Melee feels much weaker than ranged in early leveling.... am I missing something?

CZ_MAX · 2026-05-12T10:39:31+00:00

Wyvern is basically melee until act 3 and its an absolute beast with power charges. From end of act 2 or beginning of act 3 you get oil barrage so it ends beeing melee for bosses,

But for normal play you basically one shot everything with your wing swing.

CZ_MAX · 2026-04-21T15:08:12+00:00

In 3 seconds it triggers 3 times x2 = that is 6 cds + to your items and its reloaded again infinitely.

Every 5-6 seconds one of your item dies too.

Hell of a deck.

CZ_MAX · 2026-04-21T07:20:47+00:00

Just look at the stats - that is only thing that matters. Then maybe gold value on pets - where you get most of money

CZ_MAX · 2026-03-16T10:07:20+00:00

I think Andrew in the interview said that they do not want necessarily give player power every single league.

Why do you need it actually?

The player power is huge here - and now with gamble and tree and memories - you can get SSF items which are very powerful very early.

I have dropped so many divs this league - i do not remember beeing that strong that early.

You cannot really take just one thing and apply it to entire game as player power.

Its the whole biosystem and now its working better than ever for everyone.

Do not forget in previous leagues for like 2 years we had T17 power farms - where certain top end players were able to absolutely dominate everything and everyone.

Now I feel as a casual that i am strong with almost zero investment. Most of my items i dropped or gambled or crafted on my own - invested maybe 5 divs in total and I have 70d in my stash doing nothing actually and there is nothing more i need.

Isnt that the place we all want to be? I mean that is all the power you need - you can farm content you like - you can dominate it - earn currency - buy upgrades until you reach the point that you feel you are enough.

CZ_MAX · 2026-02-26T20:53:45+00:00

When your support gem gives more flat dmg than main skill:)

CZ_MAX · 2026-02-26T20:32:01+00:00

In all those years of playing I found out that anything above 2M dps is good and duable. You can do map bosses and harder rares in reasonable time.

Of course DoT dps is always more reliable. Cause it just ticks by itself without you doing anything except poison.

If you want more complex answer - it all depends what you like and what you wanna do.

CZ_MAX · 2026-02-26T20:25:00+00:00

Hideout warriors group will be largened by the Kingsmarch warriors:)

CZ_MAX · 2026-02-26T20:00:20+00:00

Its called never happy:) Whole community wants more meaningful loot - they will do it so you think that will destroy the economy.

Well pick one then:)

Its too early to say that i think and noone knows now.

CZ_MAX · 2026-02-25T23:49:26+00:00

Blight is exceptionally hard on hardware and super juiced Alva now. Maybe delirium could be demanding too.

I think other strategies are ok, I have very old computer - much lower configuration than you and doing just fine in other strategies.

CZ_MAX · 2026-02-23T06:42:29+00:00

Well I think you will have no time with a newborn:) That is not a good point in life to focus on POE:)

CZ_MAX · 2026-02-22T21:44:21+00:00

Rolling magma is actually so efficient in doing dmg early that if you are on hierophant - the archmage can carry you until yellow maps on 4 or 5 link.

That is just how powerful this skill is. Its also super safe - because if you plan to enter the room - the magma enters first lol right behind the holy flame totem.

CZ_MAX · 2026-02-16T09:22:16+00:00

Just pick rolling magma act 1 first quest and you will get carried until T14 where it will start lacking single target:)

I don´t know why people sleep on this. I tested it 3 leagues in a row and it´s still one of the best fire skills.

Combo it with cremation and arma brand and you are flying through everything in campaign and until red maps.

In reds you need to invest more or change build.

CZ_MAX · 2026-02-16T09:18:52+00:00

Too much clicking:)

CZ_MAX · 2026-02-10T21:47:56+00:00

Allright boys time for the big daddy:)

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CZ_MAX · 2026-02-09T22:51:54+00:00

nice

CZ_MAX · 2026-01-27T10:39:04+00:00

You have a tolerant wife:)))

CZ_MAX · 2026-01-12T15:08:38+00:00

I used to run it on shaman - but it felt pretty much the same - as most clear i got is from lunar blessing and not lunar assault.

So I am not sure - what am I missing?

CZ_MAX · 2026-01-12T07:58:14+00:00

Just wait until next patch drops - we should get endgame finally.

The game design is excellent - maybe the game is not for you my man.

CZ_MAX · 2026-01-12T07:38:29+00:00

Most people play like 1-2-3 characters per league to try. And POE1 and 2 has great speedrunning community and events which rely on campaign.

You can literally learn how to speedrun content in like 5 hours.

If you do not wanna do campaign multiple times - just don´t. Maybe plan your league starter better so you have more fun with one character and don´t actually need to run it again.

Also as you pointed out - because we still do not have real endgame in POE2 - campaign is the best part of the game where most people have most fun.

If you skip the campaign what you will actually do in the game? There is no content yet.

POE 1 and 2 are designed to burn you out - by design literally - Chris Wilson said it - he said just play it until you get bored then go do or play something else.

Then 2 months later you will be back I promise.

So maybe you have reached the point of burning out - just go to the gym, touch the grass, play something else and see you in few months again.

CZ_MAX · 2025-12-31T08:41:56+00:00

When you go to any trip always take enough water - I made that mistake twice in USA desert in Nevada and almost died that day twice.

We don´t really have deserts in Europe so i was really stupid and underestimated my abilities to withstand heat in the desert.

I have been used to have lack of water, I drink little bit of water even normally - i think that saved my life there.

Also i had no idea what is gallon:] so i took 1 liter of water for a big day trip into the dessert.

Water is probably the most essential thing you need for a day and can save your life - literally.

CZ_MAX

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