GGG What was your point creating the eternal orb? it s dam too rare to be useful

I'm of the unpopular opinion that eternal orbs never should have been added, but since that bridge has already been crossed, making eternal orbs more common will only screw things up further.

Eternal orbs already make it far too easy to craft perfect items. Even if it may take 100 eternal orbs, it adds a method by which it is possible to reliably make items with 6 top-tier affixes. This reduces the time required to perfect a character, reducing the amount of time one must play to complete their character.

If anything, eternal orbs should be far more rare.

Why should they be more common? I have yet to see an explanation for that, other than wanting better things more easily, which really isn't a reason in itself.

There's no capital stock/specialization involved in this game... so if you think prices are «wrong», that means an opportunity for profit by adjusting your behaviour accordingly.

eternal items take the randomness out of crafting perfect items and make it something that is possible to do. realistcally, without eternal orbs the chance of crafting the perfect item is near impossible. eternal orbs make it possible, they should be super rare and super expensive.

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ultrahiangle wrote:

eternal items take the randomness out of crafting perfect items and make it something that is possible to do. realistcally, without eternal orbs the chance of crafting the perfect item is near impossible. eternal orbs make it possible, they should be super rare and super expensive.

Bingo.

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ultrahiangle wrote:

eternal items take the randomness out of crafting perfect items and make it something that is possible to do. realistcally, without eternal orbs the chance of crafting the perfect item is near impossible. eternal orbs make it possible, they should be super rare and super expensive.

what is a perfect item?or better ,perfect for who?

people design builds and make characters .then if they enjoy the builds , they want "perfect" gear and lvl 100. the item that is perfect for one build is not perfect for another .making crafting more accessible gives more choices through itemization to more builds

its time like this im glad I took a break from poe and went and played dark souls . At least there i don't have to dick around for 80+ hours to find that one f***** thing after killing 10000 other things ...... ****.

**** **** **** **** ... ****.

Now i am angry.

Remove the ability to save sockets/links and then add a new orb that can be purchased from vendor for say the price of 20 Fusings that only saves sockets/fusings. Problem solved.

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charmolipi wrote:

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ultrahiangle wrote:

eternal items take the randomness out of crafting perfect items and make it something that is possible to do. realistcally, without eternal orbs the chance of crafting the perfect item is near impossible. eternal orbs make it possible, they should be super rare and super expensive.

what is a perfect item?or better ,perfect for who?

people design builds and make characters .then if they enjoy the builds , they want "perfect" gear and lvl 100. the item that is perfect for one build is not perfect for another .making crafting more accessible gives more choices through itemization to more builds

"Perfect" meaning all top-tier rolls that synergize with each other without useless ones like thorns, don't argue semantics.

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ultrahiangle wrote:

eternal items take the randomness out of crafting perfect items and make it something that is possible to do. realistcally, without eternal orbs the chance of crafting the perfect item is near impossible. eternal orbs make it possible, they should be super rare and super expensive.

You're on the money ultrahiangle.

How many of these so-called "perfect" items will you see in onslaught before it ends?
None.
Even if the 5 people who could potentially afford to use an eternal orb decided to do so, they'll settle with something less than perfect because anything else is just too damn expensive.
While it's feasible to use 500 alteration orbs to get tyrannical prefix, it's not feasible to use ~500 exalts AND eternal orbs for EACH affix especially in a 4 month league. And here I'm referring to some streamer who estimated this in his stream and linked the video to these forums.