Path of Exile V2

[shadowscion]

My split arrow character sure is rolling through normal/cruel a4 much easier than my cycloner marauder and ice nova witch. Didn't even die at cruel Malachai.

[Zonesylvania]

[QUOTE=Bordellimies;48259197]I feel like doing something with Spark + Vaal Spark, any suggestions for a [B]!!fun!![/B] build? Something that benefits from large numbers of low dmg hits, something that procs when you shock an enemy, etc.

Also, does spell echo work with vaal spark, or any of the vaal gems for that matter? I know it does work for flameblast by speeding up the charge speed, but not sure for other vaal spells.[/QUOTE]
It does, you get a fair number of projectiles on screen with VS + GMP + spell echo.
[url]http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1215068[/url] - here's a nice vaal spark guide for you

[Beardy]

i need this

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il1A8GFxc6w[/media]

[ColdAsRice]

Hey peeps, i just started this game yesterday as a witch, should i be using armor or energy shields for protection?

[Flashcat]

[QUOTE=ColdAsRice;48263080]Hey peeps, i just started this game yesterday as a witch, should i be using armor or energy shields for protection?[/QUOTE]

They're different from eachother. Armor is a damage midigation tool while Energy Shield is a life pool.

If it's your first run I wouldn't use Energy Shield alone as a life resource, just try to get as much life as possible on all your armor. Hybrid Armor / Energy Shield items should be your go-to. You can go for pure Armor but it'll be harder to meet the stat requirements and get the right socket colors.

Path of Exile can be really punishing from time to time, your focus should be on not dying at all times.

[I'm Jon]

[QUOTE=ColdAsRice;48263080]Hey peeps, i just started this game yesterday as a witch, should i be using armor or energy shields for protection?[/QUOTE]

As Flashcat said, I would recommend going for hybrid gear, preferrably with an Energy Shield base. Rolling gem sockets in gear is pretty straight forward. If a piece of gear is Armour based, it will primarily roll red sockets, if your gear piece is Energy Shield it will primarily roll blue sockets and if it's Evasion it will primarily roll green. The same rule is in place for hybrid gear(Which have two base defence types, so either AR/ES, EV/ES, AR/EV) So if you have an Energy Shield and Armour gear piece it will primarily roll blue and red sockets.

Since you chose to play as a Witch, which is the typical spell caster starting location. I would recommend that you try to get Energy Shield gear with life on, as it will make it easier for you to roll the socket colour your build requires. You can also go for hybrid gear but it may be harder(read: more expensive) to get the socket colours you need to efficiently play your class.

I'd recommend that you build your first character defensively and experience the game and learn the fundamental mechanics. Don't be afraid to create a new character if your first character isn't working out the way you hoped, the first character you make will generally be a mess(Unless you follow a guide or something.)

[Sammun]

What are some cheap and simple summoner builds that use spectre/skeletons/zombies mainly?
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;48258494]roughly the same depending on the rolls, though you do need more STR to equip sceptres, so they're more for builds which focus on melee elemental damage to an extent. However, on pure damage boost, the wand does win out if you get a higher implicit roll on the spell damage, as the highest level sceptres only boost elemental damage by 15%, and the prophecy wands can get 16-20%. Of course, being spell damage, the boost only applies to skill gems with the spell tag, and not elemental skills like molten shell/ice crash.[/QUOTE]

I wanted to use sceptres simply because I like to use leap slam over lightning warp (I could switch weapon sets of course, but I find a bit bothersome)

[Archonos 2]

Do you guys play this together or is it more of a single player game? I've been playing Torchlight 2 but I got to lvl 18 and my save file corrupted...

[Flashcat]

[QUOTE=Archonos 2;48266858]Do you guys play this together or is it more of a single player game? I've been playing Torchlight 2 but I got to lvl 18 and my save file corrupted...[/QUOTE]

Usually you just play through the acts by yourself, it's fun to play with multiple people but you'd only be able to play when your entire group is online so you don't progress faster than others.

Once you've finished Merciless difficulty you can start with the endgame where level difference doesn't matter all that much and it's easier to play with friends. Basically a type of item (Maps) drops sometimes which you can open and get 6 access teleports to the map. It's a zone filled with mobs and a map boss that you can kill for loot and exp.

[Bordey]

[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;48260539]It does, you get a fair number of projectiles on screen with VS + GMP + spell echo.
[url]http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1215068[/url] - here's a nice vaal spark guide for you[/QUOTE]

Tested this out, doesnt work.

LMP increases total projectile count from 150 to 152, and Trap + Multiple Traps combo simply doesn't work; Even with multiple traps gem you still throw only 1 trap (but your traps still has 40% dmg reduction from multiple traps gem) so you're locked to ~150 projectiles no matter what you do.

[I'm Jon]

[QUOTE]Rarity: Rare
Tempest Locket
Onyx Amulet
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Requirements:
Level: 57
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Item Level: 73
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+15 to all Attributes
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Adds 9-20 Physical Damage to Attacks
+252 to Accuracy Rating
+70 to maximum Life
16% increased Rarity of Items found
+44% to Fire Resistance
[/QUOTE]

Was playing around in standard and this beauty fell from the sky. All T1/T2, by far the best amulet I've found in this game. Best part is, one suffix is open so you could master craft crit on it for pretty cheap.

[derpmeifter]

is mirage of bones supposed to be this ball-bustingly difficult? i have an easier time killing 73 bosses than i have with this 68 one

[editline]22nd July 2015[/editline]

if i couldn't cheese the shit out of it as dual flame totem i have no idea how i could've killed it

[Zonesylvania]

[QUOTE=Derpmeifter;48267959]is mirage of bones supposed to be this ball-bustingly difficult? i have an easier time killing 73 bosses than i have with this 68 one

[editline]22nd July 2015[/editline]

if i couldn't cheese the shit out of it as dual flame totem i have no idea how i could've killed it[/QUOTE]
you're supposed to move around constantly, and dont get hit by any of the black arrows. If any of your targets seems to be less powerful/more squishy compared to the rest of the clones wandering around, focus fire on that one, it's the real boss. He's just absurdly durable/does a fair bit of damage, though there's talk that it is at its root a balance issue for that map level.

[suttles]

[QUOTE=ejonkou;48267955]Was playing around in standard and this beauty fell from the sky. All T1/T2, by far the best amulet I've found in this game. Best part is, one suffix is open so you could master craft crit on it for pretty cheap.[/QUOTE]

I have an amulet that gives +47 to strength and int, and 30 to dex.

Fucking crazy.

[shadowscion]

[QUOTE=BeardyDuck;48263051]i need this

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il1A8GFxc6w[/media][/QUOTE]

That looks really fun, unfortunately they will probably nerf the jewel he used by limiting it to 1.

[Agent_Wesker]

[QUOTE=leonthefox;48265453]What are some cheap and simple summoner builds that use spectre/skeletons/zombies mainly?

I wanted to use sceptres simply because I like to use leap slam over lightning warp (I could switch weapon sets of course, but I find a bit bothersome)[/QUOTE]

Here are cheap / easy to follow summoner builds:

5 spectre hybrid + zombies / golem / raging spirits
[url]https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1331263[/url]

Firestorm multicurse + spectres / zombies / animate guardian
[url]https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1303838[/url]

[Beardy]

i think i'm gonna start a new character on warbands

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7N9VcmnFR0[/media]

[editline]23rd July 2015[/editline]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

a tabula rasa just dropped on normal brutus for me

[t]http://i.imgur.com/520A91Q.jpg[/t]

[Jetamo]

Man, I've tried quite a few times to get into this game, but the beginning is always so hardgoing.

[Agent_Wesker]

[QUOTE=Jetamo;48271863]Man, I've tried quite a few times to get into this game, but the beginning is always so hardgoing.[/QUOTE]

Choose an easy leveling skill such as flame totem (no skill points required) once you pass around 30-40 the game becomes much better.

[Teh Zip File]

I'm not a fan of how GGG has "balanced" a lot of uniques in 2.0.

All the good uniques like Rat's Nest, Belly of the Beast, Lightning Coil, Carcass Jack, Maligaro's gloves, ect. and all of the MFing uniques like Goldwyrms, Aurseize, and Andvarius have had their rarity increased. None of them have been nerfed. Lightning Coil is still the best option for every non-spell caster build (And even then it's probably still the best), Carcass still the best for AoE, ect. Still completely better than rare chests. They even make Brightbeak more rare and people are selling it for 18c+. Who the fuck buys a Brightbeak for 18c :v:

I'm pretty sure one of the GGG devs posted once on how they don't balance things through their rarity, I guess they don't believe in that anymore.

[krail]

it's so stupid, maligaro's is like 4ex in warbands? what the fuck

[editline]23rd July 2015[/editline]

alpha's howl has gone to shit too

[Teh Zip File]

[url=https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1348278/]Unique Item Rarity Changes[/url]

Oh man look what they posted like 20 minutes after I made that post :v: I don't understand why any of those uniques are more rare now. Mightflay? Facebreaker? [I]Voidhome?[/I]

I guess it's cool that they made Voltaxic more common.

[shadowscion]

I'll never understand how a company so good at coming up with original ideas and creating new and unique content can be so fucking terrible at balancing their own game.

[Teh Zip File]

[url=https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1348345]2.0.0g Patch Notes[/url]

Pretty good patch. They nerfed Revenants but didn't reduce the amount of noise they make which is a bit odd.

[shadowscion]

Well I guess the necrotic set means they wont be nerfing poison arrow anytime soon.

[krail]

pretty disappointed with the necrotic armour tbh, I've been waiting for it since they released the concept and it looked so much better:

[t]http://webcdn.pathofexile.com/public/chris/NecroticArmourSet.jpg[/t]

[The Wroth]

:snip: wrong context

[Beardy]

i've gotten more uniques in a single day leveling my marauder than i have in the past week on my cyclonist.

[Teh Zip File]

Word on the [del]reddit[/del]street is that Revenants are terrible as spectres now. [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc_pqL9iOYQ]Or not?[/url]

Poor summoners, GGG is never going to let them use anything but Evangelist or Flame Sentinels.

[Flashcat]

[QUOTE=Teh Zip File;48273150][url=https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1348345]2.0.0g Patch Notes[/url]

Pretty good patch. They nerfed Revenants but didn't reduce the amount of noise they make which is a bit odd.[/QUOTE]

That Divine Righteous Fire MTX looks amazing, although Exalted Righteous Fire would've been a more fitting name if you look at previous MTX with those names

[IMG]http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb324/Boltkraken/Image2_zpsf369f942.png[/IMG]

Bottomleft is the Exalted Weapon effect, topright is the Divine Weapon effect. And here's the Divine Righteous Fire for comparison:

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Fu5FBpe.png[/IMG]