Path of Exile(diablo clone)

Gornall · 19 Feb 2013 at 08:10

dr_volki said:
just roll a marauder get up to the quest reward once you hit cavern of anger and you'll get a life on hit, that's what i did anyways

Good idea!

I play as marauder (level 30) and have 3-4 Life on Hit gems purely from quests/drops.

They aren't that uncommon seemingly.

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Also, any of you guys using voice-comms / playing together? Can be a lonely affair, and pugs are sometimes a little unreliable

dr_volki · 19 Feb 2013 at 10:08

Gornall said:
Good idea!

I play as marauder (level 30) and have 3-4 Life on Hit gems purely from quests/drops.

They aren't that uncommon seemingly.

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Also, any of you guys using voice-comms / playing together? Can be a lonely affair, and pugs are sometimes a little unreliable

i'm currently lvl 67 finished act 3 merciless yesterday and i've only seen 1 life gain on hit gem drop so far, guess i'm just unlucky

as for voice comms i always use them when playing with friends it's just easier that way

Jsbeer · 19 Feb 2013 at 10:58

Chris-.- said:
You could prob get one in trade for a couple alch orbs

dr_volki said:
just roll a marauder get up to the quest reward once you hit cavern of anger and you'll get a life on hit, that's what i did anyways

Thanks for the replies - I was aware of the Marauder trick but seems more effort than running higher level quests for XP whilst getting some orbs and trading them.....

Evilsod · 19 Feb 2013 at 12:15

Look at the 'quest rewards' page on the path of exile wiki. Tells you everything you need to know about when items first appear as reward options which gives you a good idea of how much they will be to buy from other players.

Life on Hit you should be able to buy for 1 Alchemy as its quite an early game quest reward for a Marauder. Life Leech I know turns up in the Shadow section early on in Cruel (I was considering buying 1 for my Shadow before I realised I'd be getting 1 soon anyway) but they would probably cost you 2 Alchemy/1 Chaos.

Jsbeer · 19 Feb 2013 at 14:30

Evilsod said:
Look at the 'quest rewards' page on the path of exile wiki. Tells you everything you need to know about when items first appear as reward options which gives you a good idea of how much they will be to buy from other players.

Life on Hit you should be able to buy for 1 Alchemy as its quite an early game quest reward for a Marauder. Life Leech I know turns up in the Shadow section early on in Cruel (I was considering buying 1 for my Shadow before I realised I'd be getting 1 soon anyway) but they would probably cost you 2 Alchemy/1 Chaos.

Thanks for this info. I will ask in /Trade for these items at these prices.

Darujhistan · 19 Feb 2013 at 17:27

Never played something like this before, after a couple of minutes working out why WASD did next to nowt, I enjoyed it. Got onto the first 2-3 'levels' but could not find the medicine chest on the flats.

I'm still a bit wtf? with the inventory system, I don't like the map at all, but it is fun to play.

dr_volki · 19 Feb 2013 at 17:44

Darujhistan said:
Never played something like this before, after a couple of minutes working out why WASD did next to nowt, I enjoyed it. Got onto the first 2-3 'levels' but could not find the medicine chest on the flats.

I'm still a bit wtf? with the inventory system, I don't like the map at all, but it is fun to play.

tip the medicine chest isn't in the mud flats

Darujhistan · 19 Feb 2013 at 17:46

dr_volki said:
tip the medicine chest isn't in the mud flats

lol where is it then?

I'm sure the woman in the little 'area' said 'mud flats'.

the0wner122 · 19 Feb 2013 at 18:10

lol, yep your warmer on the beach than in the flats. Il give u a clue aswell its orange on the map and before the mud flats

Evilsod · 19 Feb 2013 at 18:14

Its also much more obvious if you press 'U' and highlight that quest

Darujhistan · 19 Feb 2013 at 18:20

Evilsod said:
Its also much more obvious if you press 'U' and highlight that quest

How does that help? it just tells me what the quest is.

thezakarum · 19 Feb 2013 at 18:26

Darujhistan said:
How does that help? it just tells me what the quest is.

The medicine chest is held by "Hailrake", a mini boss in the area "Tidal Island".

If you take the waypoint in mud flats and go back through terraces you'll find the entrance to tidal island quicker.

Make sure you take a couple of cold resists rings though, hailrake hurts a lot.

Darujhistan · 19 Feb 2013 at 18:30

thezakarum said:
The medicine chest is held by "Hailrake", a mini boss in the area "Tidal Island".

If you take the waypoint in mud flats and go back through terraces you'll find the entrance to tidal island quicker.

Make sure you take a couple of cold resists rings though, hailrake hurts a lot.

Thank you.

the0wner122 · 19 Feb 2013 at 20:29

In hindsight i probably should have been more helpful, apologies mate.

Evilsod · 20 Feb 2013 at 12:26

Does it not show the location on the quest map? Thought it did.

Having a laugh with my summoner witch doing some coop. Friend is playing an Ice Witch while I focus on Summons + Curses. Got the 'Curses never expire' and 'Can affect enemies with 2 curses' nodes so I can send around some Frostbite + Temporal Chains curses (the Temporal effect slows down the timer on Freeze too which makes it last longer I believe) so bosses are getting seriously screwed over by very strong freeze effects. Only slight downside is occasionally we shatter all the enemies when I needed some corpses

It never fails to look cool though when Ice Nova crits and shatters everything in an expanding circle.

CyberCrow · 20 Feb 2013 at 12:39

Hi guys i took the jump last night an reg'd up for POE an i gotta say im really enjoying it, this is the first of this type of game ive played as well

Is there any way of rotating the camera around the player to give a better view of the land when playing.

dr_volki · 20 Feb 2013 at 12:42

CyberCrow said:
Hi guys i took the jump last night an reg'd up for POE an i gotta say im really enjoying it, this is the first of this type of game ive played as well

Is there any way of rotating the camera around the player to give a better view of the land when playing.

sadly no

wish they upped the resolution a bit, because when you are walking down you literally don't see the mobs until they hit you in the face

Jsbeer · 20 Feb 2013 at 12:48

dr_volki said:
sadly no
wish they upped the resolution a bit, because when you are walking down you literally don't see the mobs until they hit you in the face

I am pretty sure they did this for two reasons. First to ensure an even playing field so those with higher resolutions don't have an advantage. And second since otherwise ranged would be even more of an advantage than it already is.

Would have still loved a bit more of the playing area shown on the screen though

CyberCrow · 20 Feb 2013 at 13:33

yeah shame that you can't alter the camera.

I gotta admit the only thing im not liking is the crappy mini map........who thought of that great design

Gornall · 20 Feb 2013 at 13:40

CyberCrow said:
yeah shame that you can't alter the camera.

I gotta admit the only thing im not liking is the crappy mini map........who thought of that great design

Blizzard...years ago

It is definitely a hybrid of old fashioned mechanics with a more informed skill/progression system. I love it

Made it to Cruel last night, steps things up a bit! Definitely more aware of my vulnerabilities