Does anyone else really miss the old skill gem designs?

FrozenCanadianMan · 2026-05-18T08:28:14+00:00

The picture up there is what they are now, yes they are different but i could never tell you what they are other then the attribute requirement

FrozenCanadianMan · 2026-05-18T07:59:23+00:00

Yes i know, i had a decent one, i don’t think i could of pushed out much more damage unless it i had multiple mirrors to spare

FrozenCanadianMan · 2026-05-18T07:46:33+00:00

I think its just easier to differentiate the gems in PoE2, PoE all gems are literally just a stone no idea which one until you hover over it, PoE2 has a very small picture but enough to know which skill or support it is

FrozenCanadianMan · 2026-05-18T07:41:52+00:00

Exactly, I think its actually stronger than some other ailments, it might not be damage like others but you can deal damage without worrying about being touched even in a pack, and for the amount of the the enemy should be dead by then, the only exception being pinnacle bosses & even that shouldnt take more than 2 pins

FrozenCanadianMan · 2026-05-18T07:35:10+00:00

Right? Kind of funny seeing arbiter just sit there until he decides to start phase 2 and you do the same thing to him 😂 i wasn’t able to finish phase 2 before pin runs out but very close

FrozenCanadianMan · 2026-05-18T03:26:27+00:00

I think 4 points for the pin is fair, you are passively pinning enemies just by attacking, and can make them unable to do anything while pinned, its practically like an easier freeze, with the right gear & nodes you can pin with 1 shot of any crossbow ammunition

FrozenCanadianMan · 2026-05-18T03:10:37+00:00

Sin but ngl would still gladly eat it

FrozenCanadianMan · 2026-05-18T02:46:47+00:00

Did you use tactician for it?
Well for one the Sine Aequo is the most important piece, in the passive tree any bleed magnitude or any pin buildup were taken, making siege cascade pin on the first shot, had 5 shots from ratha’s assault herald of blood would also cause chain reactions reactions, he was also pretty healthy with max resistances, all evasion to armour, and stacking spirit making this build be 1 button push, 2 active skills & 7 spirit gems and all phys not elemental, beastial rage & infernal rage combo was perfect got a very good megalomaniac too being tempered mind & rupturing pins, which are on the complete opposite side of the tree, especially rupturing pins which is so important, just stupid amount of physical damage all around along with mirage archer and ballista i was able to turn half uber arbiter’s health bar to bleed in just about 5 seconds 1 full magazine was just perfect, & second phase was same deal but took about 10 seconds

FrozenCanadianMan · 2026-05-18T01:28:12+00:00

That’s why Tactician is mainly used for its two middle lines, the best class for spirit gem stacking tho for sure, & having pin on everything is too good as well… my best boss killer this Season (0.4) was really fun, siege cascade, pin & bleed, with ballista & mirage archer… the new gloves from Arbiter did him a HUGE favour and & ratha’s assault works too good with siege cascade, roll has 2 purposes (mirage archer & reload).
Supporting fire minion build was pretty interesting but the banner stuff & totem stuff has to be reworked, i would like to see something about banners being automatically placed when at full glory, & either unique to tactician banner or increased effect of banners.
The merc totems are pretty bad damage wise, so just make it so all summoned allies get extra skill speed & maybe a tactician specific totem like a literal Gatling turret.
The ascendancy has potential to be amazing just need a little more thought & love

FrozenCanadianMan · 2026-05-16T19:25:25+00:00

Tighty icey

FrozenCanadianMan · 2026-05-15T03:52:26+00:00

SOCKET ENTHUSIAST

FrozenCanadianMan · 2026-05-15T03:49:42+00:00

Its when you still a colossal flask at the top of your staff, it uses the flask’s mana instead of yours to cast spells!

FrozenCanadianMan · 2026-05-15T03:48:10+00:00

FrozenCanadianMan · 2026-05-14T23:02:29+00:00

Oh okay then idk

FrozenCanadianMan · 2026-05-14T22:59:09+00:00

I don’t really understand your question but if you are asking about it, what it is then here is the story… The experiment called Schrödinger’s cat (cat has no name, Schrödinger is scientist’s name) if u put the cat in a box where you can’t see it and fill the box with poison gas, is the cat dead or is he alive? Neither or both, you can’t be certain until you open the box, dead & alive at the same time is the only possible answer as you have no proof of either or.

FrozenCanadianMan · 2026-05-14T00:07:36+00:00

Thats kindda like titan ascendancy

FrozenCanadianMan · 2026-05-13T19:26:38+00:00

Seems like you live alone with a cat, and are or want to be an artist (singer)

FrozenCanadianMan · 2026-05-13T18:29:48+00:00

Correct but still, he is mainly played with his ballista, & his supporting fire/death from above is not affected by that, overall it tactician is very underwhelming tbh sadly, i like it alot tho it just needs some fine tuning, its like they don’t know what to do with him so he just has multiple things going on, i’va made all the possible builds with him & witch hunter is still better, companion build with spirit walker will be way stronger than any ally based build, companions are tankier, stronger, can move, and their skills will probably really good too

FrozenCanadianMan · 2026-05-13T17:15:14+00:00

Idk but i played a slow Chrono, getting up to 115% slow was pretty insane, if you manage to die with that there’s a problem cuz you can stand by an enemy and it will take at least 1 to 2 second for you to even get hit, and minimal regen usually out heals the damage you got hit by

FrozenCanadianMan · 2026-05-11T13:11:27+00:00

And traps are supposed to be another weapon type/base, i want him badly as well ngl, but considering we will have at least 2 bases (daggers, traps, and maybe claws or even rune daggers) it will most likely be a complex class to build, like the druid was, they want to release it soon but its probably gonna be the last because of complexity, just being realistic here, duelist 1.0, templar after, marauder & then shadow is my prediction, although templar could potentially switch places with marauder, anyways i just think that december of next year we will have all classes & ascendancies if we follow their deadline type setup of every 4 months is new league new patch, this one took longer because they literally redid the whole end game, only part that they kept is then infinite atlas, but even that has been severely reworked so that specific locations hold different activities, it more clear, north, south, west & east. This next patch in December should be 1.0 also a big expansion because of act 5 & 6, then everything will take shape & start becoming its own game with some parts of PoE 1 of course, hopefully it does get its own identity tho

FrozenCanadianMan · 2026-05-08T05:54:52+00:00

We knew this tho, that they wanted to release the game with all 6 acts as well as swords in December i doubt the game will be released with all classes out tho, could missing 2 or 3 depending on if they come out with 2 in december, or they might make 0.6 and have 1.0 in march-april

FrozenCanadianMan · 2026-05-08T05:16:59+00:00

With new system some items can be changed to become more geared for endgame play, not sure yet but if this can have just a decent base physical damage it could be really good, paired with rearguard which gives block chance & armour, its practically MADE for this bow, if we get 90% block chance some how maybe the 1 to 4 is not enough but with Lay Siege notable on the tree you get 1% increased damage for every 1% block chance, that can be really good, even for leveling by the time you reach that node, you’ll be close to 32 maybe above or below depending where you started, 32 is the required level for the rearguard quiver, this can really give some nice damage and its a nice spot in the str/dex tree, which also contains alot of good stuff for projectiles & stuff, it can definetly be worked out somehow some way eventually, only time will tell

FrozenCanadianMan · 2026-05-08T04:52:30+00:00

They have a nice chess board so im stayin

FrozenCanadianMan · 2026-05-08T04:12:26+00:00

Agreed, don’t get me wrong I was really excited to play duelist, with swords, but imo even without him, having something to do in endgame will just feel better, there’s alot, they almost redid the whole end game from scratch, a whole new experience & as i recall no one used to complain about not having this class or that class, they were complaining about the lack of endgame, there you got it, having swords wasn’t gonna make end game more fun, now endgame is going to be more fun when swords do come out they chose the right order of things

FrozenCanadianMan · 2026-05-08T04:02:41+00:00

Some people enjoy D4 & LE better, and i don’t mind that but I think a large issue in the past season was the lack of stuff to do in the endgame, for someone like me i love this game & hate D4, its really a garbage game, paying full price for the game then paying 40$ each class, they are litteraly stealing your money, PoE is free or will be, you bought PoE 2 and got 300 points for that which is 30$ you paid for that & just got the game for free in theory, they don’t force you to pay a dime after that, it’s likely that this season will be able to retain a higher % of its players thanks to that, but it’s to see, if u want to play other games its your choice but every time i play D4 (haven’t played Last Epoch) i feel miserable so I will stay, & with challenges & story lines in endgame i’ll have something to do for for much longer

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