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Val's Temple destroys the game economy: Single-lane Serpent's Temple earns 20D+ per run, making map farming pointless
The video discusses how the Vaal Temple strategy in Path of Exile has severely impacted the game's economy. Fubgun discovered and shared a method to infinitely farm currency using the Single-Chain Hydra Temple, leading to game inflation and making traditional map farming unprofitable. The video analyzes the root of this problem and explores possible solutions, but believes the game's economy is difficult to recover.
1. 🎮 The Strength of the Cursed COC Build and the Cancellation of the Strongest Build Video
- ✅ The streamer originally wanted to make a strongest build video, but found the Cursed COC build to be too strong, dwarfing other builds.
- ⚠️ Many players spent a lot of game currency (200D-700D or even 3 mirrors) to build characters, but their performance was not as good as a 100D Cursed COC.
- ❌ The streamer didn't want to make a video that would make other builds seem useless, so they canceled the strongest build video plan.
00:01 - 01:32
1. 🎮 The Strength of the Cursed COC Build and the Cancellation of the Strongest Build Video
- ✅ The streamer originally wanted to make a strongest build video, but found the Cursed COC build to be too strong, dwarfing other builds.
- ⚠️ Many players spent a lot of game currency (200D-700D or even 3 mirrors) to build characters, but their performance was not as good as a 100D Cursed COC.
- ❌ The streamer didn't want to make a video that would make other builds seem useless, so they canceled the strongest build video plan.
01:33 - 02:50
2. 🐍 Fubgun's Single-Chain Hydra Temple Strategy: Infinite Temple Building and Perpetual Rooms
- ✅ Fubgun's temple uses a single-chain system to ensure the temple structure is not easily destroyed.
- ✅ He doesn't enter the Architect's Room or the Queen's Room, avoiding the temple being destroyed from the back end.
- ✅ Through the Informant and the Sigil that prevents room instability, Fubgun can infinitely expand the temple, maintaining the room's perpetuity.
02:51 - 04:15
3. 💰 Temple Economic Collapse: Inflation and Meaningless Map Farming
- ✅ Fubgun's temple strategy leads to a large amount of currency dropping in each room, even no longer picking up Exalted Orbs (E).
- ⚠️ The value of E has depreciated significantly (1D to 400E), and Divine Orbs (D) are also facing depreciation pressure.
- ❌ Traditional map farming is no longer economically viable, as the temple can provide higher income.
04:16 - 05:10
4. ⚖️ Root of the Problem and Attribution of Responsibility: Fubgun is the One Who Revealed the Problem
- ✅ The streamer emphasizes that anger should not be directed at Fubgun, as he only revealed the problem with the game mechanics.
- ✅ Fubgun did not exploit game vulnerabilities, but rather used the existing game mechanics.
- ⚠️ The game's economy has been destroyed, and it is difficult for the official to recover through fixes.
05:11 - 06:03
5. 🛠️ The Designer of the Terrible Mechanism: Jonathan Personally Took Charge
- ✅ The Vaal Temple mechanism was personally designed and coded by Jonathan.
- ✅ The design referenced Loop Hero, but the end result led to the collapse of the game's economy.
06:04 - 07:36
6. 📉 Electronic Impotence and Calls to Reset the Economy
- ❌ The streamer said they feel "electronically impotent" towards the game and don't want to play it anymore.
- ✅ Believes the only way to save the game is to release version 0.4.1 and seriously reset the economy, allowing players to start over.
- ❌ But it is unlikely that the official will reset the economy or launch a new league.
07:37 - 08:09
7. 🐛 History Repeating: Inflation Bug and Game Economy Problems
- ✅ At the start of the season, there was also an Abyss Bug that resulted in a large amount of currency being produced, and Fubgun earned a mirror from it.
- ⚠️ There are too many currency bugs in the game, which ultimately led to the current economic problems.
08:10 - 10:49
8. 👥 Group Temple Farming: A More Efficient Way to Make Money
- ✅ A Russian group farm demonstrated the efficiency of a 6-person group farming temple, even farming a mirror.
- ✅ Cutedog's single-chain temple also showed considerable currency drops.
- ❌ Group temple farming further exacerbated the game's economic problems.
| Number of People in Group | Income |
|---|---|
| 6 people | Higher, with a chance to farm a mirror |
| Single person | Considerable income, but not as good as group farming |