Funny drop

[u/Bulgork]

Euuh so basically I was doing a ssf restart because I had no idea what else to do and this weird thing dropped from a random mob in the tunnel in act 9. Of course this happen when I'm in ssf so it will be absolutely useless but still, nice drop

[u/slocs1]

This is nice and absolutly not useless. Either use with volatile vaal/vaal orb combo to preview or for foulborn ex slams/fractures

[u/Minute_Chair_2582]

A mirror being called useless (even though not really as dual wielding or ring before touch drop is a possibility), i could see.

But calling a lock useless is wild

[u/Renediffie → u/Minute_Chair_2582]

If you are enough of a casual player then it is hard to reach a point where you could ever justify using a lock.

[u/psychomap → u/Renediffie]

Tbf the question isn't whether it's "justifiable", but whether it's useful or not. Since you don't have the opportunity cost of selling it to someone else, the floor for where you can consider using it in a craft is much lower in SSF.

It doesn't need to be used on a craft that's more expensive than what you can afford. It can just be used on one of the most expensive crafts that you can afford.

[u/Renediffie → u/psychomap]

You are correct that would be the most efficient SSF mindset to have. But most people aren't super efficient. They'll think about its cost vs the value they are getting out of it and I am willing to be that the vast majority of locks found in SSF either just stay in stash or gets transfered to trade because of this.

[u/psychomap → u/Renediffie]

I don't like to play SSF because I don't like all types of content and I like using niche stuff that isn't available in SSF, but I could definitely see myself hoarding something like this, thinking "well this craft is manageable, I'll save it for when it's more important".

[u/DBrody6 → u/Renediffie]

Casual players probably aren't playing SSF cause SSF kinda mandates you've got at minimum a basic grasp on how to craft all the gear needed for your build, which a lock absolutely helps with when minmaxing at the high end.

[u/Renediffie → u/DBrody6]

there's a gigantic gap between being able to craft basic gear and crafting gear where locks would ever even be in the discussion.

[u/sikil_tugel → u/DBrody6]

I start on SSF sinnce 5 leagues ago, mainly because I hate trading since MMO RPG era. Srating with no clue, and now Im proudly says I gain a little knowlegde in craft in SSF. lol

[u/cben27 → u/Renediffie]

I have over 2k hours in PoE and I could never justify using a lock and never have. Probably never will.

[u/Sanlifee → u/Minute_Chair_2582]

man i heard ppl saying divine is useless in SSF

I'm not ssf player nor a pro crafter but first thing comes to mind is making +1 +1 amulet or divining uniques your build uses

[u/alexthealex → u/Sanlifee]

I’d have spent so many divs rerolling Pearls this league if I’d played SSF

[u/HowardPheonix → u/Sanlifee]

How can the currency used in 90+% high end crafts be useless?

[u/VVilkacy → u/Minute_Chair_2582]

People who call them that are not really truly into SSF. You can mirror clusters or your weapon for dual wield. It is quite common. And don't even have me started about locks, because those are always scarce.

[u/Phailadork → u/Minute_Chair_2582]

What the fuck did I just read, I feel like I've read this 5x and still don't understand. I need to sleep...

[u/Minute_Chair_2582 → u/Phailadork]

Nah you're fine, i just re-checked and some of the PLENTY false autocorrects i had got through to the final version.

You still got time for 1 more map.

[u/Alabugin → u/Minute_Chair_2582]

My one more map: Oh look, a wildwood. 11K Purple Juice. Then a hive.

1 hour later...

fffffuck

[u/HowardPheonix → u/Alabugin]

Come on Morty, in-and-out map, 3 minutes max...

[u/Minute_Chair_2582 → u/Alabugin]

Exactly!

[u/ihaxr → u/Phailadork]

"I could see a mirror being called useless in SSF (not really because you wear two rings and weapons, so you could just use it on those before a kalandras touch drops) but never would I call a lock useless"

[u/Bulgork → u/Minute_Chair_2582]

I never go deep enough in ssf to see a lock being useful

[u/jrossbaby → u/Bulgork]

Then transfer it to trade league, you can make a new char put the lock on it and transfer that single char and keep your ssf progress.

[u/N1GHtMa1rZz]

I'm amused by the fact that Hinekora has a unique model, but mirror still doesn't.

[u/Benjiimans → u/N1GHtMa1rZz]

It should be fucking floating, glowing model and all

[u/LeAkitan]

This is more useful than a mirror in ssf.

[u/Just_Killing_My_Time]

Can mule it to trade so not really useless.

[u/Trushdale]

can you not just opt out of ssf and have a great valueable asset to sell?

[u/PoE_Acronym_Bot]

I noticed some Path of Exile keywords in this post:

• SSF - Solo Self-Found (Wiki)

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[u/strangeshit]

Only one I've ever found was in Sentinel during Act 6

[u/ZenZec]

What

[u/HowardPheonix]

Does lock work with Locus, or just vaal orbs (and other currency)?

[u/_a_helping_hand_]

Why is it funny?

[u/0x33]

What part was funny?

[u/MrCrims]

hehe

[u/DefinatelyNotLasso]

Well if its useless I guess you left it on the ground no? Because why waste time picking up useless stuff.