[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)

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Serleth wrote:

Sure

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1508571

Thanks!

Boy I screwed up!

Trying to 5-link a second bow for leveling purposes and then this happened.

Any advice on getting 6link bow. Currently using a 5link +2 bow and have 7.2k cloud dps with mostly lvl 18 gems. Also got 2 Andy but cant use them both yet since they ruin my resist.

Stats at lvl 75
Current hp= 2.7k
Resist with 1 andy 65/50/66
MF stat is 55iiq and 288iir

Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Testing Greeds for mf btw. My gear is



Btw mf is awesome. Culled 2 exalts and a carcass in last 2 days. Unfortunately not even one in my luck..

Honestly, despite my personal penchant for wanting to 6L my own bow (sigh) it's better to invest in buying any 6L bow ilvl 64+ then crafting it from there.

I blew about 1.7ex on trying to 6L my own bow yesterday when I could have invested that in buying a 6L, crafting +2 gems, regaling until I got a suffix, paying someone 40c + 1ex for the metamod craft, then exalting for +3 myself. Not including the 6L cost, it's 2.75-3.75 exalt (depending if your exalt hits +1 or that open suffix first), and a 6L bow with patience will probably run 2-3ex for a net total cost of ~7ex.

Compare that to the probable cost of doing all that anyway on a 5L bow for ~4ex then spending a probable 8ex of fusings (12ex total).

minmaxing mf is very painful way to go when you get out of t1. and even with my current 260\20 i feel like doing any less than 90 map is kinda waste of time in terms of loot.
and i never ever had got decent drops at 70- maps
currently sitting at t7-t9 90+ maps, and dont regret any mf point sacrificed for defence

As an HC player, sure.

For SC, never had a problem up to about... t12 or so, full MF gear. Starts to get a bit interesting at that point but I can full MF comfortably still in t13s, struggle a wee bit in t14s but can still manage. T15s, not happening.

why lvl 1 frenzy? does it explain somewhere?

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jokergod13 wrote:

why lvl 1 frenzy? does it explain somewhere?

No reason.

What you should do with the gem, tbh, is level it, 20%, level it again, sell it for profit, then buy another frenzy from the vendor and repeat, ad nauseum.

Same for blink arrow and gmp.

Told you that Quill Rain business would get fixed.

Finally hit Zana 7 this morning, 15% to lvl 88 and going stronger since gems went to 20 / are very close to it. I'm mass-buying chromes to color my bow to get in my empower lvl 2 soon, then I will see how well we will go with quality gems. Still didn't get my arse up to trade for jewels :S farming is priority atm.

When it comes to 20Q/lvl1 gems, I'm sure I'll ge going that route with my Caustic for the AoE. What other gems would greatly benefit from the quality vendor-recipe treatment? IIR most probably, thinking about VM too and the inc-aoe, spell totem for faster placement (not cast speed) and wither (free duration).

RNG sux and this is why I won't gamble. Yes it feels great fusing a 6L, but when you need one to progress, I will just farm up and buy. Some lucky lads always 6L in 20 or less fuses sure, but I'm def not in that exclusive group. Gamble free is also less stress ^^. The only gamble I have to make is chroming, but thx to vorici the cost is somewhat manageable.