Atlas DON'T work proof!!!

I have atlas at 123%. Just did for fun tier:1 map. Guess what dropped. tier:1 map!!! It not suppose to be possible right?

According to this it not suppose to be possible.

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1926945
I got this from one fellow.

"So the proof of that working you are asking is quite simple. Go and run t1 maps, as many as possible, you will never get a t1 drop back, only t2+, this proves that the atlas bonus works. Its just that you misunderstood or hoped it worked differently."

Deleted, nevermind, my explanation was completely wrong. Sorry about that.

It doesn't raise above the level cap. White mobs and chests and whatnot are capped at the map level. Blue mobs and rares are capped at +1 and the map boss is capped at +2.

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Shagsbeard wrote:

It doesn't raise above the level cap. White mobs and chests and whatnot are capped at the map level. Blue mobs and rares are capped at +1 and the map boss is capped at +2.

Then you actually you cannot get proof if atlas is working or not.

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Kastmar wrote:

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Shagsbeard wrote:

It doesn't raise above the level cap. White mobs and chests and whatnot are capped at the map level. Blue mobs and rares are capped at +1 and the map boss is capped at +2.

Then you actually you cannot get proof if atlas is working or not.

well you would have to dig into the code

why the need for proof?

It's impossible to prove a positive (that it works as advertised), but you could disprove it by getting a level 1 from a blue mob or boss.

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k1rage wrote:

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Kastmar wrote:

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Shagsbeard wrote:

It doesn't raise above the level cap. White mobs and chests and whatnot are capped at the map level. Blue mobs and rares are capped at +1 and the map boss is capped at +2.

Then you actually you cannot get proof if atlas is working or not.

well you would have to dig into the code

why the need for proof?

Because I have feeling after couple hundred maps,that is not working. It's just carrot on stick.

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Shagsbeard wrote:

It's impossible to prove a positive (that it works as advertised), but you could disprove it by getting a level 1 from a blue mob or boss.

But I think before atlas there was already option to get +1 map from blue and +2 from boss.

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Kastmar wrote:

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Shagsbeard wrote:

It doesn't raise above the level cap. White mobs and chests and whatnot are capped at the map level. Blue mobs and rares are capped at +1 and the map boss is capped at +2.

Then you actually you cannot get proof if atlas is working or not.

I suppose you could monitor what drops from blues and rares, but this seems like a lot of work. You're already at 123/126 so the +1/+2 obviously works to some degree.

well I dont think GGG would lie to us just for kicks

I suppose there could be a bug that they dont know about that might impact it