Oni-Goroshi in Current League - are You gonna farm it or drop it?

Yeah Adghar, they are brutal. it's kind of funny how some rares take me longer to defeat than bosses. And that's with pretty respectable flavor-of-the-three-months Bladestorm DPS, Rage and Blood Stance.

And those Vaal Legions with the stationary fire turret that deals 1k+ through capped fire resistances in Act 5...

Overall though the league feels fun.
Most of the encounters feel more balanced than Breach, and all the nice little graphics changes GGG did (e.g. bridges in Kaom's Dream), and some fresh new mechanics to boss encounters (e.g. Fairgraves).
They make running through acts quite satisfying.

But the main thing that makes running through acts feel new, are The Sword's voice lines.
It's the first time I level with Oni. She's got a personality for sure...
I think she likes Piety for some unexplained reason, and seems to have a bit of an "atheistic" approach... towards gods that aren't her.

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xVINCEREx wrote:

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adghar wrote:

This is reasonable, 10+ hr grinding same beach is not the right game for everyone ;) even if you don't "earn" her, a 6L that scales with you from level 1 to endgame, is a flaming katana-sabre, and has custom voice lines, is a solid weapon to run any league with.

Man I'm 21h in, I wanna scar myself and scorch my skin to put it in a frame, it's that painful. Never took me more than 15h to get one, this time it's just aweful. I'm missing the entire league start + I'm already burnt out of my mind. Don't even wanna play PoE anymore this league.

"Only" 12h in for me but that's exactly how I felt.
I gave up on Oni-Goroshi. Maybe you should do the same mate. If you are not SSF, OG is below one ex now anyway.
League is actually very fun and I having a blast after going through that painful grind for way to long.

Drop rate is imo way to low. Something between now and post nerf would be fine but atm it is just not worth it grinding OG.

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Arrowneous wrote:

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Shagsbeard wrote:

Yep. 7's lucky. 8's normal. 9's unlucky. 10 gets you in a club.

7 used to be the norm, now it's 8. 9 make's you a member of the Twilight Strand Level 9 Beach Club (I have 6 exiles in that club). Level 10 is... for masochists and fools. Highest I've ever had to go (I have farmed 19 Oni swords to date) is 6% into level 9. If I ever have to go past 10% it's time to say "uncle" and quit seeking UH for this league.

Guess i'll join the club as well then!

7% into:



Though it's partly due my stubborness. I realy want that 4th oni before i delete the characters.

Abit more than 6 hours per char so far.

The bright side of things tho, is that i've gained a full set of lvling gear along the way. Only thing i'vent found yet is a tabula.



Edit:

Finally got the last one.


Here's all the uniques that i found along the way:



And some currency:

Nice loot Sleezy!

I'm waiting for #3 to drop.

Since it takes 90 seconds for an instance to reset, and since I am down to only 2 runners, one run won't cover the 90 sec reset. :(

I use my phone to run a 90 second timer so I know when the reset has happened. It keeps me from going into the next run too early.

1. When I leave a run, I set the timer to start.
2. I then do mt next run and go kill Hillock right away to see I got lucky!
3. If not, then I hang around in the run and kill stuff until the timer reaches zero.
Once the timer hits zero it is safe to start a new run.

Ideally, I could do 40 runs an hour. In practice it works out to be about 36-38.

Edit: I got my third and sold one! Have cash, will travel. Woo hoo!

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_SleeZy_ wrote:

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Arrowneous wrote:

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Shagsbeard wrote:

Yep. 7's lucky. 8's normal. 9's unlucky. 10 gets you in a club.

7 used to be the norm, now it's 8. 9 make's you a member of the Twilight Strand Level 9 Beach Club (I have 6 exiles in that club). Level 10 is... for masochists and fools. Highest I've ever had to go (I have farmed 19 Oni swords to date) is 6% into level 9. If I ever have to go past 10% it's time to say "uncle" and quit seeking UH for this league.

Guess i'll join the club as well then!

7% into:



Though it's partly due my stubborness. I realy want that 4th oni before i delete the characters.

Abit more than 6 hours per char so far.

The bright side of things tho, is that i've gained a full set of lvling gear along the way. Only thing i'vent found yet is a tabula.

Edit:

Finally got the last one.

You got the patience of a saint.

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Neunzehnhundert93 wrote:

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I'd consider you as lucky. Never got a Goldrim from Hillock.
BTW Grats to your 4 OG & Patience.

Got my second. Still at 7-7-7. I consider myself both lucky and done.

20+ hours in, still not a one. I'm not the most efficient grinder, but ... it's a grind. Back to the beach for me. Wish me luck! :-)

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DonTheMage wrote:

20+ hours in, still not a one. I'm not the most efficient grinder, but ... it's a grind. Back to the beach for me. Wish me luck! :-)

Are you having fun, im serious?

gl :)

After a while, it's not about fun anymore. It triggers a different emotion. You feel a sense of place... of "this is where I belong".

Finding it really hard to maintain resists with Oni.