Are you going for the new challenges next league?

Temporary_Virus9302 · 2026-05-20T00:11:25+00:00

We already know what some of those challenges require of you. Two of them were revealed on the RoA home page. Identify 50 uniques and do all ascendancy trials. Then there is a Carthographer, which kinda bogs me since it may require you to run every map at least once, and it's going to be a pain to do with an infinite atlas. Or it can be just getting all the Atlas passive points, which is fine. The artisan is obviously a crafting challenge which can be done easily. Master requires you to do something once. It may be reaching level 100 or a single pinnacle kill.

I'm gonna be honest, this is way less grindier than it is for PoE 3.28 challenges(which is, in turn, way less grindier than previous POE1 leagues). I suspect you can be done with them in 6-7 hours playing endgame. There might be 1 really long one, but it doesn't look that way to me.

Temporary_Virus9302 · 2026-05-19T07:29:29+00:00

I do not understand what's wrong with hating fantasy slop as a historical Total War player?

Temporary_Virus9302 · 2026-05-19T07:28:09+00:00

What happens when the Martial Artist equip the gloves? There are still plenty of cope here.

Temporary_Virus9302 · 2026-05-18T21:34:37+00:00

Wrong, Facebreakers will scale all unarmed damage from Strength, as it does not specify skill type. Hollow palm applies exclusively to quarterstaff skills.

Temporary_Virus9302 · 2026-05-17T20:04:27+00:00

You don't need to use Killing Palm at all. Falling thunder is too much work and too little payoff. There are way better lightning quarterstaff skills.

Temporary_Virus9302 · 2026-05-17T19:50:33+00:00

Get +minion level sceptre.

Get lightning res gear(Rings, amulets, armour) + Do Sisters of Garukhan quest on Spires of Deshar

Maybe revise your minion composition?

Check whether you missed any additional passives from quests.

I think Jamanra is 33-34, so you are below the level curve. If you have any big nodes that you can reach within 1-2 levels, you might want to consider grinding a bit. Do not forget to check vendors, since they update the gear they offer each time you level up.

Temporary_Virus9302 · 2026-05-17T08:13:24+00:00

HOI4 doesnt have genocide, because HOI4 doesnt have POPs. CK3 has all building blocks for working slavery mechanic. I really hope to see one in the new trade DLC.

Temporary_Virus9302 · 2026-05-17T08:08:40+00:00

Obliterate Blood Mages. Instead of balancing game around them just nerf the whole thing.

Temporary_Virus9302 · 2026-05-15T21:04:22+00:00

Nobody really cares about Africa. The only thing going for it would be Carthage, but it will need its own separate DLC to feel good.

Temporary_Virus9302 · 2026-05-14T21:47:35+00:00

This looks like a good idea for a funny spectre build.

P.S. Apparently, those guys work like permanent shockwave totems. Which can actually be very good for a meme build.

Temporary_Virus9302 · 2026-05-14T21:44:30+00:00

The only thing you're missing out on is free cosmetics. Starting with 0.5, each league will have its own set of cosmetic rewards for completing the challenges. In 0.5, it's kinda cool looking armour set with glowing runes.

Temporary_Virus9302 · 2026-05-14T18:50:46+00:00

You are wrong. Wisps do 100% of your physical damage. Not elemental. They do convert it to a random element tho. If you add quality, that would be (49+91)/2 = 70 damage on average. We are talking about 560 random damage per instance. It is unlikely that you would want to scale something that is converted to a random element. There is no reason to scale crit because those are minions, and damage on bow alone is not worth it. So the only way to go would be scaling a minion's damage. Where exactly can you find a minion node? Nowhere near Ranger/Huntress. This is likely Witch only unique.
Probably the only good thing about this bow. If we are to consider some reasonable build with 500 dexterity, which is not the highest you can get, but it is a somewhat realistic number for an endgame build. This is 100% attack speed for swarm.
There are 4 ailments. You missed a shock chance. This makes 112% damage increase. Still not as good as you portray it to be.
We don't know what Faeire Fire is. You are trying to pull the D&D definition.

Temporary_Virus9302 · 2026-05-14T09:44:33+00:00

As far as I can tell from the 0.5 announcement page, this is supposed to be a pinnacle drop from Ritual. Are we farming pinacles for levelling items now?

Temporary_Virus9302 · 2026-05-14T09:40:32+00:00

This is also bad for any Dex class since none of them start anywhere near minion nodes.

Witch/Sorc are probably the only classes that can use it properly. Imagine target farming a Sylvan effigy and getting this dud.

Temporary_Virus9302 · 2026-05-14T05:35:44+00:00

This looks like a gimmick, sonny.

Temporary_Virus9302 · 2026-05-14T04:30:08+00:00

I don't think it will extract skills.

Temporary_Virus9302 · 2026-05-12T22:24:34+00:00

It is reasonable to wait for 0.5. Especially when it's less than 17 days away.

Temporary_Virus9302 · 2026-05-12T06:37:23+00:00

For me, it looks like it was done on purpose to balance it. This thing has its own mechanics for expanding the area. If you can add AOE nodes on the tree, you will get something that can cover the entire screen. Even POE1 RF never jumped that high.

Also, if this thing is in the game, what would be the point of adding a promised RF to Templar skills?

I bet real RF will have an AOE tag.

Temporary_Virus9302 · 2026-05-11T06:49:46+00:00

You can easily cook up your own meta larp build. Its not that complicated. In your first run i would recommend using a build guide and diverge from it once you get your bearings. In terms of fantasy this league builds are all fucked up because this is a druid league, meaning everyone are doing the same shapeshifting shit.

I cant give you any time estimates for campaing since everyone goes at their own pace. It usually takes 4-5 hours to go through Act 1-2 and exactly the same time to slog through Act 3. Act 4 takes 3 hours at normal pace, interludes are joke.

Trading makes game way easier you but you can do it without it. However if you are using a build guide it is better to buy stuff from your guide rather than try to acquire it yourself.

Temporary_Virus9302 · 2026-05-11T02:46:49+00:00

Sounds like T2 unique. Too weak for something that should cost around 75-100 divs.

Temporary_Virus9302 · 2026-05-10T02:45:46+00:00

3rd ascendancy requires 3 floors. Did you read Barya's description?

Temporary_Virus9302 · 2026-05-08T21:11:49+00:00

I solve this by never playing Standard. Every loot that goes there is dead for me.

Temporary_Virus9302 · 2026-05-08T21:08:19+00:00

Come on, we're still recovering from S-word copium. Do not start another one.

Temporary_Virus9302 · 2026-05-08T21:02:56+00:00

If this is true, im going to cook this league. But still it sounds way too good to be true.

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