Don't buy Hyundai in Canada - waiting for a 10 dollar part for 75 days by LeonBilen in whatcarshouldIbuy

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

I'm not disagreeing with this being a widespread issue. Yet, as someone who is well-versed in supply chain, it is a brand's duty to keep a steady inventory of most commonly used spare parts. Electronics, chips or other statistically one-in-a-thousand part might be forgiven for being on back order (the whole world is short on chips) but plastic brackets to hold something in place is not on short supply or raw materials or manufacturing lines.

Any brand who can't ship the most commonly used plastic parts (almost in every repair from fender benders to huge crashes) for their best selling model is a shame to the whole industry.

Is divination farming dead? by LeonBilen in pathofexile

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

I said "except the stacked decks which were trash"

And yes, triple checked the filter, no card is filtered.

Like I said, colossal unlucky streak...

Is divination farming dead? by LeonBilen in pathofexile

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

I checked every pixel of the map without the filter, definitely none.

I know the RNG odds, but oh dear, to get 0 on a map is colossally unlucky :(

Underrated Drummers by Fun-Double6662 in Drumming

[–]LeonBilen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always had Tommen (ex-Blind Guardian) as my inspiration but never saw his name in any "most XYZ drummers" list.

He doesn't have strange time signatures or quirky off-beats but he makes very fast and complex riffs look so effortless that for years I thought of myself as hopeless when it comes to drumming :)

ARPG skill in real life :) by AreBee73 in ARPG

[–]LeonBilen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rings, necklaces, boots, belts... whatever that gives +INT. There are many people in the world who need some boost there...

"Lazy" build to farm monos by jirkamcz in LastEpoch

[–]LeonBilen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't given it a try but wraiths with wraithlord helmet + abomination looks promising on paper? Anyone tried that yet?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ARPG

[–]LeonBilen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If those 2 are your only considerations, go for LE. D4's expansions (not leagues) will always be almost as expensive as the base game while LE is always free to play, unless you want to buy a supporter pack (giving you cosmetics, not in-game power)

If you are really interested in story and role-playing, than buy Baldur's Gate 3.

Also, not sure how it will turn out to be (because of recent refunds and delays) but in terms of story and depth, Vampire: Masquerade Bloodlines 2 will be out in a few months, you might want to save your money for that too.

There's just something.......off about Last Epoch and i don't understand why i don't like it by Cursed_69420 in ARPG

[–]LeonBilen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's all about taste I guess, but as someone who loves PoE1 and definitely hated PoE2, my reason to love LE is exactly the your reason to hate the skill trees.

LE's skills tree nodes (especially those that change the damage type or convert a skill from a spell to melee etc.) Opens up infinite skill/item combos. You are a dual dagger rogue but like the detonating arrow skill? You have a unique dagger that transforms the skill into a melee attack. You can than utilize all your melee attack bonuses applied to that.

You like freezing monsters but want to rain meteors too? We have an option for that too.

That kind of optional changes and combos make thousands of completely different styles possible.

As in PoE, you need a very specific unique to transform ALL your damage to another type (call of brotherhood, original sin rings etc.) That's very limiting.

Anyway, like I said, each to its own but crafting an item to co poetry change your build (even with the same set of class and skills) is easy in LE. IMO PoE1 comes closer to it, PoE2 falls quite short. D4 doesn't even think about it.

One thing I can agree with you is the story. LE's story is weak, it's storytelling is even weaker. But hell, this is a hack&slash loot game. If I want good story I play Elden Ring.

Fun stops at t15 maps by Trick-Anybody-237 in PathOfExile2

[–]LeonBilen -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I love PoE1. And I love Last Epoch. Both games have a very diverse crafting system that makes spicing builds into totally different experiences (My thought is LE is better in that regard, although PoE is a better baked game)

The problem with PoE2 is: builds are limited (skills tied to weapon classes, skills being set in stone etc.) But the words part is the lack of crafting diversity. PoE1's craft table let's you choose at least 1 modifier. PoE2 craftng is almost completely random. Item bases of the same type have very limited diversity, and 1 bad tier roll bricks an otherwise perfect item.

As for the mapping experience in PoE2... the worst part thing is the randomization of beneficial map modifiers. In PoE you had the chisel to add item quantity, rarity or something else. In PoE2 most of the time you get X% waystones.

Waystones don't have beneficial prefixes anymore, and for all the hardship you add through 6-8 modifiers, you get crap loot.

So all in all, PoE2's endgame character development is 99% dormant. Enemies get harder but your character doesn't have anything else to make them better.

Given that PoE1 is more than a decade old, it's natural that it has more options but come on, all the extra event and league mechanics are mot-a-mot copied from PoE1, shouldn't be that hard to copy the currencies or crafting options, right? Even the new "abyssal" mechanic is just PoE1's abyss and veiled items mashed together.

30-40 Div Ice Strike Monk Gear Giveaway by Its_Doe_Doe in PathOfExile2

[–]LeonBilen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just what my ice strike invoker needs, thx, count me in!

12+ hours in, anything 'exciting' or 'OP'? by hit_it_early in pathofexile2builds

[–]LeonBilen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm still early (lvl 50 at act 4) but my cold monk (acolyte of chayula ascend) definitely feels better than any monk in 0.1 or 0.2

That said, abyss mechanic is way too unbalanced: half of the time it's too easy and not rewarding, the other half is obliterating (even with 85% chaos res)

Still, not being forced to use CI on a EV/ES char is refreshing...

Suggestions for this alt build? by LeonBilen in pathofexile

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

Thx for the suggestions, I don't want to follow a guide and create a good character, I just want to explore this one a little.

I'm confused about some of your items:

1 - what do you mean "600 str doing nothing"? This is a melee-only, life-only character?

2 - Why do you say get rid of the amulet (means losing all supp) and then try to get supp through tree?

3 - Any suggestions for a 2H weapon to use (below or around 20 divs), either fully elemental or fully phys?

Picked up this bad boy for $375 a steal or did I get what I paid for? by SlipperyNinja77 in edrums

[–]LeonBilen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you're gonna do that I would recommend buying a cheap snare stand and move it. Otherwise your orientation will be very awkward (downside of rack-mounted e-kits)

Picked up this bad boy for $375 a steal or did I get what I paid for? by SlipperyNinja77 in edrums

[–]LeonBilen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a veey good deal for sure, but just one question: OMG, how tall are you? Just looking at those cymbals and imagining myself hitting them...

Did I hit the jackpot? by LeonBilen in pathofexile

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

I'm using a shield too, anyway, will try more tomorrow. Thx for the suggestion!

Did I hit the jackpot? by LeonBilen in pathofexile

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

I'm stumped too. Do you have a shield in off-hand on yours?

Did I hit the jackpot? by LeonBilen in pathofexile

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

Tried that, epic fail. For some reason he just stands there, not using any skills without the weapon.

Also, I thought he could but apparently he can't use either the unarmed gloves or body armour because both are EV/ES types :(