[0.2.0g] Feedback about loot and orbs

I almost completed the campaign with a new character in a new league (no items from another characters) after patch 0.2.0g, and the changes to loot have been very positive: for the first time in PoE2 (also PoE1), I actually feel excitement when opening a yellow chest, finding a strongbox, or getting keys to open the chests in the Trial of the Sekhemas.

Also, seeing unidentified Tier 2 or higher items drop during the campaign has been a great change — and you can really feel the tier of their mods (almost all Tier 3-4 or higher, and that’s on Tier 2 UnID items). This has made the gameplay experience much better: more rare items, more currency to upgrade my magic gear to rares. I was able to mess around with my build and not feel like I hit a major wall in the campaign (which did happen with the Amazon when I started in 0.2.0a). Also i like the focus here: better items, not MORE items. I quickly get bored about the loot explosions and that stuff.

The next step, I think, should be for orbs to provide better guarantees of rolling good mods. The contrast between Tier 2 item drops and orb crafting is very noticeable. I believe PoE2 should be bold here and make orbs more reliably give good mods.

Along those lines, I’d also like to see essences improved. They're feeling like a forgotten part of the gameplay experience, although I did notice more of them showing up — including Greater Essences, of which I got 3 during the campaign (compared to 1 or even none in previous campaigns). I think all essences (both normal and greater) should work like Augmentation/Exalted orbs, and that Greater Essences should roll higher-tier mods, which would make them a solid and powerful crafting tool.

Thank you, I was looking for exactly this sort of feedback to see if it is worth giving the game another go now.

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Sulik7#2502 написал:

Also, seeing unidentified Tier 2 or higher items drop during the campaign has been a great change — and you can really feel the tier of their mods (almost all Tier 3-4 or higher, and that’s on Tier 2 UnID items).

Agreed but I think we need a clarification of items tier. Right now, its not clear cause some best tier of affix is T3-5 ("+X to all skill" for ex, or MS on boots) for others its T8 and for life its T12. So a drop of a T3 item means nothing. GGG needs to revert item tiers OR having same number of tier for all affixes.

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Sulik7#2502 написал:

The next step, I think, should be for orbs to provide better guarantees of rolling good mods. The contrast between Tier 2 item drops and orb crafting is very noticeable. I believe PoE2 should be bold here and make orbs more reliably give good mods.

Yeah, I think we need more tools to be sure to have some higher tier on item while crafting with orbs, specially when reaching end game. Not a way to garanty the highest tier of affix, more like a way to be sure to have at least T3 for higher number of tier (life for ex).
Could be a new orb (but dont think its a good idea to add more orbs on the game) or possibility to use multiple orbs at the same time (10 exalted, 10 regal or 30 augments for ex).

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Sulik7#2502 написал:

Along those lines, I’d also like to see essences improved. They're feeling like a forgotten part of the gameplay experience, although I did notice more of them showing up — including Greater Essences, of which I got 3 during the campaign (compared to 1 or even none in previous campaigns). I think all essences (both normal and greater) should work like Augmentation/Exalted orbs, and that Greater Essences should roll higher-tier mods, which would make them a solid and powerful crafting tool.

Again, when reaching end game, we need to find more essences that help us to craft higher tier of affix.