Why So Much Complaining on MF vs Resistances?

[DigitalFarce]

TLDR: I am absolutely loving this game. Is it perfect? Nope. Is it still Early Access just a few weeks after launch? Yep. That being said, I keep seeing people freaking out about how unbalanced or bad MF is and how it needs to go away. I got really lucky with some drops, gambling, and vendor purchases in Acts 1-2 normal. I ran all the way through to the end of Cruel campaign around 85% MF and I didn't hardly use any drops. I didn' have a ton of currency and 99% of my crafts were a waste.

I keep seeing people complaining about how bad and unbalanced MF is yet do people really find joy in constantly juggling resistances? That to me is so much more boring and a pain. Open to thoughts.

[Ortorin]

The problem is with expectations of time. There are people willing to put in tons of hours and grind away at the game and they will slowly get all the items they want. Others are looking to play the game for a week or two and then drop it. Those people want all the magic find they can get because they are on a short window of time for actually getting good gear.

When you try to balance for people that "need" fast drop rates, then the economy goes to hell for everyone else. The best solution to everything that I can think of is to have a separately balanced "short campaign" or "single player mode" where people can play the game, get lots of drops, and then can't trade the drops with the rest of the players. Then everyone can have the sort of experience they want, and the long term health of the economy can be controlled better with drop rates.

[Elim Garak]

Because it's bad and you don't know what you're talking about?

[Noop]

Dude what the ♥♥♥♥ is MF. Are you talking about ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥? If you use random terms that make no sense explain it?

[DigitalFarce]

Originally posted by Noop:

Dude what the ♥♥♥♥ is MF. Are you talking about ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥? If you use random terms that make no sense explain it?

Magic Find/Rarity of items.

[Hex: Gon' Give It To Ya]

Originally posted by Noop:

Dude what the ♥♥♥♥ is MF. Are you talking about ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥? If you use random terms that make no sense explain it?

MF = Magic Find, it is a D2 term for (Increased rarity of items found).
Increased rarity of items found prefix modifiers on your gear.

I don't mind if it was only for "Equipment" find, but it also boost your currency drop rate.
You will notice a huge difference with/without it, specially towards your currency.

i swap my gear to 150% rarity, for breaches.

[['w']]

Originally posted by Noop:

Dude what the ♥♥♥♥ is MF. Are you talking about ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥? If you use random terms that make no sense explain it?

https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExile2/comments/1hlzax1/loot_from_an_11breach_300_increased_item_quantity/

[DigitalFarce]

Originally posted by Hex: Gon' Give It To Ya:

Originally posted by Noop:

Dude what the ♥♥♥♥ is MF. Are you talking about ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥? If you use random terms that make no sense explain it?

MF = Magic Find, it is a D2 term for (Increased rarity of items found).
Increased rarity of items found prefix modifiers on your gear.

I don't mind if it was only for "Equipment" find, but it also boost your currency drop rate.
You will notice a huge difference with/without it, specially towards your currency.

I'm down with just MF for equipment and not currency. I think that's a fair balance. I can't believe I just see so many people complaining about that and not constantly finding awesome gear and then "Oh, no resistances so it's worthless." I personally hate balancing resistance counts.

[TheAmazon]

It's bad tho, with 36% I got 3 exalted orbs in ACT-1-C, with 1 rare monster!.

[DigitalFarce]

Originally posted by Gladiator:

It's bad tho, with 36% I got 3 exalted orbs in ACT-1-C, with 1 rare monster!.

Must have been a glitch. I have been farming Act 3 Cruel with 85% and never seen more than one drop.

[TheAmazon]

Originally posted by DigitalFarce:

Originally posted by Gladiator:

It's bad tho, with 36% I got 3 exalted orbs in ACT-1-C, with 1 rare monster!.

Must have been a glitch. I have been farming Act 3 Cruel with 85% and never seen more than one drop.

damn , that was a luck or glitched.