Detailed Atlas Mechanics

Step right up folks, see the fierce ape man!

look at these wonderous paintings here on the side of the tent, isn't he just fantastic!


Come right in folks, see him in all his glory.




"Hey, that's just a blurry pic of some blob."


These are photos of Arpo the ape boy in his youth.


All will be revealed through the next door.


Come right in folks.




"Well, that's a better picture of an ape, but his back is toward us."

This is Arpo in his teenage years, some more great detail for you folk.

All will be revealed through the next door, Arpo in all his glory.





"That's some guy in a gorilla suit."

Yes the Amazing Arpo revealed in all his splendor.

Thank you, Come again.


Rumor is next week Shanasta the Snake headed girl will be here to thrill you.



Welcome to the world of hype rubes.

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Vipermagi wrote:

"For the most part, the map drop system works the same as before. The new rule is that the maps that can drop are from the following groups:
-Maps you've previously completed in this league (including on other characters).
-Maps that are connected to the one you're playing on the Atlas.
-Tier 1 maps."

So I want an alt-account that has only unlocked red Maps, Unique Maps I want to run, plus a couple Shaped maps. That way, I only get four trash Maps, namely the tier 1's - everything else is red/shaped to red.

If that is correct, then what the fuck is wrong with this system.

Or rather, an alt account that has all the trash unlocked I guess, that'd be way better.

Better - if you fuck up on one character, you can create new account because your atlas is fucked. There is no "forget map" orb

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eragon1111 wrote:

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Vipermagi wrote:

"For the most part, the map drop system works the same as before. The new rule is that the maps that can drop are from the following groups:
-Maps you've previously completed in this league (including on other characters).
-Maps that are connected to the one you're playing on the Atlas.
-Tier 1 maps."

So I want an alt-account that has only unlocked red Maps, Unique Maps I want to run, plus a couple Shaped maps. That way, I only get four trash Maps, namely the tier 1's - everything else is red/shaped to red.

If that is correct, then what the fuck is wrong with this system.

Or rather, an alt account that has all the trash unlocked I guess, that'd be way better.

Better - if you fuck up on one character, you can create new account because your atlas is fucked. There is no "forget map" orb

Better still, GGG isn't exactly known for acting on player feedback this close to release, so we're likely shit outta luck.

Pending further news, I definitely won't be playing any map after release until the mechanics / optimal layouts are found.

The more i think about this atlas and so called end game revamp, the more scared I am.

Pleas, please PLEASE GGG, don't make it worth than it's now by gating the content even more.

Let us reset our atlas and save up "atlas profiles" as much as we want or people wanting some kind of efficiency will have to make as many new accounts as the number of mapping stategies we want.

1 account for XP with let's say a bought Gorge map and nothing else.
1 account for a shaper farmer with only the void guardian access maps unlocked.
1 account for farming the new item bases with only the according maps unlocked.
1 account for unique maps maybe ? Unless tey are too rare to even bother anyway.
1 account for 100% atlas completion for drop bonus and i'm sure the next set of challenges. This one is important as i'm sure people that do want their challenges want them on their main account for the rewards. So someone that aim for 40/40 will have his atlas fucked for all previous mapping goals i mentionned.

New players with no idea how to maximize their mapping, can't get back on track even after they learned cause their whole account will now be unefficient which is beong stupid. Making mistakes is part of the learning process on any games, especially PoE. But if you fail a character you can reroll it with better knowledge, but with the atlas even if you gain this knowledge, it's too late, you can't go back. Completionist people that discover they can't erease this mistake will become salty af, especially if they "can't" make a new account cause they already bought mtx/tabs for this one.

I'm sure we could list even more reasons to make new accounts for specific goals, but it already shows the potential number of problem this atlas will bring. A lot of issues for a result we already have: chaining maps while being at the mercy of the RNG to keep playing them.

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acme_myst wrote:

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eragon1111 wrote:

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Vipermagi wrote:

"For the most part, the map drop system works the same as before. The new rule is that the maps that can drop are from the following groups:
-Maps you've previously completed in this league (including on other characters).
-Maps that are connected to the one you're playing on the Atlas.
-Tier 1 maps."

So I want an alt-account that has only unlocked red Maps, Unique Maps I want to run, plus a couple Shaped maps. That way, I only get four trash Maps, namely the tier 1's - everything else is red/shaped to red.

If that is correct, then what the fuck is wrong with this system.

Or rather, an alt account that has all the trash unlocked I guess, that'd be way better.

Better - if you fuck up on one character, you can create new account because your atlas is fucked. There is no "forget map" orb

Better still, GGG isn't exactly known for acting on player feedback this close to release, so we're likely shit outta luck.

Pending further news, I definitely won't be playing any map after release until the mechanics / optimal layouts are found.

haha, expansion about maps that forces you to not play maps because you can fuck up your account :)

precious

And the best part is, this is what we get as endgame after years of stale content and beging for better end game. And it doesn't matter if it will be decent or complete fuck up, next endgame content we wont see in next 2-3 years :)

There's a pretty high chance that this league will have challenges related to atlas too, probably forcing you to explore most of it if not all, so if the "account ruined" thing is confirmed, you will also have to choose between an optimal atlas and completing league challenges, among other things.

do you drop a T15 coward's trial if you drop a coward's trial in a shaped crypt?

All these valid concerns from people that play poe endgame in such small time frame of this news post shows how little knowledge about maps and map endgame ggg actually have. And their beta testers who prolly never even play maps in their testing.

Sweet

ZiggyD still can't record any audio without brutal reverb :/ shame.