Path of Exile

Vitality_sl said:

I was thinking the same thing but if the Generousity gem works on minions I might just go back to my roots.

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Would assume it does, aren't more aura changes coming though? Then you have to consider, how many auras can you support with it. I mean last I played you'd run auras in a 4L with 3auras+reduced mana, putting this as a support means you only get 2auras, do you run a 2nd 4L for more auras or do you just stay at 2. What about all the other shit you have to run. I saw a lot of people were using the flame skulls shit instead of proper summons, if that's the only thing you need I guess it's not so bad but before you needed like a zombie and a spectre link setup so that'd eat in your shit pretty quick, then curses, skeleton totem and maybe a shitty nuke to direct the mobs or the thingie to pull your summons to you or desecrate and all that shit, makes it hard to run more than 1 item for auras so you lose an aura in the process. Seems like 3auras vs 2auras that do increased effect still favors 3 auras.

Anyway, it's just one thing among a lot of other changes so need to see the entire list of changes to figure it out.

Btw they never fixed Viper Strike to not suck complete ass right? I mean even with the scaling on it and shit, it was still garbage iirc, poison arrow got pretty decent in the process but not viper strike because it didn't work with something or other, still the case?

Ah right that's what I couldn't remember, Viper didn't use to work with splash, does now? Sounds alright.

Generosity wording yeah I didn't double check, the wording would make it not work on pets then, I guess it kinda make sense as a team aura bitch char kind of thing, though it sounds like a good way to get yourself killed in HC if you don't benefit from your defensive auras. Maybe you run a damage group of auras with generosity and your defensive auras normally so you benefit too.

Vinyard_sl said:

So I do own PoE on steam...I've tried getting in to it several times. Is the Marauder a decent class to start with? Also, what's the most "popular" mode to play?

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Classes don't really matter much. They define what you look like(probably the most important aspect in fact), where you start in the tree(relevant early game but rarely late even though some classes have better affinity with certain specs) and which skill gems you're offered as quest rewards while you level(relevant for the first char on a new league kinda, but really it takes a few seconds to trade for gems you want generally). Every class can be anything though, you can make a tank melee witch and a caster marauder. The starting point in the tree will mold your choices a bit however, for example a marauder caster would have to get several life nodes then several empty nodes to get to the damage nodes and the fact you don't start close to damage nodes might reduce efficiency of the build, but we're talking min maxing high end stuff pretty much. Also in that particular example, marauder casters are in fact very good eventually but are a pain in the ass to level due to shit int.

So kinda pick one you like how it looks then make a build that uses the early tree strength of that class, or alternatively do it the other way, but you can't really go wrong with a class choice.

As for the "mode", they're leagues. There's the typical normal and hardcore permanent leagues, then they always run like 4months leagues with new rules. Those are the popular ones. Once the league is over, your character is transferred to the permanent league and a new one starts, think D2 ladders. Difference being, each league tends to have specific rules added to them and they often run race events on short term leagues(or not so short), like 2hours races and shit but also sometimes 1month races. On hardcore in this game, first it is fairly hard and second your character isn't deleted unlike diablo hardcore. When you die, your char is simply moved to the permanent standard league. You can still play it and stuff but not on the HC league you were in. Your stash stays there too for other HC chars, if you want to change you just make a shit mule, load it up and die, but you can never go back the other way.

They're starting new 4months leagues next week so might as well wait for that. The new leagues will be Rampage(the standard league, the added rule is that you get a bonus for killstreaks) and Beyond(the hardcore league, they haven't released the details of that league yet). You can mess around with current leagues if you want, I'd recommend Ambush/Invasion for population since they're the current 4months leagues, unless they're over yet not sure. Standard/Hardcore is fine too but they tend to be deserted during 4months leagues.