vaal orb on empower

well today i throw a vaal orb to a lvl 2 empower and gt this

This can still lvl up to 4?
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psykodaz wrote:
well today i throw a vaal orb to a lvl 2 empower and gt this

This can still lvl up to 4?


No.
Congrats!
What a waste! +1 level is quite rare and you used it on level 2 empower...
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Toshis8 wrote:
What a waste! +1 level is quite rare and you used it on level 2 empower...


I disagree. 2->3 is not exactly easy at all. Vaaling at 3 is extremely risky.
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kasub wrote:
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Toshis8 wrote:
What a waste! +1 level is quite rare and you used it on level 2 empower...


I disagree. 2->3 is not exactly easy at all. Vaaling at 3 is extremely risky.


It is risky. But as said, getting +1 level is rare. level 3 empower is worth like 7 ex or so, level 4 empower is worth like 90ish ex or so. If he only used it on level 3 instead of level 2 that would be a BIG win.
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Except for the fact that due to the XP needed, it might never become a 3. Now it is.
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Last edited by Asidra#2906 on Jul 10, 2014, 1:32:35 AM
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Asidra wrote:
Except for the fact that due to the XP needed, it might never become a 3. Now it is.


Strange, why are you defending this without thinking? Would you corrupt level 2 empower yourself? - I think not. I am leveling empower, enchance gems myself, and when i reach level 3, I will corrupt those (and not earlier), because i want to have top level gems.

EDIT: corrupting level 2 empower is similar to corrupting level 18 or 19 standard gem. No one does that, unless of course you want to lose potentialy powerful gem.
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Last edited by Toshis8#1464 on Jul 10, 2014, 1:41:39 AM
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Toshis8 wrote:

EDIT: corrupting level 2 empower is similar to corrupting level 18 or 19 standard gem.


lol, definately not true.
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Toshis8 wrote:
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Asidra wrote:
Except for the fact that due to the XP needed, it might never become a 3. Now it is.


Strange, why are you defending this without thinking? Would you corrupt level 2 empower yourself? - I think not. I am leveling empower, enchance gems myself, and when i reach level 3, I will corrupt those (and not earlier), because i want to have top level gems.

EDIT: corrupting level 2 empower is similar to corrupting level 18 or 19 standard gem. No one does that, unless of course you want to lose potentialy powerful gem.


You seem to misunderstand something. Many people are simply not capable of getting a level 3 empower within a reliable amount of time. It takes 10 times more XP than 19->20 gems. 5 times more if fully qualified.

So after all that time then you get a level 3 and you have a chance to completely delevel. If it's useful for your build that's a huge risk after spending all that time. Of course that's why level 4 empower is so expensive but it's also the reason many would corrupt a level 2. They want the level within a reasonable amount of time.

To make it clear, it might take many people over a month. Others can possibly never get it. You're doing over 1000 maps to level empower, just consider that.

For more info check out http://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/1t7b8q/xp_data_gathered_on_maps_or_leveling_a_gem_from/
Last edited by kasub#2910 on Jul 10, 2014, 1:54:00 AM

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