Here's a quick timestamp breakdown for new players like me, who will want to be able to easily go back and reference something. Part 1 - Starting Out 0:00 Intro 01:39 Build Guides 06:29 Loot Filter 08:08 Awakened PoE 08:31 Creating a Character 08:40 Ascendancies 10:18 Useful Game Settings 11:45 Socketing Skills 12:52 "What am I looking for?" 17:00 Attack Without Moving 17:22 Flasks Part 2 - Campaign 20:36 Campaign Strategy 22:50 Vendor Recipe Scroll of Wisdom 24:00 "Out of Portal Scrolls! Now what?" 24:49 Hideout 25:20 Hideout Design 25:53 Crafting Bench 26:36 Resistances 26:58 Crafting Bench Cont'd 28:55 Trials of Ascendancy 33:02 Finish Labs BEFORE Final Boss 34:14 Labs guide on Maxroll Part 3 - Endgame 35:21 Recommended Microtransactions 37:16 Tabs 38:00 Mapping Basics 46:58 Setting Tab Affinities 47:51 "So what the hell should I be doing?!" 50:28 Trading with Awakened PoE 53:03 Common Scam 53:50 PoE Trade Website 56:15 Fractured Items 58:05 Recap
This is why so many professors are so bad at teaching...they are so advanced they don't understand their student's brains. My best professors had often been the youngest ones, often still working on their master's or PhD
Agreed. The majority of PoE content creators ignore new players unfamiliar with the game specific terms so that adds an extra layer of frustration for people who go to guides such as league starters and are overwhelmed with what is essentially foreign verbal diarrhea to anyone but experienced PoE players.
@@laconsuela69 this is it EXACTLY. I tried following Zizaran's beginner guide and it was too damn long. Hours and hours. No doubt he's a pro and knows what he's doing but it's just way too much to digest as a beginner. Raxx's guide is brilliant in its simplicity. Just focus on this stuff, ignore the rest, have fun, you'll learn the rest as you play!
Don’t we all have to begin somewhere. I’m so sorry to all the “OG POE” players, that I found this game recently. Why not embrace the new people and enlighten them with your expertise! Being in some sort of condescending mindset is not a positive way to be. We all enjoy the same thing, playing a “game”. If us newbies should kneel at your 10 year plus experience altar on this game..maybe just realize we are enjoying the same thing.
As an absolute POE beginner, I have just 100 hours on the clock. I had already watched a few guides on UA-cam beforehand. But I have to honestly say that yours is the best so far. Thanks for that and keep up the good work.
Love how you can accurately describe yourself as an "absolute beginner" with 100 hours in this game haha. I started back in 2014 and come back once every few leagues at this point.
Rax, after 10 minutes of listening, I can say that you are the most listenable person out of all the people who make guides. I play poe well myself, but I watch it like a good movie :D Please, the poe community needs more guides like this.
I'm happy that Raxx has come over to play PoE. We need someone like him to facilitate a bridge for new players into the game. PoE is glorious for its complexity but that complexity is seen as "complicated" until you learn how the game works. Raxx's approach to educating will enable new players to check out PoE and stay to play rather than be intimidated and leave.
@@ambrosewetherbee8301the game is seen as complicated because it does a very bad job at introducing itself, which makes it very challenging to play without looking up stuff on the internet, and because it keeps changing with the league mechanics which makes it very confusing for occasional players.
@@ambrosewetherbee8301there are dozens of people with over 15k hours in this game that make guides all the time. Zizaran being one of the most prominent. Your comment makes it sound like no one makes videos for beginners trying to get into this game.
Came here to say this. I've played poe for 6 years now but love videos like this or the whole "diablo 4 vet tries poe for the first time" style of videos. I'm just home from a long day at work and reclined back and chair napped listening to this.
Friend sent me this video. I probably would have broke my monitor if not for this video and going back and rewatching parts of it a few times. You asked for honest feed back and mine is nothing but appreciation for what you put together. About a week into the game and very much so enjoying it. I don’t do much on UA-cam but I did subscribe and I hope that helps you out some. Thank you for taking your time putting this together for new players.
This is how you make a great guide. Real talk easy to understand. Not all the extra lingo to confuse you even more. Its like your best friend talking to you.
Honestly, this guide has really helped me a lot. I just hit Act 6 and am dying instantly, now I know why due to the resistances. It also showed me that the character I created was in the standard league, not in the affliction league, so everything I have done was for nought, but that is okay, it has given me a great base knowledge to push forward with it. I would love a little more in depth, at some point, on trading and maxing currencies, but you have provided an AMAZING start to the process. I have watched your content for a long time now, from D3 through where we are in D4 and now with POE. God tier content, my friend. Your passion and care for the community and making the game better for everyone, and way less confusing, is a godsend to many players that would otherwise give up. Thank you so much, and I absolutely look forward to more content in both D4 and POE from you in the future. Thank you for all you do.
Being in Standard is fine. The only real difference is the trade economy. Standard has a lot of gazillionaires who already own everything, so the prices for items are weird. If you join the league (Affliciton right now) the price of an item is close to the item's rarity. If you're playing SSF (so you can't trade) then it doesn't really matter.
@@FubzyMC Thank you! I am REALLY enjoying it, more than I am D4, actually. I am absolutely gonna keep playing and putting time into it. It's a lot of fun, and I am looking forward to POE2 from what I have seen. Gonna be awesome!
I've tried PoE off and on for years and never felt like I had enough of a guide to really get into it fully, but this video was definitely a push in the right direction. Awesome guide and I appreciate you taking the time to make it. Personally, I'd rather watch one 1-hour long guide video than 10+ 5min videos bouncing from person to person who might have different advice or guides to choose from. I think you did a good job of eliminating the "99%" for new players and explaining the main things. Maybe you could make a series of guides based on that idea of what % of the game you're diving into and what type of player might benefit from what % of the game being explained. Overall great stuff-thanks a lot!
Hey Raxx, I've been a player for last 7 years and I must say this is probably one of the best beginner guides to this game, I've recommended it to 2 friends and theyve started to play so thank-you! Always make things seem simple and hey even I learned a few tips 😅❤
Rax you just earned yourself another subscriber. This was well put, I was one of those players that got very overwhelmed by everything bout POE but you made it very understandable for beginner. Literally made a SRS guardian, followed the guide to almost the T, on maxroll and with your help as well. I was able to finish the class and able to enjoy endgame content, and im greatly overjoy because its all thanks to you. Now I'm enjoying my class, found the Pale Seraphim and now im just doing atlas maps and also looking for the Arena Master. And Ill be honest I WOULD NEVER GOT THIS FAR, if I hadnt stayed on this video for the entire duration of your video. Thank you so much!
100% agreed! PoE has long needed someone like Raxx to bring in new blood. There are a scant few who create great beginner friendly content but, unfortunately, the UA-cam algorithm buries their videos. Raxx, however, is a high profile ARPG UA-camr who can bring beginner friendly content to the top of search results for new players to learn from.
Much appreciated on this Rax. Great guide and I stopped playing POE years ago because it was too complicated, at least I thought it was. Now I’m blasting with a filter, way less stress and just playing the game as it was intended. So fun
Raxx playing path is exciting for the poe community! No one else can explain things like him. He's very thorough and clear. Loved your d4 content and looking forward to your poe content.
Super good guide, thank you Raxx. It was exactly what I needed to get over the hump of starting PoE. Definitely saved multiple hours of confusion by having everything I need in one place. Please do more PoE guides
As a poe player i can say, this is a great guide. Just one thing: in the lab trial (your class ascension thingy), click the altar in the last room in the north-west corner. that's what's actually giving you the special class points. i just left without doing that on my first character and was really confused...and then had to do the lab again and also (this is only relevant for a small amount of people): if you are someone who really likes to learn and tackle challenges, maybe NOT following a guide could actually be way more fun for you. i tried to get into this game like 4 times while following a guide and always was really bored and quit in like act 2/3. doing it my own way and making my own trash build, that couldn't get past white maps, was actually more fun and made the game click for me. but again, this is probably not the case for most people
Agree with some people trying to make their own character first. Especially if you have a bit of experience with other ARPGs. This is what I did too…the character ended up pretty bad but I still made it to the red (hardest) maps before giving up. I’m now following a guide for my 2nd character, but just doing it myself the first time was enough to get me excited about the game.
Yeah, I've never just taken someone else's build and followed it. I'll take tips and pointers I pick up on reddit or from watching a few streamers, but I never log in day one and say, "tell me how to play". It's play. I'll figure things out. The constant refrain of "you must follow a guide" can be just as much of a turn off. I wish more people would caveat "follow a guide" with "but any broken build can finish the campaign".
First time I started out with my own build (dual strike raider, very spicy) and made it to act 6 before quitting, it did great up until act 5 but then I constantly kept dying to one-shots. I tried another character and that one somehow did worse, constantly kept dying in act3-4. I decided, screw it, let's go hardcore and really try to make careful decisions. I made it to act 8 doedre on first try, did not know about the wheel mechanic and was slowed down by probably max amount of temp stacks. Several hardcore characters and years later I've finally learned how to make good builds and that experience has definitely been slow and painful, but so damn rewarding!
@@DrDanQ92 honestly, that experience is most of the fun for me. i'm still not great at making my own builds, but every time i look at a guide for a 100m dps tanky god, i just think "where's the fun here?". the game is already solved, you just tag along. trying new stuff and failing is far more enjoyable to me. and sure sometimes by pure luck i can also maybe design something that's not complete garbage. but that experience then is even more rewarding to me, because i myself figured it out
Reading this just gave me ptsd to when i got disconnected while checking the loot in the altar room. Nowadays i always head straight for the altar and then loot. Just in case 😅
Yo Rax, I just started playing PoE. This guide has helped me TREMENDOUSLY. It gave me a foundation and a base. Something extremely important for noobs like me. U didn’t give too much information to b overwhelmed. Thank you bro. This guide was helpful beyond belief, keep workin hard and helpng out the minority!
I was a Diablo 4 player, and now (mostly thanks to You), I'm a D4 refugee in POE. The game is overwhelming at first, but I found out that You just don't have to be a monster in the first build. Just have fun. I liked Your video, because I trust your content and it validated my choices through the game. Thanks in advance for future videos like this.
Absolutely this. Fun is key. When I first started I came up against a roadblock when I started looking stuff up. Unfortunately at the time a lot of the go to info was out of date that being new I didn’t know of course. I ended up reading and researching more than playing & not feeling anymore understanding after the effort. This video will help many not feel overwhelmed I’m sure.
for your first few characters i think it's perfectly fine to take your time through the story, making your own build (just don't neglect defenses), and just having fun. You really only have to worry about strong builds in the late game. The poewiki is amazing, bookmark it. Just make sure you're not using the fandom one, it's awful and out of date
PoE Player since 8 years here. Your guide seems pretty good as far as I can tell. Most of the PoE creators really kind of speak to an already intermediate audience. I think content like this will be a great asset for the community
Hey Rax, i am one of those Players who you always mentioned - getting annoyed and did not get somewhere, always overwhelmed by all the settings you can do etc etc. But with this guide some things are now clearer to me. Nice explaining, even for an non native english speaker like me. I would love to see more videos like this. Thank you for your time putting this up. please more 🙂
I'm only halfway through this and it's more concise and better laid out than any beginner guide I've watched. You have no idea how much of a blessing this is. Thanks so much Raxx!
Played this game very casually since 2013 and this is one of the best guides I’ve ever viewed and I don’t mean just for video games. I’ve never even ventured into trading until this necropolis season and your guide makes it very simple. Thank you!
This is amazing Rax. As a Diablo head who's found this game fascinating but impenetrable for so long, I now feel like I can at least get to the endgame and start mapping before I have to lie down and weep uncontrollably at my own ineptitude with the game systems. Previously that happened on the beach at the start of act 1; so a significant improvement. Bravo, God of Hoodies.
You explained some stuff with this guide that I’ve been looking for answers to for a while. I would always start PoE, get discouraged and quit pretty early on, but now that you’ve given me some direction, I’m really looking forward to trying this out. Thanks man!!
As a veteran who took a long hiatus, this is one of the best beginners guides I've seen. I'll be recommending this to any of my friends who had an interest previously but felt overwhelmed by the sheer amount of content. I don't believe you mentioned the powers in act 2 but I might have missed that part. I used to go with the extra resistances choice to help with survivability to push and you can also change them via vendor recipe if I recall correctly. Keep up the amazing work my dude!
The way you summarized and explained is the best i ever heard. Good Job. A true beginner guide from a beginner. Keep the videos coming! Easy to follow easy to understand!
I’m not using a guid. I’m just taking the time to read and dream up a build. I’m loving it. It really feels like the game has real adventure. I do get stuck a little with crafting and the blood alter, but I’m just going to keep experimenting. I just started and I’m hooked. Great to see the mass exposure to the game.
I used to play a lot of POE, but haven’t played for more than a year. I accidentally saw your video in my UA-cam recommended list. I watched it as I thought it gonna be a good refresher before the next league. This video was great. I actually learned a lot of new stuff and also how to do things better that I was doing less optimal. Thanks for the video.
Raxx... TRULY WELL DONE. I have a good number of hours in this game at this point and still learned so much from this! Love ya for D4 but am so happy you're here now as well. Please do more! Great work.
This was a HUGE help to me. I jumped into POE 4-5 years ago and then completely stopped after finishing the Campaign. I completely guessed my way through the build and though I died a LOT I was able to build something OK.... The concept of a build guide never crossed my mind. After playing D4 and getting bored of it pretty quickly I noticed all the talk of POE and II coming out soon and decided to jump back in it again. Been having fun but decided to look more into it and you have been a HUGE help with redirecting my efforts and playing smarter. Thanks!
I've been considering playing it and today I made the decision to actually play it. Great video. I guess I will be following a guide for at least my first character.
This guide is amazing. Great work Raxx. This definitely helps bridge the gap between absolute newbie and the other PoE content that already exists. I spent about 50 hours watching other PoE videos (many that said they were for beginners) before trying PoE, and I think you hit more of what I actually needed in this one hour than I got in all that. I am sure a lot of what I learned in those other videos will eventually be helpful, but its not what I needed in my first hours of playtime. This perfectly hits that mark. So glad you included the "how to get wisdom scrolls". That seems like one of the holes in a lot of the other guides, I think so many of those are assuming you are speedrunning the campaign so the need for the scrolls is so much lower. Also for any newbies out there, you can also trade in Portal Scrolls for Wisdom scrolls. I find this really helpful as with the logout trick, you really only need to keep like 10 portal scrolls to be good, so you can trade in extras you get for more Wisdoms. Also, you just saved my butt on the red maps. I just got to tier 10 maps at the end of my run last night, so would be going into red maps soon. I had NO IDEA about the needing to upgrade the maps to get credit. Luckily, I had been Alch'ing my maps already just to get better loot, but I had no idea I needed to do that. And I would not have even considered using a vaal orb on the map had you not mentioned it. As for ideas for other newbie content, one thing that seemed kind of fuzzy when I started is just what is going on with all the currency. You mentioned currency a few times, and did clarify that Chaos and Divines are the most important currency. A 5-10 minute "Dude, where's my gold?" video would probably help some folks. Just a quick explainer that PoE doesn't use gold like you might expect coming from a Diablo game, and instead has a ton of different items that each have their own little power that changes items when you spend it. Then explain how this ensures that your currency actually remains valuable compared to what you generally experience in a Diablo game where gold matters for a short while and then is just ridiculously abundant, PoE currency is always making your character better. Then maybe a quick show of the "currency vendor" that you can use to upgrade your currency, mentioning that its not always as good of a rate you might get actually trading it to another player, but when you need a specific thing in a pinch like more fusings you can get them this way.
Just started playing 2 days ago, this guide was a godsend for me. I had no idea what the premium quad tab purpose was for so I had only got a currency gem and flask tab, I was at act 4 and didnt even realize I could have had my ascended class already, (I am about to go do that NOW), The minimap transparency would have saved me about 3 hours at least already, thank you for that, I had kind of did a makeshift loot filter on my own without knowing i could just follow someone elses, so that is going to definitely save me time, everything about this was super useful. Thank you so much!
Hey Rax, not a beginner here but like this beginner guide you've made. Many other guides that i've seen over the years run into the issue of getting way to specific, using poe terms and being way to long. I think you've covered very nicely a beginning point into the game, further information can then be searched if the person enjoys the game. Especially love the stash tab recomendation. Many recomendations i hear are way to expansive. In my opinion you can play (alch and go) pretty comfortably with the tabs youve mentioned. Hope to see more PoE content from you, always love to hear input from people newer to the game.
A lot, if not most, PoE content creators contribute to the "barrier to entry" for PoE, whether they realize it or not with their jargon laden "guides". I'm happy that Raxx is a PoE player now and I hope he'll bring new blood into the playerbase. PoE is a great game and it's a shame that so many people are intimidated by the complexity of the mechanics with scant few people to provide guidance. Raxx is going to be pivotal, I think, to PoE's continued growth. I hope he inspires others to be more beginner friendly with their content offerings.
This is accurate. The problem with the 30.000 hour gametime bros, while knowledgeable, they usually don't consider the level of game vocabulary of new players, or constantly slip up and blast off with internal game linguistics. It's like teaching really valuable stuff... in latin
@@ambrosewetherbee8301i really don't know who you are talking about. the 3 biggest sources of new player builds and information these days are phox, zizaran and maxroll. all of these do an amazing job.
@@MrWilliGaming As you said "these days". And top 3. Out of how many PoE content creators? MOST PoE content creators don't do a good job of helping newcomers get into the game. I don't see how that assertion confuses you.
@@ambrosewetherbee8301 it confuses me because you frame it as a problem. If you want to make a build for vets that's completely fine. the overwhelming majority of poe content creators are very clear with the budget and complexity of their builds. the only two notable exceptions being "fastaf" and "poebuilds" which are both horrible. besides that: " back in the day" we also had excellent guides like enkis arc witch. If you want to find excellent build guides not made by the big three you don't really have to look hard there's plenty.
Tried a few times to get my head around POE but struggled with it, with the new Necropolis league starting I sat down and watched this video properly, found a league starter guide and I am loving the game. This video was invaluable and explained things really well, big thank you!
Hey Raxx, Absolutely love this guide, and thanks for your time in explaining all the essential stuff, I've been playing the game on and off for a few years but still learn a lot from you. As many said already, there's nothing better to beginner / casual player to get into the game than having it introduced by a professional beginner :) There are tonnes of great guides and videos out there but sometimes they can get a bit overwhelming, and not all of them are casual player friendly, or manage to explain stuff as good as you do. (been following ur D3 guides for years so i know :) Keep up the great work and can't wait to see more POE guide from you! Take care!
Please keep making POE guides. Your ability to explain makes following your guides easy. You have given me a reason to try this game again, keep blasting
By far the best and easiest to understand POE beginner's guide I've seen. I've tried to play POE off and on for years but there so much stuff to try and learn and I always just ended up giving up. Thanks for breaking it down and making it a lot easier for a beginner. I'm just now starting act 5 and going strong thanks for the help!!!
Helpful video for sure, think I'll give POE another shot now that I have a better understanding of some of the systems, etc. (thank you for that!) As far as some specific feedback: - Would have liked an explanation of what the SSF and Ruthless modes are - Side-note: As far as Ruthless, I gave it a shot as a newer player cuz I heard it was a better experience as a new player, and I actually thought it was more enjoyable (At least for the portion of campaign I got through) - Not sure if you said this and I missed it, or if its so intuitive it wasn't worth mentioning, but a short explanation about how you obtain maps would be nice - One of the biggest turn-offs is the fact that re-specing when you mess up your passive tree or want to try another build seem impossible as a new player, would be nice to get your perspective on that, and know if there is a way to do it without just re-rolling a new character - Your explanation about Trials of Ascendancy was super helpful; something I never fully understood until you broke it down - The flow of this guide was great, especially the callbacks to the points you made earlier on, later in the video
Ive tried playing PoE on and off for every so often and usually get too confused on whats going on to continue to play, i think with this guide ill give it another go, usually ill watch your diablo vids so its refreshing to see you play another aRPG, wish me luck boys
This is honestly the first PoE "beginner" guide that actually feels like a beginner guide for me. Ive learned so much from this video. I know you were a bit concerned about the length of the video but I really thought it was very well paced. Very well paced and easily digestible. I kid you not, I have watched beginner videos of PoE for years and they always lose me at some point because, understandably, some of these folks making these beginner videos have been playing the game since it launched / or many years. Which means their "basics" and my basics, due to the scale of the game, are worlds apart. When I heard you on stream ~2 weeks ago that you were going to make a beginner guide, I was so encouraged and hopeful that it would be the high quality beginner guide I hoped it would be ... and this is exactly what it is and what I needed. Please please keep going and make a beginner series. No rush. Thank you !!
Lols, meanwhile here I am. He had me until he switched off the new character to his old character. I was wanting a walkthrough from level 1 with someone explaining every mechanic and item as it appeared. I guess I'm too beginner even for this guide. Oh well, I guess this game just isn't for me.
@@Megneous Finish the campaign first, focus on finding leveling guide for your desired build (maxroll), you will learn a lot while playing. Some mechanics Raxx's talking about applay to early end game and you don't need all of this knowledge from the beginning. Most important trough campaing are: passive skills tree, ascendancy, sockets + gems, elemental resistances and crafting bench. This is a game, try it and treat it as entertainment ;-)
It took me reading through the comments to understand just how good this guide really is. I watched the video through it's entirety and then started reading through the comments due to you asking for feedback at the end. I noticed a comment saying the video was 1 hour long. I was like NO WAY! I watched an hour long video and didn't even realize it was an hour long. That goes to show you just how engaging and informative it was. I sat through the whole thing, learned a bunch and it felt like maybe a half hour video tops. I love your content and the Diablo games and probably wasn't going to play PoE but after this video there's a good chance I will. Great job and keep up the great work! (another testament to how good this video is, I never leave comments on videos)
honestly, this was the first guide i listened to, to my fresh PoE start (started few years ago and started mapping and quit) and it is much better, than 99% of other guides for beginners. will now start watching part 2 :D thx raxx - greetings from germany
Great vid. but also 1 extra tip to you forgot to mention, Attrbutes like Dex, Int and Strength are also important whilst leveling and in the endgame in order to equip the gems that you need for your guide on top of the Resistences and Life. For stats on gear the priority should be Resistence > Attributes > Life
video is easily 20/10 one of the best guides ive ever watched. saying this at level 69 after coming back to this video many times even 11 months after it being uploaded it still helped me so much. i need a head hunter now tho
I tried other beginner guides to learn this game but most of the time I just did not understand what they were talking about. I finished the campaign with a league starter guide and found your video when just started doing maps and to be honest this is the best beginner guide that I have watched. You are great at explaining things simply. Thanks for the guide.
Why does this guy only have 319k subs? He should be around 5-10 mil subs. I've been searching for a guide and this is the only video that makes any sense to me. Thank you for taking the time and make a video like this. I'm still downloading the game and can't wait to play.
Incredible guide, probably the best I've found so far. Tried getting into PoE a few years back during the Bestiary league and just couldn't get past the initial wall after watching an entire playlist worth of guides. Your video condenses the essential info to get the ball rolling and enjoying the game, which is the nº1 thing a new PoE player seems to need. Currently waiting for the Necropolis league to drop so that I can roll a brand new char and dive into it, so I'm just watching some more videos in the meantime to get ready. Great work!
This video is INCREDIBLE. I tried to get into POE a while back but fell off because of the complexity and being lost. This video saved me! Thank you so much!
Great guide, played PoE a few times and never got out of act 3. This time I have a real shot and will be rewatching this guide to make sure I can remember everything you spoke on. This was a good insight based on another relatively new players experience. The ogz don’t have beginner friendly content and this has made my journey 10x easier than I imagined.
57:47 you have no idea how valuable that info is for us beginners. Thank you for extracting the top 1% of the important info for us to start playing the game
Hey bro. Holding up my meager end of the bargain and commenting my feedback. I've watched a bunch of beginner guides, and I think this is the best one I've come across. This is my second league, and I've made it to yellow maps with two characters. I also just sent this guide to my buddy who's trying to get into the game. You're a great teacher, thanks for the guide!
As someone who has played PoE off and on since Act 3 was the last Act of the game. I just want to say, this is probably one of the best "beginner" guides on youtube. I've tried many times over the years to convince friends to play and it's very difficult at times to convince them that 99% of the game can be safely ignored on their first play through, so that they don't get overwhelmed and run away. Excellent work!
For real this is an awesome guide! The pace of your explanations is perfect for a new player , not to quick so they can understand better. Great job !!
This is exactly the kind of video new players need to get into the game and start progressing. A lot of other content creators for PoE are so advanced the things they talk about or don't mention in guides will basically be another language for a new player.
I am one of those ppl who always wants to try poe but I never start because it seems way too difficult. I did not think that I would watch through a 1h video but this actually made me want to go and login to try it out. Thank you for this. If the guides were more digestable like this one, I might have already tried the game. Subscribing
I'm so happy you decided to be a PoE creator, it's honestly exactly what you need. Seeing how you've played Diablo 3 and 4, I think PoE has the most opportunity for you to succeed. It's also incredible that you have zero experience, but you share a website with a bunch of people who have experience, and you can actually use the guides from your own website to prove that they're high quality. Everything about this is amazing, awesome stuff Raxx.
I do not typically watch lengthy videos. Yours, though, delivered knowledge at a great pace that kept me the entire hour. I'm hoping you do more PoE content.
I just started playing the other day and I gotta say, for something as confusing as this game has been you explained everything in a very concise simple way. Great video, I'll probably have to watch it twice. Thanks!
I really liked this video I just started and hit level 15 with almost no clue how to build my character correctly. So I’m glad I can start a new character with a guide to really see how to properly make a build first. I’m definitely going to use the tools you showed to save me the hassle. Can’t wait for Poe 2
I really appreciated this video. I just ran through the campaign using a lightning archer and it took me forever. I am now doing my second character and _finally_ watched your video. It taught me new things and reinforced a lot of stuff that took me way too long to learn on my own, lol. Thank you!!!
I watched a few guides before but your is way better. Other creators don't understand what really means "Beginner's". Here everything is clear and smooth. I hope you will create more beginner's guides like crafting guide, recipe guide, etc. Well done dude.
I played this game for a year, and my laptop blue screened. It was 2 years before I had another laptop to play it on, and the thought of how much there is in this game, was more than I wanted to do. I learned so much from this video....I am like a noob all over again. I learned things I never knew, and some really good tips. Thanks Raxx PS now that you are playing a new game, maybe you should toss the hoodie, and come up with a new look, for the new you. Maybe a cowboy hat, or a slouch hat, LOL. I am blown away at how fast you learned so much in this game.
That's a Very Good Job ! I started PoE a few weeks ago and this is by far the best guide out there (for me). The reason being you're focused on the things which are not obvious to beginners of this game but still seasonned gamers in general. You went right to what we need to know. Thank you.
Amazing guide! I've been waiting for a beginner guide that isn't 3 hours long explaining endgame concepts in the first 5 minutes when I cant even get through act 1. Thanks for explaining how the levelling guide works and it's great that it tells you where in the campaign you get the gems you need, makes it very easy. I will certainly give this game a real try now.
Just started playing this on my ps5 and man am I having fun. Thanks for this guide! Helped me a bunch through my first play through so far. Much appreciated 🙏🏻
So I warched this guide from start to finish while making anew char. Thank you for your hard work Raxx. Your dry sense of humor is so funny as well, which is a bonus: "look a the map the way it starts, that's confusing, I have no idea where to go now"
I played PoE for all of an hour or so waaaay back, went in blind and pretty much just opened up the skill tree and noped out. Your video really makes me want to give it another try, I feel like I "get" it a little better now and it seems like a great game to spend time exploring. So thanks for that!
I played POE for the first time yesterday. My buddy had me watch this prior, I did not finish it until this morning. I will say, between this video and the maxroll guide, it omits the confusion, and primary reason i hadnt played POE. I truly appreciate you taking the time to make this, and I will certainly be your newest sub. Thanks a ton, and great video overall!
Thank you for the Guide. I have 200h in the Game, but still not understand many of the Topics. You opened more understanding the game. Always learning and it makes more fun every time I play it.
I play Poe over 10 Years now. It is a very interesting point of view to see a guide from a popular streamer who currently has learned the Basics of the Game. Please continue your work on Poe and your videos. Best Regards
Great summary for beginners. Anyone wanting to play PoE, I have a few hundred hours and still have no idea what some things are, how much things are worth, and still check out guides. Don't try to go in blind on your first run, or even first few because it can end up being a nightmare. Raxx you did a great job explaining in a way most PoE creators don't usually do for new players
Very good beginner's guide.: 1. Good job focusing on the necessary aspects for new players with a fresh character. 2. Guide has enough detail to get playing but does not force the 'must do step by step' philosophy. Play the game and have fun. 3. I jumped in blind and gave up at level 8. This guide convinced me to give POE a second try. Summary: Solid guide. Good introduction to POE that helps noobs like me figure out what the hell to do. Keep up the good work.
I'm still a complete PoE noob that hasn't finished the campaign yet, but you did a very good job explaining the game in layman's terms. You took what could be considered complicated things and simplified them. Nice job!
I just started playing POE because the new trailer for Settlers of Kalguur got me excited to play, this game has a looottt to it and I've looked through tons of youtube videos to try and figure things out, and I just wanted to say that although this video was intimidating (1h long) I found it to be very helpful and one of the best beginner tutorials I've found, I just wanted to say thank you for taking your time to make it. I got so confused trying to figure this game out, things like "League starter", "Mapping", etc and all other kinds of "POE Jargon" gets thrown around, for a new player that just runs around and clicks things, it's confusing at best when people use those terms, but your video went into enough detail that by the end of it I feel very confident playing this game.
Raxx, THANK YOU so much for the guide!!! Clear concise and it hit every question I had about beginning POE. Please don't stop. We need more guides on all the other stuff we run into, Like the hunter dude and the capture/killing of monsters in his area!. Loved the guide brother, and it was something I personally needed. More people should be breaking the game down for us, and YES I mean u DM. Keep the good work up and Thanks Again.
Started streaming this and attempted to allow my community to teach me how to play. While I love their engagement, this tutorial has streamlined the info well for me to feel more comfortable getting started. Only thing missing from this guide imo would be basic callouts like how act 5 completion lowers your overall resistances by a lot. This would prep beginners (like myself) for the horror of seeing the resources you invested in throughout Part 1 feel like they went down the drain. Liked that you covered how some guides you will die a lot if using them. Just cause they are top guides doesn’t mean they are not glass cannons. Well made guide and looking forward to more!
Thank you so much for this guide! Been playing diablo since diablo 1. Now me and my gaming group are all trying PoE for the first time and loving it. Please keep making more beginnerish guides - itemization, how to approach crafting, more on trading, approaching the endgame. What it means and what it takes to switch a character from a starter build to leveling build. What are the traps that brick a new character. Thanks again!
This got me to start playing the game, I’ve played it before and got discouraged when so many different game mechanics were thrown at me, after following this guide I enjoyed the game sooooo much more. Thx for the vid
After watching a bunch of Diablo 4 content lately I’ve started hearing more and more about path of exile and it’s getting me really excited. I just download PoE this morning and will be using this guide to get myself set up on my first play through! Thanks so much!
Just picked up POE a few days ago and really enjoying it so far. It was quite confusing at first, though, so your video was a great resource for making some sense of everything. Thanks!
Great video Raxx, I am giving POE another try because of this. I see you have a second part too, I'll watch that one after I get a better understanding of everything you've gone over in this one. Thanks for putting this together, it was the best guide for new players to PoE I've seen.
Here's a quick timestamp breakdown for new players like me, who will want to be able to easily go back and reference something.
Part 1 - Starting Out
0:00 Intro
01:39 Build Guides
06:29 Loot Filter
08:08 Awakened PoE
08:31 Creating a Character
08:40 Ascendancies
10:18 Useful Game Settings
11:45 Socketing Skills
12:52 "What am I looking for?"
17:00 Attack Without Moving
17:22 Flasks
Part 2 - Campaign
20:36 Campaign Strategy
22:50 Vendor Recipe Scroll of Wisdom
24:00 "Out of Portal Scrolls! Now what?"
24:49 Hideout
25:20 Hideout Design
25:53 Crafting Bench
26:36 Resistances
26:58 Crafting Bench Cont'd
28:55 Trials of Ascendancy
33:02 Finish Labs BEFORE Final Boss
34:14 Labs guide on Maxroll
Part 3 - Endgame
35:21 Recommended Microtransactions
37:16 Tabs
38:00 Mapping Basics
46:58 Setting Tab Affinities
47:51 "So what the hell should I be doing?!"
50:28 Trading with Awakened PoE
53:03 Common Scam
53:50 PoE Trade Website
56:15 Fractured Items
58:05 Recap
Nice. Hopefully this gets pinned.
PIN IT RAX
You push the tabs too hard. You don't. No one needs it until maps.
Also, no one should trade until they've hit maps as well.
Nothing better than a beginner's guide through the eyes of a beginner
This is why so many professors are so bad at teaching...they are so advanced they don't understand their student's brains. My best professors had often been the youngest ones, often still working on their master's or PhD
That's very true @@laconsuela69
Agreed. The majority of PoE content creators ignore new players unfamiliar with the game specific terms so that adds an extra layer of frustration for people who go to guides such as league starters and are overwhelmed with what is essentially foreign verbal diarrhea to anyone but experienced PoE players.
@@laconsuela69 this is it EXACTLY. I tried following Zizaran's beginner guide and it was too damn long. Hours and hours. No doubt he's a pro and knows what he's doing but it's just way too much to digest as a beginner. Raxx's guide is brilliant in its simplicity. Just focus on this stuff, ignore the rest, have fun, you'll learn the rest as you play!
Don’t we all have to begin somewhere. I’m so sorry to all the “OG POE” players, that I found this game recently. Why not embrace the new people and enlighten them with your expertise! Being in some sort of condescending mindset is not a positive way to be. We all enjoy the same thing, playing a “game”. If us newbies should kneel at your 10 year plus experience altar on this game..maybe just realize we are enjoying the same thing.
As an absolute POE beginner, I have just 100 hours on the clock. I had already watched a few guides on UA-cam beforehand. But I have to honestly say that yours is the best so far. Thanks for that and keep up the good work.
Love how you can accurately describe yourself as an "absolute beginner" with 100 hours in this game haha.
I started back in 2014 and come back once every few leagues at this point.
100 hours?You should already have multiple mirror gear like lil bro has.
@@Dodo87465 But how?
@@Dodo87465new player can't even get 1 divine like me wtf u talking
@@puru721 Because noone is holding your hand and leading you through the game.If you read between the lines you'll get what I'm saying. :)
Rax, after 10 minutes of listening, I can say that you are the most listenable person out of all the people who make guides. I play poe well myself, but I watch it like a good movie :D Please, the poe community needs more guides like this.
I'm happy that Raxx has come over to play PoE. We need someone like him to facilitate a bridge for new players into the game. PoE is glorious for its complexity but that complexity is seen as "complicated" until you learn how the game works. Raxx's approach to educating will enable new players to check out PoE and stay to play rather than be intimidated and leave.
@@ambrosewetherbee8301 i started playing Poe too . and because of the complexity i started to love this game.
@@ambrosewetherbee8301the game is seen as complicated because it does a very bad job at introducing itself, which makes it very challenging to play without looking up stuff on the internet, and because it keeps changing with the league mechanics which makes it very confusing for occasional players.
@@ambrosewetherbee8301there are dozens of people with over 15k hours in this game that make guides all the time. Zizaran being one of the most prominent. Your comment makes it sound like no one makes videos for beginners trying to get into this game.
Came here to say this. I've played poe for 6 years now but love videos like this or the whole "diablo 4 vet tries poe for the first time" style of videos. I'm just home from a long day at work and reclined back and chair napped listening to this.
Friend sent me this video. I probably would have broke my monitor if not for this video and going back and rewatching parts of it a few times. You asked for honest feed back and mine is nothing but appreciation for what you put together. About a week into the game and very much so enjoying it. I don’t do much on UA-cam but I did subscribe and I hope that helps you out some. Thank you for taking your time putting this together for new players.
As a poe player this is an extremely good guide for new players.
This is how you make a great guide. Real talk easy to understand. Not all the extra lingo to confuse you even more. Its like your best friend talking to you.
Honestly, this guide has really helped me a lot. I just hit Act 6 and am dying instantly, now I know why due to the resistances. It also showed me that the character I created was in the standard league, not in the affliction league, so everything I have done was for nought, but that is okay, it has given me a great base knowledge to push forward with it. I would love a little more in depth, at some point, on trading and maxing currencies, but you have provided an AMAZING start to the process. I have watched your content for a long time now, from D3 through where we are in D4 and now with POE. God tier content, my friend. Your passion and care for the community and making the game better for everyone, and way less confusing, is a godsend to many players that would otherwise give up. Thank you so much, and I absolutely look forward to more content in both D4 and POE from you in the future. Thank you for all you do.
See it positive, now you can do the real deal, and check the "how to do tutorial" on the real deal.
SRS Guardian, one more :D
Being in Standard is fine. The only real difference is the trade economy. Standard has a lot of gazillionaires who already own everything, so the prices for items are weird. If you join the league (Affliciton right now) the price of an item is close to the item's rarity. If you're playing SSF (so you can't trade) then it doesn't really matter.
Welcome to the REAL ARPG EXILE 💪💪
@@aarons3014 The other big difference is missing out on the current league mechanic
@@FubzyMC Thank you! I am REALLY enjoying it, more than I am D4, actually. I am absolutely gonna keep playing and putting time into it. It's a lot of fun, and I am looking forward to POE2 from what I have seen. Gonna be awesome!
I've tried PoE off and on for years and never felt like I had enough of a guide to really get into it fully, but this video was definitely a push in the right direction. Awesome guide and I appreciate you taking the time to make it. Personally, I'd rather watch one 1-hour long guide video than 10+ 5min videos bouncing from person to person who might have different advice or guides to choose from. I think you did a good job of eliminating the "99%" for new players and explaining the main things. Maybe you could make a series of guides based on that idea of what % of the game you're diving into and what type of player might benefit from what % of the game being explained. Overall great stuff-thanks a lot!
Hey Raxx, I've been a player for last 7 years and I must say this is probably one of the best beginner guides to this game, I've recommended it to 2 friends and theyve started to play so thank-you! Always make things seem simple and hey even I learned a few tips 😅❤
Rax you just earned yourself another subscriber. This was well put, I was one of those players that got very overwhelmed by everything bout POE but you made it very understandable for beginner. Literally made a SRS guardian, followed the guide to almost the T, on maxroll and with your help as well. I was able to finish the class and able to enjoy endgame content, and im greatly overjoy because its all thanks to you. Now I'm enjoying my class, found the Pale Seraphim and now im just doing atlas maps and also looking for the Arena Master. And Ill be honest I WOULD NEVER GOT THIS FAR, if I hadnt stayed on this video for the entire duration of your video. Thank you so much!
Ty @Raxx. You will definitely be an asset to the community with content like this.
100% agreed! PoE has long needed someone like Raxx to bring in new blood. There are a scant few who create great beginner friendly content but, unfortunately, the UA-cam algorithm buries their videos. Raxx, however, is a high profile ARPG UA-camr who can bring beginner friendly content to the top of search results for new players to learn from.
Much appreciated on this Rax. Great guide and I stopped playing POE years ago because it was too complicated, at least I thought it was. Now I’m blasting with a filter, way less stress and just playing the game as it was intended. So fun
Raxx playing path is exciting for the poe community! No one else can explain things like him. He's very thorough and clear. Loved your d4 content and looking forward to your poe content.
Super good guide, thank you Raxx. It was exactly what I needed to get over the hump of starting PoE. Definitely saved multiple hours of confusion by having everything I need in one place. Please do more PoE guides
As a poe player i can say, this is a great guide.
Just one thing: in the lab trial (your class ascension thingy), click the altar in the last room in the north-west corner. that's what's actually giving you the special class points. i just left without doing that on my first character and was really confused...and then had to do the lab again
and also (this is only relevant for a small amount of people):
if you are someone who really likes to learn and tackle challenges, maybe NOT following a guide could actually be way more fun for you. i tried to get into this game like 4 times while following a guide and always was really bored and quit in like act 2/3. doing it my own way and making my own trash build, that couldn't get past white maps, was actually more fun and made the game click for me.
but again, this is probably not the case for most people
Agree with some people trying to make their own character first. Especially if you have a bit of experience with other ARPGs. This is what I did too…the character ended up pretty bad but I still made it to the red (hardest) maps before giving up.
I’m now following a guide for my 2nd character, but just doing it myself the first time was enough to get me excited about the game.
Yeah, I've never just taken someone else's build and followed it. I'll take tips and pointers I pick up on reddit or from watching a few streamers, but I never log in day one and say, "tell me how to play". It's play. I'll figure things out. The constant refrain of "you must follow a guide" can be just as much of a turn off. I wish more people would caveat "follow a guide" with "but any broken build can finish the campaign".
First time I started out with my own build (dual strike raider, very spicy) and made it to act 6 before quitting, it did great up until act 5 but then I constantly kept dying to one-shots. I tried another character and that one somehow did worse, constantly kept dying in act3-4. I decided, screw it, let's go hardcore and really try to make careful decisions. I made it to act 8 doedre on first try, did not know about the wheel mechanic and was slowed down by probably max amount of temp stacks. Several hardcore characters and years later I've finally learned how to make good builds and that experience has definitely been slow and painful, but so damn rewarding!
@@DrDanQ92 honestly, that experience is most of the fun for me. i'm still not great at making my own builds, but every time i look at a guide for a 100m dps tanky god, i just think "where's the fun here?". the game is already solved, you just tag along.
trying new stuff and failing is far more enjoyable to me. and sure sometimes by pure luck i can also maybe design something that's not complete garbage. but that experience then is even more rewarding to me, because i myself figured it out
Reading this just gave me ptsd to when i got disconnected while checking the loot in the altar room. Nowadays i always head straight for the altar and then loot. Just in case 😅
Yo Rax, I just started playing PoE. This guide has helped me TREMENDOUSLY. It gave me a foundation and a base. Something extremely important for noobs like me. U didn’t give too much information to b overwhelmed. Thank you bro. This guide was helpful beyond belief, keep workin hard and helpng out the minority!
I was a Diablo 4 player, and now (mostly thanks to You), I'm a D4 refugee in POE. The game is overwhelming at first, but I found out that You just don't have to be a monster in the first build. Just have fun. I liked Your video, because I trust your content and it validated my choices through the game. Thanks in advance for future videos like this.
Absolutely this. Fun is key. When I first started I came up against a roadblock when I started looking stuff up. Unfortunately at the time a lot of the go to info was out of date that being new I didn’t know of course. I ended up reading and researching more than playing & not feeling anymore understanding after the effort. This video will help many not feel overwhelmed I’m sure.
for your first few characters i think it's perfectly fine to take your time through the story, making your own build (just don't neglect defenses), and just having fun. You really only have to worry about strong builds in the late game. The poewiki is amazing, bookmark it. Just make sure you're not using the fandom one, it's awful and out of date
This is, by far, the best beginner guide I have ever watched. Thank you!
PoE Player since 8 years here. Your guide seems pretty good as far as I can tell. Most of the PoE creators really kind of speak to an already intermediate audience. I think content like this will be a great asset for the community
Hey Rax, i am one of those Players who you always mentioned - getting annoyed and did not get somewhere, always overwhelmed by all the settings you can do etc etc. But with this guide some things are now clearer to me. Nice explaining, even for an non native english speaker like me. I would love to see more videos like this. Thank you for your time putting this up. please more 🙂
I'm only halfway through this and it's more concise and better laid out than any beginner guide I've watched. You have no idea how much of a blessing this is. Thanks so much Raxx!
Other one I would recommend is EngineeringEternity, if he is still around. The guides might be old at this point but they are also very good.
Played this game very casually since 2013 and this is one of the best guides I’ve ever viewed and I don’t mean just for video games. I’ve never even ventured into trading until this necropolis season and your guide makes it very simple. Thank you!
This is amazing Rax. As a Diablo head who's found this game fascinating but impenetrable for so long, I now feel like I can at least get to the endgame and start mapping before I have to lie down and weep uncontrollably at my own ineptitude with the game systems. Previously that happened on the beach at the start of act 1; so a significant improvement. Bravo, God of Hoodies.
You explained some stuff with this guide that I’ve been looking for answers to for a while. I would always start PoE, get discouraged and quit pretty early on, but now that you’ve given me some direction, I’m really looking forward to trying this out. Thanks man!!
As a veteran who took a long hiatus, this is one of the best beginners guides I've seen. I'll be recommending this to any of my friends who had an interest previously but felt overwhelmed by the sheer amount of content. I don't believe you mentioned the powers in act 2 but I might have missed that part. I used to go with the extra resistances choice to help with survivability to push and you can also change them via vendor recipe if I recall correctly. Keep up the amazing work my dude!
The way you summarized and explained is the best i ever heard. Good Job. A true beginner guide from a beginner. Keep the videos coming! Easy to follow easy to understand!
I’m not using a guid. I’m just taking the time to read and dream up a build. I’m loving it. It really feels like the game has real adventure. I do get stuck a little with crafting and the blood alter, but I’m just going to keep experimenting. I just started and I’m hooked. Great to see the mass exposure to the game.
I used to play a lot of POE, but haven’t played for more than a year. I accidentally saw your video in my UA-cam recommended list. I watched it as I thought it gonna be a good refresher before the next league. This video was great. I actually learned a lot of new stuff and also how to do things better that I was doing less optimal. Thanks for the video.
Raxx... TRULY WELL DONE. I have a good number of hours in this game at this point and still learned so much from this! Love ya for D4 but am so happy you're here now as well. Please do more! Great work.
This was a HUGE help to me. I jumped into POE 4-5 years ago and then completely stopped after finishing the Campaign. I completely guessed my way through the build and though I died a LOT I was able to build something OK.... The concept of a build guide never crossed my mind. After playing D4 and getting bored of it pretty quickly I noticed all the talk of POE and II coming out soon and decided to jump back in it again. Been having fun but decided to look more into it and you have been a HUGE help with redirecting my efforts and playing smarter.
Thanks!
I just started playing the game about 5 days ago, and you made me understand all the chaos that's going on, thank you so much for this guide.
I've been considering playing it and today I made the decision to actually play it. Great video. I guess I will be following a guide for at least my first character.
This guide is amazing. Great work Raxx. This definitely helps bridge the gap between absolute newbie and the other PoE content that already exists.
I spent about 50 hours watching other PoE videos (many that said they were for beginners) before trying PoE, and I think you hit more of what I actually needed in this one hour than I got in all that. I am sure a lot of what I learned in those other videos will eventually be helpful, but its not what I needed in my first hours of playtime. This perfectly hits that mark.
So glad you included the "how to get wisdom scrolls". That seems like one of the holes in a lot of the other guides, I think so many of those are assuming you are speedrunning the campaign so the need for the scrolls is so much lower. Also for any newbies out there, you can also trade in Portal Scrolls for Wisdom scrolls. I find this really helpful as with the logout trick, you really only need to keep like 10 portal scrolls to be good, so you can trade in extras you get for more Wisdoms.
Also, you just saved my butt on the red maps. I just got to tier 10 maps at the end of my run last night, so would be going into red maps soon. I had NO IDEA about the needing to upgrade the maps to get credit. Luckily, I had been Alch'ing my maps already just to get better loot, but I had no idea I needed to do that. And I would not have even considered using a vaal orb on the map had you not mentioned it.
As for ideas for other newbie content, one thing that seemed kind of fuzzy when I started is just what is going on with all the currency. You mentioned currency a few times, and did clarify that Chaos and Divines are the most important currency. A 5-10 minute "Dude, where's my gold?" video would probably help some folks. Just a quick explainer that PoE doesn't use gold like you might expect coming from a Diablo game, and instead has a ton of different items that each have their own little power that changes items when you spend it. Then explain how this ensures that your currency actually remains valuable compared to what you generally experience in a Diablo game where gold matters for a short while and then is just ridiculously abundant, PoE currency is always making your character better. Then maybe a quick show of the "currency vendor" that you can use to upgrade your currency, mentioning that its not always as good of a rate you might get actually trading it to another player, but when you need a specific thing in a pinch like more fusings you can get them this way.
Just started playing 2 days ago, this guide was a godsend for me. I had no idea what the premium quad tab purpose was for so I had only got a currency gem and flask tab, I was at act 4 and didnt even realize I could have had my ascended class already, (I am about to go do that NOW), The minimap transparency would have saved me about 3 hours at least already, thank you for that, I had kind of did a makeshift loot filter on my own without knowing i could just follow someone elses, so that is going to definitely save me time, everything about this was super useful. Thank you so much!
Hey Rax, not a beginner here but like this beginner guide you've made. Many other guides that i've seen over the years run into the issue of getting way to specific, using poe terms and being way to long. I think you've covered very nicely a beginning point into the game, further information can then be searched if the person enjoys the game. Especially love the stash tab recomendation. Many recomendations i hear are way to expansive. In my opinion you can play (alch and go) pretty comfortably with the tabs youve mentioned. Hope to see more PoE content from you, always love to hear input from people newer to the game.
A lot, if not most, PoE content creators contribute to the "barrier to entry" for PoE, whether they realize it or not with their jargon laden "guides". I'm happy that Raxx is a PoE player now and I hope he'll bring new blood into the playerbase.
PoE is a great game and it's a shame that so many people are intimidated by the complexity of the mechanics with scant few people to provide guidance. Raxx is going to be pivotal, I think, to PoE's continued growth. I hope he inspires others to be more beginner friendly with their content offerings.
This is accurate. The problem with the 30.000 hour gametime bros, while knowledgeable, they usually don't consider the level of game vocabulary of new players, or constantly slip up and blast off with internal game linguistics. It's like teaching really valuable stuff... in latin
@@ambrosewetherbee8301i really don't know who you are talking about. the 3 biggest sources of new player builds and information these days are phox, zizaran and maxroll. all of these do an amazing job.
@@MrWilliGaming As you said "these days". And top 3. Out of how many PoE content creators? MOST PoE content creators don't do a good job of helping newcomers get into the game.
I don't see how that assertion confuses you.
@@ambrosewetherbee8301 it confuses me because you frame it as a problem. If you want to make a build for vets that's completely fine.
the overwhelming majority of poe content creators are very clear with the budget and complexity of their builds. the only two notable exceptions being "fastaf" and "poebuilds" which are both horrible.
besides that: " back in the day" we also had excellent guides like enkis arc witch.
If you want to find excellent build guides not made by the big three you don't really have to look hard there's plenty.
Tried a few times to get my head around POE but struggled with it, with the new Necropolis league starting I sat down and watched this video properly, found a league starter guide and I am loving the game. This video was invaluable and explained things really well, big thank you!
Hey Raxx,
Absolutely love this guide, and thanks for your time in explaining all the essential stuff, I've been playing the game on and off for a few years but still learn a lot from you. As many said already, there's nothing better to beginner / casual player to get into the game than having it introduced by a professional beginner :)
There are tonnes of great guides and videos out there but sometimes they can get a bit overwhelming, and not all of them are casual player friendly, or manage to explain stuff as good as you do. (been following ur D3 guides for years so i know :)
Keep up the great work and can't wait to see more POE guide from you! Take care!
Please keep making POE guides. Your ability to explain makes following your guides easy. You have given me a reason to try this game again, keep blasting
I have over 4k hours in POE, your beginner guide is very well done.
By far the best and easiest to understand POE beginner's guide I've seen. I've tried to play POE off and on for years but there so much stuff to try and learn and I always just ended up giving up. Thanks for breaking it down and making it a lot easier for a beginner. I'm just now starting act 5 and going strong thanks for the help!!!
Helpful video for sure, think I'll give POE another shot now that I have a better understanding of some of the systems, etc. (thank you for that!)
As far as some specific feedback:
- Would have liked an explanation of what the SSF and Ruthless modes are
- Side-note: As far as Ruthless, I gave it a shot as a newer player cuz I heard it was a better experience as a new player, and I actually thought it was more enjoyable (At least for the portion of campaign I got through)
- Not sure if you said this and I missed it, or if its so intuitive it wasn't worth mentioning, but a short explanation about how you obtain maps would be nice
- One of the biggest turn-offs is the fact that re-specing when you mess up your passive tree or want to try another build seem impossible as a new player, would be nice to get your perspective on that, and know if there is a way to do it without just re-rolling a new character
- Your explanation about Trials of Ascendancy was super helpful; something I never fully understood until you broke it down
- The flow of this guide was great, especially the callbacks to the points you made earlier on, later in the video
Ive tried playing PoE on and off for every so often and usually get too confused on whats going on to continue to play, i think with this guide ill give it another go, usually ill watch your diablo vids so its refreshing to see you play another aRPG,
wish me luck boys
This is honestly the first PoE "beginner" guide that actually feels like a beginner guide for me. Ive learned so much from this video. I know you were a bit concerned about the length of the video but I really thought it was very well paced. Very well paced and easily digestible.
I kid you not, I have watched beginner videos of PoE for years and they always lose me at some point because, understandably, some of these folks making these beginner videos have been playing the game since it launched / or many years. Which means their "basics" and my basics, due to the scale of the game, are worlds apart.
When I heard you on stream ~2 weeks ago that you were going to make a beginner guide, I was so encouraged and hopeful that it would be the high quality beginner guide I hoped it would be ... and this is exactly what it is and what I needed.
Please please keep going and make a beginner series. No rush.
Thank you !!
Lols, meanwhile here I am. He had me until he switched off the new character to his old character. I was wanting a walkthrough from level 1 with someone explaining every mechanic and item as it appeared. I guess I'm too beginner even for this guide. Oh well, I guess this game just isn't for me.
@@Megneous Finish the campaign first, focus on finding leveling guide for your desired build (maxroll), you will learn a lot while playing. Some mechanics Raxx's talking about applay to early end game and you don't need all of this knowledge from the beginning. Most important trough campaing are: passive skills tree, ascendancy, sockets + gems, elemental resistances and crafting bench. This is a game, try it and treat it as entertainment ;-)
It took me reading through the comments to understand just how good this guide really is. I watched the video through it's entirety and then started reading through the comments due to you asking for feedback at the end. I noticed a comment saying the video was 1 hour long. I was like NO WAY! I watched an hour long video and didn't even realize it was an hour long. That goes to show you just how engaging and informative it was. I sat through the whole thing, learned a bunch and it felt like maybe a half hour video tops. I love your content and the Diablo games and probably wasn't going to play PoE but after this video there's a good chance I will. Great job and keep up the great work! (another testament to how good this video is, I never leave comments on videos)
Hi Rax, started playing POE because of this guide. Without it I wouldn't have tried. Great beginners intro 👍
honestly, this was the first guide i listened to, to my fresh PoE start (started few years ago and started mapping and quit) and it is much better, than 99% of other guides for beginners. will now start watching part 2 :D thx raxx - greetings from germany
Great vid. but also 1 extra tip to you forgot to mention, Attrbutes like Dex, Int and Strength are also important whilst leveling and in the endgame in order to equip the gems that you need for your guide on top of the Resistences and Life. For stats on gear the priority should be Resistence > Attributes > Life
nah man timeless jewels are really cheap even on leaguestart so dex, str is rarely a problem
video is easily 20/10 one of the best guides ive ever watched. saying this at level 69 after coming back to this video many times even 11 months after it being uploaded it still helped me so much. i need a head hunter now tho
Veteran player here. I think its very useful for new players. You should keep releasing other parts for this series. APPROVED.
I tried other beginner guides to learn this game but most of the time I just did not understand what they were talking about. I finished the campaign with a league starter guide and found your video when just started doing maps and to be honest this is the best beginner guide that I have watched. You are great at explaining things simply. Thanks for the guide.
Why does this guy only have 319k subs? He should be around 5-10 mil subs. I've been searching for a guide and this is the only video that makes any sense to me. Thank you for taking the time and make a video like this. I'm still downloading the game and can't wait to play.
Incredible guide, probably the best I've found so far. Tried getting into PoE a few years back during the Bestiary league and just couldn't get past the initial wall after watching an entire playlist worth of guides. Your video condenses the essential info to get the ball rolling and enjoying the game, which is the nº1 thing a new PoE player seems to need. Currently waiting for the Necropolis league to drop so that I can roll a brand new char and dive into it, so I'm just watching some more videos in the meantime to get ready. Great work!
Damn, beginners guide: 1 hour 😂😂😂
Shortest POE guide
Welcome to PoE 😂
Yup, have fun! Lol
This video is INCREDIBLE. I tried to get into POE a while back but fell off because of the complexity and being lost. This video saved me! Thank you so much!
really appreciate how much time went into this Raxx, I've tried to watch other youtubers explain PoE but you are on a next level with your clarity
Great guide, played PoE a few times and never got out of act 3. This time I have a real shot and will be rewatching this guide to make sure I can remember everything you spoke on.
This was a good insight based on another relatively new players experience. The ogz don’t have beginner friendly content and this has made my journey 10x easier than I imagined.
This was a phenomenal video. I was one of those players that jumped in, got overwhelmed and quit. You've helped motivate me to play again. Thanks!
57:47 you have no idea how valuable that info is for us beginners. Thank you for extracting the top 1% of the important info for us to start playing the game
Hey bro. Holding up my meager end of the bargain and commenting my feedback. I've watched a bunch of beginner guides, and I think this is the best one I've come across. This is my second league, and I've made it to yellow maps with two characters. I also just sent this guide to my buddy who's trying to get into the game. You're a great teacher, thanks for the guide!
As someone who has played PoE off and on since Act 3 was the last Act of the game. I just want to say, this is probably one of the best "beginner" guides on youtube. I've tried many times over the years to convince friends to play and it's very difficult at times to convince them that 99% of the game can be safely ignored on their first play through, so that they don't get overwhelmed and run away. Excellent work!
THANK YOU! Best guide I've seen in youtube
A very good Comprehensive guide. Going to forward it to my friends who find it daunting to get into Path of Exile. Waiting for more content!
For real this is an awesome guide! The pace of your explanations is perfect for a new player , not to quick so they can understand better. Great job !!
This helped me more then several other "beginne" guides combined. Specially in-game loot filter. Thanks appreciate you
This is exactly the kind of video new players need to get into the game and start progressing. A lot of other content creators for PoE are so advanced the things they talk about or don't mention in guides will basically be another language for a new player.
This guide made all the difference for me! If I had not found this video, i would surely have quit playing. Thanks!
I am one of those ppl who always wants to try poe but I never start because it seems way too difficult. I did not think that I would watch through a 1h video but this actually made me want to go and login to try it out. Thank you for this. If the guides were more digestable like this one, I might have already tried the game. Subscribing
I'm so happy you decided to be a PoE creator, it's honestly exactly what you need. Seeing how you've played Diablo 3 and 4, I think PoE has the most opportunity for you to succeed. It's also incredible that you have zero experience, but you share a website with a bunch of people who have experience, and you can actually use the guides from your own website to prove that they're high quality. Everything about this is amazing, awesome stuff Raxx.
I do not typically watch lengthy videos. Yours, though, delivered knowledge at a great pace that kept me the entire hour. I'm hoping you do more PoE content.
I just started playing the other day and I gotta say, for something as confusing as this game has been you explained everything in a very concise simple way. Great video, I'll probably have to watch it twice. Thanks!
I really liked this video I just started and hit level 15 with almost no clue how to build my character correctly. So I’m glad I can start a new character with a guide to really see how to properly make a build first. I’m definitely going to use the tools you showed to save me the hassle. Can’t wait for Poe 2
I really appreciated this video. I just ran through the campaign using a lightning archer and it took me forever. I am now doing my second character and _finally_ watched your video. It taught me new things and reinforced a lot of stuff that took me way too long to learn on my own, lol. Thank you!!!
I watched a few guides before but your is way better. Other creators don't understand what really means "Beginner's". Here everything is clear and smooth. I hope you will create more beginner's guides like crafting guide, recipe guide, etc. Well done dude.
I played this game for a year, and my laptop blue screened. It was 2 years before I had another laptop to play it on, and the thought of how much there is in this game, was more than I wanted to do. I learned so much from this video....I am like a noob all over again. I learned things I never knew, and some really good tips. Thanks Raxx PS now that you are playing a new game, maybe you should toss the hoodie, and come up with a new look, for the new you. Maybe a cowboy hat, or a slouch hat, LOL. I am blown away at how fast you learned so much in this game.
That's a Very Good Job ! I started PoE a few weeks ago and this is by far the best guide out there (for me). The reason being you're focused on the things which are not obvious to beginners of this game but still seasonned gamers in general.
You went right to what we need to know. Thank you.
Amazing guide! I've been waiting for a beginner guide that isn't 3 hours long explaining endgame concepts in the first 5 minutes when I cant even get through act 1. Thanks for explaining how the levelling guide works and it's great that it tells you where in the campaign you get the gems you need, makes it very easy. I will certainly give this game a real try now.
Just started playing this on my ps5 and man am I having fun. Thanks for this guide! Helped me a bunch through my first play through so far. Much appreciated 🙏🏻
Bro… you just made path of exile, the most complex ARPG, sound so accessible. Thank you for this
So I warched this guide from start to finish while making anew char. Thank you for your hard work Raxx. Your dry sense of humor is so funny as well, which is a bonus: "look a the map the way it starts, that's confusing, I have no idea where to go now"
I don't know what it is but the way you talk and explain it keeps me watching with complete attention.
I played PoE for all of an hour or so waaaay back, went in blind and pretty much just opened up the skill tree and noped out. Your video really makes me want to give it another try, I feel like I "get" it a little better now and it seems like a great game to spend time exploring. So thanks for that!
I played POE for the first time yesterday. My buddy had me watch this prior, I did not finish it until this morning. I will say, between this video and the maxroll guide, it omits the confusion, and primary reason i hadnt played POE. I truly appreciate you taking the time to make this, and I will certainly be your newest sub. Thanks a ton, and great video overall!
Thank you for the Guide. I have 200h in the Game, but still not understand many of the Topics. You opened more understanding the game. Always learning and it makes more fun every time I play it.
I play Poe over 10 Years now. It is a very interesting point of view to see a guide from a popular streamer who currently has learned the Basics of the Game.
Please continue your work on Poe and your videos. Best Regards
As someone who is getting back into POE after a few years I very much appreciate this guide. Very well done!
Great summary for beginners. Anyone wanting to play PoE, I have a few hundred hours and still have no idea what some things are, how much things are worth, and still check out guides. Don't try to go in blind on your first run, or even first few because it can end up being a nightmare. Raxx you did a great job explaining in a way most PoE creators don't usually do for new players
Very good beginner's guide.:
1. Good job focusing on the necessary aspects for new players with a fresh character.
2. Guide has enough detail to get playing but does not force the 'must do step by step' philosophy. Play the game and have fun.
3. I jumped in blind and gave up at level 8. This guide convinced me to give POE a second try.
Summary: Solid guide. Good introduction to POE that helps noobs like me figure out what the hell to do. Keep up the good work.
I'm still a complete PoE noob that hasn't finished the campaign yet, but you did a very good job explaining the game in layman's terms. You took what could be considered complicated things and simplified them. Nice job!
I just started playing POE because the new trailer for Settlers of Kalguur got me excited to play, this game has a looottt to it and I've looked through tons of youtube videos to try and figure things out, and I just wanted to say that although this video was intimidating (1h long) I found it to be very helpful and one of the best beginner tutorials I've found, I just wanted to say thank you for taking your time to make it.
I got so confused trying to figure this game out, things like "League starter", "Mapping", etc and all other kinds of "POE Jargon" gets thrown around, for a new player that just runs around and clicks things, it's confusing at best when people use those terms, but your video went into enough detail that by the end of it I feel very confident playing this game.
Raxx, THANK YOU so much for the guide!!! Clear concise and it hit every question I had about beginning POE. Please don't stop. We need more guides on all the other stuff we run into, Like the hunter dude and the capture/killing of monsters in his area!. Loved the guide brother, and it was something I personally needed. More people should be breaking the game down for us, and YES I mean u DM. Keep the good work up and Thanks Again.
amazing guide - just started POE onboard the POE 2 Early access train. This helped heaps, thanks Raxx
Started streaming this and attempted to allow my community to teach me how to play. While I love their engagement, this tutorial has streamlined the info well for me to feel more comfortable getting started. Only thing missing from this guide imo would be basic callouts like how act 5 completion lowers your overall resistances by a lot. This would prep beginners (like myself) for the horror of seeing the resources you invested in throughout Part 1 feel like they went down the drain. Liked that you covered how some guides you will die a lot if using them. Just cause they are top guides doesn’t mean they are not glass cannons. Well made guide and looking forward to more!
Thank you so much for this guide! Been playing diablo since diablo 1. Now me and my gaming group are all trying PoE for the first time and loving it. Please keep making more beginnerish guides - itemization, how to approach crafting, more on trading, approaching the endgame. What it means and what it takes to switch a character from a starter build to leveling build. What are the traps that brick a new character. Thanks again!
This got me to start playing the game, I’ve played it before and got discouraged when so many different game mechanics were thrown at me, after following this guide I enjoyed the game sooooo much more. Thx for the vid
AMAZING guide mate I've tried poe over the years and never could get into it. Thanks to this guide I am now playing with a bit more knowledge.
Best beginners guide I've seen, especially the explanation about maps, and the atlas and currency
After watching a bunch of Diablo 4 content lately I’ve started hearing more and more about path of exile and it’s getting me really excited. I just download PoE this morning and will be using this guide to get myself set up on my first play through! Thanks so much!
Just picked up POE a few days ago and really enjoying it so far. It was quite confusing at first, though, so your video was a great resource for making some sense of everything. Thanks!
Great video Raxx, I am giving POE another try because of this. I see you have a second part too, I'll watch that one after I get a better understanding of everything you've gone over in this one. Thanks for putting this together, it was the best guide for new players to PoE I've seen.