why ETERNAL ORBS are really BAD for the game !

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so first of all the reason i post this is that i see many people are whining that "they can not craft because its too expensive" or "using exalted orbs is a waste and they rather safe them to buy items" but most people don't understand the the real problem are eternal orbs and not exalts, so let me explain this to you


crafting situation before we had eternals,

1) you found a good item that had some decent rolls for exalting left -> you could use 1 or 2 exalts maximum
2) you alt regal a good item and kept exalting it if it was good enough -> you could use a maximum of 3 exalts

this means the number of exalts you could use was capped at 3, almost every level 80+ player has had that much currency at least once avaiable


crafting situation after implementing eternal orbs,

1) you have a very rare item that's not worth to eternal but you could use 1 exalt -> usually wont become very good - and most of the time wasted "yoloexalt" (doesnt happen that much)

2) you want to craft a best in slot item! with the eternal orb you can pump as much currency as you can afford into 1 single item -> you can use infinte currency !!!
of course most people dont have that much, but you are forced to commit that much in order to get an item thats worth the crafting (you can actually ruin with exalting it before eternal)


i hope you see the point where i want to go! the gap between people who can afford crafting and those wo can't has increased substantially
i personally found about 6 exalts in aproximate 25 days playtime, i used 3 before the changes and didn't waste any since then since i cant afford eternal crafting! i accumulated a few more through trading but using them was never worth it for me since i can't afford crafting the really good items anyway

TLDR, before eternals were in the game you couldn't use more than 3 exalts per item (every player can afford that) now you can bump infinite orbs into only 1 items and can even ruin it if you don't eternal - which means crafting has become an exclusive part for a few rich people and not the 0815 players

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yea but my point is , crafting is only worth it if you go for BiS - before we had eternals chances in crafting were even for rich and 0815 players - everyone could just use 3 exalts on it and that's it

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MortalKombat3 wrote:

Try to play new 4-month leagues. I can assure you, that there even non-BiS crafting will be more than viable.

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Bada_Bing wrote:

What a bizarre argumentation.
1) You still can use 3 exalts and be done with it. No one is "forced" to do anything.
2) You could go bis before eternals existed. -> alt/regal/exalt if not bis scour and repeat. Therefore the costs of crafting have actually decreased if you want bis.

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Lyralei wrote:

Unfortunately, the only thing Eternals ever did for the game was to lower the value of found rares both in monetary terms and appreciation. Back in the day, this sword was considered extremely good. Now its just an "Eh.." item because creating the ideal weapon is easily achievable.

A real shame because I admired the best items knowing that so much effort went into making them. Invalesco used to burn through many a titanium spirit shield trying to get the dream one. I think he would look at this and shake his head.