POE 2 HAS A MAJOR LOOT ISSUE FOR SOME PLAYERS

I need to vent because this is ruining what would otherwise be a fantastic experience. I am playing the Early Access for PoE 2 and have made it almost to the end of Act 3 for the first time. However, I have suddenly hit a wall of progress, due solely to a single factor.

THE LOOT IN THE GAME IS HORRIBLE, BAD, TERRIBLE, TRASH TIER LOOT.

I cannot stress enough how bad my loot drop has been. I wish I could create a snapshot of every single drop i've had across nearly 35 hours of play time, because 50% of it would be white, 50% would be blue, and an infinitely tiny fraction would be yellow/currency. I am nearing level 50, still using gear I found at level 20. I cant enjoy the game or craft a build or anything due to how bad the loot is. GGG, please for the love of all that is holy, look into this. There HAS to be a bug affecting a lot of people, because this cannot be the loot system you intended to have in the game. I have to put the game down until this is fixed, for my own sanity and enjoyment of the game. The game is incredible, it feels amazing to play and looks absolutely gorgeous, but I cannot recommend it right now due to the risk of your loot RNG being so bad.

Agreed

Agreed

Haven't they already announced they are tweaking drops? I just don't know when this patch is dropping. I'm assuming it's not out yet since I didn't see it in the patch notes thread.

This "grab loot first and beg for forgiveness later" when in parties is, well, sadly very poor design. If players need to shiv fellow players to get good gear why not just make the game full on PVP including in town where you can steal from other people's stashes, too.

in response to grab loot and dont apologize, you can make your loot stay permanently allocated to you in the game settings. i understand it isnt permanent by default, but anyone concerned about it can fix it

I had to reclear the same area 5-6 times, because i needed "any" wand/sceptre. in all 5-6 full clears i got 3 crossbows 2 boots and 3 chest pieces.. maybe a ring.. all white or maybe blue if lucky. this took a significant amount of time since I still have essentially a white wand. All of this loot didn't even sell for 50% of what i would need in gold to buy a blue wand from a merchant.

Edit: I do however have an entire stash tab of flasks....

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eEridani#1169 wrote:

This "grab loot first and beg for forgiveness later" when in parties is, well, sadly very poor design. If players need to shiv fellow players to get good gear why not just make the game full on PVP including in town where you can steal from other people's stashes, too.

There is option for this in the party menu. Party leader has to put "permanent allocation"
Rares and uniques and currency.
Whites and blues are still anybodys game tho

I am full kitted in decent rares of my level in act 3, some crafted, some bought, some dropped. This is before the patch.

Stop rushing through the game trying to force maps like it's poe1 and try actually playing the game and enjoying it.

If full clearing every area, killing every enemy, and then doing it again in hopes of ANY kind of base item or magic/rare is "rushing through the game trying to force maps" then it is the most insane comment I have heard all week. I kill every enemy and fully explore each map multiple times for the CHANCE that something decent will drop. Not decent like POE1, decent as in a rare, or pray to god, a currency item, so that I could actually try to get ANYTHING