thank you

5 Foot Step wrote on Aug 15^th, 2017 at 5:40pm:


Naw.

I'm guessing you're thinking that that must mean there are some "must-have" points in the tree that limits building, but it really doesn't.  There are must-haves for any given build, but those are the ones along the way, and there are usually multiple points that give similar bonuses.  The Keystone nodes are unique abilities that can be useful in different ways to different builds.

The fact that any class can reach any point on the skill tree allows for basically infinite customization.  Witch with a bow?  Duelist Summoner?  Sure!

Min/maxing becomes difficult due to the number of stats, the limited resources, and  the random nature of gear.  To be excellent at one thing, you're probably going to have to seriously suck at something else.  The wide variance in mob abilities means you're going to find something that kicks your ass pretty regularly no matter how quickly you blow through everything else.

Give it a shot, there are a lot of theorycrafters and builders to play off, and it's way more complicated that it seems at first.

Yeah, I'm finding that this Flicker Strike build tends to die once per map, which just isn't going to work going forward.  I can breeze through the Merciless Lab, which I've never been able to do before, which is nice for farming enchantments (if boring as hell.)  I haven't got all the trials for the Uber Lab yet.  Just about to hit 76.

I should be able to get to 6k life with some better equipment and a few more levels, which should be enough to avoid a lot of the stupid one-shot deaths that are pretty much my only weakness.  Need a couple of unique flasks, too, which are hard to come by in SSF. 

I miss Legacy league, was a total lootfest.  I hope they do something similar in the future.

Breaches are insane fun with this build, just minute after minute of pure slaughter.

what is strand cheese

what is lake

where do I get Shaper's Orbs?

Rubbinns wrote on Aug 16^th, 2017 at 4:27pm:


am Dunes fan myself.

Promenade is annoying now, too many water channels across the paths and wider raised parts.

I'm in Harbinger but I don't really understand leagues. They like come out for a little while, have special shit, and then go away? But you also have to start a new character each time?

harharharhar wrote on Aug 17^th, 2017 at 2:22pm:


Yeah, they have a unique mechanic (the harbingers, in this case) and if that mechanic works well, it gets added to the core game.  You see previous league stuff like Prophecies, Essence monsters, and Bloodlines in the core game, and a bunch more of them can be added to maps later on as you level up Zana, or found as modifiers on maps.

The best part about league play is that it's a totally fresh economy, so you're not racing against people who have stockpiled twink gear for years.

After the league ends, your character, your master and map progress (if it's higher than what you already have), and all your stash stuff is transferred to Standard or Hardcore.

ok very cool and good to know. Its like having alts, but with some interesting twists.

Now if only they would mix DDO combat/PoV with POE everything else....

If anyone is starting new and in standard, I've got a year's worth of shit I'll never use to help you get on your feet. Shoot me a PM and I'll see what I can do. Likewise, if you ever get bored of mapping solo, I've got a lvl 86 Warchief and a lvl 85 Frost Bolt totem characters in the league, and I'm always down for some group runs.

POE is amazing. It's like they took every consideration of where DDO is shit and fixed it, and also added a bunch of awesome shit DDO doesn't have (hideouts?).

There's literally 2 things missing:

Not enough hotbars (there's no reason they couldn't give us 10 active slots)
PoV (I would really prefer the true 3d floating head camera to the diablo style one in POE). Especially because the game has such beautiful graphics

So, do you guys play it  on Steam or it has it's own launcher/client?