Path of Exile is a MAJESTIC incline

[Aothan]

Pay to trade will be implemented shortly, it is going to be controversial

 

[Saark]

Seeing the current backlash I wouldn't be surprised if they just gave everyone 1 premium stash tab like a lot of people suggested so everyone can use the new trade improvements. Wouldn't be the first time GGG came around to fix something money-related. Last time was when people were complaining about the lackluster supporter pack content and they just added a bunch of stuff to them even though they didn't really have to.

 

[Aothan]

yes it would be very GGGish to adjust proposed additions so that everyone can have reasonable measures of equivalency within their play for free model. Which will probably be for the best here, although I think this is mostly a mild difference for a free game of this calibre, it is so slightly on the side of 'pay2win' that if they want to retain that status then they may need to make some concession of this sort

 

[Gerrard]

Meanwhile at GGG

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Saark]

Traps/Totems/Minions cannot generate charges for the player.

Not sure on the mechanics behind Blast Cascade and the saboteur passive that triggers all of them after the first one gets triggered by an enemy.

 

[Aothan]

Sunder and Earthquake are the new melee skills, I thought there would be another few additions, well that most likely means Glacial

Orb of Storms looks good but the design is odd, whilst not dedicated to the 'meta' in anyway it is seemingly obvious this spell is superfluous in most instances, so perhaps it functions for stronger special and unique types

 

[T. Reich]

From what I've seen from the Alpha footage, Orb of Storms is an amazing support spell for any lightning skill user.
It can be used to proc an amazing variety of effects - CoH, blind, culling, knockback, pcoc...

Supported with strong dps gems, it can be used to clear trash mobs while you're on the move, or it could be used to quickly proc with a different lightning skill.

Imagine casting it (supported by knockback) as a ranged char right at your feet and then just blasting away - any mob that comes close will be zapped and knocked back real fast.
Imagine using it with a fast lightning melee skill to proc several times per second in melee, utterly destroying anything nearby - lightning strike, static strike, wild strike...
Storm call has a good synery with it. In fact, if the base damage on Orb of Storms is any good, you could use it as main damaging spell and storm call as a ery fast triggering tool with extra good damage on top of single targets.

 

[Aothan]

speaking of Orb of Storms, ZiggyD has outlined a useful starting character for the new leagues which uses Storm Call and Orb of Storms, for that matter it is also using the Hierophant skills I want to try out firstly




however I have a very different pathway in mind, notably Ziggy is passing all but one of the armour and defensive nodes in the starting Templar area and then transitions through the Witch and Shadow areas, whilst I may try to reach the Life and Mana nodes area (or conversely cross the Scion's Energy shield wheel for Dreamer and adjacent nodes) it is the accentuated effective life pool and defensive capabilities that make the Hierophant's skills particularly relevant to the character I want to try

still, I've used Storm Call for early level purposes before and from what I can tell from the video the new changes to Storm Call could make the same more naturally practical for higher levels as well

 

[Padre]

Ffs dunno what to play. So many good options. RF totem Chieftain? Hierophant sparker (or even totem spark)? Classic SRS summoner witch? FFS.

 

[ManjuShri]

Can pre-existing characters join temporary leagues or is it only for newly created chars?

 

[Zdzisiu]

Can pre-existing characters join temporary leagues or is it only for newly created chars?

Only for fresh and new chars that start at level 1, and the stash is empty. Basically, you start from scratch.

But, this thing that happens today is both an Expansion and new league. The existing characters can take part in the expansion content, namely the labirynth and the ascendancy classes because it will be available in standard league too. Only the Perandus league, Perandus coins, Perandus vendor, and Perandus League challenges are exclusive to the new league.

 

[TOME]

That hierophant's node is pretty cool actually. Turning 4-links into 5-links is huge in early game.

ZiggyD had awesome survivability and decent damage on that video. Who wants to bet that lightning call will be one of the most popular skill in early league.

 

[ManjuShri]

If I die in Perandus hardcore will I be moved to Perandus standard or regular standard?

 

[T. Reich]

To regular standard.

 

[Saark]

Double Perandus Box inside Barkuls area is worse than double beyond.

Having the server crash on you during the last 25% of Daresso is also not fun, was TPing out for flask refill and it took like 5 seconds so I just logged out. Here's to hoping I'm still alive.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Saark]

Already past malachai, should be smooth sailing for a while even if the game crashes.

This guy just hit the lottery:

 

[Orma]

quality servers. Bought a tabula rasa from the perandus merchant btw

 

[TOME]

Labyrint boss just hit me over 1,1k on normal.

 

[Arkeus]

Annnnd died to character log-out speed being super slow. Also because perandus wit hthe big ass proximity shield means my squishy caster had to be in melee

 

[GrainWetski]

Also had my first death at just level 33. Fucking ghost took over a Perandus guardian(I think, it happened so fast) and I got oneshot. Oh well, time to reroll some other build.

I feel like you get way too many Perandus Coins. Found 3 chests in 3 adjacent rooms and got like 55 of them in 3 minutes.

 

[TOME]

Those perandus guards spawn too much of content to my screen. I always have to lure a few of them away from the pack to have some sort of playablity.

 

[Padre]

I feel like you get way too many Perandus Coins. Found 3 chests in 3 adjacent rooms and got like 55 of them in 3 minutes.

Wait till you see some items priced at +4k coins.

 

[Aothan]

I found a Tabula Rasa too, first time, and when it initially dropped I forgot it was naturally six-linked >_< I've only ever found one other six link item before, from a merchant no less

Frost Bomb works well and though Freezing pulse has been used I'm about to focus on Glacial with a sceptre, perhaps the low-level unique sceptre with multiple support gem properties

I've done about three or four mazes so far, from initial impressions Lightning Warp would bypass most of the traps but hm if something goes amiss you could be caught with too much trap damage (especially for HC)