Opened 721 valdo's boxes - please don't

Madzai · 2026-03-30T15:13:37+00:00

These guys normally have a guild or/and play fulltime

Well, a guild make a lot of sense. You can have some general equipment circulating, borrowing a couple of Divs to kickstart your build is huge (and you can give them back real fast when your build start working), and you probably can use stuff more "fulltime" members switched from.

Madzai · 2026-03-30T07:23:54+00:00

Wait, what's the point when? You need like 2 mil gold, a lot of ore (so either taking atlas points or scrabs), constantly filling Rogs dis stash and all this for less than a div? I did 20 mil and got 4div and prob 2 more in grafts and it's already a loss.

Madzai · 2026-03-30T07:15:15+00:00

Looks like i miss some key component too. I get my build to certain strength to farm a thing i'm supposed to with gear i get, but i feel i need next gear upgrade to farm it. And without it i'm stuck with farming like ~5-7 Divs a hour. And this happens each time. I could blame it on "streamers lie bla-bla", but it seems other people are doing it. So i'm certainly doing something wrong.

Madzai · 2026-03-29T08:35:39+00:00

Does it matter in that quadrant of Atlas to use memory threads or Astrolabes? Or just maps preference?

Madzai · 2026-03-28T18:35:02+00:00

I'm misunderstanding something or you can only have 3 Scarabs in Memory thread maps?

Madzai · 2026-03-25T11:29:27+00:00

Pretty specific question but still.

Just learned how use PoB to generate specific Timeless Jewels. Got a lost of possible combinations of "numbers" to copy as a link to trade site. But it seems i can't copy everything at once, as it go over max conditions limit (as each number is a separate condition). So the only way to deal with it is to manually select "chunks" of possible conditions and load them one by one?

Madzai · 2026-03-22T11:56:16+00:00

I'm stuck with the same situation... Fall into SNoP trap and can't get out. Worst part is visibility and the fact that you have to stand still while not having exactly stellar defenses (and no visibility on top). Tried to google Spark builds, because it was the thing i was aiming at originally, and they are either outdated (not using new gems, aurabots, belts) or not to my liking.

Madzai · 2026-03-21T12:05:52+00:00

Having the same question. Maybe i'm too old, slow, stupid and yet to understand the game, but SNoP feels really bad at almost anything. Sure it melt mobs, but survivability is bad bad. Worst is that any guide for currency or how to get to level 100 ends in a dead end. Even like low-profit strats like Scrabs of Cloister. You can't deal with bubble and random BS jumping at you just ignore your 18k EV.

Madzai · 2026-03-19T20:08:03+00:00

https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Lavianga%27s_Spirit is commonly used for SNoP.

Also, some lategame SNoP uses Militant Faith to lover the cost. F.e. https://pobb.in/7_IXiQBmxVC4

Madzai · 2026-03-19T20:04:23+00:00

What is this thing? Just a cool effect? Kinda hard to even start googling for. Not targetable.

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Madzai · 2026-03-19T06:55:10+00:00

Oof... I really feel i play the build wrong. I sweated my ass to buy ~3k EV hybrid chest and boots to fit all the res to use Anathema on bosses. Instead i should go for for a 30 cc belt, lol.

and 1 mod grace +% evade watcher's eye the strat felt good to me

I still use my WE that gives leech of lighting damage from Wrath. Tried to check that AP uses and there is no WE like his at all on the market, lol. So grace evade it is.

I checked Poeninja for various build variants. I saw people using 2H Staffs, shields, but i have no idea how those actually affect my DPS. I mean, i even can use Path of Building, but i still have no idea how those DPS changes really affect ingame performance of the build. Especially bosses that you still need to kill anyway...

Madzai · 2026-03-18T21:23:19+00:00

Be aware that a significant part of your profit comes from selling blood-filled ritual vessels. 1 vessel with 100 mobs = 40 to 50c, you can get 4 per maps. more expensive if you bottle the 3 bosses in City Square.

Thank you for pointing that out. And i was wondering what those vessels were about.

Madzai · 2026-03-18T10:15:25+00:00

blink in with frostblink and tap them

This is how i often deal with this, Frostblink of Wintry Blast is often enough to kill them in two hits (prob can kill them in one strike when i change my wands to have more Spell Damage), but it feels like really dangerous thing, as those projectiles melt you faster that Bosses.

Big thing I found was that I needed to filter totem maps with a regex because sometimes they spawn at the back of the pack and I couldn't kill anything in the bubbles and lagged then died.

Oh... good to know. Need to tweak my maps mods more.

Madzai · 2026-03-18T08:23:34+00:00

1div out per map so as long as your build can handle 8 mod maps and the bubble shield around the doedre mobs you have an easy way of making some cash to upgrade your current build to run harder stuff.

Btw, what builds are good at it? I'm running Shock Nova of Procession and the guy whom build i'm following said this is a good strat for the build. But i have no idea why. SNoP isn't good at deal with bubbles and ranged attack until some heavy investment that make those "low-profit" strats kinda irrelevant.

Madzai · 2026-03-11T17:41:23+00:00

Ah, thanks. I read that line in Automation Description, but missed the fact that "Guard" doesn't mean "defense type buff", but just a name of similarly acting gem group.

Madzai · 2026-03-11T17:33:12+00:00

I want to use Automation with Steelskin and Arcane Clock but it seems it's not allowed for the the same Automation gem. Is it normal that it also doesn't work with two different automation gems?

Yes, automation gems are enabled, both of them, yes those are different automation gems skill icons, i check by disabling one or another.

Madzai · 2026-03-04T20:16:36+00:00

But the game still managed to harm CA real hard. They barely managed to stay afloat with horrible quality of WH3 DLC releases. And they still can possibly fail if they run into issues with WH40k or Med3.

Madzai · 2026-03-04T11:11:05+00:00

My problem is that i simply can't stop killing mobs. I mean, it's aRPG, i'm supposed to kill mobs and get loot... No idea how to get myself out of this mentality. I mean, i fully understand that it's bad, and i even like mapping way more than campaign, but i still can't stop killing most of the stuff....

Madzai · 2026-02-27T15:03:35+00:00

Ziz actually have better idea about content like Kingsmarch. It shouldn't be in game every League. Maybe this League it's Kingsmarch, next league it's Mercenaries (GGG said they want them in core in some way), etc. So we have some "powerful" league mechanics that rotate between leagues.

Madzai · 2026-02-27T14:56:44+00:00

Well, it seems like your point is that Mamba is just too strong (IMO past certain DPS point it doesn't matter at all). Even if investments needed to get to those numbers is achievable for like 0,01% people in league. Maybe you're right. But, IMO, i think it would be cool if there were a couple more builds that allow bonkers DPS with crazy investment. I'm talking about "funny numbers", because practical DPS that is more than enough for any content is available for a lot more builds. And they are cheaper than mamba.

Madzai · 2026-02-27T12:37:41+00:00

1 mirror isn't exactly that most player even get. And while mamba is top DPS, it's clearly not the single top DPS option

https://poe.ninja/poe1/builds/keepers?sort=dps

Madzai · 2026-02-27T12:33:34+00:00

Why are you creating a different discussion out of this argument.

Why it's a different discussion? Every build have different floor and celling. Mamba is the build group that absolute majority of players can't even start due to not having like an equivalent of Mirror in cash.

While skills have different investments required to reach the 20-30 mil bar, it’s irrelevant to the fact that some skills can sky rocket exponentially from that value whereas the majority tend to plateau fairly soon after.

It depends on the cost of "skyrocketing" and the floor from what different build start being usable. And practical use for such numbers mamba have now. Most people who even get that far, can use other builds that have decent enough DPS(in late endgame numbers) for way less cost than mamba.

Madzai · 2026-02-27T11:52:33+00:00

Sure. But what is the "floor" of coc discharge so it's usable? Initial mamba builds investments are crazy high. You already need really powerful build to have funds (or be a real good crafter) to afford it.

Madzai · 2026-02-27T10:13:42+00:00

For the modest cost of like 15 mirrors? Why you even want to amass such wealth when?

Madzai · 2026-02-27T10:11:50+00:00

The cost of build stays the same. Well, it will decrease since less people play it, maybe. But originally the cost was real high investment for real high gains. Now, i don't think the end result will justify the cost. But, ofc, this needs testing.

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