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udgnim
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8024 Posts
January 31 2013 17:33 GMT
#4721
On January 31 2013 17:24 udgnim wrote:I'll probably kill Merciless Vaal tomorrow


tried Merciless Vaal

got 3 shot by falling stones with 725 HP & 1464 ES w/ Discipline

forgot to make a TP before doing Vaal

Vaal Pyramid Lvl 1 already reset

facepalm


E-Sports is competitive video gaming with a spectator fan base. Do not take the word "Sports" literally.
Redox
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany24794 Posts
January 31 2013 17:39 GMT
#4722
Is the experience loss the only difference between the difficulty levels or is there more to it?
Because people are talking about "Merciless Vaal" here etc.
Off-season = best season
Tennet
Profile Joined January 2010
United States1458 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-31 17:41:39
January 31 2013 17:40 GMT
#4723
My 5L chest does NOT want to roll 3g2r.. So far I've used at least 60 chromes on it, will have to stock up then go for it again. Really want to be able to use WED with LA/LMP/LoH/Chain set up.


On February 01 2013 02:39 Redox wrote:
Is the experience loss the only difference between the difficulty levels or is there more to it?
Because people are talking about "Merciless Vaal" here etc.


Everything is higher level and so the difficulty increases along with damage, there is also penalties to resists.
"The harder it gets, the more you need to focus on the basics." - Seo Gyung Jong
Southlight
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States11768 Posts
January 31 2013 17:41 GMT
#4724
On February 01 2013 02:13 RuskiPanda wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 01 2013 00:47 Southlight wrote:
On February 01 2013 00:15 RuskiPanda wrote:
On January 31 2013 23:46 Southlight wrote:
God, summoner so slow, finally beat Vaal Oversoul on normal ~_~


I found that it was better to just join big Act clearing parties until you get your Minion Instability keystone around level 40 or so (depending on the route you take up to it). You might miss on some drops because of Ninjas or whatever but honestly not that much great stuff drops in Normal anyway and once you do get Minion Instability you can solo farm Cruel+ fairly easily.


I'm not intending to run a minion build once I get through A2/A3 Cruel, should I just stick a point in it anyways for leveling purposes? ->build

Double totem + double curse, just dun have the spell totems (nor curses) yet.


I'd say it helps a lot if you're doing a lot of summoning but if you're going to drop it then maybe not. Even if its not the main focus of your build having a spell totem with minion instability is always a nice way to tank a room of mobs.


I can always just spec into it and then respec/regret it later I guess. If it'll help carry me across A3->A2C then it's probably worth the investment... I mean, I'm literally already there in my build, it'd only cost one point lol.
oraoraoraoraoraoraoraora
crms
Profile Joined February 2010
United States11933 Posts
January 31 2013 17:45 GMT
#4725
what is the EK build kripp was calling OP the other night? I notice they have 2 EK players in his map group. Something about etheral knives? Can't remember exactly but what makes the skill OP?
http://i.imgur.com/fAUOr2c.png | Fighting games are great
Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
January 31 2013 17:47 GMT
#4726
On February 01 2013 02:45 crms wrote:
what is the EK build kripp was calling OP the other night? I notice they have 2 EK players in his map group. Something about etheral knives? Can't remember exactly but what makes the skill OP?


I think that it is the fact that EK does physical damage (the only spell to do so), although I'm not 100% sure why that is OP. Maybe life leech?
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udgnim
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8024 Posts
January 31 2013 17:48 GMT
#4727
joined a public group to get to Vaal

had a Chaos and Chance stolen from me

tried to steal a Chain

public group stalled at Lvl 2 because there's 2 low level players that just want to be carried and then there are 2 other characters that just want to try to speed run through to find the next level and end up dieing
E-Sports is competitive video gaming with a spectator fan base. Do not take the word "Sports" literally.
Redox
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany24794 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-31 17:57:51
January 31 2013 17:56 GMT
#4728
On February 01 2013 02:40 Tennet wrote:
My 5L chest does NOT want to roll 3g2r.. So far I've used at least 60 chromes on it, will have to stock up then go for it again. Really want to be able to use WED with LA/LMP/LoH/Chain set up.


Show nested quote +
On February 01 2013 02:39 Redox wrote:
Is the experience loss the only difference between the difficulty levels or is there more to it?
Because people are talking about "Merciless Vaal" here etc.


Everything is higher level and so the difficulty increases along with damage, there is also penalties to resists.

Oh so I guess after playing through the game in normal you do it again on the next difficulty level, which then has monsters on higher level, correct?

All this stuff is kind of difficult to find out for a noob who just started. The Path of Exile wiki doesnt help that much either.
For example, no idea what people are referring to with this 5L stuff etc. Oh well.
Off-season = best season
Benjamin99
Profile Joined April 2012
4176 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-31 18:09:26
January 31 2013 18:07 GMT
#4729
Merciless Vaal got me to 100 ES phew lol. 1 other wasn't so lucky and died. The rocks do insane dmg. Anyway I manage to hit lvl 70 in my crappy gear and almost done with act 3. Still haven't died yet since open beta start
Stephano & Jaedong <-- The Pain Train. Polt and Innovation to EG plz
ApocAlypsE007
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Israel1007 Posts
January 31 2013 18:13 GMT
#4730
Hi ,I'm considering to give this game a shot. What do you people think about this game? Is it worth my time?
I'm playing the game, the one that will take me to my end, i'm waiting for the rain, TO WASH-- WHO I AM!!!
akatama
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Romania982 Posts
January 31 2013 18:15 GMT
#4731
On February 01 2013 02:40 Tennet wrote:
My 5L chest does NOT want to roll 3g2r.. So far I've used at least 60 chromes on it, will have to stock up then go for it again. Really want to be able to use WED with LA/LMP/LoH/Chain set up.

The chance of an item rolling socket colors depends on armor type to some extent. For example pure armor items have really high chance to roll red sockets (armor = str = red). An es/eva armor has equally high chances for green/blue sockets, and a lower chance for red ones. I don't know the exact percentages but a dev told this was real.
iXphobos
Profile Joined July 2010
Germany1465 Posts
January 31 2013 18:19 GMT
#4732
On February 01 2013 02:56 Redox wrote:
All this stuff is kind of difficult to find out for a noob who just started. The Path of Exile wiki doesnt help that much either.
For example, no idea what people are referring to with this 5L stuff etc. Oh well.


Check the offical website. The forums are very helpful. Theres a thread for the abbreviations too.
Tennet
Profile Joined January 2010
United States1458 Posts
January 31 2013 18:29 GMT
#4733
On February 01 2013 03:15 akatama wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 01 2013 02:40 Tennet wrote:
My 5L chest does NOT want to roll 3g2r.. So far I've used at least 60 chromes on it, will have to stock up then go for it again. Really want to be able to use WED with LA/LMP/LoH/Chain set up.

The chance of an item rolling socket colors depends on armor type to some extent. For example pure armor items have really high chance to roll red sockets (armor = str = red). An es/eva armor has equally high chances for green/blue sockets, and a lower chance for red ones. I don't know the exact percentages but a dev told this was real.

Yeah, I'm aware, hence the difficulty to get the socket colors i need.
"The harder it gets, the more you need to focus on the basics." - Seo Gyung Jong
akatama
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Romania982 Posts
January 31 2013 18:40 GMT
#4734
On February 01 2013 03:29 Tennet wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 01 2013 03:15 akatama wrote:
On February 01 2013 02:40 Tennet wrote:
My 5L chest does NOT want to roll 3g2r.. So far I've used at least 60 chromes on it, will have to stock up then go for it again. Really want to be able to use WED with LA/LMP/LoH/Chain set up.

The chance of an item rolling socket colors depends on armor type to some extent. For example pure armor items have really high chance to roll red sockets (armor = str = red). An es/eva armor has equally high chances for green/blue sockets, and a lower chance for red ones. I don't know the exact percentages but a dev told this was real.

Yeah, I'm aware, hence the difficulty to get the socket colors i need.

This is the reason I for one am reluctant to try more exotic builds. For example I want to build a frost Templar, but I would need about 2-3 green sockets on my chest to make it work, and I just can't see myself wearing a piece of gear without the defenses I choose to improve. OCD kicking in hardcore for me.
udgnim
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8024 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-31 18:55:30
January 31 2013 18:50 GMT
#4735
On February 01 2013 02:33 udgnim wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 31 2013 17:24 udgnim wrote:I'll probably kill Merciless Vaal tomorrow


tried Merciless Vaal

got 3 shot by falling stones with 725 HP & 1464 ES w/ Discipline

forgot to make a TP before doing Vaal

Vaal Pyramid Lvl 1 already reset

facepalm


ended up solo killing Merciless Vaal on my second attempt and managed to do it without dying

not sure if I would have attempted it if I was playing Hardcore though

if I didn't want to risk dying,I had to basically jam Quicksilver Flask and run to the open portal after getting hit once from Vaal

anyways next scary stage is seeing how much damage the snakes do with their chaos damage and after that the poison bombers

~ -10% chaos resist was sufficient for me to get through A1-2 Merciless without too much risk
E-Sports is competitive video gaming with a spectator fan base. Do not take the word "Sports" literally.
Tennet
Profile Joined January 2010
United States1458 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-31 19:11:24
January 31 2013 19:11 GMT
#4736
nevermind, didn't read the full post
"The harder it gets, the more you need to focus on the basics." - Seo Gyung Jong
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
January 31 2013 19:28 GMT
#4737
Just downloaded this game.
Is it exactly like D2 or?
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
Shinbi
Profile Joined December 2009
338 Posts
January 31 2013 19:34 GMT
#4738
Not exactly - but if you're familiar with D2 mechanics, then you'll probably be more familiar with this game than someone who strictly played D3.
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
January 31 2013 19:35 GMT
#4739
I know how D2 work, but I mean the game is geared more towards the D2 appeal than D3 adventure?
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
Juicyfruit
Profile Joined May 2008
Canada5484 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-31 19:49:14
January 31 2013 19:39 GMT
#4740
On February 01 2013 04:35 Torte de Lini wrote:
I know how D2 work, but I mean the game is geared more towards the D2 appeal than D3 adventure?


Yes, by far. In terms of how the game "feels" it's closer to Diablo 2 than anything else.

And yet strictly speaking, the mechanics between this game and diablo 2 are not at all similar.

Btw, if anyone with experience has a couple second to spare, please give a glance at my bow duelist build (Blood Magic) and let me know if there are any glaring problems that I should fix.
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