5-link chance

1st 5link....over 600 fusings used (I'd actually say its closer to 1000 but I haven't counted, but look at my characters and then consider that 75% of those ran MF gear and realise I've never 5linked). Suffice to say, i've dropped 2 6links and not fused a 5link o.O. But Rng is indeed Rng.

Linked many 5L items myself. Made 5 links with 2 fusings, up to 50~60 fusings on many items. Few times more then 80~100.

Last week I spent more then 320 on my 6 socket kongor's, did not see any 5L so far. Back in anarchy I was trying to 5L my Marohi Erqi and ended up using more then 1400 fusings (was a 6 socket as well).



There is no "magic" number to make an item 5L. There isn't even an average number, as it can be within 1 ~1000 fusings.

Although, I think that trying to get a 5L on a 6 socket is harder then a 5L on a 5 socket item. This is purely based on my own personal and my friend's expierence.

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If fusing weren't so damn rare it wouldn't bother me as much. But seriously, they have a terrible drop rate. Once you get in late game, jewelers become much less of a problem because of 6s items dropping. Fusing however never get any easier. I've burned through all of my jewelers turning them into fusing trying to 5l a chest with no luck. No question, the link system is the reason I will leave for RoS.

Its so stupid to get this amazing drop, and because it doesn't have any links its virtually worthless, nm that that the stats are amazing. Ive got multiple upgrades sitting in my bank that cant be used because I don't have the resources to even attempt to get them linked up correctly. This game beats diablo in most areas, but poor drop rates(or maybe its more the huge divide between a good item and a crappy item that's the problem. A problem d3 had and is trying to fix.)and the link system are going to force me to jump ship.

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Shagsbeard wrote:

What this thread is full of is confirmation bias. You don't see the posts from the people with average results... they don't have anything "interesting" to add. You only see people who post the extremes, and in this case the extremely unlucky.

lol yup.

Reminds me of masterworking in Tera. Just for lulz I tried to masterwork a pair of boots and did it on the first try.

The forums were full of people raging about how they had wasted hundreds of scrolls and still couldn't masterwork their gear.

Of course, I could never repeat this success, but at it least it's something of a cool story and just goes to show that random is random.

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Nephalim wrote:

around 80 fusings.

200-300 fusings in, yet to see a 5L. Wish I didnt read what the average was lol

Dangling that 5L or 6L digital carrot is great, GGG, but once in a while you gotta reward players too.

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Saltychipmunk wrote:

it is a bad system , everyone but those who have gotten lucky and ggg still stand by it.

but if ever there was a good reason to hate path of exile and leave for different games , the linking system is by FAR the best one. beating out even desynch for all but hardcore players

nothing sucks the fun out of playing path of exile quite like watching as 2 weeks of honest farming is thrown down the shitter before ones eyes.

or if you are trying to 6l , watching 3 months of honest farming being thrown down the shitter.

THIS!
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This would be my major rant towards GGG. They managed to make socketing/linking worse than anything related to crafting I've encoutered in other games.

Thanks in advance for implementing a counter integrated into items so each tentative slightly increases the chance to 5/6-link. That's called a reward for sinking currencies into ONE item.

PS: I've actually gotten a 5-link on first try by mistake by fusing a lv27 2-handed sword (I wanted to use a chromatic orb, miss-clicked, and BAM, 5-link). Very useful on such a low-level item, but I would have preferred to get this on a unique item. I have 3 other 5-linked weapons, all found. I sank about 300 fusings on a Soul Mantle without ever seeing a 5-link. RNG just sucks, I always had bad luck in lotteries.

I play selffound so not much Currency ever for fusing experiments. Today I spent over 10 Fusings for only a 4l, bad luck but at least I only need 1-5 Fusings for this if I ever use these. Fusings are so rare, I even have far more Alchemy Orbs than Fusing Orbs. 5l Items crafting selffound? Good luck with that I would never do this.
The only 5l Chest I have was found at a NPC Vendor (sometimes I'm lucky with these guys) and I also found 2 Staffs so far that have 5l but sadly I don't use Staffs at all. ^^"
And that's basicly is it. No clue how to get these hundreds of Fusings to make these insane 5l/6l experiments, at least if you don't trade and only play solo. Is it even worth the costs? I doubt it. So or so I don't use to fancy builds that require more than 4l items. Makes PoE harder but still possible to have fun.

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Barbara_Jay wrote:

most demotivating experience :(

You feel yourself exacly how GGG wants you to feel. That is waht "hardcore" games for.

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Barbara_Jay wrote:

gave up after 210 fusings

Crafting system worked as intended - you don't want to craft any more.

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Fusion_Power wrote:

I play selffound so not much Currency ever for fusing experiments. Today I spent over 10 Fusings for only a 4l, bad luck but at least I only need 1-5 Fusings for this if I ever use these. Fusings are so rare, I even have far more Alchemy Orbs than Fusing Orbs. 5l Items crafting selffound? Good luck with that I would never do this.
The only 5l Chest I have was found at a NPC Vendor (sometimes I'm lucky with these guys) and I also found 2 Staffs so far that have 5l but sadly I don't use Staffs at all. ^^"
And that's basicly is it. No clue how to get these hundreds of Fusings to make these insane 5l/6l experiments, at least if you don't trade and only play solo. Is it even worth the costs? I doubt it. So or so I don't use to fancy builds that require more than 4l items. Makes PoE harder but still possible to have fun.

I feel your pain. I play self-found too, never traded a thing ever. All I can tell you is once you start hitting lvl 60+ you'll start finding more 5l and 6l drop in game. You'll even start finding enough 6l to vendor, and that will go a ways into solving your problems.

The thing is: you're not meant to have a 6l anything until you're near endgame. Even if you trade for it early on you're likely not going to have enough mana to sustain it at an early level. Take a look at what mid-game people have socketed in their 6l equipment. It's usually 4 sockets of skill and support and 2 sockets for leveling gems. What was the f'ing point of getting it if you don't have the skills/support/mana to use it? A: E-peen. Even if you do use all 6l for an attack, you're probably only using that one specific skill and everything else is "cast on blah blah blah", or minions, which means you have less options for fighting against an enemy.

Even if you do get that 6l you'll also likely be unhappy with the stats of your equipment. I have a 5l bow I found that sucks balls stat-wise. I have a 4l bow that is much nicer, and so that's the one I use. I guess my point is that having a 5l or 6l doesn't solve your problems, it just expands what you need to pour more orbs into.