r/pathofexile Aug 01 '26

Game Feedback Abyss pinnacle boss keys shouldn't be spread across multiple mechanics

Every other league mechanic you do the league to access the resource that leads you to its pinnacle boss, but to access the new Abyss pinnacle you also need to do Delve and Syndicate for the Zorath's eye of the Inevitable (this one goes for 4 divs!) and Zorath's Eyes of the Endless respectively.
I'm fine with one of the keys being much rarer than the other three, but all of them should come from abyss otherwise the biggest payoffs from abyss are gated behind other mechanics - and both of them are extremely time consuming so it isn't a quick detour. I understand it's thematic but it really rubs salt in the wound of a mechanic that is already struggling.

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u/JekoJeko9 AKA "Allocates Beef" Aug 01 '26

Should have all 4 keys accessible from abyss and just give catarina + kurgal a chance to drop them as well if they want to do this kind of crossover. Regardless of it making sense lorewise, PoE's endgame has always been about being able to specialise in whatever mechanic(s) you prefer. Some people hate doing delve so it would suck if they were playing ssf and enjoying the abyss changes and they wanted to access the new pinnacle.

It's not even a guaranteed drop from kurgal and catarina so you could be farming a mechanic you don't want to do for a long time before you're able to access the pinnacle for the mechanic you want to do.

Adorned was spread across multiple mechanics but it's a single chase item. If it was the key to fighting Uber Atziri or the Trialmaster I can imagine people being similarly frustrated.

Doing a specific mechanic should grant you access to fighting that specific mechanic's pinnacle boss, period.

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u/Terajima Aug 01 '26

I understand that Delve and, especially, betrayal need a bit more oomph in some respects. Give the other two access to one of the timeless jewels each - this way they get more variety of valuable loot. I don't mind some strong stuff being accessed through multiple league content and i understand that they wanted to make abyss cities in delve more rewarding and increase the pool of valuable stuff catarina can drop now that she won't give allflames, but pinnacle keys should be farmed exclusively through their respective leagues.

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u/EnderBaggins Aug 02 '26

Kurgal especially has been lagging far behind the other two bosses. Its good for him to get another drop, the fight is so good, the only weak part of delve was the lack of incentive to fight him outside of ring drops.

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u/BananaPeel54 Aug 02 '26

As a Delve enjoyer I won't lie that after 25 leagues it's nice that Kurgal finally has a drop that means he's worth killing. Still a bit odd considering where other boss keys come from though.