[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)
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KorgothBG has a very interesting thread about his magic finding experiences in the General Discussion section of the forums. His findings are pretty much in line with mine.
* UNID chaos recipe and vendoring rares generates the bulk of his currency * Finding valuable uniques is extremely uncommon Not discussed (yet) in the thread is his experience trying to sell rares for currency. For me, it seems like selling probably generates 40-50% of my income, but I go with the shotgun approach - if I think it might sell I drop it into my stash and let Procurement/poe.trade take care of the rest. Last edited by hankinsohl#1231 on Feb 14, 2016, 4:34:21 AM
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I can't recall if I've stated as much in this thread, but definitely on reddit (numerous times) I've stipulated more or less the same numbers, for the first month of a league anyway.
* 40% normal sales * 40% raw generation * 20% off other sources (Atziri runs, GG uniques, the odd T15 map, the odd time I craft something for profit, etc). Hence the point I make in the OP (FAQ): MF isn't about the unique drops. It's about brute-forcing RNG in your favour through massive amounts of raw drops, recipes, vendoring, and dropping a significantly higher amount of rares to toss in your shop. Jul 27, 2011 - Sept 30, 2018.
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Real talk for a second how would you recommend this vs a MF flame totem templar on a HC league?
i got to 85 as: https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/Spacewhael/characters toon name yellowjacket hawkey. as you can see i had no defences other than a 4.2k life pool and died in a strand map or something to trying to out run some rare devourers and was too scared to log out when all my pots were empty (complete buffoonery) |
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" Totems are infinitely safer. Flat out. But the playstyle I find leaves me more prone to making stupid decisions or just forgetting what I'm doing for a second because it's almost aggressively passive. I.e., going up against devourers with 4.2k life and no pots ;) Anyway, I do have an HC variant of this build that pushes 5.5-6K life, at which point you basically shouldn't die unless you're running silly-difficult T13+ content. Granted, you will have to be on top of your flasks to feel super safe playing it and just generally get adjusted to running an Eva/Acro build. Some people find it squishy. Which it sort of is, but I hardly ever find myself in a situation where I feel properly threatened. Maybe some of that's skill, some of it knowing the flasks can bail me out. At any rate, I basically only die (even with 4.5k life) when I'm deliberately pushing hard content. If you decide to roll FT again, run with Sire of Shards, clear speed is a lot better than with Searing Touch. Jul 27, 2011 - Sept 30, 2018. Last edited by Serleth#4392 on Feb 15, 2016, 4:42:45 AM
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Hi again;
So I got enough currency to buy below posted bow. I asked the guy he said it can't be multi-modded to add another resistance, but I can however use an ex on it. What do you suggest? What are the mods expected of exalting the bow? And I'm guessing that I wouldn't be able to use a scouring to remove the new mod (if it wasn't a desired one). I want to apologies for this off-topic post but I'm really lost :(
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Regards, Last edited by Hvakhshathra#3888 on Feb 15, 2016, 8:04:06 AM
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Hey Serleth, massive props to you for keeping this thread alive for so long and helping people where you can.
Been playing the build for roughly 3 days now and it's going great! It would be cool if you could give me some advice though. I'm at: +125% IIR +2 5L Bow (PA - void manip. - rapid decay - conc eff - AoE) Drillneck Capped res / 2.8k Life I'm curious to which of these options would be the largest power spike at this point and it would be awesome if I could get your opinion: get andvarius rings and tweak the gear for capped res again drop a gem in my current bow and pick up empower get a 6L +3 bow (leaning away from this option because budget isn't THAT high, which is why carcass jack isn't here, lol) keep up the good work ser, appreciate it :) |
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" You have roughly I think it's a 20% chance of getting a resistance (factoring in all tiers of all affixes available). And no, you wouldn't be able to remove it. Just mastercraft the second resistance. You already have a very high lit res roll, which is better than you'd get by self-crafting a dual resistance bow. " Gear progression spoiler covers this basically. But based on what you've said, I'd go: Goldwyrm > Andvarius > 6L +3 bow > second Andy. More MF = more currency = faster 6L = faster clear speed = faster second Andvarius. Jul 27, 2011 - Sept 30, 2018.
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" Wouldn't it be better (damage wise) to mastercraft Leo DOT on it first? And when you don't care Ex it and hope for res? |
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" Not necessarily. If you need the second resistance in order to run Carcass Jack, you'll gain the AoE + AoE damage from the chest-swap. Regardless, I was speaking strictly in terms of res balance, but yes you obviously have a point. If it were me, however, I'd save that exalt to craft my own bow from scratch. Jul 27, 2011 - Sept 30, 2018.
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Hey, i got some questions about your passive trees. I noticed the standard tree tree with acrobats doesnt get Method to the Madness, but the Iron Reflexes one does. Those nodes seem pretty good to me, any reason you didnt include them in the stadard build ?
Oh and what bow would be better: +3/4l or +2/5l ? Last edited by gexstar#1520 on Feb 17, 2016, 4:30:00 PM
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