Vaal Orbs have too many outcomes to be useful
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People entirely miss the point of Vaal orbs.
They're the same as other crafting in this game: a large chance of no result, a large chance of a negative result, and a small chance of a good result. The difference between Exalting something and Vaaling something is that the good result for an exalt just makes it a better item of its type. A good result on a Vaal can be build-enabling or entirely change the function of the item. As another poster said: Vaal orbs are for when you're obnoxiously rich, and you want to gamble on making something that's about as close to one-of-a-kind as you can get. |
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" Not just for the obnoxiously rich. The first week of Ambush I manages to successfully corrupt a few low value but desirable uniques. They sold quickly for a considerable profit. I also retained an item for personal usage The problem is, since 1.1 release absolutely everything has been either complete trash or no change. I suspect they drastically lowered the odds of obtaining a desirable result with 1.1. Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.
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" You need way more data than your own personal experiences to back that up. If it wasn't in the patch notes, I doubt they changed it. Last edited by LeftyLucy#3046 on Mar 18, 2014, 4:19:23 PM
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" I suspect. I cannot prove. _________________ Two very different statements. The tables did change. That is in the patch notes, we just don't know how they changed, other than adding new implicit abilities. Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.
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Vaal orbs are crazy good for mapping imo. You get a map to a decent roll that you'd be willing to run if the orb does nothing and then you vaal it. Most of the time it will do one of the following:
1. Roll crazy high quantity mods. 2. Go unidentified with the existing mods so 30% extra quantity. 3. Raise the level of the map. 4. Nothing(this is why you get a decent roll first). Most of the time it does something from 1-3 so it's a very cheap way to raise quantity on maps. Last edited by DichotomousThree#0868 on Mar 18, 2014, 4:44:32 PM
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" sir i would like to point out that THAT IS A FUCKING 6L , that is all vaal orbs are an engineered item destruction mechanic , nothing more. Last edited by Saltychipmunk#1430 on Mar 18, 2014, 4:53:12 PM
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seriously i think vaal orbs are the greatest thing they added to this game. it can do so much for you but at great risk.
i only thing certain things are worth corrupting like cheap uniques that your build relies on (like stone of lazhwar) and certain skill gems that jump a new lvl at level 21 or 23 quality, and things like reduced mana and such. seriously its addicting to corrupt things and we don't even know all the information about this patch, like vaal orb recipe and such. i love it |
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