Item Changes in Path of Exile 2

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barruda#4241 a écrit :

let me try to help with all this confusion, TLDR of the practical impacts of this patch (in theory).

“Will more Rares drop?”
Yes—especially mid-tier Rares. Tier 2 Rares now drop about 4× more often, and Tiers 3–5 are up by 30%. Overall you’ll get roughly 20–30% more high-value currency (Exalts, Alchs, Regals, etc.) and gear.

Magic gear is juicier, too. Tier 2+ Magic items are ~5× more frequent, and their mod pools have been cleansed of weaker rolls (so a “Tier 5” Magic nearly always has a top-end stat).

Why cut back Player/Map Rarity modifiers?
Avoid runaway stacking: If you combined huge monster-Rarity buffs (e.g. Azmerian Wisps, endgame boss buffs, strongbox mods) with big Player or Map Rarity mods, drops would become ridiculous—too many items to meaningfully play with.

Focus power on content, not gear affixes: By nerfing personal rarity mods, rarity comes more from which monsters and chests you kill or which maps you run, making exploration and build choices about clearing content more meaningful.

How it will feel?
Kill tougher monsters or open chests → better loot. You’ll see fewer “white-ticket” normal items and more colored magic/rare drops as you progress.

Your own rarity gear mods still help—just less dramatically. You won’t be able to stack endless rarity just by wearing a few items; instead you’ll chase content that naturally has higher Rarity stats.

Maps and waystones still “juice” your run. A map with Rarity modifiers will boost drops noticeably, but won’t let you trivialize every zone by itself.

In short: the patch reallocates loot power from passive, always-on gear/map mods into the active challenge of the monsters and chests you face—so rarer, more exciting items drop when you earn them, without drowning you in endless junk. This is basically nerfing magic finding and raising the bar for non "juiced" loots.

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R0b1001#1096 a écrit :

so you buffed rarity and nerfed rarity in the same time. Do you guys actually understand what buff means? Who comes up with this?

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codename1190#7336 a écrit :

Am I understanding this correctly? Did they just make Rarity on gear even more of a requirement while at the same time nerfing the baseline? Who asked for this?

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SaKRaaN#0012 a écrit :

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barruda#4241 a écrit :

let me try to help with all this confusion, TLDR of the practical impacts of this patch (in theory).

“Will more Rares drop?”
Yes—especially mid-tier Rares. Tier 2 Rares now drop about 4× more often, and Tiers 3–5 are up by 30%. Overall you’ll get roughly 20–30% more high-value currency (Exalts, Alchs, Regals, etc.) and gear.

Magic gear is juicier, too. Tier 2+ Magic items are ~5× more frequent, and their mod pools have been cleansed of weaker rolls (so a “Tier 5” Magic nearly always has a top-end stat).

Why cut back Player/Map Rarity modifiers?
Avoid runaway stacking: If you combined huge monster-Rarity buffs (e.g. Azmerian Wisps, endgame boss buffs, strongbox mods) with big Player or Map Rarity mods, drops would become ridiculous—too many items to meaningfully play with.

Focus power on content, not gear affixes: By nerfing personal rarity mods, rarity comes more from which monsters and chests you kill or which maps you run, making exploration and build choices about clearing content more meaningful.

How it will feel?
Kill tougher monsters or open chests → better loot. You’ll see fewer “white-ticket” normal items and more colored magic/rare drops as you progress.

Your own rarity gear mods still help—just less dramatically. You won’t be able to stack endless rarity just by wearing a few items; instead you’ll chase content that naturally has higher Rarity stats.

Maps and waystones still “juice” your run. A map with Rarity modifiers will boost drops noticeably, but won’t let you trivialize every zone by itself.

In short: the patch reallocates loot power from passive, always-on gear/map mods into the active challenge of the monsters and chests you face—so rarer, more exciting items drop when you earn them, without drowning you in endless junk. This is basically nerfing magic finding and raising the bar for non "juiced" loots.

Let me simplify it even further:
Casual players who don’t invest in gear with rarity now have a better chance of getting loot than players who actually understand the game and build for rarity.

So basically, they changed nothing. What a joke.