Out of waystones / Excavation mobs 1-shot me

First of all, i am at Atlas maps lvl 6 1/8. I dont have problems to defeat bosses and i dont die a lot.

- i upgraded my waystones to yellow and used it on good maps
- i upgrade my atlas skill tree so i get bonus to find waystones/higher waystones
- i search the complete map and only leave if theres 0 mobs left

But i run out of lvl 6 waystones. Yes. I know i can combine 3 waystones to get a tier up. But to do this i need enough lesser stones. RNG dont give me stones.

Now i try to use my lesser waystones for max chances to get new waystones.

This includes tagging everything at excavations too. Shortly after i ignite the explosives the monsters are so strong if i get hit just on time im instantly dead.

Is there a trick how to get the nice shiny things from the excavation w/o getting 1-shot instantly?

As i said before i rarely die and waste waystones.

Being stuck now with lesser waystones i also dont get XP anymore. That totally destroys the fun and great moving forward experience i hat all the time.

Maybe you have some tips for me. BTW im SSF player. I dont group, i dont trade. I suffer alone.

Expedition potentially is one of the most rippy mechanics that carried over from PoE1. Be *very* careful what buffs you give them as the expedition monsters can get out of hand extremely fast. Avoid giving them damagebuffs at all costs and pay attention as to what immunities you give them. One unattentive phys immunity and you do 0 damage as a phys damage dealer. Especially black scythe arbalists are dangerous. It'll take some time for you to evaluate what you can savely explode without making mobs too strong. In T12 now and I prefer to explode less buffs and explode other stuff with priority as it just gets more and more dangerous.

Another tip I can give you is; When you detonate don't stand in the middle of the explosions. Go away for a bit and then carefully feel your way through the mobs instead of having them all on your ass at once.

If you want Waystones, doing maps with bosses in them is the safest method as far as I know and experienced.

Thanks. I will be more careful and watch what the excavation buffs say. I really underestimated this and will also focus on boss maps.

Can't speak for the waystones as much, but for Expedition you need to pay attention to what buffs you're giving the mobs, and what you get out of it. Not every single node is worth tagging, a lot of the rewards aren't much good. You want to target the most desirable rewards without giving the enemies buffs you can't handle easily.

That's going to take some trial and error on your part, but you can split the packs up if you're patient by baiting them in from range. Just back up once you trigger the detonation.

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Bitslappa#8832 wrote:

Thanks. I will be more careful and watch what the excavation buffs say. I really underestimated this and will also focus on boss maps.

I feel that :D I love expedition, still.

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LibraExAnima#1943 wrote:

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Bitslappa#8832 wrote:

Thanks. I will be more careful and watch what the excavation buffs say. I really underestimated this and will also focus on boss maps.

I feel that :D I love expedition, still. Oh and Doryani sells waystones up to T5.

Yeah clicked quote accidentally xD