I gambled and lost. My views on PoE and its randomness

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iamstryker a écrit :

The point is that a player beating the game with only blues isn't as impressive when its the exact right top rolled gear. Therefore it can still be a valid complaint about not FINDING gear needed to progress.

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Sinnesteuer a écrit :

Leveling "process" is that you go kill stuff for EXP, which you can do, regardless of level, in accessible areas of A3 Merciless.

Or does Catacombs only spawn when RNG decides it should? Is there a roll to determine the EXP of Merc Dominus?

Spoiler

Yes, I know that the thought of even one clvl at 90+ by grinding Cats would be enough to make most people pull a Hemingway (in Ketchum), but that does not discount that it can be done, with zero risk and no worries about any RNG.

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Let's keep in mind that the developers do plan on 10 acts of content. There will, eventually, be level progression via more difficult content, we just don't have that content yet.

Although, even with 10 acts of content, I can imagine the last 5 or so levels still being really grindy. I don't really have an issue with that. Especially if I didn't have to start repeating content in any appreciable way until clvl 90+.

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johnKeys a écrit :

@Almostdead, saying "well NotRegret did it" as a way to counter a discussion is rather stupid.
that's my point, and Stryker understood it.

the guy traded like hell for his "shitty" blue gear, that was anything but "shitty" to tell the truth.
heck, it was a lot better than most rares I typically find, and - more importantly - optimized for his very certain build, played in a very certain way.
he also used macros to counter game technicalities that outright slaughter many other players.
and to top it all off, he's a great player to begin with.

so yeah it's possible because one guy did it.
it's also possible to beat Vaal at level 1 (Phonx did) and get to level 100 in a HC league (Baker did), but that doesn't change anything at all about the way the game is designed and balanced.
moreover, even if I specifically get as good as NotRegret, Kripp, Havoc, Phonx or Baker - it still wouldn't change anything.

and about that Legacy Kaom's Heart remark, I meant those annoying people who have an urge to enter every discussion about drop rates or risk/reward, link it, and say "drop rates are fine".
they know they're not, and they simply got lucky and won a damn RNG lottery: RNG-got it from under a damn rock, RNG-chanced it, or actually killed something nasty for RNG-dropping it at best.
it's a completely moronic, trollish way to attempt killing a discussion, which does nothing but enlarge e-penises and provoke forum rage.

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tinko92 a écrit :

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Sinnesteuer a écrit :

Leveling "process" is that you go kill stuff for EXP, which you can do, regardless of level, in accessible areas of A3 Merciless.

Or does Catacombs only spawn when RNG decides it should? Is there a roll to determine the EXP of Merc Dominus?

Spoiler

Yes, I know that the thought of even one clvl at 90+ by grinding Cats would be enough to make most people pull a Hemingway (in Ketchum), but that does not discount that it can be done, with zero risk and no worries about any RNG.

What exactly is a point of this post? A turd doesn't smell so bad?

Why is there even content after normal Hillock? Absolute no reason, lvl 100 is possible by grinding normal Hillock.

Is that how things are discussed?

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Let's keep in mind that the developers do plan on 10 acts of content. There will, eventually, be level progression via more difficult content, we just don't have that content yet.

Although, even with 10 acts of content, I can imagine the last 5 or so levels still being really grindy. I don't really have an issue with that. Especially if I didn't have to start repeating content in any appreciable way until clvl 90+.

That has also nothing to do with this map system.

It doesn't matter if there will be rainbows and unicorns in 2 years, the situation until that 10th act is what matters.
Game is played by that time.

Should leveling process be gated behind luck before the 10th act? How is that an excuse to a degenerate system?

Since you're defending this system, provide valid arguments in its favor, this is ridiculous.

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Sinnesteuer a écrit :

We were having a decent discussion. You have allowed your passions into it, it appears to me, I will not continue to discuss what will only devolve.

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Sinnesteuer a écrit :

We were having a decent discussion. You have allowed your passions into it, it appears to me, I will not continue to discuss what will only devolve.

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johnKeys a écrit :

getting rid of IIQ is - just like having high-map-only uniques - a good intention which paves the road to hell.

when a certain part of the game is layered thick with RNG on top of RNG with a side of RNG, introducing something which is in essence risk/reward, but without adjusting the other dependencies - will only make things worse.

for example, I am one of those who want a self-found league, but would rather kill myself than play a self-found league with the current drop rates, "crafting", and complete RNG-domination.

SFL - if introduced to the game - should come with an overhauled version of the drop and crafting systems.
and if designed for solo-play, get rid of the ridiculous gear checks.
I just steam-rolled past Cruel Dominus yesterday simply because I was in a party.
was greatly under-leveled and it didn't matter. he was dead in less than 10 minutes.
that bastard just owns you if you take him on solo, unless extremely over-leveled, and/or skilled, and/or with zero frame-drops, and/or wearing top-notch Merciless-grade gear.

similarly, IIQ removal should come with an overhaul of the drop system.

and map-only uniques, should come with a full map overhaul.
making maps risk/reward, drop properly, and with bosses that are actually killable for characters roughly their level, and wearing gear that's not RMT-grade BiS and mirrored bullshit.
if played well enough.

"skip the boss" is in my opinion, the most anti-risk/reward thing ever seen in Path Of Exile.
a true achievement for a game that's in itself anti-risk/reward.
and it's entirely the fault of GGG's design of map bosses and - more importantly - the loot they drop and exp they give.
most map bosses are simply not worth the risk. not even in SC. especially if you're high level and losing 10% means days of playing catch-up.