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pork never goes bad posted:And re: Dennis/OneFish and other's new player experience - I think the first thing you have to figure out/decide is if you, as an individual and gamer, are ok with making some mistakes or not playing optimally or not. If you are, then the best way is to not follow a guide to the letter. Maybe read some, try to learn from those who have gone before, try to make good choices, but it's ok if you peter out before the endgame and reroll. But if you're not ok with hitting a wall, then follow a good guide to the letter. I don't care if you prefer to learn as you go, or just get into the game, or whatever - if you're not ok with wrecking a char that took a lot of investment, then follow a guide. Either choice is right, but if you go with option 1 when you aren't ok with bricking a char you will be predictably disappointed. Posted for truth. It took me 3 tries to get to where I understood how not to gently caress up a build, and poster Jazerus describes really well above - what to do, and what to avoid. Going to re-quote this by myself since I am actually really serious about this, boss battles are getting much harder. - Dennis McClaren posted:I've been wondering this. What's the appropriate strategy to use when fighting bosses that are killing you a few times? Anyone with some help? Advice?
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Aug 31, 2017 18:27
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Slam that checkpoint button and dive back in while forgetting about auras
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Aug 31, 2017 18:31
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So why does Kaom's Heart add dps to dark pact in Path of Building? I can't figure it out. Cheribum's shows up as adding 14.5% dps.  Kaom's shows as adding 12.1% damage.  How would kaom's add any damage? It isn't a fire skill.
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Aug 31, 2017 18:38
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Filthy Monkey posted:So why does Kaom's Heart add dps to dark pact in Path of Building? I can't figure it out. Dark Pact scales off the amount of life you sacrifice. E: Bought these boots with 71 life yesterday for way too much, threw an exalt at them: 
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Aug 31, 2017 18:39
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Control Volume posted:Slam that checkpoint button and dive back in while forgetting about auras Specifically, if I'm getting wasted, should I let the totems and golems die/run out before I revive?
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Aug 31, 2017 18:43
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Dennis McClaren posted:Specifically, if I'm getting wasted, should I let the totems and golems die/run out before I revive? Maybe if the boss is close to death, since you'll still get credit for the kill if you are spectating
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Aug 31, 2017 18:45
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Filthy Monkey posted:How would kaom's add any damage? Kaom's Heart posted:+500 to maximum Life
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Aug 31, 2017 18:46
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Having not played in forever, do any builds use Quill Rain these days? Googling didn't bring up any quick hits for 3.0, all the builds I see using things like Explosive Arrow are from 2.3 or 2.6. Wondering if there's any use for the one I got lucky acquiring in normal lab on my Cyclone Slayer.
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Aug 31, 2017 18:48
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Dennis McClaren posted:Specifically, if I'm getting wasted, should I let the totems and golems die/run out before I revive? sure, why not? don't let them kill any bosses that auto-teleport you out of the arena when they die like act 9's boss though, you'll just have to redo the area and boss if that happens because it teleports your corpse
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Aug 31, 2017 18:53
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Dennis McClaren posted:Specifically, if I'm getting wasted, should I let the totems and golems die/run out before I revive? REad my drat post
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Aug 31, 2017 18:54
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Goo P-Nut Sack posted:If you're looking for a decent boost to leap slam attack speed while two-handing, try using an essence of insanity on a pair of gloves and link leap slam/faster attacks into it. The insanity gives socketed gems a 16% more attack speed modifier. Bonus points for using spiked gloves with the melee damage implicit. I will definitely look into this, though I've not had much luck finding essences. For Shield Charge, I'd be almost tempted to reroll for 1H+Shield, but I don't want to have wasted a day. Besides, I don't want him to be too similar to my Gladiator. Leap Slam is pretty nice for navigating weird terrain, but Shield Charge was great for getting out of trouble. I will probably get used to it, but I will have to get used to bailing a little sooner. Is stun viable in this, or does it suffer the same fate as in Diablo 2 where eventually everything is immune to it? I mostly just want to stun for endurance charges, interrupting and the auto-culling on one of the mace passives, so even a millisecond is fine as long as it registers.
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Aug 31, 2017 19:02
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NofrikinfuN posted:I will definitely look into this, though I've not had much luck finding essences. I paid 16c for one in the HC league and haven't seen one in the field, but I've only farmed shaped spider forest(t11) so far. Another option are the essences of zeal which give you an increased global attack speed mod on gloves, if you want slightly less for leap slam but shared for other skills.
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Aug 31, 2017 20:19
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I'm playing RT Flickerstrike on HC right now. Oro's, all the life, fire, burn and ignite nodes and blood magic as Chieftain. Would slotting in Magma Orb as a 5L be a good boss killer with this? I can add the jewels if so, but I need to know if it's really strong vs bosses before I waste about 30c. (This build randomly occurred when I got so bored with RF totems, but it's surprisingly fun till I rip!)
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Aug 31, 2017 20:25
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Starforge Lacerate is still insanely powerful. I logged onto Standard the other day, and rebuilt my exact tree, with the exact same gems (none of the new ones) and gear and proceeded to deathless do all guardians & shaper with my old Cospris+Starforge slayer.
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Aug 31, 2017 20:37
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Can someone please recommend some other good leveling uniques like the Flight boots and the asenath's mark circlet?
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Aug 31, 2017 20:43
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Has anyone ever made a good build with Wings of Entropy? They made Skele Mages the build of the week so I sold off all of my Skele Mage gear for double what I paid for it (Thanks GGG) and I don't know what to reroll as, but I've wanted to use Wings of Entropy ever since I first saw it, I just can't imagine anything that would make it good since it's split chaos/elemental/phys damage
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Aug 31, 2017 20:45
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MMF Freeway posted:Yeah specters are a huge pain in the rear end Huge other factor that makes them a pain in the rear end: the desecrate trick doesn't work on all maps. It won't work on maps with the 'spawns many x' and even worse it seems that different maps can spawn only certain spectres. The guide I'm using relies on solar guard, and keeps a running list of whichever maps work. That said, solar guard are disgustingly good, like outside of boss fights they seem perfectly fast at t14. And I'm pretty sure I could make them better if I was using something to boost their laser rather than lmp.
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Aug 31, 2017 20:46
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Goo P-Nut Sack posted:I paid 16c for one in the HC league and haven't seen one in the field, but I've only farmed shaped spider forest(t11) so far. Another option are the essences of zeal which give you an increased global attack speed mod on gloves, if you want slightly less for leap slam but shared for other skills. You won't see them either unless you use remnants of corruption on the top tier essences that spawn naturally. pokchu posted:Starforge Lacerate is still insanely powerful. Can you post a link to your character? I'm leveling a starforge lacerate right now, would be interested to see how your build compares to the guide I was following.
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Aug 31, 2017 20:48
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Acht posted:I'm playing RT Flickerstrike on HC right now. Oro's, all the life, fire, burn and ignite nodes and blood magic as Chieftain. Got a link for the tree? I'm using Terminus Flicker right now and I'm wondering how far off Oro's is
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Aug 31, 2017 21:02
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deep dish peat moss posted:Has anyone ever made a good build with Wings of Entropy? It used to be the goto for Atziri farming back when it first came out but uh it's not very good anymore.
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Aug 31, 2017 21:14
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Dennis McClaren posted:Can someone please recommend some other good leveling uniques like the Flight boots and the asenath's mark circlet? Karui Ward
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Aug 31, 2017 21:14
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foxshade lochtonial caress
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Aug 31, 2017 21:23
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Dennis McClaren posted:Going to re-quote this by myself since I am actually really serious about this, boss battles are getting much harder. - Do them immediately after levelling just had my first complete cockblock - got a corrupted essence dude in literally the first room of my t11 map. Sweet, I think! A sign of the wonderful luck to come! Turns out 'life cannot be leeched' is a thing that monsters can have, and I'm a vaal-pact dark pact berserker. Used all my portals just trying to run past him, failed utterly. Actually, something just occurred to me - do instances persist through character change? Could I have swapped characters and finished the instance that way? awesmoe fucked around with this message at 21:50 on Aug 31, 2017 |
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Aug 31, 2017 21:40
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Whoops, was thinking of doing the skelly mage thing, but I guess I waited too long.
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Aug 31, 2017 21:44
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My skelly mage (who I'm done playing for the nonce) only got to like 60 so I only have a small number of the jewels and uniques that got posted. My resale profits 
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Aug 31, 2017 21:52
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skeleton mages is my league starter and i still can't do this dumb build because the jewels cost 40c in HHC now and melee skeletons clear so slowly
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Aug 31, 2017 21:59
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I'm lazy and don't feel like looking things up on poe.trade's currency exchange, which master currency discounts are worth doing?
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Aug 31, 2017 22:19
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deep dish peat moss posted:They made Skele Mages the build of the week so I sold off all of my Skele Mage gear for double what I paid for it (Thanks GGG) and I don't know what to reroll as, but I've wanted to use Wings of Entropy ever since I first saw it, I just can't imagine anything that would make it good since it's split chaos/elemental/phys damage vOv posted:I'm lazy and don't feel like looking things up on poe.trade's currency exchange, which master currency discounts are worth doing? Vorici definitely is. Not sure on others.
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Aug 31, 2017 22:26
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Soothing Vapors posted:Vorici definitely is. Not sure on others. elreon too
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Aug 31, 2017 22:30
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uhhhhahhhhohahhh posted:skeleton mages is my league starter and i still can't do this dumb build because the jewels cost 40c in HHC now and melee skeletons clear so slowly My melee skeletons strip everything like a horde of locusts. What are you running?
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Aug 31, 2017 22:30
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vOv posted:I'm lazy and don't feel like looking things up on poe.trade's currency exchange, which master currency discounts are worth doing? Elreon and Vorici for sure. I think Haku is as well (augs -> Alts) but not a priority unless you have a poo poo load of augs.
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Aug 31, 2017 22:40
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Every Vagan mission https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Nh7E9BMdM
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Aug 31, 2017 22:54
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Meyers-Briggs Testicle posted:Facebreakers is best, berzerker is best You think I'd be far behind in DPS terms if I went Chieftain instead for facebreakin'? The taunting and more durable totems and free leech sound nice.
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Aug 31, 2017 23:07
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KPC_Mammon posted:My melee skeletons strip everything like a horde of locusts. What are you running? only in a 4link +2 minion helmet and Anger. i've got no queens escape or bones of ullr or anything like that. i cant commit to items until i get these 2 jewels because i don't know what weapon I want to use yet or which spectres. when they hit something they do like 90% of a packs health with melee splash, the problem is you spawn them infront of a mob and instead they slowly stroll to an enemy at the back of a pack to do their swing. plus their boss dps isn't great and they can't clear Breaches for poo poo either
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Sep 1, 2017 00:12
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uhhhhahhhhohahhh posted:only in a 4link +2 minion helmet and Anger. i've got no queens escape or bones of ullr or anything like that. i cant commit to items until i get these 2 jewels because i don't know what weapon I want to use yet or which spectres. when they hit something they do like 90% of a packs health with melee splash, the problem is you spawn them infront of a mob and instead they slowly stroll to an enemy at the back of a pack to do their swing. plus their boss dps isn't great and they can't clear Breaches for poo poo either Sounds like you should get queen's escape then. Fast skeletons!
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Sep 1, 2017 00:21
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Is there a reason why enduring cry won't trigger off CWDT? I don't see any text indicating why it doesn't work.
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Sep 1, 2017 01:27
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Salvor_Hardin posted:Is there a reason why enduring cry won't trigger off CWDT? I don't see any text indicating why it doesn't work. it's a warcry and not a spell.
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Sep 1, 2017 01:28
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gotta hit your warcry by hand
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Sep 1, 2017 01:30
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Ah ok. gently caress that then.
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Sep 1, 2017 01:39
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uhhhhahhhhohahhh posted:only in a 4link +2 minion helmet and Anger. i've got no queens escape or bones of ullr or anything like that. i cant commit to items until i get these 2 jewels because i don't know what weapon I want to use yet or which spectres. when they hit something they do like 90% of a packs health with melee splash, the problem is you spawn them infront of a mob and instead they slowly stroll to an enemy at the back of a pack to do their swing. plus their boss dps isn't great and they can't clear Breaches for poo poo either I'm poor, so I'm just running a 6-link tabula. Turns out throwing zombies on it instead of using a 5th support increases clear speed. The minion speed support gem is a huge deal, for whatever reason minions are more likely to go out of their way to attack enemies if you have it. Otherwise zombies don't do anything. I also use melee splash, minion damage, and melee damage. I'm also running 4 auras alongside the necromancer aura talent. Wrath, haste, clarity, and purity, I believe. I should probably pick up a garbage cheap queen's escape (sockets don't matter atm) so I can replace minion speed with something more damage focused (the new 3rd hit gets bonus damage gem, maybe?), but I'm not having any issues with clear speed or survivability yet in early mapping. KPC_Mammon fucked around with this message at 02:22 on Sep 1, 2017 |
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