Path of Exile is a MAJESTIC incline

[DakaSha]

I beat that faggot 1 shot cruel brutus with my templar btw.
I got a new pc tho so im playign a bunch of popamole for the moment. I WILL BE BACK THO

 

[bloodlover]

Anyone around level 46 or something that wants to play? Default league.

 

[empi]

I do love GGG, people reporting security issues and they address it straight away, same with the problem with the Shipyard map and they fixed that right away

 

[Azael]

Just started playing the game, feels a lot like Diablo 2. In a good way. The passive skill tree is p. daunting when you first look at it, hard to plan character builds, but I'll take it as it comes. So far, I've tried Shadow and Marauder. Marauder is very straightforward, close to boring, to play while Shadow seems a bit trickier. Way too early to tell though.

One question about skill gems, is there any reason not to level them? As in, do the level of the gems you have affect how long it takes to reach the next level on other gems?

 

[bloodlover]

Each gem gains level individually. So you can just keep a marauder gem on a witch build just in order to raise it. Gems level from xp even if you don't actually use the gem to get kills.

 

[Revenant]

Each gem gains level individually. So you can just keep a marauder gem on a witch build just in order to raise it. Gems level from xp even if you don't actually use the gem to get kills.

However, gems have ability and level requirements to level up, so you won't level up a marauder gem on a witch build more than a few levels. And then you will have a stash half-full of skill gems with that annoying plus sign on them, which means you can't level them up any further.

 

[spectre]

I actually find the plus sign helpful, it denotes that the gem was planned to be used by somebody.

 

[Raapys]

There are sometimes reasons not to level them. Maybe you can't afford a higher mana cost for the skill without crippling your main attack, or maybe you don't want to increase the int/dex/str requirements that leveling the gem would bring.

Gems don't gain xp if they're waiting to be leveled up.

 

[Azael]

OK, good to know.

 

[Orma]

Anyone around level 46 or something that wants to play? Default league.

Add ''Zelithia'', my ice witch.

 

[hoverdog]

can someone (OP, raw?) make a list of our chars so we can cooperate in a more organized manner?

my heroes:

KorwinKrul (HC, main one)
Oksiuta (normal)

 

[Hoaxmetal]

Currently playing as DukkMetal (HC)
I think that friending one character puts your whole account in friend list, right?

 

[empi]

Currently playing as DukkMetal (HC)
I think that friending one character puts your whole account in friend list, right?

Yeah that's right

AllIEverWanded (HC)

And someone make a thread with everyone's names and for organising parties for races and stuff

 

[Kane]

MolestedLikeLaraCroft (HC)

can someone (OP, raw?) make a list of our chars so we can cooperate in a more organized manner?

my heroes:

KorwinKrul (HC, main one)
Oksiuta (normal)

I have updated the OP accordingly.

 

[hoverdog]

I have updated the OP accordingly.

 

[spectre]

There are sometimes reasons not to level them. Maybe you can't afford a higher mana cost for the skill without crippling your main attack, or maybe you don't want to increase the int/dex/str requirements that leveling the gem would bring.

Gems don't gain xp if they're waiting to be leveled up.

There are several gems that do not benefit that much at later levels. Most of the auras are a good example, I have a few clarity gems at levels 1-3 which I rotate between chars.
There's also utility stuff like detonate dead which I keep at level 1 and use when there's a necromancer infestation.

 

[empi]

Eh I level up pretty much all auras most of the time <3 inner force too

Some stuff isn't worth levelling up, you should look up what things gain when they level/when mana costs raise to see when/if you should stop levelling

 

[Castanova]

Did my first one-hour race practice run last night. Went Duelist, got level 9 and killed Brutus in ~30 minutes. What do you do after Brutus at level 9? Are you supposed to run straight for Merveil and hope for the best so you can get to Western Forest ASAP?

 

[Tigranes]

So we make friends using character names right? Mine is currently Volosinov (because, well, Kierkegaard was taken), though I'm a lowly Level 11 in the Prison and can solo a bit longer till I'm competent.

I actually love the gems for active skills idea, I think it's a really good innovation from the D2 formula. My main thing with the passives tree is that it's just so hard to navigate because it's so big. But really lthat's a low price to pay for the clear advantages I can see.

 

[empi]

Lol bit of a nightmare for the first race, internet went down and I started a few minutes late, then died in mud flats. Remade to casually get a few reward points, got to level 13

 

[Orma]

My witch died when i could be the #1 as there were only a few witches. Should have bypassed tidal island.

Gave up and could not reroll out of butthurt.

 

[Revenant]

Put me in the OP as well. The name is Moonthorne.

By the way, I probably missed whether Acrobatics was discussed in this thread. Is it worth it? I'm thinking Acrobatics and Phase Acrobatics are the way a shadow is meant to be played, kind of. Is it worth abandoning energy shield in favor of increased evasion?

 

[Castanova]

I'm a huge fan of Acrobats/Phase Acrobatics + Arrow Dodging. I don't have hard evidence backing it up but I suspect it's superior to armor builds in a lot of ways. What makes it a bit difficult is that you need to stack enough HP along with it, though, and there isn't a ton of HP available on that side of the tree.

Can you race experts help me here by filling out the rest of this 1-hour race gameplan?

1. Kill Hillock
2. Rush to the Ledge, arriving at level 3.
3. Grind the Ledge to level 8 or 9.
4. Optional: kill Hailrake if you need the skill gem and/or the Quicksilver
5. Kill Brutus
6. ???
7. Profit

I need the #6 part since #1-5 takes up less than 30 minutes.

 

[Orma]

Put me in the OP as well. The name is Moonthorne.

By the way, I probably missed whether Acrobatics was discussed in this thread. Is it worth it? I'm thinking Acrobatics and Phase Acrobatics are the way a shadow is meant to be played, kind of. Is it worth abandoning energy shield in favor of increased evasion?

Not really. ES + Evasion is good. Only evasion will get you killed.

 

[Orma]

We really need to create a good party and make a plan for tomorrow's party race btw.