In Path of Exile, many players have now reached the endgame of the new season “Keepers of the Flame” and are complaining because the most important thing is missing.
What kind of season is this? The new season “Keepers of the Flame” started on October 31st in Path of Exile. The developers added 10 new Ascendant classes and brought back one of the most popular modifiers, “Breach 2.0,” as an upgrade to the game.
Meanwhile, the item progression has also changed due to asynchronous trading. Players can now trade with each other much more easily and are less likely to fall victim to scams.
However, the new season has a significant problem that many players themselves notice and accordingly complain about. They believe the developers forgot about the loot.
Here you can watch the trailer for the new season:
Symptom: Lack of Loot
What’s wrong with the loot? Many players are currently experiencing that something about the loot in Path of Exile is different than usual. The new season didn’t have any significantly announced changes in that area, but players feel that they are receiving fewer items than before.
Some players are writing on Reddit:
- Wind_Best_1440: “Remember Patch 3.26: You had the Mercenaries. The Mercenary League gave you a bonus on drops. No more Mercenaries, no more bonus.”
- Emergency_Error832: “I completed my Atlas, did three full T16 runs for the Exarch Invitation (about 70 maps), and have not found a SINGLE Divine Orb throughout the entire league. I’m a bit demotivated to continue right now.”
- Ph4nt0mRa33it: “I’m level 91, in T14 maps. No Divine Orbs. I have two friends who have been in a group since the start and have completed their Atlas with zero Divine drops. So it fits.”
Why is that? One reason is the absence of some map modifiers in Tier 17 maps in the game. This makes the maps a bit easier but also provides too little loot. However, the main reason could be another, as user HollowLoch explains on Reddit.
According to him, the problem lies within the new season’s mechanics itself. Its placement would delete the monsters that would otherwise have spawned at that location, and instead spawn the mission which also has its own enemies, but these are not affected by certain mods.
In short, this would mean that the heavily enchanted enemies are replaced by weaker ones from the mechanics, which would also directly affect the loot. This has not been officially confirmed, and there has been no statement from the developers regarding this. However, given the uproar in the community, it is likely that one will follow soon.
The developers of Path of Exile have fulfilled many fan wishes with the new season. One example of this is asynchronous trading, which makes acquiring good items much easier while simultaneously eliminating various trading dangers. You can read more about the new season and trading system in this article: Path of Exile announces new season, finally brings the new trading system
