There’s a bunch of different types of them and they last for only 30min.
I’ve lost the count on how many just drain out as I stand AFK in town doing various other stuff at the same time.
I do 1 Vault sigil with it popped then the rest of the time just drains out.
Just make Elixir’s last 1h or add a secondary buff on the “Urn of Enduring Grace” that u spend on to buff Shrine duration to also include Elixir duration by 72% as it does to Shrine duration.
I feel like elixirs and incenses are a redundant mechanic that the game might aswell be without, just buff the xp gain by 5% and upscale the stats and resistances across the board accordingly, and remove elixirs all together.
Its just one more thing to keep track of, and to take up inventory, the game doesnt need it.
I think there should be vendors on the map, random. There would be different ones, some merchant that would sell different things than in town. And another a healer. There’d be a gypsy that give incense buff, random one. And and alchemist that had elixirs.
Should be more going on on the map.
I never use elixirs, just stock them in case I want to use them later but I never do.
I think they should be… more essential perhaps. Not sure. Maybe they should be removed also. But I’m thinking that I never use them because I never need to. If things was tougher, perhaps I would. But when things do get tough, an elixir won’t help. Except maybe magic resist because you was missing 25% resistance. But… really, who misses that? And crit is pretty good but I got pretty good crit. Armor? That was a thing in s2 but now there’s Juggernaut to cover armor.
Idk, they’re just not good enough in the beginning and in the end most of them don’t do anything. And those that do… well, if I start using them frequently; get into a habit of doing so, I’ll run out of materials eventually because they’re pretty expensive to make. So that’s kind of why I mentioned my vendor idea on the map. If you find one, you could just click and get something for free. Or make a purchase for a nominal fee. If it’s cheap enough and available, perhaps people would use them more? Cause now they’re kinda not expensive but at the same time worthless. I can’t really find a good spot for them but maybe I would if I played the gauntlet and wanted to top my stats up a bit.
This could be a way to reduce the clutter of it.
To act in a similar way like Flasks in WoW for raids.
You get free ones alot by spamming Living Steel chests in Helltides. The abundance of the Elixir’s is not the problem… It’s the fact that they give XP boost to reduce the leveling experience by a tiny bit but it has a short duration that most of the time on it gets wasted cuz not everyone uses every minute of the usage effectively.
It’s just a way to make the elixir’s make more sense without Blizzard having to put several hours of developement time onto it.
Just increasing the duration could be a simple solution so that they can focus on other improvements to the game.
I think that I don’t use them from convenience issues. It’s one thing making new ones or keeping track of the amount you have but there’s also an issue with availability because I have to go into the inventory to use it and it’s a mild non-tangible effect, sublime even with cruelty for +crit. Sure it’s impactful with +20% life or something, you feel it, but… That’s way back in the menus for me. And then if I do go there and use them I’m just causing myself a headache later when I need to create more of them or make purchases.
Back in the day, a season back, there was an elixir that gave unstoppable for a second on use. I never used it because I have to go inside the menu to do so, like emote wheel thing.
But the thing is interesting. It’s an unstoppable, and with Tib’s it’s even more interesting with an alternative way of getting one.
What of the cost though? Outrageous if you use it for every damage and energy boost. Or for just breaking cc it will be costly. Moderated use would be possible and it would lend an advantage but it’s still too inconvenient for me being hidden in the menus.
It’s an interesting option.
In PoE1, back in the days today, the potions give 5 various effects. Very boring system I always thought, because I always thought that having 5 buttons that do roughly the same thing is a poor implement and can’t be helped by complicating it.
Single pot though? Now we talking, I think. Legs: Potion does barrier/gives resource/whatever, it’s a good idea that’s not grown into anything yet.
What about elixirs? What if you could put an elixir, that you had the recipe for (imo, there should be a recipe hunt), onto your potion? So then the potion confer the elixir’s properties, forever. Or actually until you change your elixir for the potion. Could do a bit of rework on the elixirs but you could either find an elixir, the recipe for an elixir and then herbs to make the elixir with and then apply it to your potion for customisation.
Could then probably cut elixir drop to 1/20 of today, and cut inventory by… 50% probably, so there wouldn’t be so many reduntant effects.
That way the alchemist get used, supposedly. And there’ll be more or less rare potions, and more or less useful ones. But they will be used.
Like idk what you have to do to make me use the elixirs but… I don’t. I rather not be forced to use them either. But yea… Like I play at 50% resistance and 45% armor. I wouldn’t mind a potion that gave me armor or resistance. Or a potion that gave me speed? There’s pants that does that for potion but only if I’m at 35%, injured. Would be something extra with a potion that gave 75% speed for two seconds, and unstoppable, on use. Only requirement is having suffered some damage.
Thing is I prefer this as a temporary effect for when I’m in trouble to that I go and prebuff for it every time I step out. Then forget about it etc…
I think more could be done for the potion button and elixirs could be a part of that. Or not… Could be some other solution to get us to use buffs, like make the buffs actually good. I can get a resistance elixir. It actually solves a lot of problems. And I will… I just don’t run hard content like that so… Well, idk… just thoughts.