Buff Vendor Gear Sales ( HC SSF Ruthless)

Hello,

Long time fan, I've just been watching alot of new players play my favourite game mode lately (HC SSF Ruthless).

Please buff the quality of gear sales in vendors (And I dont mean %quality obviously). For many new players, and Ruthless players, reaching a new act and vendor is a big deal, and opening a new vendor's inventory should be EXCITING. It should be like killing a powerful boss. You just DISCOVERED a new area, a new town a new people. Humans are EXPLORERS by nature, NOT killers.

This is my humble suggestion and I hope you take it on board for PoE2, a game I look forward to VERY much :)

Thanks team,
Matthew.

The entire point of ruthless is being starved of top gear...

I think the OP's comment is relevant to all versions of the game, not just HC/SSF/Ruthless.

Vendor items and non-skill based quest rewards have been significantly out of touch for some time now and are almost always worthless. The system could really do with a refresh and this league has had some interesting potential solutions.

I'd love to see a pool of certain uniques end up in some vendor stashes or as quest rewards. No top level items, just some worthwhile early game items.

Also rares offered as quest rewards should be massively buffed to offer well rolled outcomes. It's hardly going to damage the end game trade market but can make the early game feel rewarding. When was the last time anyone actually received something from a quest and thought, "wow, that's a nice upgrade" instead of it being immediate vendor trash?