GGG, this is why Ascendancy is so popular.

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grant_m wrote:

But I wanna live!

Just pick em off a few at a time, they're rippy but doable. the Guardians can hit like trucks though!!

Does it seem like rare rng has been improved as well?

Half my gear even at level 86 is self found which is absolutely strange to think about. This is the first time in poe where ive felt like I will be rewarded linearly for play time instead of relying on rnjesus to drop me an exalt.

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junaum wrote:

Success came from making the game less painful, focused on having fun, without making it easy!

Is very very very funny you mention this, cause many think that the labyrinth is anything but entertaining.

There is a trend to this. Some people on perma league like it, but its super fun in a fresh league. You just progress naturally and don't grind it trial after trial etc. I'm not sure why people wouldn't want to try the new league. It's pretty fun and it affects you from the git go.

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grant_m wrote:

I don't know that I'm playing the same league as the rest of you. Still in blue gear in spots. Haven't found upgrades in 20 levels. Still as woefully undergeared as every other league I've played in over the years.

That vendor guy doesn't offer me anything I could afford and when he does, it's a rare ring.

Where's all of this easy gear raining from the skies everyone is talking about? lol

I am in all yellow and orange, with oodles of yellow and some orange to spare, have to sell each run to keep my stash a bit emptier. I am in normal, but this character started when the new league was available, but being the noob I am, I started in normal legue as it was standard selected.

League is only 3 1/2 days old --> i got all the endgame gear for my first character collected and just need to link it properly.

I also purchased a Scold's Bridle for my second planned character already - now i am collecting the rest of his gearwhich will take a little longer (because very specific gear pieces are needed which arn't available yet)


I think i would enjoy more difficulty over all - the game is way too fast, progress is too fast. If the tempo keeps up i am finished with this league 3 weeks in which would be very bad for the game if other people feel like me and doing the same.
It is awsome now, but in a few weeks i feel this will be different.

i really like there is FINALLY something other than maps
like holy crap

there REALLY needs to be like 3 other alternative end game things to do

thatd be SWEET!!

People arguing that Labyrinth's mechanic is too harsh should remember that, when GGG came up with Ascendancy classes, everyone one was talking about how OP characters would become. Now you know. You need to be OP to keep progressing on the Lab. And you get OP by doing the Lab. The Ascendancy classes weren't made so that we could map faster, but that we could Lab better.

And I believe it has something to do with the NEXT expansion. I truly believe they will keep raising the bar, and that another VERY HARD (but accessible, coi wise) layer of content will be implemented. There is something of inertia being constructed.

This is a very well though league overall.

Still - many people play this game a lot for the trading factor. Trading is one of the biggest advantages PoE has - Diablo doesn't. So when prices hit the ground that drastically like it is in this season, many players will stop playing (farming) pretty soon. The feeling of looting something very big has vanished a bit cause of that coin dude who is selling insane Items for a bunch of coins. But it is like it is - you can't make a game working for each and everyone.

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Suck1988 wrote:

Still - many people play this game a lot for the trading factor. Trading is one of the biggest advantages PoE has - Diablo doesn't. So when prices hit the ground that drastically like it is in this season, many players will stop playing (farming) pretty soon. The feeling of looting something very big has vanished a bit cause of that coin dude who is selling insane Items for a bunch of coins. But it is like it is - you can't make a game working for each and everyone.

There is still an economy to be had in this league. The 5-link 6-link market will hit its stride in the next few days, and there will also be a new market based around enchants. I agree with you though that some of the farm economy factor has been diminished. It's more of a crafting economy than a lucky drop one this time around.