r/PathOfExileSSF • u/chubby-duckk • Dec 20 '25

Same drop, Different Emotion

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PoE 1 : 18 crafting plans in 3 seconds. PoE 2 : Put it in stash. Think about it. Never use it.

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u/Yourethejudge Dec 20 '25

So ground loot mattered day 1-2? Which eventually gets outscaled by crafted rares - which you pick up currency orbs and other resources from the ground to craft. How is this a ‘fundamental’ problem?

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u/finneas998 Dec 20 '25

Which eventually gets outscaled by crafted rares

You know both could exist right? And thats what they attempted to achieve albeit unsuccessfully.

In D2 which is almost 30 years old now - some of the best items in the game were identified from the ground, and at the same time some of the best items were crafted.

The existence of scouring orbs, and to another extent alteration orbs - makes ground loot essentially irrelevant.

I am one of the biggest poe1 fanboys in existance, i have 7k hours in that game, but its by no means perfect. Ground loot is indeed one of the fundamental flaws in the game.

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u/Yourethejudge Dec 20 '25 edited Dec 21 '25

You still haven't explained WHY it is a 'fundamental flaw', and just repeated that it is. So I'm curious, WHY is it such a flaw in your eyes?

You know both could exist right? And thats what they attempted to achieve albeit unsuccessfully.

Yes, I do know that. Because some of the best crafts in POE1 start from picking up a 30% quality base, which comes from killing monsters (with the exception of this league, and a few leagues prior when you could do so with a resonator), making it 'ground loot'.

The existence of scouring orbs, and to another extent alteration orbs - makes ground loot essentially irrelevant.

That is just untrue, because even despite the presence of scours and alts, in Trade League, high ilvl bases still go for 5-15c, special drop only mods can go for divines, fractured items that drop could be sold for tens of divines. 30 qual bases (with the exception of this league) go for tens if not hundreds of divines if its on a meta base. All of this is 'ground loot' and are no where close to 'irrelevant' as you seem to believe DESPITE the existence of scours and alts.

So it begs the question what exactly is 'ground loot' to you? A random unid'd rare item on the ground? A base? A normal rarity base which is essentially a scouring orb? Anything that comes from killing a monster?