Get rid of vaal orbs or take away purely negative effects ffs
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The OP has a deep misunderstanding of how PoE works.
Somebody has resumed it very, very accurately: PoE does not have crafting. It has gambling. And the house always wins. No matter what you're trying to do, odds are always rigged against you. For the most part, this is understandable. Each MMO needs several item sinks, otherwise the economy gets really messy, really fast. Vaal Orbs are no different. Without the downsides, everybody would be using level 21 skill gems by now. |
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I tried to use vaal orb on 20/20 Arc, which was my primary skill. I was prepared to be punished for my audacity. I told myself even with downgrade there still be possible to use Arc, right?
...I've got 20/20 Vaal arc :)) ..so I've completely lost primary skill. Love this orb! :D | |
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Working as intended. You know it has a chance to downgrade the item, why using it if thats bothering you?
If downside is removed vaal orb will be easily most expensive orb. No thx. -1. Rejected. Not suppoting this. Downvoted. |
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" I didnt even know you could get vaal gems from using a vaal orb on a regular one. And GG on getting vaal arc. :) |
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"Yeah, I turned my L20 Clarity into an L20 Vaal Clarity. Didn't see that one coming! From now on I'm gonna have a backup gem leveled when corrupting a gem that has a Vaal counterpart. Guild Leader The Amazon Basin <BASIN>
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" Damn, Vaal orbs are more unpredictable than drops. :) I think they got the orb names wrong actually, wouldnt a chaos orb cause chaos i.e. be completely unpredictable in what it does? But it just rerolls rares. Chaos should have the vaal orb effect but maybe its just me. And the vaal orb was always meant to be taken with a grain of salt, not to be taken serious as actual crafting in the sense that one rerolls mods or exalts an item or anything like that. |
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The only Vaal Orb result I believe should be taken away or reduced is the "nothing" effect. It's so anticlimactic. More positives, more negatives, more "is this positive or negative I can't decide," but less nothing please.
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" A tiny bit of nothing gotta be there but a little bit more bad and a few more good would be nice. Its always lulzy when people use vaal orbs. |
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" That's exactly what makes the mods gained from Vaal Orbs so powerful. The "nothing" mod is simply an item sink. " Not quite. If you think about it, Alteration only modifies a magic item. A Chaos orb completely randomizes a much stronger magic item, the rare types. |
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Vaal Orbs can destroy things, so using them on something you can't afford to loose is pretty baller. However, because of such, people are encouraged to use them on the trash uniques or common items, which can help create a sink for too many of them stacking up. |
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