Hi,
I’m trying to level up and stuff, but I reached to a point where I’m struggling to find great updates to my build. Then it came to my mind how great would it be if we could combine exalted items.
Similar like how we transfer stats from exalted to legendary, maybe there could be a way of combining exalted items. I think a system that wouldn’t be too op, but somewhat useful would be something like:
Randomly replace stat on item 1, with random stat from item 2. The implicits of item 1 would stay, implicits of item disappear. Both items should have all 4 affixes. The players would have no choice over what gets overwritten, so in some cases, they would end up T7 getting overwritten by the other T7. So probability of hitting 2 t7 would be 3/16.
Now this seems too high compared to drop probability of T7s, so we would have to use some way of weighting for it on t7 level. Once both items are placed in combine machine, the sytem could determine the highest tier of items. For t7 - t7 we could have like flat 10% succes rate, meaning the chance of hitting 2nd t7 would be 3/160. Hitting the 3rd on an item that is 2t7 + t7 would be 1/80. Hitting the 4th would be 1/160.
Such a system would have to require you to have 8 different affixes in both items, otherwise you either end up with repeated affixes, which shouldn’t happen, or you manipulated the odds to get a guaranteed exalted affix.
??? Why? I read it as the OP wanting something like PoE’s recombinators which would pick affixes from each item to create a new one (up to the normal max affixes, obviously).
That’s not what was asked for. He specifically said “Randomly replace stat on item 1, with random stat from item 2”. It’s a direct trade.
So if you had one item with affixes A, B, C and D, where A is exalted, and you had another items with affixes A, B, C and E, where E is exalted, you would guarantee that the exalted E would 100% transfer to your item. Because you can’t have repeated affixes.
Recombinators in PoE shuffle all affixes. They do not replace just 1 for another. It’s a crucial difference.
If the suggestion was to simply shuffle 2 exalts randomly, for all affixes, that would be fine. If you want to just replace a single random affix (which was the suggestion), then you need to place restrictions to avoid automatic successes. Much like you need to have 4 non-sealed affixes for a bunch of stuff in LE, like slamming or shuffling the tiers with the new rune.
Sounds like a lot of work for something I don’t see much value in the end…
If you are having trouble to find upgrades, a system like this would more likely give you frustration, cause it would certainly give more bad than good outcomes, such as everything else in the game… The odds are always against the best outcomes.
Also, more RNG on top of an already RNG heavy system doesn’t sound like a good idea to me.
