How is ruthless ssf going for u guys/girls? ^^

Did some grinding without much of a plan:

Reservation gems do seem to drop - just no Determination...

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Maybe will try Golem Elementalist now. Expectation is that its not going to work properly...

Also had this drop long ago but the rolls are bad:

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Zrevnur wrote:

Did some grinding without much of a plan:

Reservation gems do seem to drop - just no Determination...

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Maybe will try Golem Elementalist now. Expectation is that its not going to work properly...

Also had this drop long ago but the rolls are bad:

I would strongly advise against it. I tried that with my guardian summoner and those mini carrion golems could barely kill rares in act 10, after doing T6 with other minions( and I had +3 to phys gems gear so the golems were level 19 on 4 link)

I'm still grinding yellows but MF looking good

Got my first Ascension after failing spectacularly the run before that.

Missing supports really hurt a lot more on melee than they did in the Alpha on a Cold Snap/ Freezing Pulse shadow.
However, using every remotely useful skill gem that dropped feels interesting. It's like what the pre-release name of the game (OWN - One with nothing) suggested: You're shipwrecked in a hostile environment and you need to make do with what is there.

This would, of course, work better, if the game was more balanced around that instead of trading your way to endgame. For now it works, but I dread the moment I get to maps.

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Mikrotherion wrote:

This would, of course, work better, if the game was more balanced around that instead of trading your way to endgame. For now it works, but I dread the moment I get to maps.

Early mapping on SC was surprisingly smooth on my CA/TR Raider (I posted her gears from my secondary account to this thread). Lava Lake is scary, and now as I've started HC on this account, I'll probably postpone it a little.

And here's the gear of my level 43 HC Hierophant:



Would appreciate some support gems...

Ran a map and this great wand dropped, so much cast speed


Almost capped my spell suppression (99%) with the help of this nice body armour

Level 61 now and not a single support gem in use. Only dropped four; after one 3:1 my Holy Flame Totem Hierophant has seen 4 attack supports and Cold to Fire. Surely I can get a support gem before maps, right?

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kuukkeli wrote:

Level 61 now and not a single support gem in use. Only dropped four; after one 3:1 my Holy Flame Totem Hierophant has seen 4 attack supports and Cold to Fire. Surely I can get a support gem before maps, right?

Wouldn't bet on it.

Act IV now and I've seen one (that I can't use).

I've ran the labyrinth more times now than I've run maps, I just can't sustain white maps haha. but this has been positive as I've had some really useful drops and one not quite as useful.



I'm currently running this as my main four link skill


I'm not sure how long i will play this character as I can't find enough maps to run, maybe it's time to roll something else.

Got a really lucky talisman in sc ssf ruthless yesterday. So far I'm running a maim support with a melee slam and it appears that is rather fortunate as well.

I have now played my Juggernaut until my RF hit 20, still in yellow maps, with the occasional trip into red maps, but I cannot sustain them, don't have vaal orbs to complete them, and haven't been lucky enough to get Kirac to offer a lot of completions.

Still feel a lot more squishy than I should be, some random deaths occured, bringing me down from 88.5 to 88.2. :(
But looking at other Juggs in the ladder, this seems to be a player issue.
83/81/81 resists, 25k armor and 5k life "should" be enough to not die in yellows. ;)

On the positive side: I finally found a determination aura, which brings my armor up by +10k already (and will do even more in the next couple gem levels).

And this shield dropped, looking quite strong with life, solid armor and +2 all max res:


Gear now:


My remaining shopping list:
- trap damage support for fire trap
- 1-2 out of: elemental focus, efficacy, increased aoe*
- arrogance support
- better rares without spending currency on them

*: with more blue supports, I could 6L my RF: