Anyone else getting tired of the Atlas shuffle?

Now I get that league only players are accustomed to starting from scratch every few months, so it has no real impact typically. But I also bet no one is looking forward to having to get all those watchstones again.

But for those of us who actually utilize are standard side from time to time, seeing it's getting reset yet again after a major overhaul since its already been changed every league for several now.

It was one thing to have to redo several high tier rare corrupteds each reset.

But now with the watchstones... I've already finished them in standard and in league, as I initially had no intention of playing this league.

And since it wasn't clearly defined in Bex's post, we may or may not have to reacquire the watchstones.

It's already bad enough going through the process the first time given how heavily rng factors in. Now they're nerfing drop rates on map drops too on top of it all and taking away the bonus from awakening and replacing it with something forgettable (because I already forgot what it was)?

Thoughts?

Tbh kinda want my atlas to reset because that way i can keep my awakening level to a certain point and get influence 24/7 unlike now where i'm unable to spawn a new influence xD

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satanttin wrote:

Tbh kinda want my atlas to reset because that way i can keep my awakening level to a certain point and get influence 24/7 unlike now where i'm unable to spawn a new influence xD

I get that, as I've seen a number of people have issue. I had a nasty dry spell just trying to get a taunt with 4 up simultaneously more than once.

Although I can't remember if awakening is getting reset too, and given the time needed to do that the natural way (not trading with players)...

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SeCKSEgai wrote:

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satanttin wrote:

Tbh kinda want my atlas to reset because that way i can keep my awakening level to a certain point and get influence 24/7 unlike now where i'm unable to spawn a new influence xD

I get that, as I've seen a number of people have issue. I had a nasty dry spell just trying to get a taunt with 4 up simultaneously more than once.

Although I can't remember if awakening is getting reset too, and given the time needed to do that the natural way (not trading with players)...

everything will be reset at a new league :P which is good :)
hell atlas was at start so broken that my first two stones were both red and haven't seen sirus spawn even though some streamers claim u get the first when u have 16 stones so yeah hope it will be bug free next league xd

I really like the atlas reshuffle since it "gives" me new maps to play each league, or perhaps more correctly the reshuffle "forces" me to new maps. And personally I think thats a nice way of keeping the atlas fresh.

they created this chore now after having a decent system before sure it had flaws butit needed more atention now we have this system that's only based in how much time they can keep you playing their game before the next thing..

these dev's and some dev's from other games forgot that fun should be included in any system.

and I wont be too happy if they don't change the speed that we get the stones.

I've gotten tired from their first reshuffle, as I always want to go full completion, the only thing they managed with the current new "Awakening" bonus was for me to stop giving a damn as we have less than 2 weeks until reset, and I had a dreadful experience being stuck at 18 watchstones for a long time.

They would be better served by providing a damn "COMPLETE RESET" for the Atlas, just like they do it for the passive tree, and KEEP THE DAMN PROGRESSION PERSISTENT on Standard, and just like the passive tree changes, various minor modifications to maps should simply remove completion of the affected maps - so you can still keep most of it "good to go" and have a damn failsafe for "fringe cases/bugs"...

Their stubbornness to annoy the players with their attitude that "they ALWAYS KNOW BEST" it's depressing...

At least they're on the right track to stop me from enjoying the fewer hours I alocate to PoE, and I have the hunch that even if Borderlands 3 won't be as epic as I want, it will be a bazillion times more FUN than PoE 3.10 will be...

1) you lost your bet because i very much looking forward to progressing through atlas.
2) Map reshuffle was one of the best things they introduced imho
3) i dont get the whole stuck/grind complain.
Nothing magically changes at 32 watchstones. In fact i am planning to stop at 19 for a while. You have access to red maps after 2 watchstones, just 2. The game does not start after you completed your atlas, arguably for some it ends there. If you are not enjoying the way there what makes you think you will enjoy it after 32 stones?

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Dharall wrote:

I really like the atlas reshuffle since it "gives" me new maps to play each league, or perhaps more correctly the reshuffle "forces" me to new maps. And personally I think thats a nice way of keeping the atlas fresh.

The maps haven't really changed since war of the atlas (when I started) as far as I've seen, merely been moved around. It's not so much they were new that they were in a tier you didn't have extensive access to.

(But I do get what you mean by it feeling fresh)

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Deathfairy wrote:

1) you lost your bet because i very much looking forward to progressing through atlas.
2) Map reshuffle was one of the best things they introduced imho
3) i dont get the whole stuck/grind complain.
Nothing magically changes at 32 watchstones. In fact i am planning to stop at 19 for a while. You have access to red maps after 2 watchstones, just 2. The game does not start after you completed your atlas, arguably for some it ends there. If you are not enjoying the way there what makes you think you will enjoy it after 32 stones?

There was never a bet.
That's fine that you like it.
This is your first league to 40 (from what I saw). You've clearly enjoyed metamorph more than previous leagues. And based on your previous leagues, clearly the repetition gets old in leagues you enjoy less.

Since I've done that atlas twice already, I'm aware of the rng factor that goes into completing it. Because of the way unlocking watchstones works, it has a drastic effect on map drops - it's not as simple as socket 3 and red maps you go.

Having all 32 means you do not have to take into account colors when popping conquerors, so you can place them wherever you choose. Before that, you have to be mindful of what stones you need where, otherwise waste the pop. Given the rng to get said pop, that drags things out a lot.

Two watchstones doesn't get you access to red maps - 4 socketed in a single zone means you'll still get white/yellow maps almost exclusively despite running t14-16. Inversely, on A8, you will not get anything lower than t14 unless its from a very specific type of drop - even cartographer's boxes will fail to drop a map.

The atlas can still be "shaped" with watchstones, but in terms of dictating tiers and regions no longer specific maps.