[XBX] Next League Suggestions

Just a few ideas.

Scaling unique items.

The incubated items reminded me of an idea I had since I found out about prophecized unique items. What if.. we had unique items.. that scaled as you used them. Say you wear a bramblejack. After 250,000 kills it turns into a wall of brambles. Then after another 500,000 kills it turned into a Bastion of Brambles or some such. With added max life to accompany the armor and %reflect. But if you did that with an entire line of uniques, it could add end game functionality to items that would otherwise be phased out by good rares as well as incentive to use common uniques that become trash later in the season. Just a thought.





2.5D Mode.
I've seen a few suggestions for low res options and have suggested it myself in another post. But putting aside the fact that faster load times would make the game playable for those on older Xbox Ones.. I would suggest taking it a few steps further by going down to a near minimalist level. I would honestly enjoy playing PoE in a more Diablo 2 esque fashion with smooth, instant, super low res animations. Old school 2.5D models with a traditional dungeon crawler feel. It would technically be a downgrade. But it would run way smoother. Not to mention the nostalgia factor, since I'm sure 90% of the community has played Diablo II. PoE is about the loot anyway, if the aesthetic makes the game clunky and unplayable.. dial it back?



You dont have to add ragdoll, water physics, next gen shaders, DirectX12, and so on to make the game better or try to compete with Diablo III (which looks like trash to begin with), just improve it mechanically and the player base will thank you. At least.. I think they would.. they might just say pog.. and then.. pog.. and then.. pog champ.. and then pog.. ... ... ... pog..

Even if next season is nothing but infinite ledge with a time lost loot pool, I'd play the !@#$ out of it if you make the game run smoother.



4th Ascendancy Option.
I had also been spitballing with some people about an additional ascendancy option for every class.. maybe something a bit more obscure.. to add new ways to play and new reasons to level new characters.

Say a Shadow had an ascendancy that gave them 50% more damage taken, 50% less movement speed.. but gave them 50% increased quantity/rarity and 30% culling strike, call it a Thief.

Say a Marauder had an ascendancy with unique crafting options for weapons and armor that could only be attained from the ascendancy.. with reduced currency cost for all crafting bench options and a higher chance to roll higher end items when essence or fossil crafting.. call it a Blacksmith. You could even have a low chance of dropping a fossil when killing a rare or unique enemy.. unique crafting materials that could only drop for the blacksmith.. etc..

On the other hand make a witch ascendancy with crafting options to do with random procs that would be unique to the ascendancy.. with an emphasis on jewelry and jewels for the skill tree. Maybe some uniques that can only drop while playing that class..

To add more trading and crafting focused characters that aren't going to melt shapers face in 4 seconds.. but could make items to sell.. or to give to other characters on their own account. Much like a lot of other MMOs or action rpgs where you would have an alternate character that did nothing but mine or fish..

That'd be cool too..

A Fisherman Ascendancy..
That does nothing but sit in your hideout and let your inventory fill with.. fish.. currency shards.. random loot.. whatever..


Oh and maybe an ascendancy for the Templar that makes all items drop identified.. and animated weapons that are killed are just dropped again or returned to your inventory or some such.. call it a.. Scholar?

But overall I'd just like some better stability and smoother gameplay. Infinite ledge. Time lost loot pool. Please.

Just a few suggestions to make the console experience more enjoyable.

1. Custom loot filters. It'd be nice to use a higher loot filter but still be able to see Wisdom Scrolls, Portal Scrolls, Transmutations, Augmentations, etc.

2. Higher drop rates in Hardcore Leagues. There's very few of us in Hardcore anyway, if we had even a small bonus of IIQ/IIR it'd be nice. Or just anything to provide incentive for players to transfer from standard.

3. Higher occurrence of Syndicate events. Not sure why people didn't like Syndicate, but I'm a huge fan, love to see them more.

4. Alternate way to level/new race leagues. Some kind of linear playthrough with randomized areas and enemies like the old pc races where you'd just run through a random map variant, kill the random boss, open the random chest, and move on to the next randomized area. Those were my favorite races I'd love to see something like that on console even if it was a permanent addition in way of an alternative to playing through story. Infinite ledge was awesome too.

5. Allow Bane to be supported by Blasphemy. Even if you had to find a unique that would allow the mechanic, I would seriously love to combine Bane/Deaths Oath/RF. Or if the combo of all three would be too OP the unique could have a mod of "You can only deal Chaos Damage" or something like that. But I'd think reserving a portion of your mana (or all of it if it was fully linked) plus the sacrifice of a gem slot for Blasphemy itself would be enough of a balance.

6. Uniques or item mods that add maximum Ghost Shrouds or additional effects based on Ghost Shrouds. It would be neat. Like more Chaos DoT Multiplier per Ghost Shroud, +2 to maximum shrouds, +4% per shroud, +3% movespeed per shroud, something like that. But with a drawback of you cannot have Frenzy Charges/Endurance Charges.




Not sure if this will even be read but I'll keep updating the list every time I have a ludicrous idea. I've played since day zero on PC, day one on Xbox, and have donated maybe 4 grand collectively over that period. If I could even remotely influence something in the game I'd be happier than Cadiro in a counting house.

P.S. Love the direction the game is going, keep up the good work JeeJeeJee, this game is the closest thing to perfect since Diablo II.