How is ssf going for u guys/girls? ^^

Managed to run into two of the beasts needed for spirit bosses last night. Craiceann and Saqawal. Fought Craiceann, haven't had a chance to challenge Saqawal yet.



Pretty pleased with the drop. Dumped 250 fuse on it and no 6L but I wasn't too surprised since 250 fuse is nothing.

The league is done for me.

I'm pretty happy with my char and the gear I found, don't get me wrong. In that regard, SSF still works pretty well.

But at lvl 80, I have no access to further content. I could be well into yellows and even reds by now, but I have no mappool, not even whites, and I'm also out of currency to buy the daily dose from Zana, no matter how bad it is.

Yesterday, I ran 7 maps between t1 and t6. The return was 1 (in words: one) beach map. I'll keep it as a memorial token.

Of course, I have hundreds of nets. I'd gladly use them on beasts higher than the stuff crawling about on Oriath Square, but I can't.

And I'll certainly not start over with another char just to hit the same wall. The gating of content in this game is ridiculous.

The consequence? Lots of other games to play, and GGG will have to do without my contributions.

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Ehiin wrote:

The league is done for me.

I'm pretty happy with my char and the gear I found, don't get me wrong. In that regard, SSF still works pretty well.

But at lvl 80, I have no access to further content. I could be well into yellows and even reds by now, but I have no mappool, not even whites, and I'm also out of currency to buy the daily dose from Zana, no matter how bad it is.

Yesterday, I ran 7 maps between t1 and t6. The return was 1 (in words: one) beach map. I'll keep it as a memorial token.

Of course, I have hundreds of nets. I'd gladly use them on beasts higher than the stuff crawling about on Oriath Square, but I can't.

And I'll certainly not start over with another char just to hit the same wall. The gating of content in this game is ridiculous.

The consequence? Lots of other games to play, and GGG will have to do without my contributions.

I'm sad to hear that. I know lots of people are having issues with map sustain at the moment. Anecdotally I'm not really having many problems, but I don't think I've ever had problems until around T12 when you tend to get stuck at T11 with the occasional jaunt into T12+.

No idea if there is something weird going on with the map drops. Only lvl 87 now - not playing much - dont like the league. Now trying to get 'Phantasmagoria' (and then the next 'Gardens' etc). But have ~100 maps, most white, some yellow. So maps drop for me in sufficient numbers without trying hard or doing anything special.

For anybody with map/Atlas unlock problems maybe read this - this was made for SSF:

Atlas Progression Guide (3.2 -) Karvarousku

Image in the article: https://i.imgur.com/QjGaq2V.png
Or use this one: https://i.imgur.com/9EOP68p.jpg - and wiki has a similar one.

(Some grinding is usually necessary to overcome the occasional 'wall'.)


Edit: Added +SSF

I know these images. I know these guides. They're mostly useless for SSF.

I can't grind content I don't have (unless you count farming Act 10 for T1-maps at lvl 80 as grinding - I don't, my masochism still has some boundaries intact).

I have no maps, and I have no currency. I started mapping with less than 10 chaos, a handful of alchs and chances and zero regals.

Yes, I do the chance- and chaos-recipes from lvl 1 onwards. But I can't grind for more regals when I don't have access to lvl 75+ content.

And honestly, in the meantime I don't even care any more if it's WAI or bugged or just onsidered anecdotal evidence. People have complained about currency and map drops since day 1 of the league, and it's by far not only an SSF problem. That the borked bestiary mechanic with its retarded net drops has something to do with it, is at least an informed assumption.

GGG chose not to react, neither by acknowledgment nor by action, and now they'll have to live with the consequences - that people are leaving left, right and in droves.

And, like me, they won't come back easily, because no one like to get fucked over.

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Ehiin wrote:

I can't grind content I don't have (unless you count farming Act 10 for T1-maps at lvl 80 as grinding - I don't, my masochism still has some boundaries intact).

If the wall is not getting (enough) maps early on then grinding for chances (buy maps from Zana) and maps in Blood Aqueduct is the (probably) best way to break this wall. If you are unwilling to do such grinding then I agree - PoE SSF in its current form may not be the right game for you.

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Ehiin wrote:

Yes, I do the chance- and chaos-recipes from lvl 1 onwards.

I dont do chance/chaos recipes. I dont think its worth it - unless maybe if you have some special need for chances/chaos. Or are very good at item management - which I am not.

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Ehiin wrote:

But I can't grind for more regals when I don't have access to lvl 75+ content.

You need Regals for early maps?

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(I am not trying to defend the game/Atlas design here. I think it has major issues. But personally I dont mind things like "need to do RNG based grind for progress" much in comparison with other things such as the "broken" Bestiary league.)

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Ehiin wrote:

I know these images. I know these guides. They're mostly useless for SSF.

Missed the wording here. The guide linked above is made for SSF by an SSF player. Updated post to make this clear.

Chaos recipe is OP man. Spam fortune favours the bold every rare map, at 3c you can usually afford to sustain it.

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Zrevnur wrote:

grinding for chances (buy maps from Zana) and maps in Blood Aqueduct is the (probably) best way to break this wall. If you are unwilling to do such grinding then I agree - PoE SSF in its current form may not be the right game for you.

Grind blood aqueduct, a lvl 61 zone. At lvl 80. For chance orbs. To buy randomised access to lvl 68 to 75 content.

Are you even aware how ridiculous that suggestion is?

No, that kind of game is obviously not for me, and I wonder what is in those Atziri flasks everyone and their grandma sports that people argue seriously that this is reasonable game design.

This thread is so NOT the place to bitch about drops. Take it outside.