End of weekend "review"

i did not go too hard on it and just played casually.

i'm having much more fun now than i had for the past decade. this mirrors my experience during settlers. primarily due to the fact melee damage got buffed.

i m not following any builds but i m more or less going heavy strike with flicker for clear.

i m currently overleveled almost 10 levels lmao and still just act 7 iirc. still die like shit but i prefer sockets over stats and usually clear act 10 with some shitty white gear. all fixable.

personally i LIKE being overleveled. it means i m exploring the maps and killing tons of shit. and i m not feeling like the games being overly stingy on giving me power.

overall the game FEELs so much better with a lot of qol changes such as showing where the map objectives are on minimap. as a streamer said previously they only pop up if you "hug the wall close to your nose" on something exaggerated like that. which is so damn helpful. i dont feel like im wasting my time looking for objectives on the map. i know where it is and sometimes i choose to avoid them.

as for league mechanics.

in 10 years, one thing has remained constant. league mechanics in starting areas are fucking overtuned. we dont have our builds up and running but are expected to clear "proper" league content.

personally around level 8-12, i started to gain enough power to constantly clear the league content.

breach 2.0 IS fun.

there still is an age old issue tho where defending a single point from enemies that come from many different directions can be difficult if you dont use range/huge aoe.

i still havent got to mapping but for the most part, flicker is serving me well enough BUT it can get hectic if certain rares spawn in with difficult mods.

this is also something i HATE in poe. where you can be doing well for many maps then a bad combination of mods on a rare can just wreck you.

one of my worst experiences so far is stabilizing a breach, then i go bonkers killing everything only to realize one of the rares had soul eater.

this is actually an old "feature". ggg loves "memorable" encounters.

and i ll have to hand it to them. i do find them memorable but its all negative emotions.

besides that. i m still having a blast. the breach tree is VERY interesting and helped me gear up a huge bunch. my progress has been very steady despite not hitting maps on day 2.

but still my progress is quite good and pretty fast considering i put less hours into the game then i normally used to. i think if i went hard, i probably could have got to maps on day 1 which would be a new personal record.

also i m taking my time enjoying the breaches during the campaign. in most leagues, my standard practice is to "skip league contents till mapping". but im actively engaging in the mechanic non stop. which i feel is a testament to how fun the content is.

having the implants help a huge lot too and makes me hyped up, wanting to see how far i can get to this time with the help of implants.

they will be SEVERLY MISSED when they're removed from the game. its a big step up from lab enchantments we used to have.

another thing i want to touch on is the league's "panic buttons" where we usually have 3 actions which can help us out when we're in a pinch.

i think ggg has to reconsider how to make such buttons work. ever since blight, i've HATED having to stand very close to a button in order to press it.

one big reason is i m a mostly trumelee enjoyer. having to run to a button means i m not doing damage to enemies while i m getting to the button. this is not an issue if playing an aoe/projectile build where you can continue spamming while being right beside the button.

poe2 was supposed to fix melee, thats never happening now. as entitled as it is, i feel ggg owes poe1 trumelee enjoyers a better experience. the damage buff was a huge first step which makes me actually enjoy the leveling experience.

more can be done.

that said i m still enjoying this league immensely. will look forward to seeing how thing turn out while mapping.

sidenote: some quick questions

1. iirc we are able to get 2 grafts later. can we use 2 grafts that use the same ability such as the arm slams? those are super good.

2. i read that we can corrupt the item to get "more powerful implicits". is there any lists for it?

3. currently im seeing foulborn unique mods posted on reddit and found more on trade. is there an actual list somewhere?

cant wait to go home and poe later!

I'm also enjoying it. I thought the league mechanic had a much better flow that many past league mechanics. Overall very positive. Very clean league launch without bug or performance issues from my experience.

A few minor negatives:

Merchant tab functionality was not clear to me. Once I interacted with it, it is working well, but I had to stop playing when at act 6 to figure out where to access it and tabs. I think the pre-league information on this could of been clearer.

Seems like a few things might be build dependent. My build being a projectile build with limited spread is relatively okay at most the league stuff, but hasn't been tailored to the content exactly. There may be other that are even worse off. Clearing mechanics seem to be pretty mandatory. Some things don't interact that well with the league content, like soul eater getting constantly fueled and teleporting back to middle of the breech when pulled away.

There a bit too much sound effects going on now in the hideout.

Trade site is a good framework but seems to be a work in progress.

Regarding your questions.

1. I don't think you can use 2 of the same, it will not let you equip.

2. Which item? There's links mid way down this page for all regular corrupt implicit. If you are meaning some items from this league, like grafts, i'm not sure, but maybe look to see what the new league currencies do.
https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Vaal_Orb

3. https://poedb.tw/us/Foulborn , a list of the uniques.
https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Foulborn_unique_item , a list of the mods. There are limits to what items they can roll on I think.

Came for a tldr but I couldn't find one.

Basically,

tldr:

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cant wait to go home and poe later!

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Belegur85#5784 wrote:

1. I don't think you can use 2 of the same, it will not let you equip.

2. Which item? There's links mid way down this page for all regular corrupt implicit. If you are meaning some items from this league, like grafts, i'm not sure, but maybe look to see what the new league currencies do.
https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Vaal_Orb

3. https://poedb.tw/us/Foulborn , a list of the uniques.
https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Foulborn_unique_item , a list of the mods. There are limits to what items they can roll on I think.

thanks!

1. thanks!
2. yeah i want to know about the graft specific ones, but not too high on my priority list
3. the first link is exactly what i wanted. TQVM

and yeah your TLDR is the best summary :D

cheers

Assume you mean these

https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Unstable_Implant

Can't find anything on the outcomes. It might be possible to see some by looking at grafts on the trade site if you want to get some idea. If I find out anything I'll let you know.