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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Nov 3, 2021 12:56:08 GMT
Smashed through so many new maps last night, I'm not far off all the white ones done now. I've got 2 full sections of watchstones and red maps are dropping quite regularly now as well.
I'm considering levelling a ranger type character next instead of sticking with this one till the end of the league. Depends how far I can push this one.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Nov 4, 2021 18:13:18 GMT
that moment when a bargain drops in your lap. I want this jewel for my minion hoard and i offered to buy it for 70c about 30 seconds beforehand. no response so I refreshed the page and BINGO! whisper, trade, legged it. 19c baby pretty sure could flip this for an ex as it is literally max stats!  |
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Nov 5, 2021 15:18:36 GMT
Taking away the auction house in D3 probably hurt it a lot more in the long run I think because this trading system is like a little meta game in itself.
I noticed earlier that people were wanting to buy delirium orbs for 60c yet there were people selling them for 45c 🤔 ... I mulled it over for few minutes thinking I've clearly missed something. Well it turns out I hadn't and like a dirty scalper I decided to buy a few and flip them off for a profit
Also had the oddest trade happen. Listed a shitty Lavigna(sp?) mana flask for 2 alchemy orbs, just cos.
Somebody messaged to buy it and dumped 2c in the trade window. I cancelled and messaged:
Me: it's only 2alc mate.
Them: don't have that
Them: lol
Me: ok hang on
---At which point I went to get some 'change'
Them: just take the chaos OMG!
All I could visualise was a kev&perry teenager moaning, so I accepted the trade window and they dumped 20c in, 2 stacks of 10 ... WTF is happening??!
I just accepted it and then kicked them.
I can only imagine that they ctrl-clicked in their impatience and didn't realise. They never messaged back.
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Post by zagibu on Nov 5, 2021 15:40:31 GMT
Nah, they probably had enough currency. Or they were streaming and trying to show off.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Nov 7, 2021 14:42:36 GMT
All watchstones now acquired, seem quite straightforward in the end as it tells you how many stones to have socketed to force a conquerer spawn.
I just need to find some missing maps. I've rerolled a few with the orb of horizons or vendoring and actually got some that way. All the white tier ones are done, the majority of yellow are done and I'm making my way through red now.
Annointed my amulet for a big spike in damage and also enchanted one of my rings with a spare suffix with a beastcraft. I now cycle between double damage or 10% speed buff :-)
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Nov 10, 2021 14:52:27 GMT
Just had a couple of realisations after what, 100 hours or so on this character?
Been stuck on level 88 but and didn't really notice until now. Just realised that random silly deaths actually deduct quite a lot of xp. I've been pushing the higher mapsto complete the atlas but realised if I ran something just a touch lower and died less then I'd actually get some meaningful life upgrades.
Then there is the pantheon. I worked out a while ago that these can be swapped about but Ive only just realised that you don't get all the passives on the selected gods. You actually need to capture a specific boss soul inside a jar to unlock extra shit. Fucking fuck. I now have immunity to freeze and chill shit, loads more stun Res and 30%reduced curse affliction.
/Facepalm ? More like Facedesk
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Post by zagibu on Nov 10, 2021 22:07:23 GMT
Well, there is so much stuff in the game, it's easy to miss out on a few things.
And yeah, dying isn't fun on high level. I only have four characters higher than you, two 90s and two 89s. Leveling up gets slow past 90. Still a bit sad, that I never reached 90 on HC. Highest level HC char I had was level 87, a max block Gladiator that died due to corrupted blood, IIRC.
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Post by gamecat on Aug 23, 2022 9:15:17 GMT
Anyone playing the new League? I am just messing around doing SSF while I debate playing the Diablo 3 season at the weekend. I've left general chat on for some reason, and everyone seems to really hate the league mechanic and basically everything they new that's been done, there has been much bitching about removing the option to craft divine orbs or something.
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Post by zagibu on Aug 23, 2022 11:37:52 GMT
Most league mechanics have been hated, unless they provide massive hordes of easy to kill monsters or some way to get legacy and/or other OP gear.
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Post by gamecat on Aug 23, 2022 12:37:35 GMT
True but people are really not liking this patch, they massively nerfed loot drop quantity, didn't mention it in patch notes then slid it into an update about work in progress, then finished up with an advert for their new mtx. www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3296718 |
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Post by myk on Aug 23, 2022 13:15:56 GMT
In my experience it's mostly endgame stuff that's affected, levelling has seemed pretty much the same as sentinel and standard (have actually ended up with more useful uniques this time round).
The league mechanic I quite like at the moment, gives a good way to get higher end currencies and tonnes of essences while levelling. Just need to be careful with the difficulty of tiles you spawn, essences can end up almost impossible to beat if you put them at the end of a map. Can see how it's less awesome once you're into maps, and the mirrored jewellery thing is borderline pointless - very few boosted stats are going to be worth the negative ones.
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Post by zagibu on Aug 23, 2022 16:32:14 GMT
Wow yeah, that thread is quite something. Seems the Tencent influence is bearing fruit.
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Post by lukasz on Apr 16, 2023 6:22:27 GMT
Anyone here still playes POE. average player at single point surpassed 200k with current Crucible release: steamcharts.com/app/238960#1yso game is more popular than ever. I dropped the game over a year ago after I burnt through all of my currency trying to roll in a bow which gives me +1/+2 arrows and +damage over time for my caustic arrow ranger. I have realisation that i am wasting my time with this game giving how much grind you have to do to get the currency only to waste it trying to roll desired modifiers when crafting. (i play SP. not interacting with anyone so didnt want just buy it from somone else) |
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Post by zagibu on Apr 16, 2023 10:06:09 GMT
If you play SP, you should play builds that don't rely on very specific rolls, because rolling a specific combination of high tier mods on your own is very very unlikely.
That said, with the new crucible skill trees on uniques, it should be easier to get a bow with the stuff you want. It's still very much luck based of course, but you have more options at least.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Jun 11, 2023 20:57:56 GMT
From the PC Gaming thing
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Post by zagibu on Jun 11, 2023 22:30:55 GMT
Looks great. There is also this older gameplay video, in case somebody hasn't seen it yet:
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Jul 20, 2023 10:06:16 GMT
Interesting to see the new Ruthless mode that was added in PoE. It enforces item scarcity, no gem rewards etc. along with higher difficulty. It seems to be speculated that this is live testing potential poe2 changes and how it intends to dial things back to a slower pace.
If they nail the graphical overhaul and get some nice crunchy feeling combat like D4 then I feel I'm going to be going in on this each season as well. Potentially I could even favour this over D4.
We'll see what exilecon brings, for anybody interested it happens on July 29-30. Just over a week to go. What a time to be an RPG fan at the moment.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Jul 29, 2023 10:36:10 GMT
Yes folks that other big arpg jugglenaut is having its big convention this weekend and here is soon footage of 'Scissoring' playing it.
Camera is now massively pulled back and combat seems to have gone more D4 and less 'godmode offscreening'.
the ice skills shown in the video look seriously impactful. The aoe blast and frozen blocks and splintering looks cool AF
Official gameplay video
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Post by gamecat on Jul 29, 2023 10:45:59 GMT
Separate game, POE1 will still exist, but a while to wait, beta June 2024.
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Post by malek86 on Jul 29, 2023 11:33:25 GMT
Well, I think I'll try and get into this game, see if it sticks.
Also I'm going in as a total newb without a guide. I'm sure there won't be any problems.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Jul 29, 2023 11:51:32 GMT
Separate game, POE1 will still exist, but a while to wait, beta June 2024. They said 1 will still be there yeah so who knows if it's 2 seperate campaigns or if one feeds into another. I'm going to watch more of the Dev talks because I'm curious if lots of the changes will fall back to 1 such as the graphical overhaul (they've just done a big patch to swap from a lot of CPU to GPU). If 1 gets the same camera and combat as demoed in 2 and the all the power is dialed back a bit then it'll feel great. 1 is great and it does look really good when cranked up but the camera is far too close and the animations need more frames in them. |
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Jul 29, 2023 12:00:17 GMT
Well, I think I'll try and get into this game, see if it sticks. Also I'm going in as a total newb without a guide. I'm sure there won't be any problems. it's well worth if even if it's just for a single campaign run through. Just don't suddenly nope! out when you see the tree. It's a passive tree very much like the paragon boards where you take nodes to round out your char. There is no skill tree, skills come from gems which you socket on gear. Wanna dash? Get the dash gem. Throw fireballs .. that's right, fireball gem. In D4 when you take the node after the skill in the tree to modify how the skill to now throw 3 fireballs. We'll Poe has support Gems. If your gear has 2 sockets and they're linked, put the fireball skill gem in 1 and the multi projectile support in the other and now multi fireballs. More sockets and links mean more modifiers to that skill. It's very clever but people nope out at the tree or the graphics and never look back. |
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Post by quadfather on Jul 29, 2023 12:54:02 GMT
It sounds like something to get your teeth stuck into, but I'm pretty sure I don't have the time for it at the moment. I'll definitely bear it in mind the next time d4 kicks me out for random maintenance though.
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Post by malek86 on Jul 29, 2023 12:56:42 GMT
Gave it a quick go - more than the enormous skill tree, what bothers me is that ridiculously small inventory. Is this Diablo 1? Have 25 years of QoL improvements taught us nothing?
Well, suppose I'll keep playing once in a while. I might still get somewhere yet.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Jul 29, 2023 13:14:36 GMT
Gave it a quick go - more than the enormous skill tree, what bothers me is that ridiculously small inventory. Is this Diablo 1? Have 25 years of QoL improvements taught us nothing? Well, suppose I'll keep playing once in a while. I might still get somewhere yet. Yeah it's small but you don't need to pick everything up. Most stuff is vendor trash and doesn't vendor for much so you're picking it up to check if it's better than what you have on and then most likely throwing it. It's currency you should be hoovering up, all the orbs, cards, oils, shards, fragments etc. etc |
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Jul 29, 2023 13:33:58 GMT
Separate game, POE1 will still exist, but a while to wait, beta June 2024. They said 1 will still be there yeah so who knows if it's 2 seperate campaigns or if one feeds into another. I'm going to watch more of the Dev talks because I'm curious if lots of the changes will fall back to 1 such as the graphical overhaul (they've just done a big patch to swap from a lot of CPU to GPU). If 1 gets the same camera and combat as demoed in 2 and the all the power is dialed back a bit then it'll feel great. 1 is great and it does look really good when cranked up but the camera is far too close and the animations need more frames in them. AHH so they have completely split them into 2 seperate games now. Guess it means they don't have to reengineer the old stuff. This might explain the gold addition as currency. I need to keep watching to see what the economy is |
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Post by gamecat on Jul 29, 2023 19:13:24 GMT
Gave it a quick go - more than the enormous skill tree, what bothers me is that ridiculously small inventory. Is this Diablo 1? Have 25 years of QoL improvements taught us nothing?. To be fair, once you get past super casual, most PoE players upgrade their stash tabs and sling their mats in there regularly. Also, setting up filters so you don't pick up a bunch of crap is a good idea., |
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Post by zagibu on Jul 30, 2023 1:33:55 GMT
I think PoE has a default item filter active nowadays, so it won't even show you much of the crap after a while. I'm sure at the beginning, it's wide open though and shows you every last white driftwood club.
Basically only pick up rare items and better, leave blue and white on the ground, except 5 or 6 socket ones and those with three linked sockets of three different colors. And maybe helmets, boots and gloves with 4 linked sockets, if you don't have one of those yet.
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Post by zagibu on Jul 30, 2023 10:53:16 GMT
Gonna take another year for PoE 2 closed beta, so release will probably be around christmas 2024.
Some things they showed off are pretty cool, for example weapon set specific passive skill points, which allow you some flexibility in builds (they showed it with a sorc skilling both ice and lightning points which then become active only when using either weapon set 1 or 2, so never both at the same time).
Also, changes to how bosses are procced with freeze, shocked etc. is a very good addition, in PoE those procs were basically unusable on bosses outside of some very specialized (and broken) builds.
Uncut gems seem like a pretty good quality of life addition, too. They have the level they dropped at, but can be turned into any skill gem.
I'm not sure if I like the change to trigger gems, though, and how they basically "charge" a sort of trigger resource before they go off. It makes them more predictable, I guess, but could also make them a bit obsolete maybe or worse feel like you are forced to play around their rythm. We'll see in a year I guess.
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Post by zagibu on Jul 30, 2023 11:27:35 GMT
PoE 1 is getting insane. There is so much stuff in there, yet they manage to continually make more cool stuff and cram it in there, while changing old stuff in clever ways to keep it relevant.
But god damn, if you really want to experience all this content, you have to change your resume to "PoE player" and relegate your actual profession to hobbies.
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