Could use some advice on what to do in this game

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Aviana wrote:
You mention tons of yellow drops to vendor, which suggests that you might not be using a loot filter, which is kind of essential at map stage. Filterblade.xyz is the most commonly used one.
Other than that I would suggest setting some goals for your build (reaching red maps, defeating pinnacle bosses, finishing league challenges) and then looking for ways to accomplish these (Path of Building tool helps tremendously with this) -> item upgrades, skill tree adjustments, cluster jewels, defensive layers, etc!

I'm not super good at the game myself, but as an example yesterday I traded for this belt on my Armageddon Brand Recaller
and added a Defiance Banner which increased my defenses exponentially and that allowed me to push further in maps and defeat my first Elder guardian :)
I plan to finish a few more challenges before the league ends and for that I will need to do some more adjustments in my Atlas passive tree and my gem setup.


Congrats on the Elder guard kill!
pffffffffffffffff I feel overwhelmed by all of your solutions, guys. I don't even know what any of them mean if I'm being honest. I understood the vendor recipe, and that is very helpful, but like .... All the endgame is just maps, right? Do the maps have the bosses you guys keep talking about? That's all I can see to do. I tried heists, but I lagged for a second and died, and lost all the loot, so I don't care to go back to try another. I have absolutely no clue about specializing into seeds or whatever that was. I think you guys are greatly overestimating my current understanding of the game :( and I pick up and vendor all the yellows I see, and nothing better than yellow drops, so I don't see the need for a loot filter.... right???

Also, what crafting???????? I can use a crafting bench, but I can't make items with it. I can only add stats to some items. I'm so totally lost...
Last edited by Robidybobidy#5715 on Aug 3, 2023, 11:28:05 PM
No unlike Diablo, Lost Epoch, etc., maps is not the end of PoE. It is only the beginning of the end. When you get far enough into maps, the way to the next step of the end will reveal itself to you. Basically, you haven't even seen half of what PoE has.

Here's the thing, it sounds like you are playing something that requires too much gear to become strong, if it becomes strong at all. There's nothing wrong with that if that's what you enjoy. But if you want to see MUCH more of what PoE has to offer, what you are currently doing clearly isn't working. I would recommend you find a guide for a strong build that also doesn't need specific gear. Follow that and you will have a much easier time getting to the real end.
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TemjinGold wrote:


Congrats on the Elder guard kill!

Thanks!

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Robidybobidy wrote:

I have absolutely no clue about specializing into seeds or whatever that was. I think you guys are greatly overestimating my current understanding of the game :( and I pick up and vendor all the yellows I see, and nothing better than yellow drops, so I don't see the need for a loot filter.... right???

It might be that you would simply enjoy Diablo 4 or Last Epoch more. PoE is a game that requires quite a lot of research and some people don't find it fun or approachable! If you'd like to stick with PoE then I recommend watching some Youtubers/streamers (I like Zizaran and he has some videos explaining mechanics, though he might not be the most beginner-friendly?) or following a straightforward forum guide. There are a lot of ways to get better gear (Alva and Jun missions, red maps with influences, harvest crafts, too many to list), but picking everything up to sell it to the vendor is not a good use of time especially if you don't know what to do with the orbs you get.
Last edited by Aviana#5791 on Aug 4, 2023, 2:47:03 AM

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