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Sir, this is a currency simulator, not an ARPG.
POE should be renamed to Path of Orbs because all other loot is pointless.
Mageblood?
Svalinn?
Sublime Vision?
Nimis?
Wine of the Prophet?
Original Scripture?
Strangle Grasp?
The list of decent uniques, and associated divination cards, goes on.
Also, Mirrors and Locks arent orbs.
I know of all the loot you listed. It's the only non-orb pieces shown in youtube compilation videos of POE streamers.
In the end you're talking about a tiny tiny fraction of all unique items in the game, including those with relatively high level requirements. And how many streamer highlight videos do you see of someone finding a decent rare item upgrade OFF THE GROUND in endgame? zero.
How many failed "crafting" attempts does the average POE streamer experience in their daily play session? Quite high I bet. Perhaps we should make compilation videos of those to showcase the "crafting" in BOTH POE1 and POE2?
And therefore the "Path of Currency" label is applicable for this "ARPG".
Perhaps within the next 10 years the remaining POE1 devs will do a pass over the collection of POE1 unique items and have a lightbulb moment that their relative player power became obsolete 5+ years ago. I won't hold my breath given the existence of POE2.
If you play Ruthless, you can have that rare ground look experience you crave. Personally (and I believe, the majority agree), I don't want that at end--game. You get that during leveling. and it is slow and painful, but its ok, because there is an end in sight. Picking up multiple inventories of rares every map, ID'ing, reviewing, repeating. That sounds awful.
