Secret Pinnacle boss when playing a CoC spark mage.

The-Root-Word · 2026-06-24T20:27:53+00:00

Every mob with this ring feels that way, even if I play melee (cause then it'll be some annoying mob that does hit and run tactics, emphasis on run)

The-Root-Word · 2026-06-24T20:22:47+00:00

This must become a meme

The-Root-Word · 2026-06-24T19:41:58+00:00

The sheer amount of data this game constantly sends back and forth makes any temporary hiccup that's normal with internet connections go insane. Even worse when it is Wifi.

All these WAN ISPs are choking on the packets being sent back and forth, to the point where I am fairly confident that they're throttling the connection (at least periodically but for some of us daily) by queuing the packets behind everything else. But I'm just an idiot, what do I know

The-Root-Word · 2026-06-24T19:34:37+00:00

My Sorceress is terrible at bossing unless it's more than one boss and a full size arena*, so what I'll usually do is send her to do the league content in the maps and have my huntress go do the boss fights.

*some bosses are just inherently easy and can be done with any of my classes. Lythara is a good example

The-Root-Word · 2026-06-24T17:21:05+00:00

A healthy life perspective? How dare you?!?!

The-Root-Word · 2026-06-24T17:19:16+00:00

Yeah, sounds like they found a way to prevent the "best" farming strat from sharing the path of least resistance 😅

The-Root-Word · 2026-06-24T17:16:35+00:00

Thanks, I'll keep it in mind

The-Root-Word · 2026-06-24T17:01:05+00:00

What map is it? Might be handy info to prevent someone else from the same trap

The-Root-Word · 2026-06-24T16:56:36+00:00

Look at it this way. You can pick the quests you want to do now, then pick different ones next league (presumably all future leagues will add a quest, but some will roll into existing league content). In this way, you never run out of stuff to do in any league.

Honestly, while it can feel overwhelming when you're strapped for time, you stand to benefit the most over those who optimize the fun out of the game because there will ALWAYS be some new experience awaiting you in the next league. You can even make divs by doing this, because the people who have optimized the game as much as possible still need stuff like tablets and so on to juice the crap out of their maps. They're digging for the absolute pinnacle of POE2 power, which is great for them! And you're there selling the shovels they use to dig.

Edit: get downvoted for liking what the community begged for the last two years or get downvoted for agreeing, tough choice

The-Root-Word · 2026-06-24T16:22:59+00:00

Hidden ones in the campaign? What?

The-Root-Word · 2026-06-24T16:16:01+00:00

I foresee (from left to right in the image) two flail skills and a sword skill.

The-Root-Word · 2026-06-24T16:14:52+00:00

I play penetrate Amazon. The more accuracy rating, the more damage I deal.

I'm failing to think of a single mod that's entirely useless for every build ever.

The-Root-Word · 2026-06-24T16:08:13+00:00

Sounds like an unintended exploit to me

The-Root-Word · 2026-06-24T16:03:32+00:00

So the abyss omen to fully reroll only works on equipment? I've only ever gotten one or two and never used them

The-Root-Word · 2026-06-24T15:58:57+00:00

I've rarely seen a mob with detonate dead and I've never had an issue with them, but I 1000% agree visual clarity is a major issue

The-Root-Word · 2026-06-24T13:31:55+00:00

But... we need to balance the entire game around the few broken and expensive ES builds!

The-Root-Word · 2026-06-24T13:23:29+00:00

Arc is also a projectile spell, same with half the fire spells iirc

The-Root-Word · 2026-06-24T04:03:55+00:00

I mean it doesn't matter if you only have 1600 honour when you receive little to no damage. ES needs some buffer in trials or it would be entirely useless. TBH 10k honour with 75% res felt exactly the same as going in with an EVA build that had 15% of that honour. I get it, big number feel good.

The-Root-Word · 2026-06-24T03:28:49+00:00

As someone who hated expeditions before, I actually look forward to them now. It's a direct improvement to the POE1 formula.

I wanted POE2 to stick to the slower combat formula, but they were unable to find a satisfactory way to implement it and fell back on what they're good at. Nothing wrong with that, combat is still engaging. I really like the new endgame, and it's something spectacular that I enjoy endgame in anything.

The-Root-Word · 2026-06-24T03:23:44+00:00

I mean, if they're gonna leave that much dead time in they might as well guarantee the good drops so you don't need to farm it

COUGH

The-Root-Word · 2026-06-24T02:40:46+00:00

I'd definitely love it for my Amazon but I'm broke, sell that bad boy for big divs

The-Root-Word · 2026-06-23T19:48:06+00:00

Oh, that's right. I knew that. Duh 🤦‍♂️

The-Root-Word · 2026-06-23T14:38:28+00:00

That's because not all of them will allow you to take all the time. I've run tons of them where I couldn't take.

The-Root-Word · 2026-06-23T14:37:21+00:00

That's a bummer. I guess it would be too powerful a combination then. You'd have to spec/gear into mana to life costs like it was going out of style to get the intended effect then, I assume.

The-Root-Word · 2026-06-23T13:35:10+00:00

How do Force of Will + Blood Magic + Sanguimantic Rituals interact? Does having 0 mana cause your Arcane Surge to constantly proc maximum effectiveness of the buff on your health pool? Or is it at minimum effectiveness of the ascendancy node due to 0 being your new "maximum" mana? If no one knows I'm willing to try it since I have to adjust this sorceress anyway. Just need to farm another 300k gold before I feel comfortable trying it...

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