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[–] Trail@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The newest path of exile build with my newest custom build.

[–] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Man I want to love PoE but it seems like you can't enjoy the game after a certain point (not even close to endgame) without following a build guide which I really dislike doing.

[–] Trail@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Well, until you start understanding the game mechanics, you can follow a build guide.

I do not, and I roll my own builds, and I will say they are generally quite successful. I can get ideas from guides, or other builds on poe.ninja, but then I still research and adjust to my liking, budget, and playstyle.

Rolling a build is more than half of the game for me, and I spend a lot of time tuning and testing.

So yeah I'd say there are several layers to playing PoE:

  • Playing the campaign and a few maps casually without looking something up. It is still a great experience to discover things and the complexity at your own pace. You won't get to do the true endgame though, but it is an experience you can have only once, so I would personally recommend to go through it and see how you like it.
  • Go with a well described build by someone else. You can reach the endgame, learn how the game works, how the mechanics work, how the market works, how farming works, and lots more things.
  • Start rolling your own build. It's like switching games at this point, theorycrafting a build is the true game, and POE is just a frontend for testing your build. And it feels awesome when you succeed and complete something you can call your own and see it do well. And it is iterative, you learn how building a character works so that you can do even cooler things next time.
  • And also do achievent/challenge hunting.

I've only followed a build once. And it was fun. Then I rolled my own, and it was more fun for different reasons.

But definitely needs a lot of time investment long term. It should probably take a couple of years for you to be able to claim you know what you are doing. But thankfully, the game respects you and does not demand your immediate time investment. You can play at you own pace. I have work and family, I play for a couple of hours every few days mostly. And it is fine. No one is pressuring me with daily quests and shit like that. I play because I feel like playing. I pause and play other games no problem, depending on my mood. It's great.

[–] Neuromancer49@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago

I continue to feed my X4 addiction. Picked up the DLC during the Thanksgiving sale. I'm on my second play, about 35 hours in. Realized I've made a lot of mistakes, but that's half the fun.

[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Between Breathedge and call of juarez: gunslinger at the moment

[–] peachfaced@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Recently decided to give 'Oxygen not included' a try. Still learning the ropes on getting basics sorted out and what is the best path for research.

[–] Befernafardofo@feddit.it 2 points 2 years ago

Kinda in between games, I'm currently playing genshin/star rail as fillers while I decide on something better to play. Occasionally I play pandemic legacy season 0 on tabletop simulator and it's a blast! Always love some pandemic legacy

[–] Rhotisserie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I've been playing Marvel Midnight Suns since buying it during a sale and man I cannot believe I missed this game around release, it's incredible!

I'm not very familiar with marvel outside of the older cartoons and some of the MCU, so I find myself very surprised to find myself really enjoying the non-avengers cast here.

I had never even heard of Magik before this game, and I didn't know Blade was marvel. Also I love this version of ghost rider. The skull helmet is badass.

In any case I'm shocked at how well the cross between XCOM and a deck builder plays, every character feels distinct from each other while the decks can be customized to lean into different parts of their kit. (Except for Deadpool. I can't seem to make his kit work very well )

The story is pretty meh though I love hanging out with the large cast between missions. It can feel pretty disjointed though, especially with the dlc missions sprinkled in.

[–] Nelots@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Good old modded Terraria once again. Thorium + Overhaul + Eternity mode with a friend is pretty fun. Turns out Thorium's sword sheaths are fucking cracked with Overhaul's sword changes. I one-shot several bosses and had to stop using them lol.

My other friends started playing RLCraft recently, which has got me in the mood to play a hardcore Minecraft modpack. Unfortunately, I'm having trouble finding any that aren't either complete BS (my issue with RLCraft) or feel incredibly unfinished (like RotN, where over half the guide book entities are placeholder text and the wiki link on the main page leads to a dead wiki).

[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I just started Fire Emblem: Three Houses, my first Fire Emblem game. Bit confusing to me, but so far very fun.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I wanted to play Star Wars Rebellion, but my copy is doing a thing where all the icons in-game are upside down. Apparently it’s a known issue running the game on newer OS (How? WHY?!) but until it’s fixed I can’t really play.

I’ve been playing Call Of Duty 2 as part of taking notes about the roots of the series. Not sure if there’s enough meat for a proper essay but I will see.

I really can’t wait for Christmas break to immerse myself in something. Maybe Deus Ex.

[–] ChildEater@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I started playing Zero Sievert again and have been thoroughly re-addicted.

[–] MrGerrit 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Damn. this look like lots of fun! Going to add to my wish list for now.

[–] ChildEater@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 2 years ago

I like how the moment-to-moment is still strategic and tense, but its not as brutal as something like tarkov. (By default when you die, you keep what you went in with)

[–] zeroImplosion@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I just finished Yakuza 3. I have loved 0, 1, and 2. 3 was tough simply due to the lack of music cues. There is so much time spent listening to "ambient_beach.mp3" or "bustling_small_city.ogg" that it was getting tedious. The story is great and it shows off a side of Kiryu that hadn't been developed and was great fun to see. The gameplay was so-so. Stiff and of the era. I'm currently taking a short break before I dig into Y4. I'm really excited to get up to LaD and that game style, but I am enjoying the story to get there.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

My brother got me Lethal Company and I've been enjoying being told what to do and how to survive by a random 13 year old through a walkie talkie while 2 other random 13 year olds try to hit me with shovels and ladders.

[–] TheHotze@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

A lot of Spider-Man remastered. I played it when it first came out on ps4, then lost the disc. The remastered version has the dlc though, so that will be new. Also a bit of ark survival evolved to date my creative gaming needs, and some terraria with family.

[–] RobotZap10000 1 points 2 years ago

ULTRAKILL, the first layer of Act III is finally out!

[–] Kuba@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Binding of isaac online, its so fun being able to Play it with your friends without local multiplayer reliably

[–] vickyW@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I got addicted to a cabure game , I wish they have expanded the scope of this since it is sooo good, Oh yea it also has beatem up and really good story.

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just finished Mario Wonder. I haven't collected all of the flower coins or topped all of the flag poles to get the Super secret ending. I'm not sure if I want to master the time trials to do that.

[–] peachfaced@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

How do you find the overall quality of the game? I thought it was cute and in general feels a little easier than Mario Bros Deluxe.

Then again I'm only at the initial stages, keep getting sidetracked by other stuff.

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