Buying Exalted Orbs For Chaos In 1.4

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DirkAustin wrote:

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Fluffy_Puppies wrote:

John if you weren't so horrible at the game you would see exalts fairly frequently. I have gotten 2 divines and 2 exalts in the last week alone. Stop derping around on alts and start playing efficiently in maps and maybe you wouldn't have such skewed views about certain aspects of this game.

Doing maps got nothing to do with finding ex. YOu got good rng, he and i and lots of others do not. I havent seen an ex drop in over a year. The only 3 i got were from a trivia in global chat. When trivias in the chat are better than the drops from playing the game, its quite sad.

Clearing maps quickly actually has everything to do with currency dropping. Maybe if you knew how to play you could figure out the connection.

That is doubtful to happen so I'll spell it out for you. Super fast killing + greater pack size + more item quantity + more magic and rare mobs compared to the base game = much more currency and rare uniques dropping.

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DirkAustin wrote:

Ex can drop anywhere though, how does that have to do with maps? Technically you could faceroll normal ledge all day every day and the chances for ex are as good as in any map.

In quest content you get orb drops penalty when overleveled. In maps you get orb drop bonus. Besides indirect bonuses like pack size & extra elites.

Do the math.

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andkamen wrote:

high kill speed in maps will give you more chances of dropping an exalt. While rng is rng, helping it work in your favour is always good.

well I can kill even-higher-speed in Ledge right? that's where half my Exalts ever dropped came from anyway, so what do I need high maps with dangerous mods for?

speaking of Maps - I got an Exalt, a 6-link, a couple Cloaks Of Definace and a Tabula Rasa - all from maps below level 70.
by contrast, all high maps I ever did since Release combined, dropped me decent rares at best. with the exception of one awesome Rise Of The Phoenix from the Jungle Valley Spider.
I don't own anything GG or BiS, and never will it seems.
maybe my Ranger's Taste Of Hate flask. you guessed it: dropped from a fkn blue Strongbox in City Of Sarn.

you can brute-force RNG anywhere. only depends on how much time you have to play the game, to be honest. and I play mostly on weekends nowadays.
penalties? yeah they are like "bonuses" in this game. roll the dice 1001 times instead of a thousand. they are still goddamned dice.

most of my best stuff are from Open Beta. no-lifed over a thousand hours back then, and didn't dare come near maps without a Party.

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one key reason why I run around screaming "risk/reward" all over the forum like a homeless person with a "end of the world!" sign, is I would actually like to see high maps, difficult maps, and dangerous bosses and monster packs/rares, drop something better than the average white zombie, for cryin out loud!

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johnKeys wrote:

what are Exalted Orbs good for? seriously. Eternals? and Mirrors?
Blessed and Divine I can somewhat understand. especially if a Unique I have got buffed, so I can re-roll it if I have such a super-ungodly-rare orb in my Inventory.
and lower orbs are used constantly, and have Vendor Recipes.

I don't want Vendors selling me Dollars in Act 4.

I want the game giving me stuff proportional to how well I play, and what challenges I take on and beat. stuff I can actually use.

... yeah the chances of that happening... right down there with me ever seeing a Mirror drop.
and even if I do, I'd have absolutely no idea what to do with it.
such Carrots in this game. much wow.

something Monopoly Players and GGG balancing around them, will never understand, is you can't eat a thousand-dollar bill.

what are exalts good for?

buying stuff lol

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buhdunkadunk wrote:

Exalts will cost whatever AXN decides to set the market value at.

AXN is just the businessman who provides the mirror service, the man with a big mouth who knows how to coax all the orbs out of hesitant hands... To say nothing of the others who actually do the crafting~

I'm quite poor, just in on the know ;)

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k1rage wrote:

what are exalts good for?

buying stuff lol

Yes. True to the hardcore ARPG spirit, you get dollars to buy stuff, instead of actual stuff :/

DirkAustin on probation... why? hes such a constructive mind.
Farming ledge with my level 90 char for 6 hours now and Dirkaustin is 100% right. No exalted dropped yet.

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DirkAustin wrote:

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choopk1993 wrote:

Act 4 confirmed path of trading.

Quality post.^^

On Probation.^^

I didn't bump this thread, so people can use the fact someone is on Probation, to kick him while he's down.
can't possibly get much lower than that really, but I'm wrong to assume you guys have any dignity, I guess.

On-topic: no dollar recipes in act 4. Yes to actual crafting, actual crafting orbs, and actual loot which is actually influenced by what stuff you bested.