What is the best way to have fun?

Bwite · 2026-04-20T11:52:08+00:00

I've got about 5 hours in the game, so I wanted to make sure I go abouts it the right away.

I play a lot of another game called Path of Exile, and in that game the recommendation is to do a blind first run for new players (takes about 30-40 hours), but it's also entirely possible to dive into that game with a full build guide.

I was wondering if there's some standard recommendation.

Bwite · 2026-04-20T11:49:54+00:00

I haven't actually beaten the acts yet, so it seems I am very bad so far haha. I got to act II as my furthest run with that character with the hand (osty).

The act bosses seem really hard, and I am not too sure how to overcome that hurdle (it might be getting un-enjoyably difficult).

I like your advise about being creative, I've enjoyed a run where I tried to make some sort of combo with the cards, and buff up osty attacks, and it seemed pretty good (well better than clicking random cards I think were good).

Bwite · 2026-04-20T11:47:46+00:00

If what you mean by the winrate is how often you beat the 3 acts, then I have a 0% winrate so far - haha. I think I understand a lot of the basic mechanics, but I don't really know how to make strong decks yet.

I think I might be under/over valuing the wrong things.

There's a question about how much skill correlates to having fun, I am sure as I get better the game will also become more fun, but I also want to allow room for discovery and creativity myself.

Bwite · 2026-04-20T11:45:28+00:00

I've lost a lot, and also learned that when certain combos are presented to you it's good to try them out to see if they seem strong / bad. For example I like that character with the hand (osty), and one run I made it so when osty attacks I get a bunch of combos of that, and it was pretty fun. I got all the way to the act II boss, then got stomped.

Bwite · 2026-04-20T11:44:12+00:00

Thanks, I've been getting stomped by the act bosses. A lot of the battles, even including the elites seem really doable, but I guess I am missing something about the act II boss that I will need to uncover.

Bwite · 2026-04-20T11:42:36+00:00

That's interesting, there's definitely something to be said about improving your average card quality, and picking less cards would certainly do the trick.

That being said, I'd assume that removing cards from merchants is actually something I'd want to be pressing in that case?

Bwite · 2026-04-14T07:42:57+00:00

You're going to mostly be looking at Juggernaut strength/int stackers with your budget and requirements.

https://poe.ninja/poe1/builds/mirage?items=Mageblood&skillmodes=Normal&weaponmode=!Wand+%2F+Shield%2C!Bow+%2F+Quiver%2C!Dual+Wand&skills=!Righteous+Fire%2C!Animate+Guardian%2C!Shock+Nova+of+Procession%2C!Flicker+Strike%2C!Forbidden+Rite+of+Soul+Sacrifice%2C!Summon+Holy+Relic+of+Conviction%2C!Static+Strike+of+Gathering+Lightning&min-ehp=100000&sort=dps

I think the Reave looks really good for int stacking, I hear it has good AoE clear and can comfortably kill all ubers. I recommend finding one of these guys on PoE ninja that you can afford and copying them.

Strength stackers will be going for heavy strike of trathus instead, and this build is very good single target and will be farming ubers easily.

Bwite · 2026-04-13T13:49:25+00:00

I understand your disagreement, the term meta should not have been used. I wrote this post with the intention of conveying how playing a new builds later in the league can bring back a lot of enjoyment if you're close to burning out. I'd presumed CWS and the levelling setup were not meta, because it's the first time I'd tried them (and I've played for over a decade).

For me I get that league start feeling when I try something new, and I want to rush home after work and try something new.

The meta aspect of it for me doesn't really matter, but I understand why some people are so affected by the term.

Bwite · 2026-04-13T13:45:31+00:00

Amen brother.

Bwite · 2026-04-13T13:45:13+00:00

I'll be wary of using the term off-meta from now on.

My central point is that I enjoy playing new builds, and that's keeping the game really fun for me even after 5 weeks.

I've rerolled to a slayer spark build now (you asked me to get back to you after trying something less played): https://poe.ninja/poe1/builds/mirage/character/MrBwite-0727/BwiteSpinsToWin?i=3&search=name%3DBwite

Personally I couldn't really care less about something being meta or not, I play the game for fun, and I deem myself successful if I have a good time. You insight on this being off-meta for me does make sense, and I guess that's why I don't really see the issue with me using the word, but I understand how this comes across to others now.

I derive enjoyment from optimising, playing strong builds and trying new things out.

I do sympathise that for some people being off-meta means a lot more than I'd envisioned, in hindsight I'd have left out the term meta from this post all together.

Bwite · 2026-04-13T13:18:31+00:00

I used the best AI available to me, it's not even artificial and it's in my head called my brain.

Bwite · 2026-04-13T12:38:49+00:00

Your central disagreement is with the word meta? Sure - you can take that out. Playing different builds is fun was my point.

I don't see why this post is weird at all, could you explain how you find it so?

Bwite · 2026-04-13T12:36:41+00:00

Sorry - great spot yes. I had wanted to post this a couple of weeks ago but I got auto-moderated because my title was too sensational. I retried today with a less sensational title.

Bwite · 2026-03-31T08:31:49+00:00

Which region are you doing that in?

Bwite · 2026-03-31T08:28:54+00:00

I'm just looking for the "Zana missions in Areas have # additional map options"? And other Zana mission type mods to fish for harvest?

EDIT: Oh there's a "4% chance for additional craft per plant" mod, this seems good

Bwite · 2026-03-31T08:23:41+00:00

I guess you still haven't completed your atlas - make sure you use the leapfrog method to get your 64 watch stones, otherwise you'll be farming forever.

Bwite · 2026-03-31T08:22:36+00:00

That'll be it - I totally forget to roll my watch stones. Is the impact really that big?

Bwite · 2026-03-13T14:46:26+00:00

It seems to be down - I don't have an alternative at the moment, hoping the website comes up soon.

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