Isnt mageblood supposed to be some super rare chase item?

I dont really see the problem regarding a chase unique being obtainable to dedicated players. I actually think the situation would be better if there was more chase uniques, and bigger competition between each item slot

If you can chase the item for hundreds of hours per league, and then not get it, I think those people would either stop playing or at least not try for the item.

There is a difference between generally unobtainable (dropping a raw mirror per league) and chase (HH, mageblood).


On a separate note it shows how unpleasant it is playing piano flasks as a playstyle. I get the MB helps with charges and bosses but with the right build that is not horrible (or you get dps to phase bosses during the flask) so to me its saying people really dont like pressing flasks.

Word, I'm 100% flask dependent this league (2 mana flasks of various types) and my left hand is getting worse RSI than my right. I haven't had this much pain since my first league where I didn't know how to play.

MB would probably not help at all (mana) or only very slightly (onslaught and curse mitigation) in this case.

It's ~200 ex at league end which is probably where it should be, give or take, and well out of the reach of the 99%. If that's not chase enough for you, then perhaps you'd prefer to go to Standard, where it's about 2/3 of a mirror.

mageblood, headhunter and (now) omniscience are "build killers".

if the majority of builds on poe.ninja uses them, they served their purpose because you can never tell if those builds are good without them.

poe ninja isn't the entire player base, extremly rare and hard to get belt. Takes lots of knowledge or hours of gaming to get it.

chase items are fun items that enhance your gameplay and feels epic to use. HH and Mageblood always hard to get items.

There is also further chase items beyond those which is mirror tier gears. You can also go on poe ninja and see everyone using mirrored gear as well don't mean it's not rare or expensive.

well GGG kinda killed build diversity.
so game play really need a mageblood to ensure a decent build for uber bosses.
Unless they revoke that stance for 3.19 mageblood will be a common item.

Nothing that can be target-farmed with cards will be rare. On trade league Mageblood costs around 230ex. You can pick any strategy from like 20 out of there and can reliable make around 5ex/h (sometimes more).
That means you need to farm for less than 50h to get a mageblood. Even if you would map for 3h a day(3h of mapping, not 3h of playing), thats just little over 2 weeks and you can buy it.

Its the rarest of the chase items (aka most expensive) but that doesnt mean barely anyone will be able to get it.

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Aynix wrote:

Nothing that can be target-farmed with cards will be rare. On trade league Mageblood costs around 230ex. You can pick any strategy from like 20 out of there and can reliable make around 5ex/h (sometimes more).
That means you need to farm for less than 50h to get a mageblood. Even if you would map for 3h a day(3h of mapping, not 3h of playing), thats just little over 2 weeks and you can buy it.

Its the rarest of the chase items (aka most expensive) but that doesnt mean barely anyone will be able to get it.

I have a nagging suspicion Stasis Prison is more rare, it's just not as sought after as Mageblood so the price is about the same.

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Nubatron wrote:

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Aynix wrote:

Nothing that can be target-farmed with cards will be rare. On trade league Mageblood costs around 230ex. You can pick any strategy from like 20 out of there and can reliable make around 5ex/h (sometimes more).
That means you need to farm for less than 50h to get a mageblood. Even if you would map for 3h a day(3h of mapping, not 3h of playing), thats just little over 2 weeks and you can buy it.

Its the rarest of the chase items (aka most expensive) but that doesnt mean barely anyone will be able to get it.

I have a nagging suspicion Stasis Prison is more rare, it's just not as sought after as Mageblood so the price is about the same.

During Scourge static prison was like 2x price of the mageblood and something like 3-7 dudes at poe ninja used it, so it's kinda way more rare.

But looks like mageblood got hammered via enkindking orb nerf ( 30-40% flask effect instead of 60-70%), rip my favourite item in poe history (not dead, but still strong hit)...

I had to google Stasis Prison because I didnt even know such item exists. That by itself tells why its "rare" - because no one uses it, so no one farms for it as well.