Chris' response to loot filter (a little late)

I really hate this loot filter idea. It'll only lead to things like Pickit in Diablo 2 and the players really need to do the work, not have the game do the work for them. Chris has always said he has liked the balance of picking up items VS clear speed.

I really liked the change where the game highlights things like Glorious Plates and 6 socket items for you. I think a good solution is to have a third option on toggle highlighting to only show these types of items.

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Shagsbeard wrote:

I'd recommend they look at a "fade out" solution. All items appear on drop for a second or so at least. Then, in reverse order of what the game thinks of as 'importance', the items tags fade from view. Pressing "x" or some other button restarts the fade.

What an impracticable idea.

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bluefalcon74 wrote:

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Shagsbeard wrote:

I'd recommend they look at a "fade out" solution. All items appear on drop for a second or so at least. Then, in reverse order of what the game thinks of as 'importance', the items tags fade from view. Pressing "x" or some other button restarts the fade.

What an impracticable idea.

Is that so? Actually if your turn off always show, common drops like white and blue will never appear but important drops like rares and currencies will still appear on screen for a little while. Maps are always shown as far as I know. This is so much close to fade out.

thanks a lot OP for the info! I, (and I am sure a large part of the community). never use Reddit so wouldnt have known otherwise :)

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byzrk wrote:

I really hate this loot filter idea. It'll only lead to things like Pickit in Diablo 2 and the players really need to do the work, not have the game do the work for them. Chris has always said he has liked the balance of picking up items VS clear speed.

I really liked the change where the game highlights things like Glorious Plates and 6 socket items for you. I think a good solution is to have a third option on toggle highlighting to only show these types of items.

This is a game. Not work. A game. We want to have fun.
I don't want to read walls of text to search for items. This is work. This is a secretary filtering mail. This is not what hardcore gamers are supposed to want when they go in front of their computer.
I want to kill frigging monsters !! I want my screen to explode with fireballs and lightning and monsters cadavers.

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zjinnomm wrote:

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bluefalcon74 wrote:

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Shagsbeard wrote:

I'd recommend they look at a "fade out" solution. All items appear on drop for a second or so at least. Then, in reverse order of what the game thinks of as 'importance', the items tags fade from view. Pressing "x" or some other button restarts the fade.

What an impracticable idea.

Is that so? Actually if your turn off always show, common drops like white and blue will never appear but important drops like rares and currencies will still appear on screen for a little while. Maps are always shown as far as I know. This is so much close to fade out.

I mean impractical in that GGG would sit down and actually make that happen. Although, make it a MTX and its likelihood of happening increases 10,000%.

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SibaSt wrote:

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byzrk wrote:

I really hate this loot filter idea. It'll only lead to things like Pickit in Diablo 2 and the players really need to do the work, not have the game do the work for them. Chris has always said he has liked the balance of picking up items VS clear speed.

I really liked the change where the game highlights things like Glorious Plates and 6 socket items for you. I think a good solution is to have a third option on toggle highlighting to only show these types of items.

This is a game. Not work. A game. We want to have fun.
I don't want to read walls of text to search for items. This is work. This is a secretary filtering mail. This is not what hardcore gamers are supposed to want when they go in front of their computer.
I want to kill frigging monsters !! I want my screen to explode with fireballs and lightning and monsters cadavers.

I agree with you the game should be pure fun. I disagree with your notion that reading walls of text is work as you call it. Looking at loot on the ground is not the same as filtering mail. A secretary's job is to filter that mail, she has to do her job. You, however, can simply keep on killing monsters with the option to ignore the loot if you want, that's why there's an option to turn off loot highlighting.

Also, who's to say having tons of loot on the ground isn't fun for some players? My original point was that the loot highlighting should have more options for players like yourself, players who want more of a monster killing experience rather than a loot clicker.

Hi

Mikekowa

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I'm sure a bunch of you visit reddit regularly, and I'm sure a lot of you already know about this, but I haven't seen a post on the PoE forums about it yet so I thought I'd share.

Lol already lost me, Chris seems to throw stuff out there in reddit like a testing ground meanwhile when Chris posts on POE site its more official. GGG should focus on more important issues besides a silly loot filter.

cheers

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Finkenstein wrote:

Hi

Mikekowa

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I'm sure a bunch of you visit reddit regularly, and I'm sure a lot of you already know about this, but I haven't seen a post on the PoE forums about it yet so I thought I'd share.

Lol already lost me, Chris seems to throw stuff out there in reddit like a testing ground meanwhile when Chris posts on POE site its more official. GGG should focus on more important issues besides a silly loot filter.

cheers

silly loot filter? did you even try search for whites

Glorious Plate
Assassin's Garb
Triumphant Lamellar
Infernal sword
Void axe
Judjment staff
gold ring
gold amulet
ruby ring
sapphire ring

in WALLS OF TEXT? i do because good items on merc cost in exalts that i never had to loot and don't have to buy anything, but cheap way - loot white from maps with high itemlevel + transmutate them and hope you'll get right stats for regal