Killed The Maven but got no reward

[Kniff]

So frustrating, I thought its a first highlight of the Atlas to get invited and then killing Maven.

Did it first approach, but then there was nothing usefull I got.

No Gem, no League item, no special items, no maps, no new motivation, no pecial currency only two rare items with 4 affixes, and nothing special with it.

It was completly wasted time for me and I thought before it should be a first highlight for the endgame.

Also the game is so quiet then, no one talking to you after your kill, telling what you reached and why and whats your next goals.

I felt complety lost.

So why this demotivation at this time? I decided to end this league afterwards.

[dOBER]

For real what did you expect? Is there one boss in poe which drops anything good (expensive) with a high rate? No or it would not be expensive. If you want something good like maven orb or gems you have to spec into atlas maven points and farm her a few times. 1 kill nothing and you should know this if you are able to kill maven.

[DaTank]

Can you imagine how saturated the market would be with items if you got something amazing every kill?

I mean it sucks you didn’t get anything amazing but you killed Maven, isn’t that an accomplishment?

[Nico]

Don't you get a Voidstone for defeating the Maven?

[Kniff]

no Nico , should I ? Maybe I missed it there where so many normal and magic items because the loot filter doesn't work for me since two days anymore.

I haven't read much about new Atlas, wanted to surprise myself, so I am not sure what I should expect,

the old Atlas had regions, corners, targets you got to explore and proceed,

the new hasn't much for me, just maps on a map tree and skill points on a map skill tree,

and the invitation to Marven.

Thats because I expected much from it, a master boss of the map bosses, something rewarding and new goals to proceed.

Now I have again "only" maps and a new Tier 8 level for another invitation where I now expect no reward either.

So why should I continue playing? I am really not sure, miss a goal.

And I am not trading, like to find the items myself I play with, so yeah its sad.

[LordOfTheBread]

A loot filter that filters a void oprb is not a good one but more seriously you in fact gort a reward but somehow expected more?

[Nico]

oh, tier 8? so it was just the tier 4 maven fight? yeah, those are just an introduction to the maven and give you some passive atlas skill and respec points. The rewards only get interesting on the higher tiers. There you can find Crescent splinters with which you can get a special item where you can fight the Maven directly.

The new Atlas only really starts to show you the interesting stuff on hogher tiers, like there are now 2 new types of influence you can activate instead of the Maven on maps. Also, most players like the changes to the atlas since it's now easier and quicker to reach the later parts of the atlas, since you no longer need to get watchstones in several regions. You also are more free on which maps you want to run later, since there are no more regions and the atlas passives work everywhere. and with all 4 voidstones you cna also have every map at tier 16, for which you just have to beat the 4 bigger end game bosses, like the Maven, Uber Elder or the 2 new ones.

Every few maps you can already start to do maps one tier higher, to quickly move through the atlas story. And only the special bosses that require you to do tier 14+ maps have actually special rewards.

And recently there was a change to some loot filter modifiers, so you now have to update your loot filter so it works again.

[Kniff]

You missunderstood it, I had no loot filter active (because my filterblade doesn't work I guess after latest game update since two days anymore), so I saw a lot of magic and normal items but nothing special (but two useless rares), so I can't 100% exclude I missed something

but I dont think so because I expected any kind of a reward and I looked very carefully for something good.

[Kniff]

Thanks Nico that helps a lot, yeah I every league have problems close to the level I am now (and thats ok for me), also because I am not trading, and getting rewards and good enough items of my own to proceed isn't that easy for me at this level. (also no problem its how I like the game)

And btw, its tier 6 not 4, first Maven, and I can already play tier 8 maps successfully so I will give it another try for another invitation.

But if you haven't all this knowledge, I would suggest to motivate player a little more after first Maven win. Its an important goal and step and it should be rewarded not only with a skill point. (which I got but which I also get for every new map so it was nothing special for me, no big reward)

[nebula]

I'm still not sure that you killed Maven, rather you just did one of the fights in which case those fights never dropped anything good at low tier

[Nico]

The problem about no trading is that you then must know how to properly craft your own items. And that's really complex. You also can't rely as much on Uniques, since they're not so easy to get. If you really decide to not trade and to not spend tons of time to learn how to properly craft your gear I fear you won't really be able to ever get to the bosses that drop really interesting loot.

I personally already spent lots of time in this game and all I am confident enough to craft on my own are flasks... since they only have 2 mods. I at least can't imagine how I could get my own equipment without using way more currency than what I would cost to just buy something. Also since the stuff you can buy were often just by products of others who tried to craft somethign for themself but got the wrong really good rolls, so it might be bad for them but really good for others. So without beign able to trade the good unwanted items to others crafting for yourself becomes even more difficult. And since the crafting bases are sometimes hard to get, like a high lvl flask ...

[DaTank]

Originally posted by nebula:

I'm still not sure that you killed Maven, rather you just did one of the fights in which case those fights never dropped anything good at low tier

This is what I thought from the beginning as well based on what OP has said

Looking at his achievements that is correct, he has in fact not killed The Maven

[Nico]

Yeah, the Maven is really difficult to beat, So far I couldn't beat her, even though I could defeat many other end game bosses like Sirius, Shaper, elder or the two new ones, she is really strong ...

[Kniff]

Yes I meant the first invitation of Maven, whatever I killed there then, sorry for the confusing.

I think it is part of the problem, you enter the arena (my first try), kill all its monsters and then nothing happens, no rewards, no dialog, no items, no Maven, no motivation, only an empty arena.

Nico yes I am aware of the trading part of the game by Streamers, and that you can get much better then, but I like to play the game my way, to use the items I find ingame.

[The_Driver]

Originally posted by Kniff:

Yes I meant the first invitation of Maven, whatever I killed there then, sorry for the confusing.

I think it is part of the problem, you enter the arena (my first try), kill all its monsters and then nothing happens, no rewards, no dialog, no items, no Maven, no motivation, only an empty arena.

You should have gotten an atlas passive point then:

5 from the Maven's first four Quest versions and the tradeable 10-boss version of Maven's Invitation: The Atlas.

Source: https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Atlas_Passive_Skill_Tree

[Kniff]

Yes I did, the same reward as for every other new solved map (with the appropiate rarety)