Path of Exile has shared some neat info this week in the wake of the Delirium league, most notably for delirium orbs themselves. These are essentially currency items that players use on maps to add layers of delirium to rack up the types of rewards they’re after. Grinding Gear Games says players have used almost 6 million orbs just in the last few weeks.
“The most common case is that players use a single Delirium Orb on a map, with about 70% of all Delirium-Orbed maps having just 1 Orb applied,” the studio explains. “This makes sense as many players will cautiously dabble in Delirium Orbed maps to feel out their difficulty. My guess is that successful players are quick to ramp up the amount of orbs used on a single map. This is clear as the number of 5-orb maps run is higher than that of 3-orb or 4-orb maps. One of the possible explanations for 5-orb maps being as popular as they are is that once players are able to successfully complete 5-orb maps, they’re unlikely to do anything other than 5-orb maps from then on.”
And don’t think that one-orb maps are a walk in the park, either; far and away most deaths occur in those maps, though the ratio of deaths to orbs still makes more orbs per map the far riskier proposition.
Want more POE? The game is running a stash tab sale this weekend, Grinding Gear released a design blog on unique items, and the studio also posted up another panel from ExileCon, this one featuring programmer Alexander Sannikov discussing the game’s tech.
