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It's a simple but effective solution
whats your chaos res ? and whats your "hp" pool ?
Alternative solutions; more health, chaos inoculation, dodging them.
I mean I can dodge the things 100% of the time, but it doesn't mean I enjoy doing it. It's just an irritating mechanic. It sucked in PoE1 as well, but at least they didn't come out of every other shrine and rare. There is nothing "epic" or "cool" or "power fantasy embracing" about playing DDR with the same damn purple orbs on every level.
It's really one of those mechanics that exemplify the main issue of the game. They never stop to ask "is this mechanic fun, or just irritating?"
Like it's not that hard to come up with better ideas. Totems that summon skeletons. Zones that buff/lower specific resists for you/the mobs. Swarms of low HP insects that explode out of things you kill. Returning projectiles. Mobs that change size at random. Mobs that spawn projectile shields or have high block rates from the front. Shared health bar mobs. Etc.
The purple orbs are just... irritating, and generic. There is nothing interesting about dashing/rolling though a line of orbs every 3rd rare. it just feels like a time waste once you figure out how to properly do it.
"Solution: Buy about $60 worth of RTX currencies and buy a completely new set of high end gear that will give you all the stats you need + 135% chaos rez you will need come end game do to retarded game mechanics removing 60% just because you progressed to that point."
Is what he meant to say.
Like seriously most if not all of the most dangerous, hard to see , quick AoE crap that sneaks up on you is all Chaos damage.
ES is easier to scale up, makes gear cheaper since you don't need life + Chaos resist mods on the same gear etc. Don't have to worry poison. Don't have to worry about bleed.
Never had to buy or even think about buying currency in PoE1 or PoE2 (not that I ever would that's cheating and a defeatist attitude). Even with Kalandra League which is almost a clone of 0.2 PoE2 in issues.
There's always something on the cheap you can get. Also 75% isn't completely needed. On my Lich in this patch I was doing just fine with late tier maps before transitioning to CI, with 0% Chaos Resist and just depending on Enfeeble (40-50ish% damage reduction on normals, down to 20-25%ish for bosses). This was with 1.1K life and 2.2K ES bar that takes twice the damage from Chaos. lol
That said, i also had tons of AoE hinder/slow so that helped. :p
And here we are with exactly what I knew that comment would elicit. Casual players do not think a 100 div build is "budget", and no way you are capping all rez including chaos without that. If OP is getting splattered by rare mobs there is a 100% chance they don't even have 100 ex to spend on crafting/buying chaos rez gear...
*sigh*
I'm not talking about 100 divine gear. I'm talking like maybe 3 divine total here at this point in the League lol. Just getting a few chaos resist etc on some rings so you're not buying premium life+chaos resist armour where you need to line up a whole bunch of good stats which = more cost.
Do you think me having 1K life and 2K ES with no chaos resist was 10 divine cost running T11ish maps at the time? No lol. That was gear I had since Act 5ish (some was still dropped at level 5ish in Act 1, like my +1 minion helm) when I upgraded my gear to get that Act cruel final Boss done + another Trial with 40-50%ish all resist total. Every piece cost me about 1-2 ex each. I only had about 7 ex at the time total.
I have spent so far about 4 divine on my entire Lich character some of it just a week and a half ago, and I have 4-5K ES as CI now as I level going up 200-300 ES each level (finally have time to pick up 15% increased ES nodes as I level now). Most of those divines went to buying my meh/crapish minion scepter (1) and my ES Body Piece (2 with 688 ES in the end on it, but there's a trick getting that cheap by looking for un-socketed body pieces w/o quality and crunching the numbers), and 1 for a Perfect Jewellers Orb. Easily do T16 maps and bosses plus etc. without dying. I spend 1 or something else maybe Minion helm or minion Amulet.
But my build is minion, running 3 curses w/ huge AoE/magnitude that slow, freze and debuff everything to hit like a wet noodle and move/attack at snails pace. Again, that helps too. :D
Like I said: If you really want to save currency and quickly gear up, and you're close to increased ES, faster ES recharge and faster ES start nodes (you can always use Sapphire Jewels for some of that), and Chaos Innoculation in the passive tree, it's a very good idea to take and build around ES/CI in PoE2. Not only is it effective at not getting killed by Chaos stuff all the time, but you also get gear on the super cheap and can progress easily through the late game.
- You don't have life so you don't need life mods.
- You are immune to Chaos therefore you don't need Chaos Resist.
If you can't do that, try to buy "off optimal" gear (or just crap) that gets you to a point where you get "something" for 5-20 ex here or there (by this point in the league. Then slowly upgrade.
Bullcrap! You could do it for $45
This game is not designed to pat you on the back for showing up. It punishes lazy builds and poor positioning. THAT'S THAT WHOLE POINT ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. If you’re “done with the game” every time something kills you, maybe you’re not looking for a game with potential. Maybe you’re looking for one that holds your hand and tells you you’re special. Plenty of those out there.