GGG forces us to play chicken mode

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mynameisonlyforthegods wrote:

I have tried Phantasmagoria only once, and only because it was a new map I never ran before. White map, half MF (didn't affect survivability, just didn't 1shot rares and some blue packs), 5k hp. Instantly 1shotted by boss without even seeing him.

This was before the nerf to act4 mobs, but I have no incentive whatsoever to run the map again.

Now some ggg's defensive lawyer will come and will tell you LEARN TO PLAY
ME, instead, not. I can only tell WHAT A SHIT OF GAME

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Wispo wrote:

Let's say an average of 6 hours a day, for almost 2 years (and a stop of less than 2 months)
I NEVER find a decent unique, always useless levelling crap or mild useful ones (eg pyre). I don't want an Harvest (my wildest dreams unique) every 2 months, but at least ONE in almost two years, YES!! :( Yes i know that it doesn't drop and must be buyed, but it was to make the example :/

And the yellows? NEVER find a pure physical 2 handed weapon (axe, sword, mace or staff i don't mind, but 2 handed) with good damage. Loot. Scroll of wisdom, and ALWAYS those shitty physical + some element weapons. NEVER a pure physical one with good damage, ALWAYS max 200-250 pdps + elements. "Buy one", you will tell me. Ok, too bad the good weapons costs a madness. Orb of alchemy? It creates just more 80-110 phys + 3-140 lightning shit

Never have found any of the following unqiues?

Crown of Eyes
Alpha Howl
Aurseize
Drillneck
Apeps
Binos
Carcass Jack
Whispering Ice
Searing touch
Shire of Shards
(you get the point)


What content do you play the most, like what level maps (tier maps) are you doing? What level is your character, how fast are you clearing?



Lets also consider this for a second, do you get currency drops? Specifically do you find yourself short on ID scrolls? If so there is a very small chance your account is flagged, I had a friend that experienced "shit" drops, he emailed support to look into it and indeed his account had been flagged and he now enjoys ID scrolls and unqiue drops. (since found a pledge, taste of hate, belly and I think some others)


I can't imagine playing the game and finding absolutely nothing, either something is wrong with your account or you aren't "actually" playing.

RNG is RNG... you can have a "normal droprate"... be lucky every day... or eat shit for 2 years.

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mynameisonlyforthegods wrote:

I have tried Phantasmagoria only once, and only because it was a new map I never ran before. White map, half MF (didn't affect survivability, just didn't 1shot rares and some blue packs), 5k hp. Instantly 1shotted by boss without even seeing him.

This was before the nerf to act4 mobs, but I have no incentive whatsoever to run the map again.

I don't recommend doing this boss on hc, even after act4 nerfs! ...unless your char can trivialise almost everything in this game while sleeping.
The whole map is garbage, has low density of mobs and a boss that can oneshot you offscreen (he/she or one of his/her charging minions) :>
Worst lvl 71 map (dunno the tier, who cares!? xD) in my opinion.

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goetzjam wrote:

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Wispo wrote:

Let's say an average of 6 hours a day, for almost 2 years (and a stop of less than 2 months)
I NEVER find a decent unique, always useless levelling crap or mild useful ones (eg pyre). I don't want an Harvest (my wildest dreams unique) every 2 months, but at least ONE in almost two years, YES!! :( Yes i know that it doesn't drop and must be buyed, but it was to make the example :/

And the yellows? NEVER find a pure physical 2 handed weapon (axe, sword, mace or staff i don't mind, but 2 handed) with good damage. Loot. Scroll of wisdom, and ALWAYS those shitty physical + some element weapons. NEVER a pure physical one with good damage, ALWAYS max 200-250 pdps + elements. "Buy one", you will tell me. Ok, too bad the good weapons costs a madness. Orb of alchemy? It creates just more 80-110 phys + 3-140 lightning shit

Never have found any of the following unqiues?

Crown of Eyes
Alpha Howl
Aurseize
Drillneck
Apeps
Binos
Carcass Jack
Whispering Ice
Searing touch
Shire of Shards
(you get the point)


What content do you play the most, like what level maps (tier maps) are you doing? What level is your character, how fast are you clearing?



Lets also consider this for a second, do you get currency drops? Specifically do you find yourself short on ID scrolls? If so there is a very small chance your account is flagged, I had a friend that experienced "shit" drops, he emailed support to look into it and indeed his account had been flagged and he now enjoys ID scrolls and unqiue drops. (since found a pledge, taste of hate, belly and I think some others)


I can't imagine playing the game and finding absolutely nothing, either something is wrong with your account or you aren't "actually" playing.

I am submerged by scrolls, and by maps, at the point i sell 3 maps for gaining a superior one and free up some space. I do the maps that drops.... quarry, dunes, grotto, villa, residence, and the likes of them. Sadly no very high map drops. My clear speed is good: when a map is easy, or when i already know it and its boss, i put up tabula rasa (buyed) and clear fast with incinerate. When a map is new (like yesterday) i put up es chest and fall back on Arc. The thing is that anything good drops. Many times i have goosebumps. OH MY AN UNIQUE!!! OH, ANOTHER PYRE / ATZIRI FOIBLE / VEIL OF THE NIGHT / FENCOIL etc :/
I don't want to resemble a crying kid, but just WHY some people must have ALL, and me and tons of other guys cannot EVER see a lethal weapon drop, a mjolner, an harvest, a shavronne ring? What are we, sons of a lesser god? Even we poor people would like to have FUN, instead of a continuative going forward and back to a dump to sell shit to vendors!!! :/

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kcstar wrote:

RNG is RNG... you can have a "normal droprate"... be lucky every day... or eat shit for 2 years.

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mynameisonlyforthegods wrote:

I have tried Phantasmagoria only once, and only because it was a new map I never ran before. White map, half MF (didn't affect survivability, just didn't 1shot rares and some blue packs), 5k hp. Instantly 1shotted by boss without even seeing him.

This was before the nerf to act4 mobs, but I have no incentive whatsoever to run the map again.

I don't recommend doing this boss on hc, even after act4 nerfs! ...unless your char can trivialise almost everything in this game while sleeping.
The whole map is garbage, has low density of mobs and a boss that can oneshot you offscreen (he/she or one of his/her charging minions) :>
Worst lvl 71 map (dunno the tier, who cares!? xD) in my opinion.

I agree, low density. Disgusting, too
Mobs are not the problem if one has high regen, but the boss is pure madness

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Wispo wrote:

Hi all mates

Yesterday i was farming with my lvl 84 ES witch. She clears very slow, but is tanky (0% physical reduction apart from granites, but 75% resistances, over 11K es and over 1.200 es regen per second via Zealoth's oath, plus ranged), so i can have a relaxed gameplay.

Well this first problem is you think you are tanky with 0% Phhys reduction... And seeing as how Physical Damage is some of the most punishing in the game thats a huge problem. I cant imagine any build is tanky at all with 0% phys mitigation.

End charges even on a Caster is important. Thats just the way it is. Armour is also very important.
In POE ive found the best way to mitigate damage is to stack multiple forms of mitigation and as many as i can possibly get. Even if it means i have to lose some DPS because the rule of thumb is pretty simple.. Dead Characters deal 0 DPS!

And for the record the Phantasmagria boss is vicious. Ive got completely destroyed by that boss with 7 End charges+Armour+high EHP.. Its ranged attack is just crazy strong. But once you get in close the boss isnt so bad.

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Wispo wrote:

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Col_Jessep wrote:

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Wispo wrote:

It is for this reason that i havethinked of building an un-fun (for me) army of instable skeletons :/

I would recommend to run a 2 or 3 link with your SRS:

Summon Skeletons + Spelltotem (+ Faster Casting)

Skeletons are useful as a distraction or to stop a couple of projectiles. The spelltotem casts them for you so you don't have to take care of it and can summon your spirits.

A good alternative are Vaal Skellies. Load the gem up and use them in the boss room. Plays havoc with boss and adds targeting and can keep you out of the line of fire. It's important to note that skellies will derp around at the location where they were summoned so you should be close to the boss before you summon them.

So, skellies are "stationary" eh? :/ Bad news :/
Oh my i don't manage to think to a safe AND destructive build :/

If you want more of a bodyguard minion you need to look into zombies. You can somewhat guide zombies by casting skills (like Ball Lightning + GMP + Curse on Hit + curse of your choice). The zombies need some buffs to stay viable though. Some points in minion regen, additional life, a +minion life and minion elemental resists are very useful.

However, the core problem remains: Some bosses/mobs will still attack you and if your bodyguards get wiped out you better run very quickly. =)

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Demonoz wrote:

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Wispo wrote:

Hi all mates

Yesterday i was farming with my lvl 84 ES witch. She clears very slow, but is tanky (0% physical reduction apart from granites, but 75% resistances, over 11K es and over 1.200 es regen per second via Zealoth's oath, plus ranged), so i can have a relaxed gameplay.

Well this first problem is you think you are tanky with 0% Phhys reduction... And seeing as how Physical Damage is some of the most punishing in the game thats a huge problem. I cant imagine any build is tanky at all with 0% phys mitigation.

End charges even on a Caster is important. Thats just the way it is. Armour is also very important.
In POE ive found the best way to mitigate damage is to stack multiple forms of mitigation and as many as i can possibly get. Even if it means i have to lose some DPS because the rule of thumb is pretty simple.. Dead Characters deal 0 DPS!

And for the record the Phantasmagria boss is vicious. Ive got completely destroyed by that boss with 7 End charges+Armour+high EHP.. Its ranged attack is just crazy strong. But once you get in close the boss isnt so bad.

Well... in 1.3 i was convinced that the worst thing was physical damage but, after buildng this high regen exile, now i don't fear it so much (having 2 grantites, cwdt enfeeble/molten shell). I now fear much more the real problem: elemental? No, PROJECTILES. They wrecks me, and in fact i hate all the machine gun mobs (plummed chimerals, i m talking of you)

I don't want to play chicken mode, hiding myself to survive behind a shield made of minions. I want to be in the front line and melting content (boss included) in a second, and WITHOUT the worry of one shots (apart atziri, there shoult NOT be any one shot in the game for a 11k+ life pool toon!!!!!)

Instead, here we have mobs with the life pool of godzilla and with those damn high elemental resistances. Long to kill. And long to kill isn't a good thing, when some of them one shots you, and from offscreen too

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Col_Jessep wrote:

If you want more of a bodyguard minion you need to look into zombies. You can somewhat guide zombies by casting skills (like Ball Lightning + GMP + Curse on Hit + curse of your choice). The zombies need some buffs to stay viable though. Some points in minion regen, additional life, a +minion life and minion elemental resists are very useful.

However, the core problem remains: Some bosses/mobs will still attack you and if your bodyguards get wiped out you better run very quickly. =)

The fact is that i dislike minions with all my heart, even back in titan quest i have never played minion builds :/

What a shit, they are only capable of nerfing things.... the node elemental adaptation is gone, block has been butchered, so ondar guile.... oh but we have fortify!!!! Sure yes, go to kill in melee , even with fortify, an Ossecati that does 10k es of damage -.-

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Wispo wrote:

What a shit, they are only capable of nerfing things.... the node elemental adaptation is gone, block has been butchered, so ondar guile.... oh but we have fortify!!!! Sure yes, go to kill in melee , even with fortify, an Ossecati that does 10k es of damage -.-

I'll let you in on a secret. Nobody keeps you from using fortify as a SRS summoner. I know, it's crazy but my plan for my SRS summoner is to use this:



Gems will probably be: Whirling Blades + Faster Attacks + Fortify. That's in case of nasty surprises like flicker strike mobs or leap slam or really anything that runs past my zombies. I haven't tested it yet but the fortify buff should last a while with all the increased skill duration nodes I have in my tree.