What Happened with Items

i think that im being resonable here i doun't ask ypu tp bring it back to a 1ooo% at least give as bas like 50% of waht it was ibelivd that ist's a good point to start on what is ahpeningnng

I get to play POE a few hours a week, sometimes on conference calls or before my wife wakes up on the weekend. Very casual player but a consistent one. Until this league I rarely saw a chaos drop, let alone an exalted. This made buying or making gear tough.

This league I am actually seeing currency drops and/or six socket gear fall from every t16 map I do. Thank you for thinking of the casual gamer this time around.

i have played this game since it came out, i have seen many changes that have me wonder what the hell you people at GGG were thinking. People find great builds yea they are dominant builds and you go and nerf them into the ground instead of raising the other skill gems that are pure trash. You have done the same with items reach of the council comes to mind you nerfed that bow 2 leagues in a row after it came out. We just had 2 great amulets that made it possible for people who can't play all day because they have jobs and families to where they could make some nice builds but once again you managed to fuck that up too. Yes omniscience and ashes of the stars it was easy for average joes to get or purchase but GGG in it's infinite wisdom screwed that up also. I remember Chris saying that you guys rely on new players well if you keep it up that may all you get because the old timers are getting tired of this crap show each league. It's not hard balance the game to where everyone can enjoy the damn game.

Chris you have done this song and dance too many times.

Nerf things to death.

Un nerf it just a bit.

"all is fine nothing to see here"


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I'm unsure if anyone is reading these posts, but I've been a player who has played on and off since the end of 2011.

Some of my best friends played this game, and I had such an incredible time with this game.

Currently my life has been too hectic to submit the kind of hours needed for me to reach maps and have the kind of enjoyment I had with it previously, but honestly I didn't have a problem with the way the game's loot system worked before.

Juiced maps were for people who could afford to put in crazy amounts of time, and had groups set up to do efficient party mapping. Why is it wrong that people in those positions get more loot? Isn't that scaling the difficulty with the rewards?

Upon reviewing your words Chris, it seems very out of touch with the community, and as someone who doesn't play the game very much, the understanding of how a game feels would escape you.

Please do us all a favour and roll back to the previous way loot was being generated, there was nothing wrong with it.

Chris should resign, he doesn't understand the game anymore, the game hasn't been this hardcore thinking man's game for over 5y.

You taught us to like zooming through maps, with delirium, beyond, delve, and all the other leagues that emphasize speed and fast clear. Now you want to take it away because you want the game to be slower.

POE is not that anymore, if you want that game make another one. The POE community doesn't want that anymore, and it hasn't for years.

Just step down and let somebody who actually cares about the current players opinions and tastes take over and direct the game.

I like hardcore games but POE just isn't it, if you want that game make another one or release some POE classic variant.

Let us enjoy the game you made as you taught us how, rather than forcibly molding it into something we don't want and shoving it down our throats.

Everyone is talking about absolute endgame content. Nobody talks about how the changes are for newcomers and returnees.

Maybe I'm even speaking for a lot of casuals, new players and returnees who aren't otherwise heard because they don't deal with the game so much that they write forum posts or have a voice in the community.

I've been a returnee since this league (last played in 2018 and before that in 2012) and although I've been reading up on all the new mechanics since the beginning of the league, I don't have the knowledge and playtime to add rarity and quantity to my character as it seems is necessary for a divine to drop from time to time.

I'm on the yellow maps now but I'm worried if I'll get enough currency to improve my character at all. From past PoE experience, I was able to at least trade a little currency to buy part of my build.

But a friend of mine who I persuaded to play PoE stopped after 2 days on the Atlas. He's just a beginner. He said he doesn't have any currency to improve his character and that's why he doesn't feel like it anymore.

With all the changes, please also think about how it will affect beginners and returnees.

As a casual, I would wish that I could find some currency during normal play, e.g. when I unlock the atlas, so that I can regularly expand my character.

Many greetings

(PS: Don´t forget to look at my item forum-Shop in the signature. Perhaps you´ll find a good item you need.) :D /Oldschool off

Those changes feels extremely horrible, getting level 100 and im out

I like how you have doubles down and believe that this is still the right choice of action. Im actually quite surprised but also support the decision of the development team. If this is the vision you really want for the game so be it but your going to feel the backlash of the community that has been spoiled for years, old players will leave. New players will joins in a never ending cycle.

I for one will be on of those leaving players if things don't change, I get to play a few hours a day and that's more then some. The game feels like a slot machine. People liked that, when something dropped and made a loud noise it was a good dopamine hit. Now, we bearly feel that as like any slot machine you move on to the next that pays out better.


Im glad you guys are sticking to your guns with the changes good on you but I will be moving on to something else. I hope to see some changes in the future and will check back to see updates but playing this league or future leagues like this feels slim for me.