where do you guys get your gems?

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narbays wrote:

I have made several characters, one of each class, and my highest is a 59 ranger. I'm still finding gems and support gems I never have seen before, ones that have a level 10 or 20 requirement on it. Is their some method everyone uses that I don't know about?

Like the HC race that took place... I was watching some streams of people and it's like they had every single gem they were ever going to need as soon as they could use it. They didn't show how they got it, but they never had to improvise and use a gem until they got the one they actually needed for their spec.

Is their a specific place that a person farms in game for gems? Or redoes a specific quest if that's even possible? At this point I don't care about the quality of the gem, we would all prefer them to have some quality... But what I'm saying is I'll take a zero quality gem as long as it has the specific attack or aura that I want for my build.



Oh and one more offtopic question... Is their a source or third party website that lists potential drop rates or something along those lines? I would like to get an idea of what and where certain armor/weapons etc drops in game. I've been farming fellshrine ruins on merciless difficulty for the passed 10 levels without getting a single upgrade neither in weapons/armor/jewelry/gem quality.

My guy is still wearing level 30 armor and level 10-20 jewelry. I don't mind farmning for how ever long it takes to get the required gear I need to progressed passed the content but I just want to know if I'm farming the right places. I used the google chrome app to combine some items I found into alchemy orbs and upgraded my weapon slightly but even that is 20 levels behind.

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FriarJon wrote:

Dignato is right, many of your best items will come from crafting. If you're not finding rares with the stats yer looking for, keep an eye out for a well-linked white and quality/alchemy it. You don't need awesome items to progress either.

In fact I'd advise against item farming and only using the drops you find along the way as you progress (some increased quantity and rarity help). Otherwise your char will drastically over-level the content, negatively effecting your exp and currency drops.

Getting skill gems is all about luck. You'll get most of the common ones from quest rewards, but the most valuable ones are drop only. As far as I know, one area is not better than another- it's completely random. The only factors are the item/monster level and your increased quantity. Monsters can only drop items <= their level. In my experience more gems drops in the higher acts/difficulties.

As for the 3 hour hardcore race, a smart build will only use skill gems that are guaranteed to be obtained from the quest rewards. You don't have time to go town, let alone negotiate a trade! And in the case of the latest event, parties were disabled so trading was impossible. The race is almost like an ironman event.

EDIT: farming is best done at end game

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Largadon wrote:

Not sure I get this right. Are you saying a level 15 character in a level 20 zone has better chances of finding currency than a level 25 character in that same zone?

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MorriganGrey wrote:

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Largadon wrote:

Not sure I get this right. Are you saying a level 15 character in a level 20 zone has better chances of finding currency than a level 25 character in that same zone?

Correct.

The exact details are in the second post of the mechanics thread.
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/11707

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There is a penalty to the chance of currency items (scrolls, orbs, etc.) dropping in areas with a monster level more than two levels lower than your character level. For each additional level that you have compared to the area's monster level+2, the chance of a currency item drop is reduced by 2.5%.
So if you are level 30 in a level 20 area, you will see 20% less currency item drops on average:
2.5*(30-(20+2))=20
A level 30 character in a level 28 area will see no penalty.
Currency item Drops are not increased or decreased in this way when fighting in areas above your level.
For the purposes of this penalty, your level is never considered to be higher than 58. Therefore a level 70 character receives no penalty in a level 56 area.

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The player also suffers a penalty to XP if they are too far above or below the monster's level. There is a safe level range where no penalty is applied, which is equal to three, plus one for every sixteen complete player levels. Any additional level difference in excess of this safe range is called the Effective Difference.