Running unidentified maps kicks ass.

However, there needs to be more ways to get them. As it is, I have to rely entirely on the odds of a magic/rare map dropping which is exceptionally rare.
I'd even go so far as to suggest perhaps when you alch/transmute an item, its unidentified at first and you must ID it. This could have interesting consequences even outside of maps.
Let the lottery commence!

...Actually, now that I think about it, people are already foaming at the mouth about RNG.

I've run about 30 maps so far on my first character and so far... un-ided maps? What are these mythical items you talk of? Maybe its because I'm running +150 iir instead of iiq (+10%) but my map drop rate is horrible. In fact, I have run out of maps right now because my last 12 maps with minimum +30% iiq gave me NO maps at all, even after clearing down to the last boulder and barrel.

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licalier wrote:

I've run about 30 maps so far on my first character and so far... un-ided maps? What are these mythical items you talk of? Maybe its because I'm running +150 iir instead of iiq (+10%) but my map drop rate is horrible. In fact, I have run out of maps right now because my last 12 maps with minimum +30% iiq gave me NO maps at all, even after clearing down to the last boulder and barrel.

I only have about 30 IIQ and 60 IIR. I get on average about 2-3 maps of the same level as the one I am running on a map, give or take. Sometimes I hit streaks of none, but usually that is the norm. However, they are normal maps, not un-id because I very very rarely see magic/rare drops for maps.
Ironically, the more +quantity I have on a map, the less likely I am to see anything decent from it. All my best finds were on ones with like 20%. 'Dat RNG.

Can't you vendor blue or rare maps x3 for the next tier unid? Like 3 blue Crypts gets you a unid blue Cemetary or something?

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aimlessgun wrote:

Can't you vendor blue or rare maps x3 for the next tier unid? Like 3 blue Crypts gets you a unid blue Cemetary or something?

I know you can vendor 3 maps of the same time to get next tier, not sure if it keeps rarity/magic of it. If so, that would be awesome to do, but still its 3 69 maps for 1 70 map unid'd

I think chisel the map still better 20 iiq vs 30 iiq with mods like blood magic. 10 iiq is not worth the risk imo

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However, there needs to be more ways to get them.

There was an excellent suggestion posted a while back that if you drop an ID'd map and a bit of currency into the Map Device, that the map be blindly rerolled into an UNID'd map and opens portals, consuming the map. This seems reasonable.

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sanleon wrote:

I think chisel the map still better 20 iiq vs 30 iiq with mods like blood magic. 10 iiq is not worth the risk imo

Well I like the risk. I was doing this already before they added it as a feature. However, it's nice to get a little quantity boost for it.

Suggestion :

2 rare unid rings + 20% Quality map of same Ilvl in map device yields 1 rare unid 20% map of same Ilvl.

That's real crafting.

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sanleon wrote:

I think chisel the map still better 20 iiq vs 30 iiq with mods like blood magic. 10 iiq is not worth the risk imo

This is exactly what I was trying to tell people.