New player, a bit overwhelmed!
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Hi All
I downloaded the game a couple of days ago, and put in a few hours...so far i am pretty impressed! I have played RPG/ARPG for a long time, i grew up with muds (yes im old) and text based dungeons, then after a long time off them played a little LOTRO / WOW / Diablo on an extremely casual basis. There seems to be a lot to get my teeth into, but a few things that i cant seem to work out. Overall the array of options are a little overwhelming! if anyone could help with a few quick queries it would be a huge help. The game seems to shower you with gear, most of which i am assuming is junk- my packs are full within 2 minutes of leaving town!. Is there anyway to only pick up items above a certain rarity/value by default? I have seen some of the build guides - which are quite complex themselves! are there any really basic guides, about equipment and gems to use, builds etc?. Also i know people wont want the game to be hand holding, but do we ever get free resets? If i get 50 points in and want to change it seems impossible right now? Overall i am definitely enjoying it! I have tried a few 'freemium' games lately - Eternium, Darkness rises etc and this is a cut above. I am just finding it quite overwhelming for a newbie, despite me being used to the genre. Thanks Last bumped on Feb 21, 2019, 9:32:48 PM
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Hey, Welcome to the game!
Path of Exile is indeed quite a complex game, but that's also part of the fun! To address your questions: Path of Exile has support for so called "Loot filters" which (as the name implies) will filter what loot the game shows and can even give different aesthetics to differently valued items. A good place to start is with Neversink's lootfilters. You can find them here: https://github.com/NeverSinkDev/NeverSink-Filter/releases He updates the filters quite regularly and you'll have to manually update them by redownloading the filters. Installation instructions can be found here: https://github.com/NeverSinkDev/NeverSink-Filter To address your build questions, this post on the forums (duelist build guides) has a category with great beginner friendly builds that go a lot more in-depth: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2267540 If you want to switch builds and need to re-do your skilltree, you can either do the optional quests that grant you passive respec points, or you can use the "regret orb" which drops from monsters and can be bought from other players through trading. As for more general information, if you like video content, Engineering eternity is an amazing youtuber that has very clear and detailed video series on all kinds of topics, you can find his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaFHfrY-6uGSAvmczp_7a6Q For more information, or if you prefer text information, you can visit the wiki https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Path_of_Exile_Wiki which is not always up-to-date as it's run by the community but contains a lot of very valuable information! Hope this helps :) Last edited by OArchAngelO on Feb 20, 2019, 3:37:50 AM
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Hi OArchAngelO that is exactly the help i was looking for!
The filter alone will save me a tonne of time in sorting through Gear Thanks, its a appreciated. | |
" No problem, if you ever need more help just PM me or post another thread :) |
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This is a fairly good beginners guide, probably a better place to start than the wiki https://sites.google.com/view/thetwilightstrand
"You want it to be one way, but it's the other way"
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If there was one piece of basic advice I'd give every new player it would be this: cap your resistances (75% each, except chaos resistance) as soon as possible. Elemental resistances are really important for survivability.
Note that you get a 30% malus on all resistances after act 5 and 10 each, so you'll need to upgrade accordingly. |
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Welcome!
I hope you manage to get through the hardparts of the game. It is the best aRPG that has been released ever in my opinion. You should follow a build guide with your first character, otherwise you might get lost in the big passive tree. This site features a big summirization of all the builds that are printed on this forum. Try to find a guide that features "Leaguestarter" Since these are relatively cheap and easy to get going. https://www.poebuilds.cc If you still play the game in a week i recommend buying a premium stash tab pack with 5 tabs and a currency tab. The currency tab lets you stack all the currency you find in the game, and there it is much easier to handle. The premium tabs can make your stashes public and this way you can display items that you want to sell. These items are displayed at https://www.pathofexile.com/trade GGG often have stash sales, that let you buy these with a discount. I can recommend the following builds Casters Witch/Elementalist - Blade Vortex https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2112439 Witch/elementalist - Storm brand (very powerful) https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2274809 Bowers Ranger/Deadeye - Fire elemental hit https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2166899 Melee Marauder/Chieftain - Consecrated path https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2201938 Duelist/Slayer - Cyclone https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1819239 Granadier / Trapper Shadow/Saboteur - Arc Trap + Lightning spire trap https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2151195 [3.9]Hasunic's Toxic Rain Trickster: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2712106
[3.7]Voidforge Flicker Strike Slayer: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2532214 [3.7]Oni-Goroshi Fire Vaal Reave Zerker: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2583978 | |
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To all new players, watch these vids:
Engineering Eternity Path of Exile: Beginners Guide Series - Part 1 - Introduction Path of Exile: Beginners Guide Series - Part 2 - The Passive Tree Path of Exile: Beginners Guide Series - Part 3 - Loot Filters and UI Path of Exile: Beginners Guide Series - Part 4 - Currency System Path of Exile: Beginners Guide Series - Part 5 - Sockets, Gems and Flasks Path of Exile: Beginners Guide Series - Part 6 - Damage Types and Calculations Path of Exile: Beginners Guide Series - Part 7 - Gear, Defenses and Offense Path of Exile: Beginners Guide Series - Part 8 - Story and Leveling (1/2) Path of Exile: Beginners Guide Series - Part 8 - Story and Leveling (2/2) Path of Exile: Beginners Guide Series - Part 9 - Trading, Vendor Recipes, Tips and Tricks "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 |
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" I advice you to use 'default' item filter. You can select it in Options -> UI -> ItemFilter. It is decent. When you feel you need more than default item filter - best option, probably, will be NeverSink's item filter. retired from forum because of censorship and discrimination Last edited by DivineChampion on Feb 20, 2019, 7:18:49 AM
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Thanks guys, such a wealth of information here- and the community seems really good (a huge plus for me)
Ive already learnt a fair bit whilst reading at work (i avoided energy shield items because i thought it needed a gem to 'power' it for instance. Ill definitely buy something premium if i decide to stick with it- for the sake of supporting the developers. Last question Im looking at the beginner builds, and most of them are not frozen pulse based. Given im only 3 or 4 hours in would you advise starting again? https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAABAMAAAVCEFgsnESrVa6CEI-mr5vfit-w?accountName=trev1972&characterName=elainorae Thanks again, i have a feeling my Mrs will not be happy ive discovered Poe though! |
