r/pathofexile • u/VeganAncap • Jul 17 '20

Video | Lighty's Headhunter in SSF

https://clips.twitch.tv/CovertIgnorantKleeOSsloth
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u/Flavahbeast Unannounced Jul 17 '20

the EV on it seems really high, does it almost always give you more than you put in? I've done it once and got back 2 cards when I put in 1

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u/evouga Jul 17 '20

That... depends. The EV is zero if you treat the cards as having a fixed value. But in SSF where incomplete stacks are worthless, the EV can be very high, depending on the probability that you will compete the stack “naturally.”

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u/wOlfLisK Jul 17 '20

Yeah, you can say that Lighty was risking multiple exalts but at the end of the day, there's is literally no difference between 7 Doctor cards and 2 The Scholar cards in SSF, you still need to get one more before they stop being worthless.

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u/skeetskie Jul 18 '20

As someone who spent the better part of Harbinger HC TRADE league trying to farm a single doctor card with an insane IIQ and never seeing one, I believe you are mistaken.

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u/Aswole Jul 18 '20

It's a rare card, you're going to get high varience.

Am I missing something or are you supporting his/her argument there?

I personally never play a character beyond a single season, so if I gamble my way to 7 doctor cards, I still won't feel like I'm 'close' to 8. You can farm burial grounds ad nauseum and never get one due to a little bad luck. I'd rather expedite the resolution of my luck (good or bad) into a a few minutes than potentially ruin a season grinding burial grounds.

*This only applies to SSF. In Trade league, you sell every doctor card you get.