THE BEST STRONGBOX MOD/DROP OF ALL TIME

Woow that cyber superiority again

Dropped 4x 6s from 1 mirror box with extra socket mod

Wu wu I don't understand what random means

LMFAO.... i hit one of those bastards last night in a 77 map with over 1600% rarity.... i did get a few more rares and magic items... and a couple of quality flasks! those boxes are true troll at its best!

The base rarity on breakables/chests is very low. The rarity mod on strong boxes puts them in roughly the range of a yellow mob. Your iir/iiq does not affect breakables/chests. The only reason it would be misleading is if you are unfamiliar with these aspects of the game. Now you know.

rarity mod on box is completely useless.

Quit bitching. you got 2 portal scrolls, normally I just get one. and! a wisdom scroll. plus you can sell those blues for close to an alt.

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BackwoodsS wrote:

The base rarity on breakables/chests is very low. The rarity mod on strong boxes puts them in roughly the range of a yellow mob. Your iir/iiq does not affect breakables/chests. The only reason it would be misleading is if you are unfamiliar with these aspects of the game. Now you know.

Indeed! Last night was the first one i ever seen with a Rarity roll like that ever!
So ofcourse instantly i thought... well this should produce some nice results!
And now i know!
Just like i learned that rolling boxes is a waste most of the time unless its a carto box!
Learned that lesson when i dropped about 10-12 chaos on an artisan box to open it kill the mods and not one single item drop out of it! LOL \m/

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Demonoz wrote:

Indeed! Last night was the first one i ever seen with a Rarity roll like that ever!
So ofcourse instantly i thought... well this should produce some nice results!
And now i know!
Just like i learned that rolling boxes is a waste most of the time unless its a carto box!
Learned that lesson when i dropped about 10-12 chaos on an artisan box to open it kill the mods and not one single item drop out of it! LOL \m/

I don't find a lot of value in rolling most chests beyond a transmute an a few alts. Here is a quick breakdown of my rolling...
Reg strong box-trans and go, in high map roll for magic or rare pack.
Artisan-trans/alt roll for any quantity/item, if yellow pop it
A(currency one, can't remember name)- if white maybe an alch, otherwise same as above.
Jewelers-same as artisans, if I get a nice box in high map I will vaal it for some rares
Armorers/weapon- same as reg although good rare box will vaal for a chance at 6L
Gem cutters-i alt these for good quality on gem then regal for the hope of a quantity roll. (Usually spend a handful of chaos worth, if poor don't do this)
Large/ornate-same as reg
Did I miss any?

 Ok, so RNG is the GGG devs way of stating that "we have no idea what we are doing or going to do to create a game mechanic to meter out the high end gear in a fair way so we'll just set a super low multiplier on a strongbox" such that even a 1348% increased rarity doesn't mean shit for a good drop. Just watch the Hege Hall of Grandmaster video to see how awful drops are. GGG has less than zero clue to the psychology of what "Carrot and Stick" means to playing PoE and how to use this as a means to entice/motivate us to play more. If opening a regular chest is as RNG likely to get a great drop as is a super high rarity strongbox then GGG has programmed the worst reward system of any arpg in history. If a Halls of Grandmaster map chest doesn't drop a unique or a great item (at least an exalt) at all then wtf is the point of playing a hard map or opening a high rarity strongbox (except for the bragging rights that you successfully completed it).



To take a page from the Mythbusters: "Don't play this arpg for any great loot, EVER!... don't do it!"

Rarity has always been buggy for strongboxes, atleast it never gives you what you expect from a 1500%IIR box. I always reroll IIR. Probably the worst mod after Ice Nova.