Atlas Changes in Path of Exile: Conquerors of the Atlas

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xMustard wrote:

Question: if you can unsocket and socket Watchstones, how will this affect the atlas?
lets say you socket it in area 1 and complete the new maps and upgraded maps. then you take it out of area 1 and put it in area 2. if you were to then put a watchstone back in area 1, are those maps still completed??

also, basically same question regarding sextants. since you sextant the actual watchstone, can you swap around the watchstone in different areas and the sextant mod will remain?

As seen in this screen shot from exile con
https://i.imgur.com/aoHCqVj.jpg

The atlas bonus is higher than the completed bonus maps on the atlas. This would lend to the fact that your altas bonus completions persist throughout unsocketing watchstones.

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Soske wrote:

Most of this sounds great. The Shaper and Elder changes are awful though.

+1 !
Damn it.

And what about Watcher's Eyes? Now 10ex+ the worst of them cuz of Shaper/Elder changes or will drop elsewhere?

I enjoy maps, but never really cared for the Shaper/Elder systems/encounters. Fighting Hydra and Chimera were pretty fun but the rest were not my type of fight.

So I look forward to the changes. In time maybe I will be able to run maps for decent xp instead of relying on Delves for the overwhelming majority of it. I'm also hoping for some new labyrinth ideas. I truly used to loath the labyrinth purely for how long it took to do and how annoying it was to keep getting offerings.

This was before even factoring in how pointless it is to try for a good enchant for YOUR build instead of hoping for some meta one to sell.

I don't sell anything, and those that do sell enchants neither have any I'd use, or even ANY on a helmet I'd equip so it makes the lab pretty tedious.

I like it more now, but unless I get lucky with some quality gems or other currency in the end chests it remains pretty pointless even if it is pretty easy and relatively quick to do one (minus getting an offering because the trials can take longer than a full lab run sometimes).

Most of this seems pretty cool, but I am very unhappy to see Shaper and Elder locked behind layers of RNG. Very disappointed in that decision.

Shaper and Uber Elder were the most interesting and rewarding boss fights in the game. The fights were genuinely fun. Also, Watchers Eyes were one of the best items in the game - they could vary so much in power it was always a fun lotto to get one. And seeing as how good watchers eyes are already 50+ ex items, I can only imagine how gated they are going to be from the vast majority of the playerbase now. Of all the content to strip out from the main game, removing them is just a god-awful horrible decision IMO.

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tragic_nate wrote:

As seen in this screen shot from exile con
https://i.imgur.com/aoHCqVj.jpg

The atlas bonus is higher than the completed bonus maps on the atlas. This would lend to the fact that your altas bonus completions persist throughout unsocketing watchstones.

ohhh ok. that is good news. awesome

So now that I've finally made it to the endgame, and defeated The Shaper for the very first time, I'll be unlikely to even get back there agin. Wonderful (SARCASM ALERT)

I'm also guessing that now that I finally have the atlas almost 100% completed, I'm not going to be able to get back there easily either?

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canilaz_ wrote:

And what about Watcher's Eyes? Now 10ex+ the worst of them cuz of Shaper/Elder changes or will drop elsewhere?

no changes, expect uber elder fight and watchers to be very expensive and rare.

so probably 10-15ex+ for an unidentified watchers from uber elder.

Please don't force us to choose between very rare zana maps. If guardians and elder are not kind of common it would feel really bad to have to pick between guardians, elder, shaper, synth (already kind of to rare).

I'm really hoping the new main atlas boss has a drop like the watchers eye because if it only has basic drops like shaper it will make it feel far less engaging to case all league long.

crazy but i like, managed to open celestial hideout)))