Path of Exile is a MAJESTIC incline

[Peachcurl]

Ho, i did find the exavation dude already, i just didn't feel like doing it. I have no idea what i'm supposed to do and it just feels like one big distraction from the main campaign.

There are 4 of them, actually.

To be quite honest, I haven't gotten to the bottom of excavations yet. On the surface (ok, enough puns, sorry) you need to place explosives to unearth chests and enemies.

The chest markers indicate by their colours how good their loot is, while the skull markers indicate enemies, with the big ones being rare monsters. The markers with text on them give monsters some specific boost, but also increase loot from either chests or monsters in some way.

Among the loot, you will find currency items for the specific dude you've found in the stage. One of them will sell you items that aren't identified, working as a bet kind of deal. Another sels identified items, another sells other currency items you can bargain over and the last one sells currency for the other three (which makes his currency worth more than the other's). In particular, the most valuable currency of each of these npcs is an item that re-rolls and re-stock their inventory; and also apparently it is the only one that can be traded with other players.

Finally, there are also supposed to be maps you can find for them, but I've never found one, so I don't know much about that.

Yes, the real deal are the "maps" you mention, expedition logbooks. Function somewhat similar to the random encounters, but "on steroids" (i.e., with chests marked as having specific content, such as uniques or certain currency). They don't drop extraordinarily often, but I guess you can increase it via atlas tree...

 

[Kjaska]

Would prefer some sort of a "standard" Witch/Templar build where I'm tossing out spells from a distance.

Builds like that tend to be on the weaker side in PoE and/or require a lot more gear to start feeling good.

This is the most hand-holding you will ever get for a PoE Build:



and I highly recommend you play that instead of anything else first. Later on, if you like the end-game, you can try a more gear dependent build.

Alternatively, if it absolutely has to be a Witch -> Impending Doom:

 

[Lyric Suite]

I'm in act 9 and the game now has introduced a full blown feminist. They HAD to go there i guess?

 

[Gerrard]

You should try playing ranger and listening to her voice lines.

 

[Cyberarmy]

You should try playing ranger and listening to her voice lines.

I think scion is way worse. Her old voice and lines were better.

 

[Baron Dupek]

And her old portrait was... interesting. Almost like it got inpired by Mysteries of the Druids or something.

I'm in act 9 and the game now has introduced a full blown feminist. They HAD to go there i guess?

Which one? Act 4th and 9th takes place in the Highgate, populated by Maraketh - a matriarchal? society/tribe.

 

[Lyric Suite]

And her old portrait was... interesting. Almost like it got inpired by Mysteries of the Druids or something.

I'm in act 9 and the game now has introduced a full blown feminist. They HAD to go there i guess?

Which one? Act 4th and 9th takes place in the Highgate, populated by Maraketh - a matriarchal? society/tribe.

The tribal warrior wombyn whatever her name is.

She has a couple of lines where she specifically shits on "men".

BTW, the plot in the first part was interesting, but part 2 is definitely a chore to read through. It's like the game has one plot line and it's just variations on the same theme, over and over.

And i know this game wants to be a spiritual sequel to D2 of sort, but i think at this point i'm starting to grow tired of the magic "artifact" MacGuffin.

 

[Alex]

I'm in act 9 and the game now has introduced a full blown feminist. They HAD to go there i guess?

Which one is worse, the feminist or the freemason?

Also, I think this game is probably better if you don't pay any attention to lore or dialogue.

 

[ArchAngel]

I must admit I was not expecting Jugg to be this tanky. I only got 3400 HP but I am able to do up to lvl 10 maps without much problems. I only have problems with chaos themed monsters that spawn with league mechanics even with 20+ chaos res.

 

[Gerrard]

You should try playing ranger and listening to her voice lines.

I think scion is way worse. Her old voice and lines were better.

I don't think anything is worse than "One less little angry boy for the world to deal with.". Some of ranger's lines genuinely sound like they come from Twitter.

 

[Lyric Suite]

I'm half-way through act 10. Longest turorial in the history of games.

 

[Cyberarmy]

It became quicker as you get used to campaign and able to finish it under 10 hours (not in Ruthless ofc) but still bothersome as fuck. They really should open delving, heisting and mapping as optional levelling ways.

 

[Perkel]

yeah and after you finish it few times you learn map patterns so despite being random you know exactly where to go.

 

[tritosine2k]

Scion VA is pretty good imho. Cadiro was awesome. They kinda fail at unifying league content. Blight would go well with delve. Instead of unifying it's stripped like Cadiro.

 

[Lyric Suite]

WTF the -60% elemental penalty after killing Kitava.

Either way, i'm now done with the fucking campaign. Can finally get into maps and check that shit out.

 

[Jaedar]

WTF the -60% elemental penalty after killing Kitava.

The chaos penalty is much worse, since it's waay harder to get on gear and becomes a distressingly common source of damage in maps.

 

[ArchAngel]

I got my Jugg into lower level red maps, still sporting a 5L
I had a few 6L drops but none of them axes or armor or armor/evasion body armor so useless. Now I gave up on waiting for 6l to then craft on but now I will try to find worthy body armor first and then turn it into 6L so I got a lot of fusings now and maybe I get lucky.
Survival is still going strong even with only 3700 life lol. This build asks now to get a lot of spell supression for red maps but so far I didn't find anything good for any of my item slots so now I just decided to do red maps without it :D
I tried to craft a better axe but no luck so far, I am still using something I crafted while still in white maps that has about 450 pdps. I pick up all Despot Axes I find and try them on Forges to see what upgrades I can get and it is always shit.. only one I found that is only half shit and that is ilvl83 is one I tried crafting on and wasted everything good I had on it for zero results (essences and harvest energy).
I had a divine drop.. it would be so much easier to buy a good axe instead of this shitty RNG system.

 

[tritosine2k]

I got my Jugg into lower level red maps, still sporting a 5L
I had a few 6L drops but none of them axes or armor or armor/evasion body armor so useless. Now I gave up on waiting for 6l to then craft on but now I will try to find worthy body armor first and then turn it into 6L so I got a lot of fusings now and maybe I get lucky.
Survival is still going strong even with only 3700 life lol. This build asks now to get a lot of spell supression for red maps but so far I didn't find anything good for any of my item slots so now I just decided to do red maps without it :D
I tried to craft a better axe but no luck so far, I am still using something I crafted while still in white maps that has about 450 pdps .

Look up tainted fuse. Niko's memory of chasms is easy source otherwise beyond.

 

[ArchAngel]

I got my Jugg into lower level red maps, still sporting a 5L
I had a few 6L drops but none of them axes or armor or armor/evasion body armor so useless. Now I gave up on waiting for 6l to then craft on but now I will try to find worthy body armor first and then turn it into 6L so I got a lot of fusings now and maybe I get lucky.
Survival is still going strong even with only 3700 life lol. This build asks now to get a lot of spell supression for red maps but so far I didn't find anything good for any of my item slots so now I just decided to do red maps without it :D
I tried to craft a better axe but no luck so far, I am still using something I crafted while still in white maps that has about 450 pdps .

Look up tainted fuse. Niko's memory of chasms is easy source otherwise beyond.

Nah, I already specialized into Syndicate, Harvest and Expeditions. I am collecting some delving energy and hope to get some stuff there to craft over 20% quality on something worth using so to try to make a 6l (like a Despot Axe with good Forge abilities). Or from Syndicate when I get to right safe houses.

 

[tritosine2k]

I got my Jugg into lower level red maps, still sporting a 5L
I had a few 6L drops but none of them axes or armor or armor/evasion body armor so useless. Now I gave up on waiting for 6l to then craft on but now I will try to find worthy body armor first and then turn it into 6L so I got a lot of fusings now and maybe I get lucky.
Survival is still going strong even with only 3700 life lol. This build asks now to get a lot of spell supression for red maps but so far I didn't find anything good for any of my item slots so now I just decided to do red maps without it :D
I tried to craft a better axe but no luck so far, I am still using something I crafted while still in white maps that has about 450 pdps .

Look up tainted fuse. Niko's memory of chasms is easy source otherwise beyond.

Nah, I already specialized into Syndicate, Harvest and Expeditions. I am collecting some delving energy and hope to get some stuff there to craft over 20% quality on something worth using so to try to make a 6l (like a Despot Axe with good Forge abilities). Or from Syndicate when I get to right safe houses.

Well yeah not to mention those beyond bosses can get ugly xd. I think i got more tainted from regular mobs during memory it's quite fun. Now im itching for some delirious beyond.

 

[Lyric Suite]

Jeeeebus the atlas tree lmao.

This shit is actually worse than the skill tree as i have no idea what the hell is it i'm looking at, though at least respec points are cheaper.

 

[Lyric Suite]

WTF the -60% elemental penalty after killing Kitava.

The chaos penalty is much worse, since it's waay harder to get on gear and becomes a distressingly common source of damage in maps.

I found some gear that has a bunch and curiously it's mostly full evasion gear, which makes me wonder whether "rogue" gear or whatever has an higher chance to roll it.

For the time being, i decided to pick up those three nodes that grant 18% for each element. They are right there and i can easily respec out of them once i patch up the holes in my gear. Currently, i have 60% or more on each element and 24% on Chaos resistance. Best i can do for the time being.

Did a couple of maps and found another of those wierd NPCs, Sister what's her face. I also found some Syndacate materials or tokens and i'm told "soneone" in town will know about them but when i talk to Jun i get no reaction. I met her once out in the open in the Oasis and she told me about the Syndacate but then after that the quest got stalled. I'm not sure i like the randomness of those encounters. I met Jun in act 9, had an encounter with her in the Oasis, told me to find the Syndacate people and then nada. Now i'm finding stuff related to her but can't turn it in because the first part of her quest was never complete.

Still staring at the Atlas trying to figure out what it is i'm looking at. I guess it would be better to climb the Atlas before using maps but i got a bunch of T1 trash maps and i saw T2 maps are pretty cheap at Kirac so for now i guess i can just do those while i figure out the Atlas tree.

 

[Lyric Suite]

Lel, what is this vault bullshit. I thought it was going to be knewl items instead it's a bunch of paid cosmetics and "free" shit which however isn't available on ruthless.

Also, i see i got another Atlas point. I thought you got those only by doing missions for Kirac, but apparently you just get them like that.

 

[Lyric Suite]

Saw a reddit post that suggested going like this for a first time, at least for the first 30 points or whatever:

https://poeplanner.com/atlas-tree/B...u7xiLC3GJo6lDh9QUAB-LCAAAAAAAAAMDAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

[Perkel]

Still staring at the Atlas trying to figure out what it is i'm looking at. I guess it would be better to climb the Atlas before using maps but i got a bunch of T1 trash maps and i saw T2 maps are pretty cheap at Kirac so for now i guess i can just do those while i figure out the Atlas tree.

There isn't really anything to figure out. Just play maps and higher ones will be collected as loot. Your start at T1 and go up to T15. Along the way there will be some story content but not like campaign. More like clues for you to do specific maps and X happens.

Saw a reddit post that suggested going like this for a first time, at least for the first 30 points or whatever:

https://poeplanner.com/atlas-tree/B...u7xiLC3GJo6lDh9QUAB-LCAAAAAAAAAMDAAAAAAAAAAAA

IT doesn't really matter. Atlas tree is mostly for you to customize what you like and what you don't like about atlas. So if you really don't like some content you can outright switch it off. Or if you really love some content you can specialize atlas tree in it to get a lot of those encounters.

If you don't know what you like etc. just focus on general nodes