Mushroom Betrayal

Hello

I'm returning to PoE2 after a year and a half. I didn't get very far in my first playthrough, about 70% through Act 2. This time, I got through Act 3 so far.

I've got to say, I'm having a really strong emotional reaction to your Mushroom quest. It's got me feeling very betrayed. You've more or less invented an in-game virus that destroys inventory slots. You never tell me what I'm supposed to do with the mushrooms. I thought I had explored Apex of Filth fully, so I never thought to go back and look for a mysterious merchant or even the third mushroom. I just walked through the second half of the act, trusting that the devs wouldn't put something like this in the game, and not wanting to utilize outside resources so I could experience the mystery.

I wish I had just looked it up. Now I have to go back and clear the entire zone again searching for the third mushroom and vendor. I wanted to destroy these items - the reward is total shit and I don't even want it - but you won't allow us to do that at all.

Maybe I am having such a strong reaction because every important person in my life has betrayed me this year. My ex, my mother, my best friend, my family. I thought that maybe video gaming was still a pure experience where one could trust that the devs wouldn't intentionally create a system to do...what exactly? Nuke my inventory slots and give me some vendor fodder once I give up and google why I can't seem to get these idiotic items out my inventory?

Thanks for ending my year knowing that we really do live in an era where self-discovery is pointless and you should just google everything.

If you want my real suggestion, the quest is fine, just make the items destroyable.

You can go out into any campaign area and just drop the mushrooms on the ground.

i recommend that in act 4 you do whakapanu island first