Can't seem to FOUR link an item.

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raics wrote:

I just think a 6-link is a good carrot-on-a-very-long-stick candidate because it's not really needed for most builds. And you got to have stuff like that too to keep people hooked.

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DerBooN wrote:

First off, PoE is a great game and I'm in no way trying to 'bash' it here.


But something feels wrong when I used OVER 100 fusings trying to FOUR link my gloves (ilvl 69).

For me 100 fusings is A LOT. I'm not one of those guys hoarding over 9000 exalts.



UPDATE: I just ran trough my last stack of fusings and... still no 4link. (Yes, I used armourer's scraps.)

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Qarl wrote:

I can give my current thoughts on self found.

In the existing leagues, there is nothing stopping anyone from playing self-found, and we know many of our players do. We also have players that only engage rarely with other players, trading and partying occasionally.

So, as you can play self found in an existing league, I doubt we need to separate out the leagues. The question then is, are there progression problems with self found. I think there are two parts to this:

Can you play through self found? Currently there are issues with this, especially around the 40s. One of the main problems here is the availability of 4-linked items. Gear progression gets hard here, as replacement gear requires both beating existing gear in stats, and in skill support. This isn't usually an issue earlier, as you aren't needing full skill sets, and can skimp on stats and still progress quickly.

If we are going to make changes, it will likely be on the ability to make or the availability of 4 linked items.


The second issue is, what is the player expectation of self-found play. In general the main issue comes when players look to the top of ladders and to streamers to direct what their play experience would be like. This gives players a very distorted view of what they should be able to achieve. In general these players are pushing every advantage they can from trade, long play, group play.

Often, when I get told - "everyone is doing X", and I have a look, there are often only a handful of people doing, its just often these are the most visible. An example of this is 6-link Shavronne's. If I look at over level 90 characters, in all leagues, played in the last month, well under 50 players have Shavronne's Wrappings equipped. And if I look at the stats, if you want to die, wear a Shavronne's.

We will not be making a league to make it possible to replicate the play of these players. 1) We don't think its needed. 2) From past experience, if we make accommodations to make it possible to replicate these players, these players will still beat you. If we made a self found league with competitive advantages but solo play, you'll see the same players on top of those leagues, and we'll get a new set of complaints from people who want to replicate the achievements without the same investment.

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DerBooN wrote:

First off, PoE is a great game and I'm in no way trying to 'bash' it here.


But something feels wrong when I used OVER 100 fusings trying to FOUR link my gloves (ilvl 69).

For me 100 fusings is A LOT. I'm not one of those guys hoarding over 9000 exalts.



UPDATE: I just ran trough my last stack of fusings and... still no 4link. (Yes, I used armourer's scraps.)