So, how went the XP nerf for you?

For me, it went bad. Wanted to grind a level 100 this league (it would have been my second one ever) but the xp gains felt so dead after level 95 (eg: a tier 14 map doesn't even give 1% xp) that it killed my will and i'm about to quit the league (40/40 achieved).


So, i was curious how other Exiles have dealt with it? Did you keep grinding or it felt too long and boring?

Not worth it.

Stopped at 90 so didn't feel it.

I did feel the effective level xp nerf that they did back in prophecy though. Rather annoying.

Do poorjoy rotations

People that want to do something, do it.

The 95+ xp nerf is GGG once again stating "we hate grinders" or "we hate power players". GGG treats the clever builders as if we are evil and must be punished.

I just watched Blunt Talk so I will be blunt. WTF is GGG doing here? Why does GGG think that grinding 100s of maps per level is good and being xp starved is "fun to play"? Does GGG really think that increasing qty. of maps on the grind climb to level 100 will make us happy and want to buy mtx? GGG has lost all touch with the players. When act 5 comes if GGG posts in the patch notes that xp has been nerfed yet again for some f'ckin .0001% of player base then I too will be hanging it up and looking for a more rewarding arpg. PoE is evolving into PoTOD: Path of Their Own Destruction.

I hope you read this GGG and stop the nerf madness.

you should be getting more than 1% per T14 if you're at 95. Something like 1.5-2%. I'm at 97 and I found T13+ makes some gains. The problem is that maps are no longer sustainable and even if they were you have to chisel and alch them to be so. That's expensive. And if you rip which you will st that high a level, bam there it goes. Honestly they had like this knee jerk reaction to the atlas and thought hey with all these bonus map chances someone is going to get to level 100 and we can't have.

The thin about these nerfs is it debts no-lifers but they've got nothing else to do so they'll just do it anyway. Maybe some won't but most will. Then you have the semi dedicated casual guy that plays like 2-3 hours a day maybe a hc sesh on the weekends. These guys got hurt the worst because the only way they'll have the currency for the haul is to not spend it. The moment you start missing your maps and burning through your stash of everything is the moment your stores go dry. So they're out as it already took forever before. Now doubly so so why bother. Then there's the mad casual who doesn't care because they've never even done regular Atziri. They stop at level 70 and do something else.

If you break down those numbers, the no-lifers probably make up 5%. The dedicated make up like 30%. Then all the rest who don't. Are. So to quell the 5% you screwed over the 30%. The other 65% don't even care either way. Seems like not that good of a move.

It's honestly become a drag where I'm actually getting burnt out not from the game but all the casino gambling odds they cram into everything. Like when you can't even do anything without spending a boatload of cash which you need for your hero's gear not maps like come on.

Wanted to really get that 100 but no way. It's impossible or such an extreme leap for just pixels. And it has nothing attached to it really just a few nodes. Maybe if you got the best armor MTX in the history of the world. Or a special hideout.

Totally not salty tho lol

More than a month and a half after the league start, there are 9 lvl 100 Essence HC chars and 21 Essence SC chars, for a total of 30. Out of tens of thousands of dedicated players.

I think that's not OK. GGG seems to think it's great. They seem to hate lvl 100 guys with a passion.

*shrug*

Couldn't care less, like a lot of the forum cryhards I wouldn't have made it to 95 before the xp nerf either.

Up to 95 is pretty decent if u have the mappool.
But after 95 it's just painfull to level. Like you said t14s or 15s arn't giving you 1% XP.
It's exhausting and killing my motivation to go past that. I'll get 96 and reroll a new char after that.