Forbes magazine on PoE reward problems (Destiny)

by Kahzgul, Friday, May 29, 2015, 13:37 (3708 days ago) @ CruelLEGACEY

Seems I'm not the only one who has problems with Prison of Elders' reward system:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2015/05/28/destinys-prison-of-elders-has-a-serious-loot-problem/

Some interesting suggestions here. I don't personally agree with every point, but I think the overall message is fairly on point.

One specific topic I found interesting: the article suggests replacing armor and weapon cores with "queens armor or weapon engrams". The point is to add more randomness into the rewards, so you don't end up with all players having the exact same new armor and weapons each week. The proposed engrams would be guaranteed to yield gear from the Queen/PoE loot pool, so you'd always get something.

I'm a bit torn on this suggestion. The fact that I can look at this week's rewards and decide if I want to invest the time to earn them is one of the few things I like about PoE's rewards system.

Thoughts?

I completely disagree with adding more randomness to the loot. Having a guaranteed reward *and knowing ahead of time if you want it* is a nice breath of fresh air in this game.