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So ummm, what happened to the Path of Exile I knew and loved to play??? It’s completely gone, replaced with rare/blues that have overpowered arch nemesis mods, very little reward vs risk, and general loot pool (especially map drop rate) barely exists now unless empowered by sentinel league mechanic. I see no reason to empower any of these mobs that kill me non stop already. It’s like they balanced loot drops based off possible sentinel gains.

INB4 next manifesto will be about how the “no balance changes” patch was a total failure and a sole explanation for miserably looking player retention numbers, because Archnemesis added a lot of good stuff to the game and it couldn’t possibly be linked to the fact that game appears to be half dead two weeks into league.

Drops are horrible - Played a lot since league start and managed to somehow get (and I say get, not farm for a reason) around 150EX, 70% of it being from trading and crafting.

I haven't gotten a single drop worth 1ex+, and I've played with all the Quant nodes and gear. I've also played hundreds of Cemetery maps and only dropped 1 Brother's stash. These drops are just depressing. I don't want to trade and craft all day to get some $.

I want a drop that I can be proud of and remember in all these many torture hours with all the OP mobs and other league start fails.

HH is horrible - Not sure how the whole team at GGG managed to fail such an important item which broke most people's league starts, including mine.

Mobs are horrible - The new mods are atrocious, especially on Essence & Metamorph. As previously said, I've invested like 150ex in my build and still wet my pants when passing such mobs. Add to this the crappy drops and they are a total avoid.

Trading is horrible - Trading is already dead after 2 weeks of league start and I've got a hunch that it's because of all the before previously stated. I wanted to quit a few times myself, as playing just doesn't feel worth it.

Is this the new experience you want players to have, GGG? Am truly saddened about it and I'm going to quit myself soon if at least 1 of the above doesn't get a fix.

Going forward like this you'll only remain with the hardcore "die in front of the computer" players, for which the game is never hard enough.

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zenith04 wrote:

Drops are horrible - Played a lot since league start and managed to somehow get (and I say get, not farm for a reason) around 150EX, 70% of it being from trading and crafting.

I haven't gotten a single drop worth 1ex+, and I've played with all the Quant nodes and gear. I've also played hundreds of Cemetery maps and only dropped 1 Brother's stash. These drops are just depressing. I don't want to trade and craft all day to get some $.

I want a drop that I can be proud of and remember in all these many torture hours with all the OP mobs and other league start fails.

HH is horrible - Not sure how the whole team at GGG managed to fail such an important item which broke most people's league starts, including mine.

Mobs are horrible - The new mods are atrocious, especially on Essence & Metamorph. As previously said, I've invested like 150ex in my build and still wet my pants when passing such mobs. Add to this the crappy drops and they are a total avoid.

Trading is horrible - Trading is already dead after 2 weeks of league start and I've got a hunch that it's because of all the before previously stated. I wanted to quit a few times myself, as playing just doesn't feel worth it.

Is this the new experience you want players to have, GGG? Am truly saddened about it and I'm going to quit myself soon if at least 1 of the above doesn't get a fix.

Going forward like this you'll only remain with the hardcore "die in front of the computer" players, for which the game is never hard enough.

What League are you playing?

Sentinel is one of the most lucrative leagues since Delirium. Spitting out tons of shit. Not hard with just spam Alch and Go mapping and a good build (Got 30ex in mine) just blows up most Essences and Methamorphs, not unusual to be at 4-5+ exalts a hour without any strategy what so ever.

If you got 150Ex in your build and got problem with methamorphs and essences, thats not the game, thats the build imho. Agree some diversity was killed off, but thats not the game.

So they release a patch for hh when they made enough money with mageblood mtx mkay i got it.

Just remove that sh*t pls!

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Bullsat2 wrote:

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zenith04 wrote:

Drops are horrible - Played a lot since league start and managed to somehow get (and I say get, not farm for a reason) around 150EX, 70% of it being from trading and crafting.

I haven't gotten a single drop worth 1ex+, and I've played with all the Quant nodes and gear. I've also played hundreds of Cemetery maps and only dropped 1 Brother's stash. These drops are just depressing. I don't want to trade and craft all day to get some $.

I want a drop that I can be proud of and remember in all these many torture hours with all the OP mobs and other league start fails.

HH is horrible - Not sure how the whole team at GGG managed to fail such an important item which broke most people's league starts, including mine.

Mobs are horrible - The new mods are atrocious, especially on Essence & Metamorph. As previously said, I've invested like 150ex in my build and still wet my pants when passing such mobs. Add to this the crappy drops and they are a total avoid.

Trading is horrible - Trading is already dead after 2 weeks of league start and I've got a hunch that it's because of all the before previously stated. I wanted to quit a few times myself, as playing just doesn't feel worth it.

Is this the new experience you want players to have, GGG? Am truly saddened about it and I'm going to quit myself soon if at least 1 of the above doesn't get a fix.

Going forward like this you'll only remain with the hardcore "die in front of the computer" players, for which the game is never hard enough.

What League are you playing?

Sentinel is one of the most lucrative leagues since Delirium. Spitting out tons of shit. Not hard with just spam Alch and Go mapping and a good build (Got 30ex in mine) just blows up most Essences and Methamorphs, not unusual to be at 4-5+ exalts a hour without any strategy what so ever.

If you got 150Ex in your build and got problem with methamorphs and essences, thats not the game, thats the build imho. Agree some diversity was killed off, but thats not the game.

Am playing the exact same league that hundreds (if not thousands) of people are complaining of, about the exact same things I listed before.

But there will always be fanboys like yourself who will always be ok, no matter how bad the developers f**k up. And that's ok as well.

Nonetheless, what you are saying doesn't really add up. You're talking about having invested 30EX in your build, and about making 4-5EX/ hour. Does that mean that you played around 6 hours (not including leveling) to gear that build? I totally doubt it. Also, after making so much $$$, you still have 30EX gear and 4L chest? Again, doesn't really add up.

I've played EA last league and I've min-maxed it, so I know what the builds like. I just feel like you're exaggerating about "blowing everything up" and as said before, your numbers don't really add up.

Until not long ago many Essences also had ailment immunity (together with other insane mods). Am curious about how you were "blowing them up".

Furthermore, top streamers are barely making the numbers you talk about, with insane investments in their gear. And all of them made their currency by crafting and trading, so basically with their knowledge of the game. Not through the "incredible" drops of Sentinel.

Am happy that some people are still enjoying the game, but still, let's not exaggerate things.

You guys realize delve is borderline unplayable now, right? So much degen and aoe mechanics where the only outplay is to move away, but you can't because you have to be in a certain area.

And please just delete effigy. No one reads monster mods and there's no way to distinguish it from other rares. You removed reflect from other monsters I don't understand why you're so keen on killing players with BS mechanics like that.

I honestly don't want to play my ssfhc league character anymore because I know I'll probably die to cheesy BS (reflect, lag while standing in degen, detonate dead, etc.). I want my character to at least die to a boss or a legitimate mechanic I messed up on. I guess that's your "vision" for HC gameplay, die to cheese that insta kills you, reroll and repeat. So lame.

Wake me up when PoE returns to a decent state (Expedition league).

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Impiousbe wrote:

Chris Wilson in the baeclast : " we don't want a single mod to completely nullify a build but we do want certain combinations of mods to make it very hard"

I play smite and storm herald in a temple with healing negates my build. I literally couldn't damage them because they spawned with that particular mod. Rares are meaningful in the same way a dog turd on the sidewalk is. You notice it and avoid it but I feel sorry for the unlucky person that didn't see it in time..

Noone likes dog turds on the sidewalk GGG. Pick up after your pets and dump this idea in the bin with the other dog turds.

Still cannot see any possibility of HeadHunter Buff.