[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)
In regards to SSF, they said there will be no differentiation between SSF and regular challenges... don't want people to feel like they HAVE to play SSF for prestige of SSF-ing 40/40... basically, it's a you'll know thing... and I assume there will be an SSF tag if/when they go ahead and allow people to talk in global SSF temp and regular temp leagues (HC/SC still seperate) like they seem to be considering...
People on reddit were more excited about the confirmation of gem access for all... no more restricting gems by class... "in some form"... nice QoL for me when playing builds that require very divergent gems to GGG's narrow expectations On Clearspeed mapping... OMG... a specific lootfilter makes all the difference... I made an even more modified version of Neversink (probably woulda been easier to start from scratch), and now my Clearspeed.filter hides everything except Rings, Amulets, Belts, currency/div/map/6S/etc... white Leather belts... the smallest RGB recipes for when a map doesnt give me much otherwise (might be hiding these soon since its rarely used)... turned off the sound for maps below t10... did a few other things... And now I can finish maps so much faster... I adopted the 1 portal per map rule unless I find Zana... and am clearing so much faster and at least cutting even if not always profiting (I am spending 4c running Perandus for coffers and paying people in trade 820 for things sometimes... and I havent cleared my quad stash of jewelry in a long while... I've been running Shaped Strand and Mesa... probably paying too much based on Serleth's recaps... gives me insight in how to save even more in the future... I already dropped to using varying amounts of chisels... only using white sextants... and Perandusing most Strands when I don't forget... I haven't dropped below 10 Strands since I broke it in the first place... run about 50 Shaped Strands/Mesas in the last few days... hope to try Atoll in the future, when I find more than 1... then I'll probably have to fiddle with my rules for ilvl 83+ drops I find Zana kind of annoying when running a funneled Atlas... the map drops inside Zana missions don't seem to follow any rules... I'll be doing a lvl 79 version of Dunes, and Plaza starts dropping... which is a barely visible node on my map... completely untouched... happened with several different maps now... but Zana and Haku are my only non-8 masters now and I want to finish them... once no longer worried about a +3 bow, I started to feel like Masters are a waste of time like some of the rest of you have... this league has been a real eye-opener for me... This turned into quite the wall of text since I haven't been around much the last few days... if you made it this far, sorry :D |
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@Piros
Sounds like we've adapted similar tactics. I'm running Shaped Strands but I reworked my atlas so that T10's funnel to Shaped Mesa. I've been successfully maintaining my Strands pool, but it's close. If I run out I'll just switch to Mesa. I hope to hit 95 (eventually) at which point I'll probably run a funneled T14 (not sure which map yet) and funneled T15 (Shaped Courtyard) - I'll use these to farm T16s for the challenge. Last edited by hankinsohl#1231 on Jan 23, 2017, 8:21:36 AM
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People seem to swear by Shaped Coves... but i ran coves t9 to set it up, and got caught on boat parts and rocks quite a bit... kinda annoying... especially in comparison to Strand... I was thinking about enabling all t10 maps... but I too like running Shaped Mesa... its so easy... even if breaches tend to spawn on the smalled ledge areas... only just hit 91... but did it 5x faster than my CA MF char hit 89 so I'm happy
Courtyard seemed like a much nicer map to me when I ran it to setup Shaped t15 |
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@Hank
Nice story. Except it's not true. Electric is a level 22 templar in the Breach league who is not currently online. Unrelated, if any of you guys are EU and want to increase your Strand exp/h and decrease your currency/h (but also decrease or eliminate map rolling costs), I'm up for partying. |
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" Thanks! Glad you liked it. Good names tend to be taken already - so I typically append an underscore to names I like and go with that if it's available; so it's really "Electric_" - but I think of her as "Electric." :-) |
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" Yeah, this game is so complex that you tend to have breakthrough moments, like when you're learning, say, guitar, and suddenly you realize the significance in how modes and arpeggios interlock. Glad this league has been that for you =) Jul 27, 2011 - Sept 30, 2018.
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Chayula Breach
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Another tale, this time about the extremely difficult challenge to collect Chayula splinters. Hopefully your challenge is going better than Nilfer's. ================= Dispatch: Ten-Baker-One, Ten-Baker-One. Four-one-five in progress at 161 North 51st Street, Apartment 16C. Please respond. Unit 10-B-1: Roger dispatch. Ten-Baker-One en route. "Goddamnit," thought Officer Branson to himself; "Disturbing the Peace call at 2:30 in the morning. Well, there goes the coffee break." ================== Earlier the previous day... Global (1): 40#BigBully: You're such a noob Nilfer. 3#Nilfer: Guys, help me out please. How'd you finish the Chayula splinters challenge? 38#NeenerNeener: Duh! You attack Chayula in a Breach. 40#BigBully: Haha! 3#Nilfer: But Chayula never spawns! Come on guys, help me out! 38#NeenerNeener: Well, did you follow the ritual? 3#Nilfer: Ritual? What ritual? 40#BigBully: Noob! 3#Nilfer: What ritual? 38#NeenerNeener: Oh for Christsakes. The tabasco sauce, baking soda ritual, obviously. 40#BigBully: Yes. The way-past-midnight, naked gaming with loud music ritual. Haha. 38#NeenerNeener: That's the ritual, BigBully, LOL. Oh, and you need to shout "CHAY OOH LA" over and over else he won't spawn. 3#Nilfer: What? Wait. I'll screenshot this for reference. Thanks guys. Thanks a million. ================== Nilfer isn't a particularly good Path of Exile player. In fact he's bad. Really bad. It's a miracle Nilfer somehow managed to complete three challenges. But one thing Nilfer has going for him is tenacity. Failure after failure does not deter Nilfer in the least. And now, Nilfer knew how to spawn Chayula. None other than BigBully, Hardcore Ladder Rank 7, provided the secret. And so Nilfer began to prepare for the ritual. ================== Belatedly Nilfer realized that he should have asked how much tabasco sauce and baking soda were required. Well, the more, the better, probably. So Nilfer emptied a full bottle of tabasco sauce into a tall glass, filled it half way with water, and then added about 1/4th cup of baking soda. He stirred the concoction, stripped naked and logged onto Path of Exile. "Oh, almost forgot the music," realized Nilfer. "Hmm, this should do." He clicked on a Motley Crue mp3 and set his speakers to maximum volume. His apartment literally shook with the blaring noise. It took four maps, but finally, Nilfer spawned a chaos breach! No time to waste! He downed the entire tabasco sauce-baking soda concoction in a single gulp. Immediately his eyes began to water; it was hard to see the screen. He felt absolutely terrible. Still, Nilfer shouted at the top of his lungs, "CHAY OOH LA... CHAY OOH LA...," over and over. Baking soda bubbled from his mouth each time he spoke. Except that Nilfer's tongue began to swell and his lips started to turn numb. What began as "CHAY OOH LA" became slurred and jumbled sounding like "CHI'LL KOOH AH" and then "CI'LL KOOL YA." But it worked! It worked! There, in front of him, was Chayula! Nilfer moused over for the attack! ====================== "SHOUT, SHOUT, SHOUT AT THE DEVIL!" blared from the speakers within Apartment 16C. The noise was deafening. Officer Branson knocked loudly at the door of the apartment. "Open up! This is the police! Open up!" No response. So Branson crashed heavily into the door, using the full bulk of his 6'-3", 225 lb. frame. The door literally exploded inward. ====================== There, in the room, sat a maniac hunched over a computer screen. He wore no clothes and seemed to be gesturing crazily at something. Branson was a good, church-going Christian, and thus, immediately recognized the scene in front of him, for what it obviously was: Devil Worship. The madman was screaming something. White foam frothed from his mouth - a clear indication of lunacy, probably advanced rabies infection. "CI'LL KOOL YA.... I'LL KOOL YUH..." shouted the madman. "I'LL KILL YOU!" Fortunately, Branson was well prepared to deal with the situation presented to him. He simply took out his nightstick and struck the lunatic squarely on his head. The madman fell unconscious onto his keyboard. Out of curiosity, Branson looked at the screen. There, in front of him, some sort of winged, purple monster was beating on a human-looking form. Shortly, a dialog box appeared. "You have died. Resurrect in Town. Resurrect at Checkpoint." Branson shut the computer off. ======================
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Probably you guys are on Hankinsohl tale overload, LOL. But, I just completed my Chayula splinter challenge and so thought... why not? Last edited by hankinsohl#1231 on Jan 24, 2017, 8:16:09 PM
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Always welcome to post the stories bud, enjoyable reading.
Jul 27, 2011 - Sept 30, 2018.
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lol! No overload here yet, but you may have narrowed down your address for us, so watch out.
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" Doh! Should have used a false address! And grats on 40/40. |
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