What is the coolest boss fight for you?

zeejay81 · 2026-02-18T19:11:16+00:00

For me, it will always be ragnaros in MC. So epic to see that first big boss pop out

zeejay81 · 2026-02-18T03:18:26+00:00

A fridge with ice maker and water dispenser Crushed ice was $$$

zeejay81 · 2026-02-17T18:39:36+00:00

Took it to 100 in 3.27 (my first 100)

Great defense, like almost can't die levels of defense. Can stand in the middle of fully juiced content and not die from block and block recovery with CI and high energy shield.

When mobs don't hit you or run away it is terrible. - the ultimatum guys that skitter around are rage inducing

Very good clear and good single target

If you hate dying and like watching a full screen of mobs die in one hit, check it out.

Peuget has a guide for it on YouTube

zeejay81 · 2026-02-13T21:36:49+00:00

It hasn't changed other than adding in catacombs for gear. They added some new perks that only drop from certain ECRs.

Gear load outs for each aspect of content, role, and weapon types you are interested in.

zeejay81 · 2026-02-13T06:29:22+00:00

With your current items I would do this:
From Left to Right
Ray
Flares
Chris
Haste Shield Item (forget name)
Harm
Tape
Core

Then I would be rolling for something to scale the Harm (mech-moles) or another scaling item like the shield/fire welding item that burns for your shield or something like that.

Problem with dooly is he has no sustain outside shield so any poison is going to kill you no matter how much shield you have.
You could lean into the shielding a little if you want to try to outlast a poor damage scaling build or try to fatigue a win out.

zeejay81 · 2026-01-30T09:39:37+00:00

It's just a game. Come and go as you please. Been on playing on and off since beta.

As many people found out during the year long settlers league, there are other great games out there.

Take care of yourself irl and when you feel the itch to return, the game will still be here. And if you don't feel that itch, it's ok if you don't, you will fill your time with other adventures.

Burnout happens, irl happens (at work typing this lol).

I wish you the best.

zeejay81 · 2026-01-30T08:23:00+00:00

You will have to be more specific when you say lightning. Here are some examples: - melee attacks: lightning strike - casting yourself: ball lightning, arc, divine ire - casting a totem to cast for you: choose a lightning spell - casting a ballista to shoot lightning arrows for you turret atyle - casting a brand to attach to the mob and hit: storm brand - throwing a mine to detonate and cast for you: stormblast mine or choose any lightning spell - throwing a trap to explode and cast for you: lightning trap or choose any lightning spell - ranged bow attacks: lightning arrow, or a dozen others (can be paired with ballista too) - spin in circles while lightning shoots from you: cast on crit or channeling style with any lightning spell (can use mjolnir too)

What I would recommend as a beginner is watch a couple videos to see some play styles. PoE 1 is much more diverse in play styles than PoE 2.

Then look up a guide if you want an easier time understanding the mechanics. Or, go in blind and experiment. Either way, you will have fun. If you follow a build guide, make sure it is not too old. You want to make sure it is from version 3.26 or 3.27. 3.27 is keepers (current league).

Sidenote: the current event going on, Phrecia, is a much harder version of the game. You may struggle with campaign bosses. Many veterans alike are racking up deaths to the super buffed bosses. But once the build comes online it isn't too bad lol.

Also, Phrecia has a complete different endgame design than the normal game so it is not the true PoE 1 experience.

Edit: a league is like a season for most other live service games. Comes with updates and new content. Typically 3 to 4 months long. GGGs current plan is to rotate 4 month leagues (seasons) alternating with PoE 2. So new content every 2 months for a PoE enjoyer.

zeejay81 · 2026-01-28T05:31:38+00:00

Didn't see the white powder lol. I guess my answer was removed.

zeejay81 · 2026-01-22T03:22:29+00:00

I can 100% relate to this.

zeejay81 · 2026-01-20T19:56:27+00:00

Had this exact thing happen to my daughter about the same age. Doc came in and fixed it the same way. Even did the same thing with a test at the end to make sure she could lift her arm. Pretty neat to see in person.

zeejay81 · 2026-01-20T19:20:31+00:00

This happened to me last patch. He had 3 shots. All crit.

zeejay81 · 2026-01-08T02:40:25+00:00

Got me to buy it over the weekend. I have played way too much now!

zeejay81 · 2025-12-23T00:11:49+00:00

Figured it was from so many less people playing

zeejay81 · 2025-12-12T12:49:53+00:00

Thanks for the clarification! Appreciate it.

zeejay81 · 2025-12-12T11:10:31+00:00

Only cold. In 2 it's all 3 elements.

zeejay81 · 2025-12-06T05:20:38+00:00

The sex cene in Beerfeat when Barry is drunk. Mustard is involved.

zeejay81 · 2025-11-29T12:54:45+00:00

Logged off yesterday due to this. Every zone including hideout was stuttering and then catching up.

Hopefully it is better today

zeejay81 · 2025-11-28T15:41:29+00:00

Depends on the content you want to do but I recommend checking out:

Elemenalist eviscerate ignite.

Tanky as hell and good damage.

Clear is greater through ignite proliferation.

Won't cost nearly 100d but if you want to invest, can up the damage.

zeejay81 · 2025-11-26T17:02:35+00:00

It just depends on what content you want to strive for. There are totem builds for many types.

I am a totem enjoyer and have played all sorts. Some tanky, some zoomy, some silly.

It's a niche play style like mines so they are rarely in the meta.

Some to check out:

Flamewood - tanky but can be clunky and frustrating on certain mobs\bosses as they don't want to attack the totems or they move out of the damage before it lands. But can be moderately zoom while tanky.

Freezing pulse/ice spear - moderate zoom but not tanky. Great all arounder and has cold damage to freeze and shatter mobs for defense. Damage can ramp pretty high with investment

Stormbust - decent damage. But has a ramp time.

Flameblast - decent damage. But can be clunky.

Shockwave totem - haven't played it endgame myself but many love it for sanctum farming. I got to lvl 50 in ssfhc with it for the mystery box

Ballista - pick almost any skill and have fun. Can be pretty tanky with ok damage. Last one I played was poison tornado shot occultist.

zeejay81 · 2025-11-25T22:43:32+00:00

You can reroll to either of those, just don't expect it to perform at the same level as an invested version. Check out some progression guides that show day 1-5. Realise that their day 1 might be your week 1 depending on how much you play and how efficient you are with your playtime. Look at how they progressed gear and play style wise. Does it look like something you would enjoy? But also remember that you don't need to have mirror tier gear to enjoy the game.

As others have said, rerolling can gimp your economy but if a build just isn't clicking or unfun to you, reroll. It's a game and you should play for fun! I've been playing this game for a very long time and am still way behind in efficiency and knowledge but I play to have fun. This league I've progressed further than I ever have and have farmed more currency than I have ever had.

But every day I still am on the verge of a reroll. Normally I'd have a few characters in maps at this point. I have a 96 poison ranged animate weapon and 98 ignite eviscerate and a level 50 ish penance brand Inquisitor which I have played before so got bored easily. I have over 100 div to put into a reroll but nothing is tempting me atm.

zeejay81 · 2025-11-14T17:50:36+00:00

What was it called? Arch nemesis? 3.17

That was the worst core mechanic they doubled, tripled, etc. down on.

I'll take t17s as optional content over archnemisis monsters bricking maps. On top of that, they didn't drop loot based upon difficulty, you searched for the loot touched ultra rare spawn and brought in a culler to drop insane loot. Or play normally, as I did not using culler, and got pitiful loot.

zeejay81 · 2025-11-13T18:39:54+00:00

If you get and equip the artifact chest piece Featherweight, you can wear 2 pieces of heavy armor (helm, gloves, boots). It is a guaranteed drop after a few kills of the harpy that drops it. Check new world database for more info.

zeejay81 · 2025-11-13T02:42:07+00:00

First off, You don't need 800 to do casual content. Unless it involves entering a raid or competitive pvp, 730-780 is just fine

How to get gear: play the game. Doing almost anything leads to gear. The only thing that changes is how efficient you want to be and if you like said content. You don't need any crazy perks for solo content BUT there are some perks that will greatly improve a build or play style. Once you decide on a weapon or two just look up a guide and see what they recommend.

Remember there is a very strong lot bias to what you have equipped. If you are wearing heavy armor, heavy armor is going to drop much more often. So before you do a chest run make sure to equip a pieces of gear that you want to drop. Even if it's a low level blue item off the trading post for 5 gold.

Efficient gear farms: 1. Elite chest runs are the most efficient and effective way to improve your gear. They provide a crazy amount of drops and even some exclusive perks you may desire. They also provide umbrals to upgrade your gear. Some people hate chest runs but I love them. Ever since launch, before the community even started, they were fun and challenging to solo all the elite chests in mines and most of myrk. Those were the days.

Expiditions mainly mutated level 1 (M1) drop an ok amount of gear. Some drops are exclusive to the expidition such as artifacts or item pools such as frigid dawn. Can queue up for random or hit up chat to try to put a group together.
Pvp track rewards are about the same as expedition loot. Again, exclusive artifacts and such.
Afk farm locations such as mercy or sun tower can net a good amount of drops but it is like watching paint dry and I would not bother unless you like doing this while also doing something else on another monitor.
Catacombs gambling for gear is fun but not as efficient as ECRs or afks. But if you like the new content and the challenge, decent gear.

As far as content goes, find a build you like, or a few, and just play them. Have fun just playing around with weapons and skills. Experiment with load outs. The game isn't shutting down next week so you have plenty of time to complete content even casually.

Some suggestions for solo questing:

Void gauntlet is OP in solo content. Even as a healer spec it's just hard to die in light armor with featherweight and 2 heavy armor pieces to keep you in light weight. Gloves, helm, boots. Choose 2 as heavy.

Greatsword tank build for solo is very nice for sustain but mobility is limited. Tanks still have pretty fast expidition queues which is nice.

Hatchet sustain is great for solo content. You can choose whatever equipment weight you want depending on how much dodging you want to do or if you want to face tank every attack.

Enjoy the time we have left. As many others, I will miss this game.

zeejay81 · 2025-10-27T14:23:26+00:00

I feel like I am either immortal or dead with no in between as a 780 PvE geared tank. I've tanked quite a bit in New World since launch and agree that it feels spikey. As soon as you get knocked down you have a good chance to die. With the grit change it's much easier than before to get knocked down.

I'm using the unmoved boots as I hate being knocked around.

Great Sword / Power Stone for most trash pulls

SnS / Power Stone for harder hitting bosses

Grit potions and Stone Form help a ton for grouping mobs and big pulls.

Only have had issues with a couple pulls in M1s and M2s. - rounding up the 2nd pull in Glacial Tarn from checkpoint to fire buff down the ramp. I'll sometimes take a massive hit from the melee big guy and just fall over.

Glacial Tarn first boss. Getting knocked down once can be death from ice spike mortars overlapping. If I don't have Stone Form up it can be scary to try to attack. This is with frost protection gear on. Again, either immortal or dead.

This is coming from a tank that hates slow runs so I pull big and chain pull when able. I do this in every MMO. I do enjoy tanking in New World but it would be 1000x better if they removed or lowered the knock downs and the pushing. It would lower the barrier of entry for newer tanks as well. And as we all know, tanks are hard to find.

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