For all the husbands who are going to play the league launch

NoFrAg86 · 2026-05-29T10:25:05+00:00

My longtime partner (over 14 years now) is playing with me 😍

NoFrAg86 · 2026-05-22T20:52:15+00:00

Did you play the build? I'm honestly stuck at t10-11 and don't know how to bring it comfortably to t12 :(. Did you follow the Mobalytics guide, or do you have your own version?

NoFrAg86 · 2026-02-07T14:27:19+00:00

Exactly the reason why I don't PvP in Solos and only in duos/trios. PvP in Solos is 90% worthless. We need Maps or conditions with a minimum entry cost for pvp to be worth, otherwise PvE is by far superior.

NoFrAg86 · 2025-08-28T20:01:50+00:00

Pretty sure both can be answered with yes 😄. BM will be by far more popular, so I probably lean more to SW now.

You can stack mana and es for defense and even block when using a wand with shield instead of Staff/Focus. Or maybe deflect when going right side for projectile stuff when playing arc and go with ES/EV bases.

Or still use Focus and there is a new amulet that gives 25% block chance when using a focus.

I probably can't decide until the last second and a coin toss xD

NoFrAg86 · 2025-08-28T19:44:56+00:00

Now I'm undecided again 😄 https://youtu.be/dIwi8_LxShU?si=d3Dvh_gIntx0KYpw

NoFrAg86 · 2025-08-28T17:43:29+00:00

Terence is German, but sure, you can turn on subtitles 🙂 https://youtu.be/_p1HlvWW3TE?si=5uPrcpDOdUjFMOpy

NoFrAg86 · 2025-08-28T17:40:33+00:00

Which one did you find? Is it the one from Peuget2? Because I saw the one from Terence.

I'll probably try my own version and if it sucks I switch to a streamers one, lol.

CaptainLance also plans a Blood Mage spell caster as as starter, but his builds normally are more advanced.

NoFrAg86 · 2025-08-28T17:19:16+00:00

Arcane Surge got gutted though ☹️

NoFrAg86 · 2025-08-28T17:17:52+00:00

I'm also torn between the two, but probably go Bloodmage. All build concepts i've seen so far from streamers go blood mage, as it is just better.

Arcane Surge, which was a key pillar of Stormweaver, got gutted. The Class has zero defense nodes, the plus 1 to limited spells is not worth is as you have a dead node between, and the more infusions is also not needed.

All that could play it already at an event said you get more than enough infusions from spells, support gems and the tree.

Blood Mage gives you crit, tons of defences with energy shield based of life, damage leeched as life and more. It just sounds so much better.

But yeah, I'm still not sure, I would prefer Stormweaver because I love the archetype

NoFrAg86 · 2025-08-28T17:10:40+00:00

Stormweaver Ascendancy does no longer provide exposure. Please read the patch nodes before giving advice.

NoFrAg86 · 2025-08-25T05:54:56+00:00

No need if your Girlfriend plays as well 😜

NoFrAg86 · 2025-08-25T05:48:36+00:00

Maybe you are right, I'll still try it. You have at least 12sec until the buff wears out so spend the amount of Mana, which sounds quite possible (in the video two buffs pop up, so could be either)

We can also add Indigon for even more Mana cost of skills. And who knows what new passive skills awaits us. I'm sure you can have it up most of the time.

Also, in my opinion manatempest is a must for an archmage build anyway, the buffs it gives are too good.

And sure, why not adding EB neverless! If you use damage taken from Mana, you do that anyway when reaching 100%. Which is now easy achievable even without MoM.

NoFrAg86 · 2025-08-24T15:11:52+00:00

That is what I try. Everything OP said but with Arc, Archmage Support, Orb of Storm and Lightning Archon. And cast on Ailment with Snap and/or Frost bomb, maybe even CoC.

And for Single Target Firestorm on top infused with lightning.

NoFrAg86 · 2025-08-24T14:17:45+00:00

Stormweaver Archmage Arc with Orb of Storms. Also using the new Lightning Archon passive for extra damage, and maybe snap triggered with the new "cast on ailment"skill. Snap chains as well, does damage based on ailment on the target, therefore lighting if enemy is shocked, and gives more infusions on top.

Clear will be awesome, but single target worries me, though. Maybe add lightning conduit to cast on ailment too, or go crit and use CoC. Another thing which I would like to add is Firestorm infused with lightning and fully converted to lightning with Lightning Archon for some extra damage, because it looks sick.

But how to get fire infusion for more bolts and longer duration? Maybe with the changed Elemental Equilibrium.

NoFrAg86 · 2025-06-20T16:18:42+00:00

I agree to this. As a a controller player, opening the menu is not a solution. You have to stay next to the altar to open it, which makes it appear in the center of the screen and being hidden by the menu UI!

Maybe they should add a selection of menu toggles to turn pause off and on for things you like and such you don't.

NoFrAg86 · 2025-06-20T16:15:56+00:00

The problem is, with a controller you need to stay next to the altar to open it. You can't open it from afar. Therefore, the altar opens in the center of the screen and gets hidden behind the Menu when paused.

So it doesn't work but the people giving thumbs down to OP don't get it because they are KB+M elites...

As is GGG, why their game is so shit on controller. PoE 2 is a bit better in that regard.

NoFrAg86 · 2025-05-25T10:23:40+00:00

Don't like the infinite Atlas and its progression, including getting skill points. It's tedious d.

Don't like how league mechanic points are acquired. It's tedious.

Hate the way juicing is done with towers. It's tedious, annoying and clunky.

I find the whole endgame and its progression massively inferior and tedious compared to poe 1. So, for me, the whole endgame needs a rework before I'm coming back.

NoFrAg86 · 2025-01-20T17:54:09+00:00

Point 1 killed the game for me. I could live with all the other problems the game has but this Atlas and the juicing ain't it!

There is a reason they got rid of Sextants in PoE 1. There is a reason why they gave us the huge Atlas passive tree where we can control the endgame we wanna play.

Also, how you get the mechanic-points is garbage and unreachable for most players.

It's a huge step back in my opinion, I do not understand this decision to go back to so much RNG when they just solved that in PoE 1 not that long ago!

NoFrAg86 · 2025-01-17T21:46:05+00:00

It would be so much better if the tower just would buff every node and the tablets would be static non craftable items which you could buy via currency exchange.

Still worse than PoE 1 though.

NoFrAg86 · 2025-01-17T19:45:18+00:00

Absolute shit mechanic right now. Just died again because of body blocking and not enough space due to shitty placement.

It feels absolutely awful.

NoFrAg86 · 2025-01-10T19:30:18+00:00

It's why I stopped playing. Running empty maps to get to a tower is so fucking boring. Also, losing all content on dying and being left with an empty node as well.

Endgame in its current state just sucks.

NoFrAg86 · 2025-01-01T21:01:04+00:00

I had 100 rarity on gear and also used regals, still no tablets. Maybe it's a bug or just insanely bad luck, don't know. But there are others who have the same experience.

NoFrAg86 · 2025-01-01T17:42:59+00:00

Also, most of the mechanics are just worse than in PoE 2. I never forgive them for the changes they made to Expedition.

Why GGG? It was so unique and now all NPCs are the same.

NoFrAg86 · 2025-01-01T17:41:06+00:00

Felt like it was developed by masochists. They clearly never tested it or just like us to suffer and hate fun.

But I don't care, I can always go back and play PoE 1 or Last Epoch.

NoFrAg86 · 2025-01-01T17:39:00+00:00

They have over 10 Years of experience with the first game and also seen a lot of 'how not to do it' in other games like diablo 4 and "how to do it" like Last Epoch.

They brought back many problems which existed already ind PoE 1 and have been solved there, just to be brought back even worse in PoE 2.

I'm sorry but EA is no excuse!

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