To begin with, I am so in love with the game, I bought a new laptop for it.
LOL ! What did hubby say about it?
Wow! Nice hideout!!! I haven’t really touched mine. I’ve only edit it to move the new npcs that I invite to my hideout. They like to get in the way when they first arrive. Ooooo nice seeing your skills and minions. Are the blue minions spectres? I haven’t tried using them. They look cool.
I've been waiting for weeks....NO decent wand.
The same happened with me. Took me forever just to find a new wand; even though it was only a minor upgrade. You can have my old one if you want. Don’t think of it as a gift; think of it as a hand me down lol. I think I still have it; but it might even be the same as yours now lol.
I too do not plan to trade. It seems too complicated and out of the way. I will just make do with what I find. I haven’t been playing much lately because now that I’ve finished Act 10; I feel as though I have reach the grinding stage. Maybe also because my bank is getting filled with so many junk. Well not junk but getting filled. Lol I was thinking of buying the different stash tabs; it would make it so much easier to manage and arrange the items in the stash. But I wonder how long I would play the game since I’ve been slowly down since reaching maps. I have been working on my gear, mainly resistances and got them up more. But I’m not sure why I’ve lost the interest so quickly.
But having said that; after reading your post, it makes me feel like playing again.
Remember to do the challenges to get your rewards at the end of league. You need to do 36 of them at least. I need to start working on those.
You’re maybe going a little too fast? There’s so much to do and so many different things to consider. For example one morning, I just played only to get a hideout. I find that I just dabble at this and that. A lot of the guys I meet on the forums are burnt out. Most are just waiting for the next league. Tbh, I’m mostly enjoying the community. Ignoring the dicks, most are helpful. I keep my interest up by chatting to people and listening to people talk about the game. But inevitably they want to know what you’re playing and try to fix your char. I keep having to tell people I don’t need them to give me stuff. Someone said he’d drop it on the ground for me and that I could pick it up and pretend I found it. Very sweet of him, but yeah right! 😂. So thanks for the wand offer, but I think it will be sweeter when I finally pick up a decent one, for the wait!
Go play hardcore if you need a break. You have a race next league, my money will be on you! If you’re really bored, next time I’m logged in on the weekend, you can chat to me via voice on a PoE. Sometimes I hang out there for the interesting game convo. But it’s hit’n’miss.
As for the spectres, they are great! My favorite minion because they don’t need to be recast as much. They never die now. None of them really do, but when I log out and log back in, they are still there. They’re a bit of a fashion accessory for me. I would raise the giant lady statues just so I have Amazonian chicks as body guards. 🤣
Anyway, pace yourself! You’re in for the next league at least!
I saw those challenges; I've only done 6 of them. All by chance as I played. Didn't go out of my way to complete any of them. Most are far from being completed let alone started.
You should test out your luck with the essences that change a normal gear to a rare. Find a normal wand or knife which has the base stat you are happy with; then give your luck a go and change it to a rare. Who knows; might turn out better than the one you currently have. Just remember to up the quality first before you change it to rare.
I played yesterday a bit; I got myself a new chest piece from the safehouse. Its a nice piece; I just need to try and get it to 6 link then re-arrange my skills again. I also got myself a spectre skill gem. Just leveling up the gem and giving the spectres a go. Currently they die easy; except when I use it on a bigger mob. It is pretty cool.
Ooooo I might try it on the giant lady statues next time. I wouldn't mind some Amazonian body guards.
Hummm; maybe I should give hardcore a go; just to see what it is like so I can prepare myself mentally lol
Also; did you know you can use commands in the chat to obtain some information? For example, click to hold onto a piece of gear; then hit enter and type /itemlevel It will tell you the item level of the piece of gear you are currently holding on your mouse. Also; /deaths or was it /death... either way; it tells you how times you have died lol. I gave it a go and I didn't realise I had died that many times.
There was another command which tells you how many skill points you have and which quests you are missing that give skill points as a reward. I think it was /passive