Path of Exile - Page 117

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On May 17 2012 11:47 pallad wrote:
Max evasion , shield for start ( im duelist at 36 lv at HC ,and im still using shield , because i kill moobs very fast anyway , using shockwave totem + fire gem as suport )
Yes you need bow for change , but only if you dony wanna use 1h+ shield , if you use 1h + shield IMO you donthave to change for bow at bosses ( i dont have to )
Try to find or buy flasks that give you evasion, armor or run speed when you are under effect of flask..
dunno thats it..
Oh and you need also phase run for critical situations , for run away...

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The 0.9.10 patch is almost ready, and contains (among dozens of other changes) the following major features:

-At least five new player-designed Unique items.
-Increased the difficulty of Cruel, Ruthless and Merciless by adjusting monster damage and pack sizes.
-If you want to compare an item to one you have equipped, press Alt while hovering over the item and it will display your equipped one for comparison.
-You can now make your party public by giving it a name on the party screen. Players can browse public parties associated with a town by clicking the Notice Board in town or by using the social screen. For example, if you need help with Merveil, you might name your party "Help with Merveil". Players then see it on the list and join it to help you out. You can make it private again or rename it if your situation changes.
-Short-duration timed loot allocation (see this old thread for our thoughts on it). In multiplayer instances, certain items (magic, rare, unique, currency and gems) are now allocated to a random nearby player for a short duration, during which time only that player may pick them up. This duration is increased by the time it would take the player to run to the item. Note that the allocation time is short enough that players must still pay close attention to what items drop in combat and to take them immediately if they want them.


We're expecting to deploy 0.9.10 late next week, but that might change if other large features are ready in time and can be included.

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On May 17 2012 11:54 -Dustin- wrote:
Yeah my only problem with it was that playing was god awfully slow. It took forever to clear areas without a reliable AoE I had trap of fire and Ethereal Knives but those didn't clear places fast enough.

Well fuck. I made it to the lower prison no problem, even killed the False God. So I find Chatters and begin kiting him and throwing fire traps. All is going well hes near dead I hit him and hes got NO red left in his bar. My fire trap misses doesn't go off my next 3 arrows are misses and BAM frozen and dead. Seriously.

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On May 28 2012 17:15 doubleupgradeobbies! wrote:


I actually leeched chaos with a shadow that I thought had a pretty spanking build.

He was gettign around with just zipping around with whirling blades, then killing stuff with lightning strike, which gave him pretty spectacular aoe. And the way that weapon elemental damage is overpowered atm, it seemed like also one of the best single target options, despite also having good aoe.

I don't know what he was doing defensively, if he was going evasion, ES/Evasion, pure ES, or armour or whatever, I suspect he will be armour+evasion+hp going into templar to grab catalyze. But yeah, I guess it makes sense to just build everything with weapon elemental damage when thats clearly the overpowered build atm.

On another note, I'm a bit sceptical about them increasing difficulty even more, the problem is not that the game is too easy, it's that weapon elemental damage is retardedly efficient compared to other forms of dps. By making mobs even harder than now it will just drive everyone to doing weapon elemental damage builds since it will be the only build efficient enough to let you really tank up enough to not instantly die on meeting a group of champion ranged dudes.

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On May 29 2012 11:31 radiatoren wrote:


They have already stated that weapon elemental damage is one of the things they need more balance-feedback on before they find a way for Avatar of Fire to return. They have buffed it a little more than what was needed, but it was weak before, so I think they have at least identified a range for the sweet-spot

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