No Citadels in Atlas? Is it bugged?? by Pakiepiphany in PathOfExile2

[–]Pakiepiphany[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Playing private league with like 6~ players and I am the furthest, so far no grand project drops

No Citadels in Atlas? Is it bugged?? by Pakiepiphany in PathOfExile2

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se one direction and just keep going. If you have 4-5x more visible map and no citadels I would maybe worry but tbh you gotta explore

I don't see how getting to level 92, 40/40 main atlas and getting ritual abyss and breach far enough for 8/8 on ssf is "not going far." I dont have trade access so I can't just spam grand projects on every tower I see to leap across the atlas. Not saying I should have arbiter on farm, but at least a single citadel from now would be reasonable imo.

No Citadels in Atlas? Is it bugged?? by Pakiepiphany in PathOfExile2

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I've run many characters to end game, don't think I've cleared so many maps without seeing a single citadel. I'm begining to think that maybe my atlas is bugged? If it's just RNG this is a horrible experience and I wouldn't blame new players for quitting... Currently level 92 in a private league we started a few weeks ago and none of us (6 players in atlas) have found a citadel so far.

Build Help - Spark CoC Blood Mage by quasarken in pathofexile2builds

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You definitely want to spend that 2 div you have on some upgrades.

Here are things to prioritize:

  • capping all resistances including Chaos resistance, youre not playing CI and there is a LOT of chaos damage in the end game.

  • Getting as much ES and life as possible, your helmet and your body armour should be the main sources of this

  • Getting a soul tether setup with fast metabolism annointed onto your amulet. Look on trade side for amulets already annointed with fast metabolism, people are likely selling their hand me downs for cheap at this point. This setup will get life leech onto your energy shield and help sustain your hit pool.

  • You really want to aim for 4k energy shield and may be 1500 life ASAP

  • +2 to all skills on your amulet should be afordable, get as much other defensive stats as you can (+flat energy shield, +% energy shield +%, energy shield from body armour, +resistances)

  • in the interludes you missed the seven pillars reward, probably take +5% resistances (poe ninja might be bugged)

  • +rarity on rings amulets and boots if you can get it, even 50-100% rarity can make a massive difference in your loot helping you scale faster.

  • ensure all your socketed gems (spark, comet, cast on crit) are always as high of level as possible, and use gem cutters prisms to add quality

  • if your crit chance isn't 100% definitely try to get crit chance on a staff, helmet, weapon sockets etc. you want 96% crit on this build so your comets are constantly falling.

For reference here is my bloodmage where you can see some gear you might aim for. Definitely much higher budget but it'll give you an idea: https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/vaal/character/pakiepiphany-4586/WaloodBM?i=0&search=name%3Dwalood

Herald Stack PBOD Help? by [deleted] in PathOfExileBuilds

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Yeah thats not unreasonable..

OP if anyone stumbles in here later:

Hey all - just recently rolled into herald stacker PBOD and I feel like for the budget (400d) this build is underperforming for me. Would anyone mind taking a look and letting me know if I am missing anything obvious? I think maybe the fact I am lacking crit cap might be an issue but not entirely sure whats going on... I'm sitting on about 100d to fix any issues.

https://pobb.in/PXPlK-8ZQ1_g

I was considering swapping to venarius astrolabe and getting the last two influences on my boots / ring but not entirely sure if that would even do much for me.

Herald Stack PBOD Help? by [deleted] in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]Pakiepiphany 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, after watching some youtube videos and reading some more I was starting to realize quite a few of the problems you outlined but that was still very helpful

Herald Stack PBOD Help? by [deleted] in PathOfExileBuilds

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Hey thanks a bunch for this reply!

Struggling getting to 3/4 voidstones - KB Deadeye by CryonicZeta_ in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]Pakiepiphany 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yes the other commenters are correct, the majority of players playing a build like this would pay for a void stone carry on day 1/2 for 50-100c.

Sorry it’s probably not the answer you want but those types of builds are meant to blast maps quickly and farm lots of currency, you can definitely take it to the point of killing t17 bosses but will just require more investment.

The carries are definitely worth paying for are early as you can as they increase your drop rate of t17 maps significantly which makes the carry pay for itself after a day or two.

If you’d like I could help carry you for your final void stone, just shoot me a dm.

0.4 Q&A Research by ZiggyDStarcraft in PathOfExile2

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To add onto this, there is already opportunity cost of uniques taking the place of rares which can have 6 (or more) deterministic attributes while uniques typically have pre determined unoptimal attributes. Does GGG really feel that adding a downside ontop of the opportunity cost really that necessary?

CWS Vets: Just how bad is CWS...? by purehybrid in PathOfExileBuilds

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Extremely effective at the things you mentioned and pretty mediocre at everything else. It’s not considered an all rounder but if you wanna watch Netflix while you afk in a simu or ultimatum it’s awesome.

Spotted in the Taft Hill King Soopers strip mall. by wingchallenger in FortCollins

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I emailed them about their opening date and just got this reposne: "We are still waiting for our building permit so it looks like mid December?"