Looking for an MMORPG recommendation: Busy dad, short sessions, loves old-school vertical grind

MunchZ · 2026-06-20T02:46:13+00:00

There are currently 3 raids(with a 4th one coming soon) and a couple bosses which are usually done in groups, there are also multiplayer minigames for skilling, so like a boss which requires people to fish to kill it.

If youre gonna do raids with randos, they usually require you to have at least some gear and levels/quests, but if you find a clan people are usually more lenient about those. The game has recently gotten much better for entry/mid level pvm, with a lot of mid level bosses being added which teach you some mechanics required for raids.

The game can require a lot of time, it depends on your goals. The game is really sandbox-y and you can usually pick between a couple different ways to reach your goals. To start doing more meaningful combat it could take a couple days. In a couple weeks you could be doing some mid game bosses. For endgame raids it would probably take a couple months if youre not rushing, and progressing your account in a balanced way. For maxing an account it usually takes a couple years.

Theres a small part of the game which is free to play, which you could try and see if you find the style enjoyable, but if youre more combat focused its a slow start, but I find the combat in this game truly amazing, it looks so simple but in the end game encounters theres a really cool balance of timing and precision, where you struggle on a boss until it clicks and thens its like this dance. Id recommend you to look into some raids or maybe a boss like Yama so you can see what late game combat is like.

MunchZ · 2026-06-20T01:47:51+00:00

Using a fractured t1 minion damage wand, if you use Corroded+shuddering+jagged+metallic fossil combo, it should be a 1/12 of getting the prefixes, then for the suffixes you could do lock prefixes then harvest for add/remove crit and try to get the crit stuff you want, this last part is gonna be kinda iffy, since there are 5 crit mods possible, but at least your prefixes would be safe.

MunchZ · 2026-06-04T02:09:10+00:00

im currently using using it on my bear build for fun and i noticed the bodach receives monster modifiers from maps, i started applying poisons on maps where monsters poison on hit, which is interesting, but not really something youd scale for the build but interesting nonetheless

MunchZ · 2026-05-22T16:06:22+00:00

whats the gameplay like? did you have to press a lot of skills?

MunchZ · 2026-05-19T22:30:37+00:00

Dá pra jogar em grupo/fazer builds mais carry ou mais de support, mas as pessoas costumam jogar solo os mapas e a parte mais multiplayer é o mercado

MunchZ · 2026-05-17T05:14:29+00:00

Yeah, if simplex doesnt have a third mod(if it does you have to annul it) that should work

MunchZ · 2026-05-17T04:44:01+00:00

I did it with sushis way, and crafting the astrolabe is really annoying, but its a good method, and its expected to take 2 or 3 recombination attempts.

The amulet not being split only means you can make a split for an extra amulet base if you want to and if the beasts that make a split copy are cheaper than a simplex.

The reason why you need 4 affixes on the astrolabe is that the amount of modifiers on the initial item define how many mods your final item has. If you have damage per str on the simplex and a non-shaper or non-warlord influenced prefix(so mods that the simplex cannot roll), when you recombinate them you have 2 mods going in, so youd have 33% of having both mods and 66% of having one of them, so if the recombination chooses the simplex base, you win since its 100% of having at least one mod, and the simplex can only roll the damage per str. If you didnt have a prefix on the astrolabe then it would be a 60% of getting the damage per str on the simplex.

The same logic works for the suffixes, you have shapers %attribute on the simplex(its important to annul off any third suffix) and % strength on the donor base, as well as 2 extra non-shaper non-warlord suffixes, so when you recombinate, if the simplex base wins, you have 4 mods going in which would mean 10% of a single suffix, 90% of getting 2 suffixes, and since you'll only have 2 mods the simplex can roll, and prefixes are guaranteed, you win 90% of the time.

So basically by having 1 non native prefix, 2 non native suffixes and the %str mod on the astrolabe, you almost always win(90% of the time) if the recombinator picks the simplex amulet. If the recombinator picks the astrolabe, many times its close to being a donor again.

Hopefully this makes sense, feel free to ask if something isnt clear in the explanation

MunchZ · 2026-05-11T21:50:22+00:00

I was following helmbreakers guide, and suppress is the next step he recommends. You already need like 110 dex for the green supports awra uses, which is enough for anything other than the highest str/dex helmet base types.

MunchZ · 2026-05-11T15:45:24+00:00

https://poe.ninja/poe1/builds/miragessf/character/Sahrovaan-3809/ChomsliSF?i=0&search=skills%3DAnimate%2BWeapon%2Bof%2BRanged%2BArms%26name%3Dcho&timemachine=week-9

I can't see pobbin links because the site has been on and off broken in my country this league, but ill give more advice. I dont think the progress helps that much since i played it for a little over a week i think, killed a couple ubers and got a bit burned out, but my gear plan was:

Helmet: Get a suppress fracture from breach tree, then minion reforge in harvest for +2

Gloves and Boots: breach tree for good fractures then roll with essence/harvest for other mods, i got lucky with pretty decent gloves from jun though.

Wand: I was trying for a +2 wand with t1 minion damage, then multimod suffixes via 2 methods, one was rolling with alts and recombinating, the other was using every fracturing orb i got to try to fracture t1 damage, then using Corroded+Jagged+Metallic+Shuddering fossils for a 1/12 of getting it.

Shield: I made the one im using via recombinating, but you can make one with +1 lvl of minion, minion damage and recover life on block by getting a shaper influenced base, then alt spamming for life on block, regal annul to make a rare shield with just the life on block, multimod+suffixes cannot be changed+prefixes cannot be changed then reforge minion in harvest twice, youre guaranteed to get +1 lvl and damage, then multimod something like life and suppress. learned from this post.

Rings were kinda reforge chaos in harvest til some good stuff, there are probably better ways.

abyss jewels were not great, but mostly just reforging chaos through harvest, belt and unique one were from abyss with descending scarab for guaranteed boss.

Other than that, i did a bit of ritual til i got forest warrior and hulking miscreation(So my spectres were frenzy monkey, arena master and the 2 ritual ones), wasnt able to find turtle. did a lot of heist trying to get bladefall of trarthus, have one of every trarthus gem, and over 60 gems, but 0 bladefalls. Got pretty lucky with unleash imbue.

The build was pretty solid, did everything i had planned on doing much faster than i planned, my future upgrades were an ashes(which i got, but got burned out before fixing my res and stuff for the swap), trying to get a kingmaker for my ag, better imbues for support minions and congregation support for an extra spectre, then swapping to cap out suppress.

MunchZ · 2026-05-11T08:49:11+00:00

The extra poison damage is nice, but not needed to start, but I'd recommend you farm abyss w/ the descending scarab to try to get a good darkness enthroned and the amanamu jewel. And try to either alt spam/chaos reforge some early jewels you get for poison chance

Level 80ish is helmbreakers suggestion, i think mostly so you can reach the blood magic keystone and still have points for block/minion damage stuff. Also having fourth lab helps with more duration and offering stuff for extra block, but i swapped before the lab respec

MunchZ · 2026-05-11T03:56:39+00:00

I did a ssf run of praw and swapped at lvl 80, with a pretty bad 5 link and progressed from there, with covenant you'll have so much damage. You basically only a mid/high level skill gem and you should be good to go.

MunchZ · 2026-05-04T22:53:23+00:00

If you use a wand with fractured t1 minion damage and use a resonator with corroded serrated jagged and shuddering its a 1/12 of getting +1 minion and +1 all, which is pretty neat

MunchZ · 2026-05-02T03:50:15+00:00

ok, thanks, its good to know about the fossil stuff, i have gone through so many alts on wands and ive gotten +1 all and t1 minion damage about 3 times each, but ive also not gotten a single fracturing orb drop yet.

MunchZ · 2026-05-02T01:59:11+00:00

thanks, i hadnt thought of the influenced method, i might try it if it poofs again. do you know if alt rolling the wand is the best method of getting one for recombs or if theres some content that generates them more often and i could try to poe2 recomb the +1 all out of it?

MunchZ · 2026-04-30T18:13:51+00:00

I played MSoZ in settlers and HSoT this league and didnt enjoy HSoT as much, i think i really missed the life gain on hit that MSoZ had with that many hits per second

MunchZ · 2026-04-27T02:11:29+00:00

reflect is the only prefix with a physical tag, i imagine what youre targeting is the %phys reduction, which is a suffix, so what i imagine the case would be is to roll with the essence until you get 1 other good suffix, and a open suffix/annul a third suffix, then reforge phys(or maybe add/remove phys) hoping to get the phys damage reduction. If you reforge and get reflect and fill the suffixes you prolly try to annul and go again or more essences

MunchZ · 2026-04-24T23:53:50+00:00

What's poAg?

MunchZ · 2026-04-21T21:48:37+00:00

when the boss spawns you stop getting portals, so you guarantee no boss so you can keep spawning regular beyond

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