Questions Thread - April 02, 2025

Is this about PoE1 or PoE2, or both?

When does patch notes come out

just to confirm before I set my alarm for 5:30am on sat morning, that the release for 0.2.0, Aus time, is 6am saturday morning?

Given GGG are a NZ company I was hoping the path would favour Oceania times more... :( oh well.

should windows 11 gaming mode be enabled for path of exile 2?

returning player, i only made one character on release to lvl 75ish and i kinda forgot lots of things, what should i know about POE2??

kinda general question but idk how to put it

Can you still leave to trade like PoE2 0.1? On a 6 modifier waystone in 0.2?

I don't get all these changes their making. 

What's the best build site that shows all builds from everybody, not just pro builds (Maxroll only shows 20-30 builds of pro builds per class)

When I made and levelled my first character on release day, I built into a spark build because I loved both how simple the concept of building into it was as well as how satisfying it felt to see everything just die around me as I merrily spammed my one button with some extras like applying debuffs and popping down some lighting orbs. watching the screen fill with lightning was like liquid dopamine lol

Are there any other builds that share in that simplicity? I am not super educated on how PoE 2's intricacies, but I could easily tell that people were very excited about bleed builds after watching the new trailer. Would that be fun to build into? Personally so long as its simple to understand and satisfying to use as I level then I'd definitely give it a shot.

Has it been addressed if we could simply combine the runes for the upcoming major patch to craft a greater rune? (ie: 3 lightning to a greater).

What are the best methods to earn currency for the first 1-2 weeks of league start? Also does rolling a huntress means you get more huntress related drops? Thanks!

what day is 0.2 release?

Is the game worth jumping into right now as a brand new player or should I wait for full release? No game gives me any joy these days so I’m looking for something new. I’ve been debating getting this game since it first dropped but decided against it since it was incomplete as they said but now I’m seeing comments about this game not releasing fully for 2 years maybe. Played like 2 hours of poe1 and no other experience with the genre. Is it justifiable to buy it now?

Does poe2 still freeze on the entire computer on 24h2 or was that fixed?

Did they mention bench crafting in anywhere, cuz i have zero information about that.
Are they planning to add or they wont ever.

I'm considering a Tactician build but the mercenary tree seems really weird compared to monk and witch. For example, there's a lot of melee weapon constellations even though you use crossbow. There's also barely any crit chance or crit damage bonus nodes. Attack speed nodes are negligible as well. How are you supposed to play this class?

Anybody know if atlas in standard will reset at the patch ? Thank you

Why would they have a “honour set to 1” affliction in the trial of sekhemas? Like, really… what good does that do? “Hey, here’s the thing… you’ve played this area for 20 minutes and done perfectly, but riiiight before the boss, we’re gonna make you have one life. K?l insert Daneyeres smiling emoji here

Seems past “getgud” and more “FU” from the devs

Are they going to add two-handed swords in the upcoming patch?

What build are you going to play?

Where are you sent after dying in SSF HC?

Can I try it out for shits and giggles and resume playing in the normal trade SC League once reality catches up to me? Or do you get booted to standard?

Where are they cooking builds for the new ascendancies? I want a Lich :0

Without a new currency sink mechanics we will fave the same hyperinflation we had last league?

What time/day does doth come out Australian/melbirne time? I’m too smooth brained to figure it out

I see a lot of people talking about defense, I typically go for dps in games like this as much as I can then focus Def if I can't complete things. Is this game the opposite?

How is damage as extra (blank) different from more/increased? Where is it calculated in your damage? Or how does it work?

(First Time player, i.e. Noob)
I really struggled aghainst Blahala the Traitor (or whatever the name is) at the beginning of Act two, and now they want me to do the trials of Sekhema. *gulp*
My witch build is currently centred around a Contagion/Essence Drain combo with Unearth and my defense is mainly Energy Shield. The skill tree focused on Minion Damage and Energy Shield so far.
What changes would be advisable in Act II to be able to take on these new harder bosses and also, any tips for the trials?

I've been playing this game on PS5 as a noob for about 65 hrs now and yesterday, I started to notice pretty bad stuttering in areas which this did not happen before. I fiddled with the display settings a bit,but no noiceable improvements.

Is there like a guide of recommended settings for PS5 to have the game run smoothly? As this is a combat heavy game, it is quite deadly if you cant operate the character even only for a second, due to stuttering.

Is there any kind of multiplayer action? Or can all things be done solo?

I think at some point I'd like to team up with peeps but idk how it all works.

Probably been asked and answered a million times, but... Is there a release time for the update Friday? (I'm UK!)

Thanks :)

How does downloading the patch work? Will it be downloaded on steam before the league is online? I just want to be there on launch. I know that you can pre-download the torrent file but im guessing that can only be used with the launcher, not steam.

Tala Moana Exiles,

Do we will have any MTX/challenges for upcoming 0.2.0 league?

Does Sidekick or any other price checker overlay works while you're using a controller to play?

Is magma barrier the only way to get damage by stacking armour so far? Or is there any other "per # armour" skill/unique?

I've always been really bad about trying to pick up every single piece of loot. Which loot filter that's available on the poe website is the best for someone who just completed their first map? Lvl 67 witchhunter. Should I be using one of those strict filters? Do the filters take into account What class I am Or is there a specific one for mercenaries? Haven't been using a filter at all, which just makes everything take longer cause I'll grab every single piece of loot and then port back-and-forth to sell it.

Excuse my ignorance but am i correct in thinking that really it doesn’t matter which character I play as I could say for instance - pick huntress and run her as a storm spark with a wand and sigil of power?

Hello guys , got a question i know that we have awakened for trade , but there was another one , i forgot the name, anybody can tell me?

found it! sidekick!

Which builds can easily clear act 1 and 2 final bosses in next league? Still remember those were a huge pain in the ass to clear...

Are totems considered minions? I know minions are not considered totems. I always thought totems were independent of minions since they are a separate tag.

Is life cost of spells from blood magic taken from es before life or does it bypass energy shield?

What is Ignite priority, the most recent skill or the highest hitting skill?

As I understand Ignite doesn't scale, so what happens if I drop for example a Fire Wall, but use a hard hitting skill in the meantime - will it scale of that for the whole 4 seconds duration, or not?

Is the game down for Maintenance again? I keep getting an error upon login saying "abnormal disconnection, the realm is down for maintenance"

I'm looking for an easy build for the new league this Friday. My previous characters were an Acolyte of Chayula archer monk and an Inferanlist summoner witch.

I prefer a different playstyle than minions and combo gameplay. The minions slow down my computer and I'm not consistent enough to manage combo gameplay.

I'm open to melee or ranged. I assume we have some sort of datamining on what the new skill/support gems do, right?

Patch notes when?

Is bleed in the game as a mechanic you can use? If so, does it scale off crit? I want to go bleed for upcoming huntress and I think ritualist is the play atm.

Question about mapping - Am I missing something or did I just get insanely unlucky here? Here are some screenshots from my map. https://imgur.com/a/LjS5RE0

I'm trying to reach the citadel light that I can see, but there are absolutely NO connection points I can go to that lead me to it. Is there something that I'm missing that would allow me to connect points and access it, or do I need to go all the way around? There's no obvious way to get over there.

I fall from 150fps to 50fps when doing a breach. Any settings recommended to help with this?

In my passive tree, when it says, ‘requirements not met’, what are the requirements? Is it INT, STR and DEX?

Does anyone know if the Cast on X skills are affected by cooldowns on the skills they use? I'm trying to understand how Cast on Ignite and Hammer of the Gods would interact in an ignite build

Does "increased defences" on relics have a cap? Afaik, there's a cap on honour resistance but I have no idea about this. I mean, if I can stack and make over 200+ defence, sounds broken af.

Has anyone got to Act 2 Cruel fighting the end boss Jamanra and have it crash in his phase 2 fight at all??? It’s done this 3 times and I don’t know how to fix it. 😩