Eternal orbs.. Should they come back?

What this game needs is far less power creep... not more.

Why they were removed from game in first place? Ol' good "no fun allowed"?
Yes they should be back, no reason not to.

ahh; reach bow is a thing now.. no need for mirrors OR eternals; GGG is now making the OP stuff themself :)

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Gary_GGG написал:

Chris posted the reason for removing Eternal Orbs in the Development manifesto post here: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1302066

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We introduced Eternal Orbs in the 0.11.0 patch two years ago. Since then, the impact they've had on Path of Exile and its economy hasn't been what we initially intended.

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At the release of the next Path of Exile expansion after The Awakening, we'll review economic data and make a decision about whether they are restored or will continue to be disabled.

Eternal orbs are officially dead to the end
-Confirmed

I think they should return. I love them, they allowed me to exalt items without fear. When eternals dropped, I actually crafted things! It was nice being able to craft things, I was able to finish up a few items because of them. These days I just sell off my exalts. I will never use them, because I am not in the top 1% that can afford to lose an exalt to a failed craft.

I think they should be changed like an above poster said - make them so you can eternal an item once. So mirrored items dont have multiple versions and other things. I think they dropped too often for how powerful they were. I think if readded, they should be put in the middle of of exalt and mirror drop rate. This would limit the flow of gg mirror service items in temp leagues. Honestly I do not think I have seen a mirror service in a temp league since they were removed. This makes it so mirrors are only really used in standard. Is this how you want mirros to be used GGG? It would be great to be able to mirror an item in temp leagues.

They were good, just too common for their power.

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POOPHAMMER написал:

I will never use them, because I am not in the top 1% that can afford to lose an exalt to a failed craft.

An eternal won't give you the exalt back if you get a bad mod out of it. It only allows you to try again with another exalt.

Meta-mods also allow for a sort of checkpoint halfway through crafting an item, although crafting a perfect item still requires more exalts than before.

As a self-found player, that kind of crafting is out of my reach, eternals or no. I might eventually get to a point where I YOLO exalt really good items, but so far I only have four exalts across all leagues and none of my items is really worthy.

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databeaver написал:

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POOPHAMMER написал:

I will never use them, because I am not in the top 1% that can afford to lose an exalt to a failed craft.

An eternal won't give you the exalt back if you get a bad mod out of it. It only allows you to try again with another exalt.

Meta-mods also allow for a sort of checkpoint halfway through crafting an item, although crafting a perfect item still requires more exalts than before.

As a self-found player, that kind of crafting is out of my reach, eternals or no. I might eventually get to a point where I YOLO exalt really good items, but so far I only have four exalts across all leagues and none of my items is really worthy.

Yeah maybe I worded that poorly. It is more of I do not feel like I wasted the exalt + possibly bricked the item. I know of the master meta mod shit, but I have never gotten a master to 8 so never got the chance to try it.

With meta mods on masters, bringing back eternals will be one of the retardedest decision ever form GGG.

And like I said before, eternals ultimately kills exalt sink. Just like the retarded glyph's mark, they spend only like 3k exalts and made 2 million exalts from just mirror service and flipping exalts/mirrors, and all the currency goes to them ultimately because of eternals allowing them to craft 6x T1 for very little investment. And guess what 9 outta 10 they probably converted their 2 million exalts to cash when they quit PoE...

Good thing GGG isnt stupid, and finally took it out.

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Pewzor написал:

With meta mods on masters, bringing back eternals will be one of the retardedest decision ever form GGG.

And like I said before, eternals ultimately kills exalt sink. Just like the retarded glyph's mark, they spend only like 3k exalts and made 2 million exalts from just mirror service and flipping exalts/mirrors, and all the currency goes to them ultimately because of eternals allowing them to craft 6x T1 for very little investment. And guess what 9 outta 10 they probably converted their 2 million exalts to cash when they quit PoE...

Good thing GGG isnt stupid, and finally took it out.

I think you're missing the point of the thread:

I wanna know people's ideas on how to bring back a similar form of eternal orbs that WOULD NOT ruin the game with the "retarded glyph mark" example. If eternal orbs were just reintroduced that would be stupid. Im suggesting that people think of ideas that bring back the idea of eternaling gear that isnt just bought instantly, or readily avaliable to any trader. It needs to be introduced in a manner where people debate if its even worth doing the challenge to get the possibility to eternal an item, that way players who like to play self-found and such will have the ability to progress in the game rather than meeting a point in which they can no longer scale out.

For example a good idea that was suggested was limiting the amount of time a item can be mirrored making it not so profitable for anyone who is trying to take advantage of eternals for selling mirror-worthy gear. If an idea like this is paired with a very difficult challenge in order to obtain a chance at eternaling an item I feel like they could be reintroduced.