Chimney
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It's really rough early. If I do monk again I'm leveling as bow if they don't make some changes to their early game. Mid-late game it really shines though so stick with it!
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It's really rough early. If I do monk again I'm leveling as bow if they don't make some changes to their early game. Mid-late game it really shines though so stick with it!
Aazrael
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I made a Mercenary alt day 2 to get the Spirit gem reward from act 1 to help my Witch out that kinda got stuck in Act 2. And it does go by much faster the second time you play.
Cruel difficulty took maybe 2-3 hours per Act and thats me being ineffective. I take like 10-12 hours doing PoE1 campaign as well and that never stops me from playing every League.
Add to that, there will be build guides to help clearing as time goes on making it faster as well.
Cruel difficulty took maybe 2-3 hours per Act and thats me being ineffective. I take like 10-12 hours doing PoE1 campaign as well and that never stops me from playing every League.
Add to that, there will be build guides to help clearing as time goes on making it faster as well.
Arbitrary
Tranny Chaser
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Was a long road to see if Artillery Totem would be good. Took the two +1 totem nodes, the +1 totem support, four totems, let's go! Shoots in to the air, there's a delay and then rains down. Everything moves enough and quickly enough that a miss bonanza. I still think it might be ok but this was dangerously large amounts of not worth.
rhinohelix
Dental Dammer
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I did warrior for 4 levels and then switched to Merc, where I am now 33 coming round the bend of Act 2. I could see the writing on the wall for melee. I still want to try it but after I have a bunch of twink gear to start it off right, or maybe wait until the other classes drop. Titan looks so awesome but the early game seems so brutal with limited mobility.
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Intrinsic
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Got the big Fire Giant guy last night, so guess I’m decently far in Act 2. Actually had to spec in to some grenades rather than rely purely on Frost shot and Frag shot. The adds that zip in just creamed me, otherwise he wasn’t too bad. Also had to take a couple of skills to Rank VI or VII. Adding just the explosive grenade to my rotation is pretty crazy though. I reached +gooder Grenades on the passive tree so may look in to more today. Think I’m just about to hit 30.
Maybe it is as a newcomer and not knowing about anything that is missing or different, but I’m still having a good time.
Maybe it is as a newcomer and not knowing about anything that is missing or different, but I’m still having a good time.
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Intrinsic
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He has a strange freeze interaction for me where it would stick at 99% build up and not trigger. Not sure if that’s bc his animation has like freeze iFrame or something because eventually after his attack it would pop. But then other attacks like his arm swipe or the sword stab he freezes just fine.
I have whatever the support skill for Poison + Armor decay is on Frag shot so actually relied on it plus grenades more than the freeze because it was so unreliable. Then just timed Grenades with Scattershot whenever the adds came out. That combined with Corpse Explosion took them out fairly easily. Then it was just dodging falling shit, exploding shit, shooting shit, while standing in a 4’ radius circle which seems to be par for the course on these fights.
I have whatever the support skill for Poison + Armor decay is on Frag shot so actually relied on it plus grenades more than the freeze because it was so unreliable. Then just timed Grenades with Scattershot whenever the adds came out. That combined with Corpse Explosion took them out fairly easily. Then it was just dodging falling shit, exploding shit, shooting shit, while standing in a 4’ radius circle which seems to be par for the course on these fights.
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Kirun
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Chris
Potato del Grande
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I get this constantly on bosses. Some animations are immune to crowd control, but the freeze will go off after the animation if you do 1% more freeze to it.
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Caliane
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dang. hard core ladder is nuts. howeven?
its all internalist/titans btw.
for balbaba I 2 shot her. first, died to the poison, before figuring out what I was supposed to do. thought maybe the coins were safe zones...they were not.
what worked was just NOT running around. I stood mostly still, let her come to me, with her bullshit. chasing her, she teleports around. stand still, she teleports to you.
jsut fyi, the game pauses when you open up your passive tree in single player.
its all internalist/titans btw.
for balbaba I 2 shot her. first, died to the poison, before figuring out what I was supposed to do. thought maybe the coins were safe zones...they were not.
what worked was just NOT running around. I stood mostly still, let her come to me, with her bullshit. chasing her, she teleports around. stand still, she teleports to you.
jsut fyi, the game pauses when you open up your passive tree in single player.
moonarchia
The Scientific Shitlord
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Daidraco
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Definitely switch to Vulkan. When I first started, and Im sure they've patched it some... But DX12 would crash on me every 15-30 minutes.
Janx
told me to switch to Vulkan and the games ran flawlessly ever since. With DX12 being THAT buggy, and Vulkan being this flawless - I wouldnt even give DX12 a chance anymore. I see no benefit.I've gotten 9 Lesser Jeweler's during my entire playtime and 2 Jeweler's. The regular Jeweler's came from Maps/Atlas. I run close to 50% Increased Rarity, though. Not sure if that helps in that regard - but Im not a fan of running without it just out of reluctance.
Doesnt that have a chance of blowing the gem up and also lock that gem to the lower slot? I could see using it on slot 5, maybe? if thats the case, anyways.
I got lucky on my first playthrough. I was bombing the guy from out of range with Gas > Explode. Next thing I know he just started walking forward non-stop, bugged out. Never even stopped to attack, just kept walking forward like he was still in the lava. The Viper lady not long after that is the worst fucking boss Ive encountered though. You cant fuck up on her mechanics even in Cruel Difficulty with an OP build.
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Daidraco
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I'd just try a different class, personally. I saw through alpha testers that Merc and Sorcerer were OP and thats what I got
BoozeCube
and I to play through it. I didnt know the other classes were struggling like that, though. Course I always struggled in POE1 with melee, too. I think by the time they get to release in February - iirc - that they'll have buffed other shit up to a more competitive level since "classes" are more defined in POE2. (If you do take a break)Outside of bugs and class balance, I think its a great game personally. Ive got pneumonia, so its filled my miserableness up pretty well.
This is the only thing Im not enjoying about the game right now from a Mercenary standpoint. Especially when I group with Boozecube on his Sorcerer. I already cant see shit on the ground by myself when my grenades are covering the screen (the whole mechanic for Grenadier build is to have multiple grenades on cast, then have each grenades AOE overlap each other so you get each cast to basically multiply on each mob. I have something like an extra 300-400% area of effect on grenades and its dumb. But that also means the whole screen is one big explosion.) So if I have to keep dodging non-stop, even when it doesnt make sense to - because I dont know what the fuck is being cast under my feet that will essentially one shot me in maps. Unless I take my time and cast shit from off screen - I struggle inside of maps because of it.
I really wish there was just a way to tone down particle effects, honestly. Thats it.
GhenghisKhan
Molten Core Raider
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Read the same thread. Used my only vaal on a skill and it worked. They'll probably nerf this asap.
