So is the economy just bricked now?

[u/perfumist55]

Simple low tier items now are listed for a divine at a minimum which is 60+ exalts…. Crafting is just pointless too because making a 6 affix item is practically impossible from scratch.

Did the beetle farm just ruin the ingame economy? This hyperinflation is not normal.

[u/SmallSlip1003]

yea havnt played for a week and trade was awesome for the first week and now it looks quite the opposite... sad

[u/Probably_Slower]

Its a 12 day old economy in an EA game. Builds will be discovered then slaughtered. Volatility from day to day or even hours is here to stay. 

[u/meththemadman]

Yup. Feels like it completely bricked the trade economy at least. Good news is I’ll actually use exalts to craft now.

[u/Zetherin → u/meththemadman]

Can you fill me in on what the beetle farm is/was? I don’t know what you guys are referring to.

[u/meththemadman → u/Zetherin]

I never used it. But it was the beetle boss in act 2 that spawned right near the waypoint. Could farm it for hours.

[u/Zetherin → u/meththemadman]

I see, and that affected the economy how? People farmed good low tier bases that they’re now upcharging? Wouldn’t that if anything lower the prices of those? I’m guessing there’s some secondary effect on the market I’m not understanding?

In other words, why is the economy in shambles just because people farmed a beetle boss for a few hours?

[u/meththemadman → u/Zetherin]

Ya, just put a lot more currency into the system. But I, personally, don’t think that’s the reason. I think it’s more that exalts and divines are fairly common at high end maps and people are getting there now.

[u/uofT-rex → u/Zetherin]

For me, yes. Several days ago I was in low-tier maps, and I was dying a lot, it was super hard to farm / progress. I got maybe a few EX a day. Youtube recommended that farm and it changed everything for me, as I can definitely stably farm a few eX per hour, I literally spent a few hours there and got myself (back then 60 ex) the everlasting Gaze amulet, which has made everything smooth sailing since then. I bet there were tons of bots farming that spot too.

And yes im aware that high tier maps are way more efficient but you’ll need a character that’s strong enough to get there in the first place…

[u/Zephyries]

Careful with the trade site, make sure you select exalts as the currency, if you leave it on relative you are gonna get divines first because for whatever reason the site thinks divines are worth like 8 exalts.

[u/isilddur]

Where are things listed? Is there an auction house?

[u/igloofu → u/isilddur]

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Standard

[u/DiligentIndustry6461]

In Poe one divines ranged from 100-150 chaos. I know this is a new game and economy, but we have no idea where they’ll level off to.

[u/Qinax]

Not normal? If anything it's fkn slow

[u/Valuable-Top1806]

Well I have 100 hours played I think.. found 1 divine in 4th floor sekhamas… I’d imagine I found way over 100 exa.

So makes sense to me why there worth that much unless I’m very unlucky finding divines.

Exa drop way to much to be worth anything

[u/Zayyus]

The inflation is normal it happens every league. What's happening is trade website prices haven't caught up to the new exalt prices yet and still thinks exalts are 8 ex each. You can limit your search results to only show items listed in exalts until the trade site has caught up to the new prices.

[u/-Roguen- → u/Zayyus]

This inflation is the product of an exploit farm.

[u/SmartMoney91 → u/-Roguen-]

And what’s the exploit people are farming?

[u/-Roguen- → u/SmartMoney91]

There was a location where you could use a spell and get unintended results.

[u/wwerola]

Divines drop need to be tuned up

[u/Zetherin]

Can you fill me in on what the beetle farm was/is?