Too late for the league ?

I have enough time now to play poe and wonder if I should stick to standard or go to league since people says the economy is already ruined...

Should I still play it ?
Is there a good tanky and fast mapping build that can do bosses too in the meta that i can start with ?

Thanks !

and the standard economy is not ruined by the fact that nobody plays there?

We are barely 1 month in and there's enough time for you to start the league and just have some fun. The league mechanic is heavily rewarding and will earn you currency in no time, something standard can't and will never keep up with.
Also a decent amount of players is still active in league so you will have a much more enjoyable time overall to sell/buy stuff

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Domah wrote:

I have enough time now to play poe and wonder if I should stick to standard or go to league since people says the economy is already ruined...

Should I still play it ?
Is there a good tanky and fast mapping build that can do bosses too in the meta that i can start with ?

Thanks !

Check out Big Ducks deadeye videos from this league on YouTube. It's awesome lol and can do any of the content once you have the gear. He also has a league start version that he uploaded a few days ago I think.

Never is late to play league, maybe the last 2 days? but you know isn't a big deal just play it, no need to care about market

Any build you are confortable with is enough for those bosses, same for mapping

Why would you decide to play based on the economy? Grow a pair and play to have fun.

The League is not even one month old, and the past few leagues have lasted longer than the usual cycle. Not an economist, but if you're a casual player does it even matter? To me it definitely wouldn't, and I would get by with whatever I could get - not like I'm aiming for mirrors worth of gear anyway.

If anything that "ruined economy" will allow you to get a lot of currency much faster because as a newbie you will be doing something that those "MF bois" are not doing. Things like oils, beasts, resonators, essences, Guardians/Conqueror maps etc are so expensive that its crazy. Pretty much every strat that is not "just spam maps and wait for loot" was heavily "buffed". If something could make 10 div/h last league, it can easily make 20div/h this league.

I would like to be as positive as other posters, but it is common knowledge that after first 2 weeks leagues become little bit souless(you see, i used this term to avoid calling it "dead") as compared to the league start peak days. But there are still plenty of players ingame. My guess would be 130k concurrent player peak today.

First week people spend obtaining mageblood or whatever chase item they wanted.
Second week is spend on getting 40/40

And after this point economy goes downhill big time. 100div items are suddenly 900div, 99% items are suddenly unavaible(because people are done with the league)

Basically 1/3 Players are completely gone already. All best money making strats are oversatured(catching beasts in group for example, but even item flipping and sniping of perfect rolls, being 5way carry or challenge provider, syndicate crafting sales)


But I would not like to paint it all black and be overdramatic. There is still a lot of fun to be had, just the honeymoon phase is over and mistery of the league mechanic is solved.

To make the most of what you got left:
1. Play magic find projectile build (ranger is safe pick) farm t7 cemetery abysses (it is easy strat for league starters because the tier is so low and maps cheap to obtain) preferably with your friend, because you have 0 atlas points. Obtaining atlas points is the biggest time-investment for starter.
2. Obtain services for voidstones (it costs basically nothing to get 4 voidstones from service at this point people do it even for just reputation or free) these are not to upgrade map tier but to use sextants for juicing beyond and other good stuff
3. After 2 days of playing buy headhunter, headhunters are basically free now, just 120div for one
4. Speedrun maps for atlas points, you are like 95level at the point of finishing them, buy leveling to 100 service in 5 way.
5. Speedrun and buy challenges.
6. Buy the magic jewel boosting unique jewel and respect to magic find build that uses those. You can get like 24% rarity find per jewel + 40% crit multi or something crazy like that. You'll need max rolled The Adorned and corrupted triple synth magical jewels with rarity find, get even more of them using perfectly rolled the voices
7. Drop 10 headhunters every day and mirror each item slot you can (bow, quiver, rings, amulet...)


Doing this you should be caught up in 7 days. The only noticably bad thing is that items do sell slower now. When 1/3 people leave, that means demand for your items is instantly 1/3 less. And most players already have items that you'll potentially want to sell. So the very early game could suck(but people will give u free 6link n stuff if u ask in general chat)

At this point in league I filter out any item and currency that does cost under 10chaos orbs. You should do the same after first day.

If you contact me ingame I'll give u chaos orbs for tabula rasa and other stuff for quick start.

Every piece of gear I am wearing I believe is bought, so I would think it would be hard to get a good character made by playing standard unless you are good at solo self found.

The league mechanic is overly simplistic, there’s negligible difference between league and standard. I’ve already quit league a week or 2 ago, there are too many other awesome games to play especially with the recent winter sale on steam.