i only played this game very briefly like the first month is came out. it was pretty cool but i eventually got to a point where i needed certain items or slot combinations on gear. the slots/colors were retarded using the various orbs over and over again trying to reroll slot numbers and connections and colors endlessly. I also needed a few named items that were necessary for the build i had chosen, which were basically unavailable in game since chinese were buying them up with items and then reselling them on websites for hundreds of dollars. the slot lottery and unavailability of unique and necessary items was what made me stop playing.

i cant remember what the item was (maybe a helmet or axe) but the build was one of those dex str attack speed builds. im sure that is nerfed or invalidated by now but i also guarantee the same speedbumps exist today

I'm diggin' Incursion.

I'm so terrible at builds in this game.

Dark Souls-like Expansion
Infinite Dungeon

Lots of interesting QoL improvements coming along with the new content. Much of it taken from D3. Map icons for items and beams of light for items. Should be interesting to go along with a never-ending dungeon map. They are going a bunch of sneak peaks up to the release next week. Can follow along here if you'd like:

https://gggtracker.com/

Didn't they mention in the release notes that they're renaming the game, "Path of Arc Builds"? I thought I saw that somewhere. Wedged in with all the poison skills.

"And, by the way, the unofficial motto for this league is Arc Trap or GTFO."
-Bex, maybe

Starkjade wrote on Sep 9^th, 2018 at 3:43am:

They've gone back and forth between reskinning Breach, and re-skinning Abyss. Circles of mob-spawns vs. lines. Except for Bestiary. Bestiary was DDO champion mobs. The mine-shaft interface is just fluff that lets you sometimes select what category of loot 'splodes at the end.

Flares seem dumb. Dynamite was essential in the last league, to fix their addiction to rngesus. This one, not so much. At least I hope not. I've only "delved" to about 50 so far. It looks like I might be able to blast into a Beyond encounter. Another says it drops fossils. So maybe the temptations eventually do become worthwhile.

Oh, and Arc-ing is prolly contributing to your sense of sameness. Not sure that would be solved with many of the other zerg builds. Though Flicker Strike seems like it has the potential to make you really happy to have flares....

Starkjade wrote on Sep 9^th, 2018 at 11:03pm:

I don't need latency to walk into walls. Point-and-click navigating makes me feel like Fran.

Right? lol. I use one of the filters with maximum item size for currency. I can't fucking click anything myself even with pretty large boxes...

Quote:


maybe it helps

Squint-clicking loot is the most fun when you also have to sprint-click it. Like that Stone of Passage last league. Why was that fucking thing even an inventory item?

Me: "I'll just go in with a full inventory, and manage that shit after the lootsplosion."
Stone of Passage: "Fuck you, bitch!"

Am prolly getting close to the end of this league for me.
I'll see about converting my shit and buying a headhunter to donate...
Am happy with getting to depth 600. I managed to get rank 219 on solo delve softcore.

WonderfulFoppyBint wrote on Sep 29^th, 2018 at 11:12am:


Nice, dude. 

I'm just about to hit lvl 90 finally, and will concentrate more on delves after that, only to depth 120ish so far.


Revaulting wrote on Sep 30^th, 2018 at 2:17am:


United Wraeclast Emirates sulphur cartel is capping production to avoid gluts.

http://www.pathofexile.com/betrayal

In the new expansion you fight the IMMORTAL Syndicate.

Haaa.  Suck it, Blizzzard.

Also looks like old leagues will be back as new Forsaken Master missions, which makes so much sense I can hardly believe it.

Not sure about the mastercrafting changes, though.