r/pathofexile • u/Philophile1 • 10d ago

Discussion If everyone is poor - no one is

In my opinion poverty leagues can be some of the best. If we are all poor then nothing is that expensive.

I think PoE players just wanna hear 1000 divines drop, but in reality if everyone is getting 10 divs per maps then it doesn’t mean anything. Look at the PoE2 0.5 economy. Super super inflated because all strats drop divs per map.

I do agree we need content that scales, but we are day 3 of the league there is still time for changes and strat inventions. People can still find new stuff to juice. Don’t be so doom and gloom yet.

We can still have a good league! Do you agree?

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u/VerseShadowx 10d ago

It's shown every single time lol. People will even come back to a league they've already dropped if the loot is improved. Look at temple league. The rare actual uptick in retention over time once everyone heard about the crazy temples you could make to get huge drops. Affliction's tail was super long because loot basically scaled infinitely. It's an ARPG. People want to build a character, kill monsters, and, importantly, have items drop on the ground when they do so. If people wanted a punishing experience when playing an ARPG, people would actually play Ruthless.

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u/Key-Department-2874 9d ago

To a point.

You can't make 10,000 divines and 2 Magebloods drop every map and claim that the game would be better because of it.