don´t try to get into the - extremely complex while same time very very powerful - crafting mechanic
poe is complex, no
game like d3 or something, so learning basics about skill trees, builds, interactions with stats / items, leveling through acts, capping resistance ( most important ), ascendency classes and mapping comes first
... this should take time, usually you can expect a season ( = 3 month or so ) to have a good understanding on the basics ( assuming you are not a no-lifer, in this case it might be faster )
... if you are okay with minion builds i´d suggest something from that, almost any type of summoner / necromancer ascendency will do fine
... melee ... well yes the good old cyclone, although "pseudo melee" like frost blades gladiator works well without much invest
... or do "essence drain / contagion" trickster, works without much invest as well, although this concept is well different
... if you like bows -> do not start "ranger" class, this is no good starter, in this case try "toxic rain / caustic arrow" trickster ( shadow base class )
... there are hundreds of builds, youtube offers some nice starter tips ( maybe ziggyd, engineering eternity or esoro )
-> do not try and follow hardcore players, like mbextreme, mathil or like empyrian gaming ( lol ^^) they will not help at all as starter
but now gl, if you want to invest some time you will have a great experience, as this game offers so much content ( although the publishing company from time to time
releases really strange mechanics as its in the current season the case .. but every 3 month there will be a new season with basically a complete new mechanic,
so np )
final note :
if you want something dirty cheap as possible you could go "miner" way, but warning : this is a playstlyle many ppl ( myself included ) do not like,
but with miner ( shadow class, saboteur ascendency ) you can go cheap as fuck ( few builds can get that far with minor invest, but the playstyle ... yy
)
This post was edited by 0x00 on Aug 1 2020 03:15pm