So how do we feel about The CURRENT League/Event efter a few days?

This bad league is very easy skip because 36 points reward set is just clown fiesta quality armor. Instanced content = BIG NO.

Ok so i am at tier 9 / 10 maps now. Just chilling clearing one tier at a time more or less (got sick 4 days so a little behind).

I am still trucking along with my Thorns / Reflect / Retaliation abomination thing! It feels like a complicated mess but hay ho! I am enjoying myself atleast exploring whats possible in PoE 1 vs Thonrs in PoE 2.

I am currently running rituals (never tested before putting alot of points on it) and no surprise its very nice, and i jsut started adding points to Settlers stuff.

The change that crops give gear has been nice as a easy sorce of gear, and i still get tatoos for good money (atleast at my level 10-100 chaos etch many times).

Mirage i have still not seen a "Add-support-stone" drop. But i suspect they drop more on tier 14-16 maps?

And the double income sometimes with mirrage, or atleast chance at alot of extra via rituals is working out for me. SO atm, for a more casual player Mirage is working out nice with being able to slam exalts more often and extra chaos drops + random drops.

Now Raw div drop so far, but im never ever lucky with that.

Delv has given nice cash so far also :)

For me this league is bad, but it has a lot to do with too many changes at once.

First, the Core changes.
1. The Atlas
- The generic map is a great idea. Loving it.
- The split is annoying, but I think I simply need more time to adjust.
- Everything else is awful. I hate how maps can't be used until you have cleared an adjacent encounter. I don't have the courage to check if there is still a way to clear the entire atlas at once in standard. The UI is the opposite of user-friendly but I hear some improvements are in the work so leaving it at that.

2. The ground loot.
- It hasn't improved. In my opinion, it's worse. Finding Divine Orb feel like a much, much more important step to take. I won't dig too much in the whys but thank GGG for Faustus. This guy greatly mitigate the damage.
- The entire reason ppl asked for changes was that there were sick and tired of having no other choice to but do this or that mechanic to find anything worthwhile. I feel this hasn't changed at all, but it's not like I have done hundreds of maps without scarab and without interacting with any atlas mechanic. I feel I have seen enough to not waste time trying to find out exactly how many extra chaos drop on average.
Simply put, ground loot still sucks in my opinion.

The league
1. Too many things. The imbued system wouldn't have been enough of a league mechanic. But no, we have entire Mirages. Don't get me wrong, I kind of appreciate the idea, but it's over complicated. On top of the Atlas new complexity, I feel for the guy who discovers poe.
2. Compare this league to Mercenary. Merc were always useful. You didn't have to interact with the league more than once to have a league mechanic following you and helping you for 3 months. Then, you had a Mercenary every map. You'd take a few seconds to check them out and decide if it was worth your time, or not. And should you engage, it would be resolved in a matter of seconds. Profits.
Mirage ? You find a Djinn and you're given options. Out of all the available wishes, there is only one the player knows is worth picking. For every other wish, you're going to spend a few minutes clearing the mirage before knowing if it was worth it or not. Yes, the Mirage duplicates mechanic, so you can say that if it was worth it in the base map, then it will likely be worth it again in the mirage.
But nobody enters a mirage expecting to leave with a skill coin, a league unique, or eager to open djinn chests.
Even in Keeper I could expect to leave a Fortress with graftblood, a currency inherent to the league.
I feel this league completely missed the league vibe. But I also feel never a league has been so well named.
So yeah, GGG be like "If they like the core game, why not just make it double ? Also we need to sell more gem stash tab, any idea ? Imbued skill ? Brilliant ! But make them so rare, they will feel vindicated making the purchase"

To sum it up, the league is boooooooring...Everyone said this will be the best league in years, it's so expected, and it's so boring that it makes me feel bad I invested in a new PC :))...

Like you do the same activities you farmed for leagues now, but twice in a map :(...So if it was boring before, now it's twice as boring...

Cannot even get myself to reach T16 maps...I am literally dying of boredom, and the fact that there are no new builds to try and you are forced to meta some stupid kinetic fusillade, makes it even worse.

The reliquarian looked good, but it's an unfinished product, the new map system is meh for me, the new belt was super hype at start but I lost interest in it, since a good one does not even exist on trade, and even if it hits the trade it will probably be mirrors...

So like always, burning trash wrapped in a good marketing post.

I think I will just skip this league and just enjoy something else, maybe start studying for a new certification, since games are in a bad state lately.

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Vendetta#0327 wrote:

(...So if it was boring before, now it's twice as boring...

Cannot even get myself to reach T16 maps...I am literally dying of boredom

As I see it; if you find the core game that boring, I don't think any innovative league mechanics would help. You would still find 95%+ of the game boring.

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Phrazz#3529 wrote:

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Vendetta#0327 wrote:

(...So if it was boring before, now it's twice as boring...

Cannot even get myself to reach T16 maps...I am literally dying of boredom

As I see it; if you find the core game that boring, I don't think any innovative league mechanics would help. You would still find 95%+ of the game boring.

The core game is not necessary about what mechanic you do to farm or to get your achievements...The core game is about building, finding ways to solve different issues.

Any league usually has a farming part, and a part that solves some of the issue you have with your character, like for example harvest had deterministic crafting which was terribly imbalanced because everyone had almost mirror tier gear. Or that forge thing were you crafted some items that fixed some issues for your character.

This league brings nothing, except a rng 7th link and the vaal orb that's RNG again.

We have same builds and same things...The league is standard ng+.

It's not bad to mix league content to get your achievements done, but when your core league mechanic does that also, ayyay yay...

Like diablo 4 does this season after season, they recolor everything slap a new name for the abilities and add some numbers. And there you go you have a new season, and everyone knows d4 is bad.

Having fun but taking low pace.

I'm loving it. Great league

I hated on 3.28 since end of week 1 in 3.27.
After converting my demis and alt arts to mtx 2 days ago i felt the need to afk in lions eye watch, so I gave 3.28 a proper try.

The ground loot level for early game is actually very good. I'm sure i'll start hating again soon, when I'm doing endgame, but for now I'm impressed, I found 2 raw divs and I haven't even finished atlas. Exalts are plentiful enough to actually use them early, which is refreshing.

I think for an average casual the drops are great, and I'm enjoying 3.28 far more than I imagined I could.

-the above was written yesterday but not posted-

Update:

Streamer client confirmed: I was streaming my "demigod wearing noob late league start super budget kblast" for like 2 hour to 0 viewers, and the moment I was offline I drop the mirror. Just like all the streamers :P

Actually enjoying the progression so much that the mirror is going to sit there until i figure out my investment strategy for when i break it.

I did treat myself though, I spent the 5 div i had crafting with pure luck and mistakes to get 80% more dps, on a build which was already blowing up screens on 6 mod t14 delirium with about 1-2div investment.

Best league ever. Dropping the mirror made me realize how much I'm enjoying it, because I don't even care about burning the mirror. I can just carry on enjoying playing and know I don't need to worry much about anything.

Ok so i just hit 92, i am at map tier 13-15 now. And i jsut yesterday somewhat got my built sorted. Testing our Crushing fist glad block build and having a blast!

Up until this point i was testing out all sorts of Thorns / reflect / retaliat combos and settled on Crushing.

The progression on the atlas i am really enjoying, i like progressing a little, checking if i can see something new of interest and keep filing out the atlas.

Kinda remindes me of playing a RTS scouting the fog who is where. The Mirage i just got a Black Baray that dropped (i guess this is a new boss). Only thing that annoys me about it is there is no slot for the boss invitation on teh invitation stash page, and i cant add it to the open slots on the general tab. But a minor thing really.

Iv also settled on focsuing on the town, converting harvest to resources and also getting extra resources from picking up Delve dust. The crop and ore swap has served me well since gloves and boots is what iv looked for the most.

And the tattoos has been giving me nice extra cash.

Bots are giving alot of gloves , helms and boots for nothing in regards of crops and many turn out to be worth a good pile of cash.

So, atleast a Retaliation block glad, with atlas focus on extra spirits that can effect players only, and rest focus on settlers. Oh and i got Rituals also. iv never before really tested going deep ritual so hay ho.

Mirage league is working out great i feel! I am struggling to find problems at my level of gameplay.

How is brech, beyond, syndicate and beasts working out this league?