"We don't want the rich to get richer" logic; discuss.
" While you're probably right that it would influence the exalted orb exchange rate, your conclusion doesn't make sense; the items they'd be trading for those exalts would then be priced at 25%-33% the current price (when expressed in exalts). | |
" I'm actually not sure Ex wont still be worth large amounts this league. I mean you can't get multiple essence mods on an item so that's one thing. However you can still scour and multi mod the crap out of an item until it's mirror worthy. This league is really going to be interesting from a trading standpoint either way. |
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" I generally agree, and understand the maths here needed to get to a T7 essence. But the usual pyramid scheme of average players farming and more experienced players accumulating their finds will again prevail. The guys spamming 84 gear with chaos will simply buy the essences rather than farming them. But, as you suggest the details of essence drop types/levels will be very important. I'm also interested to see what happens to value of chaos orb. Last edited by BatHeart on Aug 22, 2016, 12:04:43 PM
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So it won't be super easy to create mirror level items. This can only be a good thing.
We fight to delay the end because it's the means that matter.
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" So what you're saying is, in their effort to change this system to prevent the rich from getting richer, they managed to change it into something that only rich players will be able to benefit from? (Not disagreeing with you, just rhetorically pointing out the facepalm) " It never would've been that. Last edited by acme_myst on Aug 22, 2016, 12:29:02 PM
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I can't find much to agree with in the OP, although I did learn that people have very different definitions of 'rich' - with some people claiming it's having lots of powerful items and finished builds, and others seeing it more as having a vault full of currencies.
2 major points of criticism: You have a flawed premise. He didn't say "we don't want the rich to get richer" and it shouldn't be in the title. -also- " This statement doesn't jive with " this one. Good items retain players, or make them bored. It can't do both for the majority. Last edited by innervation on Aug 22, 2016, 1:44:17 PM
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" I was about to write this. Not that it's surprising a thread on these boards would start off a wrong premise. | |
That's exactly what he said.
"so we feel that this particular case was a bit too far in the direction of "the rich get richer"." If that doesn't mean "we don't want the rich to get richer" in plain English, I don't know how else to explain it to you 2 guys :P "Wealth in a game is measured by the amount of fun, joy and entertainment you can get out of it". -Mythabril Last edited by EKTELESTES on Aug 22, 2016, 2:15:12 PM
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" You aren't reading carefully enough, and as a result you're thinking in binary either/or fashion. The operative words are 'too far in the direction of' which demonstrate that PoE is not a place where either the rich get richer or they don't, but rather, it's a spectrum. Imagine a scale that ranges from 0 to 100. 0 represents that the rich never get richer, in fact every 24 hours, everyone's currency disappears, and every 7 days their characters get deleted. No matter how rich you get, you never get richer over the months and years. Imagine 100 as being the rich always get richer, and no one else has a chance. August 22, 2013. This is the cutoff date. If your account was created before that date all the currency in your stash doubles every 24 hours. If your account was created after that date you can't trade with anyone. What Chris actually said is that allowing Essences to work in tandem with master crafted mods would push the actual number we're at on the scale, whether it be 33, 51, or 67, a bit too far towards 100 for his liking. |
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If there's one thing I hate in life is "political correctness". And you, sir, with all due respect, are the most representative sample of that following.
You could have a brilliant political career if you're not already a politician :P "Wealth in a game is measured by the amount of fun, joy and entertainment you can get out of it". -Mythabril Last edited by EKTELESTES on Aug 22, 2016, 3:20:57 PM
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