Harvest could be worst league ever?

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Ygidua wrote:

I actually think that the harvest mechanic is the highlight of the league.

Highlight of the league? It is the league and that is really the core fo the problem for others. It is an OK mechanic and I don't mind it a little. However it really had no business being the league in an "action" rpg. It should have just been "part of" versus the main feature.

As far as backtracking in Delirium, I can say I spent less time doing that than gardening to craft in this league. Crafting is fine, but is just not for everyone. This why it should not been the main focus.

Jeeeez what a league....
Just compare the
"harvest worst league eva"
to
"harvest best league eva"
thread.

If thats not enough take a look at the steam charts.
I know, not all use the steam client yada yada, still if from 125k players are only 49999 left on peak...at a friday evening you can start thinking about this league as something gone a little wrong ^_^

Mind the bots you have to take away from that number by the way...

Sometimes I felt like playing SSF because the little currency I got was not enough to buy anything meaningful...in a funny way this shaped my build into something super budget friendly, so there is that.
On the other side I spend more time with Incursion, Betrayal, and Delve than in Harvest/with Harvest in the end.

And you really really feel the loot pinyjata missing, I have a lv 92 char and a lv 73 char and got 55 regret orbs...
found 0 divines but two exalted orbs
1 annulment orb. jaaay
its one thing to provide us with nice crafting via soul-leeching gameplay but another to take the other aspects of the game with it

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Ygidua wrote:

I actually think that the harvest mechanic is the highlight of the league.

All my gear is crafted, this never happened before (minus belly and zombie mace) and even my belly is slightly modified by the crafting. This is so much fun and it motivates me to play further.

At Delirium I was long gone at this point, as it was so boring with the backtracking and lack of good loot. Yes, you did swim in currency, but compared to Bligt where you did so as well, the mechanic was terrible.

Unfortunately is harvest not running well, Vulkan that did run flawless at Delirium, is now causing fps drops and fragments. Quite often I am fighting invisible monsters and bloom makes me screen lit up like a christmas tree.


I like the crafting and that things are slower now, the micro management of the garden needs work by GGG, auto plant for T2 and co. But fixing the fps issues and artefacts while playing, must have priority.

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Delirium lack of good loot? My 400-500ex I made in the league begs to differ. It was at the point that every additional ex drop I got I felt guilty.

Anyway, the backtracking. If you wanted to go full out on every map (like I did) in Delirium you had to backtrack. At first I was annoyed, then I looked "big picture" at what I was getting in the league (and the fact that I actually liked to run the maps because every one was a real test). Spending a minute to decompress and pick up the stuff is and was a reasonable tradeoff.

Harvest lacks what Delirium delivered for me. And that was figuring out a way I could jam out 20-30 maps in a session and still keep it fun.

hmm...the league is still not rolled back? k, sad... at least its 40Gigs more space on my ssd in a minute then ^^

well it is at least the fastest league I retired from playing.


And I am playing since Torment... You know those green ghosts flying around occasionally? yes that was a whole league.

not a fan of it, so much so I just went a head and uninstalled poe, as I normally just do leagues and there is a lot left to this one. Haven't seen many friends on it either lately.

To be fair, I keep checking the discord for info because I want to play.

I'm sure there are plenty enjoying it but just not me for now.

Like many PoE mechanics its very unclear what to do in the beginning.
But once I learned how to plant it was actually quite fun. I have never crafted so many useful items.
Its also really nice to be able to 5 link items easily.

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WickedSausage wrote:

Its also really nice to be able to 5 link items easily.

This is really awesome, think I used a 5l chest until i was lv...80?

Still harvest feels like a League that already got integrated into the core game and pops up every 5-10 maps.
disappointing

Certainly worst league for me personally. Stopped playing a week ago and logged in tonight to dump all the crap out of my stash and delete my character. I've never given up on a league before in all my years of playing PoE.

I may not have enjoyed a league mechanic, or found it didn't quite fit my playstyle but I'd always find some enjoyment in playing a new skill or trying out something new.

Not this time though. With all the other flaws in the game there is just no joy left in the game for me this time around. I hope the next league is a monumental turn around but I fear the gap between the haves and have nots will continue to expand and once again the game will be balanced with a view to slowing down the best, rather than providing an engaging game play for all.

Haters gonna hate, can't have a league for everyone.
I hated delirium, didn't even make it to 90, not everyone likes the stressful zoom zoom every single map. But this league, man, I can see myself play this the full 3 months.