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Hauki
May 11, 2010


Awesome! posted:

seems kind of silly. i started grinding her rep within like a week of the league starting.

You've basically gotta do a full rotation of zanas every single day plus incidentals from maps to have a shot at maxing her within a temp league.

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theshim
May 1, 2012

You think you can defeat ME, Ephraimcopter?!?

You couldn't even beat Assassincopter!!!

baram. posted:

what's the recommended ice trap guide?

e: pref one i can aim towards 2x consume dark and pyre if that even matters
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1616976 was the one I used for my chaos trapper, poo poo just evaporates. I played with a few things on it but it's pretty solid.

Cinara
Jul 15, 2007

Hauki posted:

You've basically gotta do a full rotation of zanas every single day plus incidentals from maps to have a shot at maxing her within a temp league.

If you do a Zana rotation every day and find some random map Zanas you should be able to max her in just a bit over a month. If you're doing it 100% solo you will need to do the dailies pretty much every day for the whole league.

TheRat
Aug 30, 2006

People maxed her in a couple of weeks. Its doable if you really go for it. I never do because that can gently caress right off.

Mince Pieface
Feb 1, 2006

They should reduce the xp you need for masters and make rotations just not a thing. Going and doing a bunch of master missions with other people is really dumb.

facepalmolive
Jan 29, 2009

Ultima66 posted:

Barrage - CoC - Increased Crits - Spark - Ball Lightning.

Oh boy. I assume pierce nodes affects the arrow pierce on Drillneck? I can't not play this. Thanks!

Guess I'm procrastinating on a 'proper' bow (e.g., aforementioned LA, etc.) build even further.

Phobophilia
Apr 26, 2008

by Hand Knit
My earthquake shadow fell through, but I still like the playstyle and mechanics. So instead I'm going to make an hege juggernaut. What's a good guide, and who has such a character?

Holyshoot
May 6, 2010

Mince Pieface posted:

They should reduce the xp you need for masters and make rotations just not a thing. Going and doing a bunch of master missions with other people is really dumb.

socializing in an online game is so dumb guys!

megalodong
Mar 11, 2008

Holyshoot posted:

socializing in an online game is so dumb guys!

Dailies arent socialising you weirdo

Mince Pieface
Feb 1, 2006

Holyshoot posted:

socializing in an online game is so dumb guys!
It's not the socializing that's dumb, although going into a rotation group in chat and listening to a 14 year old talk about weed is only socializing by the loosest possible definition.
It's dumb and bad because the masters missions aren't challenging or interesting in any way except maybe Zana, who still stops being challenging by level 80 or so, and you've got to run like an hour of these bullshit boring quests every day to max your masters.

Goa Tse-tung
Feb 11, 2008

;3

Yams Fan
I guess it's kinda a legacy of PoE being free to play, this forced daily engagement with the content seems like a textbook example


which has run its course and should be changed

Count Uvula
Dec 20, 2011

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The Real Foogla posted:

I guess it's kinda a legacy of PoE being free to play, this forced daily engagement with the content seems like a textbook example


which has run its course and should be changed

They don't really make decisions based on the F2P nature of the game, since the player base always comes back and spends money every 3 months. The actual reason for the daily thing is so that people playing an hour or two a day will be able to make significant progress in the sizable master grind.

It should be changed though, I agree. Grouping for masters can be fun with the guild, and the only time I play in a group really, but it'd be nice if you could get masters to level 8 after like 30 days of dailies + an average amount of map masters.

A Strange Aeon
Mar 26, 2010

You are now a slimy little toad
The Great Twist
I was thinking of trying to get the challenges for this league, but knowing I'd be stuck at 35 and never get Zana to 8 really robs me of any reason to bother.

Telarra
Oct 9, 2012

The good news is that there's actually 40 challenges, they always have a few extras beyond what's required for the rewards for that very reason.

Goa Tse-tung
Feb 11, 2008

;3

Yams Fan

Moddington posted:

The good news is that there's actually 40 challenges, they always have a few extras beyond what's required for the rewards for that very reason.

instead grinding Zana you just need to make a coupla EX and buy them


they literally could replace the hardest ones with Exalt sinks, because at the end of a challenge league everyone wants chaos, not exalts

A Strange Aeon
Mar 26, 2010

You are now a slimy little toad
The Great Twist

Moddington posted:

The good news is that there's actually 40 challenges, they always have a few extras beyond what's required for the rewards for that very reason.

Oh, good to know!

I'm just doing interiors right now. What are the most annoying ones discounting Zana?

Turpitude
Oct 13, 2004

Love love love

be an organ donor
Soiled Meat
Hey so I am new to this game and also sleep deprived (New dad). But I have figured some poo poo out and read some of the posts in this thread. My big dumb axe swinging guy uses infernal blow to make stuff explode into blood when I right click them. Especially stuff that shouldn't have blood like skeletons (do they have invisible bodies full of blood and only the bones can be seen?) and big piles of rocks that stand up (are rocks full of blood in this world?). It's just normal mode so I have had no problem with this "turn all bad guys into blood" strategy, except for this Lorde's Labyrinth place.

So I went into Lorde's labyrinth and hit stuff with my axe and it all exploded pretty normally. But then I ran up to this big thing (dog?) and hit it with my axe and it didn't do much damage. A voice yelled out, "Eat that fuckhead, my pet!" or something and the big thing hit me really hard and my red orb thing went down a long way so I had to leap slam away a bunch of times to lose it.

My question is, can I come back later on and kill this guy's thing that hits hard or is it gonna scale with my level? I just started act 4. Also this is Normal mode, should I even bother with this dumb place or come back and turn things into blood on the next difficulty? Or just wait until the final difficulty?

Also is the goon guild full? Can I get into the guild without using IRC? My big dumb axe guy's name is Stampymans.

Top Bunk Wanker
Jan 31, 2005

Top Trump Anger
You can definitely go back and kick that big fucker dog's rear end later, my man. You'll want to level your dude up some more so his red orb doesn't empty out so fast next time.

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
Also, that big dog (Argus) is totally optional. It's the owner (Izaro) whose rear end you want to kick. If you kick the dog's rear end you get extra loot at the end though.

Turpitude
Oct 13, 2004

Love love love

be an organ donor
Soiled Meat

whypick1 posted:

Also, that big dog (Argus) is totally optional. It's the owner (Izaro) whose rear end you want to kick. If you kick the dog's rear end you get extra loot at the end though.

Thanks, yeah, that's his name. Should I do Izaro in normal mode?

Valle
Apr 16, 2004

Telling customers how to solve world problems since 2001
You should do Izaro in every mode. You get 2 ascendancy points for each difficulty (so total 6 max). Just remember to click the altar thingy in the treasure room after you kill him.

TheRat
Aug 30, 2006

Turpitude posted:

Thanks, yeah, that's his name. Should I do Izaro in normal mode?

Do izaro in every mode! Also, the big dog has a nasty enrage that makes him very tanky and very angry. Fight him when it goes away and run for your life when its up!

Huckleduck
May 20, 2007
giving you the hucklebuck
Well, 40/40 challenges done.




:suicide:

Count Uvula
Dec 20, 2011

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Huckleduck posted:

Well, 40/40 challenges done.




:suicide:

Jesus! Congratulations I guess! Why didn't you stop at 36?

Huckleduck
May 20, 2007
giving you the hucklebuck
I initially planned to stop at 36, but was alllllllllmost done with one of the other challenges, and so I thought: gently caress it, 37 is so close and we get another level of our hideout ePeen totem pole - let's do it.

Turns out, the 37 challenges totem pole looks like a circumcision accident. So, 40 became the new goal.

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
Seriously, for your sanity, maaaaaaybe take a break from this game.

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet

Valle posted:

You should do Izaro in every mode. You get 2 ascendancy points for each difficulty (so total 6 max). Just remember to click the altar thingy in the treasure room after you kill him.

Oh, for reference, Ascendancy classes. Guessing your a Marauder, so your options are Juggernaut (very defensive), Berserker (very offensive) or Chieftain (fire and totems). When you beat Izaro in Normal you chose which of your three Ascendancy classes to pursue.

d-liquor
Aug 18, 2009

Now Tayne I can get into!
Seriously feeling the urge to play ascendancy now after a random video was suggested to me on youtube...

Todo88
Apr 16, 2016

Ascendancy pulled me back in big time, I'd recommend giving it a shot. I really had fun with my Hardcore Facebreaker build on Perandus league. Blade Vortex is another really fun build but I think I rip'd that character around level 40 or so. PM me if you need any help, I haven't been playing much lately as Dark Souls III has me addicted, but I can log in if you need some help getting going.

Ada
Apr 22, 2014

Practice proper gun's safety.
Why wasn't Abaxoth (super Beyond boss) included as part of the deadly bosses challenge? I guess because you can trigger him in a low level map but getting him to spawn is still a challenge. I ran into him in a sea witch Zana daily and that was intense.

Or the Avatar from Death and Taxes for that matter.

Bugsy
Jul 15, 2004

I'm thumpin'. That's
why they call me
'Thumper'.


Slippery Tilde
First rip of the league. Tried to yolo the trial in merc sins which was stupid of me.

mechaet
Jan 4, 2013

Insufferable measure of firewood

Ada posted:

Why wasn't Abaxoth (super Beyond boss) included as part of the deadly bosses challenge? I guess because you can trigger him in a low level map but getting him to spawn is still a challenge. I ran into him in a sea witch Zana daily and that was intense.

Or the Avatar from Death and Taxes for that matter.

I took down the Avatar, it was pretty easy in my max-block character.

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
Wanted to let you all know that I partook in a wonderful bit of theater tonight that you all should see. It's a 3 act play called "Ventor Always Wins Ventor's Gamble".

Act 1



Act 2



Act 3

Ultima66
Sep 2, 2008

Just to let you guys know, running Overgrown Shrines seems to be pretty effortless for reasonable profit. They're a T4 map so they're basically worthless, and you get a Sigil every 2 runs or so on average in my experience. The Sigil is selling for around 12 chaos right now because of the challenges. I was doing some Dried Lake runs with IIR/IIQ gear and decided to run my Overgrown Shrines I had sitting around and got like 4 cards in 6 maps, which didn't really take much time. I'm sure there's better ways to make currency, but this seems like it's better consistent profit than running Dried Lake all day and is very easy, doesn't require much investment to sustain running for a long time, and doesn't really require you to care about the market.

The other maps that drop cards for Divination card challenges that are relatively farmable are nice to run as well. There's like 4 trivially easy/cheap cards and I think the ones everyone else turns in for the challenge are The Sigil, The Dapper Prodigy, and Vinia's Token. I did try running Vinia's Token for a while though and found the drop rate was actually pretty terrible, so I'm not too sure farming those is worth it.

Korwin
Jan 24, 2011
To get six Sockel on an item you Need Minimum item Level x. Do you also Need an Minimum char. Level?

TheRat
Aug 30, 2006

Ada posted:

Why wasn't Abaxoth (super Beyond boss) included as part of the deadly bosses challenge? I guess because you can trigger him in a low level map but getting him to spawn is still a challenge. I ran into him in a sea witch Zana daily and that was intense.

Or the Avatar from Death and Taxes for that matter.

Because he's absurdly hard to spawn. I literally have over 2000 hours ingame time since beyond league, I regularly play beyond zana maps and I've only seen him once ever. Death and taxes have been included every now and then though, guess they just decided to change it up a bit.

TheRat
Aug 30, 2006

Korwin posted:

To get six Sockel on an item you Need Minimum item Level x. Do you also Need an Minimum char. Level?

No. Tabula rasa has no level requirement and is 6-linked :-)

cytoc
Apr 3, 2009

Korwin posted:

To get six Sockel on an item you Need Minimum item Level x. Do you also Need an Minimum char. Level?

As mentioned, Tabula doesn't require any levels. Also, I don't think there's a level limit applied to an item based on socket number, but I think the minimum item level to roll 6 sockets on an item is 50. I believe you can force six socket a lower level item using Vorici crafting.

TheRat
Aug 30, 2006

cytoc posted:

As mentioned, Tabula doesn't require any levels. Also, I don't think there's a level limit applied to an item based on socket number, but I think the minimum item level to roll 6 sockets on an item is 50. I believe you can force six socket a lower level item using Vorici crafting.

This is all correct. Item level requirements are 2 for 3-socket, 25 for 4-socket, 35 for 5-socket and 50 for 6-socket. And as you said vorici can overrule them all.

Edit: Wiki has an exceptions list

The item level item is generally applicable, but note that there are a few cases where the restriction does not apply: posted:


Starting weapons; they are item level 1 with three sockets (always three different colours).
Tabula Rasa always has 6 linked white sockets.
Items from strongboxes with of Complexity affix
Vorici can master craft sockets regardless of the item's item level.

TheRat fucked around with this message at 15:02 on Apr 17, 2016

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soscannonballs
Dec 6, 2007

Abaxoth is great, I got him to spawn a few days ago in a t11 map and it was a really intense fight.

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