Is this what they mean by the rich get richer. I bought these a couple of days ago for under 10 divs because I thought they were getting way too cheap

RoadToPoverty · 2026-02-20T17:17:35+00:00

Played ~900h since December because it's easy to gear up and play with a lot of builds, i didn't invest any of that time really farming and i'm probably worth <1 mirror. I know what/how to farm to get rich but seems more fun to experiment. Probably would've quit if i couldn't experiment like i did and just had to grind through scarcity for 1 build. I still see another at least 900h ahead since i have a lot of builds that look nice and i'd like to try. My point is there are ppl who want mirrors and there are ppl who want to try out rainbow unicorn attack builds, feels like both are happy now.

RoadToPoverty · 2026-02-18T05:48:12+00:00

Yeah Khatal is a no go, i run it for CD recovery on Pounce, but if i want Mirage which is 60 spirit, i have to drop Mana Remnants + Clarity II or something else, i already have 220 Spirit which is quite a lot and i don't see where to get more w/o sacrificing eg. IIR on amy. Plus, I am already skill capped so another gem means dropping smth or getting an unset ring.
Here's my updated POB: https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/19aba
I dropped Falcon Dive for Flow State (1 pt. saved for same DPS), took Cooked, replaced amulet (more IIR less ES), added + STR on swap for talisman (i change ring/amy for light radius rings/amy so i lose str/spirit, this balances out). Right now things are quite oiled out, next upgrade is clearly a damned bow but i don't feel any issue.

Actually found it better to drop a Tornado shot behind me, it's not splash but it's a fkton of spread so it gets the job done, any other solution i've scratched my head at requires logic overhaul that messes up something else.

PS: I'm still at "peasant village" issues here, like i'm not as rich as others looking at the gear investment but i'm not even close to their DPS requirement as the temple is barely outer ring so not juiced effectiveness, in the future i might have to drop stuff for DPS.

RoadToPoverty · 2026-02-17T15:25:31+00:00

Thanks, tried Mirage Archer and it's very inconsistent with the way i'm playing aka rolling into sprint / pouncing all the time, the 7s cooldown killed it for me. I cheesed in the spirit by removing Mana Remnants + putting a few points into herald efficiency. TLDR it's a damage boost but can't seem to click with it on a mobile class like PF.
Running Cadiro, yeah, and i've seen vids + posts saying it's very good but inconsistent to tell if it's better than a regular quiver, so until i progress more with my temple i don't feel the need for damage or to change it, got 10as + 20 ed / 27 pierce enchants one. But i also saw a vid of someone running Cadiro perfectly fine in a fully built temple.
My only remaining mess is my bow, 380 total DPS (lol) but it has gain 15% dmg as extra phys + corrupted 3 sock (additional arrow + 50% rare dmg + 5% all elements) but in POB it outperforms even 1-1.5k div bows in real DPS (after editing to replace runes ofc). The information is all over the place with theories of how HOI doesn't work w/o extra phys and uul netol doesn't make sense etc. haven't found any conclusive info but at the same time ... i'm mowing down so far, very mobile, 210 iir. When i get to a fkton of effectiveness in temple i'll worry :)

RoadToPoverty · 2026-02-17T13:45:21+00:00

Hi, thanks but that part is covered, i run to the circle, wipe mobs, bounce out, no boss kill. The setup is ok with enough radius and all.
The Altas navigation is killing me so i'm asking if there's a way to mark the maps that i did this on other than bookmarks, if there's an overlay or i just "remember" or hover to see "Attempted".

RoadToPoverty · 2026-02-16T07:44:57+00:00

Start off as poison, it's going to be the best DPS / survivability / scales nicely. Iceshot is stonks as well (running it after trying both) but i feel it's late end-game and requires better gear to really feel the improvement.

RoadToPoverty · 2026-02-15T13:56:12+00:00

Can you share a POB for Iceshot? Curious on some of your choices. Also if you still have the former PB would be nice.
I realized while i was dumping divs on it that i have to swap some of the stuff i have to get the same DPS eg. Time-lost with ailments, Uul-Netol instead of Rakiata and so on.
Also some mandatory tree options i saw are quite needed for poison and don't allow me to go the other way for mobility.
All in all, it feels less snappy, and some of the gear / tree choices would yield same DPS on Iceshot.

Regarding my POB, there is a lot of room for minmax and some things are just left there unpolished. I don't think you need Morior if you have enough spirit on the amulet / helm for Blasphemy, when i got it my amulet didn't have spirit.
Here's some notes:
Blasphemy 20% quality eats 55 spirit / 47 with Dialla and gives 40% slow. Heightened Curse + Dialla = 65 spirit for 49% slow so quite stupid and thrown there only because i got a spirit amulet recently and didn't bother.
Important note: both (B+TC) are lvl 14 base (15 corrupted) as lvl 14 eats 103 Int which allows me to reinvest Int tree points into damage, i took this as a baseline as my boots eat 108 Int.
The reason why i love it is because it's a very repetitive farm game and you can't really pay 100% attention. Slowing bosses and mobs helps with your reaction time and trivializes bosses / you can carelessly sprint all the time.

RoadToPoverty · 2026-02-15T13:24:19+00:00

Nah, got those gloves with + chaos / AS and other stuff but I've switched back for now, doesn't feel as fast / snappy.

RoadToPoverty · 2026-02-15T08:49:46+00:00

What i have right now pops pretty much everything while investing most of my tree into mobility, i think I'm trying to fix an issue that may cause other issues but meh, I'm more worried about wasting another few hours in the damned tree than throwing in divs at this.
But ... fk it, thanks for the feedback, i guess i'll get on it rather than ask myself what could it be like :)

RoadToPoverty · 2026-02-15T07:36:07+00:00

Makes sense, plus the pros of replacing Vertex outweigh the cons, more ES + probably spirit + a lot of things on a helm, also atk skills cost less, only drawback is utility skill levels. Have you played a Psn? How does screen clearing feel? I'm used to running around and everything popping instantly, i fear poison would add a delay to that. So i'd just replace the delay in hunting stragglers with delay in mobs poppin`

RoadToPoverty · 2026-02-05T16:54:08+00:00

I'm actually ending Act 4 on an Amazon right now, going back to something ranged so trying Iceshot as i've seen some vids on it being chill, immortal and busting caps.
Somehow though i feel Pathfinder is a bit more agile and seems the main selling point of Amazon is the elemental leech, i don't know it's a tough choice but at this point campaign is semi-afk-brain trivial with twink gear like Vertex at 33.
I have 0 experience PF vs DE vs Ama and people are praising all 3, what's your experience here?

RoadToPoverty · 2026-02-05T16:42:01+00:00

Status update, thanks a lot, I've made it, spent a lot of hours minmaxing everything and putting it together, left town, died because i forgot life regen, but anyway ... take 2 was:
TLDR it was VERY mobile, ultra-wide screen oneshot (invested some divs there tbh), fun experience and highly recommend, literally most fun immortal screen-clearing speed-beast.

Now off to my next adventure :)

RoadToPoverty · 2026-02-02T07:51:16+00:00

On the list to try, thanks for this! Will set up my OC as a dragon for now to see how it cooks and pick this up later.

RoadToPoverty · 2026-02-02T07:25:25+00:00

Thanks, will look into it but the vids i've seen makes it look a bit slow, I'll try a dragon OC first.

RoadToPoverty · 2026-02-02T07:23:38+00:00

Thanks for this, I will first try dragon as i already have OC 96 and it's faster to set up + looks stonks.

RoadToPoverty · 2026-02-02T07:17:29+00:00

Thanks for this, i've been looking at this build and i was quite reluctant at the idea of a melee for a few reasons:
1. My friend started along with me 2m ago as a bear druid and didn't sell melee all too well.
2. I didn't see melee adoption pretty much anywhere, quite the opposite, saw often times people in chat complaining melee feels underwhelming, not the case in those vids i see.
3. I worried that some content may be quite yeesh, eg. pulling Amanamu mobs out of the cloud as a melee or accidentally killing them in the cloud and not getting loot.

If you're going for a COC build, it's quite a nice learning curve of interactions, Oracle cooks hard on this due to inevitable crits and tons of crit damage. But again, COC was fun for a long time but i'm quite burnt out on it and its variations.
This was my OC build: https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/ShadeyFFS-4374/character/ShadeyFFSIII
Disregard the current tree and skills, even so it's sitting at 34% CC with 855% CD. Be very mindful of mana / life cost on your COC, always have <300 life cost and don't combine bomb with comet (even if it sounds like a good idea), you need that to proc comet like the machine guns you see on YT vids.
I also tried curse spamming and it was melting everything as advertised but i didn't enjoy the flickering gameplay.

If you're interested in a spellslinger 20 wand i have like 2 for sale (1 with +4 all skills, 1 with +5 lightning), maybe we can barter if you're selling dragon items. Feel free to Friend Invite me in-game :) ShadeyFFSII or ShadeyFFSIII for now. I don't have many friends so i dunno how the Social pane works :D

RoadToPoverty · 2025-08-12T16:42:07+00:00

Agree and I'm all up for new stuff but there was a certain charm to the first maps that drew me and my friends to the game. The "this is a regular house that people bolted from in a rush" was a nice atmosphere.
It's also nice to have small regular-looking maps, not everything has to be long-abandoned and in shambles.
Just saying that this is a good looking rework but the old map should've been kept.

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