Looting -- The official thread for discussing the loot system. Updated 18th March, 2013.
" I lol'd at that. so what you are saying is that I should play a game that depends mainly on loot but if i join a group with my high ping non of this loot is mine. I am just joining the group so that I can farm for my fellows low-pingers™ some loot. and no I can't say that it is my loot because i am an INSANE high pinger™. |
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" Hell he proved it to you with one sentence. so much for "(CAPS activated) PERIOD". " |
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" This is actually the smartest thing you can do in the current loot system. Don't even bother selecting useful attack skills, and never attack a monster unless you have to. Keep your eye out for items that increase your movement speed, boost your health and resistances. Minimize your graphic settings even if it helps lower your ping, even a little. This is the ideal character to build right now, trumping any monster-stomping builds. PoE loot is great in grouping since you don't actually have to defeat any monsters to get it. Just let your teammates do that for you. Not fair you say? Bull! This is a cut-throat setting after all. /sarcasm off In a very grind heavy game the death penalty equates to...more grinding.
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GGG good job turning multiplayer game into a multi-single-player game! There is absolutely no point in playing in party unless it is impossible for someone to kill a boss alone. If there was at least a SERIOUS increase in xp gained per player in party in the same area, maybe partying would become a resonable option. It would be divided like diablo 2 - solo mf runs and party xp runs.
Last edited by IzumiRaito#2824 on Jan 30, 2013, 10:18:50 AM
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As a long time hard core pvp veteran of various games, I have to say, FFA looting in a PvE context sucks the big one. It is practically all reward and no risk for the 'ninja'. If the devs truly wanted a 'cut throat' feel, then allow pvp and full corpse looting along with FFA and longer portal/alt-f4 delays. That would be hardcore. This is phfftt playground bully in a rich kid's school.
Cross posted the above from an earlier reply I made in another thread, I really can't say it more clearly or better. This FFA and FFA only no option idiocy is worthy only of ridicule. I really don't get these wannabe 'hardcore' types, they are like twisted carebears with an antisocial disorder. |
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I can't believe this discussion is still going on... The loot system is fine. You have a specific amount of time to pick up stuff that's yours, pay attention... I'm ranged and I don't have any problems picking stuff up. Then again I usually party with people I'm friends with... I know, I know, this word is foreign to a lot of you. But I get into parties with people I know, playing different characters who willingly give me stuff that's theirs because its an upgrade for me, and I do the same for them... I know its insane right...
If you don't like it, go play something else... Stupid fucking kids with their my way right now mentality. This isn't Burger King, this is Path of Exile... You are not a programmer, you do not know better, you are a player... Go play, or go play something else. Everyone in the industry knows if it was actually that big of a problem, you wouldn't be on here crying about it, you would have quit. When numbers drop, that's when you do something about the problem... |
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I don't like the approach that you must be competing against people in your group for items allocated to you.
Already it is hard to find anything decent to drop and so in a group you must compete against your teammates, for me this is not fun at all. What I do now is group with people who do not loot your designated items and they feel the same way. I have met some nice people this way. It's unfortunate we have to do this but this is how we like to play. If an item drops that our friends can use we just leave it there for them. |
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" You do know that public games disapear from public listings after they are full right? I always make/join games and they are full with in seconds. Also, i sometimes make games and close them after 3 players join just to keep my frame rates solid. Bottom line, that doesn't prove anythings besides lack of proof. Last edited by Vooodu#7002 on Jan 30, 2013, 10:39:13 AM
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" Actually I'm a retired programmer, most likely from your parent's generation. Where we went wrong with your generation I'm still trying to figure out. |
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" ....So basically you think the game should cater to your ping? So, how about if you played nother game should they cater to your ping also? Say an FPS for example. You crappy internet connection is not GGG problem. Get a better connection. Its the smart thing to do really. |
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