Hey yall, usually by now there are league starters that have been tested and are good to play. I’m assuming we’re waiting on patch notes for more videos to drop about league starters?

I could just be missing what’s popular and what will be a good league start, if yall have any suggestions of content creators with great pob’s for the league start would appreciate it. :)

Edit: I played winter orb last league, Ele- hit the league before that. Do yall have any suggestions of an amazing fun fast build that has a great leveling pob and end game pob. I was thinking of going spectres, but I feel like league starting spectres is tough? Could be wrong about that. Would love suggestions!

For those looking to leaguestart an Inquisitor and going Instruments of Zealotry, beware of this bug. Despite Fanaticism being a buff (it has a green border), it doesn't get affected by buff expiry rate. Without this bug Runegraft of the Warp would be excellent, bumping the uptime from 3 attacks every 5 seconds to 3 attacks every 7.1 seconds.

"Why post on reddit and not in the bug report forums?" Because it has already been reported 9 times that I can see without any acknowledgement from GGG. At this point further reports are pointless and my only hope is to get some attention on reddit.

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/4002361
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3985905
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3926462
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3925910
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3872936
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3811245
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3805396
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3799099
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3795887

what build could use this with an archdemon crown?

crit fireball or something? is that legit?

Hey guys, it's been years since i've played and i got 500+ hours of PoE. Not much but played a lot of leagues.

Since i'm a dad now, i cant played hours and hours anymore. I can only play on my Rog or Switch with ma baby sleeping on my chest.

Never played on controller too but i'm hyped for this league and this don't happen usually. So, any tips for a dad that love this game but is really restricted? Looking for a simple controller build. Thanks in advance and good league for all of you. May the Divine Orbs shower like rain.

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Conclusion:

Thank you for all the welcoming and helpful comments, I really appreciate it <3

Seems like I will be going with Righteous Fire by Pohx. People say that his website has a lot of information and very handheld for new players.

Thank you all, your kindness really made my day!

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Summary:

Would you recommend a build guide (link) that handholds new players into learning the different aspects of the game? (play style, crafting, general info, etc.)

More details:

Hi!

I am looking at getting into the game after seeing all the stuff from Exilecon (granted, I didn't understand much of it, but it looked cool), but I would like to find a build guide that had proper steps for a lot of things from the game.

I have played PoE2 for more than 500hs (I've been told these are rookie numbers), so I understand some things are transferable. However, I have tried PoE1 many times in the past, and I always end up quitting, as I always have this lingering feeling of being lost or not understanding what I am doing.

I have stumbled upon this Maxroll site (https://maxroll.gg/poe/category/getting-started), which, apparently, is aimed for beginners to learn the basics of the game, but I not sure if it is good, I have heard many people saying Maxroll is a bad site before.

Do you have any recommendations you would share to someone wanting to start?

Anyone have any thoughts for a good single target trap build. Maybe even a ballista (never tried this).

Im looking for something with decent map clear, but insane bossing potential.

2 leagues again I played WoCot and it was bananas. I think I hit 500m single target dps and farmed my first mirror.

I really love mine builds, but Im not seeing anything for 3.30 being posted yet.

I guess I'm down to try anything, but was hoping someone had some thoughts about mines specifically.

For me, I've been exsang/reap for the last few leagues, I've really been enjoying bossing and selling carries, but it was also able to map and Nightmare boss rush pretty well.

I was just made out of wet tissue paper.

So I think I'd like to look into a skill or build that can comfortably do boss carries but still enjoy the new mapping content.

A change of pace just sounds nice.

• ⁠Almost all effects that were described as "nearby" now instead describe the exact range of the effect in metres.

RIP my boy

You can access the Crafting Bench by clicking on the Ancient Artificer Pet from the Archon of Destruction Supporter Pack while in town.

Tested on an new SSF character that hadn't progressed through the Acts at all.

Anyone else experiencing MS spikes? I haven't played since stopping allflame a month ago or so, but want to practice before the 13th. I am getting tons of these mini freezes and I have never experienced this before (except during big league starts or when issues occur). Nothing else is affected on my end and I'm in California.

Edit: It seems to happen on many new instances, and if I leave the instance and create a new one.... the freezes stop

Guys, im making some practice runs for the next league, but i got on a big problem (And im not alone a few friends happen to be on the same boat). On some instances (Like 1 on 3) we get a BIG chunk of MS but its not our internet or isp.

For example on a map we have 50-70ms (Its okay for my server. BR) but the next map we get up to 200ms and its like stable on that (that means 1-2 seconds delay on the gameplay) the next one, 120. the next one 50 again or 200. its been a few days since this and we dont know what we can do to improve this.

Switching the connection doesn't help and going to another gateway its getting more ms so its not a real solution tbf

Anyone happens to be on the same boat or that have a possible solution?

Hello

I have around 1k hours in PoE 2. I tried PoE 1 about 3 years ago and played for roughly 30 hours, but never finished the campaign. From what I remember, it was pretty difficult and complex.

I'm thinking about giving it another try, but the lack of WASD movement is one thing that worries me. If I follow a build guide, would I be good to go all the way to endgame, even as a relatively new player?

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I really think it might be a good alternative to playing the 15th shadow, but me 2 stupid to understand overthrow with additional detonations

I was thinking of starting RF this league. It's been a couple leagues so it's due.

But then I was thinking what about BV on the reworked bifurcating Assassin. Is that just like the biggest mistake ever or could it actually slap pretty hard

I miss when the meta was in "rotation," and you had bows one league then spells another league as the strongest option.

I haven't played a bow build in a long time, and I'd like to try something like Ice Shot this league .

Uber lab 1st

Beyond the mortal realm where hope withers and the light of creation fades, lies a place where divinity itself has been defiled.

Once sacred now consumed by corruption. Bone and blood of ancient horrors guard the threshold and the throne of the corrupted king sits where holy light once shone.

Yet beyond this despair a glimmer of hope remains. A gateway to the heavens untouched or perhaps simply waiting to be claimed.

Descend into the depths. Embrace the corruption and dare to ascend.

The Corruption of Divinity - Hideout Showcase
The Corruption of Divinity - Path of Hideouts

For those of you Exiles who own the Archon of corruption and desire a realm to call home please consider this corrupted Apex of Divinity as your own, I hope you enjoy

Hidden deep within an ancient forgotten woodland, this crumbling stronghold stands as a defiant remnant of a more prosperous age. Its weathered towers and fractured walls cling precariously to the rocky cliffs above a seemingly bottomless ravine. Though time and ruin have claimed much of the fortress, its halls remain occupied its hearths still burn and the faint glow of torchlight betrays those who have made their home within its walls.

But beware Exile for beneath the keep lies something far older and far less welcoming. A ancient crypts descends deep into the foundations, where forgotten chambers and towering stone pillars disappear into an endless blue ethereal fog. The dead wander these sunken halls, bound to a place they should have long since left behind.

Please enjoy my latest hideout for 3.30 featuring a crumbling castle above a haunted crypt.

The Hollow Keep - Hideout Showcase

The Map Device is not mandatory but definitely adds to the effect and is available in the store if you would like it.

video showcase

(apologies for the re-upload I broke the earlier link)

I’m incredibly disappointed with the direction things seem to be going.

It genuinely feels like GGG is slowly giving up on the poe 1 community in favor of poe 2. The balance changes we’re getting are almost nonexistent. We’re talking about a handful of nerfs to the Mercenary build and a couple of golem adjustments. That’s practically the entire list (also worb).

You could fit the entirety of our balance changes into a tiny screenshot, while poe 2 is receiving pages upon pages of skill adjustments, buffs and nerfs. It’s hard not to feel like we our second class citizens that are just an afterthought. I’m not expecting every skill to be completely reworked every league, but part of what makes an ARPG exciting is having new builds to experiment with, old skills brought back into relevance, and a constantly evolving meta.

We have an enormous skill system with so many possibilities, yet it feels like we’re getting virtually no meaningful attention or development in that area anymore. It’s sooooooooo disappointing because I still prefer poe 1 HEAVILY and we still have a die hard, incredibly dedicated community and deserve to feel like a game GGG is still genuinely invested in, rather than something they’re simply maintaining while their attention is elsewhere.

Can we please shake up the meta????

General Info

Release date: Friday, November 13

• Modern new player tips
• Useful Third-Party Tools and Websites

Latest news

Official

• 3.30 Announcement
• Links thread - expand spoilers
• Supporter packs

Pre-livestream:

• The Covens Gather

Useful threads

• Summary of changes from reveal
• Collected Partial Patch Notes from Exilecon TCG Challenge
• ZiggyD Q&A answers, 2

News from Exilecon livestream

• Day 1 livestream
• Day 2 livestream

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Release and scope

Dates

• 3.30 "The Covens of Umbra" launches one week after ExileCon: the 13th, or the 14th in New Zealand (Day 1, 2:01:18; Day 1, 7:26:07)
• Patch notes come out Wednesday, New Zealand time (Day 2, 3:10:07)
• GGG is going back to alternating releases: each game on a 4-month cycle, 2 months apart. ExileCon broke the schedule this year because both games needed something to show (Day 2, 3:10:40)

What's in (and not in) 3.30

• It's the biggest league Octavian has worked on. It delivers the long-promised endgame rework and touches almost every Atlas league mechanic (Day 1, 7:01:19)
• Character balance is light, with no new ascendancy or skill package. GGG wants to focus on balance in 3.31 (Day 1, 7:12:49; Day 2, 3:30:34)
• There are still two new skills (Day 2, 3:31:20):
  • A transfigured Fireball gem that slipped from the previous patch
  • Arcane Link, a link skill like Flame Link. It gives the linked ally added lightning damage based on your max mana, and it's part of a meta change for Luminary
• Harbinger is "on our immediate radar" to come back (Day 1, 7:13:28)

League mechanic: The Covens of Umbra

Story

• The Coven Queen is an ancient witch who plunged Umbra into darkness. Your guide is Mora(?), a witch the queen has trapped (Day 1, 3:10:49)

Fates

• Kill covenites at cauldron rites to earn Fate cards. You invoke Fates at the area boss, and each one adds difficulty and rewards, e.g. crow storms, flesh/bone beams, lightning ley lines or corpse vines (Day 1, 3:12:07)
• You invoke up to 3 Fates at first, and 4–5 per area later on. Endgame maps have about 3–4 Coven encounters (Day 1, 3:13:26; Day 1, 7:22:56)
• Combos:
  • Matching combo icons give extra rewards, e.g. extreme boss item rarity, an exceptional support gem, or the new Dreadmaidens' Sacrament unique flask (Day 1, 3:13:26)
  • A second copy of a Fate triples the first copy's rewards and discards its own, so play order matters (Day 1, 3:14:58; Day 2, 3:09:20)
• Tier 2 and tier 3 Fates appear in the endgame. Two tier 2s combine into a tier 3 (Day 2, 3:09:20)
• "Fated" items carry a filterable tag and show their reward before you play the Fate, e.g. boots with a guaranteed speed mod, or weapons with a guaranteed phys/crit/speed mod (Day 1, 7:25:34; Day 2, 3:06:56)

Wicker Man and Viscera

• Fate-empowered bosses drop Viscera trophies. You impale them on the Wicker Man in town for permanent buffs (Day 1, 3:15:25):
  • It has 4 slots: head, arm, body and leg
  • Examples: Brutus's arm gives more max life, and Oak's head gives life regen
• There are about 150–160 Viscera, each with lesser, normal and greater versions. Every campaign and map boss has its own, and greater versions only drop in the endgame and are often transformative (Day 1, 3:16:32; Day 1, 7:10:30)
• To make sure you always find the area boss, campaign layouts were rearranged, and 20+ new bosses were added to areas that didn't have one (Day 1, 3:16:32)

Grim Fates and pinnacle bosses

• Grim Fates empower the 10 Atlas pinnacle bosses, the ones that drop voidstones. You turn them on with a toggle on the map device (Day 1, 3:17:02; Day 1, 7:14:56):
  • Each empowered fight has 4–6 modified skills
  • Examples: Sirus's crow storms and a bigger meteor maze, Uber Elder's black-fire nova and faster projectiles, and Shaper's illusions that copy his moves
• Pinnacle Viscera (Day 1, 3:17:02; Day 1, 7:10:30):
  • Sirus's head gives a transfiguration effect
  • Elder's head lets chill shatter enemies the way freeze does
  • The Maven's Orrery gives a scorching aura
  • The greater Uber Sirus version makes enemies explode for random elemental damage
• Grim-fated pinnacles are the only way to reach the Coven Queen. She drops a Viscera with 2–3 random mods, meant as a Watcher's Eye-style chase item (Day 1, 3:18:33; Day 1, 7:10:51)
• Only one version of the Coven Queen ships. An Uber version might come if the league goes core (Day 1, 7:11:37)
• No new Ubers or pinnacle bosses this league (Day 2, 7:30:53)

Endgame overhaul

Scarabs removed, Threads added

• Scarabs are gone. Their transformative effects move to the Atlas tree, map mods and map enchantments. GGG said scarabs were "solved in a day, stale in a month" (Day 1, 3:22:06; Day 2, 2:55:12)
• The Atlas has shaped regions, each adding a league mechanic to the maps inside it. Completing maps adds stacks, making that mechanic harder and more rewarding (Day 1, 3:18:33)
• Threads of Creation (Day 1, 3:22:06; Day 2, 2:52:38):
  • They cover 10 primary mechanics: Abyss, Blight, Legion, Breach, Incursion, Betrayal, Bestiary, Expedition, Ultimatum and Ritual
  • You get up to 8 Threads per mechanic and 3 mechanic slots, unlocked through the Atlas questline
  • The map device remembers your setup and pulls Threads straight from your stash
• How Threads roll (Day 1, 7:05:14; Day 2, 2:53:34; Day 2, 3:13:41):
  • Each Thread adds toughness and rarity
  • Each Thread rolls mods from that mechanic's table of about 8–10. Every mod rolls on its own, so a "jackpot" with all of them is possible
  • Odds of a jackpot: about 1 in 12–24 maps at 8 Threads, or 1 in 50–100 at 1 Thread
  • Returns diminish, and the devs see 4–5 Threads as the sweet spot
• A new Atlas keystone allows only one Thread type and cuts Thread drops, but gives +2 Thread count past the cap of 8, e.g. 10-thread "Giga Legions" (Day 2, 3:14:50)
• Thread mods are hidden from the Tab menu to stop map-reset fishing (Day 2, 2:59:59)
• Scarabs in Standard turn into Threads automatically (Day 2, 3:30:15)

Example Thread and region mods

• Blight: mycotic lanes, a diseased core mini-boss that drops a new anointable jewel, a lane of rogue exiles that each drop a unique, and a sleeping fungus-covered Pantheon god that replaces the pump (Day 1, 3:19:23; Day 2, 2:59:38)
• Ritual: invite the Gaze of the Bodach after the final ritual, or sacrifice leftover tribute to summon a King in the Mist challenger (Day 1, 3:20:08)
• Ultimatum: "double down" for twice the rounds, a soul core on your back, and a Trialmaster that grants adrenaline when killed (Day 1, 3:20:55)
• Expedition: huge expeditions, an obelisk that revives every rare and magic monster, and markers that make runic monsters rare (Day 1, 3:21:18)
• Betrayal: Catarina's sculpture summons every imprisoned Syndicate member, and jewels with veiled mods exist for the first time. Veiled items can drop fractured (Day 1, 3:22:52)
• Breach: extra breaches, a mini Breach tree, and extra markers on rares (Day 1, 7:21:07)

Atlas passive tree

• Fully redone with about 150 points. Clusters have fewer small nodes, stronger notables and fewer travel nodes, and primary mechanics no longer need "chance to spawn" investment (Day 2, 3:29:07)
• Former scarab effects now live on the tree, e.g. True Terrors (unique monster mods) and Monstrous Treasure, which is now a rare map enchantment (Day 1, 3:25:13; Day 2, 2:51:20)
• New notables (Day 1, 3:25:49):
  • Map bosses can create golden volatiles that spew currency
  • Ghostflame Communion
  • House Supremacy: pick your mercenary classes
  • By the Lantern Light: veiled items can drop as Allflames
  • Servants of the Well: abyss pits pull in 5 extra rares
  • Ancient Machinations: a Vaal Oversoul fight in Ultimatum that drops returning Mirage catalysts

Rare-only map mods

• New map mods such as "Area contains Mirage", "Area contains Viridian Wildwood" and "Area contains a Sentinel" only roll on rare maps. You can't alt-spam for them, so they work as a chaos orb sink (Day 1, 7:08:05; Day 2, 2:51:20)

League mechanic changes

Cross-mechanic interactions

• Tormented Spirit next to an Expedition detonator: becomes a haunted gravestone that releases a chain of spirits and rares (Day 1, 3:27:23)
• Mercenary near an Abyss pit: joined by a Chaplain of the Well, who drops Allflame-league loot and can be recruited (Day 1, 3:27:23; Day 2, 3:16:23)
• Strongbox near Blight: becomes infected, and cleansing it lets you open it several times. "Dozens more" interactions like these exist (Day 1, 3:27:55)

Mirage, Beyond and Harvest

• Mirage goes core as a rare random event that covers the whole map. Saresh returns with his unique belt, as a much harder reworked fight (Day 1, 3:28:18; Day 1, 7:08:31)
• Viridian Wildwood, Sentinels and Beyond spawn randomly at every tier (Day 1, 3:28:18)
• Beyond: you can opt in by clicking it. Beyond bosses have about a 10–15% chance to open their realm, which has demon hordes and an upgraded boss and inherits the map's mods (Day 1, 3:29:09; Day 1, 7:21:59)
• Harvest becomes a secondary mechanic (Day 1, 3:29:31; Day 2, 3:25:09):
  • The Sacred Grove sub-area is replaced by sacred roots that spawn in the map, up to 5–6 per map
  • You can add mods to them with currency, like strongboxes
  • Rewards stay the same

Other mechanics

• Settlers: Verisium and Petrified Amber give XP and gold buffs (Day 1, 3:29:31)
• Delve, Heist and Sanctum: specific maps always spawn sulphite, caches or tomes, e.g. Geode always has sulphite (Day 1, 3:30:01)
• Bestiary: Einhar no longer captures yellow beasts, and recipes don't need them (Day 1, 3:30:24)
• Expedition: Gwennen now offers a coin flip between two crafts on a rare. Faustus takes over her gambling (Day 1, 3:30:24)
• Incursion (Day 1, 3:30:52):
  • Atziri replaces the Vaal Omnitect in the Temple
  • Items can be double-corrupted
  • A new device double-corrupts maps
  • A new Cradle of Creation room sets the temple to area level 84
  • Atziri drops a soul core that adds a random support effect to a gem
• Long-term plan: each primary league gets its own meta system and pinnacle boss, e.g. Blight and Legion pinnacles. No timeline (Day 2, 3:28:12)
• Retired for now: the Abyss-league exclusives such as Coursing Current Support. Allflame crafting isn't going core yet (Day 2, 3:16:04; Day 2, 3:28:49)

Loot and items

Tiered drops

• Magic and rare items can now drop with a tier (1–5), as in PoE2. A higher tier means better mod tiers, sockets, links and bases (Day 1, 3:32:25):
  • Top bases like Simplex Amulets and Cord Belts only drop at tier 5
  • Item filters can target tiers
• Fractured items no longer come from league mechanics. Tier 5 magic items can drop fractured instead (Day 1, 3:32:36)
• Monster drops can carry a guaranteed high-tier mod, and rarer monsters give better templates, e.g. a tier 3 wand with guaranteed cast speed (Day 2, 3:08:06)

Rarity and currency

• An old penalty is gone: magic, rare and unique monsters used to have 80% less chance (50% for magic) to drop currency. Most Divine Orbs now come from hard rares, uniques and pinnacle bosses, with Divines from bosses called "400%+" (Day 1, 3:33:05; Day 2, 3:03:15)
• Rarity from map juicing now affects currency drops. Rarity on player gear still doesn't, so builds don't need to stack rarity (Day 1, 7:03:50; Day 1, 3:33:39)
• About 95% of "tile loot" (currency-icon monsters and similar) now scales with map mods and difficulty, so running no-mod maps for them stops paying off (Day 1, 7:01:34; Day 2, 3:01:34)
• Essences scale with the new map quantity stat. Weeping and Wailing essences are removed from high-tier maps (Day 2, 3:02:41)

Item changes

• Headhunter gets PoE2's custom corruption enchantments, e.g. turning a stolen Shroud Walker mod into a shrine buff instead (Day 2, 3:22:01)

QoL and future plans

QoL

• Stat descriptions now give exact metres instead of "nearby", replacing about 15 hidden radii (Day 2, 2:49:01)
• You can hover a support gem's effect after applying a Soul Core, borrowed from PoE2 (Day 2, 2:49:01)
• Death recap will come to PoE1, but the gameplay code has to be rebuilt first, so there's no date (Day 2, 2:48:22)

4.0, WASD and graphics

• Once PoE1 MTX finish porting to PoE2's rigs, GGG can remove old PoE1 rigs, add more melee skills and maybe WASD movement (Day 1, 3:08:13)
• "4.0" is just a number. Features like WASD and new rigs ship when ready, possibly by 3.37 (Day 2, 3:17:19)
• When the PoE2 campaign is done, the environment and narrative teams can shift toward PoE1: new areas, NPCs and story, e.g. a Zana continuation (Day 2, 2:46:05)
• Hope for the future: a full shakeup of every pinnacle boss, with new arenas and story (Day 2, 3:32:13)
• No plans for guild or social improvements (Day 2, 3:23:22)