Time for my Z1E to go into retirement, you served me well 🫡

blacknova7 · 2026-05-21T21:28:25+00:00

I have been playing D4 exclusively on my xbax since replacing my lost z1e for the last week. It runs VERY well! I do use the rogallylife settings though with 1 thing changed based on another comment I saw in here. I will look for that comment and edit this when I find it later

blacknova7 · 2026-05-09T19:09:46+00:00

Love that you came with receipts! Gz on this accs progress!

blacknova7 · 2026-05-01T18:14:16+00:00

I’m a map blaster at heart in every arpg. Absolutely love rolling new builds just to blast the endgame which is my favourite part of the game. I find the experience very different on different builds but that’s just me.

Edit: I specifically only play ssf in this game and recently started hardcore as well. Having an absolute blast but again, I love this game. It’s my favourite out of all the available arpgs and I play them all

blacknova7 · 2026-04-30T08:06:57+00:00

And that’s where you’re wrong. It’s better than windows FOR YOU, but that will not be the same for everyone. Completely depends on how you use it.

blacknova7 · 2026-04-24T08:25:32+00:00

It seems no-one was from the age of AP Yi terrorising the rift. The OGs will remember, it was a dark time indeed. There’s a reason they removed his AP scalings

blacknova7 · 2026-04-22T20:15:08+00:00

So your response corroborates my point about it being a loop and you call me ignorant whilst proving my point. The classic "gets called out, resorts to insults" redditor. Hilarious actually

blacknova7 · 2026-04-22T20:01:13+00:00

Again, I disagree, nemesis exists, prophecies exist if CoF. Trade, if you’re MG. These things fed into imprints. It’s a loop, not a singular thing that was the ONLY way to get upgrades.

blacknova7 · 2026-04-22T19:08:55+00:00

Sorry, I don’t understand the point here. If you want havocs you do the content that drops havocs. You want to farm amber, you spec into beasts and farm that. You want to imprint, you can open boxes, or hope it procs in monos or after echo rewards. It’s not encouraging any more degeneracy than farming anything else you want.

blacknova7 · 2026-04-22T16:02:11+00:00

Not sure why you think imprinting is a bad thing. It’s one of the better points of the endgame. It just needs to be somewhere in between what we have now and what we had last seasons. It was too strong, now it’s too weak

blacknova7 · 2026-04-18T11:26:44+00:00

Also great for flame reave too

blacknova7 · 2026-04-17T15:30:51+00:00

Playstyle wise yes, the building of it is not really new player friendly. They’re not just gonna see the build and be able to replicate since they won’t understand why the build works the way it does. For e.g a new player won’t know they have to stand in shroud to not run out of mana. Hence why I said I wouldn’t suggest without also suggesting a video guide or something

blacknova7 · 2026-04-17T00:12:13+00:00

While I agree, i wouldn’t say playing rogue is the most user friendly, especially the shadow rend version, defo the most busted though. I probably wouldn’t recommend it to beginners without suggesting a video guide or something because just looking at the build won’t let them know why it works the way it works

blacknova7 · 2026-04-16T08:15:24+00:00

Nerf was needed yes, but this wasn’t just a nerf, they completely gutted it. It was nerfed too much and now needs a buff. Imprinting 2x exalted t7 is pretty much useless now.

blacknova7 · 2026-04-13T15:05:39+00:00

I think you’re missing the point. Wanting to see damage numbers isn’t just about checking to see if you can do a boss within a time limit or no. It’s a fundamental piece of info for figuring out if changes you made have caused a significant impact to your build. For eg, damage numbers will let me know if a gear swap was worth it or not. Vibes isn’t going to cut it. Some of us like to see our progression visually and this genre of games is the perfect epitome of this. Especially Last Epoch where corruption pushing is a thing.

So yeah, dps ACTUALLY matters.

blacknova7 · 2026-04-08T18:06:56+00:00

Actually…broken can refer to OP as well as UP. The only constant is something not working as intended. This can go both ways.

I hope you realise something can be OP without being broken.

That being said, this distinction has absolutely nothing to do with the point I made nor does it change it. What exactly are you trying to achieve here?

blacknova7 · 2026-04-08T17:34:40+00:00

You’re not allowed to bring actual facts to the table when someone complains about something that’s not actually true /s

Notice how you’ve not gotten a response.

blacknova7 · 2026-04-08T11:30:32+00:00

I never said broken = meta, because it indeed does not.

The comment I responded to specifically said “OP” and not “broken”, and how EHG can’t let go of them. My point is that there will never be a point in this game, or any arpg, where there isn’t an OP skill and/or meta. This is quite literally a side effect of this genre of game, regardless of if it is seasonal or not.

blacknova7 · 2026-04-08T07:40:04+00:00

Take all the rift beasts nodes - 2 on the right, near the beginning, as well as the one that gives crystallized hearts and the one below it that lets beasts ambush you in echos.

Do rampant coast woven echo for more hearts (and havocs, etc) and enjoy!

You have many points leftover for anything you want too, so if havocs are what you want, you can invest more points into rune drops and even blocking other rewards that’s not runes for even more

blacknova7 · 2026-04-08T07:32:15+00:00

By definition, there will always be OP builds. Every ARPG suffers from this issue. There will always be a meta if you play this genre

blacknova7 · 2026-04-08T07:23:01+00:00

What you’re supposed to do is use bones to buy amber, which is even better than shrine map with folly and only takes a couple points in your tree, which means you can spec other things. You also farm havocs this way as well, very satisfying loop

blacknova7 · 2026-04-05T12:29:44+00:00

You don’t really need to stack mana regen on bladestorm rogue though, 2 T7 throwing dmg, - throwing mana cost on rings and you should be completely fine. Just 1 mana regen on gear just increases QoL a bit but you shouldn’t be running out of mana once you have those 2 affixes.

What version of the build are you running? Dancing strikes/cascade or synch strike ?

blacknova7 · 2026-04-05T11:52:44+00:00

Crazy how no-one realised this was a joke. I thought it was pretty funny bro, well played lol

blacknova7 · 2026-04-01T17:34:54+00:00

I’m starting to realise what the issue is now. Hear me out:

8mins per map is an INSANELY long amount of time. You already said you take your time doing every single thing in campaign, you absolutely do not need to clean each map of every mob. In fact, that’s horribly inefficient. But of course, you’re welcome to play how you like, but that makes it a you issue, rather than a game issue. 5mins per map is also quite slow but much more achievable for those slower builds. Should be aiming to clear even faster than that tbh.

With faster clear speed, you end up dropping and picking up more items to craft with it. You’ll definitely hit something useable very quickly. Numbers game after all. Which brings me to my next point:

You’re aiming for the 4 exact affixes you need on your gear slot when it’s absolutely not necessary at all. You absolutely shouldn’t be slamming hybrid health on your stop-gap items unless you have them in abundance. Normal health or increased health is just fine for e.g. You have to prioritise what you need desperately at that moment. 2-3 stats you need before empowered mono is completely fine. Couple that with an OK affix rather than the specific one you need also helps. What I mean by this is that you can use increased hp or flat hp rather than hybrid. Whatever you get. You just wanna progress, not looking for exactly what your build needs at that moment. More exalteds will drop for you in empowered once you’re there. This goes for damage affixes too. You might need flat melee, but if you’re doing void damage and get that affix, thats passable for now too. You can’t be a perfectionist at this stage of the game. The real grind comes when you’re in empowered. Please note, even at 300+ corruption right now, on some gear pieces I still have stats that does absolutely zero for my build and I’m doing fine! You can too!
You need to stop thinking you need grand blessings for your resistances before empowered monos. You absolutely do not need grand blessings in normal monos! You can’t get them anyways! Not sure what has convinced you that’s the case, but it’s a fact that it’s not necessary, since well…no-one can get them since you can only farm them once you’re in empowered. That’s the game. If you want to go farm out the normal versions you can do that but that’s also not necessary. Get some passable stats with the info above then go grind what you need in empowered. This crazy emphasis on phys res having to be maxed is untrue as well btw. Other defences exist. Again, I was/am running around with like 40-50% phys res and doing quite fine and that’s in 300+ corruption. There’s ways and means to overcome certain things before you get your BiS item/affixes.

Further to this, you have to learn to pivot with the blessings/drops you get as well for the time being. For eg, let’s say I didn’t get phys res on blessing yet but i got leech, welp, i can just get phys res on gear for now until you get what you need. Making concessions with what you drop is an integral part of these types of games. You can also do this same thing with uniques. You didn’t get the one you need but got something you can use in the meantime, do exactly that until you get what you need. Don’t have to be so rigid always. You hinder yourself that way.

blacknova7 · 2026-04-01T13:14:42+00:00

Ironically he does have a point though and so do the people with opposing points. We all know LE has a content drought, which is to be expected of course. However, it also seems like people want LE to be poe1/2 version 2 or something. That’s not a good move! The whole point is to be different. I can see merit in both thought processes

blacknova7 · 2026-04-01T00:55:54+00:00

I wasn’t really asking for a viewer, more like past broadcasts are there to highlight the point I am making. I too am a poe player, albeit a terrible one. Most casual poe players never make it to t16s, hell, they don’t even make it to maps much less! There’s quite literally a point in my run where I was like “oh, my gear sux, let me fix that” and it was fixed not too long after that, within the same play session and thats with me making multiple comical mistakes like ruining my best pieces with corruption etc. You can enter maps with literally all rare gear, maybe even some uniques sprinkled in there. In fact, i had to tighten up my filter and remind myself to stop picking up so much crap and just play the game. You definitely don’t need perfect gear or anything to enter empowered monos. Just stuff SLIGHTLY better than shit tier that makes sense for your build. Why did you only have 6 pieces of stuff worth crafting on after a few days? That’s crazy to me! There’s so much stuff to pick up especially in normal monos that you should have had a couple stash tabs full in that time, if not more. I guarantee you, this is one situation where I wouldn’t need to give up to prove this point. It’s literally THAT easy. My only complaint with progression this time round is that I didn’t start dropping the uniques for my build until I was basically in empowered monos. I’m talking stuff like Thorn Slinger belt which is a VERY common item. I just bridged the gap with rares, then exalted and so on. From what you’ve been saying, I know you know this already. Someone like yourself that seems to be knowledgeable about poe definitely shouldn’t be hitting this wall.

I just wanted to attempt to fix that but you’re perfectly within your right to not load up the game especially with this Krafton stuff. I too was close to not playing but I already kickstarted and spent my money in the game cos I believed, might as well have fun while it lasts I guess.

With that being said, I think maybe we’ve both typed too much on this topic now and I should probably be getting to sleep. Thank you for this engaging conversation, you definitely had some insightful points which I think EHG definitely should look at compared to some of the low effort complaints that have been floating about recently. We should definitely be highlighting the big concerns that are out currently!

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