Suddenly stopped getting Jalapeño medallions from spymasters and lost half my progress

When I finally got 4 maxed level spymasters in my chain for the Vaal temples. I was getting Jalapeño medallions consistently on every run. When I got up to 7 I went 3 runs without any dropping at all, then I got a couple, then I have just gone another 3 runs again without any dropping at all, so I have lost my chain and I am back down to 4 spymasters again.
These odds are not RNG. If at least 1 was dropping most times on all the runs I did with 4 spymasters why am I going for 3 runs in a row with 7 and not seeing a single Jalapeño? Is this some built in protection to slow players down so they don’t build their temples too quickly?
This is incredibly frustrating, and if you have invested the time to constantly re-roll the temple to try and build a decent layout, then this feels so demoralising. I am a casual, uneducated in the ways of POE player, I really wanted to build a temple over time that would enable me to get some of the high end gear i look at with starry eyes, the most I ever earned from my temple with 7 spymasters in 1 run was 3 divine, so I wouldn’t say I am breaking the game. This room destabilisation when you have taken the time and effort to try and create a temple that counteracts exactly that issue is stupid, yes maybe I lose them occasionally, but this is ridiculous stop creating mechanics to slow down the top 1% of players that leave newer players feeling like they have been kicked in the balls.

I went 26 temple runs with no spymaster room cards or spymaster medallions. On my 27th run, I got 3 spymaster room cards at once. So maybe just really bad RNG or diminishing returns when snake is getting longer that is meant to slow you down. Just feels bad.

Wow! That is crazy. It definitely feels like there is some sort of mechanic beyond standard RNG to slow players down. You have my respect for your patience and thank you for adding your thoughts to my post

It was 100% shadow nerfed in the recent patches and GGG refuses to change it back or even acknowledge they did it. There are numerous posts and all that about it but, as usual, radio silence from this clown company.

You need rarity to increase chance for locks now, after adding a couple alchemy labs to reach roughly 1000% increase IIR, I notice a significantly drop rate of locks.

That’s terrible, because this is such a good game. Apart from this mechanic I have really been enjoying this season, well maybe trying to kite the AnnaMamma monsters out of their clouds for omens of light to drop is similarly frustrating! :-)
I had thought these guys were different and wanted to make a game for gamers to enjoy. BUT the psychology of stealth nerfing stuff really undermines the enjoyment players get from a game and lost trust is not easily won back. Thank you for letting me know that this is a deeper problem

Thanks Slayer! I will make sure I focus on alchemy labs when they are available, I appreciate the advice

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DyerWolf2#8455 schrieb:

That’s terrible, because this is such a good game. Apart from this mechanic I have really been enjoying this season, well maybe trying to kite the AnnaMamma monsters out of their clouds for omens of light to drop is similarly frustrating! :-)
I had thought these guys were different and wanted to make a game for gamers to enjoy. BUT the psychology of stealth nerfing stuff really undermines the enjoyment players get from a game and lost trust is not easily won back. Thank you for letting me know that this is a deeper problem

The music, visuals and gameplay are great but the rest of the systems are bad and sometimes feel awful. Especially the loot drops and layers of RNG, shadow and stealth nerfs.

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2836742981#3689 schrieb:

I went 26 temple runs with no spymaster room cards or spymaster medallions. On my 27th run, I got 3 spymaster room cards at once. So maybe just really bad RNG or diminishing returns when snake is getting longer that is meant to slow you down. Just feels bad.

i feel exactly the same, each time i progress, suddenly I have no more medallions (not necessarily related to locks).

I really feel like they've implemented a hidden system and haven't mentioned it, and it wouldn't surprise me at all since they initially wanted to nerf it...

I currently have 11 level 3 Spymasters, and in the last 10 runs, the best I've managed is 2 locks, and it's far from the first time this has happened to me in the last 2 or 3 weeks. Some will call it RNG, but I'd call it probability.

I think they want to force people to farm other league mechanics, but they haven't understood that leaving a portion of the population with maxed temples won't change anything.

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Hyronkor#1311 schrieb:

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2836742981#3689 schrieb:

I went 26 temple runs with no spymaster room cards or spymaster medallions. On my 27th run, I got 3 spymaster room cards at once. So maybe just really bad RNG or diminishing returns when snake is getting longer that is meant to slow you down. Just feels bad.

i feel exactly the same, each time i progress, suddenly I have no more medallions (not necessarily related to locks).

I really feel like they've implemented a hidden system and haven't mentioned it, and it wouldn't surprise me at all since they initially wanted to nerf it...

I currently have 11 level 3 Spymasters, and in the last 10 runs, the best I've managed is 2 locks, and it's far from the first time this has happened to me in the last 2 or 3 weeks. Some will call it RNG, but I'd call it probability.

I think they want to force people to farm other league mechanics, but they haven't understood that leaving a portion of the population with maxed temples won't change anything.

Yeah also could just be bugs because theey have done so many hot fixes. They might of overlooked something. Regardless, trust is gone from me. I wont be back for next league, going to give it about a year and hopefully things are better.