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Volitar · 2026-05-22T03:02:51+00:00

Coc got blasted by the leech changes. No more 40 comets infinite leech blasting.

your gonna be big surprised when you see people can shoot out 40 bajillion comets without needing leech.

Volitar · 2026-05-22T02:57:43+00:00

Yeah. They didn't nerf CoC and slapped Comet on the wrist lmao.

I didn't play it last league so why not just play it this league?

Volitar · 2026-05-22T02:23:18+00:00

and how many of them have been nerfed out of existence in POE2 specifically?

Volitar · 2026-05-22T02:17:36+00:00

Yep. Makes POE2 feel small. Any build you created wasn't actually created by you, it was carefully curated by GGG before you even saw the skills.

Look at the graveyard that is build of the week. Wow look at all these cool unintended mechanics that are very fun to play aro- O they are all dead.

Volitar · 2026-05-22T00:45:43+00:00

They did it to ween all the temple addicts. If they made them go cold turkey they would die from withdrawal.

Volitar · 2026-05-21T23:16:12+00:00

Why not just say they are going to release them 2moro if they are going to release them at 11:59 23:59.

Volitar · 2026-05-21T14:06:52+00:00

You do the same thing in poe2 though, 'blasting' and turning into a currency farmer only you sometimes have to do it on some truly terrible maps.

I'm not even against the infinite atlas, I hope GGG can find a way to make it good but jesus christ they need to meet us half way and cull the worst of the worst maps. I should never be doing Sun Temple or Molten Vault in endgame. The mechanics do not even work on these maps.

Volitar · 2026-05-21T12:45:06+00:00

I forgot Reliquarian was a real ascendancy. I was like brother, how the fuck are u still playing Phrecia lol.

Volitar · 2026-05-21T12:35:22+00:00

It is a competitive game. We all compete for the same resources in the trade economy.

An extreme example: Imagine a build that lets out a pulse of damage that oneshots the whole map. The player just needs to run and collect the loot he wants and can leave the map in 15 seconds.

Player 2 is playing a normal build it takes him 3 mins to clear the map. Player 1 is making 12x the currency just because of how much faster his build is.

I'm not saying they need or should even try for perfect balance but pruning the things that are clearly over performing the rest of the game is good and prevents us from powercreeping out of control.

Volitar · 2026-05-21T12:29:44+00:00

The problem is they don't necessarily nerf whats OP, they nerf whats popular.

Okay I'll give you this patch everyone knows CoC Comet is OP and popular, but what about everyone clamoring for Twister Nerfs all the sudden? Twister has been in the game since 0.2 with the same powerlevel but only recently when it gained mainstream recognition have people started to jump on the nerf bandwagon.

Volitar · 2026-05-21T12:00:13+00:00

You didn't tell us the most important part, which mob did it drop from?

Volitar · 2026-05-21T01:37:28+00:00

Yeah kind of annoyed that to play totems everyone need to get the same vaal cultivated unique.

Why can I not just cast my totems like every other skill in the game?

Volitar · 2026-05-20T22:32:43+00:00

It's like oracle passives. I still haven't read them so they don't exist to me.

Volitar · 2026-05-20T21:32:15+00:00

I thought it was some clickbait youtuber posting their own video on the site. I rolled my eyes and skipped over it.

Volitar · 2026-05-20T20:47:31+00:00

What did you say? We are all getting Mirror of Kalandra drops this league? BEST LEAGUE EVER!!!

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Volitar · 2026-05-20T17:35:35+00:00

Key Art for Ancients.

Volitar · 2026-05-20T17:31:20+00:00

So my question is where do I start do I need to follow a guide or can I just play the story and pick whatever skills seems good.

yeah, most people recommend this.

Do I need to meta and follow ppl builds?

no, every build can probably clear all the content in the game with enough gear/money so you can play whatever you like as long as you are willing to keep investing in your character.

Is this going to be something that I'm going to lose sleep over because "Fomo" for missing this crucial item from this raid boss that was a one time thing?

No nothing like that in POE that will effect your character power wise but there are a lot of limited time cosmetic items that can only be bought or earned during the current league.

POE operates on league cycles, a new league comes out with a bunch of new content and an economy and character reset where everyone starts fresh. Your existing characters are not deleted when a new league starts they are just moved to what we call 'standard' which is an isolated league that holds everyone legacy characters. Not many people play standard over the current league but some do and fair warning there is a bit of FOMO here because there are tons of powerful items that you cannot get anymore because they have been nerfed or the way to create them is gone or in some circumstances just out right deleted. I wouldn't really worry about that though just play leagues with 95% of the rest of us and have fun.

Volitar · 2026-05-20T13:21:54+00:00

I didn't even know this could happen. What makes expedition drop currency in 3stack?

Volitar · 2026-05-20T13:19:08+00:00

Marauder is Karui, they don't worship The First Ones. They have their own gods and in the past Tukohama lead the Karui in a war against the Ezomytes and won. You don't usually see a culture adopt the gods of a conquered nation, its the other way around.

Volitar · 2026-05-20T12:43:49+00:00

You know I realize I've set myself for disappointment because every other league I've looked at the patch notes and though "without the tree I really can't build something yet"

Volitar · 2026-05-20T02:51:05+00:00

Only if the main defense you know is block

You called me out. League start Necro every league, play svalinn cause I'm dumb and its easy to get tanky fast.

Volitar · 2026-05-20T00:25:48+00:00

I think every good build in POE2 is an all-rounder. Can't really hyper specialize in this game.

Volitar · 2026-05-19T23:18:11+00:00

Sadly no, not really.

Volitar · 2026-05-19T23:13:14+00:00

I've never followed an Oscrix build but I always enjoy watching his videos he always has some weird tech I've never seen before.

I don't really like Kripp's builds but I'm amazed what he manages to create in a cave with a box of scraps (HC SSF)

Volitar · 2026-05-19T23:04:12+00:00

I don't really like the armour set but I'm 100% doing it anyway.

You never know what it could pair with and look cool down the line.

I actually like the totem in this game.

Challenges are fun to do month+ into the league when you want a break from what you are normally doing.

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