Recent content by Arbitrary

  1. Arbitrary

    Path of Exile

    With the changes to Raise Spectre the target number is gem level thirty for level 85 spectres. That's a tall order. If you were running Wretched Defilers and you hit Returning Projectiles (66% reduced damage at 20, 70% reduced damage at 1) that would allow you to run a big Empower in that slot...
  2. Arbitrary

    Path of Exile

    Don't forget that you can merchant recipe GCPs. One 20% quality gem can be sold for one GCP. A combination of gems totaling 40% is also one GCP. I typically have one tab designated to hold all the random quality gems that drop and then the actual proper gem tab holds a more curated pile. When...
  3. Arbitrary

    Path of Exile

    I was initially excited at the prospect of getting spell totem support as an imbue so I could wear a real chest instead of Soul Mantle but I had forgotten that totem life is based not on the skill gem but on spell totem support itself.
  4. Arbitrary

    Path of Exile

    To the Kinetic Blast of Clustering bros hunting for Returning Projectiles may the odds ever be in your favor. Meta skill, transmuted gem. Returning projectiles do 66% less damage at level 20 and 70% less damage at level one. Odds look around one in forty to hit but there are some other green...
  5. Arbitrary

    Path of Exile

    I've been going over the builds I want to play and supports they would want along with how much it changes their PoBs. For spells and minions losing one gem level in exchange for one level one support, assuming the support is fine but not optimal, ranges from 10 to 15% more damage. That's fine...
  6. Arbitrary

    Path of Exile

    I just don't want to see an actual minion meta ever again. Being meta is a good way of getting shat on whether you deserve it or not. Not being meta is a good way of getting buffs whether you deserve them or not. I think Guardian, Absolution and Raise Spectre are going to push it over the line...
  7. Arbitrary

    Path of Exile

    I feel the same way. The zero percent representation is completely divorced from the strength of the ascendancy. It's the kind of situation where you see something get buffed and just know it's going to get nerfed down the road. I get stomping on some of the meta stuff. What they've chosen to...
  8. Arbitrary

    The Video Thread

    Maybe time for a remake
  9. Arbitrary

    What did you just read?

    The stuff with Joe Miller in book four is the only time in the series I felt like I was reading something special. Something about it really seized my interest. I kinda had a similar experience with the Expeditionary Forces series where they were good enough to keep going but the stories rarely...
  10. Arbitrary

    Path of Exile

    I was giving the imbued gems some thought People are going to wreck themselves chasing specific skill/support combinations. I had to scale back my own plans (bolt Feeding Frenzy on to minion skill) when I saw that would be something like a one in forty-five. If it's a transfigured gem and you...
  11. Arbitrary

    A Song of Ice and Fire (Released Spoilers)

    No one gives a shit because it's Gerald's Game but Gerald's Game is 100% over and then keeps going for another 30 pages. The Stand is definitely worse because it sets up a major armed conflict between Boulder and Vegas to never pay that off to then do the "story is over here's fifty more pages...
  12. Arbitrary

    Exit 8 (2025)

    It's fine. The dude being asthmatic and coughing through act one made me want to shut it off but it's fine.
  13. Arbitrary

    Path of Exile

    None of my shit got nerfed Going to be a good league
  14. Arbitrary

    Path of Exile

    Put me down for "this is still going to be too good"
  15. Arbitrary

    Path of Exile

    You convince poor tards that the reason they're poor is GGG's fault and then when the underlying loot gets boosted it has a expontential effect on big investment group play juicer gameplay. I watched two videos of super juicers complaining about ground loot and then a third juicer doing a...