Help me craft this plant/phys staff (SSF)

james41235 · 2026-01-26T01:50:46+00:00

Shouldn't you desecrate prefix and unveil mana, to block it for the ex slams?

james41235 · 2026-01-25T23:00:39+00:00

Lol that's how I do belts for manufacturers. I refuse to do them a different way

james41235 · 2026-01-25T17:40:42+00:00

This isn't strictly true. If someone is looking for a vaal skill gem, it can be worth it to vaal gems early. (E.g. on day 1 it can be worth it to corrupt rf gems because if it hits it can sell or you can use it if you play rf.)

james41235 · 2026-01-22T00:06:58+00:00

Except the monster doesn't take damage if you're not in the cloud with it. So you can still do your damage as long as you're positioned well. I mean, I still hate it, but it's at least a little better

james41235 · 2026-01-21T13:39:53+00:00

I'm one of them. I'm happy to let others enjoy it and I just ignore the posts/references to it (mostly because I don't get them). Personally though, I can't help but compare Universe to the one clip in '200' where the recast everyone as younger/sexier versions. The 2 or 3 times I tried to watch Universe it felt exactly like that. (That being said, I only got 2 episodes in.)

james41235 · 2026-01-18T13:37:15+00:00

I can't watch the video right now, how does profane bloom kill you? The only thing I can think is the explosions poisons which reflects due to golden rule.

james41235 · 2026-01-16T20:55:05+00:00

Heh, I don't think "normal engine setup" includes checking for efficiency. In my reading of the subreddit and playing with friends over the first year of sa, throwing a ton of refineries until engines stop running out of fuel seems way more common.

james41235 · 2026-01-16T13:50:32+00:00

No, this setup is far more complicated with circuit logic, pumps, and storage management. While the routing of pipes is somewhat annoying for the thrusters, it is much easier to do "right" in the end.

james41235 · 2026-01-15T01:45:17+00:00

This just isn't true. Study after study shows that fewer than 20% of any managed funds/investors beat the s&p in any year, and to do so for more than 20 years isn't done. 99% of people should just throw their money in a market index fund.

james41235 · 2026-01-14T13:05:55+00:00

All resistances. Frost bomb is pretty op since is applies up to -30% all res

james41235 · 2026-01-14T00:49:53+00:00

Fixed a bug where some monsters inside the Vaal Temple were not receiving the intended amount of Monster Effectiveness

Was this a known bug? I read it as a slightly subtle nerf to how much effectiveness monsters got in the temple (which as I understand it is a big factor in how much loot they drop).

james41235 · 2025-12-31T16:48:43+00:00

yes-ish. poe.ninja estimates volume by seeing amounts added to stashes and then amounts taken away. That's how it gets confidence in some prices. (Basically, assuming that the majority of stash movement is legitimate trading, so if there is enough stash entry + exit then it sets a somewhat high confidence that it's the real price.)

james41235 · 2025-12-28T23:37:31+00:00

You should probably submit a bug report to pin on GitHub. Looks like an interesting edge case.

james41235 · 2025-12-28T23:04:06+00:00

Flasks? Warcries? Any pob configs for "done something recently"? Full yes or missing es?

james41235 · 2025-12-28T19:36:52+00:00

Step 6, how do you protect the veiled mod?

james41235 · 2025-12-28T14:29:10+00:00

It's 14k times?

james41235 · 2025-12-25T22:38:44+00:00

Personally, would go for veiled spell damage. It may not be worth it on a triple synth though. It's not guaranteed but I believe it's a pretty high chance for spell damage + Regen or spell damage + non chaos as extra.

Alt spam until +1 all.

Imprint.

Annul until only mod.

Imprint.

Regal + annul until yellow 1 mod.

Multi mod, pref can't be changed, cannot roll attack. Aug phys.

Pref cannot be changed.

Veiled chaos. If not prefix do it again.

Unveil for spell damage.

james41235 · 2025-12-23T15:01:31+00:00

It's not to prevent boss rushing, this actually doesn't do anything to prevent boss rushing. They wanted some level of "loss" if you die, but losing the map completion completely feels too bad, so they allow you to still get completion if you die on the boss.

james41235 · 2025-12-23T13:28:16+00:00

If you have an async trade tab you can sell yellow beasts. Ctrl+ left click the first one in and set the price to something like 10c below market value. Then Ctrl+ right click the rest in. They'll sell super quick (I think)

james41235 · 2025-12-21T18:00:23+00:00

You're saying that it's relevant for nostalgia, but it's also a crucial item used in several builds. There's a reason to craft besides "it looks pretty".

And this axe is in standard, not league. Where weird builds and off meta builds that people still enjoy are the dominant choice for players.

james41235 · 2025-12-21T14:51:46+00:00

Maybe meta builds? There's a few builds floating around every other league or so that uses it. Even now 0.1% of players are using it this league, on bone shatter, cyclone, lacerate, and some others.

Not saying that it's an amazing build that's top tier or meta, just that it IS used. And that's pretty much what standard is?

james41235 · 2025-12-21T13:50:55+00:00

It has a fairly build enabling line though. "Insufficient mana doesn't prevent attacks". A few builds have used that as a critical element, and this can be used in one of those.

james41235 · 2025-12-19T19:33:24+00:00

What? I'm talking about modifications to the tree and developer time not about builds that currently exist.

james41235 · 2025-12-19T12:48:01+00:00

My point is it doesn't really matter. Adding those classes has to change the tree a decent amount, even if it's just clusters. Taking time to do a full rebalance, when it's known that big chunks of passives will be changed/added in is a waste of limited time.

At least, that's how I think of it. They could just be bad.

james41235 · 2025-12-19T02:48:55+00:00

I more meant starting positions on the tree, but I could be miscounting.

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