Build of the Week: Season 2 Episode 4 (Two-week Race Build)

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Wooser69 wrote:

Also I got no idea how you can get gear like that within 2 weeks of a hardcore league. Is this what I miss out on by never trading?

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RaGoNXIII wrote:

Thats one of the biggest problems this game faces, the loot is even worse than D3 vanilla with their AH balance, many players left the game with the same feedback and nothing is done. Don't getting any upgrade from around level 20 to 50 and ending rage-deleting your own char should never be allowed on a game like this. Don't finding any upgrade from level 60 to 90 (any), either. That makes your desire to play lower and lower, and obviously, you won't make any new char when you see that you reach the same spot where you find nothing unless you trade like a no-lifer. And thats said from someone that made ~10 chars on domination (x4 +80), and just 1 on ambush waiting to see if something changed, but no.

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Gobla wrote:

Is it just me or is it extraordinarily odd that all gear linked there has 6 affixes?

I don't think in all my time playing I've ever had a character with 6-affix rares in each and every slot. Even when getting some amazingly lucky drops the vast majority of the time they don't have 6 affixes and exalts aren't exactly common enough to start upgrading every great rare I find.

Even in build threads from players playing much, much more than I do with much, much better gear I'm not seeing any gear sets where every item has all 6 affixes, they're amazing pieces but there's always a few pieces with just 4-5 affixes.

Am I missing something here? Is it even more extreme luck, not only getting multiple great affixes on every single piece but also 6 of them on every piece? What's going on?

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Example Gear at Level 72

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majesw wrote:

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Gobla wrote:

Is it just me or is it extraordinarily odd that all gear linked there has 6 affixes?

I don't think in all my time playing I've ever had a character with 6-affix rares in each and every slot. Even when getting some amazingly lucky drops the vast majority of the time they don't have 6 affixes and exalts aren't exactly common enough to start upgrading every great rare I find.

Even in build threads from players playing much, much more than I do with much, much better gear I'm not seeing any gear sets where every item has all 6 affixes, they're amazing pieces but there's always a few pieces with just 4-5 affixes.

Am I missing something here? Is it even more extreme luck, not only getting multiple great affixes on every single piece but also 6 of them on every piece? What's going on?

I found gear fairly realistic for someone putting in 8+ hours a day over two weeks. However, I was suspicious about this too. Generally there will be a few 5 or even 4 mod items that roll better than the 6 mod items. Clearly the character is prioritizing life, then resists, and has made choices accordingly. But it's strange to see all 6 mod items. Wonder if there is a recipe we are missing...

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RaGoNXIII wrote:

Thats one of the biggest problems this game faces, the loot is even worse than D3 vanilla with their AH balance, many players left the game with the same feedback and nothing is done. Don't getting any upgrade from around level 20 to 50 and ending rage-deleting your own char should never be allowed on a game like this. Don't finding any upgrade from level 60 to 90 (any), either. That makes your desire to play lower and lower, and obviously, you won't make any new char when you see that you reach the same spot where you find nothing unless you trade like a no-lifer. And thats said from someone that made ~10 chars on domination (x4 +80), and just 1 on ambush waiting to see if something changed, but no.

A few months ago I persuaded several of my friends to give PoE a shot. Once they barely arrived to Merciless I was being constantly asking when will drop improve because they can't play like this. The result is that absolutely all gone after a few days and that they have no intention ever to return. Unfortunately, I doubt that these several race awards will convince people to return.