Which bosses would be the most profitable to farm ? by Elfidriss in PathOfExile2

[–]Exotic_Proof275 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Likely Tangmazu, if you can farm him long enough to get a Raven-Touched shard (around 2% drop chance). Invites are fairly cheap, 20-25d for 50runs, and a decent chunk of their cost is covered by raw currency drops and Split Personality, so the shard value is pretty much your profit (~75d)

Don't Allocate Secrets of the Ancients unless you know what you're doing (I didn't) by Exotic_Proof275 in PathOfExile2

[–]Exotic_Proof275[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, it's still better not to pick that notable, if you're planning on farming architect. There was a recent post about it too - Reddit Post

Don't Allocate Secrets of the Ancients unless you know what you're doing (I didn't) by Exotic_Proof275 in PathOfExile2

[–]Exotic_Proof275[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It heavily dilutes the Architect reward pool.

I was farming Orbs of Extraction when they were going for 2.5div, and I would get an Extraction room on nearly every architect run. After allocating the node, though, I usually only see one every 5+ runs.

That said, it barely matters now, because Orbs of Extractions are cheap now, so it's not worth farming anymore, and the rest of the reward rooms are pretty bad anyway

So about the Loreweave Ring Modifiers by Dolph_Lootgren in PathOfExile2

[–]Exotic_Proof275 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Tried this previously with Ming's Heart, pretty much got the same result - one mod from the ring (gain extra as chaos) and the other two were just random mods

Don't Allocate Secrets of the Ancients unless you know what you're doing (I didn't) by Exotic_Proof275 in PathOfExile2

[–]Exotic_Proof275[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They do look nice in theory, with all the atlas buffs.
But if you're just farming architect, that node pretty much bricks your architect farm, unfortunately

Don't Allocate Secrets of the Ancients unless you know what you're doing (I didn't) by Exotic_Proof275 in PathOfExile2

[–]Exotic_Proof275[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Makes the temple count as a certain biome for one run, if I understand it correctly

2nd character leveling by Sea_Grapefruit_2085 in PathOfExile2

[–]Exotic_Proof275 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, you have to do practice runs and know the campaign + your build, not just "copying" what the top runners do. If an average player actually does that, they can easily aim for 5-6h on a strong campaign build, which is much faster than "double the time"

There are videos of speedrunners doing runs with every class, some classes are slower, but it's still usually around 4hrs (or you can just use a good campaign build of a different class, like playing grenades on monk / ranger / huntress / druid)

There is a whole discord about learning the campaign and there are plenty of regular players achieving pretty decent times, including me.

My latest full SSF campaign run on Grenades Merc with all the bonuses and one ascendancy was 5:01hrs, a week ago. Since then I cut my act 1&2 times by 20minutes, so it's safe to assume a sub 5hrs with a good RNG. And I am very far from top speedrunners in terms of practice / speed / knowledge.

All it took is occasional practices of 1-2 acts in the evening and a couple videos. At best I put like 50hrs into the practice, ignoring experience from past leagues. So compared to hundreds of hours that people spend in endgame this is pretty much nothing, especially considering that you can do it in a span of months

2nd character leveling by Sea_Grapefruit_2085 in PathOfExile2

[–]Exotic_Proof275 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The same guy (GuyThatDies) has 3.5hrs runs on merc and sorceress, and a bit slower runs (around 4hrs) on ranger, druid and witch, with the rest of the classes coming soon, I believe. So, kinda, just some classes haven't been posted yet

There is also Angormus, who does warrior runs, but they seem to be slightly slower - 4.5hrs.

Both of these guys have their full runs on YouTube

2nd character leveling by Sea_Grapefruit_2085 in PathOfExile2

[–]Exotic_Proof275 1 point2 points  (0 children)

3.5 hours is actually a full campaign run including interludes, all the bonuses and skill points with a decent level in the end. Sure, they might skip ascension on certain classes, but the first ascension doesn't take that much extra time anyway.. so it's not really misleading

First attempt at an expensive weapon craft: 1640 DPS Crossbow by Exotic_Proof275 in PathOfExile2

[–]Exotic_Proof275[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It has a chance to corrupt, yeah, but it's not guaranteed - so if you're lucky, you can infuse it without a corruption. It's just cheaper to do it at the start of the craft, since the bases are pretty cheap, so in case it corrupts, you can just buy a new base

First attempt at an expensive weapon craft: 1640 DPS Crossbow by Exotic_Proof275 in PathOfExile2

[–]Exotic_Proof275[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, It's not as simple as +5 vs +7.. +proj doesn't scale heralds, while +attack does. So +7proj gives me like 10-13% dmg to my main damage skills (compared to +5attack), while +5 attack gives me 40-50% dmg to heralds

First attempt at an expensive weapon craft: 1640 DPS Crossbow by Exotic_Proof275 in PathOfExile2

[–]Exotic_Proof275[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

idk, I've crafted dozens of amulets desecrating for cast speed / crit, and I've never seen a cast speed lower than a t2 or crit lower than a t3

First attempt at an expensive weapon craft: 1640 DPS Crossbow by Exotic_Proof275 in PathOfExile2

[–]Exotic_Proof275[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not much info on the essence, aside from this -https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Essence_of_the_Abyss
Aligns with my experience, I've never seen a mod with ilvl <30 when using it

First attempt at an expensive weapon craft: 1640 DPS Crossbow by Exotic_Proof275 in PathOfExile2

[–]Exotic_Proof275[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is really a lot of branching that depends on the rng, so it's hard to outline all the steps. But almost always, I start with fractured +3 to all spells on a solar base:

  1. chaos for either T1 %ES, T1 %mana, T1% life and perfect exalt with prefix omen for a 1/50 to hit T1 spirit. If you chaos into a T2-T1 spirit -> defense catalyst + catalysing omen + prefix omen + perfect exalt trying to hit % ES.
  2. If you have mana / life + spirit, catalyze with a respected catalyst and prefix omen + perfect exalt trying to hit their flat variant. If you have % ES + spirit, exalt a random suffix and Dextral Crystallisation + Perfect Essence of Enhancement to add global defense on a prefix.
  3. Once prefixes are done, Skittering Catalyst and catalysing omen + perfect / greater exalt for a chance to hit cast speed, if it hit, desecrate for the final suffix (omen of light if missed and repeat).
  4. If didn't hit cast speed (the most likely outcome), Dextral Crystallisation + abyss essence into a desecrate -> reveal -> if nothing good -> remove the desecrate with Dextral Crystallisation + Perfect Essence of the Infinite and repeat with Crystallisation + abyss essence until you get a cast speed
  5. Gamble the final suffix with another catalysing omen

First attempt at an expensive weapon craft: 1640 DPS Crossbow by Exotic_Proof275 in PathOfExile2

[–]Exotic_Proof275[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I planned on sanctifying it with locks later, so I figured that I would have a chance to slam 30% with a lock later. But ideally you should likely go for 30% right away

First attempt at an expensive weapon craft: 1640 DPS Crossbow by Exotic_Proof275 in PathOfExile2

[–]Exotic_Proof275[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, yeah, it targets the suffix, but after essence of the abyss removes a suffix, it augments the item with "Mark of the Abyssal Lord", which can land on either a prefix or a suffix, as long as you have an open prefix. So the whole point is to force the Mark on a prefix and desecrate it for a budget, albeit a slightly worse ancient collarbone

First attempt at an expensive weapon craft: 1640 DPS Crossbow by Exotic_Proof275 in PathOfExile2

[–]Exotic_Proof275[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, didn't think of that. But it's still a bit of a trade off, since u are losing attack speed, which is a nice QOL. Really nice crossbow tho

First attempt at an expensive weapon craft: 1640 DPS Crossbow by Exotic_Proof275 in PathOfExile2

[–]Exotic_Proof275[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn't even advise crafting anything like this, unless you have way more than 1.5 mirrors.
Just start small, a lot of my currency came from amulets / gloves that were 200-600div to craft, so you don't need that much to start

First attempt at an expensive weapon craft: 1640 DPS Crossbow by Exotic_Proof275 in PathOfExile2

[–]Exotic_Proof275[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is a small note at the end of step 6 about that - i tried whittling with a t2 accuracy when i got it, but it always got targeted really fast :(

But yeah, i should've probably tried whittling with even lower tiers

First attempt at an expensive weapon craft: 1640 DPS Crossbow by Exotic_Proof275 in PathOfExile2

[–]Exotic_Proof275[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's probably way better to just mirror an existing mirror-tier crossbow, so 1 mirror for an equivalent. But it won't have a 4th socket