Path of Exile

[Wineandbread]

Re: Path of Exile

You can definitely boil down poe to what you described but you don't have to adhere to the 'meta'. At the end of the day poe is about clearing maps and killing bosses, preferably fast, and dreaming of mirror drops. High damage/speed builds can clear maps, kill bosses, and as a result, find loot faster. ARPGs regress to the optimum cause people who play them enjoy killing things fast. Even if poe's skill tree looks more variable than it actually is, that doesn't stop many skills from being viable

That being said I've enjoyed the two builds I've played in LSC so far. I ditched my siege ballista build though cause I felt totem AI was too garbage. My whispering ice build is pretty slow but it's fun to play anyway cause I haven't progressed as far into maps as I had before. Hoping to finish 36/40 before the league is over

[contrapatior]

Re: Path of Exile

my complaint is only tangential to my issue with clearspeed, it mostly has to do with the fact that i can't fathom how a game that has decidedly apt opportunities to completely rebalance build viability with new leagues ends up with the same shit being played over and over again

a lot of people play non-meta builds, I'm working on a pure evasion build that uses two uniques that go for a few chaos at most

like leonid said, they're only for the exploding porcupines. well, maybe not just for that (lol melee), but it's not like we're linking vaal ic with cwdt (which would be totally broken). all IC does is negate phys damage, you can easily be killed by shit that cause ele damage or chaos damage, and people die to ele damage all the time. there are plenty of vids of high-level HC rips to stupid shit because people aren't paying attention to what's on the screen

but yeah, 3.0 is changing loads of shit. I doubt cwdt ic will be changed at all, but with the new additions speedclear will probably look significantly different

[contrapatior]

Re: Path of Exile

I'm 100% positive devonin runs non-meta because the skill tree makes him rock hard

[MinaciousGrace]

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a lot of people play non-meta builds, I'm working on a pure evasion build that uses two uniques that go for a few chaos at most

like leonid said, they're only for the exploding porcupines. well, maybe not just for that (lol melee), but it's not like we're linking vaal ic with cwdt (which would be totally broken). all IC does is negate phys damage, you can easily be killed by shit that cause ele damage or chaos damage, and people die to ele damage all the time. there are plenty of vids of high-level HC rips to stupid shit because people aren't paying attention to what's on the screen

but yeah, 3.0 is changing loads of shit. I doubt cwdt ic will be changed at all, but with the new additions speedclear will probably look significantly different

trust me i know all about stupid high level hc rips lmao

i guess i'll look into 3.0 to see whats up but i legit didn't at all enjoy the last few leagues i played, one of them i played some contagion build for a week before getting bored of whirling blading through screens of mobs and right clicking twice

the other i instadied to reflect playing selfcast bladefall with vaalpact/ll which was real fun

also just on the non-meta point come on guys you know i'm super competitive and i'd never trade being ahead of the curve and reaping the rewards that go with that for the opportunity to play idk coc cyclone srs or something

or at least if i do that i'd rather be rich as fuck first

[MinaciousGrace]

Re: Path of Exile

"Pantheon powers grant you defensive bonuses and can be swapped in town with no cost, allowing you to tailor your choices to the challenge you're facing."

damn this might be a new record for the fastest i've had to eat my own words

i might end up going hardcore in the beta, assuming public access is a thing at some stage, BEFORE THEY NERF ALL THE FUN SHIT LOOKING AT YOU BALL LIGHTNING
then be sick of the game again by the time it hits live

also on the subject of fucking porcupines i nearly died on my beyond character through vaal discipline and ~18k es to added lightning extra damage chain pieces of bark eating shit jfc

[devonin]

Re: Path of Exile

I'm 100% positive devonin runs non-meta because the skill tree makes him rock hard

My current character is using Double Strike with multistrike, melee splash, and every passive reaction damage skill stacking block and permanent Fortify.

My previous one used Flameblast with Spell Totem support, increased AoE, Casting, and Crit with Orb of Storms doing powercharge on crit and curse on hit Temporal Chains, with 2 totems.

Yeah I do all kinds of weird shit, it's great.

[choof]

Re: Path of Exile

I'm probably done until 3.0 beta, if I get into it, if not I'll play at release
I was trying to level CI pizzasticks but eh I'm burnt out again

[Travis_Flesher]

Re: Path of diablo2

currently immersed in the snej mod which obliterates vanilla d2.

haha! yeah! snej is actually funner than median xl in many ways, hard to believe i know right. 1.11 yeah

quite similar games, poe and d2. figured i'd post that here since this thread has 51 pages already.. love d2. poe runs slow on my computer sadly

[devonin]

Re: Path of Exile

Going to try that. I enjoyed Median XL and Nezeramontias. Big mods for D2 are fun.

Does it need to run on 1.11 or?

[choof]

Re: Path of Exile

my account got locked because I bitched out a guy trying to undercut a jewel I had up for an exalt, proj speed, damage, phys damage, attack speed

so I made a new account and I'm running CI whispering ice. fucking loads of fun

[devonin]

Re: Path of Exile

If he was undercutting you, just buy him out and sell 2.

[leonid]

Re: Path of Exile

You should have just ignored the guy. Happens all the time

[leonid]

Re: Path of Exile

Also set the fucking price if you don't want lowball offers

[choof]

Re: Path of Exile

Also set the fucking price if you don't want lowball offers

I had it set at exalt and he messaged me asking if he could get it for 60c

[choof]

Re: Path of Exile

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1897264

beta details announced, I'll be buying a supporter pack in order to get into the beta. I'll be doing some theorycrafting as well for a self-made build. fuck meta xd