khrishp: Almost every person that I've seen complain significantly about Kingsmarch being in the game as it was before is somebody that either plays Path of Exile full time(content creator), or somebody who's in the top one to five percent of the player base, that ends every league with a mageblood or at At least one to two mirrors of gear/currency. Not every person in those groups is complaining. Not everyone that's complaining is in those groups. But there is significant crossover between those, so I don't feel like that opinion is representative of the average person who likes the game.

nightplaymc: I am personally glad about kingsmarch going core it is my favorite mechanic and I will probs just do that and chill. Wanna try harvest with it with that node because I loved focusing mappers and boats across all the events and I am glad I can now focus farm the stuff in maps witht the atlas node.

I do hope they nerf it bit more of lock it behind more investment so it isnt mandatory for people who don't wanna do it though.

arkonshaw3592: Kingsmarch is a real godsent for SSF and HCSSF. Wont miss it any second!

richardfranzen8911: I think the obvious fix for Kingsmarch shipping is to swap the rewards for mining and farming. Instantly, the big reward comes from the encounters that you are running in maps and specializing into on the atlas.

BixxPlays: as a standard player who hasn't had much new core content in a long time I'm hyped that kingsmarch is going core.

lichtbiest8544: they should add the disenchanter from kingsmarch to the hideout

so you don't have to go there everytime to salvage items

Shepard4Life: Kingsmarch is great for people to catch up when league isnt their job, some lucky drop can keep them in, im not poking you with the league=work stuff but still, I love km being in the game, some annoying corners cut like building.

TwujStary69420: Next time just let pohx do the intro. He's been on this so many time he might as well be part of it

cmcneil726: There’s no reason to believe you have to do Kingsmarch and manage the boats. And if you think they’re gonna be mandatory you’re being a little dumb. It’s another atlas tree mechanic you can choose to spec into or ignore.

slapfinslap3262: I'm glad some people are happy that Kingsmarch is going core. Just because i think some things about it is not nice, it's nice too see that other people are happy about it

Kafka-Youtube: kingsmarch is not targeted at you that can play the game as a job is for the casual to MAYBE get something good or several goodies to actually push i think so having a side "income" to help ypu since you cant put the hours to have the odds on your side, i think is nice

Thomasnor1: i played A LOT of phrecia, mostly farming harbies in t16s, and i have a bunch of thoughts on a few of the complaints mentioned. settlers:

- the boat thing was very grindy the first 1-2 weeks of play, but the more i played, the more surplus i would have. i never sent more than 250k value and still got a few powers and a bunch of suppression tattoos leading to a "passive" income of 15 div every few hours (along with the fracturing orbs that popped up every few maps with the idol system)

- being forced to play was something i was worried with at first, but i was already playing a shitton trying to improve my shitty meme builds past yellow maps, and i STILL had a lot of surplus resources. dust doesnt mean as much as early settlers, sending 50k dust vs 2k dust is miniscule compared to the value you would get from the items you disenchant from boats.

i am still worried about the "casual" player experience, but im not sure they are the ones ggg should focus on for poe1. being enfranchised to poe1 means i dont enjoy poe2 nearly as much and i have my own issues with poe2, but i think poe2 should focus on the new player experience while poe1 should focus on the experienced player.

thank you for coming to my ted talk, i will be stuck in harby hell for the next 2 months

genewright9191: I think the mercenaries could be looked at like equipment. you get a mercenary and it is whatever level you receive it at, like equipment. you can augment it, like equipment. then you can outgrow the mercenary and need to replace it with a higher level mercenary, like equipment. rarely are you finding a weapon that is going to be your main focus and not just a place holder, in act 1 for example.

Battleturtleful: Kingsmarch isn't passive income, it takes time to set up and maintain, it just pays out differently. There is an opportunity cost which means you aren't always ahead by doing Kingsmarch. Easy example is that an unnerfed sanctum will make you more money than unnerfed sanctum kingsmarch. If you don't like doing the mechanic, don't do the mechanic.

Chxrmandxr: As a noob with only 1k hours, i love the boats

lennyghoul: Kingsmarch is no more mandatory than say Heist or Delve for most players. I don't see the problem. All the gigachads are overthinking it, because they are worried about competing in the ultra high end economy game, that most people don't play. SSF players should be loving it, I know I am.

vanobe5853: I'm here for Darth's cat

JBlochNielsen: If you think Kingsmarch feels mandatory that is a you problem. You are already in the top 0.1% of earners in the game. What do you care that you are not getting stuff from Kingsmarch? As for having to do it for runes and tattoos: So what? This is the case with all kinds of things in the game. If you are playing SSF: Suck it up. This is part of why you play SSF. If you are playing trade: Pay your way out. You have the currency. And forgetting to put money in coffers? Really? Try being some of the people that can barely get enough gold to pay while they are playing.

In short: Get over yourselves.

iaxyz: Kingsmarch is the only bad thing this patch. It's an awful mechanic, tedious af and somewhat mandatory because it's passive income. If I wanted to punish myself with a real time idle mechanic, I would download some stupid app and start watching adds to speed it up after a few minutes because I'm bored.

Elfoten: Finally ill build a AG, because i always feared to spend 1-3 divs at one for it to instadie

stumpoman: wish they would add the merc inventory screen to animate guardians too

Frozenanimeskelett: some loot only comming from kingsmarch is a bad argument because there need to be items to make a league machanic unique.

madhatten5123: We have no idea if shipments are the same. They could be nerfed into the ground we have no idea.

joshuapeiser2326: Kingsmarch in terms of Tattoos and Runecrafting is as mandatory as running Blight for good oil, Heist for Bases and Uniques and so on in regards of SSF. If you want or need it, do it. If not skip it like every other content

sssonho: the "free" mirror every 4 or 5 weeks is so powerful. not doing boats is really bad. hope they nerfed the currency return but idk.

eddienash2095: Why do you people think you have to do something? Play SSF and enjoy

torrent613: Imagine keeping the same league in rotation for 11 months, then removing it. Like maybe it's more healthy for gameplay to see it gone, but that should be a massive shock to the community. Good that it went core imo.

Jun 09 2025

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