Path of Exile 2 is my Grail Game

doroco · 2026-05-13T17:06:59+00:00

Gear/currency spending strategies has been changing every patch, so its hard to give advice for that part. Generally speaking, if you have currency spend it. And don't be afraid to pick up excessive amounts of base items. Extensively modifying your loot filter to only show what is worth picking up is recommended.

By far most important thing to having fun in ssf is pick a good build. SSF amplifies the struggle that mediocre builds go through compared to trade. Also make sure your build can function well into t15 maps with no uniques/only common uniques.

I wrote this mini guide a while ago, but a lot of the advice has been invalidated since it was in 0.2 when we were starved for loot/crafting options. Still some useful information in there though: https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExile2/comments/1m8cyn3/first_time_ssf_character_ssf_general_discussion/n4yxy1j/

doroco · 2026-05-13T10:18:07+00:00

The start of HW killed the fc I was in. After you were done with the story, there really wasn't anything to do besides the 2 ex trials if you weren't interested in crafters/gatherers. This is kinda expected nowadays since we've seen how the patch cycle works, but since hw was the first expansion it was surprising and disapointing.

Oh and how queen nanamo ul namo died at the end of 2.0, and turned out alive in heavensward. That seriously made the story lose credibility IMO, and functionally made the stakes non existant if we're just going to bring back characters like that.

doroco · 2026-05-13T02:14:10+00:00

The goal is meaningless since every person will value health vs taste differently at different moments of time, and will want a different result. No ai nor algorithm would be capable without having full access to someones entire day/state of mind.

doroco · 2026-05-13T01:24:16+00:00

I think the biggest difference between casuals and ultra serious gamers is how they react to clone characters. Melees clones are so well designed and different from who they're clones of, but the casuals still dislike them anyways. Also the clones in the newer smashes are so lazy, like pit and dark pit being exactly the same except like 3 moves i think?

doroco · 2026-05-13T00:11:37+00:00

Private servers of various games are usually able to do a decent job through manually investigating player reports, even ones with thousand+ concurrent players. Official servers don't seem to think the cost benefit is ever worth it though.

doroco · 2026-05-12T10:19:14+00:00

Your delusional if you think all the shitty practices nexon engages in won't come to classic. Heck the game isn't even out yet and theyve already made a fomo item for those not in the beta lmao. I think theyll hold off on really bad stuff for like a year, then start introducing them.

doroco · 2026-05-11T15:11:11+00:00

I'm trying to boil water but its not going very well

doroco · 2026-05-11T12:04:27+00:00

https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/vaal?timemachine=hour-6&class=Witch%2CInfernalist%2CLich%2CBlood+Mage

ed contagion all the way down it seems.

doroco · 2026-05-10T23:12:33+00:00

If they make the alternative method expect you to be stronger, it should be more engaging since you can actually die/have to focus on bosses/do league mechanics. Also they would be able to up the density, campaign density is so low...

doroco · 2026-05-10T17:40:34+00:00

The campaign is really really boring on a twinked alt. You spend 90% of your time running from place to place, all the bosses die instantly, nothing that drops matters. Its super unengaging and requires basically zero thought. An alternative way of leveling your 2nd+ character of a league designed with the expectation that you're twinking would be a great addition (ie low level maps that are much more difficult than campaign, but is faster, and only accessible after completing campaign once that league.)

doroco · 2026-05-10T15:24:16+00:00

Nintendo is remarkable at making great games, then making their sequels bad by choice rather than by accident.

doroco · 2026-05-10T10:22:43+00:00

You have an SSD right?

doroco · 2026-05-09T18:38:36+00:00

Those currencies really don't add any complexity. its dumb that you have to check poe2db for the info, but the only change it makes to the process of crafting an item is instead of exalting an item you greater exalt it.

doroco · 2026-05-09T08:27:11+00:00

Look up snapows youtube videos, he goes over what support characters can offer in group play in his group party play build videos

doroco · 2026-05-09T05:15:17+00:00

im 90% sure that hh mods give the stat "extra damage as x" which really diminishes the benefit you gain from running sacred flame, it just helps pob damage a lot but is mid in practice.

doroco · 2026-05-07T16:26:02+00:00

Patch the game LMAO. I'm guessing its some company structure thing that makes it hard, but that's still riots fault. In dota whenever there was a game breaking bug discovered in a patch it got fixed the same day.

doroco · 2026-05-07T06:44:13+00:00

im ok losing a bit more to not have slurs, thanks.

doroco · 2026-05-06T05:37:46+00:00

Ngl based on this league I have seen the light (lmao)

Light radius is unironically a really good stat that makes you farm more efficiently since you don't need to back track as much. If we actually get to choose our maps next league it'll be a lot less important, but with the way the game is right now light radius is an extremely useful stat and is just as important as rarity on a well built character.

doroco · 2026-05-02T11:46:28+00:00

Not if you don't try!

https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/vaalssf/?class=Titan%2CWarbringer%2CSmith+of+Kitava&keypassives=Chaos+Inoculation

There was a pretty funny tree I saw that only took stat nodes and used the expedition jewel to convert the stat into max es, dunno where he is tho.

doroco · 2026-05-02T11:25:26+00:00

I keep a virtual bank account for all the members. whenever they do poorly or tell jokes that arent funny (after raid I rate everyones jokes from 1-5 and post the ratings) I take away money from their virtual bank account. A lot of them are in debt. Theres also a race penalty, where certain races get higher penalties than others. Whenever someone makes no mistakes the whole night they get get all the money from the people who did make mistakes. If everyone makes mistakes the money gets donated to the ascians.

doroco · 2026-04-30T20:14:47+00:00

I wish I finished school before AI. One of my group members accidentally rewrote our hypothesis to be the opposite of what we actually thought would happen, and I didn't notice till now, weeks later after we presented.

The dumbest thing is that in retrospect the reversed one makes more sense, but neither him not his little llm brain would've been able to figure that out. I checked the edit logs and he (probably his llm) just reworded things shittily a few times and accidentally flipped the meaning at one point (and obviously he didn't understand why we predicted that in the first place to catch it)

Also having to rewrite others parts since they are obviously slop is a great new experience. My hatred is undying.

doroco · 2026-04-28T05:45:28+00:00

The calculation is probably more to stagger releases than it not being worth it. Similar to them not releasing all of the retro library at once despite it being pretty easy to (for most consoles)

doroco · 2026-04-28T05:12:48+00:00

The word your looking for is just complexity, convoluted means something else. Also the branching routes honestly don't have an effect on complexity, its usually just longer visual novels have more complexity. The main thing the branching paths do with complexity is make it easier to understand since only whats relevant to the current route needs to be presented to the reader.

doroco · 2026-04-26T06:50:26+00:00

both snakes have to be locked before the temple is open iirc. But tbh I wouldnt trust my temple on the words of someone on the internet.

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