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(Thread IKs: Captain Foo)
How do you feel about Archnemesis mods on rares?
Incredibly fun, I love them!
They're alright
Needs more work
Almost as much fun as shoving a red hot nail under my fingernail
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Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
Did I waste points on melee physical leech if I'm doing elemental conversion? Is the melee physical leech applied before conversion or after?

[edit] I'm using Molten Strike and the fireballs are 100% fire, aren't they? so would melee physical leech even work with the Molten Strike's fireballs?

Lets say I use a weapon that's 100 physical with +20 added cold damage and +20 lightning damage, are the fireballs doing 40% of the 100 physical damage only, or are the fireballs 40% of all combined 100 physical, 20 cold, and 20 lighting damage?

Ak Gara fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Jul 31, 2018

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Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
Thanks. It was only 3 points, and I had a bunch of respec points left so I put them into 5% life nodes instead.

Also, Molten Strike with 11 fireballs per cast + multistrike + ancestral call is crazy! I could get it to 14 with one of those +3 helmets!

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
Can someone help me understand PoB. How much damage am I doing? Molten Strike with 11 projectiles doing poison damage.

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
There's some cool items I plan on buying for my standard league char but they're like 5 ex each. On Incursion league, they're 1 to 2 chaos.... If I buy em now, they'll be added to my standard league char later, it's genius!

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.

The Locator posted:

I have a question for people that play Blade Vortex.

When I watch the video guides, which are obviously at high level, I never see them stopping to recast, but the number of stacks stays steady'ish and even goes up at times, but when I'm trying to use it, I have to stand still every time I add a stack, and then they almost immediately start dropping.

How are the stacks maintained and cast without stopping like these dudes in the videos? Currently I kind of hate it because of how it plays nothing like the videos I watched on it.

Maybe Cast On Critical Strike? I never liked those because the 2 gem slots that takes could be better used by 2 support gems.

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
gently caress that guy that says "leave one alive" while I'm like Bitch I nuke the SCREEN.

Another failed mission. :/

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.

yegods posted:

Yes, Vorici is the worst. His quests seem designed to gently caress with people making powerful multi-target builds -- which is freakin everyone.

Okay I'll just carfully target this one monst


gently caress


AAAAHHH!


AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
Is there a way if working out how many poison stacks an attack can do per second?

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
On PoB, using potions, against a boss:

22 magma balls per attack * 0.5 (only half hit target) * 9.4 attacks per second * 1.0 poison chance * 0.81 hit chance = 83 poison stacks after 1 second * 800 poison dps = 66,400 dps * 12.74 duration = 845,936 total damage after attacking for a single second and then running away for 13 seconds.

If I attack for 2 seconds:

160 stacks * 800 poison dps = 128,000 dps * 22 second duration = 2.8 million

Of course that means I'm then running around hiding for 22 seconds but decoy totems am I right?

(I probably hosed up the maths somewhere)

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
I love how fast Flicker Strike can clear a map, but I wonder if the little minecart buddy thing is going to be able to keep up?

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.

Truga posted:

what is this, and how do i build it, this looks amazing


vvv: thanks

Molten Strike - Greater Projectiles - Multistrike - Added Chaos Damage - Ancestral Call - Deadly Ailments

Plus two Wildfire gems for a total of 11 projectiles. (33 with ancestral call x 9 attacks per second so about 300 magma balls per second, each stacking poison) If I had some ex's I could buy Dying Sun and a helm with increased molten strike projectiles for a total of 16.

Fun fact, it's possible to use ancestral call on a single target!

Target --> x me o <-- aim here

The 2 not-yours will aim behind you.

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
Testing out a build before Delve starts, 2 handed axe wielding flicker strike / molten strike that's setup towards poison damage as a Slayer.

I don't think it's working. :(

With axes, there's plenty of "increased ailment damage" nodes but the you can only do 40% chance to poison, unless I spend 11 points going all the way up to the Duelist area for another 20%
Flicker Strike sounds like a good idea for 2 handed weapons though. If you use 2 daggers/claws it doesn't combine them but alternate between them right? Flicker Strike only works if you can achieve 1 hit - 1 kill.

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
Now if only they could fix the log in issues.

clicks login...
...30 seconds later... login failed
clicks login...
multiple logins detected
clicks login..logs in

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.

euphronius posted:

Cyclone is extremely fun to play.

Yeah but it gets a bit dizzy when you play in VR

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
God drat, corpse explosions keep killing me. I need to level up some more to put more points in fire resistance!

*goes mapping* *gets exploded by corpses multiple times*

50% level down to 25% :/

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.

Ixjuvin posted:

As a dweeb who dreads even the most basic of human interactions, I can reassure you that trading is absolutely painless 95% of the time. It took me a long time to start trading but it completely changes the way you play the game, and for the better.

I love buying things in this game, it's super easy.

Oh I need two The Wasp Nests?
http://poe.trade/search/abakidekasihog

Click whisper, paste in chat, accept invite to Hideout, accept trade, done! Well, x2 because I wanted two of em...

I want a second Curse via Blasphemy?
Enter "additional curse" into the mod field
http://poe.trade/search/onagiukuimetak
Boom, rings or amulets!

[edit] beaten

[double edit] As the league runs down, if there's something you want for Standard League, some things are cheaper in the current league than the standard league so buy now and save it for later!

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
The only problem with buying is buying something you don't currently have equip, then panicking when you can't find the item in your inventory.

EVERY loving TIME

Dr. Despair posted:

Sometimes I wonder how the people who can't handle trading in game manage to go to the store to buy food

Tesco Self Serve. When you can't people today.

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
Adjusting price based on demand is how economy works.

But it's meant to be after the item has sold, not before.

Wow I've sold a lot of item x, better up the price!
vs
Wow a lot of orders to fill....better cancel them all and reup the advert for more money!

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.

Craig K posted:

i'll be honest here i don't really know what makes a good rare besides shaper/elder base or like tri-res and life stuff so i've probably given the vendors in my hideout exalts worth of crap

What do the shaper and elder stuff do apart from have a cool background?

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
It's a good idea to local save your builds for when the passive tree changes and we get free respecs again, right?

Penitent posted:

Just started playing again after years and years.

Started a Witch and have gone a lighting focused Arc build.

Any advice on passive skill tree choices, items, or gem synergies?

It feels really effective right now but I'm worried about plateauing.

Now?

You're starting NOW?

Also the passive tree is changing so...

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
I've tried combining the best of my top 2 chars, Flicker Strike and Molten Strike - Poison. It has to go all over the tree and it ends up being poo poo at all 3.
One problem is the weapons Flicker Strike uses are "sort by: damage per strike" and Molten Strike uses "sort by: damage per second" which doesn't work for Flicker Strike as it NEEDS 1 hit - 1 kill for frenzy generation.

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.

MMF Freeway posted:

Trying to plot out a CA pathfinder that also invests in poison and I'm really not sure what bow would be best here. Maybe death's opus for the big crit multi?

I like that PoB lets you sort weapons/gloves/helm etc sorted by DPS based off your current tree and gem layout.

I dislike that it favors physical damage over poison damage though.

Ie, +200 Dps with 50 poison vs 100 dps with 300 poison

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
I should get a 4x size dumptab and put all the rares I find to sell full rare suits. I made most of my chaos' doing that.

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
Blade Vortex looking kinda iffy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWGquxvqI_Y

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
The new league starts at, what, 9:30 pm, and I have to be up at 4 am for work.

Whyyyy :(

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
Okay so... Let's try this minebuddy thing. How's this work... Go here? What's that do? HEY WAIT FOR ME!

YOU'RE MEANT TO BE ESCORTING ME!

Hah, probably gonna be easier when I'm not lvl 2

[edit] Don't forget to turn the new lighting on

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.

OhFunny posted:

Finished up Act 6 tonight and found out if you race ahead of the cart it’ll speed up to stay with you.

But if you slow down, it doesn't slow down.

I thought it was supposed to be escorting me?

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
Oh man I got the Thief's Torment that I was planning on buying as a lab drop!

Fun fact! Life gain on hit from claws + Thief's Torment + Ancestral Call + Multistrike + Molten Strike + 11 projectiles = I'm immortal in the dark. I can't kill the monsters but it's life gain on HIT, not life gain on KILL!

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
How come on PoB, Molten Strike - melee strike lists the correct attacks per second factoring in multistrike, but the Molten Strike - magmaballs ignores the increased aps from multistrike? It messes with the poison calc.

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.

Truga posted:

"equipping ancestral call surely won't help me much. after all, molten strike already explodes everything on a single hit, having a bigger cleave isn't going to help too much" *equips ancestral call in place of damage on full life to test it anyway*

:stonklol:

That's a very weird definition of "in range", I figured that'd mean in weapon range, but no. Molten strike lights up the whole screen now lmao. I've gone from fairly easily keeping up with the mine crawler to setting the pace lol

How many projectiles are you doing? 7, 11, or 16?

Also, a handy thing I read was to bind "attack without moving" to numlock+5 so it makes it toggleable, so you don't have to hold it.

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.

Control Volume posted:

So basically worthless on izaro then

I just recorded a shadowplay video of me absolutely destroying him on my lvl 58 cruel lab run.

I hosed the recording up though with the wrong audio settings.

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.

Control Volume posted:

Its more talking about uber lab where he will sometimes just one-shot you with special attacks that he only throws out at range.

Ah, I haven't ever gotten that far.

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
I think Blasphemy + Despair would give a better boost to poison than Herald Of Agony since I'm using Added Chaos Damage + The Wasp Nests (Attacks with this Weapon deal 80-120 added Chaos Damage against Enemies affected by at least 5 Poisons)

I'm already using Blasphemy + Temporal Chains so I would need to buy a +1 curse necklace or a Windscream boots.

Or, if I had 5 ex, buy one of those -100% Despair mana reserve necklaces and run all 3! (Blasphemy + Temporal Chains + Despair + Herald Of Agony)

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
Anyone ever brought a rare item they need only it turns out the level requirement is higher than you thought so you put it in your rares tab for later and...you already had one in there. :eng99:

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
Is it possible to put multiple same fossils onto an item?

Like, 3 'added fire damage' for a poo poo ton of fire damage?

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
Tap sale! Aaaah yeah!

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
Oh sweet, a lycosidae dropped!

That, plus I had a thief's torment drop the other day. The 2 very things I actually need for my build! Praise RNGSUS!

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
People say they should go for quality or life, but I've been going for quality of life.

Cast when damage taken - increased duration - phase run - phase run (max lvl for manual use)
Cast when damage taken - summon ice golem - blood rage - flame dash (1 lvl over cwdt)
Cast when damage taken - increased duration - immortal call - decoy totem (1 lvl over cwdt)

It's surprisingly pleasant (and undistracting) not having to worry about spamming half my skills is!

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.
Random disconnects are so frequent for me I started opening a portal before the entrance to a next area.

I'd love to have a "if disconnected with out closing, place the character back if they're at full life"

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Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.

Dr. Despair posted:

That's be sooooo abusable with logout macros or even just closing the client

It's why I mentioned at full life. Even 1 hp less and it'll not apply. Full shield too I guess?

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