Path of Exile(diablo clone)
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Currently 3 acts, but you repeat over 3 difficulties (normal, cruel, merciless). Level 60 is probably early merciless I think.
Act 4 is currently being developed. If I understand correctly, it's due for release with the next expansion (around December time), but that could just be a rumour. It's definitely in development though.
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Once you are high enough level (into merciless) there are also randomly dropped 'maps' which are high level content with random properties (some have, for example, -30% player resists but 15% increased loot), which is the current 'end game'.
Are there enough acts to get to 60? What is the actual cap?
I've just sort of got into this without researching tbh.
Yeah you do Act 1-3 on Normal, Cruel and Merciless difficulty, each time it gets harder and harder and each time the xp penalty for dying goes up, with 10% of your level lost in merciless.
The max level is 100, but its not really doable for a casual player, I believe someone has gotten it in the rampage/beyond leagues but thats from like 15 hours a day of non stop grinding for over a month, it really takes a lot of time to hit the max level.
But the end game is maps, which randomly drop around level 60+. Can read about them here, they are quite fun. http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Map
Aaaaaand there goes that character. Made it to level 76 before the Museum bosses ripped me a new one....
Gonna take a break from it for a week while i play through Alien:Isolation and think up a new build. Is infernal blow still viable these days, haven't seen anyone running it in a long time.
Gonna take a break from it for a week while i play through Alien:Isolation and think up a new build. Is infernal blow still viable these days, haven't seen anyone running it in a long time.
picked it up at the weekend after a long break. loads new stuff has been added, which is nice.
but not sure which build I want to use right now, currently levelling gems for my CoC witch and crit ranger, while also having a few characters in the 70ies doing nothing right now lol.
but not sure which build I want to use right now, currently levelling gems for my CoC witch and crit ranger, while also having a few characters in the 70ies doing nothing right now lol.
I'm most of the way through act 2, got to kill the third bandit boss then clear the temple (which I climbed to the top of before realising I had to kill the bandits first 
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Enjoying it quite a bit, going with a 2h Marauder and just trying to kill things fast but I find myself quite squishy at times.
Any tips?
) Enjoying it quite a bit, going with a 2h Marauder and just trying to kill things fast but I find myself quite squishy at times.
Any tips?
Make sure your resistances (lightning, fire and cold) are as close to max as possible, which the default is 75% without any nodes/skills, as a lot of damage is elemental. Be aware that there's a penalty to your resists as you advance from normal->cruel->merciless so while you may be capped at 75% in normal act 3, when you enter act 1 cruel you wil see it goes down. Can't remember the exact penalty off the top of me head though.
If it seems to be physical attacks then your main option as a marauder is to just stack as much armour on your gear as possible to mitigate it. Consider maybe purchasing a Granite Flask, which increases your armour by 3000 I believe for a short while, for when you know the big hits are coming so you can absorb a lot more than usual.
Obviously as a new player you may not be sure what type of damage it is but that comes in time. If you notice a mob type is destroying you more than any other then have a look on the wiki to see if it lists their damage type so you know how to gear accordingly.
If it seems to be physical attacks then your main option as a marauder is to just stack as much armour on your gear as possible to mitigate it. Consider maybe purchasing a Granite Flask, which increases your armour by 3000 I believe for a short while, for when you know the big hits are coming so you can absorb a lot more than usual.
Obviously as a new player you may not be sure what type of damage it is but that comes in time. If you notice a mob type is destroying you more than any other then have a look on the wiki to see if it lists their damage type so you know how to gear accordingly.
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Also I believe the third bandit is after the vaal caves.
if everything's gone dark, then you're ready to kill the third bandit
Just beat Piety, again relatively easy, and fit the Dominus mission. Had to log though as it was pretty late.
Thanks for the resistances tip, maxed out and that helps a lot now I just need more armour as melee causes me most issues. Still in a primarily face melt build, after I top up my armour on the stat tree I'll push toward the 2h buff
level 38 now, not sure if I'm ahead or behind for level but seem to cope all right.
Thanks for the resistances tip, maxed out and that helps a lot now I just need more armour as melee causes me most issues. Still in a primarily face melt build, after I top up my armour on the stat tree I'll push toward the 2h buff
level 38 now, not sure if I'm ahead or behind for level but seem to cope all right.I wouldn't waste skill points picking up the armour nodes on the skill tree to be honest, just use what you have on your armour and Granite flask, and just go for the life points close to you and then any dps nodes you feel like taking.
Resolute technique is a brilliant node if you're going a non-crit build and increases your dps output by a lot.
Was going to roll another character this weekend, probably an Arc witch again as I had fun without that until I died like an idiot trying to man-mode the Dungeon map boss.....
Picked up Borderlands instead though so depending on how long I play that for I may just wait until next league starts.
Resolute technique is a brilliant node if you're going a non-crit build and increases your dps output by a lot.
Was going to roll another character this weekend, probably an Arc witch again as I had fun without that until I died like an idiot trying to man-mode the Dungeon map boss.....
Picked up Borderlands instead though so depending on how long I play that for I may just wait until next league starts.
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Some lovely fellow gave me a Storm Cloud unique longbow (I think it may be the alternate art one? Not sure) on Rampage, so I've made a new character with that and am having fun being weirdly ineffectual as I try to work out a tree and skill combo that works.
Actually, the new character was made JUST before the bow was given to me. It was going to be a Pillar of God character, so is called "Mockingbird_Pillarpants", which is maybe a strange name for a ranged character.
Also, finally got that achievement for wearing all rares/uniques. In act 2 normal.
Actually, the new character was made JUST before the bow was given to me. It was going to be a Pillar of God character, so is called "Mockingbird_Pillarpants", which is maybe a strange name for a ranged character.
Also, finally got that achievement for wearing all rares/uniques. In act 2 normal.
Completed normal difficulty at level 40 and now onto cruel.
Found Doninus stage 1 pretty simple, stage 2 was a little rough but I think that was largely due to me being clueless as to what was occurring I died once but second time I just stayed close and spammed abilities and killed him without too many issues.
Luckily I started cruel and after playing with items a little I'm straight away 75% resist capped. Annoyingly though all my gems are red and need a few green/blue slots to fill my items out fully.
Enjoyed it though, great game ok first play through and will probably persevere with marauder as opposed to re-rolling.
Found Doninus stage 1 pretty simple, stage 2 was a little rough but I think that was largely due to me being clueless as to what was occurring
I died once but second time I just stayed close and spammed abilities and killed him without too many issues.Luckily I started cruel and after playing with items a little I'm straight away 75% resist capped. Annoyingly though all my gems are red and need a few green/blue slots to fill my items out fully.
Enjoyed it though, great game ok first play through and will probably persevere with marauder as opposed to re-rolling.
Yeah if I was you I would stick with it, the game only really starts now, your attacks get faster, things hit harder and its overall a lot more enjoyable imo.
Not sure how much you know about the crafting, but you can use http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Chromatic_Orb those to recolour your items. Items with a strength base will have a harder time rolling blue sockets so try to use them on a stre/int base rather than pure strength if you can.
Not sure how much you know about the crafting, but you can use http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Chromatic_Orb those to recolour your items. Items with a strength base will have a harder time rolling blue sockets so try to use them on a stre/int base rather than pure strength if you can.