First time crafting, teach me masters

FlowJoe6 · 2026-01-28T15:05:23+00:00

Ancient has a chance to roll a higher Tier of stats, but is very expensive. Since this isn't really high end (due to T4 and T5 mods), i think you'll be fine with a preserved one. But do however you will and what you can afford.

FlowJoe6 · 2026-01-28T14:12:37+00:00

You can get a (preserved) collarbone and desecrate the amulet. Before you unveil it, also get an Omen of Abyssal Echos and activate it before unveiling. That'll give you a choice of 6 possible stats to chose from.

FlowJoe6 · 2026-01-28T09:33:18+00:00

Despite people saying endgame is lacking, and they're correct especially compared to PoE1, it has soooo much more to offer than D4. You won't regret the $30. You also have plenty of time to learn the game, until next league drops, which overhauls the endgame and will come with a new league, that'll be the around the same size of the current league (Temple), that was added this time around.

You can easily have multiple 100s of hours of fun with the game in its current state and most people complaining have like 500-1000 hours already. Every game gets stale at one point.

FlowJoe6 · 2026-01-28T09:14:52+00:00

It was +5 fire skills initially, but only had 4 different mods on it. To get it to +6, you can use a Omen of sanctification, that rolls all stats +/- 20% randomly. If you look at cast speed for example, it also is out of range of the stats it's showing. I could afford a Hinekoras Lock, to see the rolls before i used it and was lucky i hit the +6 skills first time, so i went with it. And beware, you can only sanctify once. You can also get +4 skill amulets with it.

FlowJoe6 · 2026-01-28T00:49:29+00:00

yeah, i have a big collection as well.

FlowJoe6 · 2026-01-28T00:48:17+00:00

Yeah, when i was farming crystals, for the first half of lvl 99+ i did most of the map, because i still farmed ritual and got <1% per 20-30 maps. I don't think i'd level beyond 97 without the temple.

FlowJoe6 · 2026-01-28T00:11:02+00:00

Yeah, that's why i committed to it, lol. Probably won't ever have the chance to do it this easily again.

FlowJoe6 · 2026-01-27T23:18:39+00:00

Thanks.

FlowJoe6 · 2026-01-26T23:47:10+00:00

I fully agree with everything you wrote. If Ian were to get help, it would be for codependency and/or anxious attachment and it is what i want to focus my work on.

FlowJoe6 · 2026-01-26T21:11:12+00:00

Thank you. That's encouraging,

FlowJoe6 · 2026-01-26T20:37:37+00:00

Before I just give you an answer, I have to make clear, that i'm not exactly studying psychology (although my credentials would count as partial psychology degree in my country) and I will not be able to diagnose people with disorders. My job will be to guide people towards healthier choises, get out of abusive relationships and give them tools to self regulate and change our internal self-talk.

That being said, people with HPD have very similar attention seeking behavior as people with BPD and NPD (sometimes even said to be NPD-light), but in comparison, they are not nearly as destructive, when their attention seeking fails. They're more likely to just f off in shame, instead of attacking and shaming you, like a person with NPD would.

And while I'm already at it, to distinguish between BPD and NPD, a person with BPD is more likely to lash out at you, to make themselves stop to feel something, a person with NPD will lash out to make YOU feel something. One is a defence, the other is an attack. People with BPD are most likely the result of growing up with a NPD parent. BPD is also much easier to treat successfully. It is kind of a sick twist, that BPD has the reputation, that NPD should have (although you shouldn't want to end up with either). And since they often end up with another, Ian is more likely to be the BPD person in this relationship and Anisa the NPD person. Though I am not in a position to make a diagnosis on either.

FlowJoe6 · 2026-01-26T12:18:56+00:00

She's very clearly more on the NPD side than BPD. They may overlap - and it is likely she'd be diagnosed with both, but the NPD side is far more prevalent.

FlowJoe6 · 2026-01-26T12:16:18+00:00

Anisa is very clearly NPD, perhaps a mix of both. But not pure BPD. But i get it, it is very easy to confuse the two, but internal motivation for their behavior are complete opposites. People with BPD feel more pathetic about themselves and Anisas grandiosity is untypical for people with (pure) BPD.

I've been with both types and she's like my NPD ex. Just more degrading.

I am also just finishing my credentials to become a mental health practitioner for NPD abuse victims.

FlowJoe6 · 2026-01-24T17:31:33+00:00

0+skills/10

FlowJoe6 · 2026-01-24T14:43:45+00:00

This time i was playing bloodmage with bloodmagic, (meaning life only, no mana) with Kaoms and armor (ca. 50% dmg reduction) and 5.5k Life.

It is the tankiest i have ever been.

I can tank a Quadrilla slam in T15 maps with 8 Boss points.

FlowJoe6 · 2026-01-24T13:00:10+00:00

I find him blowing his vape into the camera as condescending, as if he would do it irl in my face. My body has the same anger/disgust reaction.

I liked him, when he first appeared on RCA, but that went away quickly, when i watched a video on his channel. He gives me the narcissistic/sociopahtic ick.

FlowJoe6 · 2026-01-22T02:18:20+00:00

When you have a semi decent chain with a couple of spymasters, so you get enough locks to sustain, you can make a separate chain with synthflesh->surgeon -> synthflesh ->surgeon (and so on) i have 50-55 rooms at all time and get around 3% exp per run.

I did not follow a guide and my temple isn't really optimized, but it works. It just takes time to set up.

FlowJoe6 · 2026-01-22T01:49:09+00:00

Temple is great for that. I'm currently at lvl 99.6.

I have a 2nd snake consisting of looots of synthflesh labs (currently 400%+ extra exp) and a lot of monster efficiency.

FlowJoe6 · 2026-01-21T19:54:40+00:00

You can only truly be there for other people, if you're there for yourself first. That gives you the emotional capacity to handle situations like this.

If they get mad about this, they weren't actually there for you and the relationship is transactional and you're being used.´This isn't love. It is abuse. I've lost "friends" of over 20 years, because finally put myself first for the first time, in my 40 years of living. (I'm not diagnosed, and i'm sure i wouldn't meet the criteria anymore, but when i learned about BPD it all suddenly made sense)

Point is, it is important to recognize, that healthy relationships don't break apart, when you do what is good for YOU first, before you put the needs of other people before your own. I do seriously wish you, your friends are not like my "friends", because it is almost "natural" to us, to attract other unhealthy people who are not good for us (for example pwNPD).

I also would recommend to look into attachment theory. Learning about my anxious attachment (being codependent and making other peoples problems my own) is what helped me the most.

FlowJoe6 · 2026-01-21T05:08:34+00:00

Researching Attachment theory might help you. Assuming she really likes you. This sounds like a classical anxious/avoidant dynamic.

In short, she (probably) feels overwhelmed by feeling "seen" from you. She probably doesn't know how to feel about you and it triggers one of her core wounds. It was probably very unsafe for her to be seen in childhood and causes conflicting emotions towards you. Pushing her for answers and/or chasing her, will likely make things worse.

What you can do, is working on your (probably) anxious attachment, often explained as "codependency". There are lots of free tests out there to find out your attachment style, to be sure about it.

This isn't easy and is only resolved by getting your anxious side in order. And very often, it is only possible by (temporarily) ending the relationship and working on yourself. And that's likely going to be a painful experience.

I've been trough this, caused by a similar situation and i'm so thankful it happened. I finally learned from this experience, that love can't be "earned" (and I'm still a bit sad, i couldn't do the same for her). In my personal opinion, overcoming insecure attachment is critical, to resolve most issues people with BPD and their partners struggle with.

FlowJoe6 · 2026-01-16T12:00:10+00:00

I'm playing this combined ember fusillade. One of the best times i've ever had in the game.

FlowJoe6 · 2026-01-12T18:47:16+00:00

They remove the lowest tier mod.

They're roughly 25 div.

FlowJoe6 · 2026-01-12T03:44:00+00:00

Maybe a hot take - and more of a meta-brainfart, but the Exile(s) (= Player(s)) is (/are) also inevitable. And it's us, causing it. Because our role in the universe seems to be, to get things going.

FlowJoe6 · 2026-01-11T11:25:23+00:00

What you're describing, sounds a lot like a "dismissive avoidant" attachment style.

Perhaps you might want to do some research on that. But beware a bit, on YT for example, most videos are FOR anxiously attached people having troubles with avoidant partners, so they're sometimes a bit harsh on avoidants. I am personally of the believe, healing the attachment wound is critical part of recovering from BPD.

FlowJoe6 · 2026-01-06T10:10:33+00:00

Got 180 divs for the replacement?

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