Jesus fuck. I have like 680 DSP at level 52, I have shit loot.
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Path of Exile |OT| Loot 3.0
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Jesus fuck. I have like 680 DSP at level 52, I have shit loot.
Liferebooted
Banned
i just started, are rangers good? i love bows
More like Kripp being immature.
Liferebooted
Banned
Can't blame em, ROS is gonna destroy POE once its out.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
What's ROS?
Reaper of Souls Diablo 3 expansion
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Oh yeaaah hahaha.
In sales? Probably. But it'll probably also still be the same limp pretender D3 was.
Domination or Nemesis?
My adjustments are extensive and more HC minded because that's what I'm used to. I also don't know what skills you use, so it's somewhat generic. I went with an emphasis on Life and more Life Regen since you're BM. I also picked up Blood Drinker (2% Life Leech) because of it. When you get BM gems I would use those, spec out of BM and run an aura (Hatred or Anger, Hatred only if you can get the needed Int on gear) on Mana, then aim for two (Determination) once you get your hands on Reduced Mana gems.
The resist nodes aren't very good since you can get them on gear easily enough. Only the all-res nodes (particularly Diamond Flesh in the Duelist's tree) are good. This is what I have so far:
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-...62E3YjHaePIFvBLMCcRRN8B-iADrh8kX-CqxZiPHnYw==
Spent 91 points, which is obtainable by lvl 75 or so. I would go down to the Duelist tree frist, then Templar, then the Life wheel near the Scion.
What skills are you using? If you use Ground Slam, consider Amplify in the Templar tree for more AoE size and damage.
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My adjustments are extensive and more HC minded because that's what I'm used to. I also don't know what skills you use, so it's somewhat generic. I went with an emphasis on Life and more Life Regen since you're BM. I also picked up Blood Drinker (2% Life Leech) because of it. When you get BM gems I would use those, spec out of BM and run an aura (Hatred or Anger, Hatred only if you can get the needed Int on gear) on Mana, then aim for two (Determination) once you get your hands on Reduced Mana gems.
The resist nodes aren't very good since you can get them on gear easily enough. Only the all-res nodes (particularly Diamond Flesh in the Duelist's tree) are good. This is what I have so far:
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-...62E3YjHaePIFvBLMCcRRN8B-iADrh8kX-CqxZiPHnYw==
Spent 91 points, which is obtainable by lvl 75 or so. I would go down to the Duelist tree frist, then Templar, then the Life wheel near the Scion.
What skills are you using? If you use Ground Slam, consider Amplify in the Templar tree for more AoE size and damage.
Eh, it's perhaps a little tactless, but it's also disappointing how humourless they are about it.
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Once you get a decent amount of life leech on gear, ditch those life on hit/kill nodes, they're pretty weak in the long run. And since you've got RT, that 6% damage/8% accuracy mace node at the bottom isn't doing much for you at all. Taking all the 15% resist nodes isn't commonly suggested either, but it's hardly a bad idea and you've probably already noticed how it frees up your gearing options, so don't sweat it.
What is the easiest way to get Alchemy orbs? From what I see there's two recipes. Two or three rares with the same "name" (not just base item), or the same base item in white, magic, and rare, either 20% or 20%/unidentified.
Both seem tough as hell to get, and require tons of stash space.
Or will the orbs start dropping more in endgame?
I had great luck getting chaos and alchemy orbs, but that was up until about the end of Act 2 (had probably 10 of each or so). I'm almost on Act 3 Cruel right now, and I haven't seen squat since!
Also, funny how I've already spent $30 on this game. It's like the third highest amount I've spent on any PC game. And it'll probably keep going up since I want more than the 11 tabs of stash space I have.
Both seem tough as hell to get, and require tons of stash space.
Or will the orbs start dropping more in endgame?
I had great luck getting chaos and alchemy orbs, but that was up until about the end of Act 2 (had probably 10 of each or so). I'm almost on Act 3 Cruel right now, and I haven't seen squat since!
Also, funny how I've already spent $30 on this game. It's like the third highest amount I've spent on any PC game. And it'll probably keep going up since I want more than the 11 tabs of stash space I have.
Easiest way is to do boss runs for a ton of quick rares, then vendor them for Alchemy Shards. Merveil is a quick and easy target in every difficulty.
These affixes sell for Shards, twenty Shards make an orb:
http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Vendor_Recipes#Alchemy_Shard
You'll also collect a ton of alterations, which will be very useful once you start doing maps.
These affixes sell for Shards, twenty Shards make an orb:
http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Vendor_Recipes#Alchemy_Shard
You'll also collect a ton of alterations, which will be very useful once you start doing maps.
is unwavering stance usually a good idea?
If you have a ton of life it's not that important. The more life you have, the less likely you are to get stunned by a hit.
For a detailed explanation of how it works:
http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Stun
I've been IDing blues and rares for like 40 hours and I barely got enough shards for maybe 2 alch orbs at best. T_TBy id'ing blues. But i just farm
Edit: I'll try farming Merveil, see how that goes.
I farm Sarn/Docks. You not only get rares/uniques, but gems, orbs and flasks and what the most important - 6 socketed items.
In case you don't know:
Make a portal at the entrance to Cavern of Anger, that's the last area before Merveil. That way you won't have to run through Cavern of Wrath (where the WP is) to get to her again. Go to Act 2 through the exit in her lair and take the WP back to town, ID and vendor stuff, then back through the portal, make a new Cavern of Anger, kill Merveil, etc.
Make a portal at the entrance to Cavern of Anger, that's the last area before Merveil. That way you won't have to run through Cavern of Wrath (where the WP is) to get to her again. Go to Act 2 through the exit in her lair and take the WP back to town, ID and vendor stuff, then back through the portal, make a new Cavern of Anger, kill Merveil, etc.
This guy
Thats Cruel?
Does this really work??? I'd read that to farm a boss you had to reset the instance of the area previous to it.
Anyway, for all my complaining, I got two Chaos orbs like 30 seconds apart from each other. lol.
Taking a break, desync is so bad that enemies refuse to die and just walk around on empty health bars.
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
going to guess crit flicker strike + player with low fire res.
Granted, discharge with enough charges does hurt too.
It doesn't work, you have to reset the whole cavern level leading to the Marveil lair.
Flicker discharge. I probably got reflected at the same time too.
YouEnjoyMySelf
Banned
Yes there is. It's actually very easy. Need to get gear with resists, maybe get a few passives if need be and purity is always an option.
I'm pretty close to the cap on cruel. Only my fire is around 45% (oh and that nasty chaos isn't anywhere near cap). I'm going to need an overhaul for merciless though. Act 3 cruel is finally starting to pose more of a challenge than stand there and spam spectral throw.
I have two 30% rare resist rings with a second resist on one and an all elemental resist on the other. I have a couple resist nodes in passive. The rest of my gear has 15-25% resist of something on most.
SneakyStephan
Banned
Take a few passives for resists, theres a few very good ones in the tree
I also take the 8 resist from bandits on normal , it helps so much while leveling and they'll add bandit respec in a while anyhow
You should also always have 3-4 extra rings in your inventory , I always carry some rings with high resists of each kind just for those few bosses/special mobs that require capped resists.
On another topic:
Man scion with spectral throw is OP as hell
I got from act 1 normal to act 1 (nearly at merveil) merciless in about 8 hours
Just been running through every map ignoring enemies , joining groups so i can have a teleport up to the boss/objective
Went to fetid pool and the flooded depths while I was 10 levels below the map level and still crushed everything due to sheer damage and lifesteal (and the insane amount of armor you get from the passive tree)
Only died once (in flooded depths) and that was because I forgot to swap my rings and went in with -5 frost resist and died while frozen
My archer was always 2-4 levels overleveled and could not man tank AT ALL in act1 merciless (despite 2800 hp)
A good build and 4 link gear and the right flasks makes a huge, huge, huuuge difference
Didn't take blood magic, using hatred aura for the frost dmg bonus, not one mana node or regen node leaves me with 70 mana
my curse (warlord's mark) costs 45 mana (I need a cast on damage taken gem)
using spectral throw + life on hit + LMP + faster attacks which puts it at 25 mana cost (for single target I use double strike with life and mana leech and melee physical dmg)
So I get < 3 casts before I burn through my mana pool but because of:
-warlords' mark curse granting 4 percent mana leech
-both my life flasks having craving suffix (2 percent of dmg leeched as mana)
-a ring with 1 percent mana leech
I never go oom and can make do with only one mana potion
It's so nice to be able to use two quicksilver flasks, combined with the warlord's curse refilling flasks (and some good 25 percent speed boots) I get to run at insane speed 90 percent of the time.
Life on hit + spectral throw + very high attack speed from build means I can use the life flasks just for the mana leech passive (and emergencies)
Pretty happy with this synergy
Now I just need a cast on dmg taken so I can use Enduring Cry, Immortal Call and Molten Shell
Thanks for the tips, guys.
Now I'm trying to grind a bit to get a few strength/intelligence nodes... but I keep dying. lol.
How the heck am I supposed to counter an orange mob that throws bear traps and kills me in two shots? Is there any way to escape them?
I kind of screwed myself over because I can't even change rings at the moment. I overleveled my gems so if I switch any gear, I'm either lacking for strength or intelligence.
Now I'm trying to grind a bit to get a few strength/intelligence nodes... but I keep dying. lol.
How the heck am I supposed to counter an orange mob that throws bear traps and kills me in two shots? Is there any way to escape them?
I think you're misunderstanding.
Cavern of Wrath (WP) -> Cavern of Anger -> Merveil's Lair -> Act 2 Forest (WP).
I need to work on my verbosity, I think...
Oh ya one act and one class ya that will keep people occupied for like an entire week!
How does this look with the resists I've thrown in there?
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-...P5BGnXElRfysx-nb3yqnWivF2napirNadIXbAUXDVcFI=
Main attack will be Lightning Arrow, which will be using a Blood Magic gem (just bought it... now just need a five-link piece of gear T_T ). I tried to get crit, elemental damage, and whatever life was in the way.
I'm very tempted to get Phase Acrobatics (30% chance to dodge magic attacks) but it's five points to get there. Is it worth it considering how much crap is flying through the air anyways? I could always sacrifice some crit for it.
SneakyStephan
Banned
I wish they'd done that a week earlier, I just bought 6 regular tabs
someone else will have to tell you about your build
all I can say is that it looks 50x better than my worthless build that I followed on my archer xDSeems there's no diamond skin/diamond flesh node along the path you took, those are +12 all resists in one node which is really nice.
Since you stayed entirely on the dex side, do you have enough str to use the gems and items you need?
At the moment? No. lol. If I remove my helmet for example, I can't put it back on because of the jewels on it. I have to take off the jewels, put on the helmet so I get the bonus intelligence points, then put the jewel back on. I spent like five minutes not being able to re-equip my gear earlier today.
Heck, I have a rare item I can't even equip since it doesn't have the point boost I need to keep my gems.Anyway, eventually I'll have enough. That passive tree program says I'll have 114 strength, 124 intelligence, and 282 dexterity. I didn't look too in detail but I think the highest level 20 red gem requires about 108 strength.
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Famous personality that does WoW, LoL, D3 etc. content. He usually does whatever is most popular for the awareness since he donates to charity.
I have no idea if I should use fusings to try and 5 or 6L this chest
Man I love the flavour text on uniques. It's goddamn poetry.
Odd how I haven't came across him yet..I watch a lot of stuff on twitch.