Yeah that boss was a shit show once the adds came out. Beat him fairly quick but as soon as he died the adds kept coming and tore me a new one. Maybe it was a bug? They weren't there when I came back after dying.
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I don't disagree, but the feedback in this case feels like core redesigns rather than tweaks.
sakkath
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I fought that boss right where he spawns, on the point of the ledge - also as a cold sorc. I think it's out of adds aggro range perhaps as when I went further up I got them throwing spears at me and more hyenas spawned. When I moved him back to the point of the ledge no more adds came. I just ran tight loops around him in melee range and did my usual frost bomb and spam frostbolt, cold snap when he gets frozen. That boss has only frontal melee swings so if you dive roll behind him when he attacks nothing will hit you.
Also for the act1 boss that some people are having trouble with, I circled him at maximum range keeping him at the edge of the screen. That way you've got heaps of time to react to his dashes and other attacks. I continually ran circles around him at huge range dropping frost bomb on him, spamming frostbolt and occasional cold snap.
When all the adds spawned I frost bomb on myself and spam nova until they all died then went back to circling the boss.
I had level 5 spells at the time, not sure what level but I'm going to say ~16 based on my current passive tree. My tree is just a choose your own adventure heading towards the best looking offensive passives. Path of winter, Critical Overload, then heading straight up towards the big cluster of frost passives.
The things Ive had the most trouble with were not bosses but trash mobs that are dangerous at long range. I think the spiked poison crabs in bramble forest and those succubus things that rapid fire needle in the Manor each killed me ~3 times due to carelessness. I'm a lot more careful on bosses and so have 1 shot almost all of them. The Consort banshee chick in the graveyard killed me once with her huge high damage AEs.
Slaanesh69
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I will try that. Nothing is a problem in the fight beside the combination of too many small hits or one big hit from the boss. The guys shooting from the ledge are a non-factor. But I seem to recall instances of lower adds coming occasionally, maybe because I was in the area you describe.
Taking a break for now though lol.
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Fight him north towards the wall where you have to deal with the spears being thrown at you instead. Easier that way, at least that's what I found.
TJT
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Trying to get decent feedback on any other site on this game is seemingly impossible. Everyone is either completely dicksucking it to absurd degrees and white knighting it for some peculiar reason. Even when some people mention contrasts between the two games that make sense.
Going to be annoying to sift through it.
Going to be annoying to sift through it.
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Tarrant
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From what I've gathered on Reddit, this wasn't meant as a new chapter or replacement for PoE1, it was meant as something different to cater to another audience and they will continue running and supporting both.
Not trying to downplay your concerns though.
I am totally new to PoE, I've never played the first and I really dislike Souls games, but so far I'm really loving this.
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Gravel
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I did run into an issue when you start crossing over into another class, where you won't have the pre-requisite. Seems your was just the stat though.
But it was in an area I could never get the prereq so had to just reset em all.
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TJT
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I found a blue two handed hammer with decent stats on it and +40% physical DMG. I used a regal on it and have just kept using it.
You definitely need to do every single sub boss as they drop support gems guaranteed on first kill. I think there is a legitimate argument on the current state of gear upgrades. Without more currency if you get a bunch of shitty rolls you're boned through no real fault of your own.
You definitely need to do every single sub boss as they drop support gems guaranteed on first kill. I think there is a legitimate argument on the current state of gear upgrades. Without more currency if you get a bunch of shitty rolls you're boned through no real fault of your own.
TJT
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The only real perspective you need is that this game needs extreme replayability potential to be viable. That is what POE excels at and that is what
Khane
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OU Ariakas
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My feedback is middle of the road. I am dealing with freeze, bleed, poison, and burning ground all before level 10; but I have no specific way to defend against ailments outside of my now single healing potion. I am not dropping enough gear or crafting mats to try and find answers, and they are not on the skill tree. Gambling for gear is cost prohibitive so that option is out, too. Also, is Warrior the only class that doesnt have an effective AOE attack from the beginning? Rolling slam and Earthquake are both slow and leave you super exposed.
With all that said, I am still enjoying the game and I think they will make many adjustments (although none will make melee not shit).
With all that said, I am still enjoying the game and I think they will make many adjustments (although none will make melee not shit).
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I am loving it.
my main complaints.
yes. adds, and getting overwhelmed in a few of those early fights.
many fights feel almost like bullet sponges. they just won't die.
first ascendry trial requires not getting hit. thats retarded. if I have full life, don't make me fail. its rally stupid, and must make some builds really hard. melee...
hit detection, and ground markers are often really bullshit. so many fights, attacks, get hit by some aoe that is 20% larger then the visual. stupid rocks falling from the ceiling and you can't tell where they are going to land in the 3d isometric. stupid silver gorilla in act3, with his slam which hits 20%outside the visual, and has a projectile thats basically invis, and totally unexpected. There is alot of this BS. they need to tight up the visuals versus hit box. and this is on top of the same problem from poe1 with so many spell effects you can't actually see the hostile ones.
bosses don't stop. just constant attacking. hell, im playing freeze sorc, so I get some time, when I freeze them periodically.
some kind of mana bar or something for bosses..
debuffs aren't really easy to read.
what even is the orange bar under the enemies?
my main complaints.
yes. adds, and getting overwhelmed in a few of those early fights.
many fights feel almost like bullet sponges. they just won't die.
first ascendry trial requires not getting hit. thats retarded. if I have full life, don't make me fail. its rally stupid, and must make some builds really hard. melee...
hit detection, and ground markers are often really bullshit. so many fights, attacks, get hit by some aoe that is 20% larger then the visual. stupid rocks falling from the ceiling and you can't tell where they are going to land in the 3d isometric. stupid silver gorilla in act3, with his slam which hits 20%outside the visual, and has a projectile thats basically invis, and totally unexpected. There is alot of this BS. they need to tight up the visuals versus hit box. and this is on top of the same problem from poe1 with so many spell effects you can't actually see the hostile ones.
bosses don't stop. just constant attacking. hell, im playing freeze sorc, so I get some time, when I freeze them periodically.
some kind of mana bar or something for bosses..
debuffs aren't really easy to read.
what even is the orange bar under the enemies?
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