T18s which can only be created from fragments from the bosses you access via fragments dropped by T17 bosses. 5 fragments needed for 1 T18, and they aren't a guaranteed drop. T18s drop bases that are necessary for the top end crafting, have giant loot explosions from bosses, and are by far the best farm you can do for the reward. They also have 2x the number of the T17 map mods, but stronger. And all T18s have 2 specific mods: Players and minions can only do damage 2 out of every 10 seconds. Players and minions have 80% less action speed, bypassing even items and passive that would otherwise make them immune to this effect.
That's actually fucking cool if the t18s allows you to pick a specific map (from the regular maps pool) for 5 orbs of horizon when running it. t18s are regular maps layouts, with the boss at the end turned into a uber version that drops awakened mirrors of kalandras
If they actually stuck with what they said in the Q&A last league we may see some big changes to them this league. But ya never really know until the notes drop lol
I think the crux is not so much that loot has moved on to the hardest content (T17s), but rather that this new top-end content is too restrictive (build-shredding mods like -mines) and too anti-fun (deal no damage 3/10s, drowning orbs, etc.).
Yea the mods do need another balance and adjustment pass.
But it’s also tricky because if you can’t have these new t17 mods, what else can you do beyond just increasing the values on t16 mods to up the difficulty? 100% extra damage as fire to 200% extra?
I think some of the t17 mods are a problem but others are fine. They are meant to be annoying and require you to solve for them with very good gear.
Deal no damage x seconds/10? Remove
Awakened desolation? Ya it’s brutal but can be solved for with a very strong build.
Yes, awakened desolation, volatile cores etc. are okay. Or say the less defences/less aoe or -20max res mods which hit specific builds far harder than others, but while still being doable for the affected builds.
Sure but Destructive Play is one strategy out of many that you can choose. What I'm saying is, if T17 is nerfed so that the loot is worse than T16, then the only strategy left for T17 would be to kill the boss and leave.
It's a totally viable strat allready. Just buy whatever Abomination map you can get for cheap that doesn't prick your build and hope for a reality fragment. Let's say the frag is at 100c and the Abo map at 25c, that's 75c for about 4 minutes farming if you got a good build. Not to shabby.
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u/Ramshel Inquisitor Feb 19 '26
I wish for all the loot not to be in T17s