The loot drops are starting to get to me a little bit

The loot situation is starting to wear on me a little. I get that in a game like this everyones experience with drops and stuff is going to differ, but I genuinely cannot remember the last time I got a decent drop for my class/build.

I'm playing Sorc and I feel like 80% of the loot that drops for me is for a ranger or merc. I have to cross my fingers and wish upon a star to see a staff drop, but I've had easily 100+ rare bows/crossbows now, and even when I get a normal or magic drop that I could potentially use I don't have enough regal/exalted orbs for crafting because I'm barely getting any of those also.
In the 50+ hours I've played I've also had 1 unique drop, which was also useless to me. Hell, I'm in act 3, level 46 and I only just replaced a ring that I've had since early act 1. The best item I've gotten so far for my build I bought from a vendor, which doesn't feel rewarding to me, I want to get my gear by playing the game, not buying it. I'm actually starting to get worried that the further I get in I'm going to hit a wall because my gear will be too outdated to meet the challenge.

I'm not saying that since I'm playing a Sorc all gear that drops for me should be for Sorc, but I feel like if you're playing a class you should have a higher chance of getting gear for that class so that your gear upgrades can feel consistent.

Okay rant over.

still
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i got 2 exalted orbs in an hour earlier, i melt like 99% of all my drops anyway, if anything literal gold is my biggest issue, i seem to spend it as fast i get it.

Yeah.. Not so much to loot drops for me. But the itemization overall so far has not impressed me. Including uniques.
Idk the POE system for gear well, but I really don't like that you can just wear level 20-something gear until your 70s. Seems to defeat a lot of purposes of loot-oriented games? And all the uniques I'm getting are for other classes moreso. Which sure, could just be variance and I'm really unlucky, or the count is not balanced. Not sure about that statistic there though.
Either way, wish there was more ways to get upgrades as you level up, and a need for it of course, as it gets stale pretty quickly in terms of gear.

Caster itemiation is too wonky imo.

The only stats on weapons that matter are %spell damage %cast speed and + to skills

Once you have a decent roll, it takes AGES to find a viable replacement.


by contrast, other classes can fix damage with runes and flat damage additions on gear. Casters are just starved for viable affixes to boost damage.

I'm playing a lightning shot ranger right now, and after the nerf patch, I can't really fix anything. I'm getting regal shards instead of orbs most of time, and I just full cleared Acts 2&3 for a grand total of 7 exalted orbs.

Almost everything that drops is garbage and when I trans/aug level 30+ gear I mostly get ridiculously low rolls like +13 max health or +5 dex.

I haven't gotten a bow or quiver upgrade in almost 20 levels because I've had to focus on maintaining at least a bare minimum of survivability, so Act 3 was just an utter slog.

Without some significant improvement, this is going to be finish the campaign and never touch the game again.

Playing Sorcerer myself and in Act II. I thought I was the only one with these kind of drops. I got lucky on a gamble on a belt once and used 2 Regal orbs to craft better boots and gloves. There's ways to get better loot for sure. But yes, when almost everything is for mats or gold, it does seem like RNG is out to get you.

at least you guys are allowed to have a loot filter

us console players aren't

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Anton__Chigur#9285 wrote:

at least you guys are allowed to have a loot filter

us console players aren't

Yet. I'm sure that will happen before Launch.

To the OP-
Yes please, more, better and for my class drops please. and I haven't gotten and exalt all day. I think I did get 1 regal, but I feel like someone forgot to flip a few switches as the patch notes are not reflected in my in-game experience.

I know it's only been one week, but when I clear an area/act map you would think I might get a couple pf exalts or Drops I might could use for an upgrade.

Jonathon I'm diggin' the game but my enthusiasm wanes.

I'm grinding Candlemass to prepare for Act 4 final boss.

The lack of drops are frustrating especially because I have over 50 IIR.