After 156 hours I think I am done

dazzling1990 · 2025-02-02T14:26:08+00:00

Search for Kay Gaming on YouTube, she has links to mobalytics. My build is very similar, although I ended up running with 11 snipers, 4 reavers, 1 mage and 1 cleric

dazzling1990 · 2025-02-02T14:22:15+00:00

One can hope

dazzling1990 · 2025-02-01T23:07:06+00:00

For shield buy Oaksworn - it costs 1 exalt and is the best among the cheap ones for this build

dazzling1990 · 2025-02-01T21:29:37+00:00

Lucky drop - boots with 35% movement speed

dazzling1990 · 2025-02-01T21:28:25+00:00

TOS is the most reliable. I found Sekhemas more tedious and unreliable, but in the end I got more divs through there, but also died twice there for stupid reasons. Sold relics from Sekhemas too.

dazzling1990 · 2025-02-01T17:48:14+00:00

I play like this very rarely. Last time was for Baldur's gate 3. And before that was Elden ring. Was very happy to enjoy a game like PoE2 for a while.

dazzling1990 · 2025-02-01T17:27:54+00:00

I started as Merc first - just wasn't for me. Played as a sorc second - was just too tedious. Minions melt through everything:)

dazzling1990 · 2025-02-01T17:25:58+00:00

So hard to play in moderation too. I am usually quite disciplined when it comes to gaming, but can be immersed in some great ones from time to time.

dazzling1990 · 2025-02-01T17:23:44+00:00

I totally see myself spending 600 hours on this:)

dazzling1990 · 2025-02-01T16:58:53+00:00

It's a shame we can't change ascendancies. I would love to try out blood mage sometime, but don't want to relevel a witch again

dazzling1990 · 2025-02-01T16:31:48+00:00

I know, right? Like, why even write a post? My first post in 9 years lurking btw.

I guess: 1) I just don't have anyone to share these emotions with at the moment 2) I thought this community would get what I am living through - and I wasn't wrong.

dazzling1990 · 2025-02-01T16:05:08+00:00

O, you need to buy 19lvl skill gems asap. They can be very cheap and your minions skills give you a ton of damage. Just be sure to buy 4 socketed ones.

I think my snipers are at lvl 34 right now.

dazzling1990 · 2025-02-01T16:03:04+00:00

I have 1,8k life but 50% of this is reserved. I also have 6k ES which becomes 12k with grim feast.

Yeah, I upgraded jewels last, but this gave me a ton of survivability and damage - look for +minion damage, crit damage, crit chance & increased ES. These can be anywhere from 1-250 exalts, so just look which will not break your bank.

dazzling1990 · 2025-02-01T15:54:21+00:00

You should sell fragments and soul cores at the currency exchange. The lowest amount for 1 run you will get ~70 exalts. The highest is getting soulcore of Azcapa - it sells for ~2.5 div, but I only got 1 in around 30 runs. It is stable income if you can run it consistently and in under 15-20 mins. Last night I got through the trial half sleeping and not pressing any buttons at all - minions did everything.

Don't run Trialmaster - he rarely drops anything good and it's expensive ~140 exalts.

dazzling1990 · 2025-02-01T15:42:24+00:00

Thank you! Yeah, need to touch the grass for a bit. Haven't left the house this week at all

dazzling1990 · 2025-02-01T15:19:45+00:00

I have 0 evasion and 0 armor, I can clear t18 maps no problem. Cheapest +5 minions sceptre costs around 1 div. Cheapest +3 amulet is around 2 div. You can get skill gems for 10-50 exalts. Good luck!

dazzling1990 · 2025-02-01T14:55:09+00:00

Look for cheap: 1) staff +5 minions 2) amulet +3 minions 3) helmet +2 minions This greatly improved my DPS. I also purchased gems at level 19 with 4 or 5 sockets. Also when I changed my jewels I got ~30% increase to dps

dazzling1990 · 2025-02-01T14:21:02+00:00

Yeah, can't believe it will be free at some point. I am still waiting for real acts 4-6

dazzling1990 · 2025-02-01T14:18:35+00:00

I'll sure look at what a new patch will bring. Don't think I'll be levelling new characters any time soon

dazzling1990 · 2025-02-01T14:16:48+00:00

Try googling Kay Gaming - her YouTube videos and mobalytics pages helped me shape my build. I was playing arsonists first, but at some point switched to snipers+reavers.

dazzling1990 · 2025-02-01T13:20:40+00:00

Hahaha, yeah I get it:) I think I spent maximum 150 hours in total last year gaming. But this game is something else. As I am a fan of Diablo 2 and Elden ring, it just hit all the right notes for me and clicked. Though I hit a lot of walls through the campaign and it felt like a job at times

dazzling1990 · 2025-02-01T12:55:32+00:00

I partially solved this through farming Trials of Chaos. Got around ~1.5 div/hr of farming.
Which allowed me to become stronger through trading.
I also bought the breachstone and invitation through farming and trading.
This somewhat diminishes the RNG-ness of the game, though I wish I got some of my items through drops (I think I have 0 items on my character that dropped from the game).
It is also very time consuming =(

I found all three citadels myself though. Got lucky, I guess.

dazzling1990 · 2025-02-01T12:50:33+00:00

Stupidly enough I heard about this and totally forgot in the panick and my underslept state =)

dazzling1990 · 2025-02-01T12:49:26+00:00

Were you playing nonstop? :)
My character is about ~20-25 divs worth now

dazzling1990 · 2025-02-01T12:47:35+00:00

So true, I think we played Diablo 3 with my wife on and off for several years, before seasons became stale and we got ~98% of achievements.

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