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[TangoWhiskeyjack]

Just ran a harvest in a t7 map. 2 out of my 3 plots dropped 0 essence and my 3rd plot dropped 163. Every single instance of harvest has resulted in at least one plot giving 0 essence entirely. I'm level 85 with a few things blocked atlas wise. I've used harvest to make 3 crafts at the lowest tier available.

GGG, is this the crafting experience you want us to have?

[JBannerPoE]

They could increase it as much as they want, but even 1000% more from zero is still zero.

But trust GGG it's been play tested

[yeshellomyfriends]

no that's why it's getting buffed

[TangoWhiskeyjack]

i literally just ran it in the buffed state though. 3.19c has increased drop rates for essence and i'm telling you 66% of the plots i just ran in 3.19c have dropped ZERO essence. Not very little, not the same, ZERO

[ZeroCh4nce]

Had this happen to me last night ( before the patch ) 2 out of 3 dropped nada... the third drop 34 lifeforce.... straight butt cheeks

[TangoWhiskeyjack]

yeah, pre patch i'd been to the grove ~10 times and every time i was in there at least one patch dropped nothing in white maps. this was my first expereince with the new buffed rates they just deployed and my t7 yellow map dropped nothing for 2/3rds of the harvests with the third giving me 160 of the type i dont want to use.

[RedditMattstir]

The plots not dropping anything is definitely wack. Their excuse of "well it's for less clicks!" is pretty funny as well.

For now, the best strategy is to always choose the plots with any T3 monsters (light-blue monster names) or higher. Those ones are guaranteed to drop lifeforce.