Path of Exile 2
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Juvarisx
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You know, i don't disagree but I fucking hate this excuse people are giving the devs. They KNEW it would be like this and fucking did it anyways. What possible league mechanic would they possibly add to drastically fix the loot issues everyone is seeing prior to level 50 that would interact with the campaign enough to fix this? Every time they added a league mechanic to the campaign it was some assrape over tuned thing that everyone avoided since the rewards didn't even line up with the difficulty.
Balance issues, death penalties, etc I get thats what this is for, but they knew the loot was shit and wanted to see if they could get away with making this game like Ruthless, thankfully its been a pretty universal response of hatred combined with people really not liking the campaign.
Edit, someone full cleared a map
Scrolls ad Gold not included that was the loot and that rare wasnt for his class. From thousands of mobs. Shit is unacceptable.
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TheBeagle
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Well I got that faggot asshole cocksucker Count Gregnor to 30% this morning. Gonna geind out one more level for some more freeze buildup and try again. If that doesnt work I'm going to throw my computer through the front window and find a new fucking hobby.
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Chris
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He's not hard. Tweak your build and use some orbs. Get gud rolling. I used freeze sorc.
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Slaanesh69
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I feel this, deeply. At 54 years old, conceding that I am no longer a twitchy gamer is rough. The boss at the end of the first zone in Act 2 is equally annoying. Stay in extreme close melee range at all times!
I had 7,500 gold and respec'd my frost sorc to pure damage. I find it quite hilarious that I bricked my first build in PoE more than 10 years ago picking all damage nodes, and now I bricked my PoE2 build picking defense and mana regen nodes.
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Its pretty telling that the majority of " Git GuDz " talk comes from people playing a sorc. This seems to be the most properly tuned class so far.
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Slaanesh69
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SO my question is this:
When GGG gave out review access, was the difficulty toned down? Were the drop rates higher? Or was there a caveat that the players could not use the statements "the loot is a sparse" or "the difficulty is Relentless and you will have to learn to love it"?
Because this all being a surprise considering the glowing initial reviews is sus.
Edit - And a lot of the usual streamers are playing hardcore and getting owned, to no one's surprise. Aside from the guy that revealed the overtuned melee skill and got it nerfed already lol.
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Slaanesh69
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Ain't going to lie - I feel pretty self congratulatory that I bailed on warrior in the first zone and immediately started a frost sorc.
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Gravel
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So it sounds like maybe I was really supposed to lean into crafting and that's why all my gear is lvl 10 or below at char level 31.
Anyone got a good summary on how I should be doing it? Loot whites and turn them into blues and hope to get a good mod, then add mods and hope it doesn't suck?
Seems like I'll run out of mats really quickly that way, but I don't see another option.
Anyone got a good summary on how I should be doing it? Loot whites and turn them into blues and hope to get a good mod, then add mods and hope it doesn't suck?
Seems like I'll run out of mats really quickly that way, but I don't see another option.
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Chris
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True but a big part of RPGs is bricking your first build and restarting with more game knowledge. I did try Mercenary first for example.
People are going to be using all kinds of powerful builds once the game is figured out.
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Gravel
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Oh, another mark against trying the trials in multiplayer that I forgot about is the fucking collision.
Trying to both go through a flame trap at the same time means goodbye honour.
So many strange decisions that seem like they weren't tested.
Trying to both go through a flame trap at the same time means goodbye honour.
So many strange decisions that seem like they weren't tested.
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TheBeagle
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Problem is I'm playing a sorc and I'm still not gud. Wanted to play explodey ice bitch for weeks so I didnt just jump on the sorc bandwagon. Feels pretty bad.
Daidraco
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We put a bunch of gear into the guild bank. Check all the tabs. Game is incredibly gear dependent. Something is incredibly off with the level of your character, versus the content that we're doing. I think they ramped up the difficulty since we're only doing 3 chapters instead of the 6 total chapters that we're supposed to have at release. But it is effectively making you level twice as much to get by content. But yet the gear is still dropping at the level of the mobs or a bit lower. Definitely early access and I dont think they explained it enough that the game is still in "testing" for most people. ie. People that were expecting more balance from an Early "Release".
But circling back to my original point, I put all the yellows Ive picked up on Q7 Tab. Booze emptied a bunch of his on there too. The first tab for items is full of horse shit though, so just scroll over that. Dont know what people are thinking by putting in basic shit.
TJT
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Yes this is exactly what you're supposed to do. You get regals with enough regularity that you can turn 3 items for sure and like 5 if you're lucky into rares and enough upgrade orbs to roll them for decent stats.
You then need to salvage everything you can that has quality and slots on it so you can get currencies for quality and rune slots. Further amplifying your selection of rares. I don't see any other way around this either. You must do it. Other players who realized this and still bricked their character have a reasonable criticism here because you don't get enough currency to grind it out without excessive and now tedious grinding. This is not a rewarding experience in its current state.
Also, if you're going to add dodge roll into this fucking game and not give it invulnerability frames or so far the ability to roll through mobs you're just making a slow dash that sucks dick and doesn't feel good at all to use. I hate it. I am also not a fan of the precision required to land certain abilities.
The armorbreaker Warrior ability you have to like swing time it or something and if you're not spot on it just misses.
TheBeagle
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I had too much specced into defense. Almost have him though, and like I said, I'm not gud. By the time the third or fourth fog stage hits I'm losing focus and ready to hit the eject button. Boomer gamer confirmed.
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Chris
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I think there's a lot of variation in what to build.
Do you have the ice orb or ice shard from a staff to freeze? Do you use Frost Bomb and/or Cold Snap? What about Frost Nova?