Our view on map drop rates
" I did. Bought 2 maps, didnt find anything worthwhile in either map, no map drops. Back to square one. Spending currency so you can play content that isnt 15 levels below you is dumb. IGN: Iolar
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Well, I'm level 84. ALL content is at best 15 levels below me for starters.
Also, maps are a currency sink. If you don't want to use currency on them..... Best of luck to you. |
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The only thing about maps that makes them a sink is that people use transmutes/alts/augs/alchs/chaoses on them. That doesnt explain why maps themselves need to be scarce. It's not like people can buy them from vendors or anything. Then they would be a sink in and of themselves.
As it stands, maps would be MORE of a sink if they dropped more often. IGN: Iolar Last edited by BRavich#4397 on Nov 29, 2012, 2:21:39 AM
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Bumping because I'm curious about this. Has GGG spoken on why maps are so scarce?
I'm really trying to enjoy PoE as much as I did up to end game, but it's pretty difficult. I can manage maybe 45 minutes before I'm bored to hell from not having any content that can give me decent drops. IGN: Iolar Last edited by BRavich#4397 on Nov 30, 2012, 2:12:39 AM
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" " More map drops would mean less of a sink because you wouldnt need to alch/alt/chaos them at all, the main reason to alch/alt/chaos is to get higher level maps and more map chances. If you made them very common, then why even bother spending currency? Next, where is your problem with the end game content, is it due to the lack of you getting maps? |
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I have a hard time believing that no one would use alchs on maps if they were more common. Furthermore, you didnt address the notion of maps being purchasable from vendors, which would make them MORE of a currency sink.
My problem with the end game is that it is boring and unsustainable. Whenever I dont have a map to run, I cant do anything useful. I cant fight mobs that give me decent experience, and I cant fight mobs that drop decent ilvl items. Spending money to have access to end game content is not fun. Period. The last week of my experience with path of exile has essentially running areas way below my level, getting bored, trying and failing to find someone selling maps, and then playing a different game that isnt so boring/frustrating. It would be like if Diablo 2 locked you out of hell difficulty whenever you didnt have high level runes to spend. It's just not enjoyable for me, period. You can justify it with gameplay mechanics all night long and it still wont be enjoyable. I want to like Path of Exile. Not resent it because it loses appeal every time a build reaches end game thanks to catch 22. IGN: Iolar
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I've kept out of this discussion (and maps) for a while, but yeah, I really don't want anything to do with this end game map system.
I want to set up or play in some sort of league that's more in line with something I'd like to do, like a league with turbo, better random maps from lvl 1, maybe additional settings too. Don't care if nobody else plays in it, don't care if everything in the league has no value in a global sense or isn't transferable to any other leagues. |
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" I didnt really see the answer to my question. So is it due to the lack of you getting maps? Lets say you had unlimited level 60 maps, but not 61+, would you still have this problem? |
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And like I've said, no matter what, you will reach a point where even the highest level maps will basically give <1% exp.
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" You do realise you can upgrade map level via a trade recipe right? 3 Maps of same name lvl X = 1 Map lvl X+1 If maps could be bought from vendors, people would just mass buy them and keep upgrading them. Making them scarce would force more currency since the trade recipe way of getting high level maps is too inefficient. Last edited by S_SienZ#5935 on Dec 1, 2012, 9:14:55 PM
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