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My pleasure! :)

Yeah you definitely have to give up flexibility in builds you can run, and eventually you’ll get the items you want, maybe not as good rolls, but for me its a lot more meaningful anyway. Lucky for me the build I like isnt that constrained by specific items.

Yeah absolutely!

Also I'm pretty sure the curse duration nodes near the double curse capstone are bugged and don't increase curse duration, but spell effect duration nodes do

Interesting not sure about the bugs. Re intense agony, I dont want to lose a support slot to a gem that only does more damage to full health mobs, as my struggle is with high health targets which take multiple ED casts to kill (mostly bosses). Maybe I can swap it out on bosses idk, but Im also not a big fan of swapping supports like that 😅

@hakase2036 I am not a big fan of swapping either but gotta say the difference in damage using hourglass and drain ailments (swapping out chain and intense agony) is big. Intense agony is fantastic for mapping. Anyway double check those things I mentioned previously and good luck

Im waiting for my cheque brother, was supposed to arrive ages ago 😰

A what box?

@hakase2036 yeah, pc v console superiority complex is a bit passe. Go ahead and insult any viewers who do cross play and co-op with their friends.

@Loreweavver just a joke brother 🤣

Im actually planning to try demon form when I grind out the -max health ring and a life regen set. In my 400 hours the only bug or unbalance I’ve discovered that got in my way is zalmarath

@ Sticking like glue to charging enemies 5 meters away from them happens quite often for most of the players to notice I think. DC when your mapping losing your portal. If you place support gem into a skill granted by your ascendancy and then you refund the point for it you lose all support gems that were on that skill. Hope you’ve seen it yourself.

Yeah, but for example if you wanted the shield, I think you gotta be lvl 7, but by farming Beira you wont get 7 after 100 kills.

thanks bro, you're a quality gem, lots of crazy bait content but eventually we find the real ones

@Faust333 my pleasure! :)

Ok, this widowhail was fast, I should have listened to you on low level gamble lmao

@@hakase2036 I'm noy sure exactly how it works with level requirement, but I think it may just be the req level of the base item. I have been trying to gamble everlasting. I am 700 witches and gambles in. I have gambled about 18 unique amulets, no everlasting. Level 2 is the best because you can only gamble azure and crimson. However Ungil's Harmony requires level 25 but I've gambled about 8 of them. Still hunting the Everlasting which has no level requirement. So since Sigil Crest shield does require level 7, it's a safe bet like you said. In my case, I was hoping Ungil's Harmony was eliminated since it required level 25, but I'm guessing it's taking the base level requirement of the azure amulet, which is none.

The way I’d approach this is to play another build that isnt so constrained until I get those uniques. I guess its about what you value, if you want to play a constrained build, and nothing else would be fun to you, then yeah, trade or hc trade is more appropriate. I play ARPGs cause I enjoy grinding my way to power, so I actually have zero problem with the current gear acquisition rate, but I understand its frustrating to some people, especially those that have been exposed to PoE1’s systems it seems.

Same man, same

Drop rates are increased

Ahhhhhh

Dying on hardcore reverts your character and everything in your inventory to standard so it's not that bad. I'd suggest trying it once you might end up enjoying it.

Good thing there's a lot more coming :)

Yeah and being more familiar with crafting systems can also help you in trade I guess

Yeah it's insane joker level shit suggesting SSF as a less grindy option.

I am playing ssfhc, and having lots of fun actually, better gaming experience than I've had in many many years.

Yeah I am hoping that the looting/crafting systems will be improved to make progress more fluid towards the official release of the game

There could be a group self found mode tbh, would be cool.

whats forcing you to trade in standard? you realise u can just not trade right?

As long as you’re happy with your experience. I just get sad when I see people end up not enjoying the game when they could be

@hakase2036 I am coming from Diablo 4 blasting to a much less fast paced ARPG. At first I was mixed on how much I was going to enjoy the game, but Geonor changed my opinion fast. I think POE2 is absolutely Incredible. I don't like trading because I've seen the negative effects of player based economy via Diablo 4 (one decent item is 1b gold) so the divine, exalt farming is so archaic to me that sure I'm going to do it but I'll likely use them on my own gear.

@ I cant wait for more content for the game, its gonna be amazing...

You might get more satisfaction from killing count geonor on ssfhc than killing arbiter in standard league, and in that case, which option is wasting time. The paradox is that people with less time often want to be further or equally progressed than people with more time, and that dimishes the experience of the little time they do invest. But its personal choice, all I am trying to bring attention to is that this choice might be less of a no-brainer than it appears :)

Thanks, yeah Im aware of the sound issues. I had a pop filter somewhere but moved countries and may have lost it. It wouldnt just fix the popping? issues but would help. I tried my best to minmax mic distance and this is the best I could do 😅

then why do you even choose this path?

Well yeah, of course the HC modes wont be for everyone. But thats the thing with standard league, you have limited time yes, but then everything before endgame is not part of you enjoying the game is what you’re eluding to. There will be people who have limited time to play and progressing the campaign and eventually into endgame over a longer period like weeks or months, and this rate of progress may be more rewarding anyway. And for others it will be too slow and that experience wont have value. I just dont think that every person that has limited time to play will get the best gaming experience for them from standard.

Re the one-shot mechanics, I suspect most of those are due to lacking investment into defences relative to the difficulty of content you choose to engage in. On my ED chronomancer currently with 6k ES, 2k ish health, capped ele resistances and 68% chaos res, Im still doing t5 maps. Because I can still easily get upgrades through that level of content. I could have been in t15s and yeah risk one shots, cause its just too soon

@ I don't, that's the point. The video makes it seem like this game mode is THE game mode you should play. I am instead bringing the argument back to earth by pointing out that hardcore is not most people's cup of tea because they find the finality of hardcore frustrating.

Then I didnt do a good job putting across my point, which was that trade league might not be the right league for some who play it, and those people might find other leagues more fulfilling.

I feel ya. I actually play on a mobile hotspot right now and get a 5-10s lagspikes every couple of minutes, and havent died to lag yet, I just pause as soon as I start lagging, and make sure not to give any inputs while the spike is ongoing. But if I do end up dying to DC I will be super sad

Absolutely fair. I havent had issues except zalmarath but then again Im taking things very slow :) Still rocking a 980ti 🤣

@@hakase2036 4080 here, got 10FPS or less in certain places and with certain skills. I've had fanboys already screaming to get a better card before they even knew what I'm using :') The game design and idea is great, we just need a bit more bang out of the engine... would also appreciate it if GGG is leaning less on flashy effects if the client cannot handle it. When my FPS drops the FPS counter still says 190, but the screen basically is freezing xD

Oh shit, that sounds horrible!

Sure man, thanks for your guide! Gave me find my fav build so far :D I have checked out the update, I just personally really dont wanna use a bunch of other skills to increase my damage, too lazy XD Maybe once I get to like proper bosses I will have to consider incorporating some of those extra abilities :)

It depends, some chars I make are to try certain playstyles, then I just follow a build guide, a character that’s like kinda my “main” I would usually get inspired by someone’s build then adapt it to hcssf cause most build guides arent exactly hc-friendly. I feel like Im too new to the game and still developing my understanding. I am looking forward to making my own when new classes and ascendancies come out tho :)

Hope they would at least watch the vid before they do 😅

nah its the same argument that we have had in osrs. the hcims/ssfhcs fail to realise that people play games to have fun and for majority of normal players, trading and the ease of getting items is what makes it fun as it allows us to play the exact build we want without being forced to compromise in ssf setting.

​@ ggg should make the game fun for tradies and ssf alike, and they will, but currently the endgame is a snoozefest, and trading makes the non-endgame way too easy

I can only imagine what being in t15s and on endgame bosses is gonna feel like in ssfhc if I ever get there 🤯

@@hakase2036 i believe someone already made it to SFF Hardcore. Kripp made a video on it. it was titan warrior build where you get 6000 energy shield by stacking health and you stack armor to convert your armor into recharge rate using a unique called tatter robe. this robes convert your hp into energy shield and turns out, armor in the game is the strongest way to scale recharge rate for energy shield while energy shield is incredibly good at getting effective hp. the build allow you to hold up a shield and recharge 6000 hp in 2 seconds. yes 2 whole seconds. that is literally insane. the journey is just being able to drop a tattured robe and beat the story mode to get there. personally i don't think the game is balanced for hardcore. there is too many 1 shots for that and the ability to get gear in SSF is unbelievably painful. krip remarks in his 2 opinions of the game that 1) SSF VS trade is far too imbalanced, your practically playing a different game in terms of difficulty and 2) Armor vs Energy shield is imbalanced because one defence is completely useless while another defence is completely overpowered and the irony is that if you combine them, you get most overpowered defence in the game that becomes even playable in hardcore.

Hahaha

@coreymcglone the venn diagram of people who play hcssf and people who are into sadomasochism is a circle

Thanks so much bro! Your talking vids are still better, change my mind 😁

Yeah very good points in support of standard. I hope to one day clear the game and be able to explode whole screens in ssfhc tho, that would be sooooo cool :D I was thinking about practicing bosses on standard when Im closer to fighting the endgame ones, but that would take ages to get to as I dont have a standard char, and part of me really doesnt wanna do that to get a huge payoff of killing them on ssfhc without having ever fought them outside that league :D