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Korrupt

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Add me Sukik if you are doing the one month one, I am going to go in early with a 1h cyclone build with the goal of working towards Uber Atziri now that I have the normal fights phases down pat.

I just played a month and made it to 86 taking it really slow with my first CI / ES build which worked out really strong. Looking forward to the announcements this week.
 

sukik

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I'll add you when I'm in path of exile next. I don't follow the game closely and didn't realize there was a one month gap till the next 4 month league starts and that it would be filled by a one month league. I may do the one month league. I really want to give my claw shadow another try but I don't know how viable it would be in merciless.
 

Korrupt

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That is actually what I just played. Its a CI / ES build but a shadow using a claw for the leech passives and ghost reaver. I was able to go DW up until I had the gear for the ES switch and it was fine through maps. I think the first Atziri kill was actually a shadow using dual claws, bloodseeker in the offhand and dual strike as his main skill. Since Dual Strike hits with both weapons at once you get the instant leech effect from the bloodseeker.

There is for sure a 1 month special type of league coming Sunday and a full on expansion coming in August. I think this friday they release some new skills like ball lightning and should have the announcements right after that.
 

supertouch_sl

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Can someone explain how some people have invested hundreds of hours into this game? It's a good effort by an indie developer but it's rather shallow. A lot of people are saying it's better than Diablo 3 but I haven't played that so I can't compare the two.
 

sukik

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Can someone explain how some people have invested hundreds of hours into this game? It's a good effort by an indie developer but it's rather shallow. A lot of people are saying it's better than Diablo 3 but I haven't played that so I can't compare the two.
It's a great action RPG's so for people who enjoy action RPG's it's a great game. The game depth comes from the combination of a huge skill tree and the crafting system that allows for many different character builds. If you've never been into games like Diablo, Borderlands and Torchlight for more than a single play through the genre probably isn't for you.
 

sukik

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That is actually what I just played. Its a CI / ES build but a shadow using a claw for the leech passives and ghost reaver. I was able to go DW up until I had the gear for the ES switch and it was fine through maps. I think the first Atziri kill was actually a shadow using dual claws, bloodseeker in the offhand and dual strike as his main skill. Since Dual Strike hits with both weapons at once you get the instant leech effect from the bloodseeker.

There is for sure a 1 month special type of league coming Sunday and a full on expansion coming in August. I think this friday they release some new skills like ball lightning and should have the announcements right after that.
I haven't made it through cruel with my shadow so I think I'll try it again in the one Month league, or try something different.
 

Korrupt

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Forum - Announcements - Announcing the One-Month League (and Ambush/Invasion Challenge Winners) - Path of Exile

We're running a one-month league event from noon Saturday July 12 (NZ time) to noon Saturday August 9 (NZ time). Today's news post covers the details of the event and congratulates the winners of the Ambush and Invasion challenge leagues.

The starting time in the PDT timezone is 5pm Friday July 11. This is 2am on Saturday in the CEST timezone.

This event is a non-hardcore event (deaths don't cause your character to leave the event).

We've had many requests to bring back previous league properties in interesting combinations for a race event. This one-month event has the following seven sets of properties, lasting for four days each:
Anarchy and Invasion
Anarchy and Ambush
Ambush and Nemesis
Anarchy, Ambush and Nemesis
Ambush and Onslaught
Onslaught and Nemesis
Onslaught, Nemesis and Invasion

To describe each of these properties:
Anarchy: Rogue Exiles spawn at a substantially increased rate - quite a lot more than they do in the core game. Still less than one per area on average though!
Onslaught: 20% increased monster movement, attack and cast speed.
Nemesis: Every rare monster will have a Nemesis mod. Inner Treasure will occur at a much higher rate than it ever has before.
Ambush: Exactly like the recent Ambush league, craftable Strongboxes will spawn.
Invasion: A powerful Invader will spawn in each area. There is a greater variety of guest monsters when this property is in place.
Domination: Shrines are already present in the core game and we feel that ramping up their rate to create a sixth property isn't really necessary.

League-specific uniques will not spawn in this event.

Prizes
We'll pick winners randomly from the people who reach the following levels or higher. The prize levels continue to stack as you level up. You can win prizes from multiple tiers.

Prizes available in the random draw include:
Level 30: 20x Elite Armour Set
Level 40: 20x Seraph Armour Set
Level 50: 10x Verdant Armour Set
Level 60: 10x Arcane Armour Set
Level 70: 5x Choice of J!NX Shirt (either the Rhoa shirt or the Seven Classes shirt)
Level 80: 5x Pair of J!NX Shirts (both the Rhoa and the Seven Classes shirts)

In addition, the top five players by experience will receive an alternate-art Demigod's Bounty. If multiple players are tied at level 100, then the first five players to reach it will receive the prize.

Other Rules
The single highest level character in this league on your account will be considered.
Do not enter with multiple accounts - this will disqualify you.
GGG Staff members are not eligible for prizes.
If you're interested to read more about the rules of race events, check out this link.
 

sukik

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I sent you a steam invite, my username is "vecor'. I'm not sure how much of the one month league I'll play, but given my track record I'll at least spend a few evenings playing through normal and get near the end of cruel.
 

khalid

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Can someone explain how some people have invested hundreds of hours into this game? It's a good effort by an indie developer but it's rather shallow.
Path of Exile is the exact opposite of shallow. With the complexity of the passive tree, huge number of uniques that "break" game rules and the large numbers of skill gems, the amount of possible builds is staggering. Then you throw in the races and the new leagues with new rules and mechanics, I can't get enough of this game.
 

Selix

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Can someone explain how some people have invested hundreds of hours into this game? It's a good effort by an indie developer but it's rather shallow. A lot of people are saying it's better than Diablo 3 but I haven't played that so I can't compare the two.
Shallow wasn't the first s-word that came to mind when I saw the passive skill tree.
 

Korrupt

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Has anyone around here done a cyclone build? Thinking of trying a 1h / shield combo for uber Atziri in the Aug league but my one go at it the mana cost was insane. To the point I would need a soul taker or otherwise I couldnt use it.
 

Balroc

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Going to dive back into this in about two weeks so if anyone wants to play add me on steam. Balroc. Same avatar.

Only HC.
 

khalid

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Going with Incinerate/max block/max spellblock/EB/MoM build based around cybil's paw. Played a similar build early on in Ambush and its super cheap to get running initially and super tanky when you get going.
 

Korrupt

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Ive done that build before its pretty fun and just doesn't take damage. Going to go with elemental buzzsaw personally, never done anything ranged since vanilla and LA ranger and it looks the same as yours being cheap and easy to gear for.
 

khalid

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Yeah, elemental buzzsaw is really cheap to get running also. Since all you really need is a weapon with 2.0+ attack speed (with the other stats barely mattering), gearing is nothing.


On a somewhat unrelated note, I really hope they unnerf manaleech. I want to run more melee builds, but being forced to always allocate a gem for blood magic sucks.
 

Eidal

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1 month league starts tomorrow (Friday 8PM EST). What build is everyone going? Trying to decide between uber-pussy 1h/s Searing Bond or something more manmode.