Path of Exile - F2P Action RPG

[Lilalaunebör]

I can't for the life of me find a straight answer online, or get Craftofexile to work, so maybe someone can help me out:

I have a scepter with an acceptable crucible tree (could be better though), but more importantly

- fractured local crit (bricked but whatever)
- +1 spells
- +1 lightning skills
- +10% chance to shock

Now, since it has two prefixes and a fractured mod, will crafting prefixes cannot be changed - scour remove the chance to shock but leave a rare item behind with two prefixes and one fractured suffix?

Since I am unlikely to find anything better on SSF I want to get rid of the chance to shock and multimod lightning damage (prefix) + cast speed (suffix). But if I brick it by making it magic or accidentally removing the +1's, I am basically left without any useable weapon *and* down half my divines.

[VARRAKK]

That should work. I can ask one of my POE gurus later today when he wakes up.

[Mortvvs]

It will remove the shock chance only.
If you want to test yourself, in craftofexile go to emulator and restore saved item with this https://pastebin.com/Z8qM6Q0K (then pick scour and click item).

[Lilalaunebör]

Thanks, a craftofexile for dummys was exactly what I needed

edit: So thinking about it again, maybe there is some even more fucked up tech: multimod, craft prefix lightning damage, prefixes cannot be changed -> veiled orb? High chance of getting a useful veiled suffix (could roll trigger or double damage) + I can still roll the dice and slam an exalt... but I'm even less sure if that works, and the likelyhood that the slam is good is low. Apparently if should work as long as the lightning damage isnt an Aisling mod.

e2: apparently the proper way is multimod - block prefix with anything - prefix cannot be changed - veiled orb (always suffix) - craft dex to block veiled dex / accuracy - unveil (like a 3/4 chance that it hits cast speed + arcane surge / trigger / double damage) - recraft lightning damage + chance to shock - close eyes and slam.
Man, this shit is science.

[VARRAKK]

Decided to actually do some Crucible shizzle today.

+5 levels to my Explosive Arrow. A +1 is a huge dps boost for minimal $$$ and time.

[Lilalaunebör]

That's a big boom Shame about the rest of the mods though.

I actually managed to fail the unveil (best I was offered was 6% dmg per frenzy). As a consolation price I got +30% crit multi on the slam.


Dropped a lot of regrets into trying to retool the character into CI Storm Secret (as planned) only to realize that I have to drop so much damage for the cluster setup that it's really not worth it and Lightning Conduit is still about 85% of my damage. Oh well, at least it lets me automate Hydrosphere, and I don't have to worry about chaos damage. I'll spend the rest of my time on trying to find an 8 passive lightning cluster and a Shadowstitch with at least +2 to relevant gems.

[Lilalaunebör]

Is there any particular tech to merging crucible trees? I've revealed one that has everything I want (1 10% ES, 2 0.6% spell crit, 3 frenzy on hitting mark, 4 6% double damage when strength below 100) that I want to transfer to my current one (1 crap, 2 0.6% crit, 3 6% str+dex, 4 frenzy on kill).

Is the best chance I have to level the first fully and unlevel the second one up to spell crit, or to scour all of them?

e: I guess it boils down to (without mutations), I always have a 50/50 to replace the t1 with the better mod, a very high (90+) chance to keep the crit if I allocate both, and a 70% to hit the frenzy one I want (charge on hit marked, for boss damage) if I only allocate that one.

[VARRAKK]

Have the tree you want to keep fully leveled up. And scour off all the things on the one you want to lose.
It is still RNG, for me it's been mixed results.
AFAIK, it is rarely you get 100% from A imprinted on B

[Lilalaunebör]

Well it worked partially...



The tier 4 is Generosity (bricked) or lose life gain mana on enemy hit (omega bricked with CI, would have been potentially useful if I still were hybrid).

Yeah I know it's not a mirror item, but it's the best I can make on SSF I think.

Unfortunately it also means that I would really like to find the points or gold oils for Whispers of Doom, but hey what can you do :S


edit:

I spent two days farming oils, up to 5 golds now. Not too bad. However my biggest QOL problem right now is mana sustain.

Apparently "damage taken recouped as mana" should work with Storm Secret since it's a self-hit. Does anyone know if it applies before or after DR? If before thrn it would be (assuming 10%) 25mana gained over 4 seconds per HoT hit (i.e. 7x per second), which might solve all my problems if stacks uncapped. If not then Elreon mods are probably still better...

Would be really nice to know so I can figure out my next crafting project.

[VARRAKK]

So we are about 1/2 into Crucible league.
I have learnt a lot and played a lot, strange being a league mechanic I am not engaging with.

For the first time, I have reached level 100 (Explosive Arrow, Champion).
Haven't managed to scale up my DPS yet, to do the Über bosses.
But I have learnt how to make money, lots and lots of money.

[VARRAKK]

So we are about 1/2 into Crucible league.
I have learnt a lot and played a lot, strange being a league mechanic I am not engaging with.

For the first time, I have reached level 100 (Explosive Arrow, Champion).
Haven't managed to scale up my DPS yet, to do the Über bosses.
But I have learnt how to make money, lots and lots of money.

[Lilalaunebör]

My build (Trickster Lightning Counduit) is at the point where I would have to gamble on pinnacle boss drops to improve it, or grind alt quality gems / hope for the perfect double corrupt / craft influenced or double-influenced gear. Things I really don't enjoy in SSF. A Wrath Watcher's Eye for example shouldnt be impossible to get, but I am gated by guardian map drops.

So I'm probably almost finished with the league. I did get a *lot* of good drops though, among them a Hyrri's Ire and two fractured + to gems bows, Malorney's Mechanism, Asenaths Chant etc. So I'm considering trying to make a fotm manaforged arrows build before I quit, but can't bring myself to level a ranger. I guess I could make it a champion instead? I have a duelist leveled up.

e: The other thing I was fantasizing about and almost ready to go is a Kaom's Spirit + Fate of the Vaal Rage Vortex Slayer. Could be fun with Trinity. Not sure what the defenses would look like though.

[VARRAKK]

I assume you have the Atlas passives for guardian map drops?

[Lilalaunebör]

Yes, doesn't seem to help much. I like to keep things diverse so it's not a pure boss rush atlas (I like to delude myself into thinking I might get two gg jewels for a 90% Darkness Enthroned).

e: Ran some invitations, conclusion is that I still loathe Maven everything and Exarch ball phase. Exarch at least I can just zerg rush. No worthwhile drops except Dissolution of the Flesh.

[VARRAKK]

[Lilalaunebör]

Enjoying the current league very, very much. My build is kinda bricked atm, but then again I havent changed any gear since lvl 74 or so.

I'm way behind on the tech though, can someome explain to me how Caustic Arrow interacts with returning projectiles / arrow nova / snipers mark etc.? I'm scaling the hit for poison, so more explosions = more deeeeps.