The main source of frustation, especially for new players

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is ever going to change my perpesctive about 5L and 6L. They are things that should be easily accessible to even the bigest noob and worse player once he reaches the minimum level to have them. This is a point I will never concede. These things are important to make entire builds work.

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thedestroyerofkids wrote:

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SteveZ wrote:

2000 hours and still no wealth = ur playing unefficiently or you buy overpriced shit from every seller. 0.25 ex per hr from dominus x 2000 hrs = at least 500 ex from altercations alone.

Guys! Guys! SteveZ says you can farm dom on a boring ass MF character until your eyes bleed and just buy your gear from the elite. It makes perfect sense. Thank you, SteveZ, for imparting with us this invaluable knowledge upon us mere plebs. Game is totally fine now. Fuckin A, SteveZ, you really are quite the asset to this community.

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Tom1989 wrote:

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thedestroyerofkids wrote:

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SteveZ wrote:

2000 hours and still no wealth = ur playing unefficiently or you buy overpriced shit from every seller. 0.25 ex per hr from dominus x 2000 hrs = at least 500 ex from altercations alone.

Guys! Guys! SteveZ says you can farm dom on a boring ass MF character until your eyes bleed and just buy your gear from the elite. It makes perfect sense. Thank you, SteveZ, for imparting with us this invaluable knowledge upon us mere plebs. Game is totally fine now. Fuckin A, SteveZ, you really are quite the asset to this community.

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That point is valid tho.

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raics wrote:

About as valid as becoming a millionaire by saving money. So, if you set aside 50$ a day times 365,25 days it means you will become a millionaire in 54 years, 10 months and 4 days. But what are you going to live on for those 54 years, 10 months and 4 days?

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Tom1989 wrote:

You dont need to wipe your char' asses in poe

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SteveZ wrote:

if u cant clear merciless with a 4L then ur bad at the game. mathil tornado shot clears 75 maps with a 4L.

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raics wrote:

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Tom1989 wrote:

You dont need to wipe your char' asses in poe

Of course you do, every char you make eats currency and shits some back, good ones eat little, shit a lot and only an occasional smidgen will stick to their ass.

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derriesen wrote:

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is ever going to change my perpesctive about 5L and 6L. They are things that should be easily accessible to even the bigest noob and worse player once he reaches the minimum level to have them. This is a point I will never concede. These things are important to make entire builds work.

1. These things are accessible to the biggest noob if he/she invests the time to farm at least a few chaos for a tabula. Its your stubborness that hinders you from using said item. Its designed delibaretly to provide linked space for testing builds until you get something better.

2. A well rolled 6link is a real goal to strive for. If it woul dbe handed to you at level 35 what do you actually play for?

3. There are plenty of builds that dont require 5 and 6 liinked gear and only get stronger with it. Handing out 5 links and 6 links at every corner would trivialize a lot of things and would make the gearing progress blant and boring.

4. There are far less builds taht REQUIRE a 5/6 link to actually work mechanically as you claim. Your example of your super defensive build with the blood magic gem at lvl 35 is no example of a build that REQUIRES a 5 link, thats an arbitrary choice YOU made and that hinders your build progression. Instead of thinking of ways how to accomplish a comparable thing with a four link, a cheap five link or whatever you just claim that your build REQUIRES at least a five link to wokr mechanically which is not true.

Example of a build that doesnt work under five links:
Bear Trap + Added Fire + Chance to Ignite + Increased Burning damage + Ele Proliferation
In order to reiable proc burns and to reach a signifiatn burning damage you need five links here.
But thats a freaking niche build!

People often think melee needs five links to work because the want AoE. But there are plenty of skills with build in AoE even for melee, so by using Cleave, REave, Lightning Strike, Ground Slam, Leap Slam, Cyclone, Sweep or MOlten Strike you can just scrap the Melee Splash and be perfectly fine on a 4 link.

Bottom line: there are more ways than necessary to gain a five/six link to experience interesting builds. Making it even easier would serve no one. The way it is right now actually requires of you to inform yourself about the game and be clever about how you play. The game is not designed for people who play without thinking.

A bigger problem than 5/6 links in my eyes is socket colors, I would support a way to making coloring easier at least once per character or something.

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Tom1989 wrote:

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thedestroyerofkids wrote:

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SteveZ wrote:

2000 hours and still no wealth = ur playing unefficiently or you buy overpriced shit from every seller. 0.25 ex per hr from dominus x 2000 hrs = at least 500 ex from altercations alone.

Guys! Guys! SteveZ says you can farm dom on a boring ass MF character until your eyes bleed and just buy your gear from the elite. It makes perfect sense. Thank you, SteveZ, for imparting with us this invaluable knowledge upon us mere plebs. Game is totally fine now. Fuckin A, SteveZ, you really are quite the asset to this community.

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SteveZ's point is valid tho. even 200 hours should give like 50ex worth of alts.