Path of Exile 1 Gameplay Help and Discussion - lapidary lens corrupted the gem 4 times? - Forum

AFAIK lapidary lens corrupts the gem twice; kinda like corruption chamber does to items. However, my 20/20 gem ended up downgrading 4 times, which doesn't make much sense to me. Quality -3% x3 Level -1 x1 Can someone explain what happened here? Sitting in HO spamming alts for 4 hours straight is peak PoE gameplay. Thanks, Chris. Last bumped on Oct 22, 2020, 10:35:58 AM	Posted by Ydoum#5726 on Oct 22, 2020, 6:31:50 AM Quote this Post
or Quality -9% x1 Level -1 x1 Unless I’m mistaken corrupting a gem can lose up to 10% quality.	Posted by Aldonés#1294 on Oct 22, 2020, 6:46:35 AM Quote this Post
" Aldonés wrote: or Quality -9% x1 Level -1 x1 Unless I’m mistaken corrupting a gem can lose up to 10% quality. I've been playing this game for over 7 years and that never happened to me. I thought it can go from -1 to -3% per failed corrupt, not up to -10. Sitting in HO spamming alts for 4 hours straight is peak PoE gameplay. Thanks, Chris.	Posted by Ydoum#5726 on Oct 22, 2020, 6:56:57 AM Quote this Post
" Ydoum wrote: I've been playing this game for over 7 years and that never happened to me. I thought it can go from -1 to -3% per failed corrupt, not up to -10. I can’t recall if I’ve ever had it drop below -3%, certainly never -9%. I’m guessing it’s pretty rare. I could be wrong, but I think that is more likely than you managing a 4x bad, bugged corruption.	Posted by Aldonés#1294 on Oct 22, 2020, 7:02:32 AM Quote this Post
Actually, according to Wikia's page "corruption", " The Lapidary Lens in Doryani's Institute (Tier 3 Gemcutter's Workshop) at the Temple of Atzoatl can be used to corrupt a gem twice. It will not roll the same outcome twice (Ex. You can't gain a level 22 skill gem using this method). Which makes sense or else we would have at least some 22/20 on sale. But, according to Wikia's page "Vaal orb", jewel corruption can " No effect (other than adding the corrupted property). Add or subtract one level. Max level gems can exceed their normal maximum this way. A corrupted gem at the normal maximum will not continue to gain experience. Add or subtract 1-20 quality. Gems can have up to 23% quality this way. Change the gem to its corresponding Vaal Gem. So...yeah, apparently when you Vaal your skill gem there is a chance it can actually lose all of its precious quality, according to Wikia. Judging by the rare outcome of a -9%, I dare say the chance for each and every of those roll happening is, luckily, not equal.	Posted by Maxtrux#0762 on Oct 22, 2020, 8:13:56 AM Quote this Post
" Maxtrux wrote: Actually, according to Wikia's page "corruption", " The Lapidary Lens in Doryani's Institute (Tier 3 Gemcutter's Workshop) at the Temple of Atzoatl can be used to corrupt a gem twice. It will not roll the same outcome twice (Ex. You can't gain a level 22 skill gem using this method). Which makes sense or else we would have at least some 22/20 on sale. But, according to Wikia's page "Vaal orb", jewel corruption can " No effect (other than adding the corrupted property). Add or subtract one level. Max level gems can exceed their normal maximum this way. A corrupted gem at the normal maximum will not continue to gain experience. Add or subtract 1-20 quality. Gems can have up to 23% quality this way. Change the gem to its corresponding Vaal Gem. So...yeah, apparently when you Vaal your skill gem there is a chance it can actually lose all of its precious quality, according to Wikia. Judging by the rare outcome of a -9%, I dare say the chance for each and every of those roll happening is, luckily, not equal. I wouldn't trust the outdated wiki though, but you might be right. This is just telling me to not gamble my items in the temple I guess (rip the stupid corruption challenge for alt. quality gems). Sitting in HO spamming alts for 4 hours straight is peak PoE gameplay. Thanks, Chris.	Posted by Ydoum#5726 on Oct 22, 2020, 10:01:38 AM Quote this Post
Where is that 3% from? Quality could always go down 10% even with regular vaal orb, no? You can get max 23%, so gain only 3%, are you confusing that?	Posted by Nubatack#3979 on Oct 22, 2020, 10:22:25 AM Quote this Post
It is so common to -10% quality break my zombie gem and then i don't have spare yet this league... This is the start of forum signature: I am not a GGG employee. About the username: Did you know Kowloon Gundam is made in Neo Hong Kong? quote from the first page: "Please post one thread per issue, and check the forum for similar posts first" This is the end of forum signature	Posted by neohongkong#0222 on Oct 22, 2020, 10:35:58 AM Quote this Post