Newbie Feedback – Amazing Game, But...

Hey everyone!

So, I’ve been diving into PoE1 recently, and wow… what an incredible game! Before I started playing seriously, I spent a ton of time studying stuff – PoE Ninja, Path of Building, league starter builds, Craft of Exile, Awakened PoE Trade, all of it. I really wanted to understand the game and go all in.

Right now, I’m level 86 and honestly having a blast! Way more fun than I had in PoE2 so far – mostly because of the faster pace and not needing a year to clear each area 😅 Plus, the skills are crazy fun, and the ascendancy system with the Lab is super cool!

But here’s where things got rough…

When I switched from a league starter to a more mid-tier build, I lost a lot of damage – which is fine, it happens. The real issue is how much gold it takes to respec passive points... and the fact that you can’t reset Atlas points with gold?? I feel completely stuck because I can’t properly fix my build. Getting 7k gold just to reset one point is brutal – and it takes forever.

So yeah, I was having a great time until I hit this wall. I’ve been trying to farm gold even with a weak setup, but dying once just deletes hours of XP progress. Super frustrating.

Still loving the game overall, but being hard-stuck just because I can’t afford to fix my build kinda kills the momentum. And getting punished that hard for dying while trying to progress... yeah, not a great feeling.

Just wanted to share my experience – hopefully this gets looked at!

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acbx#4314 wrote:

When I switched from a league starter to a more mid-tier build, I lost a lot of damage – which is fine, it happens. The real issue is how much gold it takes to respec passive points... and the fact that you can’t reset Atlas points with gold?? I feel completely stuck because I can’t properly fix my build. Getting 7k gold just to reset one point is brutal – and it takes forever.

I see you're playing trade league. Trade for some orbs of regret on the currency exchange or trade website? You can also vendor two orbs of scouring for one orb of regret.