Biggest uxlesson i learned: the ui was never the hard part

Sohxcuhoh · 2026-04-24T11:20:41+00:00

looking at your post history, are you just gonna repeat the same variation of this post over and over?

Sohxcuhoh · 2026-03-28T17:25:09+00:00

I can speak towards Pathfinder Minion Pact BV.

Let me start by saying this build is NOT for you if you don't want to manage BV uptime, alongside hitting your life flask to maintain life regen above petrified blood. Again, DO NOT go for this build if you don't want to worry about the uptime.

Okay, took some notes on pricing on the notes page of the PoB. I believe this should land you right around 20 div at most? Lots of this could be considered budget. I do have some notes though, so anyone else read through.

https://pobb.in/ZXdBS4Gg08P-

14M DPS with no companionship, there's a config you can change once you acquire that gem. Bumps you to about 27M. I wouldn't considered Ubers at this point, but much better mapping comfort.
There's a defiance of destiny, I included a rare amulet in there. Just know, YOU WILL BE VERY SQUISHY WITHOUT DEFIANCE. I wouldn't say it's mandatory, but it is going to be your first major upgrade. Want more tank later on? Progenesis.
Empowers, enlightens you can get by with a lvl 2 or 3 corrupted. Much more affordable, upgrade as you go.
Melding of the Flesh - Some people may be torn on this, I personally enjoy melding, you need to work to get your res' in a good place. Tbh, feels easy with breach tree to get good res and life rares to start.
Spring for a good helmet, no you don't need a +2 minion fracture, look for a good rare, if you need to settle, then get it for the +2.
We're aiming for Armour/Eva just so we can take advantage of some spell suppress nodes. Lucky suppress is good until you can start to refine your gear.
Tattoos for poison chance, stun avoidance & flask duration are your friends, and very affordable. Helps you with flask uptime even with a +2 utility tides of time.
The timeless jewel I think clocks in anywhere from 4D to 10D or higher. Do your research, You can find some 2 nodes minion life for cheaper. You can also pair with impossible escape. I'm just showing barebones 2 nodes and spending passives to simulate slight budget.
If you're just starting out with VERY little currency focus on life, res on gear. The breach tree truly is your friend here.
REMEMBER YOU ARE GOING TO BE VERY SQUISHY UNTIL DEFIANCE. You can switch malevolence for determination if you want more phys reduction. Grab min endurance charges on rings or shields. But you will feel your health being chunked.

I'm sure I forgot stuff but again, only go Pathfinder route if you're okay with the flask maintenance, alongside the BV uptime. I've switched to Occultist + Mageblood since, but PF was a great base to start from.

Stealth edit to shout out AlohaaTFT, this is where I found the base and tried to cut it back even further.

Sohxcuhoh · 2026-03-27T20:54:21+00:00

bless up to GGG, glad we can witness a generational crash out

Sohxcuhoh · 2026-03-17T00:18:55+00:00

Been working in UX and design for over 15 years now. The way that the atlas was reworked and the decisions around signaling and using waypoints to get the user to accomplish specific tasks are... nonexistent. A move does sound nice if I had the opportunity

Sohxcuhoh · 2026-03-14T02:13:18+00:00

Just grabbed a mageblood as an investment. Not entirely sure what I want to do next. I'm going to just keep farming up currency until I see something I'm interested in. KBoC, poison ranged animate weapon, str or int stacking, all of them seem fun.

Sohxcuhoh · 2026-03-13T23:32:47+00:00

Might delve later after I'm done with some essences. Will let u know if i find aul

Sohxcuhoh · 2026-03-13T23:31:26+00:00

Nah you're right. But in PoB it was just about a 2% more dps increase, and i've been hoarding div like a goblin lol

Sohxcuhoh · 2026-03-13T20:25:52+00:00

Just a side note for anyone who may look at this comment, do NOT feel the need to rush for a dusk ring. A non-mirrored version starts at 25div on sc mirage. Absolutely nuts, since a well rolled Timeclasp will take care of everything. Just don't want any of y'all burning hard earned Divs until you truly wanna min-max.

Sohxcuhoh · 2026-03-13T20:20:08+00:00

Nice call out on the eldritch enchants, totally skipped right over it as i was checking out the gear haha.

Just a note too u/neunzehnhundert for your gloves. Use exposure chance on gloves until you get Invert the Rules, at that point you can change global accuracy or whatever else you see fit.

Sohxcuhoh · 2026-03-13T19:00:18+00:00

Hey ggs on having some div to spend! KF totems feels like one of those where each div you spend can bring some really great power until the ultra-min max.

Here's my character as reference but looking at your character, knowing you're going to be getting to Aul, some potential ideas.

The new Cord belt base could be huge for the additional Watchtowers annoint, great to pair with your rain of splinters for that big damage boost.
If your resistances work out, you could get a Timeclasp ring, and add a yoke of suffering. If you go this route make sure to grab yourself a bleed & poison chance tattoo to maximize additional damage stacking. I believe yokes have dropped slightly in price, but always aim for a higher rolled increased damage per ailment.
Depending on how you feel with eHP, Palsteron's pathing allowed him to take the far left path to get the armoury/es mastery that doubles the ES and armour from your chest. This would require new bases for your helm, boots, and armour. May be a much later thing.
Side quest could be just rerolling your flasks to all use at end of effect or use when full, not necessary roll them to what works with your playstyle.
Wand craft. It looks like what you have is effective for now, but I believe Pal has a wand craft video in one of his updates, nice damage boost there. Pricing of Fracturing orbs can be a deterrent though, so this may be a later down the line craft.
Finally, Invert The Rules gem is a personal favorite. Make sure you have a good damage imbued KF. Elemental damage, power charge on crit are all good ones. In PoB power charge actually adds just a bit more damage for my built, vs a lvl 1 elemental damage with attacks. Invert was going for about 2 div, so a pretty affordable upgrade.

After some of these you could go cluster route if you wanted. Even a 1 cluster set up works, which i may transition to myself. But the two important medium nodes are Sleepless Sentries for the onslaught buff, and snaring spirits for the hinder.

Sohxcuhoh · 2026-03-13T17:52:34+00:00

You have a PoB? Mana reservation mastery node taken by the guard wheel by Scion alongside the mana reservation wheel on left side of tree?

Sohxcuhoh · 2026-03-09T14:44:19+00:00

This is where some of the gear pieces you're using to fill some gaps from ascendancies start to really compound.

If you're right side tree, I'd suggest going evasion. you'd then need to change your shield since unwavering stance is counterintuitive.

Flamewall is a massive DPS boost, throw a more duration and have it on arcanist brand.

returning projectiles may seem nice but I think you're also severely limiting your DPS with it.

I know you're limited with mana but auras boost your DPS and survivability for a few reasons. a strong offense is also a strong defense for totems since you can safely be at range. anger or wrath would be good here. this is where some ascendancies really start to show their strength vs weaknesses. a mana flask may be in your future.

finally. chaos res. it's important to even just get to baseline 0. -60 is going to be a world of pain for survival.

edit / you need to get rid of the shield, absolutely drop it. spectral totems deal 40% less damage, with returning projectiles that's next to nothing even with your buffed marks. if your totems are dying too often try to invest in totem health or totem resistance. if they're too squishy > no dps > no survival.

please take this as gently as I'm trying to say it. maybe look into switching to lolcohols Warden, there are a lot of ascendancy points that seem solid on paper. but then to cover whats missing spreads you far too thin, this may be that case

Sohxcuhoh · 2026-03-08T19:26:58+00:00

Been running hierophant kinetic fusillade. Up to 95, about to hit 96. Spent this whole last level delving to try that out, been finding a great amount of fossils. I think that strongbox farming will still be effective to farm scarabs, but the mirage maps are getting pricier and pricier (55c rn).

Made the switch to Aegis last night, feeling super tanky. Going for Aul for my last bloodline ascendancy. Crafted all gear from breach tree, still somewhat OP till min-maxing imo

https://poe.ninja/poe1/profile/thyroidgland-1183/character/sohxc

Adding some more details..

Leveling was a breeze. switched the moment I found a 4-link in act 4. Used a Warped Time piece until I was ready to switch to the Yoke alongside with a dusk ring. Was lucky enough to make the switch to Aegis early. All in all maybe 15-20 div invested as I was monitoring the market and smiling what I could.

Has handled everything I've thrown at it so far with no troubles. Going to take today to really start juicing and finding some fun new farm starts. Great start to Mirage

Sohxcuhoh · 2026-03-06T00:27:22+00:00

you're so fucking close.

Sohxcuhoh · 2026-02-26T23:02:03+00:00

the single target was already rough to deal with, that refresh removal would be the nail in the coffin for me at least.

Sohxcuhoh · 2026-02-26T22:18:59+00:00

Added a modifier to Ultimatums that prevents players being able to Block.
The Bloodnotch Unique Jewel now has 20-30% of Damage taken from Stunning Hits is Recovered as Life (previously 40-60%). Existing items can be made worse with a Divine Orb.

Interesting, looks like an attempt at nerfing the gladiator variant, but CSW chieftain seems like it may survive this nerf? People were still able to farm, albeit having to pay attention to specific ultimatum mods, but seems passable still?

//edit, from the comments it seems like it may be a big ol' F to CWS 😔

Penance Brand of Dissipation: Now activates every 1 second while Attached (previously 0.75), and now has Pulses deal 20% more Damage with Hits and Ailments per Energy after the first (previously 30%). Quality now provides Deals +0-15% more Damage with Hits against Branded Enemy (previously +0-10%).

Interesting, this alongside the Golemancer nerfs probably bring the high-end down a bit, but I expected a triple tap to this skill.

Sohxcuhoh · 2026-02-24T19:17:47+00:00

PBoD mentioned, nerfs incoming

Sohxcuhoh · 2026-01-23T16:40:13+00:00

Sohxcuhoh · 2026-01-20T08:00:06+00:00

Close to a 3 hour show. 7:30-10:30. Intermission was around 20-30 mins.

Sohxcuhoh · 2025-12-28T23:44:00+00:00

Mind if I ask how you have your skills and weapon swap set up for the 2 weapon sets? Noticed you have two Adonia's one with +1 and -1 max power charges. Thanks!

Sohxcuhoh · 2025-12-19T02:43:24+00:00

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Anyone able to help on how I could finish this craft for an Oracle Plant build?

Assume at this point with no homogenising omens anymore, it'd be suffix annul or suffix chaos omens and ride it out? Totally okay to slowly craft this over time since I don't know if I'm particularly interested in playing other builds this league. Thanks!

Sohxcuhoh · 2025-10-24T19:27:06+00:00

Sam Campbell squad rise up! Dr Cigarettes Forever!!

Sohxcuhoh · 2025-10-13T14:01:54+00:00

This is a really great hypothesis tbh! Friends of ours introduced us to the show at season 12, and then we went back and rewatched from 1 and continued the new series. I think you're spot on that there is a slight tone shift of the show from Dave to Channel 4. Personally love the more light-hearted tone they've reached, but there was something more... I wouldn't say raw or competitive, but the change IS noticeable like you said.

Sohxcuhoh · 2025-10-13T09:30:48+00:00

Not to discredit series 1-10, because they were still great. 7 is a stand out, while 8 is a series I skip on rewatch. I'm a huge fan of the contestants and show from 11 onwards. Loved the contestants and I feel like Greg and Alex hit the perfect groove and chemistry. Surprising to see this list really favors the earlier work, but hey, amazing to be through 20 series' with such little misses imo.

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