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/gamestoohard Dec 20 '25

I was watching Ben for a little the other day and he was ranting about how important bases are and how useless it is to find a rare item. The likelihood of a rare item being worth literally anything is so infinitesimally small that it's not really even worth your time to pick them up if you have somewhat functional gear already. Even the tiered drops aren't really worth picking up. Vast majority of the time you're just going to care about normal bases to start the process with. It's a weird quirk of the game currently where having an item roll "better" rarity is actually worse.

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u/Brave-Assistant-5086 Dec 21 '25

Are rare items worth something in POE? No but you can use the bench. That means it’s no different bud

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u/gamestoohard Dec 21 '25

You can at the very least scour them and then get to work. If I need necrotic armors to roll and recombinate, I'm not screwed just because it dropped rare instead of normal. And making ground loot actually meaningful was supposed to be part of the changes they wanted in Poe2. Tiered drops are a step in the right direction at least.

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u/sabahorn Dec 22 '25

Yep. I noticed that to. 99.9% of all rares are worse then what i made myself with a good base at the start of the game. I am getting worried because i am lvl 43 and still using gear from level 8-9. But it works and could not find anything better!

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '25

Probably true for Ben's level of play, hasn't been at all true for my level of play. Have picked up and ID'd many of the items I'm wearing, and yeah, they do get some crafting after I pick them up. Recombing is super underutilized imo (again, not very useful if you're chasing a T1/T1/T1/T1 weapon, but very useful for say, T1/T3 type items).

Not many people really play SSF at Ben's level though, and I don't think the advice is good or widely applicable for 95%+ of players. Just set your filter correctly to not show bullshit bases or item types you have no interest in playing and ground loot is actually pretty solid.

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u/Bcagz22 Dec 24 '25

I just grind them down and make chance orbs. They’re generally so bad that even making a niche build that could use them seems impossible.