Master quests are pointless when leveling alts

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Shagsbeard wrote:

More and more I'm getting the feeling that people are going to discover that doing the master quests at all is pointless.

Seems pointless to everyone except the more dedicated players in terms of play time and currency. The amount of grinding needed seems very high and the costs are prohibitive. Another good idea wasted for 99% of the players.

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FadeXF wrote:

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vaskov17 wrote:

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Shagsbeard wrote:

More and more I'm getting the feeling that people are going to discover that doing the master quests at all is pointless.

Seems pointless to everyone except the more dedicated players in terms of play time and currency. The amount of grinding needed seems very high and the costs are prohibitive. Another good idea wasted for 99% of the players.

I felt the same until recently - for me, personally, all I need for now is within all rank 4 crafting tables.

Once I accepted mediocrity I was actually pretty pleased with the results!


That doesn't change that after this temp league - unless Master's are unlocked now in all leagues - I don't see myself wanting to grind/build them again so I will be making my way as a new permanent Standard player.

I've accepted that fact as well and I am having fun with the game but there is too much content that most players will never see:
- map only uniques - most players will never see one drop
- high level maps - most players won't have the gear to do them
- high level crafting (eternal/exalt, mirrors, etc.)
- high level masters
- high level master crafting
- Atziri, Uber Atziri
- High level race rewards

I have 945 hours on Steam PoE and a few hundred more before that and I've only seen a Lioneye glare bow, never seen an Eternal orb, 2 Exalts, 0 mirrors, no Atziri/Uber Atziri's done, no crafting has been done, and I'd say I've had probably less than 50% of all uniques drop.

In other words the most fun stuff will not be seen/done by vast majority of players. Instead they will be stuck using the same self-found items (dual/tri res, life, es, dmg) they find or the same 1-2c uniques over and over each league, until they get tired and move on.