Is Expedition objectively the worst league mechanic?

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H3rB1985#0551 wrote:

Expedition is now useless since boats have gone core. You get much better returns from sending boats than you'll ever get out of tujen.

It was once decent to league start, now I would highly recommend to block it.

That’s just not true. Settlers being core doesn’t make any league mechanic worse, it’s passive extra currency that fits into whatever farming you’re doing.
Running Expedition still prints value, your boats don’t reduce your Tujen returns, they add on top of them. You’re just leaving money on the table if you only focus on the passive income and don’t engage with other things in the meantime.

Expedition is still a pretty damn solid early raw currency printer even today.

How in the hell do you guys get any real currency from this [Removed by Support]? Even if you luck out and get Dannig/Tujen, even if you luck out and get some currency for reroll, most of the rerolls consists of 2-4 chaos orbs and maybe some vaal and scouring orbs. Plus early game? You know, I am sure you are real strong early game to bypass immunities, heals, max res and all these other delightful things while doing maps fast, lol

Three things happen every league start for me.

1. I do expedition
2. Tujen sells me my first div because I never seem to get raw drops untilhe does.
3. At some point in the league Tujen sells me a mirror shard. In settlers he sold me 3.

And how many rerolls did this take? Thousands I imagine

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Johny_Snow#4778 wrote:

How in the hell do you guys get any real currency from this [Removed by Support]? Even if you luck out and get Dannig/Tujen, even if you luck out and get some currency for reroll, most of the rerolls consists of 2-4 chaos orbs and maybe some vaal and scouring orbs. Plus early game? You know, I am sure you are real strong early game to bypass immunities, heals, max res and all these other delightful things while doing maps fast, lol

Honestly, Expedition really isn’t complicated, it just requires a basic understanding of what you’re clicking on. If your build deals cold damage and you see "monsters are immune to cold," maybe don’t put your marker there.

It’s one of the most straightforward mechanics in the game when it comes to communicating what’s going to happen. If even that level of decision-making feels like too much, then maybe, just maybe PoE isn’t the game you want to be playing. Because that’s about as low-effort as it gets in terms of player choices.

Life regen? Also not the big deal it’s often made out to be. Enemies rarely live long enough for it to matter if your build is doing even remotely reasonable damage. And if regen is a problem, there are more than enough tools in modern PoE to shut it down.

Tujen hands out bubblegum currency like candy and all of it can be liquidated easily through the currency exchange. On top of that, you’re getting a steady drip of raw divine orbs.
Rog also remains one of the best early league mechanics for printing gear for self use or quick profit.

If you’re struggling with Expedition in the early game, it’s probably not the mechanic holding you back, it’s your build, your prep, or just not engaging with it properly. For a league start, it’s honestly one of the easiest and most rewarding mechanics you can interact with.

Ignoring your insinuations that I am stupid or don't know how to build a character

a) bubblegum currency is cheaper across the board because of the exchange, so getting more of it is way less profitable than it was before
b) crafting gear for early use is pretty much pointless because mercenaries already give great one for free

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Johny_Snow#4778 wrote:

Ignoring your insinuations that I am stupid or don't know how to build a character

a) bubblegum currency is cheaper across the board because of the exchange, so getting more of it is way less profitable than it was before
b) crafting gear for early use is pretty much pointless because mercenaries already give great one for free

Rog is useless, one in hundred items is giga from him. Not worth the effort or grind.

Spam your gold on Faustus and he covers you with very good gear in no time, even so sick that I pulled several fully T1 items from him.

Don't waste your time with expedition tbh. Better run essence, harbinger or harvest with less micro and faster results for league start, send boats on top to get start currency.

Honestly, just running altars already gives a ton. I'll be focusing on them now plus hunting for metal. Tattoos do appear to be rather expensive.

Running expedition for only a week.


:)


GitGud

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H3rB1985#0551 wrote:

Rog is useless, one in hundred items is giga from him. Not worth the effort or grind.
Spam your gold on Faustus and he covers you with very good gear in no time, even so sick that I pulled several fully T1 items from him.

If you have to pick between the two, flipping items on the market, or even just feeding your gold to map runners or ships , is a better use than blowing it on an RNG gamble with Faustus. There are various simple Rog crafts every league that are in high demand, and bring in easy profit. But hey, tell us you don’t know what you’re talking about without actually saying it.