I still think map drops are fine - boost drops and good players can do 79++ all day long
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Well, it has been a fun and interesting ride. I hope the changes don't go too far - I like the scarcity created, but hope it can be moderated more by difficulty rather than a surfeit of RNG :)
To everyone who provided hard numbers and constructive feedback, thanks. While we can't pretend that every post in this thread (and others like it) were exactly useful, it is nice to see such a large cross section of the community being able to (for the most part) rationally discuss a challenging issue. Thanks as well to Crackles for making a thread that generated such discussion. While I didn't agree with all your points, dude, you provided a good opportunity for some valuable community interactions. (Boem, you know better than to feed) == Officially Retired 27/02/2019 ==
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too early to open champagne, before real patch notes and real data.
IGN: MsAnnoyance Last edited by qquno#5118 on Aug 12, 2015, 3:51:40 AM
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Indeed. Wait and see. But it will prolly be crappy. I felt 1.3 map drops were terrible because my opinion is players should NEVER run content beneath them. Its just bad design making ppl do content too easy and I believe why leagues are dead after a month or two. 2.0 offered opportunity to almost never get bored due to high level 82 maps and maybe they could have gone further even still. But when drop rates suck behind RNG gating there is no point. Its will still be RNG gated. Maybe they bump stall area to 77s now instead of 74s doesnt change the flawed design.
if you think rng gating is cool next time you finish merciless, go through cruel again. why dont you? Thats PoEs end game map system in a nut shell. Git R Dun! Last edited by Aim_Deep#3474 on Aug 12, 2015, 7:00:26 AM
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Don't get too excited if you think you are gonna be swimming in maps. Although, i am quite excited if i get some more xp on average, ftw.
They will probably make it so that he who before was failing rolling maps, sitting at 72-75 will be sitting at 74-76 after patch, those who were mostly sitting 75-77 may be sitting 76-78 after. But past that i am afraid that you will just need to improve your mapping skill. Because of their system with the highest maps not intended to be maintained, they cannot boost higher drop rates very much without all good players running 79+ all the time. That is my guess as to what will happen. As you can see also from that post, i was completely right in what i said in this post. I even understated it because i knew the community would snap if i didn't, but now i don't need to understate it anymore because they have revealed the truth of it. That same truth all the criers and QQ'ers have conveniently skipped past(you can sustain around 79+ already). I am the light of the morning and the shadow on the wall, I am nothing and I am all.
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