Chancing Emperor's Vigilance

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Draegnarrr wrote:

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Unfailingapple wrote:

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Or they could you know.. just not do it.

People love to say this, but you have to understand that in a game like PoE, this is not a valid counter-argument.


Whether GGG specifically knew about this node/item combo or not, the fact that their game systems incentivise this behaviour is by design. The game is designed in such a way that spending 40k+ scour/chances on a shield is (in some sense) 'correct'.

They have plenty of ways to curb this destructive behaviour - make it so items with trees can't be chanced, make chance orbs more powerful but rarer (either make them more likely to give uniques, or allow them to apply to magic or rare items), or allow the player to make multiple scour/chance attempts at a time on the crafting bench. None of these options exist, so manually doing it is the only way.


I can expand more if you want, but that's the gist of the argument. Players seek power, and the game design determines how it is sought.

is anyone still trying to chance their shield? who's at 90k+? :')

Isnt the cruzible tree modifiable after you turned it unique?
Just wondering if i could try make a steel kite shield with any tree and try chance it and then sell it if im lucky to get the unique.

u can modify the unique crucible tree but i think it's more expensive to get that gg one, so ppl prepare the tree on a non-unique base first

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PurpleChakra wrote:

I can expand more if you want, but that's the gist of the argument. Players seek power, and the game design determines how it is sought.

I didn't catch this response until now but honestly I agree with you completely and i've written similar in many other threads about how they shouldn't do degenerate game design in principle because it warps how players choose to play the game.

My "you could just not do it" was nothing more than a summary that this particular facet is more offensive than most and many players would actually enjoy themselves more if they didn't ruin the league for themselves trying to chance a unique.

I think the design is poor in this regard but it comes down to the old adage of man goes to the doctor and says doctor, it hurts when I do X. then stop doing X!

people caught up in the sunk cost necessity.