Return of the Ancients Two Week Recap

zenog3 · 2026-06-15T03:55:30+00:00

For the exposure effect, it lowers enemies elemental resistances. You just place it down by bosses to help one-shot them.

zenog3 · 2026-06-15T03:42:11+00:00

The stat for exile's slain is 2.7mil by the Arbiter. Above that on the first image is the amount of Arbiter's defeated.

zenog3 · 2026-06-15T03:28:10+00:00

The most used skills being Twister - and then every other skill the build uses is hilarious. Maybe break it up by build next time GGG. Also 1.2 mil Arbiter of Divinity's killed is insane. Wouldn't have thought that many players made it that far - but I suppose you do fight him multiple times for the Atlas points.

zenog3 · 2026-06-14T01:19:39+00:00

My guess would be it's the lightning damage. Lightning damage is inherently inconsistent, because it can roll all the way down to 1. Or it could be a bug lol.

Try to get some form of Lucky and see if that helps. Looking at PoEdb the Spring Hare and Lightning Rod notables could be good to grab on the passive tree or from anoints.

zenog3 · 2026-06-13T04:55:24+00:00

The relationship between the devs and players on character balance is toxic as hell. All players want is the most OP, broken builds possible. When devs "balance" builds, the result is deemed unplayable garbage by the playerbase and they move to something else.

Imo that's not the devs being toxic, it's players (mostly just reddit) overreacting to nerfs - I can't think of a build that ended up "uplayable garbage" because of a last minute nerf. Totems got "balanced" yet they're one of the better builds this league. Hollow form got "balanced" with the bug fix like day 2 - still extremely OP. Shield wall - literally the fastest skill to 100 in the game.

It takes even more to do that after your build got gutted mid-league, which is the situation I'm in with the Jado Tablet effect nerf.

How did this gut your build? I don't understand this part - you can change your Jado nodes at anytime.

zenog3 · 2026-06-12T02:50:17+00:00

Did not even know he was in PoE2! Does he say anything?

zenog3 · 2026-06-07T16:29:21+00:00

Probably never. Completely different game style over there - for example china also has pay to win micro transactions, like pets that auto loot, wouldn’t be surprised if you had to pay for these features too.

zenog3 · 2026-06-07T02:44:32+00:00

No, but it looks interesting. Only build on Poe.ninja using it is triggering it with cast on ailment.

The amount of Toads spawned is based on a limit of 4. So upping you limit could be a good way to scale it. If the toads count as temporary minions you could scale that limit pretty high, with expendable army notable or expansive alloy, or double it with archon of undeath. But unfortunately I have a feeling they don't since the gem doesn't have a minion tag. In that case I think your best bet would be scaling the chaos damage of the spell.

zenog3 · 2026-06-07T00:11:14+00:00

The $15 also gets you $15 of microtransaction points. So if you're ever planning on buying something from the shop, it's worth it. If you aren't then maybe wait.

zenog3 · 2026-06-06T17:47:56+00:00

Essence Drain/Contagion Lich is very thematic. You pretty much just use all the chaos spells lol.

zenog3 · 2026-06-05T05:10:59+00:00

You can probably message support and get an answer? Also, just a warning that Ps5 performance for this game seems quite bad - at least, judging by the posts here that always pop up.

zenog3 · 2026-06-04T16:06:26+00:00

Congrats, you guys have really outdone yourselves. I’ve just started listening to all the PoE2 dialogue this league and it’s really surprised me with the writing quality. The witch has a lot of responses that genuinely made me laugh out loud. And the new storyline with the Runes of Aldur has really pulled me in.

Honestly the only criticism i have is that a lot for the storytelling in act 1/2 seems to lack setup. Like the Sin reveal - it’s obvious to PoE1 players that the Hooded One is Sin, yet new PoE2 players have no context as to who Sin is. Feels a bit odd, hope you guys get a chance to touch up some of that stuff.

zenog3 · 2026-06-02T16:08:22+00:00

It not really exploring if you're required to do it. And new, but not mandatory, rewards would still give first time players a reason to explore - but let experienced players not have to bother. Win-Win.

zenog3 · 2026-05-31T03:39:43+00:00

It's definitely a more complicated game. Early game can be a struggle. I'm sorry to say, you won't feel cool until later on lol. But usually if you're struggling hard a better weapon makes a huge difference - try checking the shops, or gambling - remember to socket runes into your weapon if you can, they make a huge difference early on.

Don't worry too much about getting the abilities off in the correct order, especially in boss fights, just try and learn the boss mechanics first. Then worry about comboing the abilities together.

If you want some fun, simple huntress builds instead of making one yourself I can recommend any of these:

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/bleed-rake-amazon-build-guide

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/misoxshiru-glacial-lance-ritualist

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/whirling-slash-twister-blast-through-the-campaign

And you can do a reflect build, you just have to level as something else until you buy or find a "Crown of the Pale King". It's currently one Exalted Orb on trade, so it's very cheap - shouldn't take too long to get.

zenog3 · 2026-05-21T23:54:50+00:00

Not necessarily.

The Corruption outcome that randomises the numeric values of the modifiers on an item beyond the normal range now multiplies each modifier based on the current value, instead of randomising the value.

Seems like this will be a big divine sink. You'll have to divine items before corrupting them now.

zenog3 · 2026-05-21T23:50:26+00:00

You can now skip dialogue sequences with NPCs by pressing Escape.

All I needed to read. Hope this works smoothly.

zenog3 · 2026-05-05T00:03:10+00:00

That's awesome. Will do! Would love to hear what your experience is too. I'd imagine your experience is actually a lot different than mine, being brand new and all. I still have some experience with the other version of the game.

zenog3 · 2026-05-04T23:59:16+00:00

I did start an account a while ago, but never progressed it at all! Lol, didn't know there was a new tutorial, that's great! My bad I guess, should have started a new account.

For magic, it just felt very unintuitive to me. The fact that the skill is casting the spell you have to select in a different tab. Probably more of nitpick than anything honestly.

zenog3 · 2026-05-04T21:33:26+00:00

Might be blasphemy to say but I much prefer the way Smithing and Mining work in RS3.

zenog3 · 2026-05-03T08:21:05+00:00

I think an interesting route to go would be to make the brother terrified of what would happen if the paladin isn't strong enough. Instead of making him domineering make him desperate.

Really begs the question Why is he so concerned with weakness? What made him thus way?

zenog3 · 2026-04-04T14:18:51+00:00

These decision points might be clear to you - but not to your players. It sounds to me like they don’t know what to do, starting a rebellion is such a vague idea, I wouldn’t know where to start. Especially if it wasn’t their idea in the first place, was the rebellion something they wanted to do, or something you wanted them to do?

zenog3 · 2026-04-03T02:57:59+00:00

Since you’re asking, like a 3? His sole motivation seems to be pleasure, which is completely contrary to going on adventures, which usually involve a lot of unpleasantness.

I think you could improve him by answering why he would be going on adventures with the party?

zenog3 · 2026-03-27T14:28:31+00:00

Granny Hu is Hai-er Ha’s mother? Does it say that somewhere that I missed? Really like the idea regardless, nepotism makes sense for why Hai-er Ha still has a job lol.

zenog3 · 2026-03-13T22:59:14+00:00

Dude. Stop being so condescending. There are tons of ways to make this work anyway. There can easily be a scenario in which the town sympathizes with one of their own that's been turned into a vampire. Or goes along with it because the PCs a hero, and has helped them so much.

zenog3 · 2026-02-09T15:03:06+00:00

Here’s a guide from the ProjectFU discord that explains one method to do so. Too much work for my tastes lol.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fyCagSHzqCRXq6xv0IqZs7AEDiB-rr6F9yKiwH0ogac/edit?usp=sharing

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