What Happens when the Ambush and Invasion Leagues end this Weekend?

Lootboxes will become active in Std only after the new expansion starts in August? Bad decision... :(

Probably to make people opt for the 1 month league, instead of playing Std.

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DJ_Anubis wrote:

So there's people who will have 40+ Remove-Only tabs when the league ends.
Can ANYONE explain to me how buying a Premium Upgrade Bundle would be a convenience to them?

Keep in mind: It doesn't just pick the 5 first tabs, nooooo, it picks em completely random. VERY convenient indeed. You wanted the rings? Haha too bad, it's your Energy shield armor stash. Better start cleaning up your stash/room. Yes mom :(

yeah, this isn't your smartest decision, guys. There's other options, I'm not gonna mention them again, did that before and didn't seem to help in the slightest.

One thing I'm gonna keep repeating tho: FIX YOUR SHOP TO REFLECT THE CHANGE.
Can't blame people for asking for refunds/trouble if you don't.

yeah, reminds me when I had a mix of normal and premium stashtabs and upgraded some to premium... made me wonder if OCD is a marketing strategy, since I just couldn't handle the random number gaps I suddenly got in my normal stashtabs, and eventually upgraded them all to premium (which I don't regret though, having lots of premium tabs is very nice :))

After reading this thread:
Hey. Hey guys. I have the craziest of all ideas regarding those Remove Only tabs.
Okay now ... this is a really twisted theory, but stay with me on this one.
Maybe ... just maybe ... you could REMOVE those items out of their Remove Only tabs and stop hording those tabs Ö_Ö

Invasion was great, even after all of the RIPs
I don't want it to finish, please keep it for another month, until the next 4m. league starts
You can freeze the ladder if that's the problem, but I don't want to play in Hardcore, the economy there is skewed.

About the stash tabs, yes, they are indirect P2W, but it is a small price to pay for such a wonderful FREE game
I don't like how the stashes are merged, it is better to find another way to transfer currency to the (more) permanent league
Currently many players (myself included) are abusing the read-only tabs as permanent storage, and I don't think that's the idea. One idea -- have only the first tab from the ended league visible in the parent league. When the player empties it, then it will disappear, and the second tab will become visible, etc.

In the current implementation, after 4 leagues I will end with 80 R/O tabs, it is a nightmare to manage them

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cryptc wrote:

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DJ_Anubis wrote:

So there's people who will have 40+ Remove-Only tabs when the league ends.
Can ANYONE explain to me how buying a Premium Upgrade Bundle would be a convenience to them?

Keep in mind: It doesn't just pick the 5 first tabs, nooooo, it picks em completely random. VERY convenient indeed. You wanted the rings? Haha too bad, it's your Energy shield armor stash. Better start cleaning up your stash/room. Yes mom :(

yeah, this isn't your smartest decision, guys. There's other options, I'm not gonna mention them again, did that before and didn't seem to help in the slightest.

One thing I'm gonna keep repeating tho: FIX YOUR SHOP TO REFLECT THE CHANGE.
Can't blame people for asking for refunds/trouble if you don't.

yeah, reminds me when I had a mix of normal and premium stashtabs and upgraded some to premium... made me wonder if OCD is a marketing strategy, since I just couldn't handle the random number gaps I suddenly got in my normal stashtabs, and eventually upgraded them all to premium (which I don't regret though, having lots of premium tabs is very nice :))

Do you mean all premium tabs will be transferred, just the normal tabs they will randomly transfer 4?

Just, please, give us several 1 month leagues throughout the 4 month ones. I truly enjoy playing the semi-long leagues, but 4 months is just too much. 1 month leagues I could start fresh, make a new build and have fun, then just as I get bored, I can play in a new 1 month league. 4 month leagues are cool, but I just get bored with it after a month or so.
As an example - you will have a 1 month league now, then 4 month leagues start, so after around 1 month has passed, get a fresh 1 month league in. Or after 2 months have passed, just put one in the middle to freshen up the experience for players who don't particularly like to spend way too much time in one league.

So, Now I have to go play some other games, untill a new 4month season starts again. Someone said, 4 month is a bit too short for a season/ladder, but a 1month season/ladder is just too short, nothing I would personaly play in. I rather play standart then, and even that, I wont be playing....

But Good Job GGG, Cya when you get a new 4month up and running ;)

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sidtherat wrote:

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Marxone wrote:

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Why do you punish us standard-players ?

Standard players are not being punished. It's a free choice to play Standard and be satisfied with the fact that some of the changes will come into the game with 4-5 months delay.

Invasion / Ambush players are basically active testers of the new game content before it reaches standard leagues (both HC/SC). Starting over and over, trying new characters, it's something that ARPG's are build on - the replayability (even if it's not a real word).

For high level mapping it was declared by GGG earlier, that they do not intent the top level maps to be played over and over again, but they are supposed to be rewarding. Map price depends on the playerbase and how they will value the maps. Map strongboxes disrupted this intended "balance" so the core game will receive modified mechanic.

If your goal is to reach lvl 100 , yes, the decreased level sux with the xp penalty.

Not sure if you play solo or full party. It's harder for full party to run out of maps. And also, they are able to buy maps more easily, since they are able to split the cost (or run more effectively the lower ones as they can benefit from synergies.

So what is the 'normal' path of exile?

Temp leagues are 'testing grounds' for new feature

Perma leagues are 'dumpster grounds' with legacies and leg legacies with lots of obsolete and or overpowered gear and gems.

So where is that 'core game'? Standard - due to legacy fiasco - isnt one.

Actually it is "Standard". Legacy items are not something you could call broken game. You can call it dumpster. I can call it "league where everything is available". Some items in limited numbers. Standard is about to be Overpowered in certain cases and have available all the sweets that ever existed and be able to try stuff that sane people would never thought off. I would play Standard but i like to play HC leagues more (mostly because of the community which is more accessible to discussion on general chats), and normal HC is truly dead with less than 5% of the game population in peaks. So 4M leagues are convenient for me.

In terms of items i don't like to compare my characters to others, mostly with characters of people that heavily invested their time into building an incredibly strong characters. Maybe for an inspiration rather then comparison. Yes, i don't do as much dmg as others, i don't have as much life as others, i check and get inspired what i could change in my build / itemization.

But i don't play for gains, i play for fun. If i stop having fun playing Poe i play something else or go for a walk. Why stress myself with PoE. Good game, but not irreplaceable.

Thank god I can keep my hope of finding Drillneck self-found. Did I mention I hate how you keep uniques from leagues dropping in standard? Why do you insist on "removing" good parts of the game?