The loot nerfs are killing the game

Last league we had multiple endgame strategies and everyone seemed to enjoy them.

Not only were they all nerfed, but then you nerfed map rarity and quant on top of it.

If there are no plans to revert the loot nerfs the leagues are going to all have the terrible retention that the other massive loot nerf leagues did.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/1p32pu3/keepers_is_1_off_from_being_the_worst_player/

Don't you guys think the reason Mercenaries was such a big uptick was because we didn't have a PoE 1 league for almost an year? You are all focusing so hard on how it was "better" because of "loot" but the explanation is likely much more simpler.

No. Really, no loot, is the explanation. Maps are dry as they can be, and the farming strategies are terrible. Trust me on this. My farming strategy was to loot ilvl86 bases and uniques that give at least 20k dust. No currency, no exotic drops, no maps, no delirium, no lifeforce. I cannot drop a single unique that gives 10k dust. I only drop one or two uniques that give like 2k dust, some maps no uniques at all and no bases. Bases man, not even bases drop like ilvl86 or 85 warlock gloves.

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Johny_Snow#4778 wrote:

Don't you guys think the reason Mercenaries was such a big uptick was because we didn't have a PoE 1 league for almost an year?

Maybe, maybe not. If anything, Mercenaries League had a lower peak than this one. So, the "league starvation" seems to mean nothing. I enjoyed Mercenaries a lot because I had new tools for theory-crafting and a second set of gear to min-max for. This league is boring af to me, simple as. Tree got old really fast, same for hives and Ailith defence. Doesn't even have the charm of Cassia to make up for it.

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BaumisMagicalWorld#0673 wrote:

I enjoyed Mercenaries a lot because I had new tools for theory-crafting and a second set of gear to min-max for. This league is boring af to me, simple as.

Foulborns and bloodlines should do the same as mercs since both add a whole lot of new theory crafting options?

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Pashid#4643 wrote:

Foulborns and bloodlines should do the same as mercs since both add a whole lot of new theory crafting options?

Most of them are straight up trash or at least "unexciting". The good ones are so rare that they all cost a ton of Divines or are just outright pointless, such as foulborn Soul Mantle that trades Spell Totem for Flamewood. It's a spell and a skill for Totems, so what's the point of swapping that out when you are most likely to be using both.

When you got that perfect Merc that allowed you to swap out a few gear slots or enable or even plug the holes of a build, it felt good. My Shaper Beam Totems technically still work, but a Merc fixed its weakness of poor clear. Of course, the system had its own problems, but it never bored me like this "Breach" rework does. They took away its identity and turned it into an insect hive kinda thing, when it actually would fit Delve much better. A mechanic that in itself is very old and stale and in dire need of a rework.

Plus, they still haven't added TotA but instead force this annoying Settlers on us that is just a form of mobile game login engagement bait for all the addicts that need their "daily fix" of dopamine and FOMO.

Between the unrewarding league, the baseline loot and the strats being tunneled to very few choices on top of the terrible game performance I'm not coming back until I see 3.28 patch notes first and if they fix or not the massive shaders issue they currently have. Not a very good welcome back I got from this game

One thing is certain; if the core drop pool was a little bit more "exciting", you'd be less dependent on a "good, exciting league mechanic".

#ImproveTheCoreDropPool

the worst is this, as everything is starved currently any halfway decent strat scarab set goes through the roof prcie wise. Peeps without a good amount of c cannot even get off th ground, and it will get worse.

regency is currently at 30c wth, pilfering at 46. thats not S or A tier strat(ok harb is quite good) for this league and still it rises. Soon small guys will be forced to do chaos recipe xD

"starved" is such a meme, I made a new character and farmed the equivalent of Mageblood in 2 days