I thought POE2 was supposed to bring clarity...

so we have this confusing Ascendancy node


so...
We gain spirit but we don't gain spirit?

The lack or clarity here should not be happening.

Is equipped Body Armor not considered equipment?

GGG...

What exactly is not clear? If you have a +X Spirit affix on gear it won't do anything in combination with this node. Instead you just focus on ES and Evasion on your Body Armour.

why are some words underlined with dots?

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paddle#3184 wrote:

why are some words underlined with dots?

I think its if you hover it, it gives you more information on that stat.

It's not clear only if you acknowledge that 3rd string (the downside) nullify all bonuses from this notable. But it's pretty intuitive it doesn't, otherwise it would a nonsense.

Spirit provided by the first two strings is not from equipment. These stats check ES and evasion values on your body armour and gain spirit based on them externally.

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paddle#3184 wrote:

why are some words underlined with dots?

They are keywords, you can hover over them to read what they mean. Tooltips are also "nested", you can have several of them on the screen simultaneously, like in BG3.

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Booms5061#8035 wrote:

so we have this confusing Ascendancy node


so...
We gain spirit but we don't gain spirit?

The lack or clarity here should not be happening.

Is equipped Body Armor not considered equipment?

GGG...

I get what you're saying. It's implied that your body armour (which is equipment) doesn't get spirit inherently, but only from its evasion or energy shield. There is a tiny bit of PoE1 speak in this, but its pretty obvious what it does.

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MonaHuna#6449 wrote:

But it's pretty intuitive it doesn't, otherwise it would a nonsense.

It's not intuitive because it would be nonsense, it is intuitive because the bonus is coming from the notable based on stats on gear, not the gear itself.

I agree, they could of made the wording way more clear by adding a single word, "affixes", after equipment.

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Orcasauce#3672 wrote:

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MonaHuna#6449 wrote:

But it's pretty intuitive it doesn't, otherwise it would a nonsense.

It's not intuitive because it would be nonsense, it is intuitive because the bonus is coming from the notable based on stats on gear, not the gear itself.

Very simple, huh?

The post exists in the first place because someone can read it as if the bonus spirit came from the gear. I explained why that can't be the case in the context of this notable.

In your scenario, someone is already aware of the way it works, there's no intuitive component at all.

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Stebobibo#0581 wrote:

I agree, they could of made the wording way more clear by adding a single word, "affixes", after equipment.

A random example, spirit provided by a sceptre comes not from its affix.

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The post exists in the first place because someone can read it as if the bonus spirit came from the gear.

Except that's not how stats have ever worked, in PoE 1 or 2. The benefit comes from the notable, it is scaled based on a stat on your gear. At no point is it adding spirit to your gear, and spirit on your gear would be ignored.