Some observations from a lot of beachhead rotations

I am close to level my second character to 100 using almost exclusively beachhead rotations. Here are some observations.

1. Beachhead is totally broken. As a somewhat casual player I can level to 100 in under 2 weeks and, at the same time, get a lot of currency. There is no risk involved, there are barely any item or skill requirements. It takes not significant knowledge of the game. While this might be fun for some time, I think that this really hurts the longevity of PoE.

2. There is only one valid reason to die in this map: jump/whirl/dash/charge into an exploding bearers pack while trying to catch up with others in your party.

3. To know who's next please press "s" and look at the party screen. Really, it is that easy. In every single rotation there is at least one who is unable to do this.

4. The most commonly asked question, when a lvl 99 player is in the rotation: how much xp do you gain from one rotation? The correct answer is slightly more than 5%. Which is totally insane (see 1).

5. There are a lot of very nice players in PoE. In fact the relation between those that go out of their way to make sure that the contribute to the rotation (up to handing over their map, since they have to leave early) to rotation scammers is at least 10:1. The in-game community appears to be much, much nicer than it could be deduced from reddit/this forum.

6. PoE is horrible at skill effects in multi-player games. The skill effects in a party are just not bearable. I have no idea if anyone at GGG ever test party play. If anyone does, he/she is not doing his/her job. I love you guys at GGG but really??? This is so obviously bad that it should have been addressed a long time ago. Go ahead, join some rotations and tell us that the skill effects are fine. Not.

7. I have seen an incredible variety of builds. This is nice. However, they also have an incredible variance of clear speed. I get that a good build + perfect gear should be really fast but there are builds around, that can carry a 6 person party at full shield-charge speed. This is simply not good for the game.

8. We need a better balancing of maps. It is really bad if running a single map is the the most efficient way to do play the game. I think Shagsbeard has proposed this before: why not dynamically adjust iiq/mob density/etc of maps inversely proportional to how often they are run?

post your gear what you use now !

then we start an usefull convensation !

is it ok for you ?
so do it mate :)
what gear you have to reach this :)

give you a boost ;)

My profile is open - the two harbinger chars are those that i do beachhead rotations with.

This was meant for the general discussion forum and has - unfortunately - been moved here. I wanted to start a discussion regarding beachhead but i guess that is not to be.

valid points, except you can't call somebody having 2 level 100 chars a casual player.

off before the forum mc carthys also accuse you of communist tendencies because you wanna limit their "fun".

edit: i do accept "semi casual" ;)

Well, I am semi causal but very persistent ;). And I guess beachhead rotations just triggered my baal-run memories.

so now do it with non op implanteds gear .. and we see how far you come ..
starforge has base more than atzi axe on dps so i dont wonder :)

and now ask the rest of por riped nerfed normal gear asses if they can reach the same Level as you :)

i will link you specialy for you a bad rolled item and you do this again !

if you get in 2 weeks same Level without an Aura bot on your side .. than we talk again !

thats in Point of fact why ggg nerf all shit to death cause this is again an example i have the good gear the game is ez .. but most of em dont have and suffered from dumb shit nerfs casuse you are borred

so i give you a tip

Play hc without quick quit before death
then you get your challenge :)

ist not against you m8 ... but you give us another example why ggg nerfs xp gear from others to death and force em to freaking god damn quit !


starforge XD

700 dps base :)

equals op on bosses .. and let me guess shaper is ez :)

ok then walk around and ask the por guys if they can do ... :)

you are funny :)

If casuals have 4 level 100 characters(ignoring current league where you'll most likely have 2 more) I wonder what hadcore gamers are like.

Finally someone bringing some sense in the feedback section, thank you. Badly designed maps like beachhead really hurt the game imo. Not only it completely ruins the challenge of the game, it makes the end game content extremely repetitive. We already have shaped maps that are always more effective to run than non shaped ones. I would be extremely disappointed if this map makes it into the core game

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Faendris wrote:

4. The most commonly asked question, when a lvl 99 player is in the rotation: how much xp do you gain from one rotation? The correct answer is slightly more than 5%. Which is totally insane (see 1).

Holy shit 5% at lvl 99 from one rotation. Sounds like free hand out of lvl 100's in Garbringer. I guess this is the im sorry from GGG for this poor league.

OP is semi casual but manages to play more then 40 hours a week.
too me that is not casual or semi casual but semi hardcore.

OP has carry from group with aura bot to level.. Content suddenly too easy.
It is players like these that make me wish there was a fatigue system in game and they could let actual semi casual/casual players get decent exp/loot while still having a life outside the game.