Why So Much Complaining on MF vs Resistances Or Other Stats?

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Digitalforce#0207 wrote:

TLDR: I am absolutely loving this game. Is it perfect? Nope. Is it still Early Access just a few weeks after launch? Yep. That being said, I keep seeing people freaking out about how unbalanced or bad MF is and how it needs to go away. I got really lucky with some drops, gambling, and vendor purchases in Acts 1-2 normal. I ran all the way through to the end of Cruel campaign around 85% MF and I didn't hardly use any drops. I didn' have a ton of currency and 99% of my crafts were a waste.

I keep seeing people complaining about how bad and unbalanced MF is yet do people really find joy in constantly juggling resistances? That to me is so much more boring and a pain. Open to thoughts.

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Amorencinteroph#4321 wrote:

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Digitalforce#0207 wrote:

TLDR: I am absolutely loving this game. Is it perfect? Nope. Is it still Early Access just a few weeks after launch? Yep. That being said, I keep seeing people freaking out about how unbalanced or bad MF is and how it needs to go away. I got really lucky with some drops, gambling, and vendor purchases in Acts 1-2 normal. I ran all the way through to the end of Cruel campaign around 85% MF and I didn't hardly use any drops. I didn' have a ton of currency and 99% of my crafts were a waste.

I keep seeing people complaining about how bad and unbalanced MF is yet do people really find joy in constantly juggling resistances? That to me is so much more boring and a pain. Open to thoughts.

MF affecting currency might be overtuned, but in general..? Since PoE2's gotten so popular I think its come with a bunch of followers of different youtubers swarming the forums. A popular youtuber puts out a video about how magic find is terrible for the game, and we get a dozen 'MAGIC FIND IS DESTROYING THE GAME'S ECONOMY' titles. Same for complaining about armour, someone puts out a video about it a couple of days ago and now we have that shouted everywhere. Some points are valid, but then some people clearly just look at the high end of gear and assumes the entire game has lopsided balance (see life vs. energy shield where people assume 6k energy shield is something you can just go into end game with while pushing 4k life is impossible).

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CPTBRUMBL3Z#3146 wrote:

MF is bad design. It needs to be integrated naturally into gameplay or drops should otherwise be balanced such that self finders can be self reliant. Every other stat is as classic as any other ARPG and is part of the grind to find the ones right for your needs and build. No one should feel compelled to build for MF or create a MF character just so they have a reasonable pace of upgrades and currency drops going into maps.

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Digitalforce#0207 wrote:

I keep reading all these reasonings but I don't see why MF for equipment (definitely not currency) is not a valid stat. It's a risk/reward system that I personally love. We have to find armor/evasion/magic shield/fire resist/cold resist/chaos resist but you are worried that MF stat is wasting a gear affix? That is insanity. How about finding a fully affixed piece of loot in endgame that has amazing stats but no resists. That is garbage IMHO.

Also, the mix/maxers are always going to go nuts, no matter what system is in place. I have been running maps all day on 85% MF and I am not getting much gear or currency that is selling or of note.

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Rotgarg#0212 wrote:

I am loving the game. It was a slog - then I got ~150 rarity and I am actually starting to feel rewarded. All my maps (waystones) are fully alched (rare) and my atlas is pure rarity/quantity & waystone drops. Go FULL greed on every single possible choice and you will start seeing the rewards.

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Digitalforce#0207 wrote:

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Rotgarg#0212 wrote:

I am loving the game. It was a slog - then I got ~150 rarity and I am actually starting to feel rewarded. All my maps (waystones) are fully alched (rare) and my atlas is pure rarity/quantity & waystone drops. Go FULL greed on every single possible choice and you will start seeing the rewards.

Can't tell if serious or /s :)