Perandus league has split this game apart

I like Perandus League. Unfortunately I'm no longer able to play due to crappy internet being a barrier for progression past a certain point, and if I can't play the game in its entirety, then there is no point in playing at all.

The economy is great. Its a buyer's market. A buyers market is great for several reasons:

- Prices for most goods are within the range for most players to afford.
- Success isn't as reliant on getting lucky a few times for some big ticket drops.
- Far more players benefit from a buyers market than a sellers market.
- People who like trading can still do so, but they will just make less. This isn't necessarily a downside if items they might wish to purchase are comparatively less.

Perandus is a buyers market, and that's objectively better than a sellers market where the few benefit from the many.

Also, 90%+ of the items perandus sells are overpriced if you can do simple arithmetic. 1 chaos = 100-120 coins, search for what the item sells for on poe.trade, and if you can buy one on PoE trade for chaos orbs that are less than the comparative value perandus is asking for the item in coins, then you're actually getting scammed by perandus. Example, 1000 coins for a unique item that you can buy for 1 chaos on poe.trade from another player is a TERRIBLE deal. Players also take coins in trade, and many will do 100 coins = 1 chaos. If an item is posted for 1-2 chaos, then they'll probably accept 100-200 coins for the same item perandus is asking 5-10x more for. FYI, I don't even bother buying from Perandus unless he's selling the item for less than 50% of its actual value I can get the item for on PoE trade.

A few items I got great deals on by using poe.trade:

Paid 5c for this, with 6S included, and high rolls on physical damage:


Paid 5c for this:


Paid only 3c for this, slots/socket/enchant included.


2c for this ring:


1c for this ring:


1c for this ammy:


1c for this glove:


2c for this belt:


3c for this helmet:


5c for this armor, sockets included.



Found this from scamdro for 128 coins:



Flicker strike build that does around 70k DPS. Total budget = 1/2 of an ex.

I was able to run up to tier 10 maps with this build. Never tried higher. I was gonna swap out tabula rasa once I 5L'd my daresso's defiance. Then squeeze some more evades & life out of the slots, and save up 4ex for for that unique vaal axe, and I'd have a completed build.

I love this league. I can finally run so many builds i always wanted, that were locked behind league specific uniques. I got like 3 or 4 chars in the 80 right now, and definitely making more soon.

I don't care about the deflation of prices in standard or hardcore when the league folds into them. Im a temp league player anyway. I feel like the people who are playing the game and pushing content/theorycrafting and making many builds love this league, while people who play the market game like it a lot less. And im fine with that.

What i do hope for is some harder content, and while it might sound stupid, some high hp/slow hitting enemies. Because most builds nowdays melt everything instantly anyway.