Flip the rune-system: Abundant sockets but rare runes
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If sockets were guaranteed and runes were rare, one wouldn't just save the IPD rune for weapons and lowest resistance for gear. It would be more of a limited choice amount what you have available. It would be much more healthy for leveling, because then you would wanna wear your rare items instead of just looking for socketed gear. The expectation for a magic item isn't high enough, so sockets dwarf it. Right now we practically have the opposite: abundant runes but the socket currency is rare so no place to put them. Not to mention the fact that the most efficient way to get socket currency (prior to maps) is to level a character to level 5 and buy all socketed gear for gold. Takeaway: Hence, current version is very much like in PoE1, albeit to a lesser degree. Food for thought. Last edited by Immoteph#2974 on Jan 12, 2025, 8:42:55 PM Last bumped on Jan 13, 2025, 2:25:31 PM
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how the hell would this be any sort of improvement? It would have the opposite effect you want, and the current system isn't even flawed in the way you describe.
Starting anew....with PoE 2
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" Saying it will have the opposite effect of what I want with no arguments is just a waste of space. Hopefully this thread will be read by someone smarter, capable of expressing themselves. |
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they are not meant to be rare, its a more PITA system that replaces the low tier crafts in poe1- you know the system you plugged your item in and clicked once? yeh that one
edit- correction, you had to click few times cuz the craft used to have a spread, and it was a fun lil gamba imo Last edited by AintCare#6513 on Jan 12, 2025, 11:18:34 PM
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Levelling gear doesn't really matter, because it's meant to be replaced.
But it feels very bad to put runes in your endgame gear and then you upgrade one piece, only to get your resists not maxed out anymore. And how are runes rare? I'm playing SSF and I have at least a dozen of each in my stash all the time. Soul cores are rare for sure, but even the most expensive soul core is nothing compared to other gear slots at endgame. |
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Um, you know that you can use artificer's orbs to put sockets in existing gear, right?
Because it certainly sounds that you don't... |
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" Didn't really think I needed to specify because even the slightest bit of thought would see that your idea is just horrendous. 1) More healthy for leveling: how is not having customizable buffs while leveling BETTER for the process? You already DO use rares....if they are better than a different rare with a socket. Or you just add a socket. 2) Limited choice based on what you have: no....it literally would not. If they were rare enough that you basically don't find them until endgame, people would simply buy what they need. All your idea does is add a cost, it doesn't make it any more of a "choice". 3) Most efficient way to get socket gear: not even close to true, this doesn't even resemble the thought of someone who has played any part of the game. 4) Guaranteed sockets: invalidates socket orbs, and also invalidates any piece of gear with less than maximum sockets. Same as your current issue with items with NO sockets. 5) Socket currency is rare: uh.....no it isn't? Starting anew....with PoE 2
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