically switch for that tho? or do I just have to manually weapons swap when I wanna dodge something

[viral blaze]

is there any line or something to know when dorjani does that laser spinning thing?

he turns very fast

[manic bobcat]

Cast any skill that is assigned to it and instanly cancel it to blink. It's very chill actually and soon you won't even notice you are pressing 2 buttons instead of 1

I use a skill provided by a wand that has cast speed in it too (for faster blinks)

You can force any skill to use either only weapon set I, set II or both

[tacit willow]

Is there any way to make the game alert me when a rare enemy comes on the screen with a sound or something

[grizzled grotto]

good thing I got my chiming staff with cast speed then

[errant knot]

how much does increased duration % matter on the ultimate mana flask?

[manic bobcat]

Yeah, if you are going for curses too (now or later) cast speed helps with those too

[grizzled grotto]

no, you usually know when a big effect appears around it or it's harder to kill

[tacit willow]

Sometimes not though. I've seen like a little spider that looks like it's obviously trash be named and suddenly hit me 20 times harder than normal

[viral blaze]

i died again from this bs oml

[undone heath]

just roll counter-clock wise to the direction doryani spins ?

[uneven heath]

whats the min i should get?

[viral blaze]

wish i could practice it for a little bit

[viral blaze]

prob like 10div?

[undone heath]

Depends on your rings, upgrades is upgrades

[robust geyser]

on which levels next gem slot would unlock from ascendance skill?

[manic bobcat]

Ideal weapon swap blink setup would have this shield

You can just briefly tap the Raise Shield skill and then cancel it to blink

[undone heath]

that's nice but Sigil of power is too good to pass up

for me

[manic bobcat]

Ohh I wasn't following your comments, should have replied to the person I was talking to, oops ;P

Also good way to declare you are reaching your 30's is to use oldschool emojis

[uneven heath]

my rings are not really special, should it be still worth it? 50% for two div?

[undone heath]

idk those look pretty bad to me, I'd probably invest in better rings before a belt

[novel crow]

damn, iron citadel is gonna be the worst for me, resistant to cold and does physical attacks, both of my weaknesses

[undone heath]

but maybe they work well with your build idk

[chrome shore]

Playing citadel with party of 2 is worth in temrs of loot?

[novel crow]

parties are always worth it for more loot but more difficulty

[chrome shore]

Dificulty is not a problem. I have good mapper, friend boss killer

[undone heath]

Yes and no, you won't get more fragments and the boss becomes more difficult. But it's more fun

[chrome shore]

thanks for info

[novel crow]

do it

good combo

[undone heath]

basically free frags for your friends if you,re splitting them

[median vector]

if my weapon has mana on kill, and I melee something that triggers another enemies death due to herald, do i get mana from those kills?

[chrome shore]

Oh, thats part of fragments is sad xD I dont want to giveaway fragments xD

[novel crow]

if you both have rarity it will add up too

[chrome shore]

MINE

[blissful glade]

ive just used a breach stone for first time and i have no clue what just happened. i went in to a breach for 45 seconds and i couldnt use any of my attack skills

is that normal

[chrome shore]

Last time dropped two

[novel crow]

I dropped 2 on my last 2 citadels

[undone heath]

if you reach 600% + waystone drop chance you can get 3, 1200% is 4

not guaranteed though

[uneven heath]

yea probably should upgrade them. im an ice strike monk

[manic bobcat]

Ohh and one more thing. Make sure your main damage skills (and their associated auras) are exclusively assigned to your main weapon set like in the picture

[chrome shore]

Anyway, thanks for info. I must consider if I want to invite my leecher friend xD

[stray pollen]

do my skeleton archers scale off my own chaos damage? I have an endgame build highlighting skeleton archers' poison attack and it asks for chaos dmg boost but i dont cast any chaos skills in the build myself

[undone heath]

what does the skill say when you hover over it ?

[novel crow]

no

[last coral]

Can someone help me kill the 4th ascendancy boss? I'm in front of him but can't kill him as my PC is at 5 fps during the fight

[novel crow]

unless it explicitly states you and your minions a mod doesn't affect them

[tropic mulch]

Guess who got one shot by the boss in his first citadel 😦

[blissful glade]

anyone had a bug where your strengh/dexterity is reduced for no reason and you have to change your skill points for it to go back

no im a witch hunter merc on ps5 and every now and again the game decided to reduce my strengh by about 50 when i come out of a map. so i have to change my skill points and then it magically goes back. its just cost me breach stone cos i couldn't use any attack skills

its like i have taken something off but i actually havent

[arctic crag]

Do you have weapon set points allocated?

[blissful glade]

not a clue lol

[arctic crag]

maybe you are swapping weapon accidentally or intentionally and one of the sets is just 50 strength less

If you dont have ea clue, then just use 1 weapon set, it will make things simpler and avoid such issues

[blissful glade]

I do have a bow but i barely use it. its just for bosssing. i swapped weapens to make sure it wasn't that and nothing happened

[arctic crag]

its most likely that then, maybe post a screenshot of your passive tree, if you have the colored thing for sets then you probably chose strength in one set and other attributes in the bow set.

[viral blaze]

@undone heathany advice for dodging rotating lasers that he put in the middle in phase 1?

dorjani

[grizzled grotto]

are these the same in your passive tree screen? if not you've allocated some of your points as weapon specialisation points and they only count in one slot

[wise quest]

Mighty silverfist isn’t spawning for me

Not sure why

[blissful glade]

yea that what it says

both have 24

[grizzled grotto]

ok then you've allocated them normally

[arctic crag]

hmm strange then

I was pretty sure this was it

[dusky flame]

If I wanted to carry someone through ultimatum, but didnt want them to come until the last fight, how does one do this?

[blissful glade]

ive crushed my bow in disgust. it must be a bug or something. it happens maybe 3 times a week. it just decides like a peice of my gear is no longer there or i have switched weapons when i have not

great waste of 260ex

furious

[keen valve]

you can't

[dusky flame]

Does it need to be sekema?

[keen valve]

yes

[dusky flame]

Thank you!

Appreciate the quick answer

[blissful glade]

wasn't a good bow. purely to shock bosses thats it

managed to survive 45 seconds in the breach boss map without attacking a single thing. must be an achievement that surely

just running like a chicken shiz

[silent pond]

o nice i only need to complete 8x t6 maps maybe that's why i don't have a big surplus of t5 ones sigh

[grizzled grotto]

t6-10 is 8 each then t11-15 is 6 each, so the quests get slightly less grindy as you go

[median vector]

does charged staff count as "empowering" for the purpose of modifiers?

[grizzled grotto]

not sure, the wiki kinda makes it sound like it should be, but I'm more inclined to think that's exclusive to warcries
https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Empowered_skills

[tacit sleet]

What's that build ppl are using where it looks like an ice spear and it's slammed into the floor and does ice waves. Also how are people able to spam blink so much? I have the one where it has 2 charges and reduced cool down but I see people spam it so often

[keen valve]

spamming blink is 100% coming from Temporalis. An item that reduces the cooldown

[tacit sleet]

Awww man

[grizzled grotto]

and that's why blink feels so bad now that I'm trying it

[keen valve]

I swear the broke blink on purpose

[grizzled grotto]

I feel like this cooldown makes it fair game to make it a 30 spirit gem

[quiet lintel]

what do you look for in a tower shield?

[grizzled grotto]

cause it replaces your dodge roll, so you have to spend 3.8s unable to dodge, which feels bad if it was on my main skill bar

that's a very subjective question

oh I guess tower is the pure armour one, so probly life, res, and block chance

and reduced crit bonus to make yourself a bit safer. tho idk how important that is in poe2 cause I seem to be fine without that stat

maybe max res if you can swing it with the other stats. oh damn you can get +1-2% all max ele res.

[quiet lintel]

how about a war pick

[grizzled grotto]

depends on your skill, but you are probly looking for % phys + flat phys + attack speed then maybe crit chance + bonus or ele damage with attacks if you're using an ele conversion skill

or maybe some phys leeched as life/mana if you need some recovery

[crystal wyvern]

how do rituals work? some seem to end prematurely? sometimes i get like 500 points and others like 2000 points....

[grizzled grotto]

depends on how many monsters spawn on the ritual circle when the map gens

those are the only ones that respawn

if you get more magics and a couple rares then it should be juicier

[hollow parcel]

guys what is that?

[grizzled grotto]

used for opening up the various pinnacle boss keys

except for arbiter, he's done at the burning monolith

[pale totem]

Is there any way to test damage on hideout? Like a dummy or something

[grizzled grotto]

use all your buff skills and the skill page will update the dps with any local bonuses

[hollow parcel]

ty

[crystal wyvern]

how do breaches work? i seem to always run out of monsters when killing but then the breach ends?

[grizzled grotto]

can't account for monster buffs or outgoing debuffs tho

[grizzled grotto]

just run around killing as much as you can

open layouts work best

think there was a spreadsheet for good breach layouts, you'll have to google for it

I would think rust bowl could be a good one but not sure about all the ridges and dead ends there

[vague valve]

would this be worth anything extravagant at all? still got no clue whats worth selling and items on the trade site are so random with their pricing

[grizzled grotto]

https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/174994786917416960

https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1325849877862944872

[final urchin]

checkout sidekick, fast price checks with 1 click

https://github.com/Sidekick-Poe/Sidekick

[vague valve]

no matter how specific i try to get on the trade site the items still range so wildly from a few exalts to likle 300 divines

[grizzled grotto]

there are so many guide on how to price check items, and they are always relevant. you will never find a truly outdated guide because it's all just basic principles. aside from maybe some tools or the old trade sites that don't exist anymore, you can still use all the basics they introduce you to.

[pseudo nimbus]

can u have 2 of the same passive tree node if u use instilled emotions to roll it again?

or do they not stack

[grizzled grotto]

that's normal. it's a free market so there are alot of underpriced and overpriced items, and price fixing exaggerates it too. you just have to practice and learn.

[vague valve]

this has worked wonders, all similar results were 1 div or more

[grizzled grotto]

alot of people asking about stacking anoints today lol

[vague valve]

fair i shouldn't really assume a lot of the items will be regulated whatsoever

[arctic crag]

why suddenly? Maybe some yt video misinforming?

[grizzled grotto]

maybe

[jagged hound]

Could always just be a coincidence

[thorny lion]

do the unique prices tend to go down or up over time?

[grizzled grotto]

ye this is what you get in an unregulated free market lol. complete chaos.

[crystal wyvern]

what do you do with all the crap from the expeditions? currency and broken artifacts? are they just used to buy subpar items or is there something more?

[final urchin]

basically get items/base items for crafting

[grizzled grotto]

depends on which ones. cheaper ones will go down cause they get used less, more expensive ones might go down if the supply goes up enough or the demand for them goes down, for instance by less players playing and wanting that item.

[vague valve]

looking forward to not selling this quarterstaff, who in their right mind is spending divines worth of currency for something like that lol

[thorny lion]

i am thinking about that maelstrom mana flask, wonder if the price is climbing or going down

[vague valve]

such interesting pricing for some of these items

[grizzled grotto]

if poe ninja was updated for poe2 then we could see a price history. not sure if there's a tool for that currently.

[thorny lion]

Do you guys think people will regulate items more in chaos rather than exalt overtime?

i feel like the chaos divine ratio is more reasonable to look at

[crystal wyvern]

how do you get all of the atlas point for each of the other maps?

[grizzled grotto]

chaos orbs are much rarer and their function was changed from re-rolling all the mods on a rare to rolling a random mod. so no I don't think exalts will ever be valued above chaos.

[final urchin]

farming splinters etc, like u need 300 of em, then you can go to boss, if u beat the specific boss u get 2 points. and its going up in boss lvl for more points.

[grizzled grotto]

beat each of the bosses for the mechanics, then beat them again with the points allocated for the higher difficulty. just like how you get arbiter points and map boss points.

[crystal wyvern]

ok i see the wiki thanks