POE2 Meme Museum: Cursed & Bugged Items

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Welcome to the Path of Exile 2 Meme Museum, where we curate the most bizarre, buggy and entertaining items from the game. This exploration of the game's oddities encompasses several categories, ranging from gameplay bugs to visual anomalies. Here's a look at the fascinating artefacts from our first exhibition:

Ritual and Skill Bugs

The Dark Defiler and delayed rituals:
Items: A rattling scepter and staff that are supposed to summon certain skills, such as Skeleton Warrior or Seal of Power, but fail due to a bug where deferred rituals remove these skills.
Issue: A placeholder issue where returning to a delayed ritual window results in skill-less items.

Charm Anomalies

Golden Charm - timing issues:
Item: A charm that increases item rarity by 20%, but only after the mob dies, not during the kill.
Developer Insight: Shows a misunderstanding of the intended functionality of the charm, making it less effective in practice.

Jewel Misfortune

Controlled metamorphic jewel:
Issue:The Controlled metamorphic jewel can roll zeroes, potentially 'breaking' the gem by removing or reducing beneficial stats on further crafting attempts.

Legacy Mechanics

Anointing of Corrupted Items:
Problem: An echo of Path of Exile 1, where players are prompted to use "tainted oil" on corrupted items, an action not possible in PoE2.

Ring Rarities

Humorous rings:
Consistent Emerald Ring: Both an implicit and a prefix show the same Accuracy, a quirky double-up.
Prismatic Ring of the Prism: An all-resistance ring with extra layers of resistance through suffix and corruption, visually and functionally interesting.

Shield Shenanigans

Ariel's Wheel - the nullified shield:
Bug: After corruption, all mods are reset to zero, creating a shield that's amusingly useless.
Signet of Flame - The self-contradicting shield:
Contradiction: Offers mana gain on block while also stating that the player cannot block, a paradoxical item.

Map anomalies

Card with excessive text:
Curiosity: A map with an overload of modifiers and text, illustrating the extreme possibilities of map modification.

Weapon Mishaps

Crossbow Mishap:
Mistake: A crossbow with a costly crafting error, with an unintended mana-leeching rune.

Unfinished Business

Incomplete uniques:
Items: Weapons and traps that are tagged as "coming soon", giving a sneak peek at future content or revealing the game's item generation bugs.

Unexpected Drops

Unidentified corrupted items:
Discovery: Items that drop corrupted from shrine effects, an overlooked mechanic that adds to the mystery of the game. 

Thank you for reading

The Meme Museum in Path of Exile 2 not only entertains, but also educates about the peculiarities of game development and mechanics. Each category showcases different aspects of what can go wrong or right in a game, turning bugs into badges of honour or points of laughter. As Path of Exile 2 evolves, these items may become legends or be corrected, but for now they enrich the game's lore and community interaction. We invite players to contribute to this ever-growing collection and celebrate the quirkier side of the game.

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