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Path of Exile |OT| Loot 3.0
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I will! Just gotta see what I want to do with it...
Also, I just realized that on my LA/Frenzy archer, I can replace my Gifts From Above ring with anything at all, since it doesn't have any resistances... so I can equip Ming's for bonus damage and automatic -1% chaos res (I sit at -60%) usually. I think this may enable me to do the second bosses on Apex of Sacrifice. I assume they do chaos damage because I was getting two-shotted like nothing.
I also recently got Doedre's Damning, a ring that can allow for a second curse. I run CWDT with Enfeeble/Increased Area of Effect, so that could be cool to play around with by switching out Inc AoE, too! Gonna go give it a spin in some maps.
Edit: Don't know what it is today, but man, this luck... just got a rare one-handed sword that could probably sell for 10 exalts.
Gaming Truth
Member
Any tip on Poorjoy's Asylum?
I couldn't do it back when I tried. Been waiting for one to drop for me since my build changed radically since then.
Try to aggro a few mobs and bring them away from the rest. If you're fighting a group you're probably going to die, unless your build is op.
I cannot wait for the fusing changes to come with the next expansion. Blowing three+ exalts' worth of fuses to get 4-links just makes me mad. I was saving these all for when the changes hit, but I went like "What the hell, I'll probably get a 5L"--but nope! Could have just bought what I freaking needed for two exalts instead.
So I'm done socketing and linking until then. This stuff just ruins the game, they absolutely could not have made a shittier system if they'd tried. If I get an item I should be allowed to use it, not be forced to keep it in my stash for two months like with my last chest.
So I'm done socketing and linking until then. This stuff just ruins the game, they absolutely could not have made a shittier system if they'd tried. If I get an item I should be allowed to use it, not be forced to keep it in my stash for two months like with my last chest.
Seems likes nobody plays anymore, I just was able to get the non crappy garena version installed so I could access my supporter account with market goodies to find out:
1) My characters points are reset, so I don't want to sit here for a bit to figure out how to spend them
lol
1) My characters points are reset, so I don't want to sit here for a bit to figure out how to spend them
lol
Gaming Truth
Member
I'm guessing we're at the lull before the next expansion. I'm still playing with a friend and it's his first go, so he's still super excited
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
each time I come back I hope they fixed their net code. Then I play for a week and cry a little on the inside
PhoenixDark
Banned
Lost my lv42 Scion on Dominus...not even the actual Dominus fight - I got stuck in a corner and leap slammed nonstop by the fire add. Spent way too much time with that character to just delete it, so I went back and one shot Dominus. That made it feel even worse, I could have owned him on hardcore : /
Had a lv21 Templar stored away in invasion so I dusted it off, got some lucky drops (Melee Splash, which I'm using with Internal Blow and Added Fire Dmg), got to lv28 super fast. Initially it was a wand templar but I'm slowly changing it into a one hand tank.
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/105920
I mainly play on the weekends.
Had a lv21 Templar stored away in invasion so I dusted it off, got some lucky drops (Melee Splash, which I'm using with Internal Blow and Added Fire Dmg), got to lv28 super fast. Initially it was a wand templar but I'm slowly changing it into a one hand tank.
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/105920
I mainly play on the weekends.
BitterSidekick
Member
Hey guys, started playing after a really long time and i am considering rolling a new build.
Any suggestions on some which is viable in endgame? And IS noob friendly? I've seen ground slam Marauder build but i am contemplating if its any good in endgame.
Any suggestions on some which is viable in endgame? And IS noob friendly? I've seen ground slam Marauder build but i am contemplating if its any good in endgame.
The fusing system in this game is a putrid pile of shit. I have to 5-link a weapon because I've already skinned it, but every damn fuse I throw onto this thing is wasted. Expansion is slated for mid-August. I don't know if I can take this any more, I'm getting really frustrated at all this bullshit RNG, and two months to wait to see what changes they make to the system is just ridiculous.
I also hit 92 on my main and tried Atziri again with new gear and new skills... and it's still bullshit. 80% lightning res and I get two-shotted on the double Vaal lightning balls, and the damn skills are so fast and the game so desync-prone that you're always gonna get hit no matter what.
Also, no one plays anymore, so nothing from the shop ever sells. Map groups for end-level maps take ten minutes to fill up, if you're lucky.
Just starting to get bored all around.
I also hit 92 on my main and tried Atziri again with new gear and new skills... and it's still bullshit. 80% lightning res and I get two-shotted on the double Vaal lightning balls, and the damn skills are so fast and the game so desync-prone that you're always gonna get hit no matter what.
Also, no one plays anymore, so nothing from the shop ever sells. Map groups for end-level maps take ten minutes to fill up, if you're lucky.
Just starting to get bored all around.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
They made their own bed. They got too cocky and arrogant about the RNG. The game is now all but dead because of it. Moved on to Marvel Heroes and D3. MH is the opposite of PoE in terms of RNG, it's incredible.
plasticpassion
Member
Yeah I quit too because it became too frustrating and my fireball witch basically was useless after level 85. Even with >max resist, 5 auras and >5k ES, she died a lot. That plus the endless RNG left me so bored with it all.
I've been tempted to vaal orb my legacy Shavronne's Wrappings for the hell of it.
So how dead is this game?
They are removing snapshotting. Great, I will give this one more chance most likely.
I still enjoy PoE, but lately i have less and less patience for soulsucking games that are designed to devour your free time and have nothing else going on for ya....
PoE is still the king of the genre, obviously. Eh.
Next few months will be "Rolling a D3 ROS Ladder for the fun of it, until it gets boring -> starting a melee character in PoE new league, MAYBE they made it fun finally -> big break" - repeat next league/season
At least I can play Marvel Heroes without worrying about ladders. And yet the game gets updated just as dynamically (or recently: MUCH more often) as PoE. Although they are about to introduce ladders there as well, in 2014.
They are removing snapshotting. Great, I will give this one more chance most likely.
I still enjoy PoE, but lately i have less and less patience for soulsucking games that are designed to devour your free time and have nothing else going on for ya....
PoE is still the king of the genre, obviously. Eh.
Next few months will be "Rolling a D3 ROS Ladder for the fun of it, until it gets boring -> starting a melee character in PoE new league, MAYBE they made it fun finally -> big break" - repeat next league/season
At least I can play Marvel Heroes without worrying about ladders. And yet the game gets updated just as dynamically (or recently: MUCH more often) as PoE. Although they are about to introduce ladders there as well, in 2014.
So how dead is this game?
They are removing snapshotting. Great, I will give this one more chance most likely.
I still enjoy PoE, but lately i have less and less patience for soulsucking games that are designed to devour your free time and have nothing else going on for ya....
PoE is still the king of the genre, obviously. Eh.
Next few months will be "Rolling a D3 ROS Ladder for the fun of it, until it gets boring -> starting a melee character in PoE new league, MAYBE they made it fun finally -> big break" - repeat next league/season
At least I can play Marvel Heroes without worrying about ladders. And yet the game gets updated just as dynamically (or recently: MUCH more often) as PoE. Although they are about to introduce ladders there as well, in 2014.
PoE is not, has has never been, the king of this genre.
It is for me, and I cant speak for others, obviously.
Diablo III has superior animations, netcode, and artstyle.
Marvel Heroes has superior loot "sweet spot" feel - for a while at least -, and a much less strict, more feelgood endgame.
But when it comes to replayability, theorycrafting, endgame options, PoE is the best, imho.
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
desync kills all hope for the game to me.
Metalic Sand
who is Emo-Beas?
Same. I come back for the fun events but any long term play is killed by desync. Not sure why i still go hardcore everytime when its always death by desync.
It looks like they aren't even trying to remedy the one factor holding the game back.
They've got a manifesto writeup on it, it's not something they're ignoring. And while it's a big issue, the game is still playable. The one factor that really makes most people quit is the shit RNG, which they've been in the process of addressing.
That said, the desync has improved a lot since I started playing. I also really can't recall dying to it in several months now. The main problem lies in races, where it's pretty severe.
If you're planning to stick around in endgame, try softcore. 10% XP loss that negates your last 4 hours of work is still pretty stressful. I've even macro'd Alt+F4 at this point.
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
Or just play a different game
No new leagues anytime soon, huh.
Next up: one month special league, then the announcement for the next mini-expansion.
Might come back to this then.
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/960548/
Next up: one month special league, then the announcement for the next mini-expansion.
Might come back to this then.
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/960548/
Gaming Truth
Member
I've been racing a lot, trying to get my hands on an Immortal Flesh for next season, where I'll make a melee character. At least, I'm pretty sure that's what I'll do. It'll probably be based on what fundamental changes they're doing for next season.
There are two things that GGG have done recently that does make me suspect the active player base is in decline:
First is the unique droprate boost. I do think that if the game was doing well, they wouldn't have made such an adjustment. Also, they're making a big effort to do more community outreach - with the development manifestos, builds of the week, etc., which also to me is a sign they're concerned about the health of their playerbase.
I remember when I was asking where the GAF guildies were; if they had all gone inactive. Well, I joined them shortly after deciding that I would definitely not replay the same segments of the game over and over again for any reason at all. I still enjoyed theorycrafting new builds, but I couldn't be arsed to grind currency for either the regrets or for the pricey centerpiece items for cool builds.
First is the unique droprate boost. I do think that if the game was doing well, they wouldn't have made such an adjustment. Also, they're making a big effort to do more community outreach - with the development manifestos, builds of the week, etc., which also to me is a sign they're concerned about the health of their playerbase.
I remember when I was asking where the GAF guildies were; if they had all gone inactive. Well, I joined them shortly after deciding that I would definitely not replay the same segments of the game over and over again for any reason at all. I still enjoyed theorycrafting new builds, but I couldn't be arsed to grind currency for either the regrets or for the pricey centerpiece items for cool builds.
I'm actually in the opposite situation. I'm waiting for a passive reset so I can try a new build without having to grind all the regrets. You don't actually need to press "reset" on the character right away - as long as you don't assign any new passive nodes, you can put off using the reset.
You don't even need to suspect, it's a fact.
http://steamcharts.com/app/238960#6m
Next mini expansion will apparently be to address a lot of concerns people have with the current game, they've said it won't be a boss like Atziri.
They've been running many more sales, and are beginning to sell shit like glowing angel wings which sell like crazy but compromise whatever artistic integrity the visual design of the game had.
Also, with the newest patch, they made it so that buying a stash tab on the shop will automatically transfer all the contents of a random read-only tab to it, instead of giving you a fresh tab. This is an obvious money-grab attempt, because if you have 12 read-only tabs, you will first have to buy 6 tabs, then another 6 because the items you wanted didn't get transferred, and then another 6 so you can have the empty tabs that you wanted.
Playerbase has declined in-game to ridiculous levels, Standard basically died out from one day to the other when the two-week race began. It never recovered.
TF2 syndrome. But hey, if it keeps the company alive...
Gaming Truth
Member
Technically, a new temporary league starts next Friday. Yeah, dunno about this one
Wolf Akela
Member
Desync is the only reason I stopped playing.
I enjoyed races when I started playing them, but I kept getting screwed by desyncs somehow.
I enjoyed races when I started playing them, but I kept getting screwed by desyncs somehow.
Not sure if we're playing the same game? I love MH, but I'm not gonna kid myself. I never bothered getting some weapons/armor because it requires several pieces of 1% drops from fights that take long. You get maybe 4-5 rolls of 1% every 25-40 mins depending on the monster, loadout and luck.
Well because of this thread, I felt it was my duty to finally finish the game. Got rushed through the end
and then the expansion
Reading the story quickly, it feels like this expansion was kinda planned from the start. Not a bad thing, but *shrug* haven't played in nearly six or so months so it's interesting to see so many changes and also kinda sad that the player base is decreasing from this threads reporting.
At least I have the Scion to where I can finally make the Nercomancer-clone class I wanted to make?
Piety being the normal end-game boss?
some new dude being the big bad
At least I have the Scion to where I can finally make the Nercomancer-clone class I wanted to make?
Well because of this thread, I felt it was my duty to finally finish the game. Got rushed through the endand then the expansionPiety being the normal end-game boss?Reading the story quickly, it feels like this expansion was kinda planned from the start. Not a bad thing, but *shrug* haven't played in nearly six or so months so it's interesting to see so many changes and also kinda sad that the player base is decreasing from this threads reporting.some new dude being the big bad
At least I have the Scion to where I can finally make the Nercomancer-clone class I wanted to make?
Dominus is the normal end game boss. Atziri is the expansion boss.
I might play then depending on what they do for this league. Might just mess around, and see how far I can take a glass cannon type character in HC.
Huh. Didn't know that. The person rushing us was like "Oh these two new areas are from the expansion" and I'm like ":OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
It's pretty stupid on GGG part. They alienate part of their userbase for no real reason. They could have the set up just with non hardcore, and hardcore variants. They next leagues aren't running for another month plus why alienate/anger part of your playerbase? Makes no sense. Reading the forums I'm pretty tired of all "just delete your character" replies. Going in I expected there to be two option one for HC one for non HC. What they have now is just stupid.
Well, GGG listened, now you have both HC and SC versions.
Gaming Truth
Member
Unfortunately ..., they didn't. The HC crowd have always wanted higher risk, higher reward. What GGG just did was implement a HC version of the league they're already doing. So now, you can "choose" to play with only one life vs. others who can die as many times as they like. There's nothing else different between the leagues.
p.s.: I'm a softcore-only guy who's only played hardcore via races and the charity league. It's sad how I get what the complaints are, but they don't. =(
So first they want a HC version too, but now it is not enough, cause it is not more? Jesus Christ.
What do you "get" is a superiority complex of HC players who have been kinda spoiled by GGG's treatment of special leagues. The "oh, but it is just what we wanted now, not MORE" complain feels what I said when I was 6 years old and complained to my grandma that although I got the chocolate I wanted, I did not get 2 of it. After all the discussion about how the economy is elevated beyong shit and the feeling and the rush is there compared to normal leagues (just read it back here), and I would assume that most HC players are actually satisfied with having a HC option, but "nothing more".
That more will come in the next season, next big leagues. Their ego should survive this next 30 days
Good this is all I wanted.
No most people just wanted a HC variationn for the one month league, but this sentiment is mostly true for the upcoming league.
HC players don't really get special treatment for the long leagues. They actually got screwed over in the last league. Tons of risk with no real reward.So first they want a HC version too, but now it is not enough, cause it is not more? Jesus Christ.
What do you "get" is a superiority complex of HC players who have been kinda spoiled by GGG's treatment of special leagues. The "oh, but it is just what we wanted now, not MORE" complain feels what I said when I was 6 years old and complained to my grandma that although I got the chocolate I wanted, I did not get 2 of it. After all the discussion about how the economy is elevated beyong shit and the feeling and the rush is there compared to normal leagues (just read it back here), and I would assume that most HC players are actually satisfied with having a HC option, but "nothing more".
That more will come in the next season, next big leagues. Their ego should survive this next 30 days
WTF...I just logged into PoE to check my formerly Ambush characters in standard...and my ambush stash was just stuffed into my empty Standard stash tabs, rather than generating any remove-only tabs.
I'm actually a bit upset, since that leaves me with like 2 empty stash tabs out of the 14 I bought. I was actually considering playing standard because I didn't feel like leveling up my characters again but now I'm really, really not sure.
I'm thinking of posting a reddit thread, actually...see if I can get some traction.
I'm actually a bit upset, since that leaves me with like 2 empty stash tabs out of the 14 I bought. I was actually considering playing standard because I didn't feel like leveling up my characters again but now I'm really, really not sure.
I'm thinking of posting a reddit thread, actually...see if I can get some traction.
It's official then, they're apparently trying to force people to buy more stash space now.
Right now after the latest patch, if you have remove-only tabs and you buy tabs in the shop, the remove-onlies are converted. You don't get new empty stash tabs.
Post it in Reddit but also the Feedback section of the official forum. Reddit is a fucking circlejerk and they will downvote any criticism of the game or GGG, no matter how justified.