Bad loot - a response
" Of just up the % chance of getting good uniques, remove the most idiotic mods and make crafting a bit less painful. Thing is, loot and crafting is made awful to cater to trading. And that significantly reduces "fun" to many a whiner. A kid playing computer games can never be — and never has been — hardcore.
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The game is only "all about trading" if you make it that way.
I have traded a few times for some items I wanted: Goldwyrm, better roll perandus and aurumvorax. I even try to keep an updated shop since I can do it while I'm at work (which I've failed at recently) I've sold maybe 3-4 chaos worth of items from the shop, and bought 7-8 chaos worth. So trading made up about .1% of my playtime. Although I spend some time at work updating the shop with procurement (but that isn't my time anyway so that doesn't count lol) And would you look at that I'm still enjoying PoE! How is this possible in a game that is only filled with trade/wealth/economy/insertrandombs/etc??!! The key to enjoyment is to not EXPECT x drop within x time, this is an ARPG after all. If I happened to find a Voltaxic maybe I would then make an archer, but it doesn't bother me in the least that I don't have one. I truly don't understand why someone that doesn't enjoy trading (like me) wants to ban other people from doing it. Granted I do solo a lot, but when I do group it's nice to see party members that have crazy gear cause we clear faster, so trade away lol. Edit: Lol at time-based reward system heh Last edited by Cribstaxx#4323 on Jan 8, 2014, 3:43:03 PM
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" You know map ends at 78 and dom is level 68? Unless your going to argue that your character should scale with linear progression like 1-70 where you constantly find upgrades when there is LITERALLY no more content until act 4 comes out go ahead. Why do I need to "post" my gear, I only play nemesis and standard and my latest main rip. If you want to see: My last nemesis char Last edited by RagnarokChu#4426 on Jan 8, 2014, 3:43:02 PM
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" Whoa, a multiplayer game that revolves around interacting with other players ??? I agree, that sounds like the dumbest idea ever. Apparently you did find something nice, because you traded whatever you found for whatever you needed. ign: SQLException dxdiag: http://pastebin.com/8WJ696Hu Last edited by stayBlind#5159 on Jan 8, 2014, 3:43:01 PM
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156/354 IIQ/IIR. Farmed dominus all day yesterday. Found BoR, Belly of the Beast, Meginords and a few unique maps. Today I found alphas howl and kaoms primacy.
Pick up 1 inventory a run. Save belts/amulets/rings for chaos recipe. Make tons in fusing/chaos alone. Any good uniques found is a bonus. |
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" Right, but a system that relies on % does not reward dedication. Another idea is to make certain bosses drop certain loot. So Merciless Dominus could 100% of the time reward a 6L item. That way the game allows me to have good stuff even though I do not have the time to put into RNG. It would be fair for everyone because everyone would have a 6L item no matter what. ign: SQLException dxdiag: http://pastebin.com/8WJ696Hu Last edited by stayBlind#5159 on Jan 8, 2014, 3:45:16 PM
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I would suggest to all of you not happy with the game to just go play another game. I started to play in CB, been here on and off. I have been arguing these same issues with THE SAME EXACT PEOPLE FOR YEARS. There is a group of hardcore defenders that get together and act like everything is fine and anyone with a valid complaint is a whiny casual that wasnts everything handed to them
I find the game extremely unrewarding, and voiced my opinions about it, only to argue with the same handful of people over and over, Good job guys you won POE now has one less player. I have moved on to other games and doubt I will ever come back, and def wont donate another cent. {you dont have to have a fancy supporter title to have donated to the game} Just find another game, this community is toxic, and the developers think trading/economy is more important then player satisfaction. There is no winning here. Let the game rest in the hole it has dug for itself Last edited by IceM#0840 on Jan 8, 2014, 3:48:40 PM
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" Personal opinion, completely irrelevant. PoE is a trade simulator for the one who chooses it to be, it's not a trade simulator to me nor it is to the most of players in my friend list, because we actually play maps, exchange price checks and continue to do more maps. And on top of that, we do sell stuff nicely. Again, personal opinion, not sure if no-lifer is an insult or what, nevertheless, really irrelevant. I do mixed, play in a rotate party or I host a public party, even more public parties lately. I'm running with a MF only in a rotate when there is that one player who has MF, which is very rare lately. Otherwise there aren't any MF-ers in my public party, because they all want free exp, but thanks off topic, enough. What stops you from playing with a MF-er? |
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" If you want to play this game self-found, you're going to be disappointed. It's not a perfect game, but what game is? You seem to be having fun, and obviously are having more success than I am. What's the problem? Look, man. Video games are hard, okay?
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" Last statement is put together nicely. |
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