New to POE. Bandits Act 2

So i was reading on the act 2 bandits quests. So im only level 20 in normal and killed Alira already. Now I have been reading that in normal i should help oak and kill other 2. Is this true for end game? I only ask cause i dont really wanna level another character right away.

So what i read is in normal help oak kill other 2. Last 2 difficulties kill all. Then i also read somewhere else with new patch/expansion you get more hp per lvl so its better to kill all and get skills instead of the hp bonus so at end game you can use extra skill elsewhere.

Any thoughts or help would be appreciated.
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NecropK wrote:
So i was reading on the act 2 bandits quests. So im only level 20 in normal and killed Alira already. Now I have been reading that in normal i should help oak and kill other 2. Is this true for end game? I only ask cause i dont really wanna level another character right away.

So what i read is in normal help oak kill other 2. Last 2 difficulties kill all. Then i also read somewhere else with new patch/expansion you get more hp per lvl so its better to kill all and get skills instead of the hp bonus so at end game you can use extra skill elsewhere.

Any thoughts or help would be appreciated.
It just depends on your build. If you are going to have a lot of %life then Oak might be good. Otherwise taking the skill point is usually better.
I don't think I've made a single character that didn't help Oak in normal.
I'd bet that 90+% of the characters in the game help Oak. There's nothing like a +40HP to increase your chances of making it. It's certainly better than any HP spot on the passive tree.

+resists is nothing to scoff though... especially if your build doesn't get near any +resist nodes on the passive tree. That takes up another 9% of the time.

The other 1% is a mix of people who make mistakes or just want +1 passive skill out of default.

There is an advantage to taking the passive. When respecs are offered, you don't get a bandit reset, but you do get that passive skill reset.

By the way, I'm using % in the modern usage. It use to mean "parts of a hypothetical 100", but it has come to mean "numbers that I've just made up on the spot".
Last edited by Shagsbeard#3964 on Jul 16, 2015, 7:21:24 PM
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Ateerix wrote:
I don't think I've made a single character that didn't help Oak in normal.


This.
Ya for my first build im going with a dual totem witch build. And im on the bandit quests now. So lemme get this straight. You have to either help/kill all 3 seperately correct? Because as i said above ive ardy killed akira. So i can still help oak and kill the other guy correct? And would that be best for a dual totem build not using mana?
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Shagsbeard wrote:

The other 1% is a mix of people who make mistakes or just want +1 passive skill out of default.


I think you're forgetting the relatively large percentage of people who are using a CI build.

But yeah, in any case, there isn't a single right or wrong answer as far as which one you should choose. You need to think about your build and what will be the most useful for that particular character. Oak, kill all, kill all is probably the most common choice but it shouldn't be completely automatic.
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Hodari wrote:
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Shagsbeard wrote:

The other 1% is a mix of people who make mistakes or just want +1 passive skill out of default.


I think you're forgetting the relatively large percentage of people who are using a CI build.


CI exists?
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Most important... do this quest solo. There are jerks out there who use it to grief noobs. They side with the bandits and kill you.
It depends on your build. However, for most builds this is the way.

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