Path of Exile 2 - 5 HUGE MISTAKES to AVOID! (POE 2 Tips & Tricks)

5 HUGE MISTAKES TO AVOID in Path of Exile 2 (POE 2) that are holding you back in Path of Exile 2! These 5 Huge Mistakes are making it much harder for you to progress in the game, level up, get good gear and have fun in the game. These 5 Huge Path of Exile 2 Mistakes are all Mistakes I was making within my first 100 hours of the game!

This Video Discusses: Path of Exile 2 Mistakes, POE 2 Mistakes, POE2 Mistakes, Top 5 Mistakes Holding you Back in Path of Exile 2, Mistakes in Path of Exile 2, Mistakes in POE 2, Path of Exile Tips & Tricks, POE2 Tips & Tricks

0:00 - Intro
0:16 - Ascendency Mistake
4:01 - Orb/Upgrade Mistakes
6:02 - Skill Gem Mistakes
8:49 - Using Support Gems Wrong
11:55 - Gearing Mistakes

[revoktorment]

1st big mistake, not having the currency tab... Also telling people to not save their skill gems is bad advice. If you make any other character, you will be happy to have uncut gems ready ion you stash as soon as you level allows it.

[phyzik]

just putting it out there, saving uncut skill gems is not necessary BUT can be a boon if you are rolling a new class/build toon.

[thomasb]

It's crazy how many creators I've seen since launch with no stash tabs. Coming from PoE1 this hurts my brain.

[mouuuuuu]

bro have youtube sponsors but not a singel prem stash 💀

[bobharvey]

Unused gems that you dont need on your character and put in the stash can be used on any other character you make because it is the same stash between them. Or if worst comes to worst you can just throw your gear and gems in the stash, delete your character, and as soon as you can use it its right there for you plus everything you got going through leveling again. Did it with my merc at like lvl 15 because I decided to do something different. When I started a witch I had gear and gems/support gems before I ever created it. Made leveling to 20 a couple hour process as I just ran through every map.

[kurocknotabi]

No need to disenchant magic items since you get more than enough magic orbs, but you will never have enough gold. Sell those magic items instead. Always pick up socketed/quality items for salvage and disenchant rares you aren't going to use.

[Nobody-hcrw]

I have another tip for new players, regarding the 300 microtransaction shop coins you have with the EA key.
I recommend getting Currency stash tabs and premium stash tabs, there is usually stash tab sale every few weeks/months (-25% iirc). Wait for that moment.

[dillhead]

Ill be honest i feel like this guy barely understands the game. Your lvl 8 skill gems can take your lower level gems to level 8. Or make that skill new at lvl 8... and yes gold is hard to come by sell those blues, scrap all sockets and all useless rares. If you don't know if its better open your skill screen or character screen then equip it see if you have more things go up then down. For the ascendancy i feel is the only part he made sense to me and i stopped about half through cause i am a veteran and have some idea what I'm doing

[madPavL]

6:54 They are not completely useless, when you start a new character they will be very helpful.

[shanelabuff]

So, from someone who didnt play a whole lot of PoE. A note that might be helpful to the new folks to PoE 2. If you have a bunch of keys at the end of your ascendancy run, do not pick up some of it and leave and try to come back. There is no warning, but you are unable to go back even if the trial is completed. I had 4 bronze, 2 silver, 1 gold key and I just barely beat it and I did not choose my ascendancy and the quest updates to choose your path on the altar but you cant actually go back and choose it. Essentially you're screwed. Choose ascendancy, get the best inventory load you can, and know that if you leave, thats it. In PoE there is supposedly a warning in lab letting you know you cant go back, they really should add it to this game for the trials as well.

[gwmccardell]

Don't listen to someone without stash tabs

[PerfectPencil]

i picked an ascendancy based on what sounded cool. Future me might be mad, but current me is pleased as punch.

[ElmoTheFierce]

Bro got 300 coins from buying early access and doesnt have a currency tab

[Hutchanaut]

Saving uncut gems is not a total waste. As someone else mentioned - you may need them for your alt characters. But additionally, you have stat requirements on every skill. When I started using Orb of Lightning I only had enough INT to use level 6 even though my other skills are on Skill Gem XI. I can't upgrade it to higher than 6 until I get more INT first. Therefore, it was pretty handy that I still had level 6 gems in storage for that occasion.

[GhostGardenRain]

where be da link to yer mobolitics in the description brotha? ( 8:50 )

[paulwilliams]

I would agree with use items now... but that is only if you have a singel character... STASH is shared by all the characters on your account, so you could save items for your alts to get them off the ground faster.

[TheWunshot]

Hey, every one of these tips videos should talk about saving exalted Orbs and using poe2 trade to get new weapons. I found five exalted early on (btw the drop rate must be 100x what it was in PoE 1). I used those at level 28 to buy a new staff that was 200 DPS compared to my 64 DPS staff I'd been using (which was already decent for my level). I'm crushing content now and think that is the number 1 tip that I've yet to see in any video.

[ZeoGamingTGT]

What are you talking about support gems since the start of the game's launch will gray out what you don't have stats for and it won't let you engrave something that's already on your build

[lich-king]

Also! you can only get a max of 8 ascendency skill points, so when looking at your options and know that you can only get 8 nodes if that changes your mind, you don't get all the nodes.

[christopherneil]

Joke’s on you, I don’t have to worry about choosing an ascendancy because I keep getting randomly one-shot in the trial