A GGGames Design tribute :Self-found/manmode/famine/100hp on gear challenge nemesis (act 1 merci )

Thx connor. Appreciated.

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Why don't you just play the game normally?

Since the last question is actually a valid one, i guess ill still respond?

I enjoy to challenge myself and see where the limits of the game are. It helps me gain insight in defensive mechanics of PoE, as well as let's me reevaluate the priority of life rolls on items opposed to defensive rolls when i will run new league's.

Hope that answers your question NotRegret.

Edit : i am also secretly hoping GGG follows this thread/my progress for balance purposes (as in don't nerf shit) but thats probably a tad overdoing it.

Current progression :

Just finished act 2 and entered the city of sarn on cruel.

Current hp value : 1346
Current level : 44 (2 lvls under the zone i am farming, nice for currency drops imo)

Current gear :


I found the chest in the shop in act2 and decided to craft it since its a 4-link (this allows me to swap weapons, while still alowing me to use my main skills) the game decided to troll me 3x by giving me life rolls on it.

Also decided i need a new helmet and since the shop had one with the colors i needed i decided to craft it aswell. (got life aswell o.O)

This is the current passive tree i got :


As you can see, i am just following the tree i was planning on for my Viper Strike build.

Hope you enjoyed my little update. I will probably stop playing for today, the difficulty is increasing rapidly at this point and its taking some focus to progress now. And well,i am not very focused atm :)

Until the next update,
Peace
-Boem-

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Just a quick point, you're not taking any Life on your armour etc, but you're taking a huge amount of life nodes on the tree and, like notregret, you're not taking any passive keystones either.

You both have exceedingly boring passive trees.

Valid point Cronk, basically i am just following the build i designed before i started this challenge. It's a viper strike based build, and obviously i require hp nodes if i want to play it after my challenge ends. Atm i am hopping from life node to life node in order to gain at least a little bit of extra hp.

I was considering taking Mind over mater, but since i am playing self found, and the duelist does not get a reduced mana gem, it would be a waste of point at this instance.
Once i have reached the map device in merciless act3 i will be able to utilize a reduced mana gem freeing up mana for the MoM keystone.

I am currently at 44 mana left after i reserve grace + clarity lvl 3. Rendering the passive useless and also disabling my ability to attack with every hit i receive.

I am also considering taking Iron Reflexes, but the evasion is proving to be useful up to this point. Until that reaches a breaking point i will not spec into it.

This is the build i designed and i am just following atm. Taking whatever serves my purpose to clear the content (this includes hp nodes :') )



Obviuesly it has to many points to be realistic, but it is the path i am following. Depending if i will use a 2h ore sword and board in endgame the build will change. that is an additional reason why i am bypassing single/two-hand nodes atm. And taking the more generic benefits atm.

I would like to tell you something differently but i can not, life% is required and considering my challenge it is highly necessary to take every one i pass and any str i can muster.

Sorry if this disappoints you :o)!

Edit : typo's.

Currently at docks but i am lvl 47, so i might grind it for a few levels, did not think i would end up so under leveled to the zone. Also had the pleasure of fighting 2 rogue exiles on my way to docks.

No real issue's so far, one close call at piety in crematorium but that's it, tomorrow it's time for piety and dominus and then off to merciless.

current hp value : 1374

Only significant upgrade today was

which i got from one of the exiles.

I must say the hp buff is really significant. I am fairly certain anybody can steamroll to mercilles with just 2 corals and a leather belt, if they spend points in life% nodes.


Edit : also found inner treasure mob today, Finaly!!

dropped quite a nice treasure imo :D!

When I intitially saw this thread title I thought it was just a troll and didn't bother looking into it.

I'm glad now that Boem has pointed me to his challenge and after reading through it I see he is taking the bull by the horns and actually following through with it.

To the challenge

So far so good,you've made progress since your last update havn't you ?

You've said this below.

I am fairly certain anybody can steamroll to mercilles with just 2 corals and a leather belt, if they spend points in life% nodes.



I do believe success will be based more on stat/resist/damage/leech/armor and mechanics knowledge management as a whole rather than just 2 corals and a leather belt. =P

And as usual lady luck will play her roll.

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So far so good,you've made progress since your last update havn't you ?

I am sorry to report i have not :), i have some personal things to do atm (my sisters baby boy is turning 1 tomorow :D!) so i will resume my challenge most likely on saturday/sunday depending on the feast!

I will definitely be updating this thread with either a massive


LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL piety and dom down!

or


REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP

Depending on the outcome :'p

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I am fairly certain anybody can steamroll to merciless with just 2 corals and a leather belt, if they spend points in life% nodes.

My point with this statement was more that the current additional HP per character level is really noticeable if you opt to take quite a lot of %life nodes early on in your build.

I am currently at around 1300/1400hp, and i recently checked out another character of mine in act2 cruel. He has less life%nodes and more offensive nodes but decks out at 1500+-hp.

So it is fairly manageable to get a decent hp pool even with the lack of hp rolls on gear and just utilizing the implicit rolls the game showers you with, obviously the build has to be tailored around this for it to be effective.

Like i mentioned before in this thread, i did not tailor build this character for this challenge, i wanted to make this char before i decided to go for this challenge. So i opted to combine my desires.

Appreciate your response, and yes i know my thread title is misleading, it was designed that way >:)!

Edit : i should also note that i am currently lvl 48 and 2 lvls below content, so i might have to grind for some xp before going for both piety/dom. I recently found out that farming fellshrine is more effective then docks due to my gear/dps and killspeed. Something i did not consider before attempting this challenge.

I changed the threads tittle, maybe people really perceived it the wrong way x-D! Now it just states what i am doing, without the pun to elitist's :p.

I made it to Act 3 Merciless with 1300 hp. Was playing ranged tho (as always) will go further if I find a stronger bow.

All the best for nephews birthday !

My last solo self found (melee) only managed 2582 hp by level 71 so don't sweat it yet. =P

Getting what you need when you need it (damage/resists/hp/flask mods etc) is the real juggling act.

Your on the right track I believe with rolling blues,especially early,it's not until merciless that you start to need more mods to handle more situations.

While my character made it to 71 he had used up his orbs and way out leveled content looking for that lucky drop/roll to the point orb drops were fubar.

His last active day on the challenge saw him roll a 5 link chest,but was too little too late to be of any real benefit.


That's what he ended up with at finish




His stash tab was empty bar a few chisels and 66 maps.

I look forward to seeing your self found solo run progress and wish the best from lady luck to you.