0.3.1 Something feels off about Shrines now?

Per Title;

I path quite heavily into shrines including the node for the chance for double buffs from a single shrine and 50% increased effect of shrines. Before the update i used to get around 2~3 shrines per map.

After running 6 semi-juiced maps into the 0.31 update, i only get 1 shrine per map and no double buffs from any of the shrines. The 50% effect works as usual though.

Anyone else feeling the same with the shrines?
This is my first post btw so idk if i need to add more info.

Maybe my sample size isnt big enough?

I have noticed lack of rares and also shrines. I just swapped out of spirits as it felt like they werent spawning same as usual as well. I think ggg just rushed out a patch to appease the streamers who didnt wanna work for thier loot like the rest of us. Now rarity and mob density seems buggy as well. No where near the drops I was getting past 3 days in terms of sheer quantity good or bad.

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Thumpanewbie#3342 wrote:

I have noticed lack of rares and also shrines. I just swapped out of spirits as it felt like they werent spawning same as usual as well. I think ggg just rushed out a patch to appease the streamers who didnt wanna work for thier loot like the rest of us. Now rarity and mob density seems buggy as well. No where near the drops I was getting past 3 days in terms of sheer quantity good or bad.

Yeah i've also noticed the mob density is significantly less despite running similar waystones besides the shrines being lacking.

I suspect GGG tweaked the maps so much that the previously correct interactions are now no longer functioning correctly. I hope others come forward to share if they notice the same so devs will look into it instead of it being an isolated case.

I feel the same way. I have ran through 5 maps with a fully upgraded shrine tree. On 3 of them, there were no shrines at all, and on the other 2 maps, I had only one shrine per map.

They said each map comes with 1 to 3 "things" but it's more like 0 to 2 things,.

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Warrax#2850 wrote:

They said each map comes with 1 to 3 "things" but it's more like 0 to 2 things,.

Actually, it's a good catch. Shrines and strongboxes are probably counted as a random content after 0.31 update (and maybe some other, such as spirits). So if you have another random content on the map, you may not find any shrines or strongboxes at all. This is just an assumption, but It could be the case, I think.

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Ranek88#0694 wrote:

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Warrax#2850 wrote:

They said each map comes with 1 to 3 "things" but it's more like 0 to 2 things,.

Actually, it's a good catch. Shrines and strongboxes are probably counted as a random content after 0.31 update (and maybe some other, such as spirits). So if you have another random content on the map, you may not find any shrines or strongboxes at all. This is just an assumption, but It could be the case, I think.

Damn that actually makes sense. I truly hope this isn't intended or if it is... well they just made mapping/endgame even worse instead of having 'more content'.

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Ecstaltica#0077 wrote:

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Ranek88#0694 wrote:

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Warrax#2850 wrote:

They said each map comes with 1 to 3 "things" but it's more like 0 to 2 things,.

Actually, it's a good catch. Shrines and strongboxes are probably counted as a random content after 0.31 update (and maybe some other, such as spirits). So if you have another random content on the map, you may not find any shrines or strongboxes at all. This is just an assumption, but It could be the case, I think.

Damn that actually makes sense. I truly hope this isn't intended or if it is... well they just made mapping/endgame even worse instead of having 'more content'.

an L, big L

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Ecstaltica#0077 wrote:

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Ranek88#0694 wrote:

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Warrax#2850 wrote:

They said each map comes with 1 to 3 "things" but it's more like 0 to 2 things,.

Actually, it's a good catch. Shrines and strongboxes are probably counted as a random content after 0.31 update (and maybe some other, such as spirits). So if you have another random content on the map, you may not find any shrines or strongboxes at all. This is just an assumption, but It could be the case, I think.

Damn that actually makes sense. I truly hope this isn't intended or if it is... well they just made mapping/endgame even worse instead of having 'more content'.

I kept playing through mapping content the past couple of days and I can confidently say that where there used to be multiple lockboxes, azmeri spirits and shrines in a single map, now there are significantly less or none at all unless I ran tablets that provided those.

Base Atlas/Map content is heavily nerfed instead of buffed with this map change.
Massive setback to endgame content and needs to be reversed immediately. Tablet changes are fine since that is meant to replace towers but the reduction in base content is too significant that the overall is net negative.

Please reverse this change GGG, im begging you ;/

I can say that for shrines, they are significantly less after 0.3.1 patch.

Running with Shrine Atlas passives and "increase shrine chance" tablets, which can be over 300% chance, I was consistently spawning 4-8 shrines per map. After 0.3.1 same setup gives 0-1 shrines usually and only seldom I get 2 or more.

Please fix this.