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Fister Roboto posted:I have never beaten the memory game and I never will. I just smash my way through the memory game with my characters lifeless body.
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Apr 15, 2023 05:19
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Apr 15, 2023 05:24
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Frank Frank posted:I was being incredibly careful because I was operating under the assumption that if I died, it was game over. If I had t gotten tangled up in a menu and unable to heal, I would have been fine. You're playing Righteous Fire, right? This is my third League now and I did RF for my first one and it's nice because there are a ton of mechanics you don't need to understand. I found it a great starter build because even though it's a little weird you have only a handful of stats to actually focus on, and it makes the boring "eat your vegetables" stats like resistance & +life actually scale your damage which feels great. Defensive stats are going to be important for any character you build, but it's a lot more fun when they contribute directly to your DPS and it instills some good habits in you for future characters. As far as dying goes, I'll do my best to give you a quick primer -- in Acts 1-5 it just slows you down a little, but the one thing to note is that if you die in a Labyrinth, it kicks you out to the start, and that feels pretty bad. That's basically your first major incentive not to die all the time. Starting in Act 6, you'll lose 5% of whatever the total XP required to get to the next level is every time you die, which stings a little, but XP flows pretty freely in the campaign and it's not devastating. Once you get into the post-game (real game) dying works similarly but the penalty is bumped up to 10% XP which can be a really significant chunk when you're leveling from 90-100. Dying is pretty bad at that point and you don't want to do it; those extra skill points from leveling are one of the few "guaranteed" power boosts once you're set up for endgame and it's very easy to wipe out quite a bit of progress by dying over and over. While it's not the end of the world if you're not playing Hardcore, it's very good to get in the habit of not dying often and avoiding situations that will gently caress you up.
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Apr 15, 2023 05:52
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Cretin90 posted:I just smash my way through the memory game with my characters lifeless body. I've been playing since betrayal and I've never slotted a maven invite into my map device. I pay a noble soul to bear me in their big strong arms through that vile witch's trials every league
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Apr 15, 2023 06:04
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goferchan posted:Stuff about death penalties Important to note here, dying can't delevel you. So save all your dangerous poo poo (boss invites etc) for right after you level up, then you can die as many times as you
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Apr 15, 2023 08:46
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I'm following this guide: https://maxroll.gg/poe/build-guides/boneshatter-slayer-league-starter-guide And here's where I'm currently at: https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/bardeh/characters?characterName=Tinwhistle I can mostly comfortably clear Tier 7 and 8 maps, as long as I don't get horrible mods when I alch them, but I'm having issues with some bosses, and most Essence mobs. Most guides seem to say speccing into Essences on the Atlas tree is a good way to make a bit of extra passive income, but whatever I've done to them, they now murder me like 75% of the time when I release them. It's frustrating because what my experience mostly seems to be is I'll happily be Leap Slamming my way through a map, deleting everything comfortably, then will die instantly to something or other that I'm usually not aware of. I feel like my damage is fine, but my survivability isn't enough to keep up. I tried a few Tier 10 maps and only managed to finish one - the others I had to give up on after I'd lost pretty much a whole level's worth of xp. The guide has been good until now, but trying to puzzle out where I should go from here is confusing me. I have 60 Chaos and various other stuff I could probably convert into plenty more - what's the easiest and fastest way to improve my survivability a bit?
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Apr 15, 2023 09:57
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The memory game is like a wow raid mechanic and I guess I can do it due to years of masochistic raiding
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Apr 15, 2023 10:37
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Fister Roboto posted:I have never beaten the memory game and I never will. Neither have I, I just facetank it instead
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Apr 15, 2023 12:01
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Bardeh posted:I'm following this guide: https://maxroll.gg/poe/build-guides/boneshatter-slayer-league-starter-guide your gem setups are not what the guide tells you to do. you have no cwdt-molten shell which is a big deal. you have no blood rage or berserk. one ring has zero life and your boots are actual dogshit.
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Apr 15, 2023 13:26
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The final phase of the memory game always gets me. There is way too much visual pollution in that fight and I often miss which sections even lit up to begin with, let alone attempt to replicate it.
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Apr 15, 2023 13:29
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goferchan posted:You're playing Righteous Fire, right? No, I’m a poison blade vortex assassin guy. Blade vortex with deadly ailments support using plague bearer and withering step to do silly amounts of damage while I feverishly hammer the skill button because I don’t have unleash yet. The only thing I wish I had known before I started was that I needed to beeline for Poison on Hit immediately rather than leaning on a chance to poison support gem. I’m in the middle of act 3 currently and just killed some mob in the temple that was like a loot piñata for gems so I’m going to go sort through those now. Thanks for the death info. I still am not sure where I got the idea that I death = game over.
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Apr 15, 2023 13:47
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Maybe thinking of how D2 hardcore mode works?
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Apr 15, 2023 14:02
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Awesome! posted:your gem setups are not what the guide tells you to do. you have no cwdt-molten shell which is a big deal. you have no blood rage or berserk. one ring has zero life and your boots are actual dogshit. thanks, I bought some new boots and got the molten shell gems set up and it's made a significant difference. I'm in a map and Maven is at the boss fight - I died and now I can't get back into the boss area for some reason, there are 2 bosses seemingly fighting each other forever and I don't know how to get back up there. Anyone know what's up? E: its the cold river map and it appears to be a bug based on 2-year old posts I've seen when I google  E2: whoa one of these just dropped which appears to be worth 3 divine? if so that's the first decent thing I've had in like 50 hours 
Bardeh fucked around with this message at 14:41 on Apr 15, 2023 |
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Apr 15, 2023 14:04
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Bardeh posted:
Yeah that's a core item for Poison SRS which is a pretty high-budget build. Hold onto it if that's something you're interested in playing, otherwise that's a sweet payday. Grats!
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Apr 15, 2023 15:12
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yeah id reroll off boneshatter to poison SRS if i had that poo poo, poison srs is bonkers and that chest is what really pushes it into the stratosphere
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Apr 15, 2023 15:14
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queeb posted:yeah id reroll off boneshatter to poison SRS if i had that poo poo, poison srs is bonkers and that chest is what really pushes it into the stratosphere Yes I agree with this as well.
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Apr 15, 2023 15:29
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I'm crushing t16s as poison srs to the point where I just blindly take every expedition altar and exarch/eater altar without even looking at the downsides (aside from immune to chaos obviously), and I don't even have a covenant yet. Shock immune, freeze immune, near max block/spell block, 11k armor before flasks, max chaos res, 4.5k HP, and ridiculous single target damage. I love it.
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Apr 15, 2023 16:53
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Throwing in Flesh Offering to go faster is real fun, but occasionally something reminds you that you're missing half your block.
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Apr 15, 2023 16:55
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I sold it. Very unlikely I'll have the patience to go through the levelling process again.
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Apr 15, 2023 17:41
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Wilekat posted:Throwing in Flesh Offering to go faster is real fun, but occasionally something reminds you that you're missing half your block. only if you are necro - poison srs jugg/champ/guard is completely viable albeit jank as gently caress
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Apr 15, 2023 17:48
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could I get an invite to the guild on character thaihot tia
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Apr 15, 2023 18:23
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Papercut posted:I'm crushing t16s as poison srs to the point where I just blindly take every expedition altar and exarch/eater altar without even looking at the downsides (aside from immune to chaos obviously), and I don't even have a covenant yet. Shock immune, freeze immune, near max block/spell block, 11k armor before flasks, max chaos res, 4.5k HP, and ridiculous single target damage. I love it. It’s the best. I don’t think it has a down side. No explosions maybe
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Apr 15, 2023 18:33
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You can set your AG to do explodes with asenaths
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Apr 15, 2023 19:11
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euphronius posted:It’s the best. I don’t think it has a down side. No explosions maybe Yeah it's clear is not amazing, although I also don't like doing any gem swaps so I don't swap into melee splash. I weirdly struggle in incursions and legion with it because of the ramp up time. e: queeb posted:You can set your AG to do explodes with asenaths Oh I haven't set my AG up yet, need to buy a chest for it but yeah I'm gonna go asenath/windscream
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Apr 15, 2023 19:11
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I'm working my way through pf toxic rain totems, and going to farm some currency to swap into scourge arrow totems, vengeance cascade is really good on them apparently, and Pathfinder totem builds are so cozy
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Apr 15, 2023 19:16
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Yeah forgot the gem swap for pSRS That is one mark against it.
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Apr 15, 2023 19:23
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queeb posted:I'm working my way through pf toxic rain totems, and going to farm some currency to swap into scourge arrow totems, vengeance cascade is really good on them apparently, and Pathfinder totem builds are so cozy Vengeant Cascade is basically Your Thorn Pods Hit Twice for SA, but the trick is you want between 50 and 70% proj speed, otherwise the arrows won't return before despawning
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Apr 15, 2023 19:40
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Anyone who has transitioned to full endgame gear for BS jugg care to share their gearing journey?
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Apr 15, 2023 19:57
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Is there a handy guide to "So now you've made it to maps" that covers things like farming gear upgrades, beginners' crafting, and generally what kind of things you're supposed to be doing to improve your character after the campaign? I've seen build guides touch on it but I am like, completely absolutely stupid about this game even after 90 hours and need my hand held. No 6-hour-long YouTube videos please (I am not kidding about seeing this)
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Apr 15, 2023 20:03
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Tiny Timbs posted:Is there a handy guide to "So now you've made it to maps" that covers things like farming gear upgrades, beginners' crafting, and generally what kind of things you're supposed to be doing to improve your character after the campaign? I've seen build guides touch on it but I am like, completely absolutely stupid about this game even after 90 hours and need my hand held. Max roll has a guide for atlas progression: https://maxroll.gg/poe/getting-started/atlas-explained Depending upon your build, there might be some information about how to work on gear upgrades. What are you playing?
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Apr 15, 2023 20:12
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Arivia posted:Max roll has a guide for atlas progression: https://maxroll.gg/poe/getting-started/atlas-explained I started this league aiming for Holy Flicker Strike Necro but found that spamming SRS is more my speed so I respecced to SRS Bomber (https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2995833) at level 72. I'm sure I'm leaving equipment upgrades on the ground because I have no clue what I should be picking up to craft on. I'll read that guide, thanks.
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Apr 15, 2023 20:26
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Tiny Timbs posted:Is there a handy guide to "So now you've made it to maps" that covers things like farming gear upgrades, beginners' crafting, and generally what kind of things you're supposed to be doing to improve your character after the campaign? I've seen build guides touch on it but I am like, completely absolutely stupid about this game even after 90 hours and need my hand held. Once you make it to the end of the campaign, the first thing you normally want to do is make sure your resists are capped at 75% or higher (C --> defenses tab). Gear can have 3 prefixes & 3 suffixes on it, so usually you can throw it into the crafting bench in your hideout and craft some resists on it to make sure you reach this goal, as long as it has an open slot. (Resists are suffixes, +life is a prefix.) Crafted life is going to be almost always worse than a natural t1 or t2 life roll on the item, but it's a good place to start. Then you usually want to also make sure all your pieces have +life on it (although some builds don't want this and will use energy shield or something instead, but it's a good rule of thumb). If your resists are fine and your gear has an open prefix and no life roll on it, you can craft a bit of that as well. If you're in trade you can also usually find a ton of really cheap (1c) upgrades - for a beginner I'd search for a relatively high life roll (60+, depends on the gear slot) and resists, and then maybe throw in an offensive mod in there as well. I'd also recommend getting a 5L or 6L to slot your main skill into. Since it's no longer the first few days of the league this should be relatively cheap - like 5C for a 6L. You'll usually want to search for the right colors and grab whatever has some decent stats on it while you're starting out, as usually the added link(s) will do more for you than proper stats will, at least in white maps. If you're playing in trade you could probably just ask a goon to sponsor you if you didn't get enough random chaos drops during campaign or whatever. After that it really depends more and more on your build. There are usually dozens of different ways to upgrade your gear. Essence crafting is a good way to dip into crafting and get some stuff done. Essences are like targeted chaos rerolls which guarantee one (out of six) mods - so you can ensure you have a high ilfe roll, or a chaos resist, or a particular attribute, or a particular damage mod, etc. Usually you can pair this with a fractured mod (these mods are usually in beige, and they don't change no matter how you otherwise craft or scour the item, so that + essence crafting guarantees two mods!). Sometimes you can buy fractured bases for pretty cheap to then craft on top of, if you don't want to buy items flat out. I would say it gets increasingly more complex from there on out though.
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Apr 15, 2023 20:27
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Anyone do an actual bow build this league that they liked? Not really looking at TR or EA.
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Apr 15, 2023 20:30
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I've been enjoying Vaal Ice Shot, but it's a Mathil build with lower defenses than is healthy, so keep that in mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnPsqX5YwVY
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Apr 15, 2023 20:34
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So this is a really stupid question but I just finished the labyrinth (hooray) and chose Assassin as my class. It says I have 2 ascendency points but I can't for the life of me figure out where or how to spend them. Looking at the ascendency altar, it shows all the skills I can pick but won't let me choose any of them. Do I access the ascendency skills some other way? E: nm I just found it.
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Apr 15, 2023 20:38
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Congrats, you found all the passive trees in the campaign.
whypick1 fucked around with this message at 21:13 on Apr 15, 2023 |
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Apr 15, 2023 21:07
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Insurrectionist posted:Would love some tips for my Manabond character if anyone has the time! https://pobb.in/YBl4krj2GDpp I should be using Culling Strike in my 6L, I just got sick of trying to color it and stuffed awakened controlled destruction in there instead. Since it gets Unnerve on for Manabond + improves Arc clearing it shouldn't be a huge deal outside endgame bosses anyway, and I don't have enough crit to feel comfortable throwing it on my Manabond. I've started using a mana flask as detailed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvQqzIUqnZA&t=1s instead of running mana leech, plus using lightning warp instead of arc. It definitely feels way faster for mapping, you can just hold down right click and teleport around deleting packs. I am still running Stampede tho so the teleporting helps with the lack of movespeed. The key is to use arcane cloak, wait 3-4 seconds and then I mash the mana flask 3-4 times. This will generally cause my mana to hit full right as cloak is coming back off CD, which pretty much solves mana problems. This is enough for 99% of the fights, assuming I don't accidentally grab an altar that gives less flask charges or something. Ailments are tough still tho, I have one of my flasks for bleed immunity and then run the ignite/burning ground lesser pantheon, and hope my 50% chaos res helps mitigate poisons mostly.
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Apr 15, 2023 21:10
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my league softcore guy is late act 3. I wanna give a shout out to poem and others in the guild who have helped me out. the guild features are very friendly toward helping each other via gear and dedicated chat.
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Apr 15, 2023 22:34
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Fister Roboto posted:I have never beaten the memory game and I never will. Cretin90 posted:I just smash my way through the memory game with my characters lifeless body. ROUND TWO! I have, for the first time ever....made it through the last memory game without dying! I got lucky though - my DPS is high enough that floor wasn't covered in poo poo, and the order was "just go in a circle". I actually did all 3 without dying. I still had 2 other deaths. I also did Sirus deathless. My secret to both was simply to have like 10mil more dps than last time, as well as some more spell suppression (still not much - was 10, now 22, gonna buy a gem that gets me to 38 that I can swap in as needed)
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Apr 15, 2023 22:50
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Just concluded my first attempt at endgame crafting using a guide someone mentioned in chat late last night. About 10div all in. 
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