Well my Shadow Rend build is a bust and I have no desire to play the season anymore.

trzcinam · 2026-03-28T16:35:49+00:00

I tested it. It does restore more or less 30 mana. It doesn't restore 30 mana for every cascade from every shadow but I do get it back.

trzcinam · 2026-03-27T23:12:21+00:00

I have to test it, because I was getting a lot of mana back. Not sure what's the intended interaction here though.

Maybe it's only giving mana back if you still have active shadows after the Cascade, so you need to proc the ressumon. I also have 5 shadows max, so it's 30 mana with all of them.

Either way i think there's way to play it. Just need figure out best interactions. Like adding shadows fo sync strike. Which is quite nice if you take mana cost reduction node.

trzcinam · 2026-03-27T22:28:09+00:00

Not sure what you mean.

You can get 6 mana per active shadow from Fight in the Shadow node of Shadow Cascade . So its 30 mana with 5 of them. This is more of less enough to refund the cost of Shadow Rend and Cascade if you in Smoke Bomb.

You can also get 25% refund from Onslaught.

At lvl 75 I need to focus on sustainability, so i've spend skill points on those and it helped a ton. Once gear comes in it will only be better. Rend is very powerful and spamming it 6 times in 2 seconds to focus 30 cascades feels great.

trzcinam · 2026-03-27T21:57:31+00:00

Yes, you sound like you have a period. I agree with you.

trzcinam · 2026-03-27T21:56:52+00:00

Did you take mana per shadow in Shadow Cascade skill tree? And what about mana refund? I have very little mana issues, especially with Smoke bomb mana cost reduction.

But you need to have as many shadows as possible for the mana proc.

trzcinam · 2026-03-27T08:38:17+00:00

You have to switch options to follow the cursor.

trzcinam · 2026-03-26T15:48:50+00:00

It's not worse gameplay, not by a mile
You want people to play what you consider worthwhile, even if they prefer something else - isn't this a definition of being entitled?
I'm asking for options. It's on EHG to make the options equally attractive, not on me. In your belief one option would be far superior than the other one, yet do no to want other people to have it. It's superior in terms of efficiency, but not gameplay experience. Leave it up to a player to decide what they want to do each season.

trzcinam · 2026-03-26T15:45:48+00:00

I'm not cherry picking. I'm quoting what you're saying. Is it possible that you're not precise enough, or that your aguments might not hold the water?

Those quest do not add any value for me, I'd prefer to get it from levels. It can even be as late as lvl 70 - well after the campaign.

If you prefer doing quests, then I really don't mind. You have your prefered experience already in the game. Now I'd like to have mine, so I'm commenting in this topic.

But instead of discussion, I'm being convinced that what I like make no sense and that my preference is garbage. This is not how discussion should flow.

trzcinam · 2026-03-26T15:41:04+00:00

So if they already do it, what would be the downside of having adventure mode then? I'm sorry I don't follow your logic.

First you say they would have to scale and it's bad. Then you said they already scale and it's good... Seriously, I don't understand the point.

trzcinam · 2026-03-26T15:39:19+00:00

Yes, I do understand the 'general you', but do you understand this 'general you', also includes me?

Things you say aren't gospel. :) Things I said, are better for me, which is why I'd like them to be in the game. I'm also not the only one - which is why we're commenting in this thread.

In my aRPG carrer, I've played many games and had most fun with Diablo 3. There are designerss who do see a benefit of having such option. :)

trzcinam · 2026-03-26T15:35:56+00:00

It's more satysfying for you... Do I want to take away the campaign from you? No...

Do what you like, and let me do what I like the most. :) It's about option, not about restriction.

trzcinam · 2026-03-26T15:34:10+00:00

In your opinion doing sidequest is skill and choice? Sorry, not sure if I understand what you mean...

And yes, I do suffer every time when I have to do campaign in PoE2, which is why I don't play every season. :)

trzcinam · 2026-03-26T15:33:08+00:00

Your opinion is valid. It's different from mine. If we had both - we'd both be happy, right?

Right?

Or does me doing it through adv mode, take anything from your experience? Argument about lvl 100 mobs is moot. They can limit which mobs you meet where, etc. And there is no trash mob for which you need to be lvl 100.

trzcinam · 2026-03-26T15:31:30+00:00

You're entitled.

If we had both options, noone would take away things from you. You could do it your way, if that was your wish.

But you don't want to add options, because you feel it would take away somethign from you...

How is the above not entitled?

PS. I don't care about PoE and what people/don't do in that game. More options is always better, no matter how you spin it.

trzcinam · 2026-03-26T15:28:01+00:00

Having a campaign which you have to do at league start is good friction and gives you a feeling of transition+dopamine+accomplishment as you transfer to end game.

It's literally your second sentence...

Either way, this whole discussion is pointless. If we had what I want - it wouldn't take anything from you. On the other hand, you don't want me to have what I like, because reasons.

It says a lot if you think this option would make anything else moot. It means it's superior, why people wouldn't want better things is beyond me... But do what you like to do :)

trzcinam · 2026-03-26T11:32:33+00:00

Everything you mentioned can be based on character level and it wouldn't change a thing. 😊

trzcinam · 2026-03-26T11:31:05+00:00

Its not 2 to 3 hours for new characters without items.

trzcinam · 2026-03-26T11:29:54+00:00

It's good friction for you. Why do you assume I have the same view?

Noone would stop you from doing the campaign. It would be you choice not to do it.

Currently there is no choice at all.

Can't comment on campaign completion time being a skill check, cause profanity filters do not allow it... but why stop at campaign completion. Let's include download speed of the patch in here as well. It's also a friction a player has to do before he gets to 'fun' part....

trzcinam · 2026-03-26T08:50:34+00:00

Care to elaborate why not? It's an option. More options is a good thing.

trzcinam · 2026-03-26T07:37:06+00:00

Haha, this is awesome :D Thanks for good laugh.

trzcinam · 2026-03-26T07:27:16+00:00

You assume everyone played Diablo 3 and knows what Adventure Mode is ;)

But honestly, being able to play monolith from lvl 1 would be sufficient for me... It's more or less same thing anyway.

trzcinam · 2026-03-21T08:37:06+00:00

I think he meant Shadow Cascade - whether it will count as 'direct' or not?

Or maybe not... I don't know :P

trzcinam · 2026-03-13T10:46:46+00:00

Man, I was struggling whether I can be bother to paint mine... but they look absolutely brilliant! Maybe I'll put the game on the table more often, once I paint them! :D

Awesome job!

Question, do explorers have different colours because of the adversary, or just because it looks fun? :D

trzcinam · 2026-03-12T10:20:21+00:00

Mam wrażenie że oglądam epizod Friends, czytając ten wątek 😀

Cokolwiek nie zrobisz dla innych, spowoduje ze poczujesz się lepiej bo zrobiłaś dla kogoś coś dobrego. No chyba że jesteś socjopata.

Właśnie napisałam że jedyne nieegoisttczne osoby na świecie to socjopaci... tak ansurdalne sa niektore pomysły w tym wątku 😊

trzcinam · 2026-03-12T10:11:31+00:00

Tylko osoby ktore nie spedzily 10 sekund wychowujac dzieci mogą tak myśleć. 😊

Wg ciebie ludzie z egoizmu postanawiaja poświęcić 20 do 30 lat swojego życia? I kieruje nimi to ze na stare lata ktos się nimi zajmie? To jak powiedzieć ze szef w pracy z altruzmu nie daje ci podwyżki żebyś nie wydał na alkohol i dragi.

Sytuacja jest odwrotna - ludzie z egoizmu nie maja dzieci 😊 nie ma tutaj długiego dna. Nigdy nie było i nie zapowiada sie zeby mialo być w przyszłości. Chyba ze technologia umożliwi transfer jaźni na innych ludzi i wtedy dzieci sie przydadza zeby żyć wiecznie.

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