Path of Exile is a MAJESTIC incline

[DakaSha]

Just dropped 25 bucks for the premium stash tab bundle + upgrades to the 4 you start with (which is on sale)

Expensive as shit when you consider what you are actually buying but i have already gotten WAY more than 25 bucks of enjoyment out of this and i wager it has only started. Fags deserve it and any money they get will only go to improving the game

 

[Grunker]

The flipside to this kind of microtransaction-system is that shit is expensive I guess, like in LoL. I'm fine with that, I have fully functional game. Anything beyond that is sprinkles and support for the devs if I want to give that. I just hope the system works and they won't run out of money or make nothing on the game.

 

[DakaSha]

Are there any bros on the american server?

My nicks so far are:
UtterTard
DatOneHoodRat
SixInchesInHisGut
ItsyaBoyMarvO
VincentStuart

Add me if you play on Kwa server

 

[k-t]

There is only one game server instance. EU, US and Singapore are just gateways that can provide better latency.

So, basically everyone plays on the same server.

 

[empi]

Pretty sure it's all one server isn't it?

 

[DakaSha]

Pretty sure it's all one server isn't it?

I selected the american server (as opposed to singapore or europe) so i doubt it. would make for horrible ping for sure

 

[DakaSha]

well he proved me wrong

 

[Castanova]

Joined a public party in order to finish the Lunaris Temple on Normal with my crappy Ranger. Similar to Stabwound, I'm basically deadweight, contributing little more than AoE frost status effects. Anyway, a Regal Orb dropped -- I've played a fair amount since OB release and I still have never seen one drop. I ran up and machine-gun clicked on it and the timer expired and I stole that shit. Booya.

 

[Arkeus]

This is pretty much why i don't play in public parties.

 

[Castanova]

Eh, it even outs in the end. Sometimes you steal items, sometimes people steal your items. You snooze you lose. But no matter what, more items drop the more people in the party. So, unless you're really slow and don't tend to pay attention (or you REALLY like to play solo), it's always worthwhile to join public parties instead of soloing.

 

[Hoaxmetal]

It would be fine if the timer would be increased by two or three seconds and picking things up would actually work, now you need to rush and click like crazy on an item only for your timer to run out and it being taken by someone else.

 

[empi]

Dunno why you guys complain about all the names being taken, nobody had taken CleavelandBlakemore

 

[Castanova]

Isn't it Cleveland, though?

Do people really spend a chaos orb to buy LMP? I saw people bidding that on the trading forum. You could get an LMP from quest rewards in, like, an hour.

 

[empi]

Is cos it's a char that's using cleave, innit
and yeah i've seen LMP go for a chaos+

 

[Castanova]

I think I need to start selling crap in my stash -- I feel like people are throwing money around willy-nilly. I've been saving up every 4L+ I find that has a reasonable ilvl.

 

[dibens]

So far wand shadow is awesome. Frenzied Power Syphon with Lesser Multiple Projectiles and Increased Critical Damage mows down mobs like nothing. All those criticals shaking the screen and blue syphoning vortexes exploding from dying opponents make for visually satisfying combat. Mana is a huge problem, though. At this point in game marauders usually become resourceless with Bloodmagic, so it's hard to adjust my playstyle to that of not spamming abilities like mad.

 

[Castanova]

Deep Thoughts is fairly close by, as is that mana pool/regen cluster directly above your starting area. Also, you could go into the Witch's starting area all the way to the 40% mana regen spot. And are you using Clarity? My Ranger was having INTENSE mana problems until I got the Mana Flows cluster + started using Clarity.

Wand Shadow is definitely a build I wanted to try. Looks fun, indeed.

 

[dibens]

Of course, Clarity, completely forgot. Don't have the gem yet, though.

I dropped the CI build and have something like this in mind. Hopefully the combination of evasion, energy shield and block will make me tanky enough for HC.

 

[Stabwound]

I finally found a nasty 2-handed maul with really high damage and increased attack speed, and that shit cuts through things like a hot knife through butter. Unfortunately, I think foregoing a shield as a melee character in hardcore is a probably a death sentence from mid-late Cruel and on. 1/3 of my entire armor score came from my shield, but 1-handed maces are so terribly wimpy compared to good 2-handers, especially when you don't pick up any +dmg nodes.

I'm basically using blood magic and ground slam with life leech/increased melee damage/added fire damage. I'd throw a life on hit gem in there too if I could find a 5L body armor, but I've only come across a 4L so far.

 

[Cowboy Moment]

I think it's fine to use a 2hander on a hardcore character, you just need to pick every life node on your side of the tree.

 

[DakaSha]

Im starting to realize that you can really play the economy in this. Almost like a meta business sim

I dont feel bad about it. I know ive been ripped off quite a few times. I think im slowly getting the hang of it though

 

[oscar]

What passives would you recommend to gun for with a two-handed duellist (leaning axes at the moment but could still be swerved away) whose going for half evasion/half armour?

 

[dibens]

Axes are bad for duelist imo- you should take advantage of your dexterity, crit chance and attack speed passives, pick two handed sword and go all the way to the west of the skill tree for those nasty ass crit chance/crit damage nodes. Atleast that's what I would do on a two handed duelist, it fits his theme.

 

[Stabwound]

I just got 1 shotted by Cruel Vaal. I have no idea what even happened. Fuck, that's annoying.

 

[Minttunator]

Stabwound, you probably got hit by the falling rocks. It's telegraphed (i.e. some rubble falls where the larger rocks are going to drop), but you've a pretty short timeframe to react and it's fairly hard to see. RID, bro!