Path of Exile 2: Here we go!

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CloudNull said:
You talking about rathbreaker or a different boss? I smoked him.
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Probably easier when you are not a glass damage over time necromancer. Managed to learn to avoid his attacks by staying behind him and having minions constantly freezing/poisoning him.

Some of these bosses seem purposely designed to screw over necromancers since they ignore minions to target you.

Still the game is incredible.
 
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Hinedorf said:
I have to ask on the Act 1 boss was there anything in any Diablo game comparable to that level of difficulty? If so tell me where.

I don't think I've ever felt like I was fighting a 'souls-like' boss in this style of game. Several times I had him down to 5-10% and choked.....great fucking fight finally finished him off with tons of pots to spare.
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Well the hardest Diablo game is the first one but I don't remember a challenging boss in all Diablo games
 
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Zeta Dragoon said:
Probably easier when you are not a glass damage over time necromancer. Managed to learn to avoid his attacks by staying behind him and having minions constantly freezing/poisoning him.

Some of these bosses seem purposely designed to screw over necromancers since they ignore minions to target you.

Still the game is incredible.
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Currently my monks strength is shredding mobs or groups. I drop the bell and it shreds everyone while I get health back. I have difficulties with one on one fights but it is getting better with the passive skill I have slotted. Since rathbreaker has so many mobs it made the fight easy for me.

Honestly sounds like Necro is probably the hardest class. I am sure late game it is OP though.
 
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Hinedorf said:
Only fought him twice but Rathbreaker is wrecking me can only get him to 50% before I'm out of pots.....time to git gud
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Stick to and attack him from behind. Most of his attacks and insta kill attacks are a huge forward cone and don't reach behind.

Have crowd control for his mob.
 
I barely started the game, but enjoying it so far.

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Weird.

As necromancer witch managed to get pass executioner but had lots of trouble with King in Mist, Act Boss 1, and some other bosses.

With sorcerer managed to barely defeat king in mist in 2 tries, but executioner kept getting instakills right as I was about to end him, multiple times.
 
Ok aside from my main, a Witch in Act 2, playing through Act 1 to get a good idea of the characters. Also updates are frequent so stuff like drop rates and Qol are improving bit by bit.

Rankings:

Witch when not targeted by Elites/Bosses and minions can actually form a battle line to bombard them
Sorcerer
Mercenary
Ranger

Powergap
Witch When Targeted by Elites/Bosses

Absolute Fucking Worst (can't even beat Devourer before dying to poison)
Warrior

Have not made a character yet:
Monk
 
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Amorous Biscuit said:
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Upcoming patch addresses some issues, some of these are already live.
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Agree on the loot as I've gone hours/zones not seeing anything prosperous and also with bosses dropping nothing actually rewarding.

I think the dodging issue is more for melee folks but I'm ranged so can't really speak to it being an issue for me thus far.
 
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Agree on the loot as I've gone hours/zones not seeing anything prosperous and also with bosses dropping nothing actually rewarding.

I think the dodging issue is more for melee folks but I'm ranged so can't really speak to it being an issue for me thus far.
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often times you get locked in by mobs and can't move at all. I get that it's skill to kite properly but it does feel cheap at times. I'm glad they made the adjustments as it doesn't remove the need to be alert to your surroundings but will hopefully lower the times where you felt you should be able to move.

Just got to act 3. Funny story. I respec to get a passive ability which lowered my dex and made it so my armor no longer was valid. No idea if this was done during the caravan or before. All I know end of act 2 was rough for me. Not sure if it was the armor issue or just spike in difficulty.

Soon as I noticed and got working armor I dropped the boss in 3 attempts. Placebo or armor just that good? I will never know until next time I fight him.
 
Bone pit boss arena cuts off half my army when they enter, and by the time they revive they are all dead again and I'm melting on a literal floor is fire/lightning between a giant mastadon and lich double boss. Can't get even one of them to half health.

Yeah, I can direct my minions ahead, but they don't last 5 seconds anyway, so I am unable to get a sustained bombardment even focusing on one as the other just fucking obliterates them. Also, the dual boss both regenerate health faster then I can damage them.
 
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Ugh, I have hit the wall against the end of Act 2 boss. He has both Lightning and Fire resistance, both things I have specced on my ranger. Only managing to get him down to around half health. Think I need to go and grind and level up some more.
 
Made a new warrior.

New patches and increased loot drops make a huge difference. Took down the Devourer no problem.

Also nice that vendors have great useful gear after level up.

I may reroll all my other characters, even my Witch with how things are now.
 
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Ugh, I have hit the wall against the end of Act 2 boss. He has both Lightning and Fire resistance, both things I have specced on my ranger. Only managing to get him down to around half health. Think I need to go and grind and level up some more.
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Patience is key. He is a slog as he has resistance to everything. Probably the most boring fight as I feel that they increased his resistance and hp to make him more difficult instead of making his kit more challenging. The final phase is pretty wild though.

I probably have the most deaths on him.
 
CloudNull said:
Patience is key. He is a slog as he has resistance to everything. Probably the most boring fight as I feel that they increased his resistance and hp to make him more difficult instead of making his kit more challenging. The final phase is pretty wild though.

I probably have the most deaths on him.
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The wind shield phase

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I probably need more DPS, as I'm more tuned for mobs than single target stuff. Time to grind.
 
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I actually had a more difficult time with the king of the mists than the final act 1 boss. I chalk that up to really figuring out how to play mercenary at that point. I didn't realize you could use any skill gem for any skill lol..

I had my regular crossbow loaded up with envenom and another skill gem that increased poison damage by 200 %. I also had gas grenades at that point so I could combo that with the regular grenades.

I beat him on my second try just keeping my distance with regular bolt, and tossing out grenades.

This game is phenomenal and it's only going to get better.
 
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My sorcerer was mutal killed by Act 1 Boss, and swarmed, boxed in and killed by Super Elite Mob immediately after defeating Hyena Fucker attempting to Kite but another swarm was also coming in from the exit, and none of my abilities and spells were able to dent the swarm at all before being overwhelmed.

I have no loot or major gems from defeating two very major bosses and given nature of abilities from gems that only drop from said bosses my sorcerer is likely absolutely fucked in regards to being able to keep up with the power progression.

This is Top Tier Absolute Fucking Bullshit.
 
Sorceress also now stuck on Bone Pit boss, just like Witch. Warrior stuck on Act 1 boss.

Guess I actually don't have a build that can take them on. Fuck.
 
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Nearing last trial for the 1st Ascension, in second to last room.

Game crashes due to a error. Early Access Beta, but still.
 
So I thought my build was okay.....and then I see others melting bosses that take me to my very last hit point.

I feel like a major problem for me is upgrading my weapons in that I'm never getting drops to keep upgrading them and feel like I'm totally missing something. In Act 1 I'd get upgrades that'd let me get more stats to my gear but in Act 2 seeing none of them.
 
Gearing is absolutly fucked.

Multiple cases of getting killed by ambush mobs right after killing 1st Act 2 Boss boss, and loot up to legendary/unique items getting deleted.

Multiple cases of bosses including the Act 2 boss dropping blue and white items, not even dropping a single rare nevermind a legendary.
 
Zeta Dragoon said:
Gearing is absolutly fucked.

Multiple cases of getting killed by ambush mobs right after killing 1st Act 2 Boss boss, and loot up to legendary/unique items getting deleted.

Multiple cases of bosses including the Act 2 boss dropping blue and white items, not even dropping a single rare nevermind a legendary.
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This is 100% my experience including skill gems being so scarce I have less ability to configure than in D4.

I'm in Act 2 and barely scraping by but enjoying it but the gear is just absolutely NON EXISTANT
 
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Hinedorf said:
This is 100% my experience including skill gems being so scarce I have less ability to configure than in D4.

I'm in Act 2 and barely scraping by but enjoying it but the gear is just absolutely NON EXISTANT
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Best bet is going on their trade site if you have exalts. Drops are pretty scarce for me or i get uniques for other classes instead. So i put them up for sale for exalts too.
 
Ok I have to say something....I'm slowly progressing through act 2 but I have not seen a single unique drop AT ALL in a week. IN A WHOLE FUCKING WEEK OF PLAYING NOT A SINGLE UNIQUE DROP.

I dunno if I'm just unfortunate with RNG or what but it definitely makes me wonder what the fuck I'm playing for if not just the campaign.
 
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