3.28 MTX & stash QoL wishlist - with feedback from hundreds of players

Many players are offering feedback on endgame juicing, Breach, and general quality of life. I wanted to do something different.

These quality of life suggestions are for the cosmetics enjoyers and filthy loot hoarders among us. Below are descriptions of each idea.

B1 - Invisible skill effects/more visual clarity options

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jungroan: "Invisible skill effect. I want to be able to disable all skill effects. This build is unplayable for most characters [players' PCs]. If it was like $10 each, you'd probably see me drop $200 on that, no prob. There's already effects that are significantly better for performance, so what's the difference? Performance is a massive issue."

Pohx: Transparency slider for visual clarity. Whether it's your skill effect transparency or monster skill transparency.

Velyna: Simpler skill effects. "This is the only Cyclone mtx I use because I can actually see my feet." Invisible Buff effect for more skills (example: Steelskin).

Waggle: "I would like the ability to tone down our characters' visual effects. We can't see the game with probably 80 to 90% of the builds. You just can't see the screen. Visual clarity is one of my biggest gripes with PoE 1 and PoE 2."

Better visual clarity was the number one request from the community. Whether it's provided via menu sliders, skill MTX, or some other method, players want it and have been requesting for it for years. Also in this category, players asked for the ability to toggle off MTX of other players in town, and to have a transparency bubble around their character.



B2 - Try before you buy/preview system

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crouching_tuna: "I'd love to be able to 'test' an mtx. Like test for one map. Especially for skill effects. Or the ability to click it and see it on your character."

onemanaleft: Preview mtx in game (try before you buy mtx). 10 minute token system possibly?

Palsteron: "I wanna try before I buy."

simplyVizniz: want to be able to see if there's clipping issues before buying

Try before you buy cosmetics has been another very popular suggestion for years. There are tons of armour sets that I've considered buying, but ultimately didn't because I can't preview how they look when mixed with other sets. Also, some skills effects can heavily help/hinder game performance. With every player having a different gaming rig, it would be super helpful to 'test drive' an MTX.

I'm no programmer, but I believe the best way to implement this feature would be to create a new zone attached to Karui Shores. In this zone, your account would have every shop cosmetic unlocked. It would be a combat zone (enemies optional) so you can test skill effects. The zone would feature light and dark areas to test with different lighting too.



B3 - Refund button

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Palsteron: Refund button for mtx you've purchased in the last minute. (3 minutes? Up for discussion.)

Tying in with the previous idea, some players want a refund button for very recently purchased MTX. One player suggested it would be a huge QoL buff for GGG's email support team. Another player said "I accidentally bought two map tabs fml."



B4 - Equip one MTX to multiple characters

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BalorMage: "There's no reason you shouldn't be able to equip one MTX on multiple characters at the same time because you can only play one character on that account at a time. And if that can't be changed, then remove the greyed-out effect on equipped MTX so I can find them easier."

simplyVizniz: You should be able to use the same MTX unlimited times without taking it off your characters. It's only understandable for when they're selling two weapon skins.

Self explanatory. This idea has also been suggested for years and is still a popular suggestion today. One player referred to the limit as "archaic." Another player lamented that their Pilfering Ring resets when equipped to their second character every league.



B5 - Permanent skin transfer

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Zizaran: "I wish you could turn an in-game item into a cosmetic, in the same way you can with race rewards. We have the temporary skin transfer, and I wish we had a permanent one." Ziz explained that he wants to be able to break down unique items (and certain alternate-art rare items from Standard) and use their skins permanently without having the item anymore.

Permanent skin transfers, also referred to as "transmog," was another popular suggestion from the community. One player suggested, "Hell, make it a feature of the Unique Collection Tab."



I1 - Click on player to see their MTX

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abax0th: I would like to be able to click on someone and see their current MTX loadout.

Like somebody's look in town? This feature would let you open a menu upon clicking another player to see the exact name of all of the MTX they're wearing. Bonus points if the menu indicates any MTX that are no longer obtainable, and clicking a cosmetic opens the corresponding shop menu.



I2 - Save MTX loadouts/mannequin improvements

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GhazzyTV: Ability to save mtx outfits/loadouts. The mannequin hideout MTX is close, but I want the mannequin to keep its outfit after I click it.

Many players wants a new menu option that lets you customize and save multiple MTX sets, to quickly swap your entire look with a click. Alternatively, the mannequin could receive some QoL and fill this role better. If you're not familiar with the mannequin, it's a hideout decoration that you can equip with your cosmetics. The issue with it is that players want it to keep its outfit always rather than 'swap' with it. Swapping has baggage - you must click more, you must remember which outfit goes where (because mannequins have multiple weapon styles), and you can no longer 'display' the outfit you're wearing. Personally, I would love the ability to show off all of my various challenge league rewards and still equip them at the same time.



I3 - Equip an armour set theme with one click

Similar to the previous idea, some players requested a button to equip a defined armour set with one click - for example, every Celestial Armour set piece you own.



I4 - Pilfering Ring improvements

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spicysushi_poe: "The Pilfering Ring needs more stuff. It needs Hinekora's Locks, Valdo's Puzzle Boxes, Voidborn Reliquary Keys even."

Players want more item types to be tracked with the Pilfering Ring, particularly the ones spicysushi mentioned. Also, as stated earlier, players want to track their drops on multiple characters in a league. Currently, your options are resetting the ring's progress, or buying multiple Pilfering Ring MTXs. If GGG can figure out this QoL, then it would be really cool to compare your drops between leagues, or even a 2025 character with a 2030 character.



I5 - More randomize buttons (outfits/skills/finishers)

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crouching_tuna: "Could be fun to have a randomize button (for outfits), get to have a clown show."

We have a feature to randomize our portal effects. Why not other MTX? Randomizing outfits would be funny, like how other RPGs have face/body randomizers. Some players also chimed in with "randomize skill effect" and "randomize finisher effect," though they would probably have to be implemented on a "per zone" basis for technical reasons.



N1 - Separate certain effects from their pieces/expand "extra effects"

This has been requested in the past, and GGG has pushed back on it. But it doesn't hurt to bring it up again. Certain MTX pieces have cosmetic effects associated with them - some body armours let you float, some map devices have stat trackers, some rings trigger an effect when you level up, etc. With the introduction of the "extra effects" panel, separating the effects from the item would be easier now. In my opinion, rings are the biggest offender because their skins are so inconspicuous to begin with. Couldn't we just equip a third and fourth in "extra effects?" For others, the map device trackers are the biggest request to double up on. Being able to track monster kills and time spent are both huge QoL for endgame juicers.



N2 - UI improvements

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Palsteron: Better shop menus. Compress side menus. Shop is vast. (user interface update)

Zizaran: ctrl + F, better preview window (in-game shop)

This category refers to the MTX shop, the cosmetics panel, and the stash. A low priority for the majority of players, this was nonetheless mentioned multiple times. One specific request was for the skill gems in the cosmetics panel to be alphabetized. I have also heard requests for multiple rows of stash tabs within the stash (at the top of the stash, allowing you quicker access to more tabs).



N4 - Convert premium stash tabs into quad tabs

Self explanatory. Did you know that the Premium Quad Stash Tab was introduced nearly ten years ago? Some players had already purchased regular Premium Stash Tabs before then, and still feel buyer's remorse to this day. Other players have used the "Upgrade to Premium" MTX on all of their default tabs, and would still like every stash tab to be a quad. There are likely too many technical issues for this to ever be implemented, and confirmation from GGG would be appreciated.



N5 - More stash tab affinities

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Velyna: More stash tab affinities. Ex: Beasts, Incursion, Jewels, Ritual corpses, Rogue gear. Filter/dropdown in map tab for 8-mod maps.

Getting new affinities for free is always great. One player also requested new stash tabs to accompany these new affinity types.



G1 - Retire league lockers, integrate into stash tabs.

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Proplays: "Bestiary tab and/or stackable beasts. Buying yellow beasts is obnoxiously time-intensive. Ctrl + right mouse to "move all" would also help a lot (like we have for currency/scarabs)."

This suggestion covers all of the storage in the game that isn't your stash - Bestiary, Expedition Locker, Heist Locker, Relic Locker, Graft Locker, etc. It would be nice to consolidate all of them into your stash, even if it's only offered as a paid MTX feature. Also, shoutout to all the hideout creators who get annoyed with juggling these locker objects.



G2 - Market tab improvements/Quad market tab

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crouching_tuna: Quad market tabs for Faustus.

imexile: Quad market tabs
imexile: List market tab for a certain price would be cool.
imexile: More than 10 currency exchange slots. Especially needed on Hardcore where no one "slow sells" scarabs.

Here, crouching_tuna and imexile cover nearly all of the community's requests that I saw for Faustus - quad market tabs, list/relist an entire market tab (like a public Premium Stash Tab), and increasing the number of currency exchange trades you can have active at once.



G3 - Mirror service market tab

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Proplays: "There needs to be a mirror service in game. Or like a mirror stash tab or merchant tab. People could just come to your merchant tab and use a mirror on the item and pay whatever fee. Think about the fact that a mirror is someone's most expensive item, and you have to trust someone with it. People would pay for a tab with just that feature, I imagine."

An official in-game "mirror service" feature is something GGG mentioned wanting to add ages ago. With the addition of asynchronous trading, now is a better time than ever to implement it. Not only would mirroring a GG item be safer, but the owner wouldn't even have to be online. For mirror-tier crafters and luck sack grinders alike, this would be a welcome addition.



G4 - Dye system

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Zizaran: Do the "dye system" they talked about at the first ExileCon. A big issue is there's so many sets that would look good together if you changed the dye a little bit.

Hard to say if GGG has given up on this feature or not years later. They started producing full body character effects such as Divergence and Golden, which may be how they decided to fill this design niche. If the dye system is dead, then more full body character effects should be made.



G5 - Regex improvements

Here's one massive QoL change that can be made to regex: While crafting items and your item becomes highlighted by your regex, you cannot apply another orb to the item. This would make it so you can't roll over a desired result until you delete your regex string. It would be a game changer for alt spam/chaos spam/rolling maps. Do you have any regex ideas?



O1 - Folders improvements

Some players want to see more love for stash folders:

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"Allow folders within folders"

"I want colors"

O2 - Customize random portals feature

This request was a big reason I made this post. Currently, the random portal feature lets you open a random portal MTX or even make all six random at your map device. But what if you own several portal MTX that you don't like? Maybe they're too big? Maybe their theme doesn't fit your hideout? I'd love a checklist/filter for the random portal feature to decide exactly which ones are in the pool. Did you know there's thirteen fire-themed portals in the shop? If I had a fire-themed hideout, then I would consider buying all of them if this feature existed.



O3 - Place multiple stashes in hideout

GGG set a precedent recently when they released the Kraken Stash Skin and Atziri's Royal Cache Stash - you can have multiple stash objects in your hideout now. Could this become a default feature? I own multiple stash skins, and it would be great to use them all at once. There's also a gameplay element to this QoL - players could have a stash near their map device and another stash near their waypoint for visitors. Then, we wouldn't feel obligated to smush all three together.



O4 - Apply charge MTX to single charge type

This suggestion refers to the MTXs for endurance, frenzy, and power charges. Again, we have an MTX category that has many cosmetics, but you can only equip one at a time. Ideally, we could apply a different MTX to each charge in addition to the normal option.



O5 - Custom folders/tags for cosmetics

Not to be confused with traditional stash folders. This would be additional ways to sort your owned cosmetics than just the search bar. Ex: throwing every celestial-looking MTX into a "space" folder or giving them a space tag.



BONUS: MTX Suggestions

This post was intended to just be about free QoL wishes. But some community members also suggested ideas for new MTX, so I'll include those below:

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spicysushi_poe: "A ring to see how many Strongboxes I've clicked on this league and which type. One for Blight would be cool, too - number of pumps saved, number destroyed. More league mechanic stats. People like to specialize in certain league mechanics. It would be cool to get more statistics on those."

"Would be Really cool to have target dummy MTX"

Velyna: More grounded armor sets. Less bulky armor sets. Sleeker, daintier, and slimmer shoulders in particular.

"get back to darker themed MTX armor themes and MTX stuff. They kind of got sidetracked with comedy and gimmicky MTX stuff."

"Minion MTX that copies your character's outfit (zombie? AG?). Animate guardian MTX that lets you equip cosmetics to it."

"I wish they did some cool stuff for cursors MTX"

tytykiller:

Spoiler

"I would spend infinite money to turn Marauder into a cute anime girl. Or a muscle mommy."

Special thanks to the following streamers for their feedback:

abax0th
BalorMage
cArn
crounching_tuna
fubgun
GhazzyTV
imexile
jungroan
onemanaleft
Palsteron
Pohx
Proplays
sargetwo
simplyVizniz
spicysushi_poe
tytykiller
Velyna
Waggle
Zizaran

And thanks to these players who gave more detailed responses.