What Happened with Items

Can you speak on the harvest changes? Why were the most important crafts removed and why wasn't this change announced in the manifesto? Might we see them brought back in future league content?

OK ggg i understand your vision its your game not to us but you have to stop thinking all player are same mind and same skill. For exemple me i dont play league because i dont like reset a progression each time , and even after longue time on this game i feel i dont understand how reach like some people power like huge dps etc etc , they do content so easy . But some people like me try to progresse step to step but is hard , i feel i struggle on some content cause my character is not enough strong. When you nerf item and loot you up chance to my character stay alway on some point and cant evolve more . So i try XP for trying and dream to reach lvl 100 to have some more stat point but -_- is clearly impossible !! because every time this game i some mechanic or thing alway kill me etc etc .
Fortunaly i still love this game i continue to love feeling killing skil. i cant wait to play poe 2 specially for easy multiple six link xD , because on actual poe is each time impossible !.

Hey GGG, I'm in software, and software is hard. You're doing a great job. The manifesto and those philosophies make total sense to me. Keep up the good work.

Edit: changed my mind after playing some more. Not as terrible as everyone made it sound.

100% fine with the Beyond nerf.

Philosophy 1 is ... dubious.

IIR and IIQ as character stats are bad design, they are rich-get-richer mechanics. I say this as someone who traded for a dozen perfectly rolled Andvarius as soon as I realised how OP character IIR was this league.

IIR and IIQ as monster stats that reflect challenge are better. BUT, we reach a point in progression (about the time we hit our second voidstones) where rare items on the ground cease to be meaningful loot. And in trade, the same happens to all uniques except the few that are simultaneously in-demand AND genuinely rare (Shavronne's Wrappings and rarer)

'Templates' or reward icons as we call them are better because they drop DIFFERENT loot. Stuff like double-corrupt jewels, fractured items, 6 links, divination cards, etc.



Question:

For a typical solo semi-juicer running rare 60% delirious T16 Crimson Temples with 4 Polished Scarabs (say Legion, Divination, Expedition and Breach) and random sextants - how significant is the change to Apothecary drop rates?

Still looking forward for Hard Mode .
i dont give a f...about loot abymore i had 10years of constant currency rain in every map.

Item culling would have had a big effect on perceived drop rates as well. Less items dropping = reduced chance of rarity chance upgrading them.

Thanks though Chris for your honesty and courage in taking responsibility.

I enjoy the league. The hysteria hopefully dies down eventually, it's getting real tiresome hearing some of these screeching kids 24/7. Can't even imagine how that'd be if I were in the game devs shoes. Peace

I'm done with Archnemisis

nerfing all past league content In one league? Next time roll nerfs out small. one set of content at a time so it doesn't break the whole game. GGG wake up call your not too big fail. If you wanna nerf everything you should do each content slowly league to league. So we don't even notice because you can balance previous nerfs each league. trying to nerf and balance 10 years of content no wonder you failed. I see you next league Revert please