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Palum

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I've got a whopping 14 exalts, so that doesn't work either.

Guess I need to see if I can snipe some rarity items somehow and push maps real hard, to hope I get some currency to keep up.

I think you're conflating the game systems issues with the fact that you're just a poor in game.
 
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Fogel

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Need a guild invite and rec’s on classes. Which is the most fun?

And by fun I mean lolrofldps.

Sorc Stormweaver and go either cold or lightning, cold getting you some survivability with freezes, lightning for pure dps
 

Gravel

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I think you're conflating the game systems issues with the fact that you're just a poor in game.
Ha. Well that's definitely true. But like I said, I was buying stuff up the last two days at 1ex each. Suddenly everything jumped in price to divines. Maybe it's just dumbasses hoping to cash in and their stuff never sells so they reprice it again in exalts though.
 

Yaamean

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It's just insane, I haven't seen a single divine with a lvl 52 and now 70. Maybe they all drop in mid-tier maps or something?

But level 50-60 items are now being priced in divines, so what the fuck do you even do?
Nah I got all 3 of my divine drops in the campaign and then 40+ maps without another :( RNG gonna RNG.
 

Captain Suave

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Suddenly everything jumped in price to divines

This is consistent with my experience in POE1 leagues. There's an initial wave of everyone racing to the endgame, and if you progress more than one standard deviation slower than the bleeding edge by the time you need endgame gear you're on the back end of the wealth curve competing with all the "serious players" for the same gear. For a few weeks nothing is affordable, then towards the end of the league everything is free because no one cares any more and all the farming has inflated prices to zero real value.

I know they won't, but I really wish GGG would reconsider its stance towards playing the campaign. I tend to avoid leagues because the campaign overhead approaches a meaningful percentage of my total available playtime. At this stage in life I don't have 10 hours to throw away just to get to the "real" game.
 
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Tmac

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Sorc Stormweaver and go either cold or lightning, cold getting you some survivability with freezes, lightning for pure dps

Any OP classes in melee or is clothy glass cannon the only way?
 

Palum

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Any OP classes in melee or is clothy glass cannon the only way?

Almost all the actual melee isn't in game yet. The warrior/mace is not great since it's focused on stun, and monk/staff have a bunch of ranged stuff so while it's better it's not exactly only traditional melee.
 
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BoozeCube

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Well that kind of sucks, cause their stupid cast on freeze build basically put my behind the curve where I had no choice but to completely reroll after the first week.

I ran into this as well, from decent ahead of the curve to fucked in the shithole with no lube.
 
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BoozeCube

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This is consistent with my experience in POE1 leagues. There's an initial wave of everyone racing to the endgame, and if you progress more than one standard deviation slower than the bleeding edge by the time you need endgame gear you're on the back end of the wealth curve competing with all the "serious players" for the same gear. For a few weeks nothing is affordable, then towards the end of the league everything is free because no one cares any more and all the farming has inflated prices to zero real value.

I know they won't, but I really with GGG would reconsiders its stance towards playing the campaign. I tend to avoid leagues because the campaign overhead approaches a meaningful percentage of my total available playtime. At this stage in life I don't have 10 hours to throw away just to get to the "real" game.

Such amazing gameplay super wow... they should of just made a fucking trading simulator and thrown the ARPG side in the trash that way all the bots and chinks can win.

If Solo Self Found simply gave more drops and better affixes, I'd never play their other versions.
 
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Kirun

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This is consistent with my experience in POE1 leagues. There's an initial wave of everyone racing to the endgame, and if you progress more than one standard deviation slower than the bleeding edge by the time you need endgame gear you're on the back end of the wealth curve competing with all the "serious players" for the same gear. For a few weeks nothing is affordable, then towards the end of the league everything is free because no one cares any more and all the farming has inflated prices to zero real value.

I know they won't, but I really wish GGG would reconsider its stance towards playing the campaign. I tend to avoid leagues because the campaign overhead approaches a meaningful percentage of my total available playtime. At this stage in life I don't have 10 hours to throw away just to get to the "real" game.
I mean, there definitely has to be a "happy" medium or otherwise you get D4 where nothing means shit and it's the most boring gameplay imaginable.

That's why I'm firmly in the camp of "do it once each season" so that it's not just some throwaway thing that doesn't matter, but not so prohibitive that rolling a new character seems more frustrating than it's worth.
 

mkopec

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ya ggg should really have a few people dedicated to nuking market manipulators like this, it really does buttfuck everything
Whenever you have a game that can be RMT in, you will have this type of BS going on. It was the same shit in POE1.

 

Gravel

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Jesus, $5 for a divine?

Speaking of, are there ever any cheaper cosmetics? I'm not paying $40 for pixels to look cooler. $10-15 I might be okay with.
 
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Caliane

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an example from reddit for the proc gen/map design in poe2. What the fuck is this mess?
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Captain Suave

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Such amazing gameplay super wow... they should of just made a fucking trading simulator and thrown the ARPG side in the trash that way all the bots and chinks can win.

If Solo Self Found simply gave more drops and better affixes, I'd never play their other versions.

I play SSF because I find trading super unsatisfying, even if it means I never get S-tier gear.

That's why I'm firmly in the camp of "do it once each season" so that it's not just some throwaway thing that doesn't matter, but not so prohibitive that rolling a new character seems more frustrating than it's worth.

I imagine I'm not unique in that I can devote maybe 4-5 hours a week to any specific game. In a 13-week season the campaign represents a 2+ week commitment, or 15-25% of my total playtime, and that's if you know exactly how to rush. That's right on the edge of the point where I'd rather not play than do it again.
 
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Penance

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If Solo Self Found simply gave more drops and better affixes, I'd never play their other versions.
Would be nice if you could earn mtx through ssf or some other incentive, but that would cut into their profit model so it'll likely never gappen.
 

Caliane

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Last Epoch actually ha=s mechanics for SSF. poe its just bragging rights really. or for those without the self control to not break it.

I went SSF, but probably shouldn't have, so i could donate to the guild bank.
 
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Chris

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my cold chronomancer doesn't just use frost wall. they use frostwall, frostbomb, frost bolt, coldsnap. archmage. like everyone else. only eye of winter, or freezing shards are optional. and maybe frost nova.
Wtf, how you freezing packs without Freezing Shards/Eye of Winter linked to Chain? You don't even have Elemental Storm procs with that Ascendancy.

With Frostbolt!? It's so small, I have increased AoE on Coldsnap so I can use it to kill whole packs. Hopefully I misunderstood and you meant one or the other?

Obviously bosses you can use Frost Wall.