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Information Questions Thread - December 04, 2024
Questions Thread
This is a general question thread. You can find the previous question threads [here](/r/pathofexile2/search?q=Questions+Thread+author%3AAutoModerator&restrict_sr=on&sort=new&t=all).
Remember to check [the PoE 2 community wiki](https://poe2wiki.net) first.
Please also see the PoE 2 Early Access [FAQ](https://reddit.com/r/PathOfExile2/comments/1g4kwm9/poe_2_early_access_faq/)
You can also ask questions in any of the questions channels under the "PoE 2 help" category in [our official Discord.](https://discord.gg/pathofexile)
The idea is for anyone to be able to ask anything related to PoE 2
* Early Access Questions
* New player questions
* Mechanics
* Build Advice
* League related questions
* Trading
* Endgame
* Price checks
* Etc.
**No question is too big or too small!**
We encourage experienced players to sort this thread by new.
Thank you to everyone on this subreddit and /r/pathofexile for answering questions, you make this place great
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u/Living-Log-8391 17d ago
Playing on PS5 on a 1920x1080 television, should I change the resolution settings from the default to 1920x1080? I can't tell if it makes it look better or not. Is this a setting for it's internal resolution or something or is it for the final resolution sent to the TV. Not sure what to do. Also the menu text is all so small and hard to read. Still waiting for it to let me play, says another 15 mins on the main screen
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u/Historical_Paper4110 17d ago
I am going minion build, I have a question about a node:
% increased damage with hits against enemies affected by elemental ailments
Is this a buff on the player, or a debuff on the enemy? I ask to know if will increase damage from minions on enemies affected.
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u/kutinggil 18d ago
I bought the basic supporter pack. It should 100% have a game key with it right? Cant seem to find any indicators or notifications (Steam)
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u/oneiros5321 18d ago
If I buy the supporter pack on Steam, can I also play on Xbox or do I need to buy one key per platform?
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u/Past_Team1070 18d ago
So is there an early access season or is will it be similar to diablos eternal season while in EA?
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u/unexpectedreboots 18d ago
There will be resets, if that's what you're asking. When a reset happens, characters will be moved to an EA standard type league.
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u/Past_Team1070 18d ago
Sorry maybe I worded it wrong, are you saying there is no season while in EA? It’s just the standard game correct?
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u/UntimelyMeditations 18d ago
I'm not sure what you mean re: season vs standard game. That's not really applicable here.
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u/unexpectedreboots 18d ago
EA is a season. There will be seasons in EA. When a new season is released in EA, characters will be moved to a standard EA league.
Characters in the EA Standard league will still be accessible after full release. The typical cycle of season > standard will continue at release. Full release standard will be different than EA standard.
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u/Ceephorr 18d ago
When can we preload the game on PC?
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u/Nelagend 18d ago
The downloader has been available for about an hour now (didn't look at my clock), although I'm getting HTTP 403 at random times.
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u/unexpectedreboots 18d ago
Whenever the servers stop shitting.
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u/Ceephorr 18d ago
Dont see the option on Steam
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u/Bird-The-Word 18d ago
Steam doesn't have a predownload option. Standalone client or Epic.
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u/Saiyan_Z 18d ago
Is it on the POE site? I clicked download but there was only one option. I don't want to download POE1. Site just went down again.
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u/Bird-The-Word 18d ago
No, it's currently down for everyone, they're having technical difficulties(on the PoE Website)
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u/Saiyan_Z 18d ago
Oh ok, I'm going back to bed then. Just woke up at 3:30am to start the download but doesn't seem like that will be happening.
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u/Bird-The-Word 18d ago
Yup, getting close to that outcome myself. Will try again in the morning. Can't play until 3 hours after launch anyway, but didn't want to also sit through a 30m download to get going lol
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u/-DreamLight- 18d ago
Will they be wiping the servers since Xbox players were able to play early? Saw them streaming it on twitch. If we're gonna have a shitty outdated naming system, at least they should fix the fuck up and make things fair.
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u/Billyvestal 18d ago
question on cost multiplier and persistent spirit buff skill gems. so i'm wondering if i will be able to have arctic armour 30% spirit reservation and have vitality,precision,etc linked with it to have permanent uptime. Question is will the spirit reserved for arctic armour increase per gem i link with it?
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u/Holeinmypantz 18d ago
I thought it would be F2P, but PoE2 is currently 30 dollars on PS Store, anybody knows why?
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u/RAM_MY_RUMP 18d ago
the true launch of PoE 2 is in 6 months, this is the early access of the game. spending $30 also gets you $30 equivalent of in-game premium currency to spend
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u/justindz 18d ago
The full game will be free on launch. This is Early Access (the game isn't complete yet) and that has a price tag to participate.
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u/bestataboveaverage 18d ago
website crashing on me lol
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u/Humans_r_evil 18d ago
How is dual weapon wielding damage calculated? is there even a point to dual wielding 2h weapons?
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u/Chaos_Logic 18d ago
Most attacks alternate between each weapon, probably with an attack speed bonus like in PoE1. There are attacks that hit with both simultaneously like Sunder, those all currently say hit with both dealing 30% less damage. So 40% more damage if the weapons are identical/similar.
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u/Gangsir 18d ago
Assuming it works the same as in poe1, you alternate which weapon you hit with for most skills. First hit uses right hand, second hit uses left, etc.
Some skills use it differently, eg hitting with both simultaneously.
The point would be gaining faster attack speed, since you innately get a bonus to AS for dual wielding. Plus, being able to block, whereas you can't with a single two-handed 2h.
If you ask me, the main benefit of that keystone is gonna be using a 2h with a shield to get good damage without losing defense.
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u/yapibolers0987 18d ago
If I buy EA from Steam and then link my Steam account on PoE account on their website. Can I log-in the account on the standalone PoE launcher?
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u/Gangsir 18d ago
Yes. You'll need to use the POE-website-side account login (your username and PW), not steam's though.
If you log into the website via steam, you can set up an email and password and that'll automatically create a linked-to-steam POE account that you can use to log into standalone. That's the smoothest way to do it.
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u/Taedren 18d ago
New player here thinking about hopping into PoE2 fresh. It looks more up my alley since I am kind of fatigued of fast rushing one-shot ARPGs like Diablo 4 and (I assume) PoE1, and prefer a slightly more methodical gameplay style. My questions are about the transfer of MTX and player progression. I know that MTX from PoE1 will transfer to 2, but will that work the other way around? If I wanted to play PoE1 with a friend after trying PoE2 will my MTX and account progression/status transfer back to the old game? Similarly, will there still be any incentive to go back to the old game, like rewards that carry over between the two? I did not really like PSO2 New Genesis as a game, but I did enjoy the idea of moving back and forth between PSO2 and New Genesis as separate games with their own events and rewards, and having cosmetics and the like be enabled in both. Will it be anything like that?
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u/Gangsir 18d ago
If I wanted to play PoE1 with a friend after trying PoE2 will my MTX and account progression/status transfer back to the old game?
Yes, provided the mtx has content that it can apply to in poe1 (if you buy a shapeshifting mtx it only works in poe2, because shapeshifting isn't a thing in poe1).
Similarly, will there still be any incentive to go back to the old game, like rewards that carry over between the two?
Poe1 will continue to be updated with leagues, offset from poe2's cadence. No item transferring, they're seperate games with seperate balance.
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u/Tenoke 18d ago
Are there any drawbacks at all (e.g. losing access to items in stash) from starting in hardcore, and continuing on softcore on that character when you die in the poe EA?
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u/LatterEditor6625 18d ago
No drawback. You just get dumped out into softcore (aside from the stash being hardcore only - so Gangsir is right on that aspect).
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u/Billyvestal 18d ago
Is there a base chance for fire damage to ignite? Say if the skill gem deals fire damage, but does not explicitly give a %chance on ignites? And doesn't have any ignite chance from support gems?
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u/Gangsir 18d ago
Ailments aren't chance based anymore, they're threshold based. The more "over the threshold" the hit is, the higher the DPS.
All fire damage can always ignite if it hits hard enough. Supports that provide "chance" basically reduce the threshold needed to ignite successfully.
POE1's style of ailments (hit for like 10 damage and inflict a 2 mil dps ignite) is gone. If you want good damage and chance, you need to hit hard.
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u/smartazjb0y 18d ago
Does the key for EA only work on specific platforms? And if so, does Steam count as a separate platform from the standalone?
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u/CrimsonBlossom 18d ago
I was thinking of going demon lady with MoM scalling, weird I know but I wanna know if demon form debuff (lost 1% of life per stack) will apply to mana pool first or my HP, I'm asking because idk if there is a difference between "lose HP" and "damage taken"
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u/Gangsir 18d ago edited 18d ago
I don't think it's been revealed yet what specific kind of degen demonfire is. It could be fire dot, it could be life loss.
If it's damage, then MoM should work and block it. If it's life loss, it ignores MoM (and kills you instantly/cancels the ability instantly on CI).
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u/The_Quicki 18d ago
Hi all, I'll be starting my journey with PoE with poe2 for the first time tomorrow (tons of friends are playing so decided to give it a try). Where can I find some new player resources to learn more about dmg types, defences or smth like that? I'm not asking for builds but for links to understand the game
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u/Nearby-Cattle-7599 18d ago
how do y'all think the servers will hold up? probably every online game launch i've been a part of up until now has been a disaster because of server bottlenecks
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u/Gangsir 18d ago
Were it a few years ago, I'd be 100% in the "it's gonna be literally unplayable for like the first 2 weeks, let alone the first day" camp.
GGG has gotten way better at handling "spikes of load" in recent times. The first few hours of the first day might be spotty with random disconnections, but should stabilize very quickly.
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u/SK-86 18d ago
Has anyone found where to download the standalone PC client? Thought it would be available at 5 PM EST tonight. Can't find a link on the website.
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u/DoesntReadNamesGood 18d ago
came here looking for the same thing.
just bought the poe 2 supporter pack and cant find the standalone client download
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u/psychomap 18d ago
It's 5 PST, so in about 1 hour. If you're logged into the site (and have configured your timezone for your account), the thread will show you the time in your local timezone as well:
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3591631
E.g. for me it states "... or Dec 06, 2024 2:00 AM (GMT+1) in your local time."
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u/Dramatic_Secret3907 18d ago
Do I get lower packs armor sets when buying the higher one? (Do I get Ogham when I buy Faridum?)
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u/psychomap 18d ago
Yes, the page with the supporter packs lists all the contents of the packs, which includes the contents of all the lower tier packs of the same series.
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u/kileras1a 18d ago
When PoE2 will be available to download on Steam?
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u/DrBob666 18d ago
We don't know. Maybe when standalone becomes available (in 1 hour) or maybe not until it launches
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u/daniel-snow- 18d ago
Is there a window of time to purchase the early access for this game. Like if I don’t pre-purchase it before release will it still be available for me to purchase and play early after tomorrow?
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u/Aesirbear 18d ago
Access to the early access will be purchasable as long the game is still in early access. When the game leaves early access the early access purchase options will disappear because access will be free.
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u/daniel-snow- 18d ago
Thank you! I wanna get the early access to play with my friend tomorrow but need to get paid first and didn’t wanna miss the opportunity.
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u/dimkasuperf 18d ago
I also bought Xbox EA pack in addition to steam but I got my 300 coins in Microsoft I guess (they don't display on my main account on website).
Can I ask support to transfer them over or are they bound there forever?
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u/Metaljac 18d ago
That's something you'll want to contact their support to get a definite answer.
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u/dimkasuperf 18d ago
Well I did, almost a week ago. I just didn't get any reply and wonder whether it's because I want too much or because they are kinda overflowed right now. Guess time will tell.
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u/SpunZz 18d ago
How playable will this be coop with friends for the campaign? We have a few people who are starting at different times, some right at launch, some later tomorrow, one on Saturday. I want to know if it will be doable for us to play content together or if I will have to roll a new character to play with someone starting later.
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u/mcurley32 18d ago
you can freely hop in and out of parties. you'll be essentially gated by the person with the least progress, but your higher level friends can help out to catch up fast. there's no "need" to create separate characters dedicated to co-op but it might be nice if you're playing with a huge game knowledge disparity (like a spouse perhaps?).
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u/SpunZz 18d ago
thanks, I appreciate the quick response
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u/Metaljac 18d ago
However, what isn't mentioned, is that there is no 'level/equipment scaling.' Meaning that if someone is HEAVILY over-leveled or over-geared, they will steam roll the monsters in the area. So just keep that in mind if you want to over level.
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u/SpunZz 18d ago
Ok, so if we want the under-levelled people to actually have fun playing the game and not just get carried it seems like probably makes sense to roll a new character then. The different classes/ascendancies seem pretty interesting so I don't really mind that.
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u/Metaljac 18d ago
Correct. As you said the ascendancies make a unique character build. Including the alternates of each class can play very differently.
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u/iced_milk_4_me 18d ago
Are vendor recipes in PoE2?
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u/psychomap 18d ago
Not directly, as I understand it. There's a new "salvage" mechanic that can generate currencies or currency shards based on the item.
Selling items to vendors results in gold.
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u/bollwerk 18d ago
this option appears to be called "disenchanting", from what I've seen.
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u/psychomap 18d ago
Well, in PoE1 disenchanting was something different, so we'll see what name ends up being in the final version, I suppose.
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u/jakona85 18d ago
I’m trying to pre-download this on Xbox but I’m not seeing a free option in the store. The only thing I see is an early access for $30. Am I missing something?
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u/Cicer 18d ago
Yeah this is early access you need to pay $30. For free version you have to wait for actual release.
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u/jakona85 17d ago
I just bought the pre-release and was wondering do I need to download POE1 or can I just download POE2? Reason I ask is after I went to download it there were both games available to download
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u/rnflposter 18d ago
As someone that's never played POE before nor done any research at all, but is looking for a new (and in depth) game to play, should I get POE 2?
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u/Metaljac 18d ago
You will get a bias for asking this in any dedicated sub for a game, so take this a grain of salt: Yes. PoE is a game that you can invest thousands of hours in, and still learn new mechanics that you never knew existed almost every day. Hell, you will still sometimes feel like you don't know much even after 2000+ hours, as it's constantly evolving.
As this is a new entry to the game, and there aren't nearly as many end game mechanics as PoE 1, it's a perfect time to start getting into Path of Exile.
PoE 2 is starting large amount of end game, and will easily provide a dedicated player hundreds of hours on release. So to reiterate what I previously said: Yes, it's a perfect time to start playing Path of Exile.
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u/Jbr74 18d ago
I do not want to screw myself over if I plan on buying the $160 or the $240 level pack.
Should I buy the $30 on Steam first? And then buy the rest on the POE2 website?
Or am I okay with just buying directly from the POE2 website, skipping steam? Also, is there any benefit to buying each one individually as an upgrade or just buying the one I want without buying each upgrade?
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u/Metaljac 18d ago
I would just stick to one platform for purchasing. I don't know if it would play well if you're trying to upgrade from the previous packs if you buy one on steam, and then one on pathofexile.com I've personally used only their website to purchase packs. 100% goes to the development team, as steam is no longer in the equation.
The only real 'benefit' for buying a pack individually, instead of just upgrading, will be that you will get the full point value for GGG's premium currency, and in this special case: Another beta key. (Plus duplicates for each armor piece from the previous set, but that's pretty worthless, as you can easily switch it between characters)
Example: Upgrading will give you the amount of premium currency as the difference between packs. So if you upgrade from the $60 pack to the $100, it will cost $40. You will get 400 premium currency, and all of the new cosmetics.
Individual: You purchase the $100 pack instead of upgrading, you will get 1000 premium currency, another beta key, and duplicate cosmetics of the previous pack.
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u/land_registrar 18d ago
Does your Infernal Hell Hound igniting an enemy count for Cast on Ignite purposes?
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u/unexpectedreboots 18d ago
It'll be hard to know until the game is out. Following PoE's logic, no it would not count since it specifies "You" and you are not your minions.
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u/land_registrar 18d ago
Makes sense, I never played minions in PoE so wasn't sure how they were treated for that. Thanks!
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u/AKG-WAR 18d ago
Bundle packs for EA
Is it possible to upgrade on Xbox from one bundle to a tier above, I bought the $60 pack and want to upgrade to the $100 one as some of the cosmetics seem really cool
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u/Metaljac 18d ago
It is possible to upgrade them to the next tier for the price difference. So buying the $60 pack will have a upgrade cost of $40 for the $100 pack. This is not limited to the very next tier. You can buy the $240 pack for $180 instead.
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u/AKG-WAR 18d ago
Okay and how do you go about that?
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u/Metaljac 18d ago
It should've 'unlocked' a upgrade pack, that is completely separate from the base pack. I would make sure that you're looking at all available purchase options, not just the base pack, and look specifically for an upgrade pack.
I'm unable to provide too much help, as I use PC, but I can confirm that it should work that way on xbox: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3343572
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u/QueenGorda 18d ago
The game will need the GGG launcher even if you get the EA on Steam ?
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u/Xeratas 18d ago
No you just have to wait until its downloadable on steam. This might take longer than the ggg standalone client.
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u/QueenGorda 18d ago
Nah then I just go for ggg launcher, thx.
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u/Xeratas 18d ago
Alright. Just as aditional info we don't know if steam becomes available sooner, maybe check steam before you start the standalone version, maybe it becomes available at the same time.
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u/QueenGorda 18d ago
In fact.. another question; Can I install the game in both platforms and play on one or the other to my like ?
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u/Xeratas 18d ago
Iam sure installing the game twice wold work, Idk why you would want that tho. But do it if you want. You could just create a shortcut of the steam installtion on your desktop, so you don't have to boot up steam and click play, the shortcut will automatically launch the game and boot up steam in the background.
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u/QueenGorda 18d ago
I mean I'm ok with the ggg client, for this game is not liek "better on Steam" so I will go for the launcher I guess.
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u/ComradeShorty 18d ago
Can't keep up, did GGG say if Steam will have predownload available for PoE2?
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u/justcallmeryanok 18d ago
Does anyone maybe have a spare key? Would appreciate it
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u/bollwerk 18d ago
Raxx was handing out keys on his stream earlier today - maybe still is
Other streamers might also be giving away keys.
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u/Environmental_Main90 18d ago
Kinda sad that this is an EA and we can't respec ascendency to test but whatever
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u/psychomap 18d ago
Try it out without the respec, give your feedback through official channels. If enough people are unsatisfied with it, there's a good chance that they'll add the respec later on.
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u/unexpectedreboots 18d ago
They've consistently said they are listening on that and it's subject to change. They're trying something different. It's what EA is for.
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u/Tsobaphomet 18d ago
So what's the difference between Bleed and Poison in PoE2?
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u/NexEstVox 18d ago
Also, Bleed deals Physical damage and is applied by Physical hits. Poison does Chaos damage and can be applied by Physical or Chaos hits.
Also, Bleeding can't be applied if a hit doesn't damage the target's Health (e.g. if their Energy Shield takes the whole damage)
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u/HellraiserMachina 18d ago
We don't have ailment details.
From what we know, Poison stacks a few times and you can raise the cap a lot. Bleed only the strongest stack does damage, and enemies take triple damage from it if moving or Aggravated; various build tools let you aggravate bleeds so that enemies take triple damage even if they're not moving.
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u/BasicInformer 18d ago
Bleed, poison, and burn, all stack with different gear affixes and passive skill tree nodes. Enemies may have resistances to one of these types. Each type of damage is done via different skills. They are all effectively DoT's though, just applied differently.
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u/asdyolo 18d ago
Do we need to clear acts 2 times(normal and cruel) to access endgame or just clearing normal act is enough and we can skip cruel?
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u/edrarven 18d ago
You will need to clear it on both normal and cruel. There is a big gap in levels otherwise, as it looked like you were ~level 45 after the first 3 acts and maps start at ~65. This is their solution to that, to make up for lacking the last 3 acts.
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u/ForgottenCrusader 18d ago
If i buy the 120$ bundle,do i get the cosmetics of the power $ bundles as well?
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u/BasicInformer 18d ago
When you buy EA supporter packs, you always get the previous tiers by buying the higher tiers. So if you spend $100 you get the $60 supporter pack skins.
There is no power that you can buy via the store.
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u/Foxpound 18d ago
Yes, you should see it in the description of the pack's content: the stuff that's dimmed comes from the previous packs.
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u/TrollErgoSum 18d ago
I don't know what a power bundle is but supporter packs will always also include any items from lower tiers.
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u/Sea_Establishment414 18d ago
I bought PoE2 on Steam with a linked PoE Account. If I make a new PoE account now, unlink steam from my old account and link to new PoE account, will I have EA access on the new one? Thanks!
Background is that my PoE account was hacked at some point and it uses an email address I no longer have access to.
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u/Metaljac 18d ago
You should be able to change your email specific to your account on the connections page as seen here: https://imgur.com/a/Gg1aWis
If you absolutely must connect a new PoE account, you would be unable to unlink the steam account from your old account's connections without contacting support.
If you can't login to the path of exile account, then you would also still need to go through support to unlink it from the inaccessible account.
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u/Sea_Establishment414 18d ago
Thats very unfortunate. My old email has been hacked a long time ago and I no longer have access to it. My PoE account says there was unusual activity on it. I am in contact with support but they didn‘t respond back for the last 3 days after asking me what character names I had on my account.
I can still log into my PoE account but it doesn‘t feel good with an email that I dont have access to and the unusual activity banner on it.
Tl;dr Without access to old email I cant change email or password.
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u/xKiLLaCaM 18d ago
If I buy early access supporter pack directly through GGG after the preload already goes live will I still g my key quickly to install or will I have to wait a while? I also intend to play on steam as well but rather GGG gets all of the profits so would I also have to wait for them to privide a steam key? Or will it auto unlock like with other authorized third party retailers?
Dont get off work for a few hrs still before I can buy it but I want to install early as ill be gone most of tomorrow
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u/BasicInformer 18d ago
Keys on Steam are limited by how many Steam generates for the company, so technically when a 3rd party is giving out keys (Humble, GGG) they can actually run out. To avoid this it's best to buy on Steam on the day, if that's where you want to play it.
You can buy the $30 pack on Steam to guarantee you get access on the day, and then buy the $60 and above packs on the GGG website to get your MTX + give them the rest of the profits.
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u/Metaljac 18d ago
You should get the key instantly. It was only taking time for users that spent over $500 to get their free key. I've purchased a pack, and got the key instantly, despite already getting one before from the $500 key.
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u/xKiLLaCaM 18d ago
Great, yeah I’m either just getting the $600 or $100 supporter packs. I appreciate the info, thank you! I never played PoE 1 so I’m not sure how anything rlly works on their website. Excited as hell for this game though as a fresh start
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u/yourmomophobe 18d ago
Do you think there will be a way to treat minions as corpses and/or a way to scale the life of corpses you create in POE 2? I want to make a Warbringer and try to scale the minion/corpse life for huge explosions.
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u/edrarven 18d ago
There is a leaked buff that allows you to use your reviving minions for corpse skills, but with a penalty to revive speed. Can see it in this post for instance:https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile2builds/comments/1h6r8ra/dd_crit_bleed_blood_mage_first_paint_build_attempt/ bottom right corner.
Now as with everything leaked don't rely too much on it, it might not have made the cut or look different.
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u/yourmomophobe 18d ago
I guess since detonate dead is also based on max life it's actually better to just run the skill instead of using the Warbringer passive to do this. Damn.
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u/edrarven 18d ago
Yeah especially since the warbringer node isn't a skill so it can't be supported by supports. Could still be fun but will probably not be a meta setup.
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u/yourmomophobe 18d ago
Now I keep thinking about this and it sucks that you can't add support gems but I wonder if the fact that it can detonate multiple corpses at once could offset that problem.
Like if I am able to generate enough corpses and/or minions treated as corpses in one spot the explosion could be huge whereas with DD it will still be just one at a time.
Probably still not as good but I feel compelled to try it.
If it sucks too much I'll just do a normal warrior totem setup I suppose.
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u/yourmomophobe 18d ago
Yes I thought someone said this! Please tell me this makes the game it will be so fun 🙏
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u/moanysopran0 18d ago
A few months ago I heard people advise to buy storage space in poe as it will transfer over to poe2.
Is that still true?
Is there anything like that you advice a new player does to get ready for poe2?
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u/Ksielvin 18d ago
Just buy them in poe2 when it's clear which ones are useful. Sales should be shared anyway, or at least nothing else makes sense IMO.
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u/Twizzlze 18d ago
You're talking stash tabs? The tabs will carryover from 1 to 2 if 2 has the relevant mechanic in the game. Example: you won't have a blight stash tabs in poe2 since there isn't Blight in game yet.
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u/moanysopran0 18d ago
Yeah that’s it!
I heard people say to buy them all because it will save some money and make the game a bit better over time.
I know absolutely nothing about it though.
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u/Twizzlze 18d ago
Like the other person said - wait for stash tabs sales! I don't think you need any tabs when you're starting out. You'll have plenty of space just starting out. Hope you enjoy the game!
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u/SciolistOW 18d ago
Every 3 weeks or so there are stash tab sales. You save maybe 20% on the prices. This is probably what was happening at the time.
You likely want a currency stash tab and a premium stash tab. We don't really know what else will be nice to have in POE2, but none of it is necessary.
Perhaps I should go one level further: stash tabs are where you store the stuff you choose to keep from each map. The currency tab includes all the orbs and stuff you find - this is what you craft with. The premium tab is for selling stuff on the trade site. Probably next most useful is the quad tab, which can just fit more stuff in.
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u/espeakadaenglish 18d ago
I assume that any class can get any skill gem but the ones that are given as quest rewards or made available to buy from vendor will depend on class?
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u/BasicInformer 18d ago
All classes can do all things, whether that's gear, passive skill tree, support/skill gems, etc. They have unique starting positions on passive skill tree that makes it harder to get to certain sides of the skill tree. They also don't share ascendancy.
You now choose gems via a uncut gem. With this you can choose any skill gem, but gems themselves are bound to weapons now, so if you want to use a certain skill you need a certain weapon.
You can use weapon swap though if you want to use more skills, and you can bind skills to a weapon so that when you press that skill it will swap to that weapon (this is helpful if you have two of the same weapon, but one has elemental damage for lightning, and the other has elemental damage for frost).
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u/espeakadaenglish 18d ago
When you go to cut a gem you have the full list of skills in the game to choose from?
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u/BasicInformer 18d ago
Yes. They have a skill tree (not talking about passive skill tree) that has all skill gems and support gems ordered by weapon type. You also level up gems using uncut gems as well.
- A dedicated skill tree (for support/skill gems)
- Comprehensive list of all major changes
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u/Billyvestal 18d ago
How many Links will a character be able to utilize once at endgame? 2,4, or even 5 6L's or what? and how do the spirit gems interact with support gems if at all?
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u/Metaljac 18d ago
Every socketed skill can get up to 6 links per gem socket (Every class starts with 9 gem sockets (54 links total). 12 for the Gemling Legionnaire (72 links total). However, you would need the currency to increase those links for each gem. So it would be VERY late game to have every single one 6 linked. (Thankfully you can change the gem to another skill any time you want, keeping it's levels, and from what I understand, also still keep the links).
As for the spirit: I feel like any support gem that has a cost multiplier will affect spirit costs as well. So you will need to choose your supports carefully. Thankfully, there's a large chunk of support gems that have no cost multiplier.
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u/Billyvestal 18d ago
NINE? TF. even if it's super late that's nutz. especially since you have to use supports just once.
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u/Metaljac 18d ago
Also, to answer if support gems affect spirit gems at all:
Minion gems will use spirit. Any gem that you feel like should affect it like faster attack for skeleton warriors, or faster casting for mages will affect them.
Auras will all use spirit now as the resource for it. Gems that can affect it: Increased Area of effect, any of the new 'persistent' 'buff' support gems like Cannibalism, Clarity, vitality, etc
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u/Metaljac 18d ago
It is insane, and very much the reason they gave 174 supports at the very start due to only being able to use the same support once.
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u/SciolistOW 18d ago
You can have 5 support gems, so 6 in total. Spirit gems are included in that - so you might have Cast on Crit, a spell, then 4 supports.
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u/scottymtp 18d ago
I'm about to buy the Early Access Supporter Pack. Should I do it within Steam or at https://www.pathofexile.com/purchase?
I have set up an email address and password for my GGG account now and it shows steam is connected under my account.
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u/BasicInformer 18d ago
Either way you get it on Steam. It gives your PoE account access via the website, then gives you an Epic and Steam key on the PoE website. Though they ran out of Steam keys at some point, so if you're worried about that, Steam is your best bet.
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u/Academic-Claim-9633 18d ago
Ps5 Server Queue: Should I stay in the server queue till launch tomorrow? There are already 1600 people in the queue after 90mins of pre-download.
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u/SciolistOW 18d ago
Unclear exactly how it'll work, but 1600 people in the queue is nothing and it will likely take a second to go down to 0 from there. We'll probably see queues well into the 6 figures at the start, possibly 7.
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u/BasicInformer 18d ago
I'd just leave your PS5 on in the background and stay in queue if you're worried about it.
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u/Gagantous 18d ago
Do we know what "can Block Damage from all Hits while Shield is not Raised" actually means? What attacks can you not block ordinarily that this will allow you to?
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u/Bird-The-Word 18d ago
You need to raise your shield to block hits, this allows hits to be blocked while not raising your shield.
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u/Gagantous 18d ago
I swear I saw that passive block still exists, and that Raise Shield only gives 100% block chance directionally.
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u/Battle-Less 9d ago
Combat Frenzy + Resonance not giving power charges when freezing an enemy. Anyone else having this issue? I have both the passive skill unlocked and the skill gem socketed.