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Screams of the Desiccated belt ID & new Volatile Vaal Orb + personal update - PoE #970

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Summary

  • Personal Health Update: An explanation regarding a wrist injury caused by excessive gaming sessions across multiple titles, leading to a temporary hiatus from streaming and content creation.
  • Fracturing Orb Gambles: A series of attempts to fracture high-value modifiers on body armors.
  • Volatile Vaal Orb Testing: Exploration of the new Volatile Vaal Orb mechanic on Marylene’s Fallacy and Mageblood.
  • Mass Item Identifications: High-stakes “gumbas” (gambles) involving unidentified Screams of the Desiccated belts, Voices cluster jewels, and Prismatic Jewels (Watcher’s Eyes).

Personal Update and Wrist Injury

A persistent wrist injury has prevented streaming and video production for several weeks. The injury resulted from a combination of factors:

  • Intense play sessions during the Diablo 2 Resurrected launch.
  • 14-hour daily sessions in the new World of Warcraft expansion with suboptimal keybinds.
  • Transitioning immediately into 14-hour daily group play in Path of Exile, involving heavy clicking for “gumball” currency.

Recovery is expected to take two to four weeks. While missing the peak weeks of a league is difficult for a content creator, health remains the priority. Future plans for this league include baseline loot testing (specifically “alk-and-go” strategies) to establish data points before potential loot changes in upcoming leagues.

Fracturing Orb Chest Crafting

The objective was to use six Fracturing Orbs on six chests to lock in desirable modifiers such as Critical Strike Multiplier or Endurance Charges.

  1. First attempt: Hit 8.2 life regeneration per second (failed).
  2. Third and fourth attempts: Successful hits on desired modifiers.
  3. Final tally: 2 successful fractures out of 6 attempts, which is slightly above the statistical average of 1.5.

The Volatile Vaal Orb and Marylene’s Fallacy

The Volatile Vaal Orb is a new currency item that unpredictably randomizes the values of random modifiers on a unique item and corrupts it, or destroys the item entirely.

Experiment: Marylene’s Fallacy

  • Investment: 20 amulets and 20 Volatile Vaal Orbs (approx. 1 divine each).
  • Results: Several items were destroyed (“poofed”). However, one amulet rolled a 282% Global Critical Strike Multiplier.
  • Value: With Critical Quality Catalysts, this roll can reach approximately 330%+. High-tier rolls from this gamble were estimated to yield a profit of roughly 80 divines.

Experiment: Mageblood

  • A high-risk gamble on a Mageblood using the Volatile Vaal Orb resulted in the belt being downgraded to a “2-flask” version, significantly reducing its value.
  • A second attempt on another “shiny” Mageblood resulted in a “3-flask” version, which is considered mediocre but usable.

Mass Identification: Screams of the Desiccated

Identified an inventory of 289 unidentified Screams of the Desiccated belts.

  • Investment: Approximately 606 divines (calculated at 2.1 divines per belt).
  • Target Modifiers: Acceleration, Echoing, and Diamond shrines.
  • Results:
    • 3 Acceleration shrine belts (~97 divines each).
    • 2 Diamond shrine belts (~41 divines each).
    • Various Gloom and Impenetrable shrine combinations.
  • Total Return: Approximately 400 divines recovered from a 606 divine investment (a net loss of over 200 divines).

Cluster Jewel Fracturing: Introspection

Attempted to fracture Introspection or aura-related notables on small cluster jewels to facilitate 35% increased effect crafting.

  • Outcome: Hit 5 successful fractures. At a market price of 15 divines per successful base, the result was slightly below the statistical average of 6.25 hits.

High-End Gambling: Voices and Prismatic Jewels

Voices Large Cluster Jewels

  • Investment: 31 jewels (approx. 250 divines).
  • Outcome: The vast majority rolled as 7-passive or 5-passive jewels. No 3-passive or 1-passive jewels were found, resulting in a near-total loss of the investment.

Prismatic Jewels (Watcher’s Eyes)

  • Investment: 13 jewels (approx. 1,100 divines).
  • Notable Rolls: One Discipline-mod jewel (28 div) and one Pride-mod jewel (52 div).
  • Final Result: A catastrophic loss of approximately 1,000 divines.

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