Hi all,

Path of Exile's new League, The Forbidden Sanctum, launches today at 2 PM Eastern time, so I thought it'd be good to have a thread about it. Who else is leaguestarting today/this weekend? Does anyone want to team up for playing through the acts?

For those who missed it: Hexbear has its own Path of Exile guild, named Path of Hexile (guild page is here, though non-members won't be able to see anything there). Anyone who would like to join is welcome, please either DM me here or message @Atrociraptor in-game to do so.

Also, for anyone who is leaguestarting: what build do you plan to run?

I'm going to do hit EA Raider again, since it was so easy to level last league, then stop in the mid-60s (just before killing Kitava) to do some endless Heist for a while, and try to trade my way up to early riches.

  • Omegamint [comrade/them, doe/deer]
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    2 years ago

    Depends on the time of the league. I know most of the deal but I've just not built a min maxxed lab runner before. I've heard when you run lab service on TFT you can make 15-20div an hour or so if you know what you're doing, which is why I figured I'd look into it. The problem is that you need to have TFT rep, which is only gained from vouches and really the only decent way to get vouches now is from running a bosser service (or a 5-way service, actually... guess If I shoot for a headhunter again thats an option)

    • Sphere [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      So when you say minmaxed, are we talking for regular uber lab or uber uber lab (the latter is rather a lot harder, especially if you're looking to push your movespeed up past 500 into the 700-850+ range)? And do you want a character that can do only lab, and nothing else? I can give you the basic build details for that. Personally I like a character that can do more than just lab, and isn't an ultra-fragile one-trick pony, so I don't run that build; I prefer to run a Raider with 400 to 500 movespeed that can run red maps and high-level Heists as well as it can run lab. It's a bit slower and can't do uber uber lab, but I've never used TFT and I still could've bought a Mageblood last league if I'd wanted to.

        • Sphere [he/him, they/them]
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          2 years ago

          Yeah so that build relies on a few key tenets: reverse chill; swapping, minimally, body armour, and possibly helmet and amulet as well, prior to doing Izaro; and then laying your traps and moving to the bottom corner of the arena so he doesn't aggro on you but just dies and leaves immediately. Can explain in more detail in-game.

          • Omegamint [comrade/them, doe/deer]
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            2 years ago

            Yeah we'll have time to talk about it. I'm not planning on getting into it right away, but its a league goal to do lab running for profit so I can get a sense of it.

            • Sphere [he/him, they/them]
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              2 years ago

              Well I've been running lab for profit since Delve, but I've never used TFT, so I've apparently been leaving (a LOT of) money on the table all this time :P

              • Omegamint [comrade/them, doe/deer]
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                2 years ago

                I would not feel bad for not using TFT. I knew how much dosh could be made selling harvest crafts and choose never to bother with TFT because it felt like a pain (which sucks because I could've built TFT rep that way). Its annoying that its this third party that you can optionally use for profit, but in terms of bulk selling or offering any other service theres really no replacement. I'm not sure what other way to build rep is, but honestly we COULD work on doing 5-ways as a duo if you want later on. The big purchase is a headhunter (I didn't even use mine last league) and a secondary as a aurabot/resetter. Its good cash too, just completely braindead work.

                Dunno, I think I'm just kinda dreading working on TFT rep since I've avoided it as long as possible.