I just quit POE2 because of lack of WAYSTONES.

I have 5k gold that allows me to buy a single WAYSTONE. I need 81 TIER1 waystones to combine them into TIER4 (my current tier).

MAPS do not drop waystones or drop them rarely even after I put 2 points into wayponts passive. I don't have exalts to upgrade my waysones so I simply ran out.

WAYSTONE drop should be GUARANTEED with your current stupid design (1 life only per map).

This is serious problem for new players, of course not for streamers that have millions of gold.

Hey man, it will get better over time if you progress more.
If you have a problem with dying a lot, try fixing that if you can.

Otherwise: Some players offer bulk deals like 14 T1 waystones / 1 exalt.

You can also look into using Alteration orb + Transmute and then Regal Orbing them. I would not advise using exalts on them for now unless you are swimming in currency.

Same here. The early mapping is just unfun. I cannot progress further on T3 waystones because they dont drop. Other than that. My defense sucks, i cant complete merci lab, blood mage is trash and clunky to play. I hate Sanctum and Ultimatum.

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Hey man, it will get better over time if you progress more.
If you have a problem with dying a lot, try fixing that if you can.

Yeah. Like in my rare, corrupted, irradiated T16 map earlier today. It had a boss, and I killed literally everything on the map, opened every urn and chest.

Fully spec'd into waystones on the atlas tree.

Got a grand total of 0 waystones from the map.

(It doesn't get better)

run +1 maps to get higher tiers of waystyones. Very basic strat. Beyonds or irradiated. Find +rare mobs affixes also, as rares drop +2 level items, waystones included. Or bosses. Skill +waypoints in map atlas. I find it pretty easy to sustain as you get some progress. Just try not dying

I agree with OP.
I have specced in the Atlas.
I run T15s with irradiated and/or mo,ster level +1
I run T15s, with boss.
I kill everything.

I cannot, for god sake, sustain T15.
Had no problem until i reached red maps
Things started to go south.

TLDR : game needs a droprate buff for T15 reds.

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DullahX#2434 wrote:

I agree with OP.
I have specced in the Atlas.
I run T15s with irradiated and/or mo,ster level +1
I run T15s, with boss.
I kill everything.

I cannot, for god sake, sustain T15.
Had no problem until i reached red maps
Things started to go south.

TLDR : game needs a droprate buff for T15 reds.

+1 game needs a droprate buff for T15 reds.

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ForestOwls#6539 wrote:

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Hey man, it will get better over time if you progress more.
If you have a problem with dying a lot, try fixing that if you can.

Yeah. Like in my rare, corrupted, irradiated T16 map earlier today. It had a boss, and I killed literally everything on the map, opened every urn and chest.

Fully spec'd into waystones on the atlas tree.

Got a grand total of 0 waystones from the map.

(It doesn't get better)

Would you agree that there's a very clear difference between sustaining low-tier maps up until t8 and the very high upper end of t15? if you don't, im thinking we have a rather large difference of how we perceive the game and the discussion probably won't be very productive.

from what it reads like, op has a clear issue in not even being able to do maps properly and/or finishing them, including killing map bosses, so that's clearly an indicator for why his (low tier map) sustain might be skewed and - should indeed - get better over time.

you might consider wanting to run waystones with a chance to get waystones higher than 100% and putting on tablets that say "increase waystone drop rate".
just boosting map level/monster level is not the best guarantee to sustain.

i do agree that there should probably be an increase in drop chance for higher end maps though.

I don't understand why Doryani doesn't just unlock the ability to purchace white maps of the current tiers youve unlocked. Is there some downside to this I'm missing? Don't think he should offer higher tier maps either.

People just don't want to go deep in anything)))
Farming t 15 - no problems with waystones.
Run irrititated, kill bosses - they drop higher tier waystone as usual.
Plan ur route, then start crying