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I'm thinking my league starter for 3.1 will be a slayer or a spectre necromancer now that you no longer have the hassle of summoning and resummoning your good ones. Anything besides slayer that stands out as a run uber lab every day character? I do like running it for the rewards, especially early league when it showers you in currency and potentially rare and valuable things, tons of quality gems doesn't hurt either. I imagine I'd eventually want a character to take advantage of a 6 socket glove or hat I'd find.
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Nov 19, 2017 01:47
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My league starter for 3.1 is going to be either an SR Trickster, ED Trickster, or BV Occultist. Basically whatever I don't pick for Mayhem is off the table. Probably. After that, I want to do: Something with Sunder that isn't a Gladiator A flickerstrike character that may or may not be an Oroflicker Slayer An Animate Weapon build Explosive Arrow It really depends on what uniques get introduced beyond that.
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Nov 19, 2017 02:04
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I ran like 35 uberlabs in a couple of days on my ED/Blight trickster in harb hc. It was incredibly smooth.
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Nov 19, 2017 02:05
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Count Uvula posted:Yo man how the gently caress do you have 10k es and "a lot of armor and evasion" I'd link my dude but I bricked my shavs. I was a guardian with a vaaled +1 gems prism guardian that ran 10 auras. 5L scorching ray and 4L righteous fire in essence crafted gloves (with EE and vulnerability) were plenty of damage, though phoenix was always a pain in the rear end since I didn't use RotP. Level 24 grace and haste aura made QotF nerds really silly to group with. Biggest pain in the rear end of the build was getting a good lab enchant hat with ES and the essence mod aura reservation, and really good +3 gems unset rings. I might run a similar build if they buff ES at all, but I'd ditch haste aura so I wouldn't need as much reduced reservation. Cory in the Blouse fucked around with this message at 03:07 on Nov 19, 2017 |
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Nov 19, 2017 03:02
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrksFvVWOM0 0:00 - 0:27 Volatile Dead 0:28 - 0:55 Bodyswap 0:56 - 1:21 Unearth and Cremation 1:22 - 1:50 Storm Barrier 1:51 - end Spell Cascade
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Nov 19, 2017 05:03
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Jinnigan posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrksFvVWOM0 Cremation looks really cool Also god drat I love that song, this game secretly has a fuckin' great OST
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Nov 19, 2017 05:18
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Spell Cascade looks loving AMAZING for pack coverage.
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Nov 19, 2017 06:38
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Bodyswap is a spell, right? I wonder if it's compatible with cascade, that could be really silly.
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Nov 19, 2017 08:20
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McFrugal posted:Spell Cascade looks loving AMAZING for pack coverage. lurksion fucked around with this message at 09:30 on Nov 19, 2017 |
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Nov 19, 2017 09:12
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Ra Ra Rasputin posted:Anything besides slayer that stands out as a run uber lab every day character? Juggernaut is extremely good for it.
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Nov 19, 2017 09:21
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lurksion posted:Heck it can be good for single target maybe depending on AOE radius still being big enough. Looked like that storm call overlapped x3 = 50% more on the center? Maybe? Could be the giant MTX flash obscuring things. Cascade is going to need some testing for sure, but assuming it scales like most support gems then the penalty should reduce from 50% to 30% at level 21, so triple overlap spells will do 210% damage which seems really good for a support gem. Storm call looked like it was overlapping because the placement is based upon the area size of the initial ground effect, not the actual explosion. Other spells that look interesting to try it with are Glacial Cascade/Bladefall, with enough room to cast in front of a target you could in theory triple the number of hits from each spell. Flameblast also sticks out as having potential, since the placement should be based upon the initial small base AE, and then as you channel the area would grow and overlap. Assuming overlapping flameblast's each did their own damage this could be really strong. The new volatile corpse spell also may have potential, exploding 9 corpses at once and creating 9 enemy seeking exploding orbs. Comedy option includes frost wall+traps or mines, creating 18-24 lines of frost wall per cast could be hilarious for filling the screen.
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Nov 19, 2017 09:53
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I really doubt Spell Cascade shotguns. idea: volatile dead totem paired with Unearth. McFrugal fucked around with this message at 09:59 on Nov 19, 2017 |
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Nov 19, 2017 09:54
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McFrugal posted:I really doubt Spell Cascade shotguns. regular GC does
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Nov 19, 2017 09:56
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Have they said anything anywhere yet about how what the player does affects how elder/shaper influence spreads across the atlas?
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Nov 19, 2017 10:00
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Qwertycoatl posted:Have they said anything anywhere yet about how what the player does affects how elder/shaper influence spreads across the atlas? If you kill the boss in a map affected by shaper or elder you kick them out, reducing their ability to spread in that area and giving the other side a chance to take over. If you don't kill the boss the map remains the same. And you don't need to kill bosses to get shaper or elder items so I'm not sure the war itself actually did anything at all for the meta besides further disincentivizing boss kills. dis astranagant fucked around with this message at 10:07 on Nov 19, 2017 |
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Nov 19, 2017 10:02
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Do we know yet what killing the shaper or elder does wrt the atlas?
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Nov 19, 2017 20:57
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More of an indepth post about Hungry Loop * It does in fact consume 4 support gems (ie- it doesn't start with CWDT on it). * Gems need to hit level 20 while socketed. Can't just plop a level 20 gem into it. * Having a Hungry Loop consume conflicting gems (multiple triggers) breaks it and none of them work. * Selling a Hungry Loop to a vendor gives you back the gems it consumed (but sells the ring). AegisP fucked around with this message at 03:37 on Nov 20, 2017 |
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Nov 20, 2017 03:20
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McFrugal posted:I really doubt Spell Cascade shotguns. Shotgunning only refers to projectiles, while this is aoe on the ground. These types of aoes have always been able to overlap
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Nov 20, 2017 03:29
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I so want to use Spell Cascade with Storm Call. Or Contagion.
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Nov 20, 2017 03:36
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Hooplah posted:Shotgunning only refers to projectiles, while this is aoe on the ground. These types of aoes have always been able to overlap Honestly we'll have to wait and see how all three of these new supports will work, but if they do shotgun/overlap/apply, they could be pretty nuts.
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Nov 20, 2017 03:49
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Vasudus posted:I so want to use Spell Cascade with Storm Call. Same. I've had a Storm Call build on the back burner for a while and I think I'm gonna start Abyss with it.
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Nov 20, 2017 03:52
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Besides necromancers who are always hungry for more sockets for extra minions or curses or corpse explosions, what classes and builds exist right now that would love a extra 5 socket skill?
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Nov 20, 2017 04:24
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Ra Ra Rasputin posted:Besides necromancers who are always hungry for more sockets for extra minions or curses or corpse explosions, what classes and builds exist right now that would love a extra 5 socket skill? Wanders will love a place to stash their kb that isn't Thunderfist or a ludicrously expensive 6l hat. Chaos builds have a bit of trouble finding room for blight and a wither totem and whatever else they need.
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Nov 20, 2017 04:28
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dis astranagant posted:Wanders will love a place to stash their kb that isn't Thunderfist or a ludicrously expensive 6l hat. Chaos builds have a bit of trouble finding room for blight and a wither totem and whatever else they need. I guess Vaal power siphon or other 5l vaal skills would fit into that, raise zombies for necro builds that don't have the space.
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Nov 20, 2017 04:36
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It also means you could do something janky like a dualwield build with kaom's heart.
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Nov 20, 2017 04:39
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Man, I am bummed out that they chose to make it so that any mob can drop shaper/elder gear and that the altas only changes if you kill the boss. I was sooo looking forward to having a reason to actually kill bosses, but this way means you can just skip the boss and never advance the war and farm whatever you want, completely nullifying the entire point. RIP.
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Nov 20, 2017 05:21
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Lechtansi posted:Man, I am bummed out that they chose to make it so that any mob can drop shaper/elder gear and that the altas only changes if you kill the boss. I was sooo looking forward to having a reason to actually kill bosses, but this way means you can just skip the boss and never advance the war and farm whatever you want, completely nullifying the entire point. RIP. Yeah, I expressed this exact sentiment to some people who basically replied with "so what, just don't do the bosses!" That... that's the point  .
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Nov 20, 2017 05:30
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Does anyone have the link to the bow based trap build that was posted awhile ago? I can't seem to find it and I forget what skills it used.
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Nov 20, 2017 05:49
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Hooplah posted:Shotgunning only refers to projectiles, while this is aoe on the ground. These types of aoes have always been able to overlap Magma Orb doesn't shotgun with its split aoe (though multiple BOUNCES can hit the same target). Neither does Ice Trap or Frost Crash. Spell Cascade will almost certainly work like the latter two- the extra aoes count as the "same spell" and will act as a single aoe. Maddot_66 posted:Does anyone have the link to the bow based trap build that was posted awhile ago? I can't seem to find it and I forget what skills it used. Wasn't there a shrapnel shot trap build?
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Nov 20, 2017 05:55
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The March Hare posted:Yeah, I expressed this exact sentiment to some people who basically replied with "so what, just don't do the bosses!" Yeah. I wonder if GGG will change it, since "avoiding the entire expansion gimmick" is now the optimal way to play. Also, heres a build of the week from GGG with chin sol traps + shrapnel shot https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1998978
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Nov 20, 2017 06:03
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what's generally considered the best/fastest leveling skills before 12-20ish I'm torn between molten strike and magma orb, I enjoy the way they both play but certainly someone has done the  calculations
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Nov 20, 2017 06:06
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Freezing Pulse, I think.
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Nov 20, 2017 06:10
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Meyers-Briggs Testicle posted:what's generally considered the best/fastest leveling skills before 12-20ish The shadows that were winning lowl level races use fire trap and freeze pulse into lightning trap, the duelists used sunder.
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Nov 20, 2017 06:14
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Lechtansi posted:Yeah. I wonder if GGG will change it, since "avoiding the entire expansion gimmick" is now the optimal way to play. Might be a bit early to call if not killing bosses is the optimal way to play.
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Nov 20, 2017 06:16
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Ra Ra Rasputin posted:Might be a bit early to call if not killing bosses is the optimal way to play. I mean, outside of them adding an additional unannounced thing it definitely is. If you're... warmongering your atlas for full shaper maps because you are looking for shaper items you will not kill map bosses because doing so will flip the map to elder control.
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Nov 20, 2017 06:18
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The March Hare posted:I mean, outside of them adding an additional unannounced thing it definitely is. If you're... warmongering your atlas for full shaper maps because you are looking for shaper items you will not kill map bosses because doing so will flip the map to elder control. You do have to kill the elder map bosses to keep that at bay though. Remains to be seen how fast things can get flipped if you aren't doing something ( I could see it requiring you to actively kill bosses in the opposite style zones to keep what you want in control)
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Nov 20, 2017 06:21
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Mr. Despair posted:You do have to kill the elder map bosses to keep that at bay though. Remains to be seen how fast things can get flipped if you aren't doing something ( I could see it requiring you to actively kill bosses in the opposite style zones to keep what you want in control) Where do you see that? On baeclast the claim was that Chris said the only thing that flipped them was you killing the map boss. Maybe I misinterpreted or missed something.
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Nov 20, 2017 06:32
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I thought in the IGN interview he said that maps would get flipped if they were overwhelmed by the other side, but I could be misremembering.
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Nov 20, 2017 06:38
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Mr. Despair posted:I thought in the IGN interview he said that maps would get flipped if they were overwhelmed by the other side, but I could be misremembering. Yeah, I initially thought there was some kind of built-in decay thing that would keep you on your toes. But the dudes on baeclast got Chris to go over and respond to some questions and they really made it seem like the reality was that once you had the maps how you wanted them they wouldn't change unless you killed the boss.
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Nov 20, 2017 06:39
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What was that about the Elder getting stronger if you let it consume bosses? AKA if you kill bosses in elder-controlled maps? Is it just that you get higher level guardian fragments from higher level elder bosses, or something?
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Nov 20, 2017 06:56
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