Sheer Frustration: 27 5L's later, no 6L...... Yes, Twenty-fucking-Seven 5L's.

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^How exactly did that warrant being removed by support? I was stating a fact that posters can hide their supporter status and therefore it isn't fair to disregard their opinions either way. What a dick I was being! Saying everyone has an equal right to feedback...I am a monster.

Just keep at it. You'll be glad you did when you finally do get a 6L.

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Actkqk wrote:

6 is a luxury. If a build can not be sustained with 5 then you're doing wrong. Currently my character only has items with 4, and I'm happy with its performance :) (Marauder, lvl 73)

Not to be rude, but if you're level 73, you have barely grazed the surface of this game. At your level and progression (I'm guessing 66-70 maps?) there are thousands of builds that could work with a 5L (like you said) or even a 4L. That's not end-game, and using a 5L in those situations are perfectly fine.

But once you get to the high-70 maps, the number of viable builds with a 5L drops off significantly. The builds left standing are nearly all using 6L's. As much as people want to downplay 6L as merely a "luxury" item, the current end-game content is balanced so that the extra gem slot from a 6L means the difference between survival and death.

Why do you think BoR is/was so popular? It's a free 6L (7L if you count Blind). And many people still would rather use a Tabula (no stats) over a decent-rolled 5L.

I feel you, I stop playing a month or two ago.

Reached level 84ish in invasion.

Magic find found me nothing.

Played since beta, haven't found a single end game unique such as Bringer of Rain.

Found around 3 exalt since beta.

Game deals with heavy gambling and frustration.

Can't bother to find the trade game fun.

This game revolves around trading too heavily.

Due to range, some people get extremely lucky, others like me, not so much.

Not because I lack skills or knowledge or am i bad at the game. (I play only hardcore since open beta) Game is too random when it comes to looting and crafting to be fun and this game is based around loot and crafting.

Conclusion, stopped playing and perhaps will return in the future for next league.

But I feel it will be the same thing all over.

Have you been using Armor Scraps the whole time? If not, maybe you should O___o

Also... 6Ls don't gate builds, but rather, they (typically) provide a large increase in DPS for builds. Any build made around a 6L item, is not truly a "viable" build.

What exactly were you attempting to do here? By making so many 6S? If you got 1 6L, sell the rest?

long read.

one of many reasons GGG should just scrap this jewel/fuse "extremely rare to do" setup.

i started a month before last league ended... 6L'd a decent armor piece, like 1850+ armor on it... and other good mods...

got lucky, maybe tried 10 times.

But this league it's kinda proving for most people to be next to impossible, unless you farm for currency and buy 500 of each.

i like that some items are rare, but items that require actual player interaction to create just shouldn't fail and fail and fail, for weeks on end...

it's not that i "am just mad i didn't get a 6L"... i'm a pretty casual player with only one character i play, a lvl 70 i think he is, though i leveled every class through normal.

i don't need a 6L, it's just i'm used to a game like diablo 2 where if i wanted a dang socket, i'd go do something and make it happen relatively fast.

in this game someone could spend 3 months of currency and never get one.

it's not like a random item dropping, it's something the players are actual clicking on to do like trying to pound metal into a sword and out pops a pencil.... then you try to pound metal into a sword and out pops a shield. It's similar and intrinsically disappointing to most players for long periods of time. Good plan to design this? No.

i heard GGG is going to up the rates of success next league, for this very reason that it just defeats the purpose of overall fun to have soooooo many people failing.

but it's one of those things i wish was done now, not in a few months in a new league.

i'm way too casual to rage quit, and i wouldn't even if i wasn't casual, not my style, but i wonder how many people rage quit over invaders being originally too hard, or things like this 6L stuff after burning 1000 ?

I think the changes should be made pre next league. As in now.

(and throw in strongboxes like in the charity while they're at it, cuz we're missing out a lot on that one in current invasion).

sorry, not trying to hijack the thread. Just saying. Same sorta issue.

And I just fear the vapid whining of the GGG troll knight patrol - it's transparent and so obvious now. It's almost like the game is apart of you guys somehow... and somehow when someone says something they dislike about it, a chunk of your soul gets ripped away or something.

Holy fuck... so what you had amazing luck and have 15x 6Ls... or even 1. You obviously don't need to take it so personally when people disagree with the current gambling set up they have... and even people who put in their time and worked their asses off to try to get something... poor you! I mean - seriously I feel so badly for you that we insulted your precious game and you taking it so close to your hearts.

OR... maybe this is just a reflection of self when you respond so venomously... like you know full-well there's an issue or two with the game... but now you are in deep defending it so often that you somehow think that would make you a lesser person if you suddenly voiced a couple negatives with the game you would love to see changed.

Either way. <shrug>

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Midnightgem wrote:

Have you been using Armor Scraps the whole time? If not, maybe you should O___o

I didn't count the number of scraps I've used throughout, but I'm guessing over 2000 scraps have been consumed. I had an entire stash tab filled with it, and randomly use them as I acquire more through farming.

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Midnightgem wrote:

Also... 6Ls don't gate builds, but rather, they (typically) provide a large increase in DPS for builds. Any build made around a 6L item, is not truly a "viable" build.

6L's definitely do gate builds when the end-game content (monster HP/damage) is balanced around the assumption that players have a 6L.

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CliveHowlitzer wrote:

Sorry, I still only hear crying that you didn't get what you wanted. If you really want it, trade for it or throw more fusings. You wouldn't be here if you had gotten it in 20 fusings so deal with that being the nature of RNG.
Also, there are changes to linking coming in the next 4 month leagues so you really don't have to come here and throw a temper tantrum about it.

Actually, I've made threads about the shitty RNG-crafting system way before I attempted this.

[Discussion] Do we need more-focused crafting in PoE?

Much like some others are sympathizing with me now, I have also sympathized with others when they made threads similar to my own. It's not just me, me, me! What can this game do for me! I sincerely feel sorry for all the people attempting their own 6L.

Also, it wouldn't really be meaningful if I made a thread without having been through the process myself would it? Should we just stop complaining about everything since "hur dur RNG is RNG"?