Path of Exile 2.0 - Discussion

[TallBill]

There is an anti-chaos pot. I think it just adds to your resists and doesn't immediately stop degen though... I also fully understand your frustration with Act 4 (even if you didn't quite have 20k life lol). Act 4 is awful sometimes... The game is EXTREMELY challenging hardcore wise and is designed for people who have tons of time to just re-level a character. You will die in PoE, it's only a matter of time before either a monster affix combo gets you, lag gets you, a bug gets you, or something you'll never understand ends your run.

I was bored one time on standard and had a respec for my level 92 character. I decided to make him as tanky as I could with perma fortify, 6k+ health, enfeeble aura, and a couple of other things. Ran a rare thicket map, killed the boss and was just flying around. Then I leap slammed into a pack of white monkeys and died instantly. I'll never know what killed me...

So if you must play hardcore be prepared to take things very slow and to restart. Or just play standard and enjoy the game.

Yeah I started Perandus with HC and after 3 deaths I was done lol.

 

[Majes]

League MTX looks really weak. Going to skip the league and possibly (depending on patch notes), stop playing for awhile.

I really like the back attachment and the portal. The footprints are flat out boring though... I considered just running my standard characters for a while, but I think Ill give the new league a try. Might just work on a straight up fireball build?

 

[smackababy]

Just read the patch notes. Yeah, I'm done with PoE for awhile. Melee buffs? You mean nerfing the only good melee skill and giving ice hammer 8% more damage... Yeah, ranged and spells still are far, far superior. CoC is dead. Maybe discharge still works, but it's dead. This game no longer appeals to me.

 

[Majes]

Just read the patch notes. Yeah, I'm done with PoE for awhile. Melee buffs? You mean nerfing the only good melee skill and giving ice hammer 8% more damage... Yeah, ranged and spells still are far, far superior. CoC is dead. Maybe discharge still works, but it's dead. This game no longer appeals to me.

The patch notes sucked... I'm excited for the new content, but they killed CoC, kinetic blast, and explosive arrow builds to an extent... There are some interesting theory crafting threads for CoC in the forums you should check out. It might still be viable.

Earthquake actually escaped the large rumored nerf which is good i guess? The other melee buffs really don't matter... They don't actually change anything for melee. The two large buffs were to Fireball and Ice Spear which aren't really fun skills to play but will probably now see action this league.

My biggest problem is that I can't start playing when the league opens Friday. I have a wedding to go to, then on Saturday I have 13 acres of lawn to mow. So I may not even get into the league until after people have cleared the new content. Very tempting to just still it out in standard for a while.

I hope you don't quit man... I mean sure take a league off, but keep in touch with the game. GGG doesn't always get their changes right but they do a great job of keeping their game fresh.

 

[TallBill]

I'll be starting on Saturday night and have to work Sunday and Monday but should be mapping by Tuesday easily. Not worried about being a little bit behind. People don't even have much currency to buy stuff for a few days.

 

[smackababy]

Yeah, I'm not quitting just taking a break. Might try another Mjolner build in standard with the new 100% prof but probably later.

 

[Homerboy]

Any links to good builds for the new league?

 

[Jax Omen]

Warchief totems for you Homer! Dont have a link because at work but do warchief totems

 

[Homerboy]

LOL I'll give it a shot. What version of POE is this? I will have to find a build.

 

[Jax Omen]

Any warchief totem 2.3 build should still work with basically no changes

 

[TallBill]

Made a two totem facebreaker totem build last league. Pretty cheap and easy. Cleared no death colloseum map on a 5 link.

Finally got the 6L as league ended.

We're 2.4 now

 

[smackababy]

Trap builds (not mine builds) are probably still really good in 2.4. Chaos conversion ones not so much, but normal Ice Trapper was afk end game content for me in Perandus. And, the only requirement is those jewels. You can do it on a Tabula.

Also, it looks like Mjolner might be really powerful, but I'm sure it will be quite costly now (like 2ex or something) and require Voll's Devotion.

 

[TallBill]

Still super slow in the new league. Building two characters now instead of just one. Leap sweeper and whispering ice.

Leap sweeper plays a lot like reave gladiator which is one of my favorite builds. Should level up easy.

Whispering ice was getting slow in the high 20's. I'll come back to it when I can throw more currency at him.

 

[Jax Omen]

Got my bladefall berserker to the mid-60s, don't yet have merc lab points but tearing through everything with my dual apep's. 14k tooltip with poison as the 5th link and 3.5k health so far. Next 20 levels are almost all grabbing life nodes too!

 

[TallBill]

Are you having map pool problems? I'll start mapping tomorrow but I've heard some atlas nightmares.

 

[Jax Omen]

I've just barely hit maps.

Every person having problems that I've heard about was people trying to use old methods to short-circuit map progression (ie buying trials from people to access uber lab really quickly then getting maps from the chest at the end kind of stuff)

 

[TallBill]

Yeah. Seems like opening up as many maps as possible regardless of their level seems like the way to go.

 

[Majes]

The people using Uber labs to shortcut are the only ones having success... Everyone else seems to be stuck at tier 5. I ran 15-20 maps yesterday and bounced constantly between 3 and 5. I even found a cartographers in a T4 and managed to roll some 5's and 4's. Running those I bounced back down to 3's. There's always a map wall in PoE. This league it is REALLY low though haha.

 

[TallBill]

People trading maps have been having success as well. I just hit T1-3 yesterday, character is meh but glad I tried it. Will collect up some currency, see if it improves, and then put some love into my whispering ice dude.

 

[Jax Omen]

Btw, if anyone wants to trade essences (Essence Softcore), literally the only ones I want/need are Woe and Greed and Envy, I will gladly trade you any of the others for those!

 

[Majes]

People trading maps have been having success as well. I just hit T1-3 yesterday, character is meh but glad I tried it. Will collect up some currency, see if it improves, and then put some love into my whispering ice dude.

I'm always astounded that so many people can be having trouble breaking map walls, and yet there are always tons of maps for sale... The past few leagues I'd buy a pool of T12 or T13 maps, and drop back down to 9-10... I did this multiple times. There's a group of people that have figured something out and they are making bank off of it...

 

[TallBill]

I sustained t13/14 fine last league. Ran a few 15s but sold most for a nice profit. 100%+ quantity and pack size, frag or corrupt. Sustained t11/12 without even trying.

I'll find out more soon in this league. My character is clicking finally and I'm around 20/125 right now. Bought like 7 more unfinished maps for 1 alchemy each.

 

[Majes]

I sustained t13/14 fine last league. Ran a few 15s but sold most for a nice profit. 100%+ quantity and pack size, frag or corrupt. Sustained t11/12 without even trying.

I'll find out more soon in this league. My character is clicking finally and I'm around 20/125 right now. Bought like 7 more unfinished maps for 1 alchemy each.

Dang... It's like people play a different game than I do... I watch my brother play and he drops solid items, and manages to progress through maps. So far this league I've dropped no item worth more than 2Chaos and I can't get much past T3 maps. I ran 15 of them last night and only popped up to T4 twice just to drop back each time. I miss prophecies terribly. I grinded the heck out of them last league, but with the poor coin drop rate they pretty much removed them from the game.

This happens to me most leagues. I hit a map wall and an item drop wall and there's really no point in playing. Prophecy was the first league in a while where the game felt like a game instead of a grind but now Im back to no drops and no maps.

 

[TallBill]

I bought up every t1-t5 map that I could for 1 alch. Now at 41/125 on the Atlas and sustaining t7+ easily.

I recommend clearing as much as possible, it seems to help.

Edit- I've cleared most 8/9 maps and am easily sustaining t9 with only alchs.

Trade 820 is great for map swapping.

 

[Majes]

I bought up every t1-t5 map that I could for 1 alch. Now at 41/125 on the Atlas and sustaining t7+ easily.

I recommend clearing as much as possible, it seems to help.

Edit- I've cleared most 8/9 maps and am easily sustaining t9 with only alchs.

Trade 820 is great for map swapping.

Id really rather not use 820 but I may have to go buys some maps. I am completely T3 and lower at the moment. But I did play a lot of Hex this weekend so I only ran maybe 20 maps.