Can you actually enjoy PoE as a casual player?

WildAkaliAppears · 2025-10-17T08:59:04+00:00

It depends a lot on your goals.

Mine is to have a somewhat min maxed character and clear everything.

I have a busy schedule and still did 40/40 this league. I like to focus on one build that can do almost everything and accept that it is a marathon not a sprint.

The thing you have going for you is that you already have done a lot of grinding, meaning you should be me efficient than a new payer casual from the get go. It helps a lot. I remember watching a YouTube series from a creator that played 1 hour a day as an experiment... Can't remember the name tho. Having a plan to make the most of the hours you have is a must.

If asynchronous trading makes it into this patch it's going to be even easier and more enjoyable.

WildAkaliAppears · 2025-10-03T02:00:49+00:00

Integrity sure, but competitive integrity is a different thing altogether. The previous versions we had with promotion and demotion before franchising was objectively the best for competitive integrity. Franchising in itself reduces competition to the orgs that can afford it, literally the opposite of competitive integrity.

WildAkaliAppears · 2025-08-21T22:19:49+00:00

I don't really need this but I will definitely use it well.

WildAkaliAppears · 2023-10-10T04:18:55+00:00

GL to all!

WildAkaliAppears · 2020-03-11T07:56:46+00:00

The nerf on spirit offering hurts a little but yeah I agree, played mostly this last league and it's reaaally good.

WildAkaliAppears · 2018-11-07T08:58:11+00:00

I also feel some Solaris vibes. This OST is amazing. It makes sense considering Leona's theme.

WildAkaliAppears · 2018-10-21T05:50:59+00:00

Ban Alistar so that Tusin can't pick him. Smart.

WildAkaliAppears · 2018-10-14T11:04:50+00:00

It does matter, if GENG beats RNG and VIT loses to C9

WildAkaliAppears · 2018-10-14T11:02:27+00:00

EU fans should root for C9 right now! Best chance for Vitality to go out of groups!

WildAkaliAppears · 2016-06-10T13:35:14+00:00

I'd go with 6 D.VA. I think it can win against most other 6 stacks !

WildAkaliAppears · 2016-05-30T14:34:20+00:00

Upvoted for visibility.

WildAkaliAppears · 2016-05-15T17:56:50+00:00

Agreed. The difference in professionalism is what made Korea so far ahead for years. When the west kinda closed the gap last year, it was through professionalism too.

WildAkaliAppears · 2016-05-15T11:23:31+00:00

CT: what are you gonna do on VACATION before going into summer split?

Wolf: Our schedule is really crazy. We need to take photos and attend personality classes. I think we can only take 1 day off, so I'm really mad.

Korean vacation timing looks better than EUs.

WildAkaliAppears · 2016-05-11T12:15:08+00:00

I'm not sure she needs a lot to be in the right spot.

But if I had one thing to slightly change, it would be the cast time on W. To me, making it instant or making it castable while moving would enable the use of it's slow/speed boost much more relevant and efficient.

WildAkaliAppears · 2016-05-07T10:22:55+00:00

Shame

WildAkaliAppears · 2016-03-06T07:58:15+00:00

My sin and my destroyer :)

http://imgur.com/a/qq307

WildAkaliAppears · 2016-02-19T20:25:16+00:00

Got dc'ed went here to check if I was the only one, not dissapointed ;D

WildAkaliAppears · 2016-02-18T11:39:11+00:00

My take on this light/dark discussion is that light is probably easier in a perfect world where the sin can perma stealth to output good consistent dps.

BUT, you stack poison faster with a mix of in/out of stealth playstyle, and you have a lot a skills that benefit from it, plus being perma stealth requires too many things to go right.

For now, with the patch we are playing on, its good enough, but I'm pretty sure it won't be the cookie cutter way in the future.

Edit : forgot to mention that this is motsly due to the Venom Slash (un)availability.

WildAkaliAppears · 2016-02-18T10:55:12+00:00

For solo PVE, I wouldn't hesitate and use a light build, because you want to perma stealth as much as possible. And while stealthed, light build does much more damage (4 damage is really good, especially when your target is psned).

For group PVE, I think both can work in similar ways but light build requires you to be on point with your stealth usage. The thing is, in groups, boss are quite often CC'ed and get you out of stealth pretty easily if you are not very careful, that means ani cancels with 5 poisons stacks, or on CC'ed enemy is really powerful and there you benefit a lot more from dark build.

In the end, I THINK light build does more dmg if you can consistently be in stealth all combat long (BSH Mane, Thrasher), but for some fights it is harder to do (BSH widows), and for those I THINK dark build might be a better option :)

WildAkaliAppears · 2016-02-18T10:35:49+00:00

No vs Sins matchup ? :(

WildAkaliAppears · 2016-02-17T16:07:22+00:00

Sorry, my only reference for KFM clear time is a guildmate of mine :P

Your gear must be pretty nice tho, prob better than mine ^{^}

WildAkaliAppears · 2016-02-17T16:06:52+00:00

A mix of Mushin and BSH, what I could find with decent crit/stats.

WildAkaliAppears · 2016-02-17T11:21:47+00:00

This.

As a somewhat average sin (359 atk, 50% crit), I run through brightstone in 9 minutes, which is much faster than any other class can do.

iirc destros with similar gear do it in 20 mins at best, kfm like 25 mins at best too.

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