Useful Atlas of Worlds Interviews and The Lioneye's Watch Podcast

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TheAnuhart wrote:

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Aldora_the_Summoner wrote:

Still working my way through the written interview but I already have a burning question about the drop rate of Shaper's Orbs and Cartographer's Sextants: Define "occasionally" please :)

Exalts drop occasionally. Eternals dropped occasionally. But do not fear, as always, you can pick them up on poe.trade at a cost in other orbs that removes the rarity.

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MnauVMikrovlnce wrote:

Is the atlas shared across the characters or is it unique per character?
From mechanical point of view it looks really great.

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TheAnuhart wrote:

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Aldora_the_Summoner wrote:

Still working my way through the written interview but I already have a burning question about the drop rate of Shaper's Orbs and Cartographer's Sextants: Define "occasionally" please :)

Exalts drop occasionally. Eternals dropped occasionally. But do not fear, as always, you can pick them up on poe.trade at a cost in other orbs that removes the rarity.

Eternals do not drop at all, they have been removed from the game.

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"Now, rather than receiving random maps of a specific tier, you receive random maps from that tier from the set of ones that you have previous completed as well as the maps that are connected on the Atlas to the map you’re playing."

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pathfinding wrote:

So far I'm really curious and excited about this expansion. It's great that it's endgame focused (!), it's great that we can upgrade our favourite maps and I also like the vertical dimension improvements. Would love to see some completely new tilesets as the majority of what I've seen so far looks like combinations - although nicely done - of already existing tilesets.

It makes me feel I'd love to be a new player discovering maps for the first time, slowly revealing the atlas... I really think this could work which is great.

On the other hand, I have doubts about this:

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"Now, rather than receiving random maps of a specific tier, you receive random maps from that tier from the set of ones that you have previous completed as well as the maps that are connected on the Atlas to the map you’re playing."

Does it mean we won't see, for example, Necropolis drops in Volcano maps and vice versa? If I read it correctly and it is indeed the case, I have to admit I'm rather against it. I can see the reason behind this as staying within the same thematic area might make the endgame progress feel more interconnected and less random, but I actually think the random element of the current system of map drops is great.

To be honest, I don't think having to run tier 9 maps from a specific area to get a tier 10 map bound to that area is an improvement.
Again, in case I understand it wrong feel free to correct me, will be glad for any feedback.

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PsOfOs wrote:

That is the case afaik but it's not necessarily bad.
You will be able to farm specific maps now.
You like those gorges? Go farm the one they are connected to. And with 100% increased map drop rate will be a lot easier.