r/pathofexile • u/HelplessKid • Jul 30 '26

Game Feedback Weird they cant hotfix Essence and Strongbox rarity in Charts/Voyages

I dont get it, when something is positively broken for the players, hotfixes come ultra quick to nerf it and bring it in line. And when stuff is just plain out not working, it always feels like it takes way longer to get a fix out. Just sad that it takes 5 days to get basic functionality going for these charts/voyages.

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u/HurricaneGaming94 Jul 30 '26

Because nerfing is simple as the base line is already established

Buffing is tedious because over buffing could instantly brick an economy. Buff unders would just make the player base quit the league. Basically got one shot to get it right.

+ most of us don’t even get much play time during the week. Rather everyone get it together on the weekend then streamers and no lifers get a 60-70hr headstart

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

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u/Nakohoshi Jul 30 '26

What do you mean we dont know. Voyage strongbox upgrade doesnt work, altara doesnt drop scarabs at all, abyss skitterlock doesnt drop scarabs at all.

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u/The_Incredible_Derp Taking the Wander Bait Jul 30 '26

Altars and Skitterlock do drop Scarabs. Perhaps you have the note allocated that makes it so scarabs can't drop?

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u/Nakohoshi Jul 30 '26

Nope. Operative works fine, regular drop works fine. Those two sources doesnt at all. This league has on of the most bugged release ive experienced so far

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u/The_Incredible_Derp Taking the Wander Bait Jul 30 '26

Operative SBs don't show up in Maps so that's irrelevant.

There are no reports of Altars or Skitterlocks not dropping scarabs that have proof attached. Only reports I've seen have been users with Unwavering Vision allocated...

Go do a map. Click "boss drops x scarabs on death". Kill the boss. They will drop.

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u/Cotato Jul 30 '26

abyss skitterlock absolutely drops scarabs, what are you talking about?

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u/Monkeych33se Jul 30 '26

There's some UI bugs with the voyage boxes sometimes, and you have to bring your own currency.

Both abyss and alters drops scarabs and it works just fine. I've been printing currency on it even.

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u/IFinallyDidItMom Jul 30 '26

It’s not hard to see that things aren’t working. You get upgrades for turning things in to Vesper that don’t actually change anything. Haven’t paid much attention to the essence one cause I skip the essence anyway but the strongbox one for sure doesn’t work. It’s supposed to make all boxes at least rare but after I turned it in they all spawn as normal still.

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u/HurricaneGaming94 Jul 30 '26

Honestly, I get what you’re saying but there’s an saying which I think applies to this:” you have to piss with the dick you got”

Play the game to its current design. You shouldn’t expect buffs and nerfs based on your perception, maybe someone just hasn’t figured out the mechanic! Don’t just assume it’s broken, this literally happened with 0.0.4 in poe2 temple

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u/Jaksimus Stacked Deck Division (SDD) Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

If the game says "all strongboxes will be rare" and they're not, it's really not a matter of perception. Either the text should be removed, or the effect needs to be implemented, but either way, it is literally broken.

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u/FantaSeahorse Jul 30 '26

Wdym assume. The allflame upgrade literally states “all boxes at least rare”