Omens are still not in a good place.

Drop rates are not in a good place. They've been buffed several times and still you might only see one in 100 maps. The key difference between diablo and poe has been build diversity and crafting. Crafting was what I enjoyed most in poe 1 and unless you have multiple mirrors of gear you are priced out of that mechanic. They shouldn't be locked behind ritual or king of the mist. They should drop like any other crafting material. As it stands the state of omens crafting benefits rmters only while honest players are priced out of it. They should be 100x more common. It's a literal joke when diablo has better crafting then poe

This is definitely one of the biggest problems with the game right now. The crafting system is boxing out all but the most rich players who no life it 24/7. It's just obscenely expensive to even participate, let alone actually be able to craft anything successfully. If the goal was to make POE 2 more accessible than POE 1, this isn't the way to do it. Making crafting so exclusive is directly counter to that.

They said they buffed the rate but according to the price that's just not true. There's no reasonto price out 99% of players from crafting

It's truly terrible how little thought went into the drops on ritual/omens. I just tested this, running over 100 maps on 70 plus percent omen drop rate with high rarity. I think I got one whittling. Two higher level sinistral/dextrals appeared, but they were over 25K tribute and I couldn't even defer.

So now a group has bought up the omens and driven up prices to over 7 divine each, making crafting favor people who are already breaking the economy. The game punishes people who are trying to get rewarded through playing, and favors currency monsters and people who coordinate cartels. The fact that the game provides no avenue for honest play on crafting is really BS and is making me considering stopping playing permanently.

The only way to craft items worth anything is have a mirror team. Wasn't like that in poe 1. You may not have a mirror tier item but you could at least deterministically craft something with alteration orbs and essences. Ggg please read this and revert course and end these mafiosos of omen hoarders.

yeap omens are the only thing that helps u crafting so i agree they need to be way way way more common

I hope they arent happy with omens still being 5d plus even after pathetic buffs to the drop rate. I want someone from ggg to give us any kind of clarity on the state of crafting. Im sorry but removing key mechanisms like alterations and the crafting bench will only prove disastrous for the health of the game

Even Belton, one of the most prolific crafters, thinks the current state of crafting is bad for the game long-term. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98LhE5G8Xnw