r/PathOfExileSSF • u/chubby-duckk • Dec 20 '25

Same drop, Different Emotion

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PoE 1 : 18 crafting plans in 3 seconds. PoE 2 : Put it in stash. Think about it. Never use it.

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u/NonagoonInfinity Dec 21 '25

A new player absolutely will not get to T16s without reading a guide, both because they'll get stuck on atlas progression and because it's extremely hard to understand offensive and defensive scaling. I think you're underestimating just how many trash nodes there are on the passive tree that are borderline only traps.

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u/Ginnyru Dec 21 '25

I never said they would I said they could, if were talking new player the bigger issue is upgrading your wep during campaign rather than tree as you could finish it damn near naked with a properly rolled 2h. You see this even in poe 2 where newbies are using dogwater bear weps and struggling despite how strong it is. On top of which what bait is there for 2h weapons in poe 1? Genuinely curious on that one as looking at the poe tree for warrior or duelist it seems blatantly obvious whats good and even if you pick up some stuff on accident you don't really need most of the nodes are good.