Path of Exile is a MAJESTIC incline

[empi]

There were people who were taking names they thought would be popular during closed beta, so they could try to sell them when open beta hit, lol

 

[Revenant]

By the way, do classes differ only by the starting location in the skill tree or do they have fundamental gameplay differences, like hit points or mana gained per level?

 

[JarlFrank]

My witch is called Inanna_Aphrodite

 

[Arkeus]

By the way, do classes differ only by the starting location in the skill tree or do they have fundamental gameplay differences, like hit points or mana gained per level?

They differ by starting locations, starting stats, as well as quest rewards skills. The first and the third are the most important parts.

 

[Revenant]

By the way, do classes differ only by the starting location in the skill tree or do they have fundamental gameplay differences, like hit points or mana gained per level?

They differ by starting locations, starting stats, as well as quest rewards skills. The first and the third are the most important parts.

Yes, but are there any other differences than these quite initial ones? If there aren't, then it must be quite possible to build a pure mage marauder by moving towards witch skills in the skill tree and using magic skill gems. Cool stuff, huh. In this case, this goes ever further than Diablo 1, where classes at least had different attack/cast speeds.

 

[BlackAdderBG]

By the way, do classes differ only by the starting location in the skill tree or do they have fundamental gameplay differences, like hit points or mana gained per level?

They differ by starting locations, starting stats, as well as quest rewards skills. The first and the third are the most important parts.

Yes, but are there any other differences than these quite initial ones? If there aren't, then it must be quite possible to build a pure mage marauder by moving towards witch skills in the skill tree and using magic skill gems. Cool stuff, huh. In this case, this goes ever further than Diablo 1, where classes at least had different attack/cast speeds.

Not sure if this is true or known ,but gems and sockets on items that drop from mobs are somewhat class oriented.I noticed that when playing shadow and got many more green/blue coloured stuff, then when started witch more blue and morouder-red.

 

[Gregz]

Just quest rewards, otherwise skill gem drops are random

 

[BlackAdderBG]

Here are all gems that I have with my Shadow(5 more green,5 blue and 1 red on hero) ,so I think that colour of gems that drops are affected by class at least before end game.

Spoiler

 

[empi]

nah fairly sure it's just luck. Personally in OB i've played 2 templars and a shadow so far, so by your logic i should have mostly blue gems, actually I most of mine are red, then green and lastly blue.

The colour of the sockets in your gear is affected by whether it's ES/dex/arm gear though ofc

 

[Shannow]

I've had mostly green drops. Both, with marauder and witch.

The colour of the sockets in your gear is affected by whether it's ES/dex/arm gear though ofc

Wut? Seems to pretty random to me, too.

 

[Padre]

Just gave them 20$ because it's the best fun I've had in months regarding video games.

Also, fuck Piety and her fucking orbs.

 

[empi]

Nah i'm fairly sure that's a game mechanic, pure ES gear has a highest chance for blue sockets etc.

 

[BlackAdderBG]

I've had mostly green drops. Both, with marauder and witch.

The colour of the sockets in your gear is affected by whether it's ES/dex/arm gear though ofc

Wut? Seems to pretty random to me, too.

Yes that is true and confirmed by GGG on the game page:
"The color of sockets on items is strongly biased towards the attributes that the item is aligned with. For example, a Strength/Dexterity sword is very likely to contain red or green sockets and unlikely to have blue sockets. Skill gems can only be placed in a correctly colored socket."

 

[Stabwound]

I almost got butt reamed by Piety again. She froze me and pounded the fuck out of me: I must have been down to 20hp or so when I made it to one of my party member's portals. But now I can finally say I made to to HC Cruel.

I'm still having difficulty finding any decent items and I've still only found 1 unique.

 

[Grunker]

By the way, do classes differ only by the starting location in the skill tree or do they have fundamental gameplay differences, like hit points or mana gained per level?

They differ by starting locations, starting stats, as well as quest rewards skills. The first and the third are the most important parts.

Yes, but are there any other differences than these quite initial ones? If there aren't, then it must be quite possible to build a pure mage marauder by moving towards witch skills in the skill tree and using magic skill gems. Cool stuff, huh. In this case, this goes ever further than Diablo 1, where classes at least had different attack/cast speeds.

No, they don't differ in other ways, and yes, you can build a pure mage Marauder.

 

[Castanova]

In fact, due to how important survivability is in this game, some people predicted that the Marauder would be the best mage starting point thanks to all the HP nodes, STR, and Iron Will.

I beat Merciless with my Summoner Witch. I did have to join a public party to beat Piety, though. Level 61. Now I get to the best part -- just running around killing stuff for loot and XP. I've found three level 66 maps so far.

 

[Grunker]

I just finished Act 2 on Cruel. Got through it without difficulty... EXCEPT FUCKING CHAOS DAMAGE SNAKES OMG NERF PLZ OMG

 

[Cowboy Moment]

They already nerfed Viper Strike with OB, go get more hp nodes.

Also, more snakes incoming in Act 3 Slums, combined with narrow passageways blocked by endlessly spawning exploding bugs.

 

[Grunker]

Yeah I know, I've got way too much damage and too little survivability, fucked up a bit with my early build, but I'm rectifying that now.

 

[BlackAdderBG]

I just finished Act 2 on Cruel. Got through it without difficulty... EXCEPT FUCKING CHAOS DAMAGE SNAKES OMG NERF PLZ OMG

Maybe get one of this flasks:

They already nerfed Viper Strike with OB, go get more hp nodes.

Also, more snakes incoming in Act 3 Slums, combined with narrow passageways blocked by endlessly spawning exploding bugs.

Act 2 snakes do not use Viper strike,spiders do.

 

[empi]

The snakes do chaos damage, as do those evil bomb throwing fuckers in the sewers, and amethyst flasks are pretty much trash

 

[Vicar]

What I hated most is the Void Bear's breath attack at Act 3 cruel. Anyway Cruel Piety was surprising easy compared to the general Gravicius guy.
Oh and how much does a Portal gem worth?

 

[Cowboy Moment]

They already nerfed Viper Strike with OB, go get more hp nodes.

Also, more snakes incoming in Act 3 Slums, combined with narrow passageways blocked by endlessly spawning exploding bugs.

Act 2 snakes do not use Viper strike,spiders do.

I know. It was nerfed for a similar reason though, did too much Chaos damage to unprepared players.

 

[DakaSha]

fuck im having to much fun with this shit

 

[Castanova]

I'm playing around with an Ice Shot Ranger. I was going to use Lesser Multiple Projectiles but then I noticed I had a Fork gem. And Fork seems like it's almost strictly superior. They both throw off two extra projectiles, they both give you a 30% damage penalty... but LMP has 150% mana cost while Fork is 125%. Am I missing something here?