Item hunt is still atrociously bad

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Cergic wrote:

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Some of my findings playing almost only solo self-found. Throw in another divine orb, a tabula, several death's harp and some other stuff.

This league's been a loot-fest if you ask me

And suddenly someone found the real problem! Your experience doesn't match my experience. For me, everything dropped was terrible bad until level 63-4, and yes, I have enough knowledge of the game to use every option i have and know which items are good and bad, I levelled quite a lot of characters and have some at 90~.

Yeah, I could start another char and have the luck with me, but usually I get terrible streaks of no item improvement in 30 or 40 levels. That's a problem. Maybe you can take 100 people and 80 doesn't have any issue with loot, but there is still 20 players that have an extreme bad feeling about the game and very bad experience.

Come on you even found a better bow than the best bow I found on poe.xyz at level 53 (and I'm still using at level 71...). I was forced at that point to buy something after 20 levels with a crap bow.

That unique ding will always be the most satisfying feeling in the game, unidentified rares just can't produce the same rush.

That said, I've clocked 30h in Beyond over the weekend, right at the Cruel Dom, and so far I've had 3 uniques drop - Kaoms ring, Goldrim and Doedres Tenure. Taking into consideration that there are 265 uniques in the game, that's just fucking lame.

Unique drop rate needs to be upped. People will say 'oh RNG is RNG lol', but the same thing is happening every league. Last time I managed to talk my buddy into playing PoE, and he gave up by Act1 Cruel, as he had 0 (zero) uniques droped by that point. He told me to invite him back once uniques actually start dropping.

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Boloburn wrote:

Just hit level 65 in Rampage done both solo and group, only found 1 unique thus far leveling(Fencoil). I found a total of 1 solid upgrade from the end of normal until act 1 merciless, found literally nothing all at in cruel difficulty. The masters help somewhat but its still very very bad overall. I've cleared most of the corrupted areas I've come across, pretty crazy.

For a game about loot, it sure doesn't drop a whole lot. I'm not even expecting anything close to end game level, just something that gets me by so I can grind the endgame.

For the first time in 5-6 months I have Path of Exile installed on my computer and am willing to give it a shot. The world of Wraeclast is fantastic, it's just that the core gameplay mechanics are fucked in a variety of significant ways: desync and compounded RNG due to crafting works. GGG went a very long time without doing anything meaningful about this and that shouldn't be overlooked.

And in respect to what you're saying here, I'm just not seeing it on my return trip back.

At the moment I'm playing a Shadow and finding myself at level 34 in Normal, right about to enter Catacombs and Battlements. I've found that levelling is much faster because of the new gameplay additions like Corrupted areas and those pack-spawning chests. I've also found currency drops in particular and item drops in general to be so much improved that I can say it's literally night and day from when last I played during the first month of Domination. This is of particular importance because (1) I like to play melee characters and (2) desync is still a significant fucking problem. Having more of a way to over-level and obtain more currency/items through natural play does much to dampen what is a truly disgusting situation in desync.

I'm hopeful that this carries through to Cruel and Merciless, but I'm not holding my breath. GGG demonstrated remarkable hubris up to this point and it's not really possible to be thankful for what should have been done in the first place, so I'm not going to be standing with the clapping fanboys when what I hope for comes true. What I will do is say that 'I'm glad and it's about time' if and when this experience carries through Cruel and Merciless. The world of Wraeclast and this game deserves more than being held back by developer hubris and everyone here, from the fanboys to the really pissed off people, just want Path of Exile to be the kickass game it deserves to be.

But I'm not in this for the currency/items. I'm in this for the *gasp* RPG elements and the gameplay that's not about lotteries and spreadsheets. Judging by any number of the players...well, that makes me next to batshit crazy.

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RaGoNXIII wrote:

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Cergic wrote:

Spoiler

Some of my findings playing almost only solo self-found. Throw in another divine orb, a tabula, several death's harp and some other stuff.

This league's been a loot-fest if you ask me

And suddenly someone found the real problem! Your experience doesn't match my experience. For me, everything dropped was terrible bad until level 63-4, and yes, I have enough knowledge of the game to use every option i have and know which items are good and bad, I levelled quite a lot of characters and have some at 90~.

Yeah, I could start another char and have the luck with me, but usually I get terrible streaks of no item improvement in 30 or 40 levels. That's a problem. Maybe you can take 100 people and 80 doesn't have any issue with loot, but there is still 20 players that have an extreme bad feeling about the game and very bad experience.

Come on you even found a better bow than the best bow I found on poe.xyz at level 53 (and I'm still using at level 71...). I was forced at that point to buy something after 20 levels with a crap bow.

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Yeah man. I had that in Invasion league. Sorry to hear. If it's any comfort, i've found all of this while leveling new characters due to RIP :p.

invest in ~70 rarity (aurseize+something) farm an area 7-10 level below get upgrades

yes it works i do it every league
no the itemhunt does not suck you suck


ohh you dont make currency and you dont drop chaos and cant buy upgrades buhuhuhu check the vendor each level up buy the chroms

lvl 62 sitting on 300+chroms

there is no bad itemprogression in a new league there are only ppl who dont utilize recipes to their full extent

I am level 30.

I am starting to replace my rares with whites.

Of course, I am going to "improve" them in blues, but the point still stands: I am in the middle of act 3 and the whites I find are better than what I wear.

And the bow I am using ? Crafted with an alch. 7-14 total bonus damage. It's one of my best item.

I can't even find a rustic sash for the "please help me I can't do shit" recipe.

So... er... yeah.


Let's reroll a caster I guess ?

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polimeris wrote:

I am level 30.

I am starting to replace my rares with whites.

Of course, I am going to "improve" them in blues, but the point still stands: I am in the middle of act 3 and the whites I find are better than what I wear.

And the bow I am using ? Crafted with an alch. 7-14 total bonus damage. It's one of my best item.

I can't even find a rustic sash for the "please help me I can't do shit" recipe.

So... er... yeah.


Let's reroll a caster I guess ?

sounds like you're doing it wrong lol'd at whites being upgrades

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Xavderion wrote:

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polimeris wrote:

I am level 30.

I am starting to replace my rares with whites.

Of course, I am going to "improve" them in blues, but the point still stands: I am in the middle of act 3 and the whites I find are better than what I wear.

And the bow I am using ? Crafted with an alch. 7-14 total bonus damage. It's one of my best item.

I can't even find a rustic sash for the "please help me I can't do shit" recipe.

So... er... yeah.


Let's reroll a caster I guess ?

sounds like you're doing it wrong lol'd at whites being upgrades

I am not even joking. I replaced my chest whith a white 203 evasion chest.
Before, it was:
- 43 evasion (with a bonus to evasion)
- 6% resist fire
- 11 life
- some hit recovery

I always thought killing monsters and take their loot was kind of the "right" way. I have done that since beta. But I am getting my worst early item drop streak ever :'(

So... yeah. I am just going to reroll a caster or summoner to get something. But damn. Game is harsh.

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polimeris wrote:

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Xavderion wrote:

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polimeris wrote:

I am level 30.

I am starting to replace my rares with whites.

Of course, I am going to "improve" them in blues, but the point still stands: I am in the middle of act 3 and the whites I find are better than what I wear.

And the bow I am using ? Crafted with an alch. 7-14 total bonus damage. It's one of my best item.

I can't even find a rustic sash for the "please help me I can't do shit" recipe.

So... er... yeah.


Let's reroll a caster I guess ?

sounds like you're doing it wrong lol'd at whites being upgrades

I am not even joking. I replaced my chest whith a white 203 evasion chest.
Before, it was:
- 43 evasion (with a bonus to evasion)
- 6% resist fire
- 11 life
- some hit recovery

I always thought killing monsters and take their loot was kind of the "right" way. I have done that since beta. But I am getting my worst early item drop streak ever :'(

So... yeah. I am just going to reroll a caster or summoner to get something. But damn. Game is harsh.

you are not alone. I spent over half an hour trying to get a rustic sash cause my vendors sadly did not have one ( first time I've seen that ). Sadly at level 39 I still have 3 white items because I can't be assed to waste currency on gear that I'll only be wearing for an hour and it becomes useless shit. Maybe if orbs dropped more than wisdom scrolls and transmutes I would actually waste a few crafting early on, but at the current drop rates, No F'n way.

I don't know where these comments come from that they can wear the same gear for 40 levels... people must be finding some godly gear right around level 20 or something.

One of my only qualms with this patch is that loot is as bad as ever.

The other one is Clarity change.

Though this is the first league where I had an Exalted orb drop.

EDIT: Oh, and some masters need tuning.