WTB GGG's good graces.

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spawn10459 wrote:

this i dont believe at all. at one point in this games history the only way to get an item was for GGG to directly drop it for you. also go and look up all the streamers that get whatever item they want when ever they want it. Kind of odd dont ya think?

err...

Just level to a point where you can do maps, and uniques will drop like crazy. Most of them are vendor trash or really cheap though, so if you want a really really good unique, then either buy it, or well, pray to the RNG gods... GGG has seriously nothing to do with you not getting any unique drops.

Drop rates in general are really low for anything, so just accept that as it is.

I seriously doubt there's a conspiracy that GGG just hands people currency so that they are rich and control the whole economy. I mean, come on.

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spawn10459 wrote:

SOO.. the question is How is it that the people that are rich in ever league stay rich. and the poor people stay poor?

I think it's to do with playstyle.
It opened my eyes when I first watched a video of how a 'top player' played in a race.

There are big differences between the playstyles of different people.

Ignore many enemies along the way, level up by directly progressing through the world and only return for any sidequests when they can be taken care of in a minute or two.

Movespeed, movespeed, movespeed.

The people that are rich in every league are the ones who downloaded the pre-patch skill tree and plotted out their build ahead of time.
This includes quick levelling builds which they'll then switch out of at a certain level to transition into their main build.

Or they trade.
Or both.

-Whoops-

I have a bunch of mtx and stash tabs but I haven't found an exalt this league yet.....but I did find my first ever unique strongbox so win some lose some I guess

Funny thread

If GGG had the sort of meth-fueled cyborgs they'd need to personally, directly monitor the playtime of every single PoE player online and specifically, actively incite enemies to drop 'good' items for that specific player whenever they felt like it...well, they'd have much better uses for said meth-fueled cyborgs.

Like never having to hire QA guys ever again.
Or ultra-rapid internal iteration of new features under test.
Or having the best customer service department in the history of mankind.
Or not letting the NSA anywhere near meth-fueled cyborgs capable of monitoring thousands of people's Internet usage simultaneously.

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CharanJaydemyr wrote:

What a lot of people forget as well is that streamers play a LOT more than just their highlight videos and those 'moments' everyone remembers. For every 30 seconds of incredible 'streamer luck' or 'fortune' there are hours, possibly days, of very little more than grind, grind, grind.

Logic is a scarce commodity in this day and age.

Peace,

-Boem-

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CharanJaydemyr wrote:

Precisely. It's not like these people don't stream. There's a lot of counterintuitive play to 'top player' methodology but I suppose that's how it usually goes -- where the majority go where they're led (do this quest now, kill all these monsters because they're there), that core minority of high achievers make their own rules. This would kill the game for some of us (certainly for me) but I deeply respect that the expert players of PoE play the game on their own terms, not even GGG's half the time.

What would kill it for me is the speed. I'd not say I play slowly but when you watch players like Nugi, Havoc or Alkaizer, "chaining maps" take its full meaning and I know I could not play like that. These guys don't know what "downtime" means.

So much derp in the general forums today.

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CharanJaydemyr wrote:

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spawn10459 wrote:

We all know GGG directly influences the drop rates of all items in the game when ever they want and do it with out telling any one.

You know, I was ALMOST with you until that point. Take the tin foil hat off. It looks silly on anyone.

By your logic, I'd be the richest person in the game.

I'm not.

Only being here 2 months it took me 15 minutes of searching to figure out what you meant (with some interesting reading on a few POE subjects, plus learning about drop bears lol). I'm kinda disappointed you didn't get the keys to the Wraeclast central bank as ruler, or at least a flashy crown and monocle so you could look down at the rest of us with style.

On a related topic, I just finishing posting about how in 2 months I have 2 70ish characters that probably didn't have 1 EX worth of stuff between them (having a HUGE blast though). OP somehow reminded me I found a Tabula Rasa during one of those 12 minute temp challenges last month (dropped off Hillock). I remember others mentioning the item and I reminded myself to price check it, which of course I never did. Just did so, and I feel like I just found a winning lotto ticket at the bottom of my sock drawer.