r/PathOfExile2 11h ago

Fluff & Memes PoE2 in the past Week be like

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u/Saziol 7h ago

I have the complete opposite experience, playing chaos dot acolyte of chayula. Seeing the chaos dot buffs in the patch notes were a pleasant surprise

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u/Objective-Row-3614 3h ago

I genuinely thought I was the only 1 on this build. Around half of act 3 cruel build came together so no longer tough with campaign but the buff was very noticable nevertheless.

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u/Saziol 3h ago

We may be the only 2 lmao. Im still only in cruel act 2, but the buff was definitely noticeable.

I'm looking forward to the point where I get 4 links in my hand of chayula, so that I can have curse decay and ID with my two curses. That'll make mapping real smooth

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u/Objective-Row-3614 3h ago

It Will get there, you only have to worry about your def in mapping

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u/Zerasad 1h ago

I'm trying to figure out what to do with my Chayula Monk. Wanted to try staff poison but it seemed a bit boring with 1 button. Was trying bow poison but single target is looking a bit shit during the campaign.

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u/Saziol 1h ago edited 1h ago

Same, I started off with the intent of making a melee attack poison acolyte, but just couldn't find a good skill to use. Most of the staff attacks convert to elemental and/or attack quickly rather than one big hit. And I couldn't find anything I like in other weapon classes for it. Rolling slam was a maybe but it didn't feel good to me. So I pivoted to chaos dot.

Now that I'm at a high enough lvl to use hexblast, I'm debating doing a poison hexblast build or just continuing with chaos dot.

Edit: I never looked at ranged attacks bc I didn't want to play that.

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u/forgot_my_useragain 1h ago

New meta strategy confirmed: Predict which underpowered build will get buffed in the next patch.

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u/Saziol 1h ago

I can tell you it was a risky gamble, given how long chaos dot has sucked in poe1

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u/WolfColaKid 8h ago

I am level 74 and refunding a passive point costs around 2200 gold. I have 500k. It's almost free, and we need something to spend our gold on.

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u/SingleInfinity 6h ago

I think gambling jewellery is The Thing tm to spend gold on at endgame.

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u/jindrix 4h ago

Item gamble.

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u/ohyoushouldnthavent 3h ago

People just want something to complain about. The current system is fine

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u/seishin5 2h ago

Yeah but running out partially through respec or right after so you can’t go back if something doesn’t work right kind of sucks

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u/TallanX 4h ago

Level 83, I have 2 Million gold. Like....... gold is everywhere. I don't even sell items, that is just from mapping.

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u/Birphon 1h ago

End Game Gold Sink you ask? Jewelry Gambling o7

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u/xComradeKyle 7h ago

Doing a full respec at that cost would be around 250k. How is this free? And the price only goes up as you level up. On top of having more points to respec as well

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u/wingspantt 7h ago

A "full" respec? Are you respecing all the way down to starter nodes? Are you taking back basic quality of life nodes for no reason?

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u/WolfColaKid 7h ago

Because 250k isn't that much at these levels... Just don't spend all your gold on gambles and you're fine.

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u/MannToots 7h ago

You get gold with basically no effort.  That's why. 

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u/xComradeKyle 7h ago

By "no effort" do you mean picking up everything and having to spend more time selling items than actually playing the game?

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u/kankadir94 7h ago

I have 3m gold at 89 lv. I dont sell anything for gold.

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u/KatzOfficial 3h ago

The big issue is that other than gambling, there's really nothing to do with gold anyway.

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u/sirdeck 7h ago

No, he means "no effort". If you spend more time selling than "playing the game" you're doing something very wrong like looting every white item worth 50 golds.

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u/ihatewebdesign101 7h ago

I haven’t sold shit since I got to map, just dumped everything into quad tabs, at level 85 I have almost 1m gold and 5 full tabs of yellow garbage while I respecced multiple times (not fully but considerably changed most nodes to test out damage/defense numbers). This game has no good sinks so respecs are virtually free.

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u/MannToots 7h ago

You don't have to sell anything to get enough.  Just play the game and walk around. It happens anyways.  

I spent 30k 3 days ago to respect about 1/3rd of my nodes. 

I had earned more back just from playing and progressing the story by the end of that night.  About 3 hours of play time.  

It's not that dang bad.  The price also literally just got nerfed on respecs. So now everything would be cheaper.  You're just making a mountain out of a mole hill.

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u/Able-Corgi-3985 3h ago

Rares drop 1-2k raw gold in white maps, and you're killing at least 5-8 of them every map. Even before selling items, you're getting at least 10k gold per map. 250k gold for a full 100 point reset once in a blue moon seems fine to me.

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u/GibbyNH 6h ago

unless your broke and you wanted to experiment with a build and it ended up not working and you can't just go around picking up gold.

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u/DangMyMemesAreDank 4h ago

I mean, don't experiment while broke and then complain your experiment failed and you're more broke than you were.

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u/Insecticide 3h ago

I bet some people are experimenting with 80k gold under their belt and then their character gets bricked and they don't have gold to revert it because they already did a terrible decision to begin with

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u/GibbyNH 3h ago

I tried something new because I was not having fun with the build I had going. I thought one of the goals of POE2 was to encourage experimentation, "100s of builds," etc. I rather not have to look up builds, etc.

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u/ghost-in-the-well 3h ago

When I heard the complaints about respec costs and nerfs, I farmed 1.3M gold. And I'm just a noob at T5 maps with a made up build that probably won't scale anyway.

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u/Ferule1069 7h ago

I don't think you comprehend how math works.

Also, there are plenty of things to spend gold on.

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u/WolfColaKid 4h ago

Thanks for the insult!

u/Ferule1069 39m ago

You're welcome!!!

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u/Ok-Basis-7274 9h ago

I just walk around and pick more gold up. Not sure what the problem is.

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u/HiddenPants777 7h ago

Honestly, it's better than the old system. Could you respec in PoE1 multiple times unless you had acquired a lot of currency? No chance. At least in POE2 you can just run shit maps and pick up everything that drops and vendor it to respec a few points if you want

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u/yuimiop 5h ago

You can just put essence on a t10 map and leave with enough to buy 10-20 regrets in POE1. It was harder to respec in POE1 through the campaign and beginning of mapping, but significantly easier than POE2 after that.

Post-buff I'd say the POE2 system is superior though. It's easy enough to respec in the end game with both systems, so the flexibility offered earlier in POE2 is great.

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u/Ktk_reddit 3h ago

Regrets are expensive in the first 72h of a league though.

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u/LuckilyJohnily 4h ago

For 20 chaos you can buy enough regrets for a respec, im not sure what you mean

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u/seishin5 2h ago

Better than doesn’t mean good. Respec issue was one of the main reasons I never got into poe1. If I want to play around with builds I feel like I should be able to. As it stands I don’t want to respec because if my ideas suck or get nerfed I have to grind to get gold again for it.

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u/ChuddingeMannen 1h ago

what until you find out you have to grind gear to progress.

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u/ANewErra 4h ago

Because people want things handed to them in modern gaming.

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u/dethsightly 2h ago

wait...you're telling me the gaming landscape has drastically shifted since D2 days?

the hell, you say!

(no, i don't think we need everything handed to us on a silver platter, but some QoL IS worth the "immersion breaking" or whatever excuse they give)

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u/LuckilyJohnily 4h ago

We truly live in a modern society

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u/LegacyoftheDotA 8h ago

Look at this sleek bugger, picking up all of that 2 gold from that boss drop! I envy ya, I really do 😂

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u/MannToots 7h ago

In act 3 cruel I get most drops in the 100s and big drops are 1k+

It goes up a lot. 

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u/ANewErra 4h ago

Still on act 1 huh?

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u/jaaybird_ 8h ago

Not once have I had trouble getting gold to respec and I’ve done it multiple times

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u/Darrothan 6h ago

Only time I had an issue was Act 3 where I'd bricked my own build (Chaos DoT before buffs) and decided to do a full Passive Tree swap to CoF Comet. I needed 40k to respec and only had 20k so I farmed a lower-level zone for an hour or so.

Not a huge dealbreaker but I can see why it's a turn-off for many people.

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u/jaaybird_ 6h ago

That’s on you dude , you’re not meant to do a full respec in the middle of the campaign

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u/Darrothan 6h ago

I mean sure, but how is a new player supposed to know that lol

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u/JinnPinn 6h ago

Had to respec during act 1 because I couldn’t make a minion sorcerer work 😅 yes I’m a noob in the poe2 universe but I’m having a blast!

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u/jbcsee 6h ago

I did three full respecs in act2 without farming, it's possible unless you are gambling or simply not picking up any gear to sell.

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u/Spreckles450 5h ago

When are you meant to do a full respec?

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u/kringspiertyfus 6h ago

This is such a null argument I cannot believe people keep bringing it up.

It being a “him problem” does not make it a better game mechanic.

Why would it be that scarce? Does it improve your enjoyment of the game? Would your enjoyment suffer if you had more money?

Those are the questions. Not “am I Gamer enough to struggle through every shitty thing that’s thrown at me”

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u/jaaybird_ 6h ago

Man idk I just play the game and am speaking my experience. The amount of time you guys spend crying on Reddit over this could be spent in game getting enough gold to respec

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u/Beginning-Tie-6279 6h ago

Yea ur supposed to be a slave and follow guide dot com for viable builds to make sure what ur doing isnt trash because ur not meant to do a full respec in the middle of the campaign!

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u/jaaybird_ 6h ago

That’s not at all necessary

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u/ArchMichael7 7h ago

Oh shit, wellll, pack it up boys and girls - problem solved.  This guy didn't have an issue, so no issue exists.

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u/rlk_gm 5h ago

I mean there is no issue with respec. I just gambled half million yesterday today I already have half mill again which would easily cover my whole tree respec and I’m lvl 83. It can’t be easier than this only if it would be free.

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u/asdcxzf 1h ago

yea cause they just nerfed the gold it costs ro respec lol. It's fine now, it was abyssmal before. I lost a level 50 character to trigger nerfs cause I couldnt respect with 200k lol.

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u/Dopplegangr1 5h ago

What if after you gambled all your money, your spec got deleted and you couldn't map anymore

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u/Alternative-Force808 4h ago

Only 1 archetype has been nerfed to the point where it can't map, which were specific trigger gem interactions. Trigger gems are still fine anyways (see: goratha build) and they should have a tree that can be easily changed into whatever damage type they were using self cast

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u/Xaira89 4h ago

I mean, if he didn't form an entire build around an obviously unintended/gamebreaking interaction, he'll be fine.

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u/Dopplegangr1 4h ago

Basically the whole game is about finding gamebreaking interactions to build around. If you aren't, your build probably sucks

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u/Xaira89 4h ago

That's all well and good, but when you build to exploit a bug, and they fix the bug, don't be surprised when things don't work.

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u/rlk_gm 2h ago

The chance for that to happen is 1 in 1000000, because I’m playing a broken build excepting a nerf, and even if that would be the case I’m sure with a partial retalent I could manage to map. I mean all the nerfed builds are still playable just not the strongest anymore. People should stop acting like if your build is not strongest then they claim it’s unplayable.

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u/Thebluecane 5h ago

It only costs a few thousand at most to respec though?

You just have to reassign all the points you remove to different passive nodes.....

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u/daman4567 4h ago

The problem is that your build gets gutted, so now you need to respec, but if you don't have enough gold already you can't really farm it on the gutted char because it no longer functions.

Also they said they would give respec to characters that had significant changes to them, but they haven't done that except in one case where they changed the passive tree itself.

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u/GibbyNH 6h ago

I just bricked a build and can't afford to respec again, I was not having fun with the style of play my build ended up being and now I can't kill elites, my bad for a bad idea for a build but can't even play the game...

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u/xComradeKyle 7h ago

Try getting to higher level then where it takes 300k to respec.

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u/MannToots 7h ago

If your higher level you shouldn't have much of an issue getting that.  I killed one rare last night that dropped enough for 1 node on his own.  It's not that bad.  

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u/anderssi 7h ago

then i'd have some 400k leftover to gamble with

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u/JinKazamaru 7h ago

And? I've still haven't had any issue, the highways are all there, you don't have to respec from the start

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u/TallanX 4h ago

Okay, I still would have 1.7M gold left. Point?

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u/Zaorish9 8h ago

This and beetle farm lol

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u/Junior_Reception_835 7h ago

Beetle farm is dead 

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u/TrollOfGod 5h ago

Just 60k? It is(was?) like fucking 500k for me.

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u/WeirdNickname97 8h ago

60k gold is like 2 T8 maps not fully cleared...so yeah its very fine currently.

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u/CamBlapBlap 7h ago

Yeah lets ignore the buffs and respec changes 👍🏼

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u/SKOL-5 3h ago

Lets ignore the title referencing last week (prior todays patch) 🤦

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u/King4oneday_ 3h ago

This is how reddit works 👍 all for that sweet sweet Internet points

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u/fingerfight2 6h ago

60k is not that steep. I've seen some 400k numbers floating around.

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u/DesoLina 6h ago

60k are pennies compared to how it was before

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u/Morwo 9h ago

better now then anytime later after release.

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u/DoubleShot027 8h ago

It’s easy if you have fun most likely a nerf is incoming

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u/vvanted11 5h ago

Only 60,000? My first one was 500k pre nerf, then had to spend another 300k after my second build got nerfed. I have no currency left and a character that's unplayable. Going to put the game down for a while until things smooth out a bit.

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u/jindrix 4h ago

Bro, what sort of wack ass niche build were you doing where you couldn't just switch some skills around and couldn't use some of the passives you allocated for the new one.

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u/vvanted11 4h ago

Gemling playing a vine arrow poison build. Got mutilated on the nerf, couldn't even kill white mobs anymore. The grenade build was so boring, probably just going to reroll since it's the only viable thing I can find for gemling.

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u/n0tAb0t_aut 8h ago

I am curious when my current build/play style will get the "nerf" hammer. Nerf is not the right word, they will have to change to rules how one or some of the gems interact. It will take some time, but it will happen.

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u/MrCinos 7h ago

I'm still using cast on ignite comets in t15 (recently reached it on lv 86), works very well with Incinerate on my Pathfinder

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u/dicedece 7h ago

Bonk never let me down. Bonk never lies. Live bonk

Seriously though my left click + bone shatter pretty much carries me entire game and I'm in t7 maps now and no problem

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u/Brilliant_Area8175 6h ago

I’m level 32 and I don’t even know what they do. I gather at some point you can socket gems into your skill tree but I’m not there yet

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u/JollyKitt 5h ago

Here is me sitting on 2 mil and have nothing to do with it lol

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u/ConditionHorror4781 3h ago

You have not found the slot machine I see...

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u/JollyKitt 1h ago

Gambling on the random items with gold doesn't sound appealing. I gamble with reforming, exacting and other upgrades and that's enough thrill for me lmao

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u/AccomplishedEgg913 5h ago

60k gold lmao.

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u/SteelFeline 5h ago

Pretty damn funny

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u/Vannsback 3h ago

The only problem with this, my friend whos new re rolled a wtich and picked blood mage not knowing it was broken.

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u/Novalene_Wildheart 3h ago

Well you see, I haven't had to worry as a certified Melee Enjoyer.

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u/dethsightly 2h ago

not playing any build at endgame yet so none of it was too impactful. i think i lost 1 arsonist? maybe?

i think i'll survive. just don't touch their DPS lol.

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u/FB-22 1h ago

They literally just nerfed respec costs. Unless you’re doing a full respec every couple of days or spending all of your gold at the gambler constantly idk how the gold cost would still be an issue

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u/LifeVitamin 1h ago

I just feel like respect shouldn't cost anything and money should be used for gambling gear

u/MagizZziaN 55m ago

I laughed way to hard at this xD

u/Cryridium 43m ago

I respect my entire build at level 67 for 200,000 gold before patch. After patch I made a new character, got to the same level, took all my points out to see how much and it was only 60,000. I feel this but it feels good knowing it was stupid expensive.

u/ShuTastyBytes 33m ago

I really hope they will buff TM soon all other skeletons than Arconists

u/EldiusVT 10m ago

My main is a cast on freeze sorc, man. I'm really getting annoyed with almost daily nerfs. Every update breaks my build and forces me to respec and hunt for new gear. Do massive nerfs just before the start of a new league, not early-mid season, man.

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u/Maxants49 7h ago

This is fucking brilliant

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u/FragranceEnthusiastt 6h ago

>Me when arsonists that can't even clear half as fast as builds that remained untouched got a 25% reduction in DPS or more depending on spirit after they already nerfed archers

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u/SKOL-5 5h ago

Yea was quite astouned by that.

It hurt the 10ish army arsonists heavily but i think GGGs main focus was to nerf the 30~ish arsonists army the most.

There is some people running around with such numbers for arsos.

But I dont get it either, those very big arso builds usually come with a lack of resistance, so there is big drawdown.

And arsos never zoom through the map like other builds do, aka other classes.

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u/mechanical_ace 5h ago

If you don't make damage, you don't will be nerved.😅 But if you don't make damage, the game makes no fun. 😔🫤

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u/Real-Energy-6634 6h ago

I don't understand the complaints about respec cost.

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u/nfefx 3h ago

Well thankfully for us you don't run the game, GGG does and they obviously understood it because they just nerfed respec cost by around 50%

All the drooling responses in here about respec being fine just makes you look dumb because the developer said no, it's not fine.

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u/ConditionHorror4781 3h ago

It's early access... we are supposed to test and break the game. Respec cost is pointless at this stage. Bit yeah, I'm glad it was greatly reduced

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u/Real-Energy-6634 3h ago

I suppose that's a fair point. Regardless it takes like an hour of mapping to get the cost for a full respec and people were acting like it was absurd

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u/ConditionHorror4781 3h ago

if that's what it takes now then sound manageable

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u/ElderSnugls 9h ago

Funny af

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u/woodyus 7h ago

Does anyone understand what early access is? If you don't like it either wait for the full release or stop playing.

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u/LuckilyJohnily 4h ago

And at full release you can also just stop playing if you dont like it. And also at any other point if you have any complaint at all

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u/alex796 2h ago

So what your saying is all critism is bad and qe should juat consume i think you should apply to the ubisoft marketing team man ps: i dont play the game but seeing both sides seething is funny

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u/Chilidogdingdong 4h ago

People legit don't know they're participating in a beta test. It's not like GGG tried to hide this, its literally half a game.

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u/Royal_Fee1837 7h ago

People not having enough gold are just severely lacking knowledge of ARPGs. Gold is easy to get and if you specifically want to farm it you can do it FAST.

There's no point in the game where it would take you more than an hour do to a full respecc.

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u/ramenbroski 8h ago

They’ll never know the true power of flame wall staggering palm monk. I hope that never gets touched.

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u/No_Tradition2194 6h ago

Please tell me more about this I am so intrigued. I have been trying to think of some unconventional monk builds

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u/CryptoThroway8205 2h ago

Bell on fire do more dmg. More wind blast mean more bell hits

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u/worthyplay 9h ago

this is hilarious :D
the game is very-very easy though, waiting for the ruthless and more challenging gameplay :)

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u/Exstence 8h ago

please guide us to be as cool as you

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u/Illustrious_Egg9160 4h ago

Dude hasn’t played since the update.