I've been playing Path of Exile for 5 years, have completed at least 36 challenges during last 7 leagues, but stopped at 24 during Bestiary. The 36 portal looks great, but the league somewhat sucks, too many challenges are too grindy, my character wasn't suitable for many challenges, but the main reason is that I have very little time now. However, my eyes are grateful for not reading global and trade 820 for hours.
I hope next challenge league will be better (it looks like), but I fear I'll have to stop at 24 even in that one. So much to study! D:
Thank you for the group and future giveaways, have a bump!
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I actually somewhat enjoyed the bestiary tbh although I must admit the mechanics are clunky to say the least. I still believe the Menagerie and the whole Blood Altar is a very intriguing crafting system and I am kind of sad to see it go. But I understand why the devs are letting it go, it's a pretty complex system that would make the game even grindier and harder for new players to pick up. Not to mention the dev time to improve and optimize it.
Wow 820 hours, I only have around 240-ish thus far :) and I'm still learning the game hahaha. I've discovered the game one and a half years ago and been up and down since then. In the past 4-5 months however, I've become more and more involved in understanding PoE. I've only reached the epilogue and the whole mapping system once hahaha in the abyss league (before the abyss I've created quite a lot of weak builds, got bored pretty quick because of that). Trying to do the encore in the Flashback Race atm and learn more about the mapping system before entering the new league.
Again, not an expert by all means, not even a remotely good player, but definitely an enthusiast and a big fan of the way the game is build.
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No, that 820 refers to the chat channel: if you type "/global X" or "/trade X" (where X stands for a number) in chat and press enter, you enter that specific channel. Channel 820 is reserved (I actually don't know who decided that) to sharing (global channel) and selling/buying (trade channel) the season challenges. You usually get to a point in completing the challenges that you have to open the chat and find someone selling the thing you are missing, and sometimes you need to stay there, reading the chat, for hours.
I have 1290 hours on the Steam client, and probably more than 2000 hours on the stand-alone client. Sadly, I have a shitty internet connection, and it somewhat prevents me from playing seriously and improve myself (if I ever wanted so).
Bestiary is too clunky, but what made me quit were the challenges. If I can't complete them, there's no point in playing in a league that isn't very funny to play and doesn't give you anything good in the end without extreme grinding. Some leagues kept the people glued to the pc, because you could relatively easily find something valuable: for example, in Legacy league, besides fine-tuning your maps, you could find Reliquary Keys which could yield something veeery valuable; Breach and Abyss leagues were fun because there were a whole lot of monsters to kill and items to find.
Next league, you should build your character following a guide. When I started doing so, I understood many things and finally started creating characters who didn't die every metre or so in high level maps. I even managed to complete some hard stuff on my own (still not everything, but some things really are for 0,01% of players).
Kepp playing, because the game is good and very satisfying at higher levels! The game starts when you reach the maps :D
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Ty for clearing things up, very interesting read. Tbh I was never interested in completing the challenges I rarely even opened the achievements page hahaha (most probably because I never quite reached the end-game that often) but as you probably noticed I still have a lot of learning to do :)
Yes, following a guide a very useful tip and indeed, you understand how things work quicker, I started doing so in the last 4 to 5 months. That is why I reached the end-game with my Summoner :) and this is why I will most likely reach it with my Max Block Gladiator in the Flashback race - the only thing I need obv is time :P
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Hellou. Wait, what? Am I talking? Yes, im talking! Im alive!
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The giveaways are back in full swing after a rather long summer break :)
Pathologic Classic HD and Forged Battalion are now ready to be redeemed by one (or make it two) lucky winners. You have until August 14 to join the giveaway. Good luck everyone.
More to come in August.
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Hey all,
Just want you to know I will leave town tomorrow and where I go I won't have Internet access whatsoever so I won't be able to send the key to the Super Blood Hockey giveaway winner right away (the giveaway ends tomorrow evening my time). Will send it though as soon as I get back home - Monday or Tuesday at the latest.
Sorry for the delay and thanks for understanding.
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Hey,
Looking to give away some of my Humble & Fanatical keys for FREE on a regular basis. Since I'm not that sure the SteamGifts free-for-all option works for the better of this community, I've decided to create a group where I could 'dump' my unwanted keys and at least make some of the members happy. Not looking necessarily to create a crowded group, just a small-ish group with active people around that are actually interested in playing the games they won.
I also play games like Path of Exile, Titan Quest, Grim Dawn, Diablo 3 as well as some other genres so feel free to also join the group if you want some good ol' multiplayer fun.
Group Page - http://steamcommunity.com/groups/giveaway-inc/
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