Remove xp loss on death, replace with xp bonuses for surviving

You need more life, simple as that, like .... much more.
You need to reach 4k life to start feeling somwhat comfortable I think.
For this you need life nodes on the three, and flat life values from your gear.

Mind over Matter is good if you have a way to get that mana back ( high leech, spirited response, hit and run gameplay with high regen eventually, but barely enough for this last one imo ), but be aware that it just does not work with Energy Shield.
You need a big enough Mana pool of course.


And you do not need to kill the bosses if some are too difficult ( skip Canyon boss for now, for example ).
Ideally you kill them at least once for the atlas bonus and unlock the map, but if some are really too hard, you can skip them.

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HousePet wrote:

I've got increased life ~2500, energy shield ~2000, armour ~40-50%, block, life leech, maxed elemental resists. -40% chaos resist (seriously, is it even possible to resist this? :D (go Chaos resist flask!)). Enfeeble on a Blasphemy. Molten Armour and Tempest Shield on a Cast when Damage Taken. Just grabbed Mind over Matter. But I'm still running around like a headless chicken when faced with a boss. :/

If you get more block you'll be much tankier. Also consider getting an anvil amulet, aegis aurora, and more life/es. Bringer of rain is also a really strong item until you get a good 6 link. Consider that with 75% block you have 100% more effective hp than 50% and 140% more than 40%.

I think you fell in a little trap in poe.. specialists fare better than generalists in end game/maps. it is usually much better to scale either life or energy shield not both. it also looks like you are attempting to layer too much varied stuff and it is not working out atm. for example, basic block doesnt help vs spells and 4k life is better than 2k life, 2k Shield.. layering is long term min maxing.. each defense needs to work as best it can. in any case, 4.5k life with no other layers and decent move speed boots should get you comfortably into yellow maps if ranged.

mapping with 2k life is hard and will get you killed often.
for now if you cant afford a respec, get a decoy totem, it should help a lot. you can also play with fortify if phys hits are the problem.

not sure what your attack skills are.. perhaps dps isnt high enough?=> fights take too long. also favor ranged over close, if you are melee you need to be a lot tankier.
in poe most bosses have specific mechanics and do specific damage, you can train yourself vs them, most high hits are telegraphed and can be dodged though at those life values the mid hits , which often cant be avoided, can kill you.
btw mind over matter is only good if you have enough leftover mana..otherwise its a waste/liability)

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What if you could remove yourself from the ladder in order to have a less punishing penalty?

This could even be exclusive to Standard if it causes any issue within temp leagues.

The point being that casual players get a casual experience, and hardcore players keep a healthy ladder. GGG profits too by having more players attempt content they wouldn't otherwise try.

Keep in mind that a more modern penalty doesn't mean no penalty at all, but a bad game session definitely shouldn't send your character back into last week.

Then once you hit level 100 and no one can see then what you cry until they add your character back on the ladder?


Just suck it up and make improvements to level.

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Xirgu wrote:

I think you fell in a little trap in poe.. specialists fare better than generalists in end game/maps. it is usually much better to scale either life or energy shield not both. it also looks like you are attempti

Actually, it's pretty true for Life / ES, but definitely not for the secondary layers.
Reaching correct levels of armour, evade and block if you can will make you much tankyer overall than pure armour or pure eva or pure block without any of the other two.
There are then niche uniques like Aegis ( but you need armour ), ot Queen of the Forest ( but ideally you get dodge and spell dodge with it ).

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Xirgu wrote:

I think you fell in a little trap in poe.. specialists fare better than generalists in end game/maps. it is usually much better to scale either life or energy shield not both.

Thhiiisss isn't necessarily true. I have life/ES pool of ~10k, with those equipped:


It is true that hybrid builds are in a little disadvantage now, but it isn't impossible. :V

But this thread has already got off-rails heavily. Feels bad to off-top it, but that had to be said!

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They really just need to straight up remove this retarded mechanic atleast until [Removed by Support] fix the constant frame lag when there are more than 10 mobs on a screen. They add all this content when you can't even fucking do it without my pc sounding like a jet engine every rippy boss fight. But we all know [Removed by Support] they will never look into fixing this problem.

Learn to play.