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I'm working on a build for the 0.5.5 update/league, my idea is Fuliminating Concoction, honestly shattering works too but I wanted to try a lightning build since its one thing I haven't really done in POE2 yet. I currently have a POB up to lvl 90 with a "basic" league starter setup and I'm working on ideas for the ultra late game stuff. Here is my idea from the minimal testing I've done.

League Start

Either Crossbows or Hollow Palm Staffs (both things I haven't used in POE2 yet)

Crossbow Pros/Cons

PROS

• Frag Rounds, Explosive Grenade, Permafrost all seem very good in early acts, im unsure where it falls off however
• Ranged leveling is normally more easier
• Voltatic Grenade is a high source of Electrocution and could work in a weapon swap with Motar Cannon for bossing assistance in endgame for FC

CONS

• Frag/Frost playstyle gets funky once you get FC and want to use it on RMB, adding in grenades alongside also make it hard to find space or time to use FC when we get it. Best option is to "swap" to FC later into maps.
• Strength/Dex requirement means getting Travellers Wisdom is a no-go unless we have a lot of divs

Quaterstaff Pros/Cons

PROS

• Hand of Chayula is very convient for marks/curses
• Hollow Palm reduces the struggle of finding better weapons in act 2+ and synergizes with FC requirement of no weapons (other than buckler) in slots
• Can generate power charges for Charge Regulation for more crit
• 109 dex/int means we can get travelers wisdom easily and get stats on tree/gear

CONS

• I have no idea how good leveling with staves are + hollow palm is 16 points from ranger start meaning most of act 1 leveling is stats
• Melee

THE CRAZY IDEA I HAD

Since we know that concoction and hollow palm require no weapon to be used, we can actually use THREE weapon "types" if you want to call it that. We use the Unique Mana Flask that constantly uses it to apply the nodes on the tree that give bonuses during flask effect. We stack evasion and use the 50% of evasion becomes elemental dmg reduction to boost our EHP. We grab ALL mana 0.1 charge gained nodes AND charges gained. We use a runecrafted belt to get a implicit that gives us 1 charge per second + the extra bonuses from charges gained. We get crit nodes for damage.

Set 1 with a crossbow for Voltatic Grenades supported with Cannons for electrocution on bossing

Set 2 Empty to allow us to use staff skills + FC, gives up the buckler however

The "skill" rotation

Chayula any rare/boss to apply our mark/curse -> Throw down mortars to build electrocute -> FC until mana charges are gone -> Falling Thunder or Storm Wave while we wait for charges*

The * is for when I figure out how to sustain enough flask charges to not even need to have any other staff skill than hand of chayula and flicker (for fun ofc)

I have a POB but its not complete and its just my random ideas for now, nothing finished.

That's all I have for now, if anyone wants to throw in any ideas or advice feel free.

One question, does the lighting rod node + the spring hare "stack" the lucky chance for our lightning attacks?

Extra Thoughts

Do I try the triple weapon idea or stick to either 1) crossbow + FC 2) staff + FC or 3) all together

I love theory crafting in this game.

Would this be a good place to meet someone online as a get to know you low pressure date?

Ive been talking to a nice lady on hinge for about under a week now and unless i start saying random bullshit the convo is close to tapering off. I work better irl, but idk how to approach someone who has their relationship open to long term but says "lets get to know one of each other first, be friends, and the rest will come"

I only started dating seriously this year and both women invited me out instead of me lol so idk what to do now that its flipped. I asked her what her favorite things to do in the city are and she does things in part of a city that I havent yet explored (im new to the city) so I was thinking of suggesting of getting ice cream near this park that ive seen near the metro in that area where she lives. But ive seen advice saying maybe I should ask her what place shed wanna go to so shes more comfortable? Is dinner more appropriate? Idk where to go for that in the area lol.

I just wanna get to know her more in person. If she agrees would doing romantic stufff such as flowers or holding hands be off the table? Should I ask to move to IG if she says yes?

Context:

M28 me

F25 her

Istanbul, Turkey.

I want to listen to turkish since I cannot read it well, is there any games that have good turkish voice acting? Can be any type of game.

I want to try making my own build this upcoming league, is there any recommended "use this skill its so fucking easy only a moron would fuck it up" skill I can introduce myself with?

I gave holy sweep a lil try and I realized I'm not built for this lol. I either want to try minions or a bow but if you can convince me on anything else do it.

Im a long time poe player. 2k hours since 2019, 36/40 3 times and spent over 500$ on mtx. Otherthan when I was a beginner, I never really tried to make my own build. Poe2 is way easier to make a build and since EA all my characters have been my own builds and ive had success. I want to try this for poe1 this time but Im a bit scared I will absolutely mess up my league start by picking a bad skill to try. We're gonna say NO to melee since I did that for poe2 in the current league + swords will be my starter on 1.0. So its either spells or bows. Im unsure what will be the easier to theorycraft. Can anyone give any pointers in what makes a build work/good in poe1? I know we dont have patch notes yadda yadda but still i want to start planning and researching a skill.

I could also just yolo any new skill they reveal but idk.

I went on 2 dates with a girl in march, didn't feel a connection but we kept each other on ig but never interacted past viewing stories. I deleted bumble last month and remade a account 2 days ago. I bought premium (only 4 bucks in my country) and she immediately was in my liked you list. Ok I thought, maybe theres a second chance. I did fumble my opportunity the first time but since she liked me first then she has to be semi interested back? So I match and reply to her opener. The opener was whats your perfect weekend look like and I basically mirrored the way she asked me out but without the actual asking out part, it was more jokey. I even put a second scenario that she could reply to if she wanted to ignore the first one. Come later in the night, she unmatched and unfollowed me on ig. Im just so confused? Why wait till now to unfollow me? Why even send a like in the first place. Was it just a cruel joke? Luckily im on srri rn cause id be in a total depression mode after this. Can anyone explain what happen, is this normal or maybe my msg was the reason idk. Stupid ahh chatgpt tells me not to analyze my msg but I think that it was the reason lol.

Hello. Ive been wanting to get some self portraits of myself for a bit but have been waiting until my implants are ready. The time is finally here and I have a real smile and wanted to see if anyone in this sub do photography? I know i could Google a professional but I want to give smaller buisnesses a chance first. Im willing to pay, if your interested please toss me a DM with your pricing and examples. We would meet at misir carsisi where I work at my shop. I speak English and little turkish (still learning)

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For extra context im a male 28 years old, american-turkish. We would take pictures around the serkici area. Bonus points if you know a thing or two about style.

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Thanks.

Title is a bit clickbaity to get people in here to read.

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Name context

Me, M28

E, F26

K, F33

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I met K on bumble around a month and a half ago. She invited me to try korean food and we had a great time. We chat more and I realized she wasnt looking for the same things I was so we chose to be friends, which was fine by me because she was genuinely great to talk to and since im new to the city (istanbul) I have had 0 friends. We exchange WhatsApp and chat more, shes funny, im funny. She says she got addicted to ig reels so we follow each other on ig. We spend the next day sending reels and whatnot.

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I met E in march and went on 2 dates with her. She didn't feel a connection and that was ok. We followed each other on ig but nobody unfollowed. We haven't interacted at all since.

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I noticed yesterday that both E and K follow the same person. When I saw that I was like, oh wow what a coincidence and moved on. Later that night K msgs me on ig asking how do I know E. I tell her I went on 2 dates, felt like I fumbled her and laughed then asked how she knew her. E is a friend of a friend to K (as said by her) and I was like wow, small world. K thanks me for the answer and says "anyways 😊" and I dont reply because there wasn't much else to say. To me I was thinking how funny it was and the odds are so low in a city of 20 million to somehow match with 2 people who knew each other especially since im not getting a lot of matches in the first place.

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30ish minutes pass and I wondered if K followed E so I go to Ks profile and she unfollowed me. At first I thought I was blocked. My heart sank into my chest. I enjoyed talking to K alot. I dm on ig asking if I did anything wrong and she said no. K told me she felt the situation was messy for her. E tried to follow K and K thought it was weird. I asked if there was any drama and even offered to unfollow myself from E since were just strangers atp. K says idk maybe its not connected and would rather have a good night's sleep knowing shes not in any drama. K also told me E is a really sweet person and she ran into her last December.

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I told her she can rest easy knowing that theres 0 drama between any 3 of us and that I just want to countine being her friend. She thumbs up my last msg last night and thats been it.

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What exactly happened here? I asked a guy friend and my sister and they said she's jealous but how can someone who told me they want to be friends be jealous of someone I met before them. I am still friends with her? Does the unfollow mean anything or am I overreacting. Do I send a msg like nothings happened? Should I sent a follow request back? I have no idea. I miss having a real friend. I cant believe this happened.

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I want to go see the new scary movie in English with a friend. Can anyone tell me which cinemas in the area below trump tower mall (ew) are considered good?

For context, ive not finished the game yet and im 28m. Talking about abuse is difficult for men. It makes you feel weak, guilty, afraid of judgement. Im even in therapy and when I discuss my abuse it seems like little importance even though my therapist is great. Here's what I journalism down about the level.

I was playing the level in DBH where kara stops Todd from abusing Alice and they run off together. When I was playing I was reminded of my own abuse that I still deal with daily. While I wasnt directed abused, I still heard and experienced everything. It was more emotional abuse than physical. Growing up my sister would yell at my mom consistently every day, not for a week, not for a month, not for a year but six years. And I mean everyday. I became conditioned to audio hallucinations. I would hear the wall being hit, or a distant voice yelling throughout the house. I basically stayed up all night every day so I can sleep through the morning fights. I loved school, not because I wanted to learn or had good grades but because when I was at school, I was away from her. Unfortunately, this part of me aas not the only thing that sparked my emotions when playing this level. My mom throughout her whole life has been abused by various different people and men. I had a step dad once who beat her, broke her things, and called her a slave. Ive had roommates we've lived with yell at her and threaten her, call her whore ect.

Playing the level and watching as Todd gets more angry reminded me of all of them. I knew from the other Kara levels that Todd was a bit of a uncontrollable fuse but I didnt expect Alice to be involved. When Todd started to attack Alice and all I could is watch it reminded me of how I never defended my mom. I was always scared, just like Kara was after escaping. When Todd told me to stay still, I was fully immersed. But when I watched him grab the belt and slowly walk upstairs it felt like my soul screaming out to protect Alice. Ive only played this level once. I was able to get into the room and I fought Todd and escaped with Alice downstairs. Something I never had the guts to do irl. I let people belittle, scream, hit my mom because I was afraid of what stepping in could change. I'll be transparent here, I was an undocumented immigrant. Meaning if I had stepped in, defended my mom, beat whoever was beating her i wouldve likely been separated and deported after the police got involved. I left america a year ago.

Just wanted to write my thoughts down. Im enjoying the game a lot. It has strong themes that I relate heavy too.

Anyone in the florya area having issues with turk telekom since friday? My speed went from 30mbs to under 1 and hasn't recovered. I think its a problem on their end but im not sure. Wanted to see if any others were having issues.

Title.

For long story short, I recently started therapy 3 months ago and during that time I went on 2 dates which didn't manage to become anything meaningful. I felt suicidal and she recommended me to get onto anti-depressants which I have now been on for a month and half now.

We've delved into deeper topics lately and I told her today that I was considering going to a brothel on my trip to the netherlands in september, with the end goal of getting experience with women. I'm 28 years old and haven't really gotten too far with women, even ones who chase me due to certain issues in my life. This past year, I've broken out of my mold a bit and have been on 3 dates with three women, 1 unmatch, 1 with two dates, and 1 sorta on-going right now but not really. It's been about 8 years since I tried really "dating" so everything is still sorta new to me. I've been feeling really awful about on the girl I went on two dates with ended, I made mistakes and wished I could go back in time and change things.

I came up with an idea, if I lose my v-card via a brothel, I would no longer feel *as* bad from losing a decent chance at a partner. I'm dating for a LTR but the idea of having an intimate realationship with someone also excited me but in the back of my mind my inexperience felt embarrasing and shameful and probably contributed to my lack of romantic effort due to insecurities. I want to do this, but at the same time I'd be robbing myself of a more meaningful "first time" with someone I truely love versus a stranger I would pay.

My therapist didn't shut down my idea but wants to explore more in our next sessions. I wanted to make this post to ask for advice on my main issue, should I or should I not go to a brothel and get this nonsense over with so I can stop having it effect my attempts at finding a meaningful partner? Or would robbing myself of a special moment make me more sad/anxious/depressed after the fact? I have a few months to make my up mind, or find someone authenically.

Honestly, I was nervous to tell my therapist this. I always assume people think the worse of me and will judge me but I felt a huge weight off my shoulders because I never talk about anything sexual with anyone in my life.