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Path of Exile Beta Thread: There Is No Sanctuary in Wraeclast
- Thread starter BurnOutBrighter
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picklecannon
Member
Early on it's kind of underwhelming but once you get a couple of support gems it really gets satisfying.
fluffydelusions
Member
If you are where I think you (underground cave area) are I think the gold bits are just bridges?
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
That's the dodgy minimap
Arches and doors are shown as yellow, so weird shapes happen if they intersect.
The only things worth noting are quest locations (green), exits (orange) and waypoints (blue). Portals are blue Xs and players are green.
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
fluffydelusions
Member
That's the dodgy minimap
Arches and doors are shown as yellow, so weird shapes happen if they intersect.
The only things worth noting are quest locations (green), exits (orange) and waypoints (blue). Portals are blue Xs and players are green.
Minimap is very odd. I was looking at the gold areas on the map trying to figure out what I missed and just happened to notice they were all bridges lol
fluffydelusions
Member
Just me or some fights really geared for ranged classes. Got to a part that where a totem was shooting out lightning and surrounded by it and had to pop ALL healing viles just to get up close to kill the thing without dying.
It just moves you to softcore when you die so I imagine everyone is hardcore.
Lacks punch as in physical feed back, or just effects?
picklecannon
Member
From Merveil. So far so good.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Yay/nay for leveling skill gems? Or should you wait to level them?
RepairmanJack
Member
The requirements could go out of your range. Also mana cost goes up so it just depends.
I had an attack that required too much Dex and wasn't able to use it. Didn't know that could happen at the time.
It often increases mana cost of the skill and you might not be ready for that increase yet.
RepairmanJack
Member
Looks like patch .10.0b is about to come out. Just some bug fixes with the act 3 boss and some of the weapon effects.
picklecannon
Member
Requirements increase(stats and mana cost). The game won't let you upgrade them if you're going to go out of the range anyway, but just be wary if you only meet the requirements because of an item. You might have to hold off on equipping an upgrade because it'll replace something that has +X stat that you need for a gem.
For aura's the amount of mana that is reserved is also increased, so with clarity for example, going from 60 reserved to 80 reserved might put a lot of strain on your mana if you level it, even with the increased regen.
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
Had a giant lag spike that lasted for like 10 seconds and my farming character died....Apparently it was the server because some people in chat said the server went down on them. This was like 2hours ago. Am sad. Now i'm trying to trade people for added fire and weapon elemental damage and it isn't going so well.
let it be known that it was my exalted orb~ thief skum.
Playing a dual wielding duelist right now and I'm having some issues. Health is a big problem for me, but my skills aren't great either.
Most of my skills right now are single target skills. Are single target skills supposed to be for Bosses/Unique enemies? It's a little overwhelming to be surrounded by a shitload of enemies when you have very little AoE.
I've got Lightning Strike but that's a little too mana intensive for me right now. I've also got Fire Trap which is alright.
Most of my skills right now are single target skills. Are single target skills supposed to be for Bosses/Unique enemies? It's a little overwhelming to be surrounded by a shitload of enemies when you have very little AoE.
I've got Lightning Strike but that's a little too mana intensive for me right now. I've also got Fire Trap which is alright.
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
You can either go for insane speed or cleave. Cleave is good with elemental damage. You just need to find a weapon elemental damage gem.
From Merveil. So far so good.
oh man, i hope i will find this belt to... want it ;D
Leave the whites unless you find one with good slots and use a Orb of Alchemy on it.
Had my name written right on it in Sharpie, so hold that. You're just mad I'm their favorite.
Yeah once you fill up just start dropping whites for blues and up. Only TP back when It seems worth while. Which is hardly never early in the game.
I was thinking Speed + Damage. Is it possible to do that as a duelist? If it's possible to skip AoE and try to blow through mods with single target skills that'd be nice too.
What level are you?
I'm only 7/8 and using cleave for aoe which is working fabulously. I'm basically following this guy's build:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlLMPhj_YA0
I'm not sure how it feels when you level up, but at the beginning, melee combat didn't feel good to me. I'm not sure how the ranged classes feel. It doesn't help that the sound effects are limp. A lot of the animations are awkward looking, too. What's kind of funny, when I reflect on it, is that Path of Exile's animation actually reminds me more of Diablo 2. It has that awkward "your character's wearing starched shorts" feel that D2's animation had.
Diablo 3's "feel" is really good--too bad the RMAH ruined it. Even though Diablo 3 completely disappointed me, it has absolutely phenomenal sound effects, and that goes a long way towards making combat feel "visceral."
you got too many nice things >.<
Still have this Shiverbranch unique bow chilling in my stash if any GAFers are just starting up a bow user. Hit me up if you'd like it.