Path of Exile Questions Thread - December 19, 2019

Questions Thread - December 19, 2019
Alkaizer clip perfectly and hilariously capturing the feeling of flame dashing into an invisible wall and dying to Awakener.
Everywhere, every time.
Unpopular opinion - new atlas is better than old one
GG Darkee got the Awakener !
Raiders head pokes through the crucible hood MTX :(
You can sell a full inventory of headhunter belts for The Mysterious Gift prophecy
Great design
Thank you Zizaran for organizing the HC SSF event.
Awakener turns invisible and Waggle can't get back into the arena after a relog (SSFHC world first full awakened attempt)
Enjoying the longer endgame with new atlas
Dear GGG, please, add organ auto pickup before this weekend..
Zana: I had to lock the exiles in the atlas because they ran too many maps and went crazy
Previous patches focused on expanding the existing game, this patch is transitioning to 4.0. Also, Metamorphs are fine and not seeing shit is somewhat fine (wall of unpopular opinion included)
Gratz to Darkee for being the first to kill Awakener on SSF HC Metamorph
Ha- You can raise the frightened citizens of Oriath- they plead for mercy constantly in your hideout
Yeah boi !
League of Metamorph
RIP Raiz
Waggle SSFHC Awakener RIP
A random uber lab gauntlet chest was very generous yesterday
Legion encounter boss keeps crashing my game when boss dies
Entropy Hide, The Dream Int Stacking Regalia
EU servers still not fixed?
Hoping to have a way to hide most of these in the future, seems a bit much
When the metamorph organ guarantees a 6 link weapon, but also hates you.

Questions Thread - December 19, 2019

Posted: 18 Dec 2019 04:05 PM PST

Questions Thread - December 19, 2019

This is a general question thread on December 19, 2019. You can find the previous question threads here.

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Alkaizer clip perfectly and hilariously capturing the feeling of flame dashing into an invisible wall and dying to Awakener.

Posted: 19 Dec 2019 09:25 AM PST

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Everywhere, every time.

Posted: 18 Dec 2019 11:48 PM PST

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Posted: 19 Dec 2019 05:31 AM PST

It's more interesting, not just plain completing tier after tier but now you can shape it as you go and choose what regions like like the most. You can complete even starting maps at higher tiers, no need to tedious running missing t2 or t3 when youre level 90. Im at 100 completion now and I didnt buy a single map in trade, progression is going smoothly when you get the hang of it. There is no shaping strats but you are rewarded for completion more now. In the old system I always felt bad when I didnt run the "optimal" map. Also shaping and uncompleting maps cost a lot sometimes. Lack of one map grinding may hurt ssf players since now it will be a lot harder to grind for certain divination cards but in the long run I think it will be healthier overall. Maybe they should rebalance card drop because of that

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GG Darkee got the Awakener !

Posted: 19 Dec 2019 03:25 AM PST

https://www.twitch.tv/lightee7

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Raiders head pokes through the crucible hood MTX :(

Posted: 19 Dec 2019 09:32 AM PST

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You can sell a full inventory of headhunter belts for The Mysterious Gift prophecy

Posted: 19 Dec 2019 03:05 AM PST

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Great design

Posted: 19 Dec 2019 12:20 PM PST

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Thank you Zizaran for organizing the HC SSF event.

Posted: 19 Dec 2019 03:56 AM PST

Watching this race was a blast, it was intense, it was epic. As someone who never watched ANY poe stream i was surprised by how much i learned watching so many streamer.

The rip clip were funny

Even if it has some bad moment (waggle first in everybody heart), i do believe that this event was a succes and this couldnt have been possible without Zizaran commitment and the viewers who gave him 30K. (also GGG support)

Also congratz to Darkee for his amazing performance.

The race isnt over, Uber elder, lvl 100 and delve are still on the line.

I realy do hope those race become a thing in the future.

Again congratulation !

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Awakener turns invisible and Waggle can't get back into the arena after a relog (SSFHC world first full awakened attempt)

Posted: 18 Dec 2019 08:48 PM PST

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Enjoying the longer endgame with new atlas

Posted: 19 Dec 2019 09:31 AM PST

Just hit 93 this morning, and have accumulated 16 stones and killed awakener for the first time.

Usually i'd quit a character around 93 in previous leagues, because it was much quicker to fill out the atlas, and push elder to where I need him, but this league with its longer end game is really nice that I want to keep pushing and grinding on this character.

I'm really enjoying the pursuit of atlas progress instead of character progress, which is passively being built over time.

Can't wait to get a second fight with the awakener and love getting the conquerors to spawn.

I'd like to just share some praise for a league that I simple cannot pull myself away from playing, and i've played every league since beta.

Edit: I've removed the line about reddit being negative because that's not what I wanted to focus on here, and would like to keep this post positive about the end game atlas.

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Dear GGG, please, add organ auto pickup before this weekend..

Posted: 18 Dec 2019 11:46 PM PST

I think Im not alone thinking another weekend of organ clicking will bee a nightmare :) Playing that fast clear build and stopping at every pack to pickup 1-3 organs....Uff.

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Zana: I had to lock the exiles in the atlas because they ran too many maps and went crazy

Posted: 19 Dec 2019 09:25 AM PST

Also Zana: Oh, hey bud, fancy seeing you here. Want a free map to run inside this other map? On the house!

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Previous patches focused on expanding the existing game, this patch is transitioning to 4.0. Also, Metamorphs are fine and not seeing shit is somewhat fine (wall of unpopular opinion included)

Posted: 19 Dec 2019 10:01 AM PST

tldr title

People talk a lot of shit about metamorphs being unfair and bs, and "have fun in hardcore" and so on; so i decided it would be a good idea to go to reddit and talk a lot of shit aswell!

The critique on metamorphs being unfair or bullshit is strongly interwoven with the core game changing in its transition to 4.0. I will first defend the league mechanic and visibility issues. For this i will talk from a hardcore pov. I will then conclude how this relates to the game transitioning towards its next iteration.

When you create a metamorph, the body parts show what attacks and what passive modifiers will be added. To me, hardcore pov, this feels totally fair. Maybe dont do "explodes corpses", and second guess any attacks that got "volatile" or "caustic" in the name. You might wanna give a shit about powerfull crits aswell. Most of the time its just whatever, but sometimes you can actually make a decision: will you greed or will you play it save? I dont think thats a bad thing, i think that is intended and personally like it.

On the topic of visibility, i think its somewhat legit visual design. Think of it as a skill requirement. Making stuff "hard to see" is part of many games - for example some stealth mechanics work like that (heroes of the storm), or in a less obvious example some battle royal and shooter games do it (bf, pubg). An extreme example for the opposite would be to just turn off any textures, make everything brightly colored spheres and cubes and add equivalent audio cues. I dont think the game would be quite as popular. However, this is a gray area and i wonder how ggg feels about it, especially to what degree this was a conscious decision on their end. This is a very hard problem on the development side of things, to make a guess whats "best" for the players and maybe go against what what they want, for it could ultimately make them dislike the game longterm or lose interest. WoW Classic is a good example, where the devs thought people dont want it for good reason; but then people did. But then it turned out they didnt, see reddit. Players cant ever be blamed for this tho, the devs need to make the call.

Its fine to dislike the mechanic or parts of it or its execution, and fine to dislike visual clutter. Thats no excuse for players to talk shit tho.

If you add volatile whatever to your metamorph, be ready for possible homing orbs! You can choose where to fight aswell, if you care about visibility. Do not completely ignore your chaos res, those times are over for a few leagues now. Checking your morph does not take long; add in the shit, quick hover, activate and kill it. Or in rare cases make a conscious decision and compromise. Or maybe dont give a fuck and die a bunch. It is perfectly okay to dislike the mechanic; but calling it unfair or bullshit is unfair AND bullshit.

I think this league is a good example of what poe is essentially set out to become. Having to care more about what is going on, and making meaningful decisions based on that. Thats what it means for poe to become "harder", which is part of the design goal for 4.0. Top that off with a general tweak of numbers and increased mechanical skill requirements and it explains a lot of the anger. Neither the league mechanic nor the expansion are bad, they're new and different. Our playstyles and approach to builds need to adapt, and adaption is hussle. In terms of gaming the good kind of hussle tho! We will be back to mathil trivializing everything in no time, hopefully to a lesser degree tho.

This league and expansion made a big step towards 4.0. For me, this is the most fair and the most interesting league ever out of those i have played.

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Gratz to Darkee for being the first to kill Awakener on SSF HC Metamorph

Posted: 19 Dec 2019 03:28 AM PST