Loot envy is at an all time high in Path of Exile as lucky players print the rarest items in the game while everyone else sifts through trash

The newest Path of Exile season, or league, is a great example of why you should never look at how other players are faring in a loot-based action RPG. Once you see what life is like when the RNG gods are generous, all you will know is pure envy.

A handful of lucky players are posting their loot hauls from the new genesis tree introduced in Path of Exile's latest expansion, Keepers of the Flame. Basically, it's a freaky, haunted tree that gives birth to powerful items based on preferences you set. It's only been a few days since it launched and players are swimming in the kind of loot you'd usually have to grind long hours for.

I haven't struck gold yet and I'm definitely not jealous of the Reddit users who are posting screenshots of what is the PoE equivalent of finding a stack of Benjamins on the ground. Divine Orbs are one of the rarest currencies in the game due to their crafting value and players who aren't me are finding buckets of them under their Christmas tree from hell.

For context: Finding 20 Divine Orbs on day three of the league skyrockets you into millionaire status if you like to trade with other players. And even if you don't trade, Divine Orbs have the unique ability to reroll the value of the mods on your item, which can be very powerful when there's one that isn't quite perfect enough for your inner min-maxer.

There's also a chance the tree can drop rare unique items, like this well-known belt Reddit user Ylliade managed to spawn. You can also find uniques with mods on them that only show up if the tree makes them.

Meanwhile, everyone else is responding to these finds with jealousy and questions about how they set up their tree. I hate to say it, but I don't think copying their build is going to make the Divines drop any faster. I've played enough RPGs to know that sometimes you're not the chosen one.

The chances of any of this happening for you are slim, mostly because the skill tree that helps curate your spoils has no guarantees. You can

Source: PC Gamer