Soulflame
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Which is kind of crazy, as a number of builds really require that the desync issue be corrected for them to not run the risk of death every time desync occurs. I'm finally starting to get comfortable with that ridiculously large node thing.  Even so, I have yet to unlock the Scion. I keep trying builds to see if I can find something that is genuinely fun. Maybe Lightning Arrow Ranger will finally get me there. |
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Yegolev
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The reason I have unlocked the Scion is that I completed the game before Dominus was added. Currently I get lagged out on the way up the tower a bit too much. I almost beat that guy a couple weeks ago, though, so I might try again eventually. Once I don't have to /oos while climbing the tower.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
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Soulflame
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I'm not sure how far into Act 3 I've gotten. I have a marauder who's bumbling around in some sewers, but I can't seem to find my way out of them before I stop playing for the night.  |
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Rendakor
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This is getting a new patch in the next few weeks, including a few new leagues. All they've posted so far are a few teaser screenshots, including one showing off a socketed Ring.
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Soulflame
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That's a fair point, I should probably push through to unlock the Scion before they add another Act.
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EWSpider
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I've been playing this a lot lately. If anyone needs help killing Dominus or whatever just PM a good time and I'll help.
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Rendakor
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Managed to graveyard zerg Dom to death on Merciless with my ST Scion; Cast on Death + Portal was instrumental. His first phase was much more difficult than his second; two Staunching flasks let me face-tank phase 2 easily.
Now it's on to maps, I guess...and I have no idea how they work. I got a rare one as a quest reward for killing Dom and I've found a few whites. I'm not sure if I should go into a white or just jump into the rare.
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EWSpider
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Managed to graveyard zerg Dom to death on Merciless with my ST Scion; Cast on Death + Portal was instrumental. His first phase was much more difficult than his second; two Staunching flasks let me face-tank phase 2 easily.
Now it's on to maps, I guess...and I have no idea how they work. I got a rare one as a quest reward for killing Dom and I've found a few whites. I'm not sure if I should go into a white or just jump into the rare.
Start with a level 66 Map and hit it with a Transmutation. Use Alts and Augs until you get two mods you think your build can handle. The harder mods give a higher bonus to item quantity. Generally speaking the lower level maps aren't very difficult, but there are a few bosses that will just wreck some builds. For example the Orchard Map has Tunneltrap at the end, a unique Devourer with a fireball attack that will one shot most people. |
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Yegolev
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Might want to act fast since they will be removing the Item Quantity mod in the next update. I assume that means for maps as well as items, but I might be wrong.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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EWSpider
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Might want to act fast since they will be removing the Item Quantity mod in the next update. I assume that means for maps as well as items, but I might be wrong.
Item Quantity is staying for Maps. |
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Rendakor
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They're also taking out the Item Quantity skill gem too, right? Glad I held on to a bunch of those.
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Yegolev
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Pretty sure...? Maps are one thing but equipment is another.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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EWSpider
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« Last Edit: February 28, 2014, 08:31:47 PM by EWSpider »
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Yegolev
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The three-boob ceiling has been broken.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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trias_e
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Been playing the new hardcore league 'Invasion'. The amount of new bosses is really impressive, but GGG hasn't held back one bit on the difficulty. Already have died twice (at level 33 and 16), and I usually can get to merciless without deaths without issue. Despite the deaths, I'm having the most fun I've had with this game in a while. The unpredictability and adrenaline rush is back, which is why hardcore is worth playing (at least for me). Vaal skills are hit or miss, but I really enjoy vaal double strike and vaal spectral throw (aka, hammerdin mode).
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ezrast
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Really wish this was coming out a month or two later. I need to hurry up and burn out on Marvel Heroes so I can move back to PoE. I can't sustain both games at once. :(
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EWSpider
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I've been playing the new Ambush league and it is a hell of a lot of fun. Going through the old zones I've been through dozens of times feels much more dynamic and interesting now with all the things they've added. I love the new strongboxes and the corrupted areas are a nice challenging diversion. Both things add up to a lot more loot than usual dropping too. Combined with those two things you still have your occasional Exile showing up and trying to kick your ass and the shrines from the previous Domination league. I may give Invasion a try a bit later too.
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Yegolev
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Socket crafting screenshot (large):
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
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Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Yegolev
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Found two masters, passed the test of one. Naturally, neither were aligned with the class I was playing.
More interesting in the short term are the strongboxes, which some might remember from the last league. I found a yellow one (hooray for "just one more area" instead of bed) and it puked out more gems than I have ever seen in one place. At least ten, maybe fifteen, one or two of which I already plan to put to use.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Druzil
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Found two masters, passed the test of one. Naturally, neither were aligned with the class I was playing.
More interesting in the short term are the strongboxes, which some might remember from the last league. I found a yellow one (hooray for "just one more area" instead of bed) and it puked out more gems than I have ever seen in one place. At least ten, maybe fifteen, one or two of which I already plan to put to use.
I found a couple masters as well and ran their quests a couple times each. The second time I ran the one (Haku I think), he put me in this room full of immune totems that constantly shock stacked me in a level that was +3 levels from the zone I found him in. The you have to find a spirit and run him out but when you grab the spirit mobs start spawning everywhere and the spirit starts blasting everything including you. It's definitely tense getting out of there alive and you can't TP out. Also there is a storm call boss in the prisoners gate now that caught me by surprise. He spawned right next to that big fire dog. So yeah, watch out for him. I thought the Brutus and Fairgraves updates were neat but didn't change too much but the Merville updates were really good. Her second form is much more interesting now, I actually had a close call on that one. Strongboxes are awesome as always. I have not seen a corrupted area yet. I think the thing I like the best is just all the little updates to the sounds and graphics. There's some more interesting mob variety, more environment effects, etc. Also some of the champion mobs have more unique looks now like the flicker strike pirate champion has a gold outlined shield and helm now. The coves has like a creepy foghorn in the background sounds. |
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Yegolev
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Another 30-45 minutes this morning searching for the witch master, no luck. Did find a yellow strongbox that was full of moneys, which is GREAT if the costs on the slot-crafting screenshots are real.
Definitely some added mobile variety, such as ghosts in the Fellshrine Catacombs and unexpected goatmen.
I'm slightly sad that they took away the "curses never expire" keystone at just the time when I was considering using it in a build. OH WELL.
I assume I have to find a master a second time in order to run another quest, since the weaponmaster just said "Good job, I'll be hanging out in town to sell you things".
Haven't seen a corrupted area since the update, but surely they did not remove them?
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Druzil
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Hex Master doubles a curses duration now. I've never played a full curse build but I think doubling the duration would still be pretty good, no? I guess if you're going to do multiple curses with faster casting you'd still have a good amount of time. Bosses would be annoying I guess.
And yeah I've found one master 3 times and the other one twice. Each time it's let me run the quest with a little different map/mobs.
They said corrupted zones are in, maybe they are more common in higher acts, I'm not sure.
I think one of the things I like best about strongboxes besides the obvious gem/currency ones is that I get a ton more scraps/whetstones/baubles than I normally would. I feel like they are actually usable now where before I was always short on them.
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Yegolev
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The curses are just a backup for my zookeeper, to lay down Vulnerability. As such, I took the passives that increase effectiveness/area but not the notable which lets me apply two of them. Double duration is actually overkill for this build, and I don't even have that one yet, so not crying about it at all. Minions seem improved, even considering they only died in extreme cases before the update. If I find a good minon shield, I should be able to really rock out with my cock out.
The +16% chaos resistance notable has also disappeared. Which is bothersome but then again 16% isn't going to really save my bacon in most cases.
I might have more to say after I spend time respec'ing an elemental witch.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Yegolev
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Lag is annoying. I'm sure concurrent player highs are exciting for GGG but for me it's just a pain in the ass.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Druzil
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I really like the new Shadow tree. Blood Siphon and Soul Siphon are really strong nodes. Soul Siphon really makes a huge difference early and then I can spec out of it later once my build is further along. Also freeze pulse is much stronger than last time I played it, it's not like hitting with a wet noodle anymore. Also I think with enough of the life on enemy killed nodes I may not need to link life leech later on, which would free up a slot for even mode damage. I think I have 5 of the masters now, none of them are level 3 yet but a couple of them are very close. I also used one of my trash characters free respecs to grab the 4 keystone achievement. He now has a sweet phase acrobatics -> ghost reaver -> ondar's guile build |
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Yegolev
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That's interesting, I haven't redone my shadow yet or even looked at the skills. Not really sure who to work on when I get bored with the witches.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Bhazrak
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Haven't played this in several months, so I'm getting a double dose of new content. I'm terrible when it comes to finding any of the RNG encountered masters or corrupted Vaal dungeons it seems, but I'm having lots of fun trying out Molten Strike on my marauder. I kind of wanted to try dual wield this time though, so not sure how long that will last.
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Yegolev
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I still haven't found a corrupted area since the Masters update. I did, however, cheat a bit and check on spawn zones for Catarina and on the third Chamber of Sin map, I found her.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Druzil
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I started finding corrupted areas pretty commonly in Act 3. Not sure if RNG or if they just don't spawn until then. The one area had a boss named The Sunburst Queen - one of those red beetle queen things. Very Scary, exploding beetles all over the screen, I couldn't even get near it.
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Rendakor
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Played for a few hours tonight; starting to get a hang of the new Masters even though I don't have a hideout yet. I found a corrupted area in Act 1 Merc, so they aren't exclusive to Act 3.
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Bhazrak
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I just want to get one of my masters to level 3 so I can play house. :(
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Druzil
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I've got 5 of them to level 3 now, but I can't decide which one to take! I kinda like the library and the shore so far the best.
Also, it could be my RNG but I'm seeing a ton of life gear drop and WAY less resistance gear. I'm having a much harder time getting my resistances up this time around.
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Rendakor
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I went with the crypt, but I haven't bothered decorating it yet.
If anyone wants into the f13 guild let me know. Or at least add me to friends so we can maybe play together.
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Pennilenko
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I went with the crypt, but I haven't bothered decorating it yet.
If anyone wants into the f13 guild let me know. Or at least add me to friends so we can maybe play together.
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Rendakor
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I know you figured it out but I'll explain anyway:
Social window, Friend Invite is at the bottom. Add me and then I can guild invite you.
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