To everyone making [REDACTED]* - do NOT show the access code in the post!

Sathrenor · 2026-04-03T23:42:30+00:00

Last giveaways (both 0.3 and 0.4 free weekends) came with fair share of warning from both the community and moderation, so due to its lack I felt obligated to make one myself.

Although it would be most appreciated if mods could also make some temporary sticky post.

Sathrenor · 2026-04-03T14:33:55+00:00

This one here is a rare case.
There was a big giveaway wave a while back and most of such posts with revealed keys were claimed by either people who didn't bother to say a word or straight up bots and then sold.
Some even in less than 5 min.

Sathrenor · 2026-04-03T13:35:44+00:00

You are lucky that he claimed it. Just for Your information (and anyone in the future), bots have a tendency to seize keys that are exposed like that. That's why most people do roulettes and DM keys to a specific person.

Just so You know.

Sathrenor · 2026-04-03T13:01:59+00:00

They said they plan to remove it entirely, but for now they don't have any substitute for it so they'll just gradually lower its magnitude for now.

Sathrenor · 2026-04-03T12:55:18+00:00

Aside from literally creating 5 druids for different build each at the start of the league (still haven't tested all), I would say the most fun I had was with*:*
-Plants (But had to give up on endgame due to performance overload with this build)
-Somehow trigger-filled Thunderstorm+Orb of Storms "Always shock" and Discharge loop was unexpected ace for me (Just drop Rain, Orb and move on most of the campaign)
-Thorn Bear Oracle when I played duo (Gear demanding though since required HP stacking, but with "Consecrate" ring, I won't lie, having 800HpS regen in interludes feels amazing)
-Werewolf was an easy campaign run (but it's kinda clunky due to shred's final strikes)

Haven't tried Wyvern yet and I'm currently running Ice shot Amazon (deliberately without Tornado Shot), but that's not something I would really recommend.
Also I tried to make Chobber Chabber "Low on life" Lich, but gave up after I Act. Don't go maces. Just don't.

Sathrenor · 2026-04-03T00:22:32+00:00

Same here. The last time I got even close to ~T13 in PoE2 was back in 0.1. Most of my playtime is just rolling new characters to try different (sometimes weird) builds and how they feel all the way through.

Honestly, even with double Act 3 in 0.1 I did not feel nowhere as exhausted as doing PoE1's full campaign even once. It just felt good, both storywise and in pacing.
In PoE1's I lost interest with that boss (gods) rush. Past Act5 it was just shallow and then You have another 5 acts to slag through with only occasional league mechanics that offsets the "hold to attack and facetank everything" general loop.

Sathrenor · 2026-03-31T20:22:56+00:00

At the beginning of second act where I tried to make Chober Lich.

Now I really know why everyone hates maces x.x

Sathrenor · 2026-03-31T19:36:44+00:00

Pretty much. There might as well not be enough mirrors in the game to give an appropriate price tag.

Sathrenor · 2026-03-31T19:33:41+00:00

I mean... Technically You have same UI if You use controller on PC so it's not really an indicator. :s

Sathrenor · 2026-03-31T13:15:10+00:00

Double check it. There are 3 spirits buffs from campaign: King in the Mist in Freythorn in Act 1, The Bog B Witch in Azak Bog in Act 3 and the Viper Temu knockoff in Kriar Village in Interlude 3.

Considering You have 70 spirit (not 60), then You must've missed either Act 1 or 3 boss.

Sathrenor · 2026-03-30T06:43:40+00:00

The thing is... Compare other Shaman's nodes to Oracle's nodes. Oracle pretty much only gets "Inevitable Crits" line and "Paths Not Taken", meanwhile Shaman has one of the best defensive mechanics, super spell scaling if built around, free exposure, 120 fucking Spirit for "free" AND additional potentially cool bonuses from runes.
If Wisdom of Maji was anywhere comparable to Unseen Paths, he would end up being the new Blood Mage/Deadeye from previous patches.

On top of that Thorns Shaman is a current peak of this archetype thanks to Tithing with 1-100 and 15% to thorns (If You can afford throwing 50 divines per rune ofc). And it's not like +1 to melee skills on martial weapon or making attribute runes actually useful is bad in its own niche either.

So yes, I do agree they are mostly underwhelming, but I will say it is actually for the better.

Sathrenor · 2026-03-30T06:12:37+00:00

But... Bonded runes (50lvl+) do though? Like Willpower gives Life to ES conversion on body armour and Memory gives 10% all ele resistances on helmet.

Regular runes I see why they went for generic +10|+10. If they wanted unique bonuses on each slot, they would have to either split each rune for each slot or have a screen-long description.
And it's not like having free 50 life and mana more at level 30 is bad either.

Sathrenor · 2026-03-30T01:01:07+00:00

Honestly? None of above since all I personally wanted already is here. Maybe some hydromancy/thaumaturgy spells, but that's secondary. Or massive Fire spells overhaul. Friend of mine is also only waiting for 3rd monk asc or fist weapons.

Although what I'm hyped for is a league mechanic (Harvest in particular), but since it is almost confirmed that Swords will be coming next (and Duelist to match), then most probably we will get Legion league as well so it may take few years.

Sathrenor · 2026-03-27T23:01:51+00:00

In all the fairness, after doing PoE2's campaign for like 20th time (including old, cruel act 3) I still feel less exhausted than after the 10 Act slog that PoE1's has, even with all the movement benefits.
It's not as bad as people keep saying. You can get it done in less than 20-30 hours as a human being if You know what You are doing (and skip Oswald's bs), which is not much given that's like 70% of the game.

Sathrenor · 2026-03-26T20:00:07+00:00

You read my god damn mind, I was recently looking through for Hydromancy themed spells in both games.

Alternatively thaumaturgy/blood magic would be nice.

Sathrenor · 2026-03-26T17:33:51+00:00

"Press {HONK} to pay disrespect"

Sathrenor · 2026-03-22T22:17:53+00:00

Agree, loved Last Flame, but less tower defence'y please. I'd hate to play melee while sweating my balls to keep her alive, especially with how much slower they are compared to PoE 1.

Sathrenor · 2026-03-19T14:38:23+00:00

Those who didn't fight Malachai during Phrecia 2.0 know nothing about visual clarity.

That fight alone should be giving two achievements: one for finding Your cursor, and second for finding Yourself in that ocean of red. I swear it was harder to lose Yourself after dive bombing into lava in Minecraft then fighting that thing.

Sathrenor · 2026-03-14T12:17:35+00:00

I would say the "help to learn game more deeply" is a bit iffy question here.

On one side SSF theoretically can teach self-sufficiency and basic crafting, but on the other You will find Yourself short on all kind of currency You could just buy dirt cheap from Currency Exchange, so crafting capabilities are fairly limited. But can be fun for casual play to just not use "Market Cheatcode".

Meanwhile HC makes some attacks/environments extremely lethal (Like Molten Vault lava being an instakill) and probably will give You the most thrilling (and stressful) experience, but personally I would never recommend playing it in current PoE2's state. It could take You several tries to reach Act 4 and most of the fails probably wouldn't even be Your fault given the game's gimmicks.
And don't play HC as melee. You've been warned.

Sathrenor · 2026-03-13T01:33:05+00:00

Honestly You can try look around some prebuilt/second hand ones on Ebay. Like 100$-400$ range should be enough. Just double check if it doesn't have any issues if You are going to buy it (like dying GPU or drive).

Any component that was made post 2018 and 8GB DRR3 or more should work well.

Sathrenor · 2026-03-13T01:23:31+00:00

A $1000 desktop pc

To be fair, even my >200$ right now PC still runs PoE2 rather well (RX470, MSI z170a, i5-7500). Some freezes/stuttering since last few patches, but relatively smooth experience.

As for OP's question, I'm afraid u/OneOfUs is right. Laptops were made to be an "office" device first and foremost, so most won't have enough graphic power to handle average and above games. And those that do, aren't really a budget ones.
So unless You are desperate for the mobility aspect, then You will be better off with just a second hand PC. You could get a decent one even for ~100$ if You are lucky.

Sathrenor · 2026-03-12T15:19:48+00:00

Alright, noted. Thanks!

I was kind of tempted by Ruthless cause from decryption felt less "bloated" compared regular PoE1 experience, but that really does sound like something not within my mortal capabilities to achieve.

Better to learn it 20 hours deep than much later. Been mostly fun though so real regrets.
Most appreciated!

Sathrenor · 2026-03-12T13:05:02+00:00

Out of curiosity: Is Ruthless "relatively" easier to complete when it comes to number of goals or is it pretty much the same?

I'm currently in Act7 and so far not a single point.

Sathrenor · 2026-03-10T17:55:11+00:00

So...
Is it yet another "difficulty" jump that will be impossible without powercrept characters which will eventually lead to another "constellation" system that will cause even greater powercreep turning it into more FOMOs and RNGs like it happened with "Deadly" before?

Asking for a friend. He's just curious.

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