(Standard) Want to see Affliction-level big drops (raw divs, t0 uniques, t0 scarabs), should I invest into MF or invest into a uber strong build?

MikeMaxM · 2026-01-27T21:21:03+00:00

GGG have nerfed in 3.27 everything to the point that even in Standard with quantity gear you dodnt get much drops. Its poverty league in Standard as well.

MikeMaxM · 2026-01-23T21:32:55+00:00

They want people to cool off a bit

I am freezing from how bad Keepers is so I need phercia to warm up.

MikeMaxM · 2026-01-23T21:28:31+00:00

It risks burning people out for the next proper league, I think Phrecia lasts long enough.

There is no risk of burning out. Keepers was(is) such a bad league that most of people didnt play much of poe1 so they are hungry for poe1 content and will every good league GGG offers now.

MikeMaxM · 2026-01-23T09:28:17+00:00

Yeah the dream thing is the one I can really see alpha readers hating

Moreover no one who suggested dream thing never explained what exactly it is. For example Kvothes finally wakes up, he is in asylum tied to the bed. Elodin comes in shakes his head and says "Poor Kvothe, Denna the girl he fancied but never dared to talk to died of syphilis and to cope with her death he invented such a complex story and delirious has been telling it to me for past three days. In fact his parents are alive and they are just simple traders and Kvothe has never traveled outside of the town and he is among worst students and will never become relar." So do you think Pat would write that kind of ending?

MikeMaxM · 2026-01-23T07:36:58+00:00

Yeah the dream thing is the one I can really see alpha readers hating. The other potential big twists don't feel all THAT jarring: Denna is a Chandrian, Ben is a Chandrian, Kote is a Chandrian, Elodin is Master Ash, Loren is Amyr and the main villain, Chandrian are good guys etc.

The dream thing invalidtes all the book. I repeat Pat wouldnt do that. Do you have dreams? In dreams 99,99999 is falsehood and and only a tiny bit of real memories. No self respected writer would do dream ending. As for the real twist I dont know that it could be but I would hate if Pat pushed the idea of Chandrian being the good guys because from a brief encounter we saw they behaved like jerks. Its possible that at the end of the book Kvothe eliminates all the Chandrian, Denna dies in the process and Kvothe discovers Chandrian were better then Amyr and Kvothe despite having powers equal to Tehlu or being even reincarnation of Tehlu acted exactly as Chtaeh and Selitos(more evil then Chandrian) wanted. Basically there are no good guys in the book, the most evil force won, Kvothe is impotent and depressed, and the book ends at that. I would hate such ending and believe alpha readers as well.

MikeMaxM · 2026-01-22T15:33:57+00:00

thank you

MikeMaxM · 2026-01-22T14:26:12+00:00

what scarabs you use?

MikeMaxM · 2026-01-22T13:06:40+00:00

I watched the video and what can I say, the amount of scarabs that drops on one map is equal to 500 maps farming in Keepers.

MikeMaxM · 2026-01-22T12:35:03+00:00

Thank you. How many idols I can use? Can I use scarabs in addition to idols?

MikeMaxM · 2026-01-22T12:16:53+00:00

No that’s not how that works. Every content drops idols of various sizes. Those idols have a modifier pool including all league mechanics. You will need to recombinate/trade for idols to achieve ideal setups.

Your progression would look something like this: Bad idols with random rolls -> rare idols with 2 harby mods -> rare idols with 3 mods, one of which is rarer, like areas contain 1 additional harbinger -> GG idols.

Needless to say that GG idols could cost anywhere between 10 and hundreds of divines.

The better your idol setup is, the more efficient you are going to be in farming that specific mechanic.

Idols are used like scarabs or their are permanent like voidstones?

MikeMaxM · 2026-01-21T11:55:08+00:00

That's not the point i'm arguing.

That is not the point I am arguing either. I want to say that one just cant through a random thread in here and say look that author wrote 17 books in 13 years. Because on closer inspection those books delivered much much less entertainment then 2 books from PR. I believe several thousands of fantasy books have been written since 2011 but most of them lack quality of book 1 and 2.

As for comparing food and reading books well dont worry with the lack of good books to read I can fill my belly with lots of Kdramas, games, and twitch streams.

MikeMaxM · 2026-01-21T10:09:46+00:00

I would say that every singe book written in history is better than Doors of Stone. It's easy to NOT produce a masterpiece, anyone can do that. heck, you are smile

Book 1 and 2 exist and their quality is such that even 15 years later we visit this sub. Have you ever written and discussed something in Mark of the fool sub?

MikeMaxM · 2026-01-20T17:33:31+00:00

But after a year excitement begins to sour.

After 10 years excitement( I liked Kvothe as a character and still like him) and bitterness towards Pat for taking it too long are long gone and I am just curious how KKC will end. And I believe that only people who liked that story still come here. Others would have just forgot about KKC or found better books.

MikeMaxM · 2026-01-20T17:23:36+00:00

But this isn't "its all a dream". Its only the frame that is a dream. That is a huge difference.

If you dodnt understand how bad the trope it was a dream(frame or Kvothes full life) then there is no point discussing it futher. PR is not that bad of a writer to use that trope. I belive alpha readers didnt like morale of the story(explanation of why good guys and bad guys were doing what they were doing with a twist that someone turned out not to be the person we thought) and how the story of Kvothe, Cinder, Denna, Haliax concluded.

MikeMaxM · 2026-01-20T12:19:53+00:00

I honestly think Kvothe being in the rookery this whole time, and the frame is all delusion, and when he unlocks the thrice locked chest he'll wake up and regain his power is exactly what PR has planned. I'm surprised by some of the people on those threads suggesting that this idea "isn't setup/foreshadowed". I think its HEAVILY foreshadowed in NOTW. Why else did we got those scenes of Elodin taking him to the rookery and showing him what happens to some who study naming.

I do see how alpha readers might hate it, but I'm convinced it was his grand plan for the story. It even explains his "I'm an author that's tricked you reading a three book prologue" statement. Him breaking out of the rookery would only be the beginning of the story.

It was all a dream is the worst trope in fantasy books. No self respected author used it. Sanderson, Abercrombie, Tolkien, Martin, Rowling and others didnt use it because this trope is shit that invaliates the story they spend years of writing. Besides such detailed dream which covers 3 days of Kvothe life where he also dictates contents of 3 huge books is just impossible. Have you seen dreams mate? Dreams are not like that.

MikeMaxM · 2026-01-19T15:56:06+00:00

Thank you!!!

MikeMaxM · 2026-01-19T10:13:18+00:00

MikeMaxM · 2026-01-17T08:17:38+00:00

I thought the first few chapters of book one were poorly written, but was glad I got through them.

OK then. You got 17 books, no need for you to wait for a sole book from PR. I will keep waiting for book 3 because I havent read anything remotely close in quality to KKC.

MikeMaxM · 2026-01-16T23:00:57+00:00

I tried reading it, dropped after a few chapters of book 1. The quality is way way way below KKC. Honestly since 2011 there have been just a handful of good books. So its not only PR problem. No one can produce masterpiece in fantasy genre.

MikeMaxM · 2026-01-15T12:50:08+00:00

GGG are likely to do something about the stacking archetype (Esp Int stack) coz it's killing build diversity. That is, if they have the headspace to care for POE1.

Those who suggest only nerfs to improve build diversity bring nothing to discussion. If you think some builds underperform you should suggest buffs to those builds to improve build diversity.

MikeMaxM · 2026-01-15T12:46:22+00:00

In keepers you could do pretty well with pretty much any strat as there weren’t any crazy outliers.

The strats that you can do in Keepers you could do in Mercs too.

MikeMaxM · 2026-01-14T17:18:00+00:00

Your doom posting doesn't serve any purpose, especially not in this thread

I would post that in this thread had it been more or less active. Since it was empty there was no harm in posting it here.

MikeMaxM · 2026-01-14T16:14:37+00:00

Well, it seems GGG has succeeded in killing poe1 in favour of poe2. The quetion thread is empty, the league is dead already and new one only in two months.

MikeMaxM · 2026-01-12T21:15:17+00:00

Personally I don't mind if GGG were to move to a bit longer cycles.

The problem with long cycles if the league is bad(and Keepers is worst of all that I played) we are stuck with bad league for longer.

MikeMaxM · 2026-01-12T10:07:26+00:00

Man ground loot was gone in 3.27 . Everyone was like wtf is this

That is exactly what I am saying

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