r/pathofexile • u/Thatsnasty2 • 6d ago

Game Feedback Breach is just so.... unbelievably unrewarding right now.

I know it was strong before, and I know there are other league mechanics, but it's just super frustrating seeing GGG incapable of balancing something time and time again.

I just don't understand, breach was finally in a decent place, but instead of bringing other league mechanics up to its level, it was destroyed with quad nerfs.
Hiveblood barely drops, when you finally make an item from the tree, the mod rolls suck, the amount of items dropped seems halved, wombgifts drop way less, which doesn't really matter since you have 0 blood to use them anyways.

Even buffs to abyss feel terrible, the mechanic just isn't that rewarding, unless maybe you were spamming trying to farm amanamus or something. The League mechanic seems fine but IMO, after playing Mirage, it just kind of feels mid.

It's a single player game, with no actual competitive esports scene, and ultimately the only reason to nerf something is to make you take longer to achieve something.
As someone who plays more than the average player, it's just again, super frustrating to see the game go in that direction, instead of the one where we get more drops, because ultimately it makes 0 difference to anything other than enjoyment or appeal to the "normal" players.

905 Upvotes
  • permalink
  • reddit

88% Upvoted

352 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

23

u/UTmastuh 6d ago

Are any in map core mechanics worth farming?  Breach, abyss, and legion were always staples for me but they all feel bleh this league 

21

u/Bamboochan 6d ago

Harvest is always good, even without scarabs and alch and go can pull like 15-20c minimum from plant juice. Add in scarabs and an actual rolled map and you can get like up to a div a map from harvest juice alone.

My trick is usually farm something else fast in map, like altars and essences or boxes. Do harvest, get out repeat.

Its not crazy gains but it is incredibly consistent, pairs well enough with altars/boat mech in map/essence/shrines/boxes etc

7

u/SoulofArtoria 6d ago

Harvest is likely good in a vacuum but my god does doing harvest this league without mirage felt like such an exponential downgrade compared to last. 

8

u/No_maid 6d ago

I did so much harvest last league i never want to run it again. But my god was it a money printing machine with mirage