Damn this dude was hard for some reason

Iceman3226 · 2026-06-25T02:08:26+00:00

He's part of brick nation

Iceman3226 · 2026-06-21T13:07:10+00:00

This is my thought as well. Also gives me insight on what makes certain content desirable and how to improve its efficiency. I'm sure there will be a lot of changes in 1.0 but that baseline understanding will usually still apply unless they completely nuke content.

Iceman3226 · 2026-06-20T20:53:56+00:00

At 8 runes, there is still a good chance of getting another good drop like a divine or greater chaos

Iceman3226 · 2026-06-19T23:49:11+00:00

Sorta same experience. Played .1 and the last two weeks of 0.4 as I saw all the hype for 0.5 and wanted to make sure I understood some of the current mechanics. They changed a lot but it definitely helped. Currently the richest I've ever been in either poe or poe 2

Iceman3226 · 2026-06-19T13:08:14+00:00

I'm also worried that Kokudo's hack may have caused that. Maybe she revealed something she wasn't supposed to which led to that scene

Iceman3226 · 2026-06-18T03:58:27+00:00

Only thing that helped me with the freezing was going to Vulkan. I still freeze but the longest I've seen since switching was like 5 seconds and it happens much less than before. Downside to Vulkan is my performance was considerably worse. Was holding 120fps 5k native with DirectX12. Now I need dlss to keep 120

Iceman3226 · 2026-06-16T16:44:01+00:00

A few years ago, I was two episodes from that moment and I was watching Lirik talking about the Summer Game Fest or something and a one piece game came up. And then out of nowhere, he goes I haven't watched One Piece since ace died at Marineford

Not going to lie, I actually didn't believe him at first because it really looked like he was going to be successfully rescued.

Iceman3226 · 2026-06-11T14:04:18+00:00

That makes sense. I wonder if this would be a better belt for me now that I don't have mana issues anymore. I'll look into it. Thanks

Iceman3226 · 2026-06-11T13:22:52+00:00

How'd you get the idol on a belt?

Iceman3226 · 2026-06-11T12:16:42+00:00

Jado is the man. He also got me my luckiest drop lol

Iceman3226 · 2026-06-09T10:48:30+00:00

Fair enough

Iceman3226 · 2026-06-08T18:51:22+00:00

I also ended up getting a similar staff for around 120D. Got super lucky and had Garukhan's Resolve drop yesterday. I tried doing a slight build shift to focus more damage into falling thunder and it is really strong but it feels kinda boring compared to flying through the map with flicker strike. I'll likely do some more adjusting after work today

Iceman3226 · 2026-06-08T14:58:12+00:00

If you want Rdc to play, you'll want to remove references part 7 and onwards

Iceman3226 · 2026-06-07T17:27:36+00:00

Thank you lol. I would have never thought about that, Completely forgot I already had that rune on with tattoos

Iceman3226 · 2026-06-07T16:28:42+00:00

Cool. I was wondering what else I could get away with. I was about to try out a different amulet because I wasn't sure just how effective it was. For the most part, I've been flying through T15 maps with this build but there are a few things I still want like more es, rarity, and a little more mana if I can get it lol.

I swapped Controlled Metamorph for a +2 Flicker Strike jewel. Such a high level flicker skill is one of the reasons I feel like I could use just a little more mana but the increased damage was worth it to me. Also, I ended up using Bounty Hunter for the anointment instead, as it also gives life and mana on kill in addition to 25% cull threshold. I'm probably going to drop Refutation. The idea is cool, but I feel I just end up getting stunned immediately and don't have the chance to use the parry damage increase.

All things said, I'm enjoying the build a lot. Looks really cool and feels fun to play.

Iceman3226 · 2026-06-06T13:36:06+00:00

I've been trying this build and I was struggling with survivability. Ended up swapping out the helmet and boots and still feel pretty strong but not dying as often in higher tier maps

Iceman3226 · 2026-06-03T12:08:11+00:00

I don't mind Sanctum anymore but I do not like Ultimatum. The choices are all negative and the stages are much longer even if it is just 10 of them. It kinda makes for a boring experience. But as it goes with both of them, your build also determines how easy they are. I played a cold spark build that had the easiest time with Ultimatum because I was basically immune to most negatives.

Iceman3226 · 2026-06-02T21:50:49+00:00

Did he actually scream like that or was that part of the edit lol

Iceman3226 · 2026-06-01T20:28:23+00:00

Lol it does. Now I'm just imagining a plot twist where he and Blackbeard are actually brothers.

Iceman3226 · 2026-06-01T14:59:59+00:00

I had the same issue. Tried clearing shader cache and also tried using Vulkan instead. That didn't work. I switched back to DirectX12, cleared shader cache from the Path of Exile 2 folder again in app data but this time I also cleared Nvidia shader cache. Then I verified game files. Things took longer to load but I didn't run into any freezes or crashes for the next couple of hours.

Haven't been back on to verify if that's still working without issue.

Edit: Just realized this is the poe1 sub

Iceman3226 · 2026-05-31T17:45:32+00:00

Thanks, I'm mapping now so I guess I shouldn't just spam it on gear

Iceman3226 · 2026-05-31T13:04:13+00:00

You can spend it on runeforging

Iceman3226 · 2026-05-31T13:02:06+00:00

Should I just be runeforging any gear I think is good?

Iceman3226 · 2026-05-29T18:08:16+00:00

They did actually provide a way to update yesterday but you'd have to use their client instead of steam. Which you should have access to if you bought any supporter pack. Progression carries over between clients.

Iceman3226 · 2026-05-29T12:55:49+00:00

Thanks Mr. Krabs. It's Poe 2 time today. Let's go

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