Path of Exile 1 Gameplay Help and Discussion - The Easiest of the Easy Beginner Build Guides [1.1 SotV UPDATED] - Forum

" AleStorm wrote: I was having a huge amount of trouble with my gear, I just could not get any upgrades, half my resists were still in the negatives or very low, and currency does not seem to want to drop. I was dying a lot in merc, so 3 hours of game time went down the tubes for every 3 hours I played. I was getting super frustrated and not making any progress, the solution for me was to join a guild. I told the leader I was having problems and she helped me out big time, gave me a sweet bow and good enough gear to cap all resists except chaos and now I'm wreckin fools and having fun again. Gave her some unique drops I found as thanks, though she said it wasn't necessary (still don't know how to sell stuff without using the chaotic trade chat). This game has a really good community, so if you're having a hard time try joining a guild via the guild recruitment in the forums. Finding good people to play with is always a great answer! There are tons of guilds like this that will help you, farm with you and give you people to chat to while you play! While it is possible to progress and get into the endgame solo it certainly makes things much harder than they need to be. Twitch.TV/ZiggyDLive YouTube.com/ZiggyDStarcraft Twitter.com/ZiggyDStarcraft PoE and Strategy Gaming Content	Posted by ZiggyD#7244 on Jan 11, 2014, 5:46:10 AM Quote this Post
" DMT_Robot wrote: super noob here. any recommendations as to when to stop leveling skill gems, if at all?? other that cast on damage taken Everything else gets max leveled! Pretty easy :) Twitch.TV/ZiggyDLive YouTube.com/ZiggyDStarcraft Twitter.com/ZiggyDStarcraft PoE and Strategy Gaming Content	Posted by ZiggyD#7244 on Jan 11, 2014, 5:46:51 AM Quote this Post
Hey Ziggy, totally love your "survival guide" video series... But I really don't get what is so great about this build... Even more confused after seeing your latest Weaver's Chambers video. You seem to have very limited damage output, your boss fights go on endlessly... And even against regular mobs the killspeed is just not there... On the other hand you take lots and lots of damage, can't facetank anything, you have to run away and "decoy totem" a lot of monsters or even avoid fights altogether. You sacrificed so much damage for "Tankability"and that backfires imho: You have to tank them more because you do so little DpS, meaning in the end you are less tanky... ;) The fights you show look twice as hard then when I pay them myself... ;) 3.5 build: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2299519	Posted by Peterlerock#5171 on Jan 12, 2014, 9:13:41 PM Quote this Post
" ZiggyD wrote: The idea for these builds is to give something super simple and reliable to see what PoE has to offer. Players can then decide to reroll as a more complex character or to take this one to late game by dropping Resolute Technique and potentially switching to mana. Hey Ziggy, I like your build, but I'd like a bit more attack speed, and actually some movement speed too, even if that doesn't directly contribute to the build's performance. Also, I was wondering whether it could work with Vaal Pact. what do you think of this reroute: Spoiler http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgIBAF4B5wguFCAUcRUgGYYZjhm0IJwotSmlKjgqTSzpMZ4yCTJ-NZI26DpSPydAoEGqQzFFlkrITDJN404qUEdRTFYEWK9giGFSapNsRm6qb55ybHKpeA182X1bgwmGYIjxm42euZ_LplenMKlurFmvp6_rtfK2Qb6nwA_KSsrTzZjSTdN-3sbfb9-_4oDqYuss7YPvTu969qP3Mve--Ov6sf6P At 81 point there's potential to grab so more armor and evasion nodes like Riddle of Steel and Reflexes. Balistic Mastery, Aspect of the Eagle, Thick Skin and Gymnastics are also within reach. However, I've intentionally left Frenzy nodes out of this build, because I hate that friggin skill.	Posted by Brazilski#3092 on Jan 13, 2014, 10:42:24 AM Quote this Post
I've come to a point where I'm level 27 but I'm doing literally almost no damage in normal act 3. I've gotten all the passives I just don't know what I'm doing wrong. Any tips to get early dps up?	Posted by ThePainLingers#7244 on Jan 14, 2014, 2:38:27 AM Quote this Post
Since we know nothing but your level... Buy a better DpS bow on poe.xyz.is, there's some for your level as well... Get yourself a 4-Link running *Get increased damage from rings, belt, gloves, quiver 3.5 build: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2299519	Posted by Peterlerock#5171 on Jan 14, 2014, 2:47:46 AM Quote this Post
Sorry perhaps it would have been a bit more intelligent to have given a bit more information. I always forget how complex this game can be since this is one of my first characters that I've gotten out of act 1. Thank you for the reply and the amazing resource! ^-^	Posted by ThePainLingers#7244 on Jan 14, 2014, 2:54:37 AM Quote this Post
" ThePainLingers wrote: I've come to a point where I'm level 27 but I'm doing literally almost no damage in normal act 3. I've gotten all the passives I just don't know what I'm doing wrong. Any tips to get early dps up? At level 32 you can get a Death's Harp: http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Death's_Harp I leveled with one until about 52. You could grind out some levels on The Ledge in Act 2 if you want to save your currency. Use Poe.xyz to find Death's Harps that are for sale in standard trading, there's tons of them.	Posted by Radagastt#5613 on Jan 14, 2014, 3:48:15 AM Quote this Post
" ThePainLingers wrote: I've come to a point where I'm level 27 but I'm doing literally almost no damage in normal act 3. I've gotten all the passives I just don't know what I'm doing wrong. Any tips to get early dps up? I've had the same problem on all my bow builds. It can be solved quite easily though, by gear. For some reason all bow builds seem to hit a point in act 3 normal where they don't scale well and gear drops tend to be relatively too poor to cope with it. At that level I usually transfer an overpowered bow from another character that doesn't use a bow and/or is allready a higher level.	Posted by Brazilski#3092 on Jan 14, 2014, 4:29:44 AM Quote this Post
I'd like to just stop by again and thank everyone for their help. I've come to appreciate this build more than ever. I was going through a bit of a rough patch and even considering dropping the game because it just seemed like all of the monsters were scaling higher and higher and I was just stuck in the same play. However, all of those thoughts are gone! One thing though, could anyone critique my current gear build and perhaps give me some pointers? League: Domination Spoiler I'm not completely positive as to what goals I should be shooting for as far as mid-term. For a first time character I feel great about it so far. :o	Posted by ThePainLingers#7244 on Jan 15, 2014, 5:04:51 AM Quote this Post