This being my first time playing PoE, I've already learned so much from you guys, and I appreciate it. I still have a ton more to learn, particularly in regards to crafting, but I'm light years ahead of where I started. I feel like I'm kind of hitting a wall with my build, but I think that's mostly a function of the build itself. I'm DomBlow/HoP, so if there is a boss or a pack of shit out of the blue and I have no minions up, I have to run in and hit and kill several of them so my dudes pop, and sometimes that's almost instant death. My resists are all max except chaos, but lightning debuffed can still fuck me up. I have a few more life nodes to hit in the next couple of levels (I'm 84 maybe?), but overall my health is ok (5.5k maybe?). It just isn't made to tank or dps shit down, that's what all my little dudes are for, so if they aren't around at first I can get raped. Next league I'm going to do a jugg I think, so I can tank more stuff, because that's how I play almost all of these games for the most part. Not dedicated enough to switch over in the middle of this league, and I'll want a reason to play the next one (besides "new shit"), so I'll stick with this one and try to make it better. I still have trouble with yellow maps over tier 4, depending upon the mods, and occasionally something just insta-kills me, but I think that can happen to anyone.
Anyway, not really sure the point of this, but I wanted to acknowledge how much you guys have helped and improved the fun I'm having with this game by knowing some of what the fuck is going on. Thanks!
Oh, and I'm ToadkillerDog in game, in case you're wondering who that annoying fag is asking all the dumb questions.