Corrupting items can reroll the mods. Wtf?

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ZhenyaDM wrote:

I wonder if u corrupt a gem before it gets level 20, will you be able to level it further (and will I be able to see the effect corruption did aswell), otherwise its gonna be so fucked up ...

Yes you can, but if you do that, for example, at level 10 and get +1 level (11) you will only be able to level it to 20. If you do it with a level 20 gem and get +1 level you can get level 21.

Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/1z7lnd/gametrailers_sacrifice_of_the_vaal_walkthrough/cfrwwek?context=3

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SaiyanZ wrote:

Vaal orbs is for skill gems and maps.

No point in using it on something else. Maybe useful on some uniques but then you have to socket, set colour preference, link, add quality before you use the Vaal orb. The chances are going to be slim to get something worth the currency spent and you might end up with something worse.

This is the real kicker for me. If you could just throw a Vaal orb on something that might sell for 2 or 3 chaos and pray it would be fine. The fact that you have to sink a bunch of currency into it to even have a shot makes it a very poor prospect for making money. Chris says in the video that some players will use it on amazing gear to try to make it even better. I don't know why anyone in their right minds would chance throwing away an item worth multiple exalts like that. It's one thing to fail a yolo exalt and get 1 ES or block and stun but that doesn't ruin the item. I really don't think I'll be using many on items at all and that is sad. if rerolling the item were not part of it, I would like the orb much more.

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Kranyum wrote:

If by complete reroll we mean like applying a Chaos Orb than the devs should reconsider because this will be a fiasco: you really can't mix and mash orb effects in such a wild way and expect players to appreciate it.
If we leave it at:
- % chance to gain white sockets
- % chance to gain a different implicit mod
- % chance to do nothing (but snapshot the item in the process)

We have a healthy thing going on.

If you really want big risks add something like % chance a single affix gets replaced with another random one.

full reroll on an item chance will be a disaster imo.

Exactly. I for one will join you in hoping that we can convince GGG to change this function of Vaal orbs.

If the Vaal orbs only gave positives, we'd have to send a SWAT team in to see who is holding the real members of GGG hostage.

They will be super good for low level uniques or really any build enabling uniques that have useless implicits.

Facebreakers with leech sound more useful than the +14 evasion or whatever they have.

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tramshed wrote:

You can also see it reflected in people who never use thier currency to craft and only use it for trade. They are afraid of having bad luck and it costing more currency than the trade would have to get what they want, but they seem to very rarely take into account that they might have good luck and it will cost less.

Have you ever tried crafting? The RNG in this game is 99.99% chance to have bad luck and .01% chance to hit the lottery. Many of us understand odds and know gambling rarely pays off.

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Reoxy wrote:

What is the point of this? Now no one is gonna corrupt good items, becouse theres a chance that it makes it useless. Kinda stupid.

http://www.gamespot.com/videos/path-of-exile-sacrifice-of-the-vaal-now-playing/2300-6417445/

Chris says so in this video.

I don't think it affects prefixes and suffixes mods at all.

In the video Chris says it can reroll the items mods

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Shagsbeard wrote:

If the Vaal orbs only gave positives, we'd have to send a SWAT team in to see who is holding the real members of GGG hostage.

They already have downsides. Cant change socket color, can "snapshot" the item.

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Inexium2 wrote:

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Reoxy wrote:

What is the point of this? Now no one is gonna corrupt good items, becouse theres a chance that it makes it useless. Kinda stupid.

http://www.gamespot.com/videos/path-of-exile-sacrifice-of-the-vaal-now-playing/2300-6417445/

Chris says so in this video.

I don't think it affects prefixes and suffixes mods at all.

start around 13 min he flat out says it rerolls the item that would make me not use it on end game rares

The random reroll allows it to get unusual stats though, so I'm okay with it.

Huge risk for corrupting an item, but huge rewards too. It seems people who are actually willing to play the game are going to get a lot out of vaal orbs.