Path of Exile is a MAJESTIC incline

Saark · Aug 21, 2017

Neversink seems to have some issues with excavation, colonnade and some other maps where bosses have adds that drop items, it also crashed quite frequently on harbingers, at least for me. Also consistently crashed in Ivory Temple on one of the perandus packs.

I'm currently using one filter to rule them all, with some changes to currency/items depending on the current trends. Not as busy/nosy when stuff drops, smaller text/boxes etc.

T. Reich · Aug 21, 2017

I never experienced any problems with Neversink's.

Muldini's filer is also pretty nice, yes. I used to use it, too, before I switched to Neversink's.

lukaszek · Aug 22, 2017

deterministic system > RNG

T. Reich · Aug 22, 2017

DoT can't be converted.
Worms don't attack.
And if you were thinking of going CI, RF doesn't work with CI either.
And low-life RF in 3.0.0 deals pitiful damage compared to life-based RF.

Your concept is much better realised with RF zerker that uses abyssal cry.
You get shitton of life, easy life restoration with warcries, and yuge splosions from abyssal cry.
And you do it much better than any witchie could.

Saark · Aug 22, 2017

I'm currently playing a lowlife-RF/SR trickster, so take what I say with a grain of salt. DPS isn't really an issue, even with lowlife RF. My RF currently deals ~80k DPS on shaper with 1.5k life and 7.5k ES, that is without a high ES shield, without a high elemental damage sceptre, no essence crafted helmet or gloves, no conc effect and a suboptimal tree for RF. You should easily be able to hit 300k-400k with the right gear.

That said, you don't really benefit from running rf lowlife if you're using it as your main damage source. Scaling rf is kinda demanding on your tree and gear, decent essence crafted helmets/gear are especially hard to come by. The additional auras you can run aren't really helping you increase your DPS, unless you pick up another curse and can run ele weakness there is little additional benefit.

Here's my character, in case you're interested. If you really want to run a build with RF as a main damage source, you either go Trickster for a good blend of damage, utility and sustain, Guardian for survivability, Hierophant for the extra link and sustain, or zerker for pure damage.

T. Reich · Aug 22, 2017

My next char is going to be RF.

I originally wanted to do a low-life guardian, but then I ran the post-3.0.0 numbers, and it's merely a shadow of it former self.

IMO, life-based zerker is truly the best choice for RF-as-main right now. The damage potential is the highest with this class, and you get huge utility from warcries that allows you to do no-regen maps easily.
The pick is definitely the most "glassy" of all the varieties, but with 10k life it's not really much of a concern.

I, however, will be running a juggy with heavy focus on buffed fortify and maximum endurance charges.
The damage will be approx 25% lower than with zerker, and I will lose the warcry power, but I'm trading those for much higher damage mitigation and insane life regen.
I will also go str-stacking for Doon as my 1h, because I just love that shit.

Saark · Aug 23, 2017

And this, my friends, is why you don't do shaper half asleep. No more portals left.
:negative:

T. Reich · Aug 23, 2017

I'll probably never do the Shaper with the builds I pick to choose

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The closest thing I got this league was deciding to do twinned core with some extra damage mods.
Went about as well as you'd expect from me :roll:

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Saark · Aug 23, 2017

It's doubly sad because I died three times due to being slammed by the image in phase 3, while shaper himself was already sub 10%. Linked my stone-golem with culling strike when I still had 3 portals left, but that stupid idiot kept dying immediately to beams/vortexes. Should've linked it to my orb of storms instead. Well, there is ~350c down the drain.

Cyberarmy · Aug 23, 2017

So...

We are getting a new "expansion" by the end of 2017 and they are still playing around with harbingers, another proof that they rushed this patch.
Did they tweaked any other "major" leagues like this before after such a short time its release, I can't remember now.

T. Reich · Aug 23, 2017

Cyberarmy said:
So...

We are getting a new "expansion" by the end of 2017 and they are still playing around with harbingers, another proof that they rushed this patch.
Did they tweaked any other "major" leagues like this before after such a short time its release, I can't remember now.

It happens every league. Your argument is invalid.

In fact, they are tweaking this league less than I'm used to. THAT is the sign of their rushing things because they're overwhelmed.

Perkel · Aug 23, 2017

wow full expansion in december... I didn't expect that. Awesome.

T. Reich · Aug 23, 2017

Well, no details as to what they're expanding yet.

EXPAND DONG pls

What I'm REALLY looking forward to personally is a LOT of FoO release bug fixes that are still not implemented, plus a bit of fleshing out of the later acts with missing details.
Maybe a couple more gods for the pantheon.

ArchAngel · Aug 23, 2017

I've been having a bit of luck the last few days with my drops. In last 4 days I had 2 ex drop, 1 soul taker weapon and biscos amulet. I sold both items for decent profit and 2ex are waiting for better ex to chaos value.

In other news I am trying to get together a Gladiator spellcaster.
There is some potential around max block + cats claw + light of lunaris shield.
My first try was crit EK nova phy+chaos, got to almost 200k dps vs map bosses.

I need to learn how good crit elemental EK build look so I can get some idea how to make such a version myself but with a gladiator. Light of Lunaris gives insane crit multi with max block.

Another option is BV where I cyclone around with culling strike so I can get frenzy charges from killing enemies with the weapon

lukaszek · Aug 23, 2017

deterministic system > RNG

Excidium II · Aug 23, 2017

Channeled spells all feel awkward to me

Excidium II · Aug 23, 2017

T. Reich said:
In fact, they are tweaking this league less than I'm used to. THAT is the sign of their rushing things because they're overwhelmed.

FoO is p. rushed yeah. If you bother to read the texts, there's some bugs in it with missing voice files, wrong subtitles and about 4 conversations in act 7 with sin that are using the wrong audio file.

T. Reich · Aug 23, 2017

Nigga, I read ALL the texts.

T. Reich · Aug 23, 2017

lukaszek said:
anyone figured a way to use blight as main skill, not just side kick to ED?
Does it make sense to try hitting 25lvl with it for extra radius over cheap new blight gloves?

Supposedly, using 2x threshold jewels for makes it quite worthwhile.

My planned 3rd character this league is low-life blight occultist, using teh gloves for selfcast blight.
Sure, I'm gonna use ED for single target, but I'm planning to blight all the trash mobs though.

lukaszek · Aug 23, 2017

deterministic system > RNG

Baron Dupek · Aug 24, 2017

Finally reached Act8, two more to go. :terminate:

FFS these dindus in act6 spamming flame totems and rain of frost arrows were infuriating, making really bad impression about FoO. Act7 got these ball throwers slimes and ball throwing drowners or whatever this filthy creature is.
Wish Leap jump was more responsive, it would be life savior for my 2H MaraBerserk...
Couldn't reach endgame in any character previously. Once I beat Malachai with anyone I get idea to test another build. Again and again.

Mark.L.Joy · Aug 24, 2017

Not playing much anymore, I was waiting to see if they change anything about the new skills but I have no idea what their timing is I think I'll just respec my failed storm burst build and finish equipping the flicker build to do the end game don't feel like doing much else in this league.