General Discussion - The Twilight Strand - A Comprehensive New Player Guide - Forum

Great job man. GGG sticky this shizzle. I will link it to people I would like to try the game and see how it is. "Never argue with an idiot. They will take you down to their level and beat you trough experience."	Posted by Bone2flesh#0416 on Jul 11, 2018, 7:06:41 AM Quote this Post
Major update pushed today - got rid of the bright whites as per overwhelming feedback, added a handful of new sections, and sdded a new set of FAQ macros you can use to answer questions in-game.	Posted by Chel_of_the_sea#3231 on Jul 17, 2018, 7:19:18 PM Quote this Post
Lol y did u do this - 0 * - < _ > - * 0 -- 0 * - < _ > - * 0 -- 0 * - < _ > - * 0 -- 0 * - < _ > - * 0- 0 * - < <739610877-3104-376.101077-1106.75103739110792103.108-5'92.9410776.> - 0 * - < _ > - * 0 -- 0 * - < _ > - * 0 -- 0 * - < _ > - * 0 -- 0 * - < _ > - * 0- 0 * - <	Posted by bwam#7637 on Jul 17, 2018, 7:58:03 PM Quote this Post
Congrats on the PoE new player website. But you may get looked down upon by GGG. Why? Because GGG is famous for not explaining much about their own game as they want all to learn by the trial and error method. If you put up a great "Beginners guide to playing PoE" then you are removing much of the error from new players. I don't subscribe to this way of thinking of GGG by not publishing a guide to how to play their own game so "more power to you" for taking up the torch and doing this. Keep up the great work to help new players. :) "You've got to grind, grind, grind at that grindstone..." Necessity may be the mother of invention, but poor QoP in PoE is the father of frustration. The perfect solution to fix Trade Chat: www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2247070 Last edited by Arrowneous#3097 on Jul 17, 2018, 11:33:52 PM	Posted by Arrowneous#3097 on Jul 17, 2018, 11:31:14 PM Quote this Post
" Can I un-level a gem? Yes. Sell the Gem to a vendor along with an Orb of Scouring to remove 1 level from it, or along with an Orb of Regret to remove all levels from it. (Any Quality on the Gem is preserved.) I'd add a warning about it almost always being cheaper to just buy a new lv1 gem from pirate girl if you have access to act6.	Posted by zecoratul#4772 on Jul 18, 2018, 6:27:44 AM Quote this Post
" Chel_of_the_sea wrote: POE is a complicated game, and trying to read a guide to all of its mechanics at once is really overwhelming. So I decided to write a guide that introduces mechanics slowly over the course of a semi-walkthrough of the main storyline, along with newbie-friendly builds that go into the individual mechanics of that build in more depth. The result is The Twilight Strand. In it, you'll find a basic introduction to POE's mechanics, a breakdown of some of POE's language and keywords, and a list of 18 Guided Builds that cover all 18 Ascendancy Classes available to new players using only skills available during Act 1's progression. I'm a teacher in the real world, and I've done my best to be thorough and careful with the ordering of the guide so that it'll introduce things at a manageable pace without dumping all of POE's thousand mechanics on a poor newbie all at once. This is a first published draft, and feedback is extremely welcome, particularly on the guided builds themselves. Very well done sir, good luck and get some good karma your way \o I hope this doesn't fly under the radar and get's stickied by GGG if you keep up the qaulity. Peace, -Boem- Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes	Posted by Boem#2861 on Jul 18, 2018, 6:46:41 AM On Probation Quote this Post
GGG should hire you. I also teach, and you really made this noob friendly without sounding condescending.	Posted by nicky2tymes#3342 on Jul 18, 2018, 7:03:40 PM Quote this Post
" 鬼殺し wrote: Have a bump, you magnificent bastard you. Spoiler - 0 * - < _ > - * 0 -- 0 * - < _ > - * 0 -- 0 * - < _ > - * 0 -- 0 * - < _ > - * 0- 0 * - < <739610877-3104-376.101077-1106.75103739110792103.108-5'92.9410776.> - 0 * - < _ > - * 0 -- 0 * - < _ > - * 0 -- 0 * - < _ > - * 0 -- 0 * - < _ > - * 0- 0 * - <	Posted by bwam#7637 on Jul 19, 2018, 2:41:29 PM Quote this Post
" zecoratul wrote: " Can I un-level a gem? Yes. Sell the Gem to a vendor along with an Orb of Scouring to remove 1 level from it, or along with an Orb of Regret to remove all levels from it. (Any Quality on the Gem is preserved.) I'd add a warning about it almost always being cheaper to just buy a new lv1 gem from pirate girl if you have access to act6. Not always. Early in the league finding leveled gems that have quality from say a Gemcutters Strongbox or Labrynth chests for example, may be for a build you want to try or a build for a different purpose and you may not meet the requirements for the leveled gem. You would want to un-level a gem in order to meet the requirements and keep the quality. Another example is finding a level 16 gem and you only meet the requirements for a level 15 gem, rather than re-leveling up a new gem, it might be more beneficial to just un-level a gem. Fantastic guide OP. Well written. Last edited by Pez27#0598 on Jul 19, 2018, 3:05:36 PM	Posted by Pez27#0598 on Jul 19, 2018, 3:03:31 PM Quote this Post
" Not always. Exactly why there's "almost" before it. " Early in the league finding leveled gems that have quality from say a Gemcutters Strongbox or Labrynth chests for example, may be for a build you want to try or a build for a different purpose and you may not meet the requirements for the leveled gem. You would want to un-level a gem in order to meet the requirements and keep the quality. Another example is finding a level 16 gem and you only meet the requirements for a level 15 gem, rather than re-leveling up a new gem, it might be more beneficial to just un-level a gem. Fantastic guide OP. Well written. Both those cases are for -1 level recipe, which is indeed useful. Also, I think I didn't say it in first post, so yeah, fantastic guide. Much more thorough than in-game help, and very easy to use nevertheless.	Posted by zecoratul#4772 on Jul 20, 2018, 7:29:37 AM Quote this Post