Instead of removing eternal, change their mechanics

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Someone posted an interesting idea in another thread. What if we removed mirrors instead and let people et/ex their own items. Maybe make them drop a little more often so that people actually have a chance in perm leagues to finish their items.

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One of the devs said that the original main purpose was to save sockets and links. They didn't intend for them to be used for gg crafts.

I can't find the source though unfortunately because that was a couple years ago.