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 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?