All the new stuff is up on poedb
There are rings and amulets with extra prefix/suffix mod slots, daggers that have poison on all damage, all kinds of crazy shit
So... the catch on flame wall is the distance you can cast it is really short. It might get better, but really doesn't feel like something you would ever use as a main clear skill.
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TTODewbackPuts the drawl in ya'llI think I'm in HellRegistered Userregular
this league worth coming back for?
i expect a full analysis now that it's been like an hour
I come back for at least a few days every league. This is one of my forever games.
That being said, I'm enjoying heist a lot! I think it's a better theme than harvest. It's more exciting. Trying to escape with all my loot has actually had some tense moments, at least at low levels.
Haha whoops, Bane curses don't gain doom. Gotta rejigger some stuff now lol.
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PiptheFairFrequently not in boats.Registered Userregular
heist is neat, enemies that appear behind locked doors after the alarm seem way overtuned
+1
BrodyThe WatchThe First ShoreRegistered Userregular
I must be doing ignite wrong, cause holy shit is it a slog to fight bosses. Still only lvl 30 but I almost couldn't kill Piety. I'm afraid to try Dominus.
"I will write your name in the ruin of them. I will paint you across history in the color of their blood."
I must be doing ignite wrong, cause holy shit is it a slog to fight bosses. Still only lvl 30 but I almost couldn't kill Piety. I'm afraid to try Dominus.
wat u doing it with?
EDIT: cheesy low level crafting tip: alt orb + normal/blue/rare ruby ring (level 8/14/20 or whatver) flat fire damage mod) + wand/sceptre/dagger gives u a fat flat fire damage to spells roll item
use that shit and u can faceroll a while
surrealitycheck on
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BrodyThe WatchThe First ShoreRegistered Userregular
Right I have iirc.
Fireball + Firewall + Combustion in a Lifesprig.
Fire trap + Trap damage + added fire
Flammability?
"I will write your name in the ruin of them. I will paint you across history in the color of their blood."
So I can confirm that Crackling Lance does not build up stacks of Intensity with Spell Echo.
Since cast speed is super important to this skill (non-Archmage version), does that mean I want to replace spell echo with faster casting instead? 4 Link is currently Crackling Lance/Intensify/Elemental Focus/Spell Echo.
Edit: After some initial testing, oh yeah it feels way better with faster casting. I think Faster Casting will have to be part of the final 6 link here, depending on how it feels end game.
Some hot tips for Crackling Lance for anyone else who is interested in the skill. Don't listen to what reddit is saying, it's pretty good as spells go! I give it a solid 7 or 8 out of 10.
Don't use archmage! This is not a one cast boom boom skill. It also costs a ton of mana by itself, so you're gonna be OOM all the time if you try to archmage it.
Spell echo seems to kind of suck. I replaced it with faster casting. Faster casting is so good, it might be part of the final 6 Link...
Sigil of power and Frost Shield are amazing! Especially if you're an inquisitor, you want frost shield because the drawback basically doesn't exist for you.
Get the +1 Intensify on the tree ASAP and use Intensify in your links. 80% more damage is really good.
My 5 link is Crackling Lance/Intensify/Faster Casting/Elemental Focus/Controlled Destruction
I don't think hierophant is very good with this, and I suspect assassin won't be either because it's too squishy. The only reason inquisitor doesn't feel squishy is I can drop Orb of Storms + Frost Shield + Sigil of Power on the same spot, and I'm pretty good to go to facetank some stuff for a bit. Assassin won't be able to do that because they won't have enough regen.
Steam: Spawnbroker
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fRAWRstThe Seas CallThe Mad AnswerRegistered Userregular
hit 1000 str!
also top ancestral warchief chieftain ty vm im here all week
I'm loving this league but man the bugs are rough. I've had 3 crashes this morning alone and I've had 2 separate heists where the laser hallway impediment spawned backwards so I can't turn it off.
Hexblast get. :biggrin: Now to get that doom rate QoL, especially because it looks like I’ll get blasphemy about the same time as an additional curse and impending doom. Flammability-aura + doom-something... I guess ele weakness would work but enfeeble might feel better.
Hexblast get. :biggrin: Now to get that doom rate QoL, especially because it looks like I’ll get blasphemy about the same time as an additional curse and impending doom. Flammability-aura + doom-something... I guess ele weakness would work but enfeeble might feel better.
If you're trying ignite proliferation hexblast (like I did!) it sounds like hexblast is currently not giving the 200%+ extra ignite damage from doom that it is supposed to. That's a Very Big Number, so I hit the abort button and switched builds.
On that note, Creeping Frost / Cold Snap / Vortex is bananas. You bind vortex to your left mouse / movement button and get three awesome cold DoTs, and I'm a big fan.
Also, it does feel safe to say this league needed some more time in the oven. Broken hexblast is sad, but it sounds like there's quite a bit of other wonky stuff out there. Notably, they disabled Alva because Tier 3 currency rooms were giving guaranteed mirror shards.
I leveled an ignite trickster to maps with the intent of switching to Archmage Hexblast but the ailment damage bug has sort of crippled that idea and I'm not having enough fun with the (perfectly viable) fireball/fire trap setup I've got going to keep at it.
My backup plan involved cremation but it has a somewhat hilariousbug where you can't see anything. Still might level the Necro for when they fix that because Necro is Bestro.
Crackling Lance intrigues me. I'll have to tool around with making it work for HC. It does sound like Frost Shield is extremely good and helps solve the main dilemma I try to work around for HC play (if you rely on standing still to do damage you're eventually going to die). My vague idea for that build was get just enough Lance damage to make it able to clear white packs in one cast and most rare mobs in 3-4, use it to generate a bunch of charges for clear speed and defense, then run Archmage Discharge on a second 6-link with Stormfire to drop fat ignites on bosses. This would probably be a MoM Hierophant.
Crackling Lance is going very well. I'm still dying stupid deaths, but got enough currency to go double Call of the Brotherhood + Hypothermia. Also realized that spell echo is good for only one reason: my mana regeneration is high enough and cast speed low enough that I can drop the mana flask for something like an Atziri flask.
6 Link is Crackling Lance/Intensify/Spell Echo/Increased Critical Strikes/Controlled Destruction/Hypothermia. Currently zooming through white tier maps.
New skill doesn't perform better than ED and everyone flips out and says it's a failure. For fuck's sake, a skill doesn't have to break the meta on launch to be good. This will probably be a decent mapping skill, it just won't kill bosses easily because self cast lightning skills generally don't do well at that.
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just gonna let the boys pick up the slack
This is what I do every league and it's still fun
Now just imagine sneaking around a vault with a couple dozen minions trying to stealth it
Meatshield support?
The Thomas Crown Affair - This Time with Skeletons!
The Monster Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson
Steam: Korvalain
edit: something decided to completely destroy my network connection today so I'll be back after getting that sorted out
There are rings and amulets with extra prefix/suffix mod slots, daggers that have poison on all damage, all kinds of crazy shit
i expect a full analysis now that it's been like an hour
That being said, I'm enjoying heist a lot! I think it's a better theme than harvest. It's more exciting. Trying to escape with all my loot has actually had some tense moments, at least at low levels.
It's a net gain in most scenarios and a minor loss at long ranges.
38thDoE on steam
The Monster Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson
Steam: Korvalain
wat u doing it with?
EDIT: cheesy low level crafting tip: alt orb + normal/blue/rare ruby ring (level 8/14/20 or whatver) flat fire damage mod) + wand/sceptre/dagger gives u a fat flat fire damage to spells roll item
use that shit and u can faceroll a while
Fireball + Firewall + Combustion in a Lifesprig.
Fire trap + Trap damage + added fire
Flammability?
The Monster Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson
Steam: Korvalain
He took his screenshot with flash on.
Since cast speed is super important to this skill (non-Archmage version), does that mean I want to replace spell echo with faster casting instead? 4 Link is currently Crackling Lance/Intensify/Elemental Focus/Spell Echo.
Edit: After some initial testing, oh yeah it feels way better with faster casting. I think Faster Casting will have to be part of the final 6 link here, depending on how it feels end game.
I'm still intending to go ignite hexblast, but the flame wall bonus is pretty cool so it's tempting me to make a flame wall ranger of some sort.
The Monster Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson
Steam: Korvalain
hmm yes quite
Great Value™️ Headhunter
this opens up so many fucking stupid builds i cannot express
ALT QUALITY CHAIN 80% NO PIERCE
CHAINING PHANTASMS ARE ON DA MENU BOIS
also top ancestral warchief chieftain ty vm im here all week
https://poe.ninja/challenge/builds/char/frawrst/Frost_AncestralWarthief?i=0&search=class=Chieftain&skill=Ancestral-Warchief
If you're trying ignite proliferation hexblast (like I did!) it sounds like hexblast is currently not giving the 200%+ extra ignite damage from doom that it is supposed to. That's a Very Big Number, so I hit the abort button and switched builds.
On that note, Creeping Frost / Cold Snap / Vortex is bananas. You bind vortex to your left mouse / movement button and get three awesome cold DoTs, and I'm a big fan.
Also, it does feel safe to say this league needed some more time in the oven. Broken hexblast is sad, but it sounds like there's quite a bit of other wonky stuff out there. Notably, they disabled Alva because Tier 3 currency rooms were giving guaranteed mirror shards.
Plus I found Vaal Fireball so I could switch to that if needed.
On the other hand, GGG maintains this running gag in the best ways
Inquisitor77: Rius, you are Sisyphus and melee Wizard is your boulder
Tube: This must be what it felt like to be an Iraqi when Saddam was killed
Bookish Stickers - Mrs. Rius' Etsy shop with bumper stickers and vinyl decals.
My backup plan involved cremation but it has a somewhat hilariousbug where you can't see anything. Still might level the Necro for when they fix that because Necro is Bestro.
Crackling Lance intrigues me. I'll have to tool around with making it work for HC. It does sound like Frost Shield is extremely good and helps solve the main dilemma I try to work around for HC play (if you rely on standing still to do damage you're eventually going to die). My vague idea for that build was get just enough Lance damage to make it able to clear white packs in one cast and most rare mobs in 3-4, use it to generate a bunch of charges for clear speed and defense, then run Archmage Discharge on a second 6-link with Stormfire to drop fat ignites on bosses. This would probably be a MoM Hierophant.
Pun 100% intended
Inquisitor77: Rius, you are Sisyphus and melee Wizard is your boulder
Tube: This must be what it felt like to be an Iraqi when Saddam was killed
Bookish Stickers - Mrs. Rius' Etsy shop with bumper stickers and vinyl decals.
🙂
6 Link is Crackling Lance/Intensify/Spell Echo/Increased Critical Strikes/Controlled Destruction/Hypothermia. Currently zooming through white tier maps.
New skill doesn't perform better than ED and everyone flips out and says it's a failure. For fuck's sake, a skill doesn't have to break the meta on launch to be good. This will probably be a decent mapping skill, it just won't kill bosses easily because self cast lightning skills generally don't do well at that.