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Homerboy

Homerboy

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rstrohkirch said:
I've been putting an effort into leveling faster this league and one of the things I wanted to do was work on a leveling filter. In the past I would just run Neversink's normal filter and then switch to semi-strict with some changes once I hit maps. After I got most of my gear I would go to a strict filter with some changes and that would be it.

I found a good video where Neversink explains setting up a leveling filter and using the simulate tool to make sure things are appearing the way you want. I thought others may find this useful as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiSHS8T63ys
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I never really messed around with the filters - just using Neversinks and adjusting it's strictness as I levered up. I *might* tweak a few things here or there along the way, but that's much more the exception rather than the rule. I never thought about tweaking it specifically for the build I was running. I have to say I see drops more as "currency" than usable items. I pick up almost every type of orb - even late game. And cash in gear for shards etc. It's tedious, and likely stupid, but it's the way I've always done it I guess.
 
rstrohkirch

rstrohkirch

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I really only pickup meta gear I know the value of. If you're pickup rares in the first week, you should be doing the chaos reciepe with them instead of selling them. Maybe you are already.
 
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akenbennu

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Might have to play around with this again, seems like I always burn out in act 2. Need to work on faster leveling.
 
Homerboy

Homerboy

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akenbennu said:
Might have to play around with this again, seems like I always burn out in act 2. Need to work on faster leveling.
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Honestly, it's painful for me to get through Act 1. The new components of Delve and now the reworking of the masters at least distracts from playing the same damned level for the 100th time
 
EXCellR8

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rstrohkirch said:
League is over. Your character was moved to standard which doesn't have the mine implemented yet.
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meaning what? I have to pay to gain access again or is there something I just haven't done? is it normally like an end-game thing?
 
rstrohkirch

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EXCellR8 said:
meaning what? I have to pay to gain access again or is there something I just haven't done? is it normally like an end-game thing?
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The Delve mine mechanic was only part of the Delve league, not Standard league. So when the league ended and your characters get moved to Standard, there is no mine mechanic implemented in Standard league. Sometimes they make the mechanic core which means it will be in all future leagues including Standard and sometimes they don't. With the patch that comes out tomorrow they did make the mine mechanic a core item which means you will always have access to it from then on.
 
rstrohkirch

rstrohkirch

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Thump553 said:
Any thoughts on this build? Shadow Assassin frost blades. Never played a shadow before. One thing that tempts me is that claws seem to drop like mad for me (probably because I didn't use them).

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2093747/page/1
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Personally, I would look else where if I were playing SSF. The build is based around the Touch of Anguish which doesn't have a specific div card drop so you can't farm it. The damage for the build is only so so at best. I do believe the author that it's cheap and clears OK but Touch of Anguish is not a common drop. If you replace the pair of them with decent dps claws(which is questionable in SSF) then the damage of the build is cut to less than half...making it very poor. Not to mention the defenses and life are pretty eh considering he is wearing a Belly.

That's just my personal opinion looking at the numbers. I don't mind frost blades as a skill, I just wouldn't use this build if I have to farm all the gear myself.
 
Thump553

Thump553

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Thanks for the input. What I tend to do SSF is to start maybe two characters nearly at once, build one out until it gets bogged down. Hopefully by then I've found something I can base a "permanent" build on. My initial goal is to get something that can reach the Blood Aqueduct and clear it quickly, so I can farm Humility cards to get my Tabula Rasa. This still may make the cut for one of the initial two builds, haven't decided. I doubt I will go all the way with it-never found a belly in the last 1.5 leagues SSF-heck, never even found an essence worm.
 
EXCellR8

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Can't use a few of my attacks anymore? Weird part is I've been using them for a looooooong time.

Also getting my scrawny butt kicked in the Azurite mines now for whatever reason... guessing they buffed the enemy damage--or now since the league is over it's adjusted back to normal?
 
Thump553

Thump553

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Anyone been able to successfully log in yet? I'm at 70+ minutes now. Went through the queue once, got to the (enormous) legalese page, accept button wouldn't click, continue button did nothing-tried both for ten minutes plus scrolling up & down, clicked on login page & was dumped out to a non-moving queue. Logged off and tried again, still 3600+ ahead of me in queue.

All of this is after downloading the upgrade patch earlier today.

What a clusterf**k of a rollout.

Edit: Finally solved how to get in-accepted Terms of Use on the webpage-there is a box to click near the top that I don't see in the game version. Through the queue one more time and literally at the two hour mark I got into the game.

Played for 15 minutes then real life called.
 
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Homerboy

Homerboy

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I'm dloading it right now. Snagged the torrent today but apparently it's not seeing it. About 2 mins to go
 
rstrohkirch

rstrohkirch

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I always ignore the league mechanic at the start. It never drops anything good and it just slows your leveling down. I don't interact with it until I hit maps.
 
Vivendi

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I'd setup steam to have the game ready to play when I got home. Well I've just gotten home and servers are down :(
 
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Majes

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Had an awful leveling experience first night... Made it to level 60 as a bow character... Ended up using scourge arrow to level since that was the only skill I could find that did any DPS. I only dropped 1 chaos on the way to 60 which was absolutely brutal.

Made it to 80 Saturday and Sunday. Rolled the chance orb prophecy which I sold for 4 exalts. I'm not sure what to buy honestly. Might try to get a +2 projectiles tornado shot enchant? My damage is okay, but I still can't really do the new content. There are too many one-shot mechanics and I rolled a dodge character :-(

I love how they rolled Bestiary into the core game. Delve is okay, but I keep forgetting to actually run it. Incursion I've always hated with a passion. I tried 4-5 times and each time rolled a terrible room which brought back flashbacks from that terrible league. So I just don't do them now...

If I can get the new content rolling I think I'll have a great league. I didn't exactly pick a normal league starter but I think I got over the terrible start and I'm ready to farm.
 
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