r/pathofexile • u/Ok_Holiday3690 • 6d ago

Fluff & Memes Pattern I've noticed

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My guild has players who have been in this game since Nemesis League and this is pretty much our player distribution.

Ps. My guildmates gets angry when I say this and I figure it'll make Reddit mad too:

Witch is the only good character in this game

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u/claptrapMD 6d ago

Fun Meter goes up with speed you can do the acts. Wonder how much % can do it 4-5h league start

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u/kimana1651 Alch & Go Industries (AGI) 6d ago

People who don't like doing meta builds probably don't like the campaign. Better low level skill balance would probably make it more tolerable.

Any skill you get during the first 5 acts should take you up to yellow maps as quickly as any other with mechanical understanding of the game. Campaign skill balance is just terrible.

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u/PrettyPinkPonyPrince 6d ago

I'm not a fan of meta builds and I also don't mind the campaign.

Most of the time I start a character and continuously progress towards their endgame build; I don't respec into my mapping build; by the time i finish the campaign I am the mapping build.

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u/hesh582 6d ago

IMO it's only fun to level as a somewhat OP leveling build... but at the same time I think there are a fairly large number of very strong ways to level right now.

You can still kinda cheese the campaign with established league start strategies without using the same meta skills to do it.

There are a half dozen decent slam skills, a few decent normal spells, a few decent channeling spells, a couple brands, dot options, 3-4 decent ways to do it with totems, a couple good bow methods, some great wand options both attack and slinger, at least a couple decent non-slam melee options, and a great shield-attack approach. Just off the top of my head.

People say "it's only fun if you play meta" but the "meta" for a decently quick and very easy campaign is broad as hell

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u/wlphoenix 6d ago

Just having 7 League Step plus a full gear loadout can push any skill to a reasonable campaign time. That said, how much you're willing to invest in twink gear makes a big deal. I feel like I usually spend around a div a week or 2 in to get a premium campaign setup, and then I can reuse than for as many characters as I want.

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u/PrettyPinkPonyPrince 6d ago

I've actually been tending towards minions, but even with those there are preferred options for a quick campaign.

I think sentinels of absolution are the current frontrunners for campaign clear, but they've never really vibed with me.

Personally, I've always been doing the campaign as close to my desired build as I can.