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Miragee
Profile Joined December 2009
8509 Posts
March 24 2016 11:13 GMT
#21161
On March 24 2016 11:02 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2016 17:56 Miragee wrote:
On March 22 2016 11:38 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On March 22 2016 08:49 Miragee wrote:
On March 22 2016 08:35 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Hey all,

Brand new player here (just a few hours into my first character, a Witch), and I'm really excited to play because I loved Diablo 1 and 2 (spent years and years playing them, especially LoD). I felt really let down by D3, but between reading through online PoE info, watching videos, and playing the game, I'm optimistic that I'll enjoy PoE

Given my irl time constraints and desire to not be super tryhard at a game for once, I'm looking to try out some fun, casual builds that are viable enough to get me through a simple playthrough. I'm not worried about godly tier anything or hyper-optimization... I just want to get a solid feel for the game and the gameplay.

With my Witch, based on the passive skill tree (forest? Christ that thing is huge!) and some of the spells I've tried out, I'd like to make a hybrid cold + minion/ summoner build. It also pays homage to my D2 sorc and necro Are there any rules of thumb/ guidelines/ beginner's notes you could offer? Thanks


Get some life for yourself. Most beginners don't skill life and get rekt in cruel with 600 hp. Although it might not be much of a prolem for you if you are going minions. I would still aim for 100-150 % life by the time your build is finished. Having 1-2k life in normal and 2-3k life in cruel should be safe, especially for a summoner (and I guess softcore?). Minions are rather slow in the beginning but pretty safe to play and easy to gear for a simple playthrough. Zombies are pretty good.

For your equip, get life on it as well as elemental res. Capping your res at 75 is important just like, or even more than, in d2. There are helmets with +1/+2 to minion gems, which could be nice.

Don't go for too many different skills. Focus on one or two minion skills and support them with curses, auras and offerings. Adding another cold spell might not help much. Just takes away from your minion damage and there is enough to cast all the time anyways afaik.


On March 22 2016 08:55 Kickstart wrote:
On March 22 2016 08:35 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Hey all,

Brand new player here (just a few hours into my first character, a Witch), and I'm really excited to play because I loved Diablo 1 and 2 (spent years and years playing them, especially LoD). I felt really let down by D3, but between reading through online PoE info, watching videos, and playing the game, I'm optimistic that I'll enjoy PoE

Given my irl time constraints and desire to not be super tryhard at a game for once, I'm looking to try out some fun, casual builds that are viable enough to get me through a simple playthrough. I'm not worried about godly tier anything or hyper-optimization... I just want to get a solid feel for the game and the gameplay.

With my Witch, based on the passive skill tree (forest? Christ that thing is huge!) and some of the spells I've tried out, I'd like to make a hybrid cold + minion/ summoner build. It also pays homage to my D2 sorc and necro Are there any rules of thumb/ guidelines/ beginner's notes you could offer? Thanks


Well, to level up it is probably going to be easier to focus on spells, as it is very simple to scale spell damage. You get yourself some sort of 3-linked item (either buy a lifesprig for a couple chaos orbs or you can get a quartz scepter and craft +1 gems to it - do this by making the scepter magic quality, then selling it, an alteration orb, and a resistance ring to a vendor (fire ring = +1 fire gems, saphire = cold gems, topaz = lightning gem).
As for summoner there are many good uniques that are quite cheap for summoners, but as I said I would suggest focusing on spells and go from there once you reach level 60-70 (merciless dried lake).

Also, we have a TL guild in game if you are interested, just give your character name in the thread or PM it to me and I can invite if you would like. It is a good place to ask questions and get some help!


Awesome, thanks guys I'll definitely PM you within a week or so to join the guild (if there's room) if I really start playing the game a lot. I have a feeling I will, lol.

I found the Passive Skill Tree template online and I made a cold + minion route... please let me know if you find any glaring mistakes/ have any suggestions

https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAMAAAZJCPQJqhBYEJcRDxEtE2wUsBdUHNwfxyKBIvQo-iqYK3gsnC2LMjQy0TwFRAREq0VHRXxFnUwtTblQQlF0UzVTUlPUVEdVrlZKV5RakV3yakNqrGsXa9tsC20ZfIN9GH7Hga-CEIIegpuCx4UyhWCIQIuMjDaNgo48jumPppAzkyeVBJUgl5eaO5rgna6eoZ7EnwGf36KjppmmrKa-pwiofarErJivm7EFtDi4k7jQvOq_l8BUwGbAmsHzyT3MvNHk0_vVptkL2fzaOt-K37DlGeWL6QLr7uyK7SDtPPIe99f52_nd-oD79Q==


That's what I meant with taking life for yourself.^^ Try this:

https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAMAAAQHBLMGSQj0CaoQWBCXEQ8RLRNsFm8XVBpsHNwigSL0JKomlSj6KpgsnDLRNuk6WEGHRAREq0VHRXxFnUwtTLNNuVBCUXRTNVNSU9RUR1VLVa5VxlZKWpFd8mHiakNqrGvbbAttGXyDfRh-x3_GghCCm4LHg9uFYIhAi4yMNo2CjjyO6Y8aj6aQM5Mnl5eaO5rgna6eoZ7EnwGiAKKjppmmrKa-pwiofarErJivm7Q4tz64k7zqv5fAVMBmwJrJPcy80eTT-9Wm2L3ZC9n837Dhc-Nq5Rnli-vu7IrtPPAf8h731_nb-d356PqA-_X-Cg==

I fixed a few pathing issues, removed a few bad damage nodes as well as a few clusters to get some life in exchange. I tried to leave the tree the way you did it as much as I could. It's a lot of points though and leveling into the 90s takes a lot of time, although not nearly as much as d2 currently.


This looks great, thanks!


You're welcome!
Ryndika
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
1489 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-03-24 11:55:25
March 24 2016 11:51 GMT
#21162
Was rekking everything with my lovely abyssus on but the devourers happened and I was RIP. :C Was fun build using two vanustrasas and dualstrike with 24k passive armor. I was so sure it's going to go 90lv.

Hilarious about the rip is that I started popping panic flasks before lethal dmg combo was delivered.

Gonna try oro's sword fire cyclone chieftain next. Was thinking of using blood gem, determination and Iron reflexes for insane armor since I'm not juggernaut this time. (Although I hate cyclone but it seems to be in its own tier with oro's.)
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DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44334 Posts
March 24 2016 12:02 GMT
#21163
On March 24 2016 14:50 Kickstart wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 24 2016 13:07 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
I went to click on my stash and it opened up and had a shitload of awesome high(ish) level stuff... then I realized I had actually clicked on the "guild stash". How exactly does that work? Is that just a community chest where guild members just store some stuff that they don't need but don't want to sell, in case other members might be interested in taking them?

Pretty much. Whatever is in there you can take. Though don't clear it out and sell it all or something! :D


Haha of course not, thanks

On March 24 2016 15:13 Jealous wrote:
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On March 24 2016 13:07 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
I went to click on my stash and it opened up and had a shitload of awesome high(ish) level stuff... then I realized I had actually clicked on the "guild stash". How exactly does that work? Is that just a community chest where guild members just store some stuff that they don't need but don't want to sell, in case other members might be interested in taking them?

I didn't know you played ^^ Time for me to dust off the BrolicMofo! Let me know next time you wanna play. I'm free on most evenings EST.


I started playing 2 pages ago :D haha
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
solidbebe
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Netherlands4921 Posts
March 24 2016 12:47 GMT
#21164
Do you play HC DPB?
That's the 2nd time in a week I've seen someone sig a quote from this GD and I have never witnessed a sig quote happen in my TL history ever before. -Najda
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44334 Posts
March 24 2016 13:43 GMT
#21165
Not yet... I'm just starting my first character and I'll probably play one or two others through softcore before I decide on my favorite/ get confident enough to play hardcore. (As a frame of reference, I played as all 7 different character classes through D2 softcore before doing hardcore lol.)
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
AbouSV
Profile Joined October 2014
Germany1278 Posts
March 24 2016 13:50 GMT
#21166
I find the game controls much more random than D2 and D3 to play HC actually :/
It is quite often needed to wait almost a whole second or so without touching anything before you can dash out or something like that.

Also I am not so fond of the old 'alt-F4' (or equivalent) to prevent death when you get burst or have a lag (network or ram) spike (which are way too frequent).
solidbebe
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Netherlands4921 Posts
March 24 2016 14:34 GMT
#21167
On March 24 2016 22:43 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Not yet... I'm just starting my first character and I'll probably play one or two others through softcore before I decide on my favorite/ get confident enough to play hardcore. (As a frame of reference, I played as all 7 different character classes through D2 softcore before doing hardcore lol.)

Well if you ever roll hc, hit me up
That's the 2nd time in a week I've seen someone sig a quote from this GD and I have never witnessed a sig quote happen in my TL history ever before. -Najda
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44334 Posts
March 24 2016 14:35 GMT
#21168
On March 24 2016 23:34 solidbebe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 24 2016 22:43 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Not yet... I'm just starting my first character and I'll probably play one or two others through softcore before I decide on my favorite/ get confident enough to play hardcore. (As a frame of reference, I played as all 7 different character classes through D2 softcore before doing hardcore lol.)

Well if you ever roll hc, hit me up


Will do, thanks!
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Kickstart
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States1941 Posts
March 24 2016 15:15 GMT
#21169
On March 24 2016 22:50 AbouSV wrote:
I find the game controls much more random than D2 and D3 to play HC actually :/
It is quite often needed to wait almost a whole second or so without touching anything before you can dash out or something like that.

Also I am not so fond of the old 'alt-F4' (or equivalent) to prevent death when you get burst or have a lag (network or ram) spike (which are way too frequent).

You could just play like me and never alt-f4 or do any sort of logout. Of course then you will die several times each league with 85+ characters like I do as well. But that's half the fun really~
malcram
Profile Joined November 2010
2752 Posts
March 24 2016 15:23 GMT
#21170
i don't get alt-f4 in HC. what's the point if you're going to do that to prevent a death, might as well play SC.
Kickstart
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States1941 Posts
March 24 2016 15:29 GMT
#21171
Well, its just a part of the game, but you can choose to not use it (like I do)! Though, it would help in leagues like this one where the launch was plagued with FPS issues and your shit would just freeze up when you ran into the perandus chests.
HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21254 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-03-24 16:05:00
March 24 2016 16:04 GMT
#21172
On March 25 2016 00:29 Kickstart wrote:
Well, its just a part of the game, but you can choose to not use it (like I do)! Though, it would help in leagues like this one where the launch was plagued with FPS issues and your shit would just freeze up when you ran into the perandus chests.

Yeah it's really bad sometimes, even if there's just a single perandus chest. Multiple ones are happening too and are hell. And I mean sometimes. Not always. But when it happens and I Earthquake I get 2 fps for 2-3 seconds, but I don't log out either (just spam Earthquake even though I don't see it happening; it works).
ticklishmusic
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States15977 Posts
March 24 2016 16:32 GMT
#21173
My clients been acting up a bit the last couple days. Ping, FPS and all that seem okay (had some ping issues I solved separately) but game feels oddly clunky even when running solo-- mapping with a couple TL'ers yesterday was pretty bad... I think it's a performance issue somewhere. :/

Speaking of, we should try and set up Zana rotations to max benefit. I've been running them pretty late at night (east coast US) with a couple people, but if we can full 6's that would be good. I'm pretty flexible, any time between 7pm and 2am EST basically works for me. If anyone is interested, I can set up a Doodle poll.
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Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-03-24 16:34:13
March 24 2016 16:34 GMT
#21174
in my experience if ur vsync gets turned on in this game it makes everything go to shit
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WaveofShadow
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada31494 Posts
March 24 2016 17:57 GMT
#21175
On March 25 2016 01:32 ticklishmusic wrote:
My clients been acting up a bit the last couple days. Ping, FPS and all that seem okay (had some ping issues I solved separately) but game feels oddly clunky even when running solo-- mapping with a couple TL'ers yesterday was pretty bad... I think it's a performance issue somewhere. :/

Speaking of, we should try and set up Zana rotations to max benefit. I've been running them pretty late at night (east coast US) with a couple people, but if we can full 6's that would be good. I'm pretty flexible, any time between 7pm and 2am EST basically works for me. If anyone is interested, I can set up a Doodle poll.

Yeah I dced and basically couldn't even get back on last night after I gave my Zana
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Kickstart
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States1941 Posts
March 24 2016 18:15 GMT
#21176
On March 25 2016 02:57 WaveofShadow wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2016 01:32 ticklishmusic wrote:
My clients been acting up a bit the last couple days. Ping, FPS and all that seem okay (had some ping issues I solved separately) but game feels oddly clunky even when running solo-- mapping with a couple TL'ers yesterday was pretty bad... I think it's a performance issue somewhere. :/

Speaking of, we should try and set up Zana rotations to max benefit. I've been running them pretty late at night (east coast US) with a couple people, but if we can full 6's that would be good. I'm pretty flexible, any time between 7pm and 2am EST basically works for me. If anyone is interested, I can set up a Doodle poll.

Yeah I dced and basically couldn't even get back on last night after I gave my Zana

Same happened to me last night. I was rather annoyed, lost my map zana and servers crashed twice and was never able to get the group back together after the second crash. So I gave my zana xp but didnt get any of the rotation done =[. Especially annoying since I'm aiming for zana 8.
A Killer Cuppa Tea
Profile Joined December 2011
97 Posts
March 24 2016 19:06 GMT
#21177
I was halfway through the lab today when i got disconnected by the server. Now i gotta start again. D:
WaveofShadow
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada31494 Posts
March 24 2016 20:23 GMT
#21178
On March 25 2016 04:06 A Killer Cuppa Tea wrote:
I was halfway through the lab today when i got disconnected by the server. Now i gotta start again. D:

Plz. I rage about that on a semi-weekly basis.
twitch.tv/waveofshadow ||| Winner of AHGL's So You Think You Can Cast! ||| Juicy Dad for lyfe ||| 'idk i get a kick out of stupid things' - Jarms Yarng
Miragee
Profile Joined December 2009
8509 Posts
March 24 2016 21:47 GMT
#21179
On March 25 2016 01:32 ticklishmusic wrote:
My clients been acting up a bit the last couple days. Ping, FPS and all that seem okay (had some ping issues I solved separately) but game feels oddly clunky even when running solo-- mapping with a couple TL'ers yesterday was pretty bad... I think it's a performance issue somewhere. :/

Speaking of, we should try and set up Zana rotations to max benefit. I've been running them pretty late at night (east coast US) with a couple people, but if we can full 6's that would be good. I'm pretty flexible, any time between 7pm and 2am EST basically works for me. If anyone is interested, I can set up a Doodle poll.


I have the same problem. My ping is constantly at 40-50 but I have random stutters that feel like lag spikes.
Ryndika
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
1489 Posts
March 24 2016 22:07 GMT
#21180
On March 25 2016 00:23 malcram wrote:
i don't get alt-f4 in HC. what's the point if you're going to do that to prevent a death, might as well play SC.

Might as well play SC if your attitude is not to prevent deaths and avoid dying.
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