Farming currency with new characters?

I'm not sure whether it's a quirk of the loot drop probability mechanics (you're always under-levelled but overpowered for the first few maps), or if the game intentionally weights currency drops for new characters - but they always seem to receive 1 or 2 high value currency orbs in the first few minutes after leaving Lioneye's Watch.

Anyone else think there's a pattern here that could be exploited for efficient (if unconventional) currency farming?

noticed that too

maybe less portal and wisdom scroll = more higher orbs!

made a new toon and got chaos and 2 alchemy before i reach level 8...

I have 3 level 20 something toons and never got any good currency drops untill act 2

I had a GCP drop at level 9 in the prison 2 days ago, does seem odd.

In CB I once got 2 alchemy orbs before even making it to lionseye watch, I think you are right. At the very least, early on you can't outlevel the monsters so you don't get the penalty to orb drops.

RNG is RNG.

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Elynole написал:

RNG is RNG.

Lies! I got GCP every time I kill a mob with my mouth in JUST the right position! So now I just have to make sure I can make it to that position before the mob is dead each time. :-P

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Elynole написал:

RNG is RNG.

And yet my new chars intended for simple gem collecting reliably get more currency drops per hour than my lvl 57 mara.

It's undoubtedly a consequence of currency drops being penalised for fighting underleveled mobs, I just wonder if the penalty is too severe - or rather that it's effecting the wrong character demographic.

Those with poor gear, have to grind to gather better gear. In the process of grinding they gain too much xp, meaning that from now on they will always significantly out level the mobs. This in turn reduces their currency drops forcing them to be even more under geared and thus require more grinding. It's a downward spiral.

The current currency scaling rewards twinking & cookie cutter builds that can 'ride the wave', and heavily penalises suboptimal builds with a negative feedback loop that will only be broken once you reach lvl63.

I had an Orb of Regret drop from the first chest I opened after leaving Lioneye's Watch for the first time with my Marauder. This was when the OB launched and some people were talking about how to respec in PoE. I decided to link the Orb to the chat and like noob I right clicked on the Orb. :D

But yeah, maybe it was just RNG.

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Elynole написал:

RNG is RNG.