Is POE2 a loot piñata game now?

In red maps (T11+) I have to use several portals every map to bring out loot.
That's quite far from Ruthless I'd say.

lol no it's still less loot than base poe 1 was, we're a 1000% buff away from bad loot leagues still

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rifraf-_-#9478 wrote:

I am playing it, and I feel the latest patch did overshoot the rewards in the context of POE2. This is where I stand, this is my opinion. I am NOT trolling.

How is it not trolling calling the current drop rate piñata-like when even them say they're VERY careful about adjusting drop rate?

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Item Changes
One of the major problems that players have been experiencing is feeling that the game is not rewarding enough. This is an area that we have to be very careful when adjusting because it's very hard to reduce drops if we increase them by too much.

We have identified a few key areas that we believe will significantly improve the experience that players are having.

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3611705

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rifraf-_-#9478 wrote:

After the latest update, loot has sky-rocketed and the overall difficulty is becoming trivial. Is this what GGG wants for this game? I'd like to know because I bought this game knowing it's not going to be yet another loot piñata/second monitor game.

are you getting loot O_o, i have not found a div, i have 2 shitty uniques i cant use and im still wearing a ring and amulet i found at lvl 12, i am currently near the end of a3 and in total ive found 8 exalted and 4 regals

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bowfer8660#2094 wrote:

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rifraf-_-#9478 wrote:

After the latest update, loot has sky-rocketed and the overall difficulty is becoming trivial. Is this what GGG wants for this game? I'd like to know because I bought this game knowing it's not going to be yet another loot piñata/second monitor game.

are you getting loot O_o, i have not found a div, i have 2 shitty uniques i cant use and im still wearing a ring and amulet i found at lvl 12, i am currently near the end of a3 and in total ive found 8 exalted and 4 regals

Still zero loot in the game about loot.
There are not any minuses to give players as much loot as they want lol.
And the worst idea was to cut the loot in order to detain players in the not fun game.

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Deeppee#4969 wrote:

There are not any minuses to give players as much loot as they want lol.
And the worst idea was to cut the loot in order to detain players in the not fun game.

1. This is a fun game.
2. It's not a game of JUST loot. If you lower it to that standard, might as well play path of build + an auto-battler.

Other than currency items what good is the loot it's dropping? You break down blues for mats to turn a white into a blue and you break down yellows for the ability to turn a blue into a yellow but as far as I'm aware there's no reliable way to even get the blue -> 2 affix blue mat let alone exalted orbs, the "crafting" system is basically just selling items to the merchant until he gives you a god tier blue you can upgrade to a yellow or a yellow without a trash stat and spend your 1-2 exalted on. It wouldn't be as bad if I actually got something useful with the yellow drops but for some reason it's seen fit to keep giving my merc int gear that's piling up in my bank tab for when I finally rage hard enough and roll a sorcerer/witch/monk, best part being that I'm level 40 and the yellows that are dropping for int classes require level 15-16...because that makes sense.

On a side note the crit percent on weapons makes no sense to me, as far as I've seen every weapon that doesn't have a crit chance mod on it has a base crit chance of 5%, there's a bit of difference in attack speed and for the crossbows reload speed but it's confusing that a huge hammer has the same crit chance as a single crossbow bolt out of the 50+ I'm rapid firing.

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rifraf-_-#9478 wrote:

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Deeppee#4969 wrote:

There are not any minuses to give players as much loot as they want lol.
And the worst idea was to cut the loot in order to detain players in the not fun game.

1. This is a fun game.
2. It's not a game of JUST loot. If you lower it to that standard, might as well play path of build + an auto-battler.

Strange that you don't understand that this is the game only about loot.
And the all aspects just a mechanisms how you could obtain those loot, not more.

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rifraf-_-#9478 wrote:

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Deeppee#4969 wrote:

There are not any minuses to give players as much loot as they want lol.
And the worst idea was to cut the loot in order to detain players in the not fun game.

1. This is a fun game.
2. It's not a game of JUST loot. If you lower it to that standard, might as well play path of build + an auto-battler.

It's still an action rpg and not a souls like. Loot is the most important part of the game. That doesn't mean it can't be challenging. But it also needs to be rewarding. Early Access exists to balance that.

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Deeppee#4969 wrote:

Strange that you don't understand that this is the game only about loot.

I'm sorry, but it's not only about loot. Maybe that's how you choose to approach it and more power to you. If you fail to appreciate all the skills, mechanics, combat, bosses, roleplaying aspects of the game, and so much more then it's a YOU choice.