/poeg/ - Path of Exile general

>>162026138
Path of Exile more like
Pile of Excrement LMAO

I like anime but I don't like anime posters

>watching someone play hardcore
>they just DC when in trouble

Fuck off man, what's the point of playing hardcore if you're just going to cheat anyway?

I don't like anime or anime posters

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what's the point of these big hidden clasped hands when they don't drop anything good

>>162026324
logging out manually is a valid strategy i think. there's no excuse for that logout macro bullshit though

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>>162026315

I like PoE but the game design fucking godawful, they really just threw whatever they had for an ARPG - a Diablo 2 clone and whatever else and got what stuck

>gems are limited to class for NO GOOD REASON

>masters are another shitty grind in addition to daily quests - which spawned 820 and master rotations just to get by faster

>life, armour and evasion still weren't buffed/changed with the most recent patch, in fact they all got nerfed with map mods like less X and completely no regen, hope you like spamming flasks

>skills like Ancestral Warchief completely outclass any other attack skill
>they buffed golems but ignored a plethora of other abilities to make a memebuild possibly viable - and nerfed it before the patch even hit because they thought it was TOO strong

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anyone just about had it with all the teasing and bullying from hardcucks?

next time someone calls me a ****bird i swear to god im damn quittin and reporting the thread

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>post in thread
It immediately dies

I have to reroll since my raider cyclone makes my frames drop too much
Give me a build that is more on the left side of the tree.

>>162026808
Chris has a BA in Finance and Commerce, not game design or programming

>play flameblast totem
>open breach
>get killed before flameblast goes off
What would be a safer build? SRS?

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Guys, I think I may have fucked up

>be me, PoE player with medium experience
>never attempted anything CI, energy shield, or hybrid related
>decide to try a CI build this league
>level as life until 70
>be pretty poor this league
>buy some cheap gear with decent amounts of ES
>respec to CI
>3700 ES with discipline up

I just counted up my tree stats again, and I currently only have 164% increased ES and the +15% more node behind CI. I'm guessing this isn't nearly enough? I'm getting killed in dried lake. What the fuck do I do now? Is this even salvageable?

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How are your maps, exile?

>>162027450
how many respec points
post your tree, what build? you should be aiming for at least 180% on tree and 250% in total because INT gives ES % as well

>>162027450
post your gear

164% es should be ok at level 70, the 3700 ES can't be because of the tree

>>162026808
>Gems are limited to class
Omg why can i not buy ice spear on my duelist, he has so many cold and spell damage nodes!

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>>161960986
>free
>>161961006
>free
>>161966413
>FREE
>>161984018
>free
>>161993327
>free
>>162000758
>free
>>162004913
>free
>>162011263
>free
>>162019012
>free

>>162027890

duelist has an entire proj cluster, shitbird

>My joke pic I made on a whim became OP a few threads later
I love you, whoever made this thread.

>>162027890
you have 3 seconds to explain why witch and shadow can't buy decoy totem

>>162028098
>>162026138
samefag

What's a "normal" amount to have died by Cruel? Obviously the ideal amount is zero but I don't really know wtf I'm doing since I haven't played since nemesis and never went past act 2 cruel. Just hit act 3 cruel and apparently I've died 15 times, kinda discouraged with my build over it.

>>162028648
Because GGG are hacks and it fuels Day 1 Trading.
>An Alch for a fucking Support Gem you can't get
>Slower Projectiles ran for a fucking Chaos Orb

>>162027467
haven't made it to them yet.

>>162028793
>doesn't just have clanmates buy it

>>162028842
>plays with people

reddit pls go

>>162028745
I have some bad news for you, Anon.
I'm not a conceited bastard who would showcase their own mediocre edits. :^)

>>162028767
0, it's you not the build.

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>>162027467
doesn't seem like the grind will be that bad

>>162027450
Yeah nah you fucked up

200% increased ES is the absolute minimum 'glass cannon crow' level for CI, but that's not even particularly difficult to obtain. 250% is recommended, the tankier builds get 300%+, and anything Occultist is gonna have 350% without even trying.

Goof'd son. Rework your tree to the above specifications, or start a new character if you can't afford to do that. That said, even with 3.7k ES you really shouldn't be getting killed in Dried Lake, even if you have no other mitigation. What the fuck are you even playing?

>>162028842
>clanmates
school let our early today?

>>162029038
Well, it is just a thousand T10 maps.
It's far from absurd if you play a decent amount.

>>162027450
I have a higher ES % than that at level 45

Post build so I can laugh

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>>162027450

>>162027450
I have 4000 energy shield and I'm still life based

What the fuck are u doing senpai, you need to get energy gear (not percent just add es) and then craft ES mods and shit too.

>>162029086
nobody says clan or clanmates anymore. the fact that he said that indicates that he's probably older than your average poe player

>>162028767
Are you dying to trash mobs, bosses, or breaches

Breaches are actually pretty tough if you're a new or returning player so a couple of deaths can be forgiven to them. 15 is too many though, you probably fucked up your build.

>>162027450
With sub-4k es the fault's on your gear. I specced into shit gear at 70 with 6.5k es. Downgrade to a four link for a while and pick yourself up an es chest that isn't vendor trash. Mediocre rolls on gloves, shield, chest, and helm pretty much guarantee 6k.

>>162027450
>decent amounts of ES
I can't honestly believe that.
>3500 ES
>Remove 15% More and you get 3217 or so
>Take out the 164% and you get 1 thousand, 2 hundred and nineteen rounded up
>1219
Your fucking BODY ARMOR should be minimum HALF that amount.

>>162026808
Please, don't throw around terms like "game design" when you just want the game to be more convenient for you, regardless of any logic behind game design, this kind of retarded slippery slope has no ending, first you want all gems to be available to all classes because there's "no good reason" to ever limit their availability, then you'll want free passive tree respecs, free currency pick-ups, free 5Ls, free this, free that.

There's generally a good reason to restrict what players are capable of, convenience should never be a reason to remove restrictions that have a reason to exist, otherwise you end up with Diablo 3.

P.S. if you honestly can't find a single reason game design wise that GGG would want to restrict gem rewards to different classes, it's pointless to even try to convince you you're in the wrong

>>162029325
people still say it

on games where clans or guilds are a thing. poe isnt one of those

>>162028098
>>162028919
samefag (again)

>>162027275
Chris doesn't actually make the game senpai

Like there's plenty to be mad at him about, like him being a lying PR douche, but blaming him for poor game design is like blaming Hitler for global warming

>>162029640
it's pointless to even have skill gem restrictions in the first place you fucking RETARD

there's a point in not giving people free respecs or currency pick up five links, there is a fucking distinction between ALL of those, fuck off you generalizing faggot

>>162029921
Yes he does, he was able to fund GGG off his previous shit programming

>>162029975
Maybe when you're done frothing at your mouth like some autistic faggot, you could advance maybe one reason why you believe so? You know, so you don't appear like a complete retard who just wants the game dumbed down for him but can't justify why?

>>162029975
Skill gem restrictions exist to stop new players trying to do something unfeasible or 'advanced', like a crit ball lightning marauder or some shit.

Which is fine in normal. You should get access to all of the gems by cruel/merc on every character though, because that justification no longer holds by that point.

>>162030160
Getting a currency or 5L to drop is as fair a chance and POSSIBLE for anyone - every gets the same amount of FREE respect points. Skill gems are completely gated for a character. It's not even hard, it's tedious and yes it would be convenient. Does it break the game? Fuck no, does free currency break the game if it's 'convenient'? Obviously.

>>162030146
But he doesn't do any codework these days. If you actually think he's still taking an active hand in design beyond being an 'idea guy' (Which is code for 'Pretending to take an active hand in design'), you're deluded and have no idea how the development process works.

He's literally a PR goon. That's his job description now. Hate him for being a PR goon, find somebody else to hate for design fuckups.

>>162030272
>You should get access to all of the gems by cruel/merc on every character though, because that justification no longer holds by that point.
Except that would change very little for faggots like him, because he just wants the game to be more convenient, what's with buying IC on a witch in normal and so on. "I want everything handed to me because it's more convenient that way!" is his prime argument

what melee skill is good right now?

I want to make a tanky 1h and shield templar in HC but I haven't played for like a couple years

i never even tried a lot of these newer skills

>>162030503
as oppose to having someone else handing it to me for the same cost instead of an NPC? what's your fucking argument that limiting skill gems to classes should exist besides "MUH INCONVENIENCE"

Fucking end yourself.

How much survival passives should I be investing for later difficulties. I'm making something minion/aura centric

>>162030497
You know Bill Gates still worked on Microshaft Wangblows with the normal programmers after making it big

>>162030591
earthquake

>>162030779
Depends on your build and defensive measures.

Minimum for life based is 150% increased life.
Minimum for ES based is 250% increased ES - accounting for INT as well.

Ultimately gear will matter more as better gear costs more of course.

>>162030407
>Getting a currency or 5L to drop is as fair a chance and POSSIBLE for anyone.
Same goes with skill gems, there's nothing that prevents a marauder from ever dropping spell or ranged gems.
>every gets the same amount of FREE respect points.
And those are limited for a reason - why do you think?
>Skill gems are completely gated for a character.
Every class gets plenty of choices to accomplish whatever they want given their archetype. If you want to create something off-the-box, it should be logical that things start to become.
>It's not even hard
This has absolutely nothing to do difficulty you nimrod.
>Does it break the game?
Does it break the game currently that classes have gem rewards restrictions? No you fucking retard.

>>162030830
fascinating.

>>162030671
The restriction exists for several reasons, you're too retarded to see them.
>besides "MUH INCONVENIENCE"
Nope, your argument is "MUH CONVENIENCE", but disagreeing with you doesn't mean going the direct opposite way, restrictions can be smart and good game design as long as they're not arbitrary barriers, you're just a fucking casualshit who wants everything to be convenient which is NOT how you design a game.

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>>162029647
>guilds aren't a thing in poe

>>162031078
right

>people seriously think skill gem restrictions are good

what do they even contribute again

Stop talking to me you creep

>>162031183
These are the same people that complained about the skill gem shop being added in the first place just ignore them mate

>>162031183
>I want things to change the way I want them because I dislike how they are currently
great argument, you should make your case to GGG

>>162031292
is this even a real post

>>162031292
>*fart noises*
That's u right now

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found a regalia on the ground, 1 alch later

>>162031461
>>162031463
great arguments all around
game design experts here
so good to have geniuses like you contributing ITT

>I game game restrictions!!!
so fuck off back to D3

>>162029806
You're still wrong. It's not samefagging unless I'm pretending to be someone else. :^)

>>162030883
Sounds really steep. I was thinking hybrid cause I hit all over the place for more minion and aura nodes.

>>162028919
>>162031546
still samefagging (getting kinda pathetic)

>>162031542
Fuck off from my general and never reply to me again, punk

>>162031660
Whatever you say friend. All I know is I'm not Op, but I am the other 3 posts you've quoted.

>>162031512
vendor trash

>>162031679
>PoE has bad game design because it doesn't fit my perfect vision of a casual game where everything is convenient and I never have to think

>>162031512
>609 Tri-res
Not bad.

>>162031787
Strawman, not an argument

>>162031860
>Convenience should really be the primary reason to dumb down the game, for this reason I suggest every character gets a free passive tree respec in every difficulty because there's no good reason to still be restricted in terms of character customization

>>162031512
fuck you

>>162032005
Not
An
Argument

>>162032196
>Trust me, I'm a game design expert, I played a lot of intelligently designed games like Diablo 3 that don't restrict your character in any way

>>162032301
>Diablo 3 that don't restrict your character in any way
lol

buttbirds have been complaining that poe is too hard for five years, and now 30% of the playerbase is playing HC, and veteran HC players are doing SSF

ez game

>>162032363
>In Diablo 3 you can customize your build on the fly by changing runes, I think PoE would benefit from a similar system where every socket is white and linked to others

>>162032301
>I'm a shitposter on an anonymous imageboard and I gargle cocks while spewing logical fallacies

n o t a n a r g u m e n t

>>162032570
>I've yet to advance a single argument why all gems should be available to all classes but I'll be sure to make sure everyone know I'm an expert in game design and you should just believe me

Daily reminder to forget fast clearing and port back to town to put on your culling gear.
Kill the boss. Profit!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huQJHDl1O94

>>162032675
>I lack reading comprehension and the idea doesn't fit MY vision of the game so I'm going to repeatedly strawman their argument

>>162032891
>I presented no argument to begin with, but when called out on what appeared to be a stupid stance to adopt, I'll just hide behind the strawman card, as it exempts me from having to actually use logic and arguments to defend my case

>>162032691
That guy is annoying

>>162033012
Glad you agreed I presented my point while you haven't done anything aside from typing logical fallacies and trying to pass them on as arguments

>>162033227
>I presented no argument to begin with
>This is bad game design because I dislike it
>Why? well just stop strawmanning me!!

every argument about """design""" or preventing newbs from making mistakes doesnt make up for the fact that there are BOTW features on the actual poe website that a ssf newb CANT even begin to try and copy because he doesnt even have access to those gems, even if he started on the same class the BOTW did

>>162033309
How long are you going to go before you present a counter argument? I'll just take it I've bested you.

>>162033361
1) There is nothing wrong about the game design from a SSF perspective.

2) If you want to do a special build your class may not be designated for, trading gems is the least of your issues, as in you need to trade gear in the first place. The convenience of not having to trade gems cannot be justified in any way shape or form as intelligent game design. It's just convenience. The same as giving everyone a tabula or 50 respec points per difficulty would be awfully convenient.

>>162033485
>The longer I engage in a quote war, the more right I am
>I will never attempt to defend my position and remain the retarded little shit who wants the game to be convenient because of unexplained "reasons"

>>162033695
Internet arguments I've won today: +1

>>162033761
At least something you've won, unlike some understanding of what proper game design is, faggot

>Give me everything so the game is more convenient!!

all these green words and no one has told me why witch and shadow can't buy decoy totem

>>162033883
I bet you don't even have a demi
Wish scrubs would stop talking
I also understand what makes an argument, unlike you

>>162033581
1) by featuring "out of the mold" builds, GGG is creating the need of unavailable gems by exposing newbs to such builds. gear choice may be flexible, but gem choices arent. a ssf player would be rightfully dissapointed about it (like i used to be when i started playing and was ssf for my first league)

2) trading gems is trivial. in fact most people will trade just to get 20q versions, but that is once you are comfortable with that part of the game. and even for us, trading can often be a downright hostile experience. i really cant condone wanting to expose new players to that part of PoE just so they can cast fucking blast rain on their new marauder

>>162034001
Because the development team is too busy programming new stash tabs

>>162034001
why do you want more convenience? is that your only argument?

>>162034001
>Tfw no less duration on witch

>>162034225

in what way it detracts from the game if they are sold at vendor?

there are vendor gems NO ONE uses, at least when you first gain access to them; why not put there instead universally-desirable gems?

>>162034101
1) The game is perfectly fine from a SSF perspective, there can never be a SSF BOTW because it's all about showcasing interesting item interactions. "This week's build features a player using unique A and unique B to produce the interesting effect C when using the skill X", NOT "... a player using whatever shit he finds by himself without ever trading."

2) Trading gems is trivial, exactly, it's just a minor inconvenience. It can't be used as a reason to change core game design. Arguing that game restrictions have no reason to exist because you can bypass them with trading is a pretty retarded argument to make for a better designed game.

>>162034413
Stop talking to him, he's brain damaged

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huh. what build can utilize this ?

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hello poeg, I am a newbie that came upon a really nice vaal regalia and now I own pick related, what are some good things to do with the currency to snowball it into more currency

>>162034359
>no poison on witch

what were they thinking

>>162034225
it makes no functional sense that squishy classes that need a body to tank for them don't have access to the gem yet fat retard marauders who have 400 hp in act 1 can get it

convenience is one of the many problems here

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>doing a shore
>tora mission
>it's a ghosted mutated maw(the chaos leaper from sewer)
>almost one shots me
>run away
>join 820
>some randoms join
>enter mission
>they almost rip
>mfw

>>162034413
Arguing that gem rewards should feature every "universally-desirable" gems (not subjective at all), or that said gems popularity should play a factor sounds like a lot more random game design that simply restricting each class with what gem rewards they get. Again, "I want the game to be more convenient for me!" is not a valid argument when discussing game design.

>>162034530
> Arguing that game restrictions have no reason to exist because you can bypass them with trading is a pretty retarded argument to make for a better designed game.

no it's not, you're fucking delusional if you think that's true

>WELL YOU CAN JUST...

Also you're arguing that restricting gems to classes is somehow CORE GAME DESIGN. Seriously fucking stop.

>fire breach
>bleed bleed bleed bleed + 30% hp damage from one projectile

>lightning breach
>lightning warping invisible spiders and lightning orbs that hit you despite not touching you

>ice breach
>everything

FUCK

>>162034530
>The game is perfectly fine from a SSF perspective

absolutely not. i gave up on ssf a long time ago because ssf poe was less fun than D3 for me. lack of access to certain gems is just one of the problems with it

>there is no reason why GGG should solve minor inconveniences that agilize the part of the game everybody is either eager to skip or just struggling to learn

i disagree

>>162034815
>no it's not
Always a pleasure to argue with retards like you, present an argument, get a "NOT TRUE" rebuttal
>Also you're arguing that restricting gems to classes is somehow CORE GAME DESIGN.
Yes, it is? Not a matter of opinion. GGG designed the game to have restrictions with regards to what classes get what gems. If you consider this to be bad or unnecessary game design, you should be able to explain WHY.

>>162027890
A bunch of classes can't get increased duration or less duration for no reason

>>162034858
>Phys Breach
>No Bleed enemies, in-fact, you don't even drop below half

>>162034612
>what are some good things to do with the currency to snowball it into more currency
price gouge noobs on poetrade

>>162034937
All it means is that SSF PoE is not for you, not that it's badly designed. When can we expect proper arguments besides "I don't like it" or "From my perspective, it's not enjoyable" or "I wish it were more convenient"?

I just sold someone like 23 haste gems @ 1alch each. What is he doing with them? I feel like I'm getting hustled.

>>162035153
vaaling them for vhastes, retard

>>162035153
He's going to gamble them into vaal hastes with vaal orbs like a man to try and flip money

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>>162034813
>or that said gems popularity should play a factor sounds like a lot more random game design that simply restricting each class with what gem rewards they get

you forget that they already started doing this in the last half of A3 and in A4

its only A1 and A2 that arbitrarily restrict gem access


>>162035117

> When can we expect proper arguments besides "I don't like it" or "From my perspective, it's not enjoyable" or "I wish it were more convenient"?

its a game that each person plays their own way, yet this lack of gem makes people with wildly divergent play styles converge on something. each new league threads about it pop up

and there is never an actual argument of why the current status quo enhances the game's design or experience of playing it?

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Haven't played in more than a year. Have they made the game any more beginner friendly? As in not having to spend hours upon hours to uselessly level with slow and boring characters and having to read a dozen guides to understand the basics of builds?

>>162035220
>>162035295
Didn't realise vhastes were that expensive. Time to get in on it.

>>162035415
short answer yes

>>162035415
https://boards.fireden.net/vg/search/filename/1460266041622/

Fuck off retard.

within the context of a discussion about a video game that can and should be played for >fun, "i don't like it" is not a bad argument as for why mechanics considered to be unfun should be changed

The "X is increased by uncapped Y resist" uniques seem absolute garbage. Going around in maps with -30% lightning res for just 105% increased crit? or -30% fire res for 105% increased armor? It's a serious gimp for such a minor buff. If they were more modifiers, I could see them being used, but good luck with every small flame hit igniting you for half your HP, or being shocked for twenty thousand years. Can't even use resistance flasks because then you just ignore the benefits of the items.

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>the incantation costs 1 chaos each
>the whispering ice costs 1 chaos

>>162035487
Literally just made 10c from this in 5 mins, wew lad

The gem talk reminded me of the time when I had a multistrike drop and people were jealous

>>162035687
True,but when it comes down to it isn't "fun" completely subjective?One may like the gem system while another hates it.Should it pander towards either of them or keep doing what the makers want.

You could argue that they can change what the majority of their playerbase finds unfun,but imo this would end up with the complete casualisation of the game desu.

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>>162035687

it would be a terrible argument if it was just 1 person insisting on it for 4 years

but lots of people converge on it

>>162035865

yeah. and the game is absolutely better now that its accessible in a4 for everbody

>muted for 8 hours

fucking admins are faggots

>>162035376
>you forget that they already started doing this in the last half of A3 and in A4
The only gems that every class gets are by the end of A4 just before Malachai when your build should already be functioning and they're general skills like golems, CWDT, CoH. Do you see a pattern?

"Arbitrary" restrictions sure, it has be to arbitrary if it by design, correct? "Arbitrary restriction" is a lot better than "random restriction" or "no restriction".

>its a game that each person plays their own way, yet this lack of gem makes people with wildly divergent play styles converge on something.
Hardly, since everyone is free to trade. This argument only makes sense for SSF players who are much more reliant on what gem rewards their class gets or suffer a time tax in the form of muling them from another character.

>and there is never an actual argument of why the current status quo enhances the game's design or experience of playing it?
How is having everything readily available to you enhancing game design? That's a completely subjective opinion. Would giving everyone a tabula in A1N enhance gameplay? Having to think about sockets, links and colors isn't really enjoyable from your perspective I suppoe.

aaaaand it's another excavation map

piece of shit fucking game fuck you

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>tfw corruption worked this time

ez essence of horror

>>162036050
>hey're general skills like golems, CWDT, CoH. Do you see a pattern?

yeah and decoy totem is missing there. some curses too. using your same logic, they belong there

arbitrary restrictions are better than no restrictions when they make the game fun (an example of this is hardcore mode, which is strictly optional).

>hardly, but not really

ok

How is having everything readily available to you enhancing game design? That's a completely subjective opinion. Would giving everyone a tabula in A1N enhance gameplay?

you are comparing being able to vendor-buy a sharpnel shot on witch to being able to vendor-buy a 6l with white sockets?

you seriously believe both provide the same kind of bonus to a player? you believe having skill gem that right now is not on your starting class is equal to having gear that trivializes the game until maps?

i can only say that you are extremely mistaken

>>162034858
>ice breach
>THOSE FUCKING GOLEMS RUN OUT OF THE FUCKING CIRCLE WHEN I WANT TO BAIL AND MURDER MY ASS
FUCK

>>162036652
Learn to use meme arrows correctly, Christ.

It's not about the extent of "bonus" something provides to the player, but whether it should be implemented for the sake of "enhancing" game design, when it's really just a lazy way to say you want the game to be more convenient. Please, formulate a valid argument for once.

>>162035783
Again. You don't understand what uncapped res means.

Look at your res tab. When it says 75 (90) the 90 is your uncapped res.

uncapped != undercapped

>>162036931
Oh, my bad.

Then they seem very strong, especially the crit amulet one for people who want to go crit but don't have the points to do so.

>open explode box
>rip to standard

dotards?

>>162036547
so the most worthless of all corrupted essences, gz

i'm sure you could sell it some cospri discharge though, that build wasn't nerfed in 2.5 oh wait it was

>>162036849
>Please, formulate a valid argument for once.

my argument is valid. the lack of access to gems is a tiny discomfort that adds absolutely nothing to the game experience and that is so trivially solved that it may as well now exist at all

but since you need to compare a l1 skill gem to a tabula rasa to try and """""show"""" why im wrong, i know you dont any argument of your own that isnt a logical fallacy or appeal to authority

>>162027119
I'm actually quitting HC

since GGG started homogenizing the league mechanics uniques challenges and rewards there is literally no reason to play HC other than 'muh challenge' 'muh adrenaline' 'muh im better than you'.

HC is a waste of time and energy.

However SC also has its downsides, but i'd much rather make a character and kill shaper myself for 40/40 than just buy the kill in HC with my dried lake farmed chaos orbs.

I'm pretty done with HC.

>https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1784458

"this is us pretending to actually play the game"

GGG staff builds
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1784458

>Carl (Design/Production) - I'm building a crit-based shadow. I'm planning to be a lightning Assassin using Duskdawn. Getting the gear might be difficult however!
>Nick (Design) - Still planning my build but currently playing a Duelist and I'm planning to stick with melee weapons. I'll stick with Lacerate for now. It's quite nice for killing the Breach rares.
>Rory (Design) - I'm playing an Elementalist using Flameblast with cast while channeling Vortex.
>Shaun (QA) - I'm playing Lightning Arrow/Barrage and also started to level a Cospri's Malice Discharge character last night, but right now Lightning Arrow/Barrage is my build of choice.
>Josiah (Level Design) - I'm toying around with a Blight build and Scorching Ray Build. I play hardcore just to see how far I can get, so that's fun and interesting.
>Bex (Head Community Manager) - I was playing as a Lightning Arrow Ranger but I died on a Tora mission trying to complete my challenges. I'm currently re-rolling as a Marauder with Earthquake. We'll see what happens! I almost always play >Ranger so I'm looking forward to changing things up by going melee.
>Rachel (Customer Support) - I'm doing a Chaos Inoculation Blade Flurry build :D
>Jeff (QA) - Warchief Totems - Marauder, Chieftain. Supported by Hatred/Herald of Ash. CWDT Immortal Call setup. Enduring Cry/Rallying Cry, Flame Golem.
>Dan (Design) - I'm going for a Scorching Ray Templar but I'm a bit behind at the moment!
>Jess (Customer Support) - I'm doing Mathil's Blade Flurry build but I haven't had much time to play yet.
>Samantha (Customer Support) - I started out with Freezing Pulse and now I'm playing with Scorching Ray but I'm considering changing over to Firestorm. Definitely something to do with fire.

...

>>162037395

>Jake (QA) - I'm playing a Zombie and Spectre summoner.
>Jason (Design) - I'm playing an Elementalist using Flameblast.
>Marcos (Community Management Brazil) - I'm playing Blade Flurry currently and I'm planning on re-doing my Blight build.
Felipe (Community Management Brazil) - At the moment I'm playing Lioneye's Avalanche. It's a CoC build using Blast Rain, Glacial Cascade and Bladefall, getting around 800k dps with the Lioneye's Glare bow. I was playing Blade Flurry as well, but it's currently too expensive to build so I >re-rolled.
>Jake (Programmer) - I'm currently playing a Summon Raging Spirits/Zombie Necromancer.
>Chris (Fishing) - I was playing Cyclone but then I died to a Breach in Act 2 Cruel.
Chris H (Programmer) - I'm playing a Chaos Inoculation Flameblast Occultist at the moment called "Burny Sandals". The plan is that she's only allowed to wear sandal-like footwear :) Hoping to do what the first build below does with Chaos conversion and poison but with Flameblast. If it >doesn't work out I'll use Firestorm instead. I'm trying to make a combination of these two guides.
Tom M (Level Design) - I am starting Act3 hardcore with a Shadow class, with Chaos focus. Normally I use Decoy Totem or Ancestral Protector Totem, but this time I didn't drop them, so I'm managing with Whirling Blades and Frost Blades for ranged (basic pack bonking). I'm currently level >30 but not trading, just using item drops so far this league.
>Lionel (QA) - I'm playing an Elementalist using Flameblast.
>Tom (Supporter Uniques) - Doomfletch's Prism Barrage
>Jonathan (Technical Lead) - I was playing Cyclone but then I died to a Breach in Act 3 Normal.
>Mike F (Server Administrator) - I haven't gotten a high enough level yet, but my plan is to make a Bladefall totem build.
>Arthur (QA) - I'm playing a 2Hand Warchief Totem character.
>Melissa (Customer Support) - I'm playing a Templar/Lacerate character

..

>>162037501

>Hrishi (Design) - I'm playing a summoner using Midnight Bargain and Esh's Visage!
>Alex (Community Management Russia) - I play Pillar of the Caged God Warchief Totems. I'm at about 17 or 18 challenges completed so far.
>Neon (Design) - I'm playing a generic Juggernaut with the intention of farming for gear to create a more epic build. I haven't picked a specific skill >yet, I'm just using what works until I create my next build.

.

>>162037501

>only the BR actually plays the game

>>162037338
If something is a minor annoyance but easily solved, why does it need to be changed? Just so the minor annoyance disappears for you? Sorry, still not a valid argument faggot. The game doesn't have to cater to you, or to the masses of people who want to have everything tailored for them.

The reasons for a game restriction to exist vastly outweigh the reason to eliminate it - so the minor annoyance disappears. Pretty sad that after all this time you've yet to find a single reason that is not "I don't like it! Others don't like it! Make it more convenient!"

>>162037395
>>162037501
notice how shit skills like glacial cascade and lightning tendrils or fucking ground slam are non-existent, even these people know there's a meta GGG is just fucking stupid

the only ones that stand out are pillar of the caged god but AW is OP as fuck, and that frost blades guy but he's not far ahead

>she's only allowed to wear sandal-like footwear

OUR GUY

>>162037350
>HC is a waste of time and energy.
Pretty ironic considering you consider the pursuit of 40/40 in shitcore to be a more valuable expenditure of time and energy.

Spoiler: You're wasting your time and energy in either case to pursue a goal that no one gives a shit but you.

GGG Builds:
>Carl (Design): crit shadow with Duskdawn
>Nick (Design): "I'm playing a Duelist and plan on sticking to a melee weapon. Lacerate is fun for now."
>Rory (Design): "Flameblast with Cast while Channelling Vortex"
>Shaun (QA): "LA/Barrage"
>Josiah (Level Design): "I'm toying around with a Blight and Scorching Ray build"
>Bex (Community Manager): "I'm playing an LA ranger but I died so now I'm rerolling an Earthquake Mara."
>Rachel (Customer Support) "I"m doing a CI Blade Flurry build"
>Jeff (QA): "Warchief Totems - Mara, Chieftain."
>Samantha (Customer Support): "I was doing Freezing Pulse, but now I'm trying out Scorching Ray. I might do Firestorm. I definitely wanna do something with fire."
>Jake (QA): "I'm playing a Zombie/Spectre Summoner"
>Jason (Design): "Elementalist Flameblast"
>Marcos (Community Management Brazil): "I'm playing Blade Flurry might do a Blight build"
>Felipe (Community Management Brazil): "At the moment I'm playing Lioneye's Avalance. CoC Blast Rain, Clacial Cascade, and Bladefall using Lioneye's Glare. I was playing Blade Flurry but it's too expensive so I rerolled."
>Jake (Programmer): "I'm playingg an SRS/Zombie Necro"
>Chris (Fishing I swear to god it says this): "I was playing Cyclone but then I died to a Breach in Act 2 Cruel"
>Chris H (Programmer) "I'm playing a CI Flameblast Occultist with the restriction that I have to wear 'sandal-like footwear :)' "
>Tom M (Level Design): "Decoy Totem/ANcestral Protecor/Frost blade Shadow"
>Lionel (QA): "Elementalist Flameblast"
>Tom (Supporter Uniques): "Doomfletch's Prism Barrage"
>Jonathan (Technical Lead): "I was playing Cyclone but then I died to a Breach in Act 3 Normal"
>Mike F (Server Admin): "Bladefall totem"
>Arthur (QA): 2h Warchief Totem"
>Melissa (Customer Support): "Templar/Lacerate"
>"Hrishi (Design): Summoner with Esh's Visage and Midnight Bargain"
>Alex (Community Management Russia): "Pillar of the Caged Gods Warchief Totems"
>Neon (Design): "Generic Juggernaut"

>>162037395
>Russian and the BR are the only ones really playing

>>162037395
>>162037501
>CTRL+F 'Scion'
>0 match
So everyone at GGG is clueless?

The Russian and the Brazilian play this game more and know it better than the rest of the fucking GGG staff GGG what the actual fuck are you doing

>>162037797
>Glacial Cascade
>Shit
While the scaling being half and half is stupid, the skill itself is not bad if built right, even on the cheap.
It's just not insanely good/good enough for Breaches.
Cause literally only Blade Flurry, Flameblast Totems, and Warchief Totems are good enough for Breaches.

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Bex (Head Community Manager) - I was playing as a Lightning Arrow Ranger but I died on a Tora mission trying to complete my challenges. I'm currently re-rolling as a Marauder with Earthquake. We'll see what happens! I almost always play Ranger so I'm looking forward to changing things up by going melee.

How can one girl be so perfect? She even plays hardcore..

>>162037770

Why should minor annoyances that dont actually add any depth to the game, or teach a player anything -because of how easily they can be solved- exist?

What is the so-called reason for exist? Do you know it? Is it just you saying we should accept and respect the current Game design (appeal to authority) ?

Or is because you think that relaxing such restriction is equal to vendors selling 1alch tabulas? (logical fallacy)

Pretty sad that you've list a good single reason of why it needs to exist other than just because you like it.

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>>162037501
>Burny Sandals

>>162038301
ARPGs are meant to be played in HC

>>162038260
I don't see how anyone can think it's good except for that knockback one.

>scale phys and ice
>meaning if you scale one or the other you're missing out so you gotta scale spell damage to affect both or AoE
>also increasing AoE increases spacing meaning less overlaps

and this is before breaches

>there's a fucking essence tab
>essence spawn rates nerfed

>there's a fucking div card tab
>div box spawn rates nerfed

hhhhmmmmm

>>162037379
>>162037395
rachel is our girl

>>162038307
I could name several actually, I just never had to when I could just shut down your "but it would be more convenient!" argument.
This is never a valid argument because what is convenient for one subset of players or good for the game overall doesn't necessarily overlap.

> Is it just you saying we should accept and respect the current Game design (appeal to authority) ?
This is not what appeal of authority means. I'm not saying the current game design is perfect or that GGG is always right, I'm merely assuming they do have a reason to put arbitrary restrictions on gem rewards. On record they've mentioned clutter, confusing new players, or keeping a semblance of class identity. Don't expect you to understand any of those since you actually tried to use the case of new players needing every single gem being available to them from the start.

As to whether you should accept it, you don't have a choice, you don't make the game. So deal with it or fuck off.

>>162038582
>less overlaps
This is fine, really. The spikes in the back are farther back, meaning they have a higher rate of hitting the enemy a 2nd, 3rd, 4th time. And this increases with Knockback.

The skill is mechanically fine, but needs to either be pure Phys or pure Cold, preferably Phys with % of Phys as Extra Cold tacked on.
That said, though, it can clear through maps just fine.

Breaches are on a whole different plane of bullshit to the rest of the game presently.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9kygXtkh10&t=3m30s

whoa...

>>162037634
>>162038051
Fucking Ruski stole my build REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>162037379
>pretending
pretty sure Neon has a long history of actively playing hc leagues and is most likely a more experienced player than you

>>162038792

>I could name several actually
ok im all ears

>I'm merely assuming they do have a reason to put arbitrary restrictions on gem rewards.

oh...

>On record they've mentioned clutter, confusing new players, or keeping a semblance of class identity.

i doubt clutter is a problem, since we are getting new currency types every league

i doubt confusing new players is a concern, because there nothing more byzantine than trade in PoE

and i thought that ascendancies solved this class identity crisis


Ok ill make it easy for you:

Image GGG implements all skill gems on vendors next patch. And you are the first one to see the patch notes! You have a headstart and click REPLY on that forum thread. Yours will be the first comment!

What would you say then? What mistake they've just made that you know you need to make them aware of?

>>162039248
What do you want me to say, retard? We can only go by what GGG has said in the past, those are not my arguments but GGG's, the point being there is a LOGIC behind them, not just one selfish one centered your tiny little self where your personal convenience should dictate general game design.

>I doubt this is an issue
>I doubt this is an issue
>I doubt this is an issue
That's your opinion and you're entitled to it. Removing gem restrictions at best changes nothing and remove the minor (by your own admission) inconvenience of trading gems and at worst undermines one of the core design concepts of the game.

>Ok ill make it easy for you:
What's the point of your stupid thought experiment? Maybe they will, maybe they won't. There's a good chance they won't, so you can keep crying about it.

how about we just make it so people who want access to all gems from an NPC can do so

and those who don't want them available to everyone can just lock themselves and get the current system, then they'll still have to trade with people and it's easier for them to find someone with the gem :)

just give me ONE good reason why witch and shadow shouldn't get decoy totem

Map as much as you can while breach monsters still drop maps. They're getting fucked to only rares next patch.

>>162039589
Why don't we create a SSF mode where loot is increased by 500%? :)))))

If you're willing to partake in trade, what's the big deal with having to buy gems? Especially considering you want quality ones by the time you hit end game?

>>162039740
you can't buy quality gems from a vendor retard

>can't stack breach stones
breach tab when?

>>162039669
There's a good reason witch, or shadow, or any class shouldn't get ANY gem. Decoy totem is just your cherrypicked example and has no real relevance. Give it to witches and shadows, and faggots like you will find another missing gem to complain about.

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>>162039823
yes you can from masters, retard

>>162039552
>those are not my arguments but GGG's

i know GGG's arguments. ive read them before. im asking for the arguments you claimed you have.

>Removing gem restrictions...at worst undermines one of the core design concepts of the game.

how? remember that if you dont saw how, its not an argument.


>What's the point of your stupid thought experiment?

to see what would your reasons to argue against the change be, if had any, once you are no longer just arguing to preserve the status quo out of your need to appeal to authority

>>162039823
retard

>>162039839
You can stack them in a currency tab over 100. I'm using the 5 stacks at the bottom for all my splinters.

>>162038582
>I don't see how anyone can think it's good
I ran it when it was released. Literally just stack crit. Pretty cozy clears and it was my go to build for farming atziri in hc leagues for a while due to the ridiculous trash clear speed.
Stack the ever loving hell out of aoe. Less overlap doesn't matter since it already clears just fine.
The only things wrong with glacial cascade are the terrain issues and just how clunky the skill itself is to use, the small dead zone in front of your character, and how bad the damage is early.

>>162039845
>There's a good reason witch, or shadow, or any class shouldn't get ANY gem.

ok name it

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Is Malicious Intent any good? I have no other jewels to slot atm but 5% seems like gutter trash

>>162039869
>>162039941
where's YOUR 20/20 blade vortex from vorici retard

>>162039823
Can you read? That's the entire point. Crying you have to buy gems from other players when you have to buy a lot more than gems, even quality ones is like complaining you have to pay for water on top of rent, gas, electricity and food. If at any point you enter the trading game, you lose all right to demand the game should be a designed a certain way that suits your convenience. You fucking retard.

>>162040064
It's absolute garbage.

>>162040010
>>162040010
>>162040010

>>162039086
lol yeah that's why their profile has been 100% private from the start right, so you couldn't see their spawned in 10k hp 200 max res gear

>>162040064
5% is gutter trash. And after seeing the new unique gems you have to fucking wonder why it isn't 75% since clearly they have no issues making absolutely bonkers tier-0 power-level gems

>muted for 8 fucking hours because I said 'jewish' in trade chat

seriously? I can't fucking do rotations or trade today, fuck there stupid as fuck admins moderators whatever

I have a The Surrender and want to run double curse on hit with it, what two curses should I use? Should I go Warlords and Enfeeble for never die, or something more like Punishment and Elemental Weakness to slam down bosses single target?

>>162039974
They actually fixed the terrain issues for GC, it can cross literally anything now, so long as you have the AoE for it.

>>162040394
well if the mods consider "jewish" to be something offensive, you know they are likely nazis. report them to GGG

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>>162038260
you forgot

VAAL
CYCLONE

just hit maps and i already wanna reroll
maps is such a chore

>>162040481
Like I'm not even joking that's the only shit I said today.

>see someone selling spots for unique map olmecs sanctum 2c ea
>call him hit that the map is 5c, pretty jewish scheme, sell 5 spots for 10c and 5c profit get another map

>go do maps for completion
>take a break and try to trade to get maps I need
>you've been muted for 8 hours

like what the actual fuck, I wasn't spamming or fucking anything and JEWISH was legitimately the most 'triggering' thing I could've said.

>>162040540
>Vaal Cyclone
>In a Zana Modded Double Beyond map
>With 2 close Breaches and a friend willing to help you delete a server from existence
Funny things happen.

>>162038301
Do you think Bex-chan is cute?

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>>162040540
>Vaal Cyclone
>Vaal Molten Shell

OH LETS BREAK IT DOWPathofexile.exe has stopped working

>>162040606
>maps is such a chore
Aside from being ESL, mapping is supposed to be the best part of the game. Why are you even playing?

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>>162040425
I think you're using the shield wrong.

>>162039879
Giving players the option from the start to pick anything is generally a bad AND lazy way to design a game. Restriction breeds creativity and challenges that need to be overcome are a lot more interesting than giving you a package and telling you to execute actions step by step like a trained monkey. The same problem-solving balancing concept that is a core design of the game and exists in various other aspects, from sockets restrictions to stat restrictions to mana restrictions.

GGG's stated reasons are also valid, and you cannot make the reasonable argument a new player would benefit more from having 200 gems available rather than then 20 something that fit their character class.

Of course you are more than free to bypass such restrictions by trading, like pretty much everything in the game.
If you feel like you need decoy totem, enfeeble and immortal call on any of your characters and hate to think outside the box, by all means, go on poe.trade, buy your shit and go on your way. If you want to make a special conceptual character like a spellcaster Ranger, or an archer Witch, trading exists for you. Just don't pretend what is convenient for you should be the baseline of game design, that's ignorant, arrogant and most of all pretty fucking retarded.

>>162040010

GGG wants it that way and they are never wrong. now fuck off

>>162040653
you used the word in a pejorative context. the mod is definitely way too jumpy about it but you cant say it was something completely unexpected

>>162039669
>red gem
>int cluster
lmao

>>162040741
Wait a minute, do Minions actually use Reckoning on Block with Necro Aegis?

>>162040675
I already did that, it crashed fast. Hell the game crashes anytime there is an "Enemies can't die" pack that spawns in breaches, its not hard to crash the game.
>>162040741
Its working quite well for me as is with my 78% block chance. Getting a large amount of minion block seems tedious. Im just wondering what curses I should use.

Do hardcore and standard breach league have any exclusive uniques between them like in previous leagues or are they exactly the same except one is hardcore mode?

>>162040908
why can witch buy devouring totem then

>>162040961
there's no hc or sc specific uniques for leagues anymore

meaning the only distinction between hc and sc breach is what happens after you die

>>162040938
honesty? no idea. but it sounds like it should.
>>162040954
just mix it up and use vuln + enfeeble

>>162040010
They have their own options, options classes like Marauder or Duelist don't get. This reenforces the idea of class identity and that any class can thrive with their own set of predetermined gems without the need to have access everything until end game, at which point you're more than encouraged to trade so the point of NPC gem availability becomes moot. Retard.

>old PoE
>used to pride itself in how you could traverse the tree and do a build from anywhere

>this PoE
>Dude ASCENDANCIES LMAO

>>162041467
It really does work against the who philosophy "you can build anything."
The only real exception is Duelist, you can make a Caster with fucking anything as Champion/Gladiator.

>>162041201
Restricting skills is okay but for support gems, anyone who says the restrictions are okay is retarded, there's no reason to not allow access to all support gems, especially when the skills you have access end up restricting your options for support, so in the end, it balances out.

>>162040790

I disagree that giving players options from the start is bad. PoE's appeal has always been about it being rather open-ended and shitting on ARPG conventions by mixing up how characters and skills are built from the start.

And restrictions that breed creativity only if they are true, inflexible restrictions, not merely optional ones. And for the players for whom the restrictions arent optional at all (ssf and new players who still dont know how to trade), those restriction actually hinder fun (trying out new skills is fun when you are new) or make the game more repetitive because they will just grind act 1- 2 venfor mules.

GGG's reasons aren't valid because everything else about their game points out to them being merely excuses. If overabundance of choice is a problem and they want to keep new players from being overwhelmed; they could do what they did with scion.

>>162041467
you're a year late family

FINALLY A DIVINERS

>>162041201
>This reenforces the idea of class identity and that any class can thrive with their own set of predetermined gems without the need to have access everything until end game, at which point you're more than encouraged to trade so the point of NPC gem availability becomes moot. Retard.

why does the idea need to be reinforced beyond ascendancies and the passive tree? every single starting point has access to SOME projectile skill, yet there are starting points with ZERO projectile supports available. i dont see any master plan behind this.

>>162041467
You still can do any build anywhere, for the most part.

It's not like it was ever nearly as effective, though. If you're a Ranger, don't expect to go and grab up all of Templar's nodes. It just doesn't work like that. There were always builds which were clearly better on some classes than on others.

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ez 45c

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>>162042027
ez 4ex

>>162042027
right click those gems please

>>162032691
why not do a whole new map in the time it takes you to change all your gear ? lol

>>162038340
LOL
no refunds btw

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>Unique onyx amulet
>Its Carnage Heart

>>162040954
Minion block is actually just about as easy to get as block for yourself, because you don't actually need much of it, ~50% phys block with the ~30% from bone offering coupled with fortified legion is enough to make minions essentially immortal unless you try to have a zombie tank shaper, and even then with mon'treguls hand or whatever that thing is and 6L zombies they actually CAN tank him with high block.

pretty okay day. good luck tomorrow.

>265 fire res
>formless inferno
>5.5k life
>ruby flask
>basalt
>melted

xDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>162044389
>life
XD

is templar supposed to be suffering for life? i grab all the life nodes I can and still have 1.7k in beginning of merc

^
get more life on ur gear lul

>>162044652

how much life on gear?

life nodes alone wont give you a good health pool

>>162044652
>MERC
>1. 7k

You fucking WOT m8
and yeah templar sucks for life, only good life is duelist/marauder enjoy

>>162038301
Is not she fat?

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who else /haven'tgottenasingledecentdropyet/ here

anyone kill a breachlord yet? how hard are they? thinking of doing xoph

>>162045372

>>162044389

>>162045372
pretty dangerous

>>162045372
can you easily do normal atziri? all of them are harder except the physical guy

expect to die several times if you're not overprepared

>>162045372
I've killed the Lightning and Ice ones.
Lightning guy was pain in the ass with massive damage aoe.
Ice was worse because he summoned traps that hurled ice at you the entire time. Only reason I survived is because I had so much leech my HP was ping ponging.

>>162044389

Life based build takes are all precautions and still melts like butter against a warm knife.

Many such cases!

>>162045772
To be fair I was level 79.
But yeah I have no leech because 2 meme warchief. Might just go eq

>>162045328
right here, couldn't break out of arid lakes and marshes for 12 hours, I'm fucking done with this league already

>>162045328
i have 20ex worth of currency and a 6l vaal regalia waiting to be rolled

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>>162037501
Authorize it

>CI last league
>10k ez
>Life this League
>pretty much 6k unless I get a Kaoms for 7k
>could probably never get this much life if I wasn't a Marauder because +400 STR

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>have a 1.5 ex chest and a 2 ex heretics in the same day
god bless
i have like 4 ex now what do I do with my newfound wealth

>>162047483
gimme dat heretics i wanna memebuild

>pledge of hands+vortex
>flammability+ele weakness
>fire pen, elementalist
>150% fire pen shieeeet
>pop an ignite for a billion damage

I had an idea in my head to start a dual wands Scion character most of the day and I might actually do it and see how it goes.

>tfw down to 50 alterations

i burn this shit like crack man

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Thanks alot Jdogg, you fuck. Little crybaby bitch go tattle to your daddy Chris

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>Mid-vaal cyclone
>Breach lord shows up

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>>162047661
>tfw i'm doing it
I dunno how effective it'll be endgame but it amuses me for the absurdity of it. I really wanna try grandmasters when i get that high.

>Bowstring Prophecy upgrade to Death's Opus

do people even use that shit? 60c on poetrade, good chaos but do people buy it?

Familia,

Which class for ED/contagion? Shadow or Witchfeet?

>>162038051
That pillar build sounds pretty rad and is probably the only fresh idea there.

>>162048283
Opus is best bow. Yes, people buy it.

>>162048268
You using Pledge? What are your links anyways?

>>162048283
yeah, death's opus is basically reach of the council: crit edition

is it normal for my main damage skill to be 2k dps at the start of merc

feel like i fucked up somewhere fierce

also i have 2k HP even with HP on all my slots and like 100% increased from all nodes i can reach and no idea how i'm supposed to be getting more

>>162048691
post build and gear you sound like you fucked up REAL bad

I dislike the fact that its impossible to actually be tanky, and that you build around surviving 1 shots + regenning instantly

I don't think thats good game design

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no macro's
running a breach.
pressing my heals and abilities and moving like any sane person

this happens


is this a bannable offense?

>>162048969
Nice korean-level APM

>>162048969
anything over 100 apm is bannable

man i fucking hate ziggydee
fucking flame blast

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How good is ancestral warchief totems reach and aoe coverage after the "adjustments"?

Can it still cover a massive area with 70% inc aoe overall?

Was thinking of that vs cyclone. Cyclone will probably clear breaches/maps faster, but ancestral warchief is GG against bosses.

I mean, as long as Ancestral totem can clear t15s in 6 minutes I'm happy.

>>162048691
2k damage sounds bad but that is what i had that when i got to merc before i upgraded my weapon. 100% increased hp sounds low

>>162049223
G'day ziggydee here to tell you this poster is a cunt

Now wotch me die to this detonate dead strongbox

Whoops hehe time to look on the forums for a new build. See ya in the next video gois, and thanks fo wotchin

>>162049437
Adjustments did barely anything IMO because they increased weapon range.

That said I use a Marohi and Inc AoE increases attack range I think - I used Facebreaker AW last League and with Conc Effect the range was absolutely abysmal for my totems so I'm sure AoE affects it.

AW is OP and meta but there are downsides to it.
>Totems - will put people off
>Spirit spawn time will NEVER be increased so there's a delay, if your totems die during a huge Breach and it takes even a micro second to get them up prepare your anus as nothing will hold the flood
>Totem requires you to be in the screen to be active, not the fastest mapper

Pros of AW
>Top tier damage, single and AoE
>Totems will tank for you making it a great bosser
>Cheap to run, get a weapon and start slamming. Upgrade to better shit for more DEEPS

how come runescape mode doesn't work with DX11

>>162049880
(you)

>>162049941
Try it yourself, put texture_quality=10
and it doesn't work

>>162049605

alright thanks.

imma make a 7k life 75/75 facebreaker gladiator with the totems.

With 600+ hp regen and +250hp per block I'll be pretty much immortal against non-top tier bosses, and the totems will still do 130k+ damage each anyway with inc aoe (near 200k with atziri flask and conc efex).

>>162048396
Well fuck you all

I'm going shadow

>>162050045
I wouldn't recommend FB AW.

Pretty much relies on Abyssus and a bunch of Uniques or Phys gear, you'll be so resistance starved - in fact you have to take res nodes on your tree. A regular weapon AW is fine. Also the range bonus on weapons vs unarmed is huge so there's also that.

>GGG nerfed maps from non-rares in Breaches
>nerfed Beyond+Breaches

>still doesn't fix melee or life or shit skills

really fires the old synapses

>>162048969
im running both auto life+utility and mana potions and ive yet to see that message

i serioudly doubt you arent using something

>>162050207

What is the meta builds this time around?

I hit level 87 hc with flameblast memes and i got like 300c

no bladeflurry i dont like how shadow looks

>>162050207

thats not bad at all considering theres a massive resist +life cluster on the marauder area, and a +15 resistance to all keystone near it

And

>faggot gem - 35% of your fire resistance alloted in the area is converted to block rating

I can get 10% block ez and solve my res.

I dont really like Abyss. I can get 90 base damage from jewelry and bringer of rain, abyssus is 115 base, I can't justify taking 40% phys for that.

also rory said +weapon range doesnt increase the totems "range", only increased area of effect.

CI Ranger with bow skills? Y/N

>>162050350
flameblast memes and blade flurry are the two popular builds this league

for some reason no one wants to play spark or essence drain this league

>>162050323
I hope you aren't playing hardcore cuck

>>162050470
or course i am kid

For flameblast what is my 5th link? chance to ignite or Inc aoe/Conc effect?

I'm nowhere near 6 link not totem elementalist

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post ur poors tbqhwu famalam

>>162050738
how do you make custom tabs like this lol

>>162029052
Are those numbers with or without ES from int?

>>162050738
>standard

nice try

>>162050756
use the offline tab editor

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>>162050756
>he doesn't have the offline tab editor

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>>162050738
wish i had more chisels desu. i don't want to trade my shekels for more

>>162050572
inc. aoe is really good
you shouldn't need to spend a gem on chance to ignite, a dab'll do you even before you consider shaper of desolation.

>>162050874
nice photoshop

>>162050980

The level 100 flameblast dude I saw had chance to ignite as his 6th slot but when i swapped it in it felt pretty good with ele prolif, ill try inc aoe more.

>Chris H (Programmer) - I'm playing a Chaos Inoculation Flameblast Occultist at the moment called "Burny Sandals". The plan is that she's only allowed to wear sandal-like footwear :) Hoping to do what the first build below does with Chaos conversion and poison but with Flameblast. If it doesn't work out I'll use Firestorm instead. I'm trying to make a combination of these two guides.

Do i dare say he is our guy and also likes witch feet? :)

how important are jewels

I've got no jewel slots
should I spec them if I want damage? I can get 1 for 1, and 2 for 2 skill points each

>>162050874

Tfw i have nearly the same ammount of currency as you do. Except my chaos is at 50ish and my chisels at 120 or so.

Oh wait nah, i burned trough 500 fucking jewelers and didnt get a 6link, now im saving up to dump em onto a shavs.

so i'm at level 71 and barely over 3.1k life. I'm only at 126 life on tree and by level 82 I'll have every life node I'm near besides blood magic. Am I just going to have to accept never being able to do red maps on this build?

>>162051329
also how do people price jewels? is like 40% damage on a jewel good?

>>162051092

Honestly, try ashcaller. Just buy a perfect ignite rolled one with 22% ignite chance. Its not the best, but still has 50% burn damage with 20% ignite chance and im crushing everything in T8s and 9s atm, so more dmg in the weapon slot atm is redundant.

Im running a 5 link with FB-Inc aoe- Faster cast - Fire pen - Controlled destruction

I would definitely go with ignite chance as 6th slot so i could upgrade my weapon to something better, but untill then no need to fret about it.

>>162051426
post build
don't know how you're near blood magic but don't have enough life

>>162051468
>no life/es
1c and after a week of sitting in the tab do the 5 for 1 vendor recipe to get a new one
>life/es
1ex and lower 5c each day nobody offers.

>>162051329
pretty important. no other singular node is going to do for you what a good jewel can do

>>162051329

Yes, the jewels you can pick up for 1 or 2 points are must haves. 1 jewel can be worth as much as 4 points or more.

>>162051468

Like retards. That is how they price them! Protip, use live search on poe.trade to snag good jewels for low money.

>>162051515
http://poeurl.com/Um1
Raider Cyclone with Ngahamu's Flame. Wearing Surgebinders and Darkrays, plus a goldrim I found that had the attack speed enchant on it. I'm finishing the axe wheel then getting barbarism and juggernaut, and then that's every life wheel I'm next to.

>>162051643
I'm doin the same build but I'm considering rerolling for Duelist or Marauder just to get more beefy especially when using Vaal Cyclone

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>>162051502

Yeah sounds similar to what i'm doing, i'm using a rare sceptre right now until I can get a doryanis, not many get put up at the times I play.

Is ashcaller better then the sceptre linked? I've gotten pretty far this league early on but I've never been great at poe.

>>162050801
can tell he's a shitbird because of the chisels

it's easy to see this fecalfowl has never touched red maps

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I literally just made a girlfriend in real life

i know you lurk here ggg, so im gonna share my genius with you on how to make it big

add waifu mtx skins for the golems, preferably anime ones

there, done

the amount of money you'll rake in means you can shut down your shadow rmt business at last

and fire whatever cuck replaced the orb girls in the process

>>162051784
I've actually had no issues with regular mobs. I was vaal cycloning tier 6 breaches no problem. But against bosses, if I don't roll a dodge and they get a crit after my endurance charges expire, I just get 1 shot way too much. I'm very close to dropping the Darkrays in favor of a rare with life.

>>162051848
i'll buy her for 3c pure

not going any lower

>>162051643
Why are you taking Iron Grip? Do you need it?

How would you fix melee? And I mean melee as in hand to hend combat, adding ranged skills that use melee modifiers is not a solution to that.

>>162051968
It applies to the Ngahamu's Flame pretend molten strike, so it's 40% increased damage on half my dps more or less. Those're actually a pretty significant portion of my damage right now, since it's basically a free 7L molten strike.

>>162051797

Your scepter is slightly better, but i love the consistency ashcaller gives me.

5% cast speed is nice, the res is also nice.

Btw, how much ignite chance do you have? I get 20% from the tree, 13% from flamabillity, and 22% from the wand, so 55% in total.

In the end depends on the playstyle and what feels better to you. Dmg should be comparable.

>>162051819

M8, my map tab is a 1chisel for all maps sell tab, and im running 6-9 now without chiseling shit or doing the chisel recipe and im at around 130 chisels now. Atlas literally gives you free currency for your shitty maps because people still need them for completion.

>>162052157
Make it similar to RTS games and have it work as an attack move command until you cancel the action by moving, changing target or something. Increase actual melee skill damage by at least 30% across all the skills.

Rework armour and evasion to actually be viable, buff life gain OR stop the incredible power creep and fine-tuning of content which 1-shots people.

>>162052157

smart(er) autotargeting and target-cycling of nearby monsters in a way that feels seamless and "natural" (think GrimDowns melee)

melee skills should compensate for the extra risk they impose by feeling "fun" to use. this doesnt mean MOAR damage necessarily, but the mechanics needs to be really polished so it doesnt feel like shit as it is now

>>162052157
The game would need to be restructured into something like Gauntlet 2014

That or just nerf the overall clear speed power creep 1 shot mechanics bullshit to manageable levels.