On February 13 2013 05:58 Tennet wrote: It is Jonathan Rogers, not Chris Wilson.
I love how the very first example he uses is "Useless item affixes" yet PoE affixes are either distributed horribly or things like Thorns mod exists.
All affixes make sense in PoE actually (i think at least, lol). They dont necessarily make sense to every character(wich is good) but even thorns is good to some people (there is a marauder build that uses Punishment, Molten Shell etc)
On February 13 2013 13:18 REDBLUEGREEN wrote: wow massive thread. Never heard about this game before but it looks nice. Last hack&slash game I played was D2 and kicksin was by far my favorite build.
Now I assume most here played D2 but in case you didn't I'm gonna outline what I liked about kicksins:
More active playstyle then other classes/builds, needed a lot of switching between different skills etc (need to put that starcraft apm to some use, no? ) Some crowd control abilities. Low to average standard attacks but insane burst damage. Basically you needed to charge up your main attacks with some normal attacks and then could charge behind the frontlines and take out high priority enemies like spellcasters and get out again. A bit of a melee glasscannon I suppose.
Now judging from the archetypes I assume shadow or duelist but are they also closest gameplay wise?
probably something to do with flicker strike,
so probably lightningstrike,flickerstrike to move around quickly,
look up crit ci shadow on the poe forums its pretty good, doesnt use as much utility but you could always change that since you like sin in D2 maybe go flicker,Double strike and traps as aoe since i know since use traps and they are good aoe,
This is what you were looking for probably, Im trying to play this build now ;D I rly like it (didnt make it past 30 so far ;D)
Edit: Note that the Keystone Chaos Inoculation has since been nerfed, so its a lot harder to do (especially on hardcore) but probably doable...
That build is currently impossible late game without Eye of Chayula and Dream Fragments, both which are extremely expensive.
But as far as I see, static blow only increases stun chance and stun duration, so I don't really understand what all the people are talking about. Can somebody help me out please?
Static blows increases shock chance and shock duration, not stun duration. Shock stacks can stack up to 3 times which means at full stacks a mob will take 120% increased damage.
On February 13 2013 22:42 JustPassingBy wrote: Quick newbie question, I see alot of ranger builds which evolve around static blows and some people even claim, quote:
But as far as I see, static blow only increases stun chance and stun duration, so I don't really understand what all the people are talking about. Can somebody help me out please?
static blows is the smaller node right under minion instability - it adds chance to shock on hit and shock duration, not stun.
On February 13 2013 13:57 Fawkes wrote: Man pricing things in this game seem so difficult for me.
Anybody know the going rates of things like 4L gloves and 5L armors/weapons around level mid50 levels.
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All 4L whites that aren't really high lvl or high ilvl are 1 alch a pop. 5L stuff ranges quite a bit based on who's buying and what the item is. Armors and Bows (if it's the right bow like a Thicket) go for the most, and 2h weapons not as much. Pricewise probably at least 2gcp upwards to an exalt +change (if it was say lvl 62 ES armour). Going beyond exalt is into the price range of 6L stuff and that stuff should be a worth a fortune for higher lvl gear.
I love how the very first example he uses is "Useless item affixes" yet PoE affixes are either distributed horribly or things like Thorns mod exists.
All affixes make sense in PoE actually (i think at least, lol). They dont necessarily make sense to every character(wich is good) but even thorns is good to some people (there is a marauder build that uses Punishment, Molten Shell etc)
On February 13 2013 13:36 Obstikal wrote:
On February 13 2013 13:18 REDBLUEGREEN wrote: wow massive thread. Never heard about this game before but it looks nice. Last hack&slash game I played was D2 and kicksin was by far my favorite build.
Now I assume most here played D2 but in case you didn't I'm gonna outline what I liked about kicksins:
More active playstyle then other classes/builds, needed a lot of switching between different skills etc (need to put that starcraft apm to some use, no? ) Some crowd control abilities. Low to average standard attacks but insane burst damage. Basically you needed to charge up your main attacks with some normal attacks and then could charge behind the frontlines and take out high priority enemies like spellcasters and get out again. A bit of a melee glasscannon I suppose.
Now judging from the archetypes I assume shadow or duelist but are they also closest gameplay wise?
probably something to do with flicker strike,
so probably lightningstrike,flickerstrike to move around quickly,
look up crit ci shadow on the poe forums its pretty good, doesnt use as much utility but you could always change that since you like sin in D2 maybe go flicker,Double strike and traps as aoe since i know since use traps and they are good aoe,
This is what you were looking for probably, Im trying to play this build now ;D I rly like it (didnt make it past 30 so far ;D)
Edit: Note that the Keystone Chaos Inoculation has since been nerfed, so its a lot harder to do (especially on hardcore) but probably doable...
That build is currently impossible late game without Eye of Chayula and Dream Fragments, both which are extremely expensive.
im currently running this build but doing it as HP/Armor based as it is a lot safer in HC. The nerf to CI makes it hard to get ES high enough for survivability without spending a lot of time liking for ES based gear not impossible just hard. Makes the build a lot more character dependant.
Also wanted to note that what is shown wont be easily achieve able until the late stages in the game around lvl60-70+ depending on how fast you get the gear with links you need.
On February 13 2013 22:42 JustPassingBy wrote: Quick newbie question, I see alot of ranger builds which evolve around static blows and some people even claim, quote:
But as far as I see, static blow only increases stun chance and stun duration, so I don't really understand what all the people are talking about. Can somebody help me out please?
static blows is the smaller node right under minion instability - it adds chance to shock on hit and shock duration, not stun.
Oh, wait. So shock is not the same as stun? I guess that is where my misunderstanding was, gotta read up what shock is.
Rarity: Rare Eagle Carapace Astral Plate -------- Armour: 806 (augmented) -------- Requirements: Level: 62 Str: 180 -------- +8% to all Elemental Resistances -------- 59% increased Armour +73 to maximum Life +8% to Fire Resistance +14% to Cold Resistance +27% to Lightning Resistance
astral plate so innate allres plus armor increase,high life and 3 resistances. worth something? maybe use myself and try to maybe 4/5link it?
I don't think it's even worth 4Linking. It's one of the best item I've seen outside of maps, but rolls just get so much higher with ilvl 70+, and fusings are worth so damn much.
On February 14 2013 02:57 Pwere wrote: I don't think it's even worth 4Linking. It's one of the best item I've seen outside of maps, but rolls just get so much higher with ilvl 70+, and fusings are worth so damn much.
mmhh 4link would be enough for me atm. then again maybe i can sell it for something nice.
hard choice cause i found a ilvl63 5link chest (ev/es) one of the best offers is an 5l armor chest+1gcp..
On February 14 2013 02:57 Pwere wrote: I don't think it's even worth 4Linking. It's one of the best item I've seen outside of maps, but rolls just get so much higher with ilvl 70+, and fusings are worth so damn much.
mmhh 4link would be enough for me atm. then again maybe i can sell it for something nice.
hard choice cause i found a ilvl63 5link chest (ev/es) one of the best offers is an 5l armor chest+1gcp..
It's not worth dumping currency into a dead end item though. All the resist rolls on that are really low so it has no longevity. No sense dumping several GCP into an item that you're going to replace when you start getting map level items. A good resist roll is 40% while yours are about half that even including the implicit bonus.
Just buy a four link helm/glove/boot and replace your chest with that. It might be bad in the long term, but short term it should buffer any lost stats you have elsewhere while you look for an improvement that is actually worthwhile to dump currency into.
Rarity: Rare Eagle Carapace Astral Plate -------- Armour: 806 (augmented) -------- Requirements: Level: 62 Str: 180 -------- +8% to all Elemental Resistances -------- 59% increased Armour +73 to maximum Life +8% to Fire Resistance +14% to Cold Resistance +27% to Lightning Resistance
astral plate so innate allres plus armor increase,high life and 3 resistances. worth something? maybe use myself and try to maybe 4/5link it?
You got the mod types you want, but the resistance rolls are a little bleh aside from the LR. What are the current sockets? You might have to spend a lot of currency in order to get this item into peak form. Here is what it would have looked like with the best mods:
+100% increased Armour +109 to maximum Life +45% to Fire Resistance +45% to Cold Resistance +45% to Lightning Resistance
Obviously, a perfect rare is unrealistic and requires a ridiculously high ilvl, but it gives you an idea of where your item falls on the spectrum of mod rolls. Also keep in mind it does not have the maximum number of affixes, meaning you could use an exalted orb on it. And if you used a divine orb on it, the maximum you could get would be:
+64% increased Armour +79 to maximum Life +11% to Fire Resistance +17% to Cold Resistance +29% to Lightning Resistance
This isn't that much better than what you already rolled, as you can see. It will definitely be worth something, and if the sockets are somewhat desirable I would run it yourself assuming it is an upgrade. But I wouldn't dump my worth into it trying to get the linked sockets you want w/ 20% quality, etc. etc.
I'm just starting to get used to navigating item affixes in PoE, btw, so if any of the above is incorrect someone please let me know.
On February 14 2013 03:07 crms wrote: added dnd made summons on your team untargetable
Holy shit!
PoE devs always on the ball with the community. I can't believe how quickly things like this are fixed.
well done!
When a studio is not bogged down by internal politics (ahem), then a code-base and design library reflects that, and is more malleable, which makes for easy feature additions and bug fixes.
Just spoke with my friend at blizzard.... Appearently there are more Sr Developers and Sr Dev II working on the progress bar than many of the other components.... ugggh
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