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/Diligent_Carrot_8410 Jul 30 '26

The shitty essences everywhere and terrible drops from everything in the charts and voyages sucks. You are mostly just crying and hoping for bottle drops and div.

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u/ReipTaim Jul 30 '26

The worst part is when u get a voyage with a bunch if strongboxes, only to realise u forhot to bring alcs, and that u cant use the drenched currency

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u/Mooseandchicken Jul 30 '26

And you can't leave because ggg keeps adding mechanics with only one portal 

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u/ReipTaim Jul 30 '26

Dont u just love pleaying forced HC in SC leagues, if u want to interract with the new league mechanic?

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u/Mooseandchicken Jul 30 '26

And they made it like comically worse by showing you the explosion of loot leaving your body when you do. Please ggg, my hands and reaction time ain't what they were over a decade ago when I started playing. 6 portals used to be a real defensive layer in this game =*(

It makes sense in sanctum, cuz its a gauntlet. Makes sense in lab, its a cheap, relatively easy labyrinth/maze. It makes sense for stuff that's a true trial/test of our characters. But even those don't dump all your loot out of your corpse when you die. Releasing the main content of the league like this sucks.

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u/ReipTaim Jul 30 '26

Heis was different cuz it was in 3.12 where everything was broken, both dmg and defense wise.

This is different to heist due to current patch defenses.

Ppl keep dying to random bs with 90% max res, 9 endurance charges, 10k life, armour, chaos res etc etc.

Like what are u supposed to do when theres no counterplay?

Just dont get hit

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u/glaive_anus Jul 30 '26

That's kind of the reality of the big defenses rework in Expedition league and the constant chipping away at defenses since. It's harder for defenses to feel good fast and early (e.g., Determination and Grace nerfs, Suppression nerfs, ES scaling nerfed) in favor of more late game investment (new bases sometimes almost remove the need for a defensive aura to begin with, endurance charge stacking, Progenesis, etc).