Stories from Development: The Map System

I love doing maps......if they would just drop. STILL nothing above T10 THIS FAR INTO THE LEAGUE!

I have found more exalts than T10+ maps. Somethings not right.....

Quite the interesting dev story this time. One of your guys' greatest assets has been the ability to stick to a vision without bowing down to any given section of the community who think they know what's best for the game. I do feel like this "content difficulty entitlement" has crept up again, mostly after how much harbinger broke the mapping system over it's back. So many people who joined around harbinger got the impression that it was how the mapping system should/is suppose to be are now getting hit by a brick wall while everyone else is continuing on the same as we always have been.

I suppose in the end, that is the problem with making hardcore content. It's always going to leave people out, and those people are always going to complain that they're not getting their participation award like in other (AAA) games. But then again, there's plenty of games for those people, and only one PoE for the rest of us. PoE is our gem, and I hope you all never falter from your goals.

Cheers to your vision and success, Chris & Co @ GGG.

Mapping has kept PoE as my main game going on 5 years now.

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MiniMinhMo wrote:

Obtaining maps this time around is a lot more difficult compared to last League. I hope this can be improved for the future.

I agree sitting this one out . New maps are dropping average 3 to an old map trying get new maps using new maps I ran 3 an got a big fat 0 havent tried I have a ton of old maps that wont go into the new map tab its going take me awhile to free up the 29 tabs But Thanks for all the new maps

The map and atlas system is really cool, especially compared to how it used to be. The map contents are the problem.

We still have maps that are trash compared to others of the same tier due to card drops, so your mentioning of "one best area that players have to repeat over and over" is exactly what the game has now. The new elder/shaper mechanic is interesting, but now that you've overly-nerfed the map drop rate, it's extremely unlikely to push them into red maps and actually have those maps unless you only unlock half of the red maps.

I love the map system in general but what I don't like is that I am unable to challenge myself. I'm too powerful for the maps that drop for me. Example, level 10 maps are pretty easy, but still a slight challenge, yet I have only ever found too. I end up running them then having to go back and run boring 6s and 7s and hope for better drops. Very frustrating.

Good read.
keep the good work up GGG!

everyone bitching about map drops are doing something seriously wrong. haven't had a single issue. you're probably just spoiled by recent leagues like harbinger and legacy, if you know your shit then keeping up a map pool is easy, and has been since ascendancies and sextants were released.

Cool story GGG, but we lost all chaos sink...