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>>99295991
How do i not suck so much? ripped 7 chars around lvl 30-35 in the 1month league and tried a lot of builds...
The best character
>>99296258
>stack life
>cap resists
that's literally all there is to it
and if you're really shit, get carried in parties, or pay for rushes
So guys, i'm interested in your opinions
I'm running at 73 with a crit freeze pulser in the 1msc, and I'm trying to decide on the defensive bonuses of getting a CoD or using a voll's
I'm running HoT+ass mark atm, and while it is pretty damn consistent with getting power charges up, there are still some times when I'm low on them. When I have 7 charges up, I'm basically freezing everything most of the time.
Switching to voll's means I can swap out the ass mark for temp chains, and I feel that that combined with my crit is going to make me a lot safer than I am now.
However, CoD is CoD. I could run a several levels higher arctic armour, and I'd still be freezing most things
So... more consistent crit and freeze or the mitigation of CoD+AA?
>>99298120
don't swap to a piece of shit like volls you stupid fuck face
put coh + gmp onto ball lighting if anything
+aoe belt expensive on standard?
>>99298345
>>99299229
it's because it's a cluster fuck with no uniques
>>99299229
doorways = desynch city
>>99299229
it used to have a large chest
they got rid of them because it encouraged botting
now it's shit. i don't know why people farm it
i guess it's for people who are too shit to farm piety/maps and too high level for docks
>run in a tunnel, no enemies on screen
>sudddenly, "you have been slain", still no enemies in sight
GG
ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
>>99300270
>screenshot 307
i hope you have 300 pictures of witch feet
>>99301706
bone rhoas
>>99301706
probably titty bitches, tho evangelists are always solid
ded guild
>>99302936
cancer
>>99302936
how do i join
>>99302936
I still dont get why we arent just one guild. I did invite all the softcore people before but why did they all go away again?
I cant remember too much bullying.
lockbox
What is the easiest/best class to solo with?
a lv88 rip'd to promenade boss thorns
>>99309779
cybil+incinerate+faster casting, class dun matter
>>99311119
my first RIP in Maps was to that boss, I was playing a super fast attack speed char and playing blind though, so I got an excuse.
Was it the guy first time on that map or what? How could you get to 88 and not know that boss.
>>99309779
grab facebreakers and get flat phys dmg on everything you can, and oneshot everything with cyclone or infernal blow forever
>>99316076
>ib
but what about reflect anon
>>99316192
you should have a bunch of armour and then a cwdt-ic setup so even if reflect damages you, you become immune to it long enough to kill the pack anyways, also ib is just for leveling before you get cyclone and can manage the mana cost of it
Most people would consider resistance nodes to be a waste of points and a noob trap, but getting 60 all res on the tree just because it's on my path has made gearing up easy as hell. Can cap res (including chaos res!) with mostly life-only gear. Could easily cap res for ele weakness maps as well, saving up on alts. Sure you sacrifice a bit of dps, but the easiness of gearing is just so good. Thoughts?
>>99316076
>>99316642
>tumblr weebshits
so this is what this general has come down to
>>99317220
year what you gonna do about it
Guys how do I 2hou?
>>99319024
post 2hu then /kissu
>>99319202
Really?
>>99316642
im talking about ele reflect u silly qt
>>99319501
yea
>>99321398
wha
if there was a god i would forever be devout if he/she killed all the weebs and japan
>>99319202
>>99319501
>>99319873
>>99321537
Cancer
>>99319773
most of your damage is phys so ele reflect doesnt matter at all
>>99317220i dont participate in any of the typical tumblr stuff, i just use it for pictures of cute girls
>>99322003
But I just wanted to learn how to touhou in poe.
>>99323239
fireball with gmp and spell echo
>>99323608
thats not ice spear
can never wear anything good in this game because have to cap resists
>>99323239
vaal spark, try this http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1215068
>>99319024
you download all the fucking ZUN games that way you dont end being a dirty secondary
>>99324069
its easier than it sounds
you only need 135-145% resist. you can easily get 70% all res from jewelry. at least 20% all rest from belt and boots. leaving the 35ish % missing on auras, passive tree, and/or chest and gloves and head. this means you can wear up to 4 uniques with no resists and still be capped without using auras as long as you get well rolled yellows for the rest
if you run shield, thats a further 25%+ all res you can look to
capping resist isnt hard. overcapping them all and raising the max resist % is what becomes tricky
>>99324172
nice meme build
God this general is so shit. Will someone apply chemo and eliminate the cancerous weebs.
What's the most maymay build? animate maymay?
>>99302936
Meanwhile in HC
>>99327036
anime is welcome here
>>99327996
jesus level 95 autist in hc guild, no wonder you guys are losers
>>99327036
Is anime styled non-anime allowed?
I post anime
>Get 4/4 HC and 4/4 STD
Now what? Amass shekels in HC?
>>99329438
>>99307193
Isnt there a limited amount of space in a guild anyway? Maybe one guild wasn't enough.
>>99329173
Please respond??
>>99330086
just post cute stuff
>>99328335
>"l-losers"
>on 4chan
>on /vg/
>on a general about a grindfest
reddit is that way >>>
>>99331290
umm lewd
>>99327996
can you anime shitters at least read this guys name.
>>99331290
Worth. Shav's is overrated. Make it a lifetime access though.
>>99331290
>tfw no shavs
>>99332428
nows your chance
What's the most softcore thing and why is it dual-wielding?
>>99332898
low life without shavs
>>99332898
nah
if you are going dual dw you are using acro, which is better than a shield unless you invest 15+ points into block nodes and have spell block gear
>>99332898
this >>99333853
and half assed 4k es CI builds
armor-based 2h builds
anything without at least 2 defensive layers other than life/es
>>99332898
choose 1
>WTB RUSH FROM NORMAL TO MERCILESS, proceeds to die 20 times at merveil
>dying 50 times to a boss, using >we'll get it eventually tactic
>who cares about HP when you have damage LOL
>resists?
>dont worry guys, I can lowlife with 200 hp and 20 ES, I have damage :^)
>using 2x mjolners
and more
>>99334526
>using 2x mjolners
for what purpose?
>>99333963
>implying
>>99334526
>2x mjolner
what would you even cast on the second one
>>99334810
>>99334818
for GMP + ball lightning ofc
you use those with cyclone :^)
>>99335086
at first i though
"oh god thats going to be worth alot"
then i realised nosockets
>>99335086
Nice corrupt, brah.
>>99334810
>>implying
if you think dw+acro is not hc viably you simply dont know how to build
other than that, it just very easy to post memes and be vague to try and fit in i guess
>>99335606
>implying dual-wield shitters get acro
>>99335454
armor as a main damage mitigation factor?
screenie pls
>>99335816
hc dw players get acro and 2 vaal graces, along with aa and/or mom. are you new?
If you create a character with a shit build, can you change it somehow or do you have to restart your character?
>>99336308
You get respec points from a few of the quests in the game and there are semi-rare drops called orbs of regret which will give you another respec point when used. One respec point lets you respec one node, so it takes quite a few in order to completely respec, but you can alter your build up quite a bit.
Help me with my softcore shitter.
Marauder dual-wielding 2 siege axes. Uses static strike. Oak at all difficulties i think. I don't have any problem but I want to improve it somehow.
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEAAecEswUtDc0R1RLhE0wTyRQgFE0X4RiRGjgaVRvIHM4kiyb4Jy8oKimlK1At0jboOtg8BT0PPfxDMUd-TipOMlBHVw1Xl1hjXz9gQWBLYSFjcGSjZU1lp2jycql07Xasd-V673uMfLt82YIHgpuE2YTvhVKLT4zPkFWRzpd5mjubap7Nn8uf36IApzCtja5QtkG8n702vqfAZsGjxLjE9sbYz37SIdX42WHkUeoY7DjvDu988B_yQfZI9zL46_xL_lT-aw==
>>99337937
Forgot to add my links
SS - Faster Attacks - Multistrike - WED - Mele Phys - Added Fire (life leech)
Aside from obviously improving my weapons what can I do?
>>99338448
I don't know.
how do i get in the guild?
>>99338745
What's an ideal shield/2hander for SS?
>>99337937
use a better skill, ss is really immobile and doesnt offer much reward for the risk
>>99340398
ive played a ss character, i felt like a retard having to stop to attack all the time while having no range, stuff like lightning strike and cyclone are much better
I dont know if this would work
I went maximum softcore on this one and I dont care
>>99338993
Write an application here with 100+ words and our recruit team will take a look and get back to you in 3-5 work days
>>99341121
thats pretty softcore
1. milner is only a 3 socket
2. the same spell has the same cooldown if it's from the same trigger gem
>>99341121
>who needs life/es when you have damage
>>99341250
yes but usually if you're casting a spell or using tornado shot you oneshot everything without it getting close to you so stopping doesnt matter
as far as melee skills go, stopping in the middle of a pack of monsters to hit things gets really dangerous, especially with something like ss because if you desync you're literally a wet noodle standing in the pack of them
>>99336591
>Are you implying there's something wrong with armour?
not implying
im stating it
and if you are building around IC, armor completely loses its purpose
invite IU_ to the hc guild.
>>99342414
the animuu poster a shitter who only shitposts?
cant be!
>>99341703
>1. milner is only a 3 socket
I know, I wanted to make it look like you have a choice between gmp+balls or arc
>2. the same spell has the same cooldown if it's from the same trigger gem
arc doesnt have a cooldown, just a long cast animation, I believe?
also, mjolners have low crit chance so 0.05s cd from CoC shouldnt bottleneck it too much?
>>99341729
I posted >>99334526 and wanted to see how softcore can I go with that build
>>99336591
Armor loses effectiveness in a BIG BIG way vs big hits. It only helps small hits.
20k armor is less effective than mom, youd need around 35-40k for it to break even
but then a build that supports mom can also easily support aa, a combo which is a lot better than armor
>>99342414
>responding with a meme response instead of continuing the conversation
>>99343068
Different anon here. What's your ideal skill? RF?
>>99342934
a good cwdt synergizes with every other defensive strategy, armor just happens to be by far the worst among them
>>99343337
i prefer cyclone, but i could see flicker strike and leap slam being fun alternatives, mobility is key when getting into the later levels
>>99343903
>>because if you desync you're literally a wet noodle standing in the pack of them
>cyclone
>>99344620
at least you're damaging in all directions, so if you desync next to enemies you're still hitting them, while with something targeted like ss you wont often be hitting anything
>>99323067
IB has MASSIVE issues with ele reflect lol
Have you played this game b4 anon?
>>99344975
>so if you desync next to enemies you're still hitting them
>actually believing this
Cyclone desyncs you so hard you will be at the next map trying to hit shit. SS doesn't have desync issue unless you are retarded and don't use shift to attack.
>>99345504
ive never ever had that much of an issue with desync
>>99345058
>using ib ouside of leveling
also if you set your defences up correctly, reflect shouldnt be an issue
>>99346076
the butts are off-limits
>timeout while joining global chat
>auto logged entering my map, losing the portal
why
>>99345907
elaborate, i have 3 seperate people, in seperate leagues, try IB as melee. The damage was fantastic but every single ele pack required careful execution and sometimes would just involve him having to face tank shit until he can single target down the reflect mob, even with purity + barbarism
>>99347846
>not having a phys skill to swap at reflect mobs
Why don't you use something like cyclone as a FB or any kind of phys gem?
>>99348957
... why haven't people done this.
There's a downside to the damage and requiring an actual decent weapon in the swap, but other than that, it seems reasonably feasible.
>>99347846
life leech gem with vaal pact or just using a high max fire resist setup with a ruby flask
>>99348957
or just run cyclone full time with armour and ic and life leech and be able to faceroll into a pack of either phys reflect or ele reflect mobs
>>99349346
>There's a downside to the damage
You are only using this for ele ref packs
>requiring an actual decent weapon in the swap
Just replace some gems.
Also I have to agree with>>99349535
anime shitposter.
CI EB blood magic flicker strike viable yet?
delete this
how long do you guys farm merc ledge for
posting for someone in the guild
chaining 77s is still definitely worth it, if you can chain them quick that is
I haven't played in years. since 2011 I think. Is there a compiled list of patch notes or something somewhere? I know there are things like hideouts or lairs or whatever now, how much do they factor into gameplay? Or are they some pointless MTX cash shop bait.
>>99350127
Didn't bother this 1m HC. Just did cruel docks instead to merciless docks.
>>99350882
Hideouts by themselves don't bring anything new gameplay wise, besides the massive convenience of the map device which makes the laboratory obsolete once you get Zana
Masters totally changed the way crafting works though, FM was a huge expansion
>>99351532
Masters are like NPCs you bring into the lair right?
Just trying to get my bearings as I re-download. Hopefully my craptop can still play it.
>>99350882
hideouts help starting out in leagues, and make mapping comfier and better
>people spend thousands on top end gaming machines and still have crashes and low fps
>my 5 year old budget pc is working fine
Alright, game is shit for me now.
Desync is forgivable, but desync moving me into places I've never even clicked to move to while standing completely still is too much.
>>99351612
yeah
just spend some time in the wiki or the patch notes forum to see the changes
>>99351682
>tfw ive run some 40 maps
>no zana in sight
What the Fuck is this bitch doing.
>>99352769
run 69+ maps
>>99352769
einhorn is finkle...
>nugi dies to crash
>redditors use it as an excuse to never play hardcore
Wait, about 10min ago a huge lag spike hit me. Was that a crash? Did it happen to everyone?
>>99354172
I hope so.
I don't need scrubs in our league.
>>99354657
i miss scrubs
What the fuck do you guys use alchs for?
trading, crafting, boxes?
>>99360054
maps, alching high ilvl shit, crafting, etc~
>>99360054
hoarding
>>99360054
I don't use any of my currency. I just horde tabs and tabs of it. My first stash tab is nothing but full stacks of chaos orbs.
Does anyone have a list of maps to avoid?
I just tried Villa and got my asshole ripped open by those explodiniggers and bear trap spamming boss and would like to avoid this in the future.
>>99361737
66.Orchard Dungeon
68.Museum
70.Graveyard
72.Jungle Valley Torture Chamber is hard for some
73. Cells if you don't have AA
75.Necropolis
76.Crematorium
which one for a flicker strike build /poeg/?
http://poeurl.com/zi6rOQy
http://poeurl.com/zi6rZJV
>>99361737
i hate most maps but i'll list my favorites
>66: tropical island
>67: mountain ledge
>68: spider lair
>69: shore
>70: underground sea
>71: strand
>72: jungle valley
>73: canyon
>74: gorge
>75: plateau
>76: precinct
>77: shipyard
>78: palace
special mention: any map with double-double bosses(museum, arcade, courtyard) because you can vaal the map and get a fuck ton of sacrifice pieces
>>99362458
>jungle valley
What is your build?
>>99362643
i never do that boss
>>99361737
I've never seen the Villa boss's traps ever do anything. Just don't stand still.
Dungeon's Brutus is pretty strong,
Orchard's boss is pretty strong (devourer) and can get some serious bullshit going on in his arena,
Museum boss is triple fast dickbags which can come at you ghosted, if you can't instagib them they might instagib you,
Springs map is pretty easy but the boss does use detonate dead,
Graveyard is Merveil plus magic mobs, can be tough,
Jungle Valley is the spider boss from act 2 which summons a whole bunch of flicker striking magic and rare mobs, does really high damage and can be very hard,
Torture Chamber is Shock and Horror which has a unique attack laser which does ridiculously high DoT which you have to run out of line of sight around the pillars to stop, and summons lightning warp totems which can stack up and instgib you if you don't move,
Dark forest is Oak, which can be tough if he has damage mods, and that map as devourers,
Maze can be hard if you've got the boss speed mods, it's the Vaal Oversoul you can potentially get stunlocked by the laser attack to death,
Necropolis is Merveil with part 2 added,
Residence is first form of Dominus, which is by far the hardest part of Dominus, but you've got a big arena for him so he's not terrible,
Academy is Intellectus Prime, the library boss, who can spam his tornados and books at you and do some really high damage, and his arena is pretty annoying,
Shrine is high level Piety, courtyard is the trio non-demon trio before Dom and palace is both forms of Dom. They're all tough mostly because they're high level so they deal a lot of damage.
>>99362789
Am I the only one who avoids crematorium with any kind of dangerous mod?
>>99362990
Oh yeah, Crematorium is actually pretty tough too if you don't use +max fire res shit.
game is so ded i can't even get people to join my party for free masters daily missions
>>99362778
Map difficulty is the boss. Or alternatively the number of devourer mobs on the map.
Jungle Valley boss isn't completely terrible if you use something like Vaal Summon Skeletons though. Because most of the flicker strike spiders are spawned right at the start.
>>99363381
Everyone is on the 1M. And in those everyone doing masters is in Global 820.
>>99362252
hp pls
>>99363464
>Map difficulty is the boss.
maybe for lootcore
hc players give no fucks about killing rippy bosses for a small chance at good loot
>>99363682
>ci
>hpshooby pls
i will trade a taste of hate in sc1mo for fusings in hc1mo
is this good?
>>99363907
dang my eyes work good
>>99363703
>trying to be elitist about avoiding bosses
make sure your alt+f4 macro is working properly and don't forget to use it whenever your health drops below 80%
>>99364537
jungle valley boss is literally more rippy than uber atziri
and it's only a lvl72 map which means it can't drop the best loot
it's fucking stupid to even attempt that boss because there is literally no reward, and that's what HC is all about: risk vs reward
>>99364797
No balls.
>>99364881
i tried that boss once in a party. all of us went in and only 3 made it out. never again
it's a ridiculously unbalanced fight
>>99364797
no it isn't, it's just one of those fights that require a certain build or chaos res.
So after flameblast gets nerfed what's going to be the next flavour of the month build that half of the community uses exclusively?
>>99365326
>chaos res.
because getting chaos res is so easy right? why even bother with chaos resist just to farm jungle valley boss? it's pointless m9
>>99365447
>or
>or
>or
if you have decent phys reduction the chaos damage from the strike is also lowered.
>>99365765
>if you have decent phys reduction the chaos damage from the strike is also lowered.
lol no
need invite to HC guild
IU_
>>99365447
What is amethyst flask.
>>99365765
you will still get assannihilated
even with max DR, block and ~8k life you get rekt
>>99366205
I've done that build on 4k life and -40% chaos res, stop being mad.
>>99366642
and when the answer that you want
is in the question that you staaaAAAte
>>99362129
Thanks.
>>99364797
>jungle valley boss is literally more rippy than uber atziri
>hc shitters actually believe this
Jungle Valley as this>>99365326 anon said is easier to some people.
>tutorialcore shitters desperately trying to justify farming a lvl72 boss
>inb4 easy mods
>inb4 softcore
>>99367048
granted i have -14% res with this build and 4.4k hp i think it's still valid to show this boss is just specialized.didn't even have to touch a pot
>>99369154
nice backpedalling.
>>99367048
here you can even see how effortless it can be
https://youtu.be/8m9jsV5tXKc
>>99369154
>>99367048
>>99366205
>>99365881
>>99365447
>>99364797
>getting rekt this hard
>>99369670
>that video of getting someone's account VAC banned
>>99309719
Why the fuck would you risk dying for a rare 66 map?
>>99362789
Intellectus Prime is fine as long as you don't tank his books/tornados at max range.
>stop looking at the thread for a bit
>hc fag superiority complex running rampant again
guess they have to shitpost cause they're bored from standing in town scared to do maps cause they'll die
>>99373991
75% of their play time is loading the game back.
>>99374029
>>99373991
Fuck off anime posters.
>>>/a/
>>99374643
Dead game
>>99369167
>>99369518
>those xp bars
>>99375234
What are you implying?
>>99376193
poopcore players safely grind out their next level so they can die 50 times trying to down retarded shit like the jungle valley boss without losing experience
it's pretty hypocritical
>>99377279
i do report some but sometimes its just too much
Is it worth vaaling a Hyrri's quiver?
Or would it still be a piece of shit even with +1 arrows.
>>99377279
reported for off topicdont shitpost with kripp images please, it defiles his imagealso most of my posts are related to the game, i just throw images on them because text posts are boring
What skill is the one where asshole marauders fly around in a circle? not Vaal WW but the one that doesn't attract mobs.
I want that. Is it viable or shit like the rest of melee right now?
>>99377715
I'd buy it off you if you got +1 arrows
Explosive arrow templar here.
>>99377836
Dont throw anime related images on them then
Try to make and encourage OC, even if its shitty mspaint tier shit
Dont post as much useless information (as you often do). Dont spoonfeed, let faggots read the wiki like real men. Dont listen to me.
And my post was neither a shitpost nor was it off-topic; it was meta.
And I can post Kripp all I want. He has defiled himself enough with his girlfriend and his fucking Hearthsnore streams
>tfw you realize there's no reason to play shitcore
>>99378372
You can test builds for the next hc league.
>>99378435
i said play
>>99378185
it doesnt hurt anyone to discuss elements of the game with other people in the thread, useless information or not, and i like being helpful to new players, the >spoonfeeding meme is a bad onei used to drawfag and i would for this thread but i hurt my hand pretty bad in an accident and cant really anymore
>>99377715
its the best quiver for ea, so yeah id vaal it
>>99378672
I was considering running rearguard + rumi's + the flask cluster near witch as EA for 50% + block/spellblock
>>99378185
>He has defiled himself enough with his girlfriend and his fucking Hearthsnore streams
kripp started shilling on twitter yesterday. i had to unfollow him
literally sellout extreme
>>99378372
>>99378435
i pretty much use it as a testing bed for my league builds so I can find out if something will work or not.
Also there isn't any reason to play any video game at all, it is all a waste of time.
>>99379527
i test my builds in hardcore like a man
>>99376875
Nice damage control retard. Some people can kill jungle valley boss without dying and proof was shown here. Fucking hc shitters has nothing to do i see. Try leaving town once.
>>99379038
well thatd be a top tier choice
the thing is hyrri's can be made with recipe, so its relatively cheap get a vaal'd version, which make it very convenient
>>99379829
there's no proof there. they could have died five times for all we know
>>99378372
>tfw you realize the game is too flawed to be played in altf4core
yoloex t1 cold res
easy game
>>99380078
I forgot to post my portals (marauder ss guy). But could you explain me how the fuck that incinerate guy didn't post a proof? Does hc make you automatically autistic?
>helman died to eoin greyfur
Did they fix summoners yet so that srs, a cheesy and boring skill. is not the only viable build?
>>99380549
>Does hc make you automatically autistic?
yes
>>99380729
summoning in general is viable, even the bow summon is viable.
helmann is kill :(
twitch.tv helmannn/v/3991466
>>99380331
'no'
>>99381203
holy rekt
>>99381203
that's some funny shit
there is literally nothing wrong with being gay for helman
daily reminder that helman is the biggest autist in poe history
>>99381203
i like the part where he tries to cheat by leaving the game just like all of you "hardcore" pros
>>99382138
actually I always tell people to not log out. it's more likely to kill you than save you. you can see a twitch reflex there where he thinks, "oh shit, I'm gonna die" then drops to 100 health, tries to log and dies. if he just played through it without even thinking about logging he would have lived.
>>99382138
Ah, the daily salty shitcrow post about how logging out is not hardcore. Post your /deaths, how many are you at now? 100? 200?
>just want to rush through poopcore for the mtx
>every fucking zone has a corrupted zone
>>99383072
>not "every fucking act boss is ghosted"
Why is it that with 350% IIR I get worse drops and rolls on items that with 0% IIR ?
>>99383830
MF is a scam
>>99304802
biased image
none of you guys are on except me
>>99303418
name in thread
>>99384396
I'd want to join but Fagpod is an officer, so I'll stay in Kripps memerchat guild
how to trade effectively in poe 1month hc league
god hardcore 1 month is fucking dead population wise.
>>99381203
this was such a dumb death
holy shit
he almost one shot the exile too, if he just attacked him he'd be fine
just shit his pants and stood there
>>99382138
>>99386002
>>99381203
ok boys
someone give me an incinerate skill tree
>>99386569
lol
>>99386569
why arent you playing ek mom scion?
Okay, after literally months of testing, I've found out something interesting about PoE's RNG pseudo-system.
The first few maps and master missions you will do in day after a span of 24 hours will have much better RNG, loot, drops, etc.
My log in order would be Zana>Elreon>Vorici>Tora
Starting Zana first would very often give a much higher level map (76-77-unique maps) than doing her last or second. Elreon missions first or second would often have more rare and orb drops than doing him last or after having "wasted" RNG on maps or other master missions.
This may seem like bullshit, but it's what I observed after autisticly playing PoE with this idea in mind since August.
As for maps, the first map that you do should be your highest leveled map (level wise: don't run 78s as a level 80 character, because thats fucking retarded), chiseled, alched and vaal'd for whatever you want if youre going for IIQ. Otherwise, use your "RNG pool" for easy magic mobs, rare mobs, beyond roll and increased pack size on your highest level easy maps (gorge, plateau, precinct, shipyard, palace) for very easy leveling and EXP.
The purpose for this (if you omit doing master missions first and go straight for maps) is that the first map of they day that you run has been empirically observed by me to have a incredible chance to have good strongboxes (gemcutter, arcanist, artisan) and/or good masters (Zana, Elreon)
Cont. let me know if you want my actual autistic statistics
>poemods is dead
hold me im scared
>>99386951
well fuck
>>99386865
>let me know if you want my actual autistic statistics
of course, otherwise there's no reason to believe you
i don't like vendoring items to Leo
he makes me feel homosex
>>99386865
So, with this in mind, you can manipulate your map rolls, RNG, etc. to get your desired map mods.
However, it goes both ways.
When I would play a lot straight for a shitter (6-8 hours a day) around 4-5 days a week, I would mostly notice that the "blessed RNG pool" would only last the first few master missions and the 1-3 first maps
Chaining maps past 4, no matter what level, would cost and increasingly large amount of alterations, alchs and scours to get the actual desired mods, compared the first map which would more often than not get it with the first alt stack or the first or second alchemy orb.
On the topic of actual item drops, I did not notice a large difference with rares or magic tier items. On the first map, there would obviously be a much, much larger quantity of rares in general, which would more likely than not have a better item base (imbued wands, diamond rings, etc). So you can take that for granted. I never got any GG unique items, but the first 1-2 maps would always drop at least 1-2 uniques (shit tier ones like Mightflay or Tiki). Uniques and actual decent rares were scarce past the 4th chained map.
A personal anecdote of mine was that I quit PoE for the summer, as I was working. When I finally started back up in August 2014, I went to my highest level character and joined a pub Dominus MF farm, which yielded me a Mjolner, which I sold for some exalts.
>>99387198
Text limit requires me to include the numbers in my following post
cont.
>>99386569
something something rf
something memes
>>99387525
>>99386865
>text wall of anecdotical evidence
thanks for wasting my're time
>>99387805
>my're
this kek'd my lels
To summarize, I ran maps and took notes from October 2nd to March 31st. 181 days.
I played PoE on average 4-5 days a week. ~121.5 days PoE was launched and maps were run.
January = 31 Days = 4 weeks = ~18 days played
February = 28 Days = 4 weeks = ~18 days played
March = 31 Days = 5 weeks = ~22.5 days played
October = 31 Days = 5 weeks = ~22.5 days played
November = 30 Days = 4 weeks = ~18 days played
December = 31 Days = 5 weeks = ~22.5 days played
PLEASE note that I did not spend every waking minute playing PoE. I would run several maps, do masters, and shitpost in /poeg/.
On average, I would run between 5-9 maps. Never less than 5, and I could rarely overcome my inner casual to run the 9th. All maps run were over level 71. ~7 maps run per day, either sustained with the RNG pool, or purchased in bulk.
With ~7 maps a day for ~121.5 days, thats roughly 850 maps in 6 months. Really nothing impressive, but enough for disorganized statistics in notepad.
All maps were either alch'd or alt'd.
The _first_ map of the day that I rolled would roll INC pack size/magic mobs/rare mobs _within_ the first 15-29 alteration orbs, with a 71% chance of occuring out of ~121 "first day maps" noted down. There were occasionally duds in the RNG where it would be next to impossible to roll a map.
The second map of the day would generally roll the aforementioned mods within 26-44 alterations. Not as good, but still decent
cont. but I dont like reading notedpad stats
>>99382138
i just click I then proceed to portal out since my portals are always in bottom corner
>>99295696
I downloaded this today and holy shit it's good already put in 5 hours
its like I'm playing diablo 2 again
>>99389627
The second rolled map would still seemingly get a larger chance to roll the previously stated "positive" mods, which are generally more difficult to acquire.
Out of 121 samples (averaged again) the good mods would roll 52% of the time, as stated with between 26-44 alts. It should be mentioned that I would always reroll rolls that had failed a minimum of 50% base (would reroll a low more magic mobs roll which was re-obtained a tad higher with the maximum of 44 alts)
The third map of the day would always average out a much lower chance of getting the better mods, with 44%.
Again, this should be noted that this "better RNG" would always include masters/strongboxes in maps, always in the first map.
Another very very important point to mention that I've tested recently is that lapses in playing PoE will _sharply_ increasing chances of good rolls on maps, better drops. Once again, this may seems like asshit, but I'm currently testing it out. So far it seems like delays of 2-4 days between very heavy and intensive grinding will generally cause you to get much more favorable RNG in the first three maps, as well as the first master missions. I've only tested this out on the weekends where I would not play PoE and then spam alts on maps.
Most importantly, don't forget to open the door, get on the floor, everybody walk the dinosaur.
>>99390219
>>99389627
>>99387525
>>99386865
>>99384745
part 2
>>99390219
>I've tested recently is that lapses in playing PoE will _sharply_ increasing chances of good rolls on maps, better drops
tl;dr i've noticed this too. something else i've noticed is that if i use a currency or a bunch of a certain currency, it's more likely to drop. like for example i won't have a vaal orb drop in a thousand runs then randomly i'll decide to use one, within the next few runs, a vaal orb will drop. this is anecdotal of course and i'll never actually test it because ultimately i don't give a shit.
