Atlas Map drops...are terrible?

It's clear that GGG has pulled too many levers at once.

The issue I believe is that average pack size on maps now is MUCH lower than previous leagues. Even if all other things were held equal, i.e. no actual changes to map drops, the fact that maps on average have less monsters mean a lesser chance to drop a map: Can't get a map from a mob that isn't there.

Combine that with the addition of new maps and changes on how the map bonus works and you have a recipe for disaster.

That is why people that are using all sextants, zana mods, etc are having no issue sustaining while other who typically were sustaining with alch-and-go are no longer able to.

This needs more work.

T11+ drop rates are pretty horrid this league, yes. I usually just chisel + alc and go. While I never had to buy maps to sustain, I never found anything higher than the very occasional t13. But had to run t11-12 mostly. And then back to 9s and 10s when those ran out. I'm obviously not maximizing the map rolls though, or sextanting. So i can't really complain.

No shortage of lower tier maps for me, but definitely problems with T13+. I've been clearing all my old maps in Standard, but haven't been getting anything like a 1:1 drop rate of red-for-red maps, never mind actually getting upgraded tiers of drops. I do better from divination cards, and that's not saying much.

I found some issues while running maps this league too. More precisely I've been stuck around map tier 8 to 10 where I was basically just dropping lower tier maps and that forced me to buy most of the maps I then run.
Since it is too expensive to chisel + vaal those maps then there are not many solution left.

I think the system right now is not working as intended. It forces you to buy/trade maps or run too many time the same maps which after a while do not grant much experience so then it becomes to be boring...

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D3izhistory wrote:

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D3izhistory wrote:

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1756663

your welcome

This strategy has worked for me every league and i literally have too many maps i had to buy a map tab recently :(

just on buying the occasional guardian map, i had 6 full tabs of red maps during abyss

lolololol

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Kasapnica wrote:

Ever since Atlas launched im filled with Red maps,not just t11. Since today im even throwing many of them away to save space since 23 tabs can hold only so much... Don't trade for them,don't play all day(which doesn't matter anyway). Point is,someone's doing something wrong.

Last few days,i've been doing t14-15 and t16 most of the time. At some point i couldn't even rid myself of t16.

You're so full of it I bet your eyes are brown. Or we're playing two different games.

They can drop 2 levels higher when over 100%

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1715389

IF THEY DROP AT ALL. :( Which they DO NOT over T10, AT ALL. :(

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Masharab wrote:

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GordonSpace wrote:

124% atm so atlas tells me "Maps drop at least one tier higher", I play t10 and what do I drop? a T8 map... Are you serious GGG?

One tier higher DROP. Your T7 map (that dropped as T7) with 124% will become T8 or T9 (24% chance). It's obvious.

you probably need glasses. I did not play a T7 map but a T10 map and dropped a T8. So the drop was not obvious.

Also the sentence "Maps drop at least one tier higher" must probably be changed. Cause that way I'd expected to drop every time a map with a higher tier than the map I am playing. So I actually should run out of lowtier maps not of high tiers!

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GordonSpace wrote:

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Masharab wrote:

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GordonSpace wrote:

124% atm so atlas tells me "Maps drop at least one tier higher", I play t10 and what do I drop? a T8 map... Are you serious GGG?

One tier higher DROP. Your T7 map (that dropped as T7) with 124% will become T8 or T9 (24% chance). It's obvious.

you probably need glasses. I did not play a T7 map but a T10 map and dropped a T8. So the drop was not obvious.

Also the sentence "Maps drop at least one tier higher" must probably be changed. Cause that way I'd expected to drop every time a map with a higher tier than the map I am playing. So I actually should run out of lowtier maps not of high tiers!

Ignorance is bliss I guess. You aint even listening to people. A t10 map can drop t1-t12 map drops. So in this case you dropped a t7 (or maybe even t6) and it turned into a t8. It's not that hard.

Map drop of red maps is the worst of years of playing. I said many times previously GGG has control of map dropping and they ninja nerfed it if necessary. But this nerf lasting way tooo long. They nerfed exp gained, they nerfed map drops what will be next? :-(