How am I supposed to upgrade my gear?

Serious question. I think I understand what most of the craft stuff is. I understand normal > magic > rare and there are also unique. I understand check vendor.

Im at the act 2 final boss. I have gotten a bunch of orbs that upgrade white to blue. I even got a bunch of mods that add an affix to a blue. I even have some mods that upgrade blue to yellow and add an affix. What I dont have is anything that adds mods to a yellow. None, zero, zilch, nada. I have seen exactly 3 since I started the game.

Its not like I skip stuff. I fully clear every map. I fully clear every dungeon that zones off of the map. All I get is white drops and occasional blue drops. Most of those blue drops have other class stuff on them or require 50 str when I am an int class. Or maybe 30 dex.

Im still wearing stuff from like mid act 1. How do I upgrade when I get nothing to do so? My damage is butt cheeks. It takes me like a half hour to an hour to clear a full map. God forbid I die and everything respawn. Some of these maps don't even have a checkpoint till you are almost at the end of it. I had one that had a checkpoint like 10 feet from the zone in waypoint and not one again until way later.

i agree gear progression is quite weird atm... basically you get a lucky drop or keep playing with w/e shit you have till you get the lucky drop ^^'

... or you never get a lucky drop/craft/gamble and your gear just sucks. More likely than you think.

I believe GGG's "vision" is that you just trade for gear. And if you're SSF, then you're Seriously Stuck Forever (tm) lol

honestly this stupidity last from POE1.
nothing changed.

Its bad design, and it will deplete a lot of players to different games.

Why can't you all just admit you suck, build another character, and try again? The game gets much easier the more times you play. This is an early access build, live a little and a buy into the spirit of this endeavor. Test different things out , builds, etc . . . And quit your belly aching and pretending you speak for everyone. I havent gone past ACT 2 but it's because I currently am running with several characters, including: a level 25 Monk, level 16 Warrior, level 17 Mercenary, and a level 10 witch. There's a lot to do in this game and I recommend you stop beating your head against a wall.

I swear to God that the PoE1 community was NEVER this toxic. 99% of people posting with problems on this forum are greeted with sweaty-tryhard, elitest jerk type responses such as "get good", "you suck" or being gaslit with "well I'm not having any problems"

Seriously, if your own self-worth is determined by how good you are at a video game then you really need to evaluate your life.

I suck at PoE2 - I'm in my 50s, old, slow, and have the reactions of a dead racoon. I spent nearly 2 hours clearing the Act 1 boss til I "got it". People have different ability levels and hit various walls (of which loot is definitely one of them). People have different levels of patience and perseverance and shouldn't be measured by your own benchmark of what is "good" or "acceptable" playstyle or skill.

Seriously, this community needs to get a grip and stop being so f'ing toxic to players who are having issues.

It not that ppl suck I got to maps ssf. Got 1 lucky(act 3)drop now with nerfs its a slog. You are either really lucky or forced to trade. No point in even trying to craft might as well just use then to trade.

-check vendor every level
-grind bosses
-craft
-gamble
-trade (1ex for a nice weapon upgrade and you are fine to progress again)
-reroll another character

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TheSpaniard14#1838 wrote:

Why can't you all just admit you suck, build another character, and try again? The game gets much easier the more times you play. This is an early access build, live a little and a buy into the spirit of this endeavor. Test different things out , builds, etc . . . And quit your belly aching and pretending you speak for everyone. I havent gone past ACT 2 but it's because I currently am running with several characters, including: a level 25 Monk, level 16 Warrior, level 17 Mercenary, and a level 10 witch. There's a lot to do in this game and I recommend you stop beating your head against a wall.

I have to admit I suck because I asked how to upgrade gear? My guy, I feel like the best player in the world right now. I beat the act 2 final boss with level 5 gear. It probably took me 20 mins because my dps was so bad. Im not talking 20 minutes with deaths. Im talking 20 mins for just the 1 pull that I killed it on. Let me know when you know, leave act 1. Hell let me know when you do one fight that takes that long of playing almost perfectly.

Nows the part where I mention I'm 51 years old. Have been gaming since Pac Man was in an actual Arcade. And I have severe disabilities from a serious neck injury that I've had two surgeries on. I dont even have any feeling in my right hand. I didn't complain about difficulty. I asked how to upgrade my damn gear when I don't get any currency drops to do so. Unless maybe its intended that I use gear with only 2 affixes on it. If thats the case then just say that. Don't come at me with your toxic trash.

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Annastasia_Steele#3866 wrote:

honestly this stupidity last from POE1.
nothing changed.

Its bad design, and it will deplete a lot of players to different games.

Good