This Random Dumb SSF Atlas Strategy is Actually Genius - PoE 3.25

[@commandosaurus]

This video encapsulates what I like about SSF as a game mode. Because you aren't in direct economic competition with other players, you don't feel like you're wasting time if you're not maximising profit over everything else. Instead, you get to optimise your own enjoyment of the game, which I find puts me in a much healthier head-space.

[@e56hdyhdfgh]

Agree, I just wish SSF got some specific balance. Even a couple basic/singular things like forbidden flesh/flame dropping as a set would be great, rather than being so unattainable. Ruthless gets special attention, why not SSF? ....

[@xXVintersorgXx]

​@@e56hdyhdfghI'd rather it stay as it is as far as difficulty goes For things like forbidden flame they should add a beast reroll or make it drop an NPC currency to trade in for a specific class. Maybe not the right ascendency but being able to narrow it down to one class would feel much better. I think they should do this for everyone including trade players. It's simply unobtainable in ssf

[@Thyworm]

Some things are simply too hard to realistically get in SSF. I don't have an issue with that really, you know this up front, but I agree it would be great if it did receive a bit of balance. Maybe for PoE 2, they take a page out of how Last Epoch balances their game.

[@Dryxxxa]

Unfortunately it's been confirmed multiple times that SSF isn't getting any preferential treatment in PoE2 either. The reason for that is that you can transfer from it to trade league, and that isn't something they plan to remove. LE solves that by explicitly tagging items you got from Circle of Fortune and making them untradeable. This also doesn't fly for PoE, because GGG strongly believes that everything should be tradeable.

[@HarkinsX]

You have quickly become my favorite ssf content creator. Cant get enough of these tips and guides

[@Thyworm]

Happy to hear it :)

[@SaruSelfFound]

Thanks for everything you do, Thyworm! At a similar point in my SSF experience here too so it's cool to consider things like this.

[@Thyworm]

Glad you like it. I love SSF because you can just try stuff like this without any drawbacks

[@mithos6414]

Appreciate the vibe of this video. No screaming like a salesman trying to sell some trash, just a gamer explaining some things. Nice.

[@Thyworm]

Thanks a lot, I appreciate it ☺️

[@Freexers]

That sounds real aolid. Nice!

[@veritaseru]

Would try this with Maven's upping the stakes keystone if we're jumping around the atlas anyway.

[@Thyworm]

I like the searing exarch a lot more, personally, but you can give it a try. Those bosses under normal circumstances can be rough, let alone in these maps.

[@xXVintersorgXx]

@@veritaseru I've been doing this without twist of fate and occasionally with the fortune favor the brave node. It's been a ton of fun. Embrace the chaos

[@Mad___Hatter]

Ive been running twist of fate for most of the whole league lol. As an extra thing i try to guess what map mods i rolled without looking, before i either die or complete the map

[@Thyworm]

It can be a little mini game. I do the same indeed :)

[@FladsonThiago]

Loving these Atlas strats videos! One for xp would be great, I am using abyss, delirium and breach, just curious if you have something else in mind.

[@Thyworm]

I also used breach, and then harbinger and beyond, because it is so many monsters.

[@christianhudspeth9018]

Use Jun too. Safe houses are massive xp

[@xXVintersorgXx]

@@FladsonThiago best way to get exp I believe is abyss and doing everything you can to stay alive. Using the HC logout macro is helpful if you're pushing to 100

[@HasXXXInCrocs]

Can you make a video (or recommend one) for what to do when you get "stuck" in ssf? Like where you get to a certain point and your character isn't strong enough to progress further. In my specific instance, I'm just finishing up my atlas. I have two void stones. I can clear 16s but I usually die ~4 times so I've been stuck at lvl 92. I've been farming essences on yellow tier maps but it doesn't seem to be efficient currency wise outside of just essences. I have only 3 divines, no exalts or annuls and the gold income is horrible so shipping doesn't seem like a good way to generate currency either. It feels like none of the stuff I'm making is good enough to push me over the edge because my tools are so limited. What should I do?

[@eldoctoroso]

Try going up to t11+ and check where you start dying and stop then level up that way using Abyss and shrines, that way you get more chance to getting exalts and divs, for annls do Harbinger and if you have scarabs even better, more harbs, boss harbs and poof soon enough you have a couple of each to do stuff :D

[@HasXXXInCrocs]

@@eldoctoroso ill give that a try! Thanks :)

[@Mooo105]

I was in a similar boat, first time trying ssf this league. IMO there’s no shame in dropping back to yellow maps to improve your gear (Rog and betrayal mainly). I also found shipping useful for some well-rolled gear, not quite sure what you mean about not being able to keep up the gold for it. Only so much of your power comes from levels, and there’s a lot of gear improvement that you can get without even touching red maps. Mileage may vary depending on build, which is why some are considered a lot more ssf friendly than others. If you’re following a good build but dying a lot then maybe your gear doesn’t have high base defense values (armor or evasion depending on your character). You might also need to swap out a damage aura for a defensive one, or get more chaos res, or something else. Try to diagnose those deaths a bit to figure out what you need. Also, early red maps can be tough since you’re forced to corrupt them for atlas bonuses, which means you’re not allowed to be selective with mods. A ton of deaths can be prevented by just rolling over maps with crit or -max res or monsters deal chaos damage.

[@e56hdyhdfgh]

I have been playing SSF for a long time now and will always recommend Rog/expedition first and foremost. I basically never do essences, it just doesn't compare unless you need a really specific craft and have the currency to play with. Rog crafting requires some game knowledge, but after watching some videos and practicing, it shouldn't take too long to start making items that, if you were playing trade league, would be worth many divines. Picking good bases to craft on, looking out for good rolls and items that already have 6 mods to start with are probably the most key elements. Obviously, it's going to depend on what your build needs, but you can end up pretty reliably making endgame rings and main armor pieces with only a moderate amount of effort, by PoE standards at least. Weapons are harder, and much more RNG gated, but you can make those too.

[@xXVintersorgXx]

As the others say drop down to yellow maps. For me, I would suggest you work on getting your clusters. They make a significant difference in many builds. Also in yellow maps you can level up your gems and vendor flip them to 1/20 and get them to 20/20. If you're doing a melee build focus on your weapon first. Try and get something that will get you to 1-2m DPS in pob. Make sure all your gems are setup including aura and guard skills. Tujen is great for currency, as well as heist and delve. Or you can just focus on blasting yellow maps with helpful stuff like shrines (domination) and Niko or heist or beasts (the NPC joins you and gives you auras) Work on capping res and suppression or block as well using gear or your tree

[@xXVintersorgXx]

I am currently trying out something similar to this. Instead of twist, I'm taking the two keystone in the middle for fortune favors the brave. It costs 12c with the +3 atlas nodes. Also taking the map craft nodes on completion and kirac stuff. It's labeled "ADHD" on my atlas slot lol. Then if i want to do scarabs ill choose a specific one or choose Fortune favor and use generic scarabs like more rares

[@Thyworm]

Yes, the main drawback with FFTB is that you don't get the extra map modifiers that ToF provides. And that is a lot of extra item quant and pack size.

[@xXVintersorgXx]

@@Thyworm You could also do ToF and FFTB together with generic scarabs for 12c. Embrace the chaos! lol ToF is too much juice for my build

[@Thyworm]

But it won't roll FFTB. ToF will roll that into another map device option

[@xXVintersorgXx]

@@Thyworm generic scarabs like the ones at the bottom of the currency tab ( more magic mobs, traitor rares, mirrored rares, etc) or something like divination or cartography scarabs. Fftb seems to pick 2 random map options, then the other keystone gives it 3 atlas nodes, then tof randomizes the map mods. So if you want to do a completely random strategy that is how you do it. Unless I'm misunderstand and tof literally ignores your selected map device option? I'm basically using the 2 middle keystones and all the map stuff. I'm not using tof because my character is too weak. But either I pay 12c for something random, or I use one of the crafts I got for free with scarabs for that mechanic. It's been pretty fun

[@Thyworm]

I'll have to test it, but ToF will most likely charge you 12c, reroll into an option that isn't FFTB, and then only allocate 3 notables

[@anonymous-pr2sy]

I don't understand how this is supposed to "reroll bricked maps". The corrupted maps with un-runnable modifiers like phys or elemental reflect or players gain no life, energy shield, or mana, do not go away when choosing these keystones. What is the deal here, how are you "rerolling bricked maps" you don't discuss this even once in the entire video

[@anonymous-pr2sy]

twist of fate gives 1-3 random ADDITIONAL modifiers, it does not REMOVE modifiers

[@Thyworm]

Twist of Fate rerolls all map modifiers, plus adds 1-3 additional ones. So bad map mods go away, at least most of the time, because the keystone randomizes them.

[@anonymous-pr2sy]

@@Thyworm no it doesn't, and no they don't

[@Thyworm]

Sir. Look at the modifiers on a CORRUPTED RARE map, before you put it in the map device, and make sure twist of fate is allocated. Once you load the map, you will see that the map itself is random, and if you open up the map modifiers inside the map after entering, you will also see those have all changed. All map modifiers are rerolled. If you did not put in a CORRUPTED RARE map, then of course the keystone doesn't work.

[@anonymous-pr2sy]

@@Thyworm yeah the keystone does not say anything about rolling all the map modifiers and every single map I put into the map device that had 20% elemental reflect still had 20% elemental reflect after opening it in the map device. It was just a different map than the map I had selected, all the modifiers on the map were exactly the same every single time except more were added