1200 fusings, no 6 link

Opinions are like you know what - so here's mine. I'd prefer not to have a guaranteed 6L option. I've tried crafting, and I don't really have the zen-like psyche for it. That being said, I would still prefer 6L to only be achievable through RNG.

Petrov.

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Moosifer wrote:

I don't mind that 6ls are hard. There's already like 10+ 6ls in default and this ladder has been running like 2-3 months. I like there not being too many.

THIS! And the fact that many players already have gear in the top centile screams for a DECREASE in probability for godlike gear.

Fast forward one year and even casual players will have gear in the top 1-5% range. This is NOT good for longeviety.

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sevenOfDiamonds wrote:

THIS! And the fact that many players already have gear in the top centile screams for a DECREASE in probability for godlike gear.

Fast forward one year and even casual players will have gear in the top 1-5% range. This is NOT good for longeviety.

I think the other problem is people are looking at wealth in this microcosm. Wealth grows exponentially, not linearly. It won't be 20 6ls in 6 months (if this ladder continued that long) it would be 30+. The more people that make it to end game content the more that drop and the more people attempt to craft them.

I think everyone's frustration with this is short sighted. I also think GGG knows this.

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kadrek91 wrote:

If a week of playing and not getting anything back is resonable to you guys, I wonder whats not resonable.

I play this game pretty heavily. If I could have max gear with only a week of grinding I'd be sick of it pretty fucking quick. Only reason I played my duelist a month after the race ended was in search of perfect gear, which didn't happen.

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aimlessgun wrote:

Let's not put an actual number on it. I'm putting a percentage on it, tuned to the actual chance of 6L, which we don't know.

Would you be opposed to a guarantee that affected the unluckiest 1% of people going for 6L, increasing the availability of 6L by 1%?

I really have to stress that my guarantee proposal has almost NO effect on the 'ease' of getting a 6L. It's entirely a psychological ploy to make people feel better.

Now, Epsilon thinks that people fearing fusings is a good thing. I don't think that outweighs the crushing despair of bad fusing luck though :p

The fear is not a good or bad thing independently. It is simply another factor in the overall balance of the items. The fear is as much of a deterrent as the probability of 6ling items is itself.

I still fail to see why anyone gets fixated on having a 6-linker.

Once you have your 5-link, really, you're done. Really. You don't need anything more powerful, ever. 6-link is a pipe dream, and it's that way for a reason. 6-linkers are completely intended to be priceless novelty show-off pieces.

You spent 1200 fusings and that was your whole fortune? Before or after you rolled godly stats on that item? Are you already wearing a godly ilvl 71 5-linker? (then why 6-link?)

Ironically my 6th slot usually has a IIQ or IIR gem in it.

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SL4Y3R wrote:

Ironically my 6th slot usually has a IIQ or IIR gem in it.

That is actually very funny. Of course that slot gives you optionality, but let's say you only ever use IIQ/IIR - I wonder what the payback period (in finance parlance) is for that sixth slot. I imagine a long, long, long time...!

P.

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Zakaluka wrote:

I still fail to see why anyone gets fixated on having a 6-linker.

Once you have your 5-link, really, you're done. Really. You don't need anything more powerful, ever. 6-link is a pipe dream, and it's that way for a reason. 6-linkers are completely intended to be priceless novelty show-off pieces.

You spent 1200 fusings and that was your whole fortune? Before or after you rolled godly stats on that item? Are you already wearing a godly ilvl 71 5-linker? (then why 6-link?)

I bought a level 28 5L for an alch and am now OP ;)

Godly gear has to be hard to acquire, otherwise the game will be destined for item power creep that ruined d2. As others have mentioned, this ladder isn't very old, and the community is rather small, and just look at some of the items that have been posted, and the full set of equipment that some have. Its necessary for stability long term for gear to be hard to achieve. This is also one reason I support GGG making maps so much harder than they currently are. Players who acquire that gear need a playground too.

When I found my first unique, the bastard sword, it had 4 red sockets. I used a jeweler's and it went to 5 sockets. I used another and it went to 6, 4 were linked already. I used a fusing orb and it went to 5L. Then I used another and it went to 6L. All were red. I assumed this is the way these orbs work. Boy was I wrong.