Why is P.O.E and its community afraid of pick-up pets?
" With a toggle on/off and they would only pick up splinters. Gutting Gameplay Gradually
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If you ask me I would remove pets of any kind in PoE. Just doesn't fit altogether.
" Well said. Last edited by TorsteinTheFallen#1295 on Dec 4, 2022, 5:35:50 PM
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I'd happily pay for this feature.
2 weeks into every league I start hiding transmutes and what not only because its tedious. If people would quit over this, they PROBABLY aren't paying for packs anyways so it's not like they matter from a company standpoint. two things I would happily pay for: 1) A pet that picks up currency (you can ever set a threshold on what can be picked up (ie: Doesn't pick up Divines or whatever) 2) A "Premium" tab that makes a merchant in my HO that trades currency based on what I set. (ie: an AH for currency disguised as a player run shop) |
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I am 100% for it. I love seeing how much GGG can get away with these days.
Dear Diary,
But they'd have to be clever about it, because Exiles are canny folk.
Firstly, introduce it in a league (of course). Don't call it a pet. Call it something else. Let's go with Luggage. Luggage picks up players loot for them in certain league-specific circumstances and returns it to the league-specific hub. Not all loot, of course. That'd be too obvious. Just the league-specific loot. Now wait for players to realise how convenient this is, and how much they miss it in the rest of the game. (at this point, you may think I'm talking about Delve but I totally am not. That didn't go hard enough with the vacuuming.) So as a gesture of amazing good will, you let Luggage out of the league setting. It still only picks up loot that is easily stacked and sent to the appropriate stash tab. It isn't a pet. Obviously. Pets don't pick up loot. That'd be pay to win! And then at some point you introduce voluntary skin mtxes for Luggage. If I like a game, it'll either be amazing later or awful forever. There's no in-between. I am Path of Exile's biggest whale. Period. Last edited by Foreverhappychan#4626 on Dec 4, 2022, 7:13:22 PM
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Oh something for currencies, splinters, shards... I would even pay for that.
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...wow.
If I like a game, it'll either be amazing later or awful forever. There's no in-between.
I am Path of Exile's biggest whale. Period. |
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Obvious answer why not is bots and massive magic finder parties. This automation will cause a massive influx of currency that will put regular players to a disadvantage.
Also if you are too lazy to pick it up manually, you just don't deserve it in my opinion. I am pretty sure GGG will never implement such a feature. Judging by the posts, it is sad to see that the current playerbase is completely different than the one from the original days. Heart of Purity
Awarded 'Silverblade' to Talent Competition Winner 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDFO4E5OKSE POE 2 is designed primarily for console. |
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Their solution has been to make larger stack sizes for when the same currency or item drops in the same pile of loot.
It has worked and it will probably stay that way. Their big thing is MTX not affecting gameplay and not being a pay-to-win feature. What is the value of my own life when it is taken from others so easily?
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" Not sure that botting is really relevant to this discussion since picking up items for them is trivial anyway. I don't really have strong feelings either way, I'd use an auto pickup pet it was available but don't really care if it's not, if I'm picking up too much garbage it's time to tweak the loot filter. |
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" It would ruin the game. Nothing matters as you just run through everything without even checking what drops, as the pet picks everything up. Why does this even have to be explained? What do new players have to do with this? Nothing. It would obviously help everyone. Just like having 100 free tabs would, or being able to just buy any item from ggg directly. |
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