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Nooneatall wrote: ↑ December 19th, 2024, 15:53
WhiteShark wrote: ↑ December 19th, 2024, 15:50
Nooneatall wrote: ↑ December 19th, 2024, 15:46
I think this goes back to things like trading. I bet if I played with other people I would have a different experience I just don't really want to. What's your guild maybe I'll join.
I think it's RPGHQ. Post your character name in hidden tags or send it to one of us. I know @Boontaker and @Finarfin can invite people, and I think they made me an officer, too.
What if my personal info gets leaked and Antifa storms my studio apartment
That's what your bedside gun is for.
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Eyestabber wrote: ↑ December 19th, 2024, 15:56
Nooneatall wrote: ↑ December 19th, 2024, 15:53
WhiteShark wrote: ↑ December 19th, 2024, 15:50

I think it's RPGHQ. Post your character name in hidden tags or send it to one of us. I know @Boontaker and @Finarfin can invite people, and I think they made me an officer, too.
What if my personal info gets leaked and Antifa storms my studio apartment
That's what your bedside gun is for.
There's no room there because that's where I keep my pizza boxes and soda cans.
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Nooneatall wrote: ↑ December 19th, 2024, 15:53
WhiteShark wrote: ↑ December 19th, 2024, 15:50
Nooneatall wrote: ↑ December 19th, 2024, 15:46
I think this goes back to things like trading. I bet if I played with other people I would have a different experience I just don't really want to. What's your guild maybe I'll join.
I think it's RPGHQ. Post your character name in hidden tags or send it to one of us. I know @Boontaker and @Finarfin can invite people, and I think they made me an officer, too.
What if my personal info gets leaked and Antifa storms my studio apartment
******, just add me. Vastan
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Holy hell! Got this from the Miller at the beginning of Cruel.
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Nooneatall wrote: ↑ December 19th, 2024, 16:00
Eyestabber wrote: ↑ December 19th, 2024, 15:56
Nooneatall wrote: ↑ December 19th, 2024, 15:53


What if my personal info gets leaked and Antifa storms my studio apartment
That's what your bedside gun is for.
There's no room there because that's where I keep my pizza boxes and soda cans.
You don't need one anyway. Just roll over anyone that comes through the door, you've got plenty of lard to absorb any bullets that might get shot (they won't shoot, your body is a perfect sphere of killer fattiness).
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Kalarion did this a lot better you know.
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I did the Trial and chose the Witch Hunter ascendancy. Now I see that the characters are less interchangeable than I had thought. Going to have to look up what the other ascendancies are later. I also experimented with pulling a huge mob and trying to clear it with the bow's AoE poison skills. I don't think I'm spec'd correctly to do that currently, but I can see how it could work.
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Why does this game look 15 years old
I'm just stating the facts.
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Vergil wrote: ↑ December 20th, 2024, 18:05
Why does this game look 15 years old
Because it's for pedophiles.
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Like I said 1 button builds dominate atm. Whether this is going to change time will tell. So soulslike my ***.

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I am back to D4 until they fix this trash to not be bad.
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I'm currently doing a pure physical mercenary build that I haven't seen any Jewtubbers talk about. It brings a ton of stun, bleed, armour break and I'm now adding critical hits. Here is my fight with Doryani at the end of the campaign:



The old man just needs to SIT DOWN. @Finarfin like I said, Xbows pick up the slack later on.
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Are there any mechanics that enable some sort of control for 'crafting' that I'm missing? Or is the crafting loop basically "wait for base item to drop and rng augment lol"?
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My PC could barely run this before; now that one of my CPU cores doesn't work, it hitches constantly. Very annoying.
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BROS!!!

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Two level 20 gems AND a Perfect Jeweller's orb in the same ******* map! It was Decay, Lvl 16 + 2 (irradiated + corruption). Here are the stats:

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So yeah, I'm still playing it. My build is worth over a 100 divs now. Horay!
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ATTENTION *******! I'm downloading the Dawn of the Hunt update right now. Or at least I think this is it. Where my RPGHQ clanmates at? @Boontaker , @Finarfin , @Valter? Hello? COME ******! The wait is over!!! No more card games for me.
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Playing huntress, spears. Lightning spear is op clear skill, need to figure out a boss killing setup though
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So is this good now or still bad?
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Eyestabber wrote: ↑ April 4th, 2025, 18:42
ATTENTION *******! I'm downloading the Dawn of the Hunt update right now. Or at least I think this is it. Where my RPGHQ clanmates at? @Boontaker , @Finarfin , @Valter? Hello? COME ******! The wait is over!!! No more card games for me.
New content too or just a new class? :scratch: Regardless, I'll only be able to hop on in a couple weeks at the earliest :turtle: Enjoy yourselves!
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Is there/will there be some perk to getting this while it is still in Early Access?
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DagothGeas5 wrote: ↑ April 5th, 2025, 09:09
Is there/will there be some perk to getting this while it is still in Early Access?
The money you shell out to get early access turns into mtx funds you can spend
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Well,the founder pack contents will be exclusive so there's that too
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Will consider getting this then early then, even just to say "thank you" as I really enjoy Path of Exile (1) whenever I play it, thank you both for the information :heart:
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DagothGeas5 wrote: ↑ April 5th, 2025, 09:42
Will consider getting this then early then, even just to say "thank you" as I really enjoy Path of Exile (1) whenever I play it, thank you both for the information :heart:
Hold your sentiments and your wallet, there are plenty of poe1 fans that are deeply dissatisfied with poe2. Start small and upgrade your pack if you feel like they deserve it.
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Eyestabber wrote: ↑ April 5th, 2025, 20:36
DagothGeas5 wrote: ↑ April 5th, 2025, 09:42
Will consider getting this then early then, even just to say "thank you" as I really enjoy Path of Exile (1) whenever I play it, thank you both for the information :heart:
Hold your sentiments and your wallet, there are plenty of poe1 fans that are deeply dissatisfied with poe2. Start small and upgrade your pack if you feel like they deserve it.
I won't upgrade higher than the standard do not worry :heart: I liked the first game, but won't buy something costly. Yesterday was a day I had some time to go around and buy things so I asked due to that as I wanted to buy something for myself as well. So far I am liking this game, but the controls are something I need to get used to as I use point and click for exploration and WASD for combat, yet here you cannot switch unless you go back to the main menu or character selection screen. Shame the "butcher" (the dual wielding rogue class I forget the name of) is not in the game yet as that is my main :?

Edit: did not wish to make a second post, just wanted to say that I am also really liking how the UI interacts with the mouse as if the cursor was emitting light, it is a beautiful detail!
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It appears this games playerbase is divided in two camps. One camp is for fanatics from the first game who prefer the 1 button gameplay. Another camp is for those who want a slower paced gameplay with combos and ****. Can this australochinese company sit on two chairs? I suppose it actively tries doing just that.
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@Boontaker @Eyestabber You two are the addicts when it comes to POE2, what is your opinion about Dawn of the Hunt and all the **** they do?
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Finarfin wrote: ↑ April 7th, 2025, 14:46
@Boontaker @Eyestabber You two are the addicts when it comes to POE2, what is your opinion about Dawn of the Hunt and all the **** they do?
They denied my request for a refund. This is the worst patch in poe history and I uninstalled and review bombed the game.
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Finarfin wrote: ↑ April 7th, 2025, 14:46
@Boontaker @Eyestabber You two are the addicts when it comes to POE2, what is your opinion about Dawn of the Hunt and all the **** they do?
GGG is turning poe2 into a very hardcore version of an ARPG. Lengthy boss fights, large zones, immortal rares, does make the game take more time. It doesn't IMO make the game harder, you just have to spend more time and effort into clearing the game. However the rewards for the increased effort don't feel great, and the balance changes are not addressing the META issues. The skills that are fun to play are not always the skills that you can play, and eventually every player will have to make the choice between doing what they want vs saving 50% of their playtime by doing what works.

It can still be a fun game but it's a different feeling compared to classic Arpg rewards. If you like getting WOWed by how quickly you clear content then I think you are not the target audience for poe2. If you like a grindy time sinq then poe2 is still a good game.

However, I think GGGs DEI hiring is now damaging the company. They have hired many female and brown developers that just don't cut it, forcing them to pull OG devs off of poe1 to fix poe2. They are slowly killing the cow.

The comment "I wish other game didn't push back it's release date so I could play it instead" is very loud in the community right now. Ggg has 2 weeks to make some hard fixes or people are going to jump ship to Last Epoch