After patch 0.3.1 is it me or is rarity and monster density on maps bugged / not working properly

I log back in and resume my map questing fun. I have farmed over 300 div in the last 2 days of farming from monster density and rarity on gear. I have had no issue keeeping headhunter buffs above 20-30 stacks at any given time. I had spent roughly 7-10 div this morning rolling aprrox. 150 maps with desecrate mods and monster density emotions.

Now I am struggling to clear an entire map and have more than 6-9 headhunter buffs. Not to mention my screen is eerily absent of loot drops. I used to have oodles of exception of tier4-5 gear drops. Not to mention hordes of lower tier currency. Now my screen is just "blank". I run around holding alt to check and see if maybe filter is hiding drops and nothing.

I sure hope there wasnt an unforseen rarity / density bug after this un-needed atlas update. I was having the most fun ive ever had since way back in poe 1 days before act 6 was even a thing. Been playing poe forever abd this atlas update was the worst think ggg has come out with. Absolutley no reason to have messed with it other than some hard core farmers werent liking having to put in work to juice thier maps.

Please advise if you have noticed any changes to loot or density.

Not as rich as you but I agree. I feel like the maps are dropping less loot than a completely un modded map and waystone from before. I actually don't want to play as I'm having to run 6 mods with 3 tablets and dropping next to nothing.

Ive now tried running 30 maps and found a grand total of 7 exalted orbs as my highest price drop. Its almost as if the maps built before patch are now considered as white by the game or something. Putting tablets in and out of the map now is tedious and requires way too much space to haul around different setups. Such a pointless atlas update.

The loot is definitely bricked at the moment. Not even a greater exalted orb wtf. not like those are uber expensive and they used to drop like hotcakes. Nothing on my build or maps has changed except for the atlas rework. Disappointing to say the least.

I think it's the opposite. Researchers strongboxes were lucky to get 2 ex back to cover the cost of modding it, and now they're always dropping like 8 currency vaal-chaos ish. tons of loot in maps had a map with 4 div drop in the same map running with a duo and no MF gear. 130 ish rarity maps and quant tablets