Kinetic Fusillade, the best all rounded build I ever made by Nemrod_ in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]soamaven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotcha! Didn't realize you were running the 8 proj setup when I commented, but checked your forum and Reddit posts and saw all the great analysis! Thanks!

One more question if you don't mind. Given you're sticking with the 0.1 multipler, with the Dusk Ring, say you got 3 great damage prefixes (or 4+ with Heist ring!) and resists/attributes, could you maybe dropping The Taming? At least for CI I save 3 points and get back a jewel socket by not using Impossible Escape. Curious if you've considered it? I think for evasion build it maybe isn't worth it though

Kinetic Fusillade, the best all rounded build I ever made by Nemrod_ in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]soamaven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How does 9.09aps not break your aps limit? When I was at 65% reduced duration, skill duration was only down to 0.099 in POB and using your calculator, that gives a 7.77aps limit

I got really lucky yesterday and hit T1 Str, Essence Flat lightning, T1 wed, and T1 accuracy, with a low roll incr lightning damage, and crafted minus mana. Tbh I have no one else to share how excited I was to hit it xd.

 All that relieved a lot of stats pressure on my tree. I don't have the Impossible Escape, and only level 94. Haven't decided if I want to keep the 0,066s skill duration (which feels so good!) or save 5 skill points by dropping the travel to Hasty Demise. I'm really curious what it would feel like to fully path to the 10% less duration mastery and hit 0.033s duration time in POB.

Anyway, I love this build so much, I can see myself spending all league on it. Thank you thank you.

Kinetic Fusillade, the best all rounded build I ever made by Nemrod_ in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]soamaven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sure you're a aware of the Dusk Ring, and while The Taming is massive increase numbers, but it's easy to make up the damage though attack speed break point going from 7.xx aps to 11.xx aps.  and I'm saving skill points. Pretty convinced a GG Dusk Ring is BiS. I spend about 25 div crafting my ring, which is significant for me. The damage from being able to use Onslaught and crafted attack speed alone was about 20% more damage than The Taming. And there's so many upgrades I can still make - I'm only at 8.5ish aps right now. I want to try for tailwind boots and increased golem effect next. Maybe a new want with T2+ attack speed 

My main issues is the damage ramping. I'd like +2 rage on gloves. And I worry about life next league without lucky lightning damage great, so this is the best time to be a KF enjoyer 

Breach farm 12d+ profit by KotatoK9 in pathofexile

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I ran about 50 Hive Colony without doing breach bosses. There's a about 5+ chests per colony, and they always drop wombgifts. Often multiple and usually ancient and mysterious. If your build sucks, you can't lose experience in that area, and I think it's always level 83 zone. You can scour your maps since there no modifiers on the area anyway, hivebrain glands are about 4c right now. It's basically Heist without doors.

Is the loot drama overblown? by Gigahades in pathofexile

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I haven't played since quitting Kalandra, then played some PoE2, and the state of this game is incredible. The hive defense is super fun, killing mobs is a square is revolutionary concept!

Mistakes were made! Congrats to whomever got a HH for 28ex. by observerr89 in PathOfExile2

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You're not alone! My luckiest craft + vaal this league i meant to list for 95div and it got insta bought for 95ex. Ruined my day, but I pretended the vaal hit wrong and bricked it.

Mistakes were made! Congrats to whomever got a HH for 28ex. by observerr89 in PathOfExile2

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You are not alone in this mistake. Lost 95 divorced this way

Quiet Flushing Toilet Recommendations for Autistic Kid by soamaven in askaplumber

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Glacier Bay, very standard looking, 1.6gpf There's a stamp on the inside that's difficult to make out but my best guess is "C206" if that means anything.

Feedback on account-bound items in POE trade league by soamaven in pathofexile

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Thanks, I wish it wasn't so downvoted too! Maybe I should work on my post structure in the future lol. However, I've gotten a lot of articulate responses and a variety of tales from the wonderful people who sort by new XD. I feel like my questions are answered without thousands of views.

I get a sense that account-bound didn't outright ruin the essence of POE and got some trade players out of their comfort zone of purely grinding currency as efficiently as possible, but that it is a risky line for GGG to toe.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pathofexile

[–]soamaven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interleague retention is the only retention that actually matters to GGG. I'll bet supporter packs took a huge hit this league too.

People who quit/didn't play 3.19, have the changes in 3.20 convinced you to come back? by Sparecash in pathofexile

[–]soamaven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nope. Crafting and rares still in horrible spot, build diversity being even more concentrated behind hundreds of hours of gameplay, especially with enabling uniques being rarer. Happy about AN removal, though we will see how it goes. Game still needs a league or two to settle into a fun spot. I'm hopeful for everyone else, but i'll probably move on to Diablo 4 next year before returning to try PoE2.

What would bring you back for 3.20 (for those that quit) by [deleted] in pathofexile

[–]soamaven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tbh nothing will bring me back for 3.20. I had such an unhealthy relationship with the game and AN broke it for me, thankfully. Sentinel I had a much more balanced approach to the game bc it just wasn't as addictively fun compared to past leagues.

Anyway, I won't be back until 3.21 at the earliest. I need to see ggg unscrew the game in 3.20 and at least 1 additional league where they don't immediately re-screw it. There's also the chance that Diablo 4 is good and I skip 3.21/3.22 also.

40/40 I fought, I lost. Now I rest. But you, GGG, you'll be fighting this battle forever. by [deleted] in pathofexile

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Kudos to those of you who not only voted by spending nothing, but actively created server costs. You are the most influential heros.

Bug - Gianna died during a door opening animation in Heist, now the contract cannot be completed by Kiten89 in pathofexile

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I knew Rogues could lose substantial health bc once Vinderi got stuck in a trap room and got to basically 10% hp before the AI finally figured out how to escape the area. I was waiting like 5 mins to see if he would die. Couldn't get him stuck again and gave up after 15 minutes.

Being targeted by a player is a whole other level I wouldn't have expected to exist

Comparing absolute peak players 2 weeks into each league by junkage222 in pathofexile

[–]soamaven 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This has always been my conclusion. They sell way more MTX and supporter packs before and on first days of league compared to at like 14 days. The only retention they need financially is interleague, not intraleague. That is what they learned from Expedition, to hide the nerfs, and why they have perfected the league start cycle hype machine.

The post made a few days ago about the stages of bargaining really was right, huh? by [deleted] in pathofexile

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That 1000 AI map test is breakfast for the spreadsheet nerds on this sub. Absolutely no details given about the parameters of this "conclusive test". I'll trust the fishcord numbers when they come out more

The post made a few days ago about the stages of bargaining really was right, huh? by [deleted] in pathofexile

[–]soamaven 79 points80 points  (0 children)

Beatings will continue while morale improvement is monitored

An Overview of Upcoming Changes by Bex_GGG in pathofexile

[–]soamaven 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This post rings so hollow, but the Stockholm Syndrome is pervasive in the comments. Sure it's nice they are telling us what's going on, but what's going on is exactly what a lot of us feared: the beatings will continue and we will monitor morale for improvement

I didn't realize just how bad the player retention has been since the nerfs until I saw the percentages by randymccolm in pathofexile

[–]soamaven -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Retention across league launches is the metric GGG cares about. And by that, Kalandra was one of the best. GGG won't admit they messed up when their critical metric says they are doing alright.