[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)

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Sploodge wrote:

Thanks.

In an optimal STD build, squeezing as much MF out of gear as possible - do you think it'd be better to take item quantity on the 6l instead of rarity?

Depends on the rest of your gearing progression, but generally, yes. You would need to be roughly at around 230-250 IIR to make it worthwhile though, in my experience.

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/725812

Rumor has it that Cartographer's Strongboxes have not yet been removed from the game. Alas, I am unable to affirm the veracity of such a claim.

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hankinsohl wrote:

Rumor has it that Cartographer's Strongboxes have not yet been removed from the game. Alas, I am unable to confirm such wild speculation.

I've had three.

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Serleth wrote:

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hankinsohl wrote:

Rumor has it that Cartographer's Strongboxes have not yet been removed from the game. Alas, I am unable to confirm such wild speculation.

I've had three.

/ignore Serleth

Kapa.

It's been pretty strange for me with maps. I hit a brick wall about a week ago getting stuck in like Tier 5 for quite awhile. Just crazy.

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hankinsohl wrote:

Rumor has it that Cartographer's Strongboxes have not yet been removed from the game. Alas, I am unable to affirm the veracity of such a claim.

i got two.

but forgot to corrupt
^)))
you cant go past 8 without chiseling and rolling, i hardly ever got to 10, but had bad luck and now im at 7 again :(
and alch everything to minimum of70-80 that you dont chisel. overall prob are 100+ orchards etc with unlucky bossmods that i actually dont even try.

I haven't really tried to progress yet map wise so I can speak to this supposed "nerf" to maps that's happened.



I've just been working on this



Which has eaten about 1300 chromes or so.

I got 5-off. FIVE.

THRICE.

And about another 7 or 700 four-offs that have been either BRRR, RRBB, RRRR, or BBBB, but not BBBR.

(ﾉಥ_ಥ）ﾉ

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Serleth wrote:

I haven't really tried to progress yet map wise so I can speak to this supposed "nerf" to maps that's happened.

Spoiler

The same nerf that "happens" every league. Because apparently nobody understands RNG.

I've just been working on this

Which has eaten about 1300 chromes or so.

I got 5-off. FIVE.

THRICE.

And about another 7 or 700 four-offs that have been either BRRR, RRBB, RRRR, or BBBB, but not BBBR.

(ﾉಥ_ಥ）ﾉ

Grats on the 6-link though and the nice 21 CA.

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mezmery wrote:

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hankinsohl wrote:

Rumor has it that Cartographer's Strongboxes have not yet been removed from the game. Alas, I am unable to affirm the veracity of such a claim.

i got two.

but forgot to corrupt
^)))
you cant go past 8 without chiseling and rolling, i hardly ever got to 10, but had bad luck and now im at 7 again :(
and alch everything to minimum of70-80 that you dont chisel. overall prob are 100+ orchards etc with unlucky bossmods that i actually dont even try.

The stuck at 5 thing was just bad luck.

I've got a pool of 11's ready for the "kitchen sink" treatment to sustain 10-11-12's for the Kill 80+ Rigwald challenge.

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hankinsohl wrote:

I've got a pool of 11's ready for the "kitchen sink" treatment to sustain 10-11-12's for the Kill 80+ Rigwald challenge.

So has anyone figured out exactly how that ilvl thing works?

Because "slightly higher than average talisman input level" didn't say much and I haven't seen anybody yet with a definitive formula that works to determine exactly what the output ilvl is.

Also, thanks.

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Serleth wrote:

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hankinsohl wrote:

I've got a pool of 11's ready for the "kitchen sink" treatment to sustain 10-11-12's for the Kill 80+ Rigwald challenge.

So has anyone figured out exactly how that ilvl thing works?

Because "slightly higher than average talisman input level" didn't say much and I haven't seen anybody yet with a definitive formula that works to determine exactly what the output ilvl is.

Also, thanks.

Yes it's a weighted arithmetic average of the iLevels of the sacrificed talismans as follows:

R = round [(H*3 + (M1 + M2 + M3)*2 +L)/10]

Where
R = resultant iLevel of talisman dropped by summoned monster
H = highest iLevel of sacrificed talismans
M1, M2, M3 = iLevel of the middle 3
L = lowest iLevel of the sacrificed talismans

And 0.5 apparently rounds up (I haven't confirmed this though).

So 2 Tier 3 iLevel 80's and 3 Tier 3 ilevel 79's should do the trick.

Also, the level of the zone in which you summon has no bearing on the iLevel of the talisman dropped.


Edit:
Confirmed that 0.5 rounds up.

I sacrificed 2 69's and 3 68's and got a 69.