tl;dr: dun have one.
1 month into Prophecy, here is my review:
- prophecies are only fun in first play through. i didn't even seek any prophecies for my 2nd character until i hit merciless. once you learnt that there is difficulty tagged to some prophecies, it is better to save up those silver coins, which brings to the 2nd point
- PoE got a problem which is having to do act 1-3 for 3x (act 4 merciless is not necessary). not that they are not fun. but just that players wanna complete their build so they would not wanna spend time in cruelty. GGG will have to address the cruelty difficulty problem, make it meaningful or take it out completely
- proc rate of prophecy is poor. I have got 7 prophecies. 2x masters, Monstrous Treasure, invader, scout, The Undead Brutes, dream trial. 3x nicely rolled maps failed to proc any of them. ended up sealing a couple of them so that i can get the key to see if this build is ready for the councils. spoilers: it didn't. i can't even get the prophecies to get the final key. and now i have got 0 coins.
- prophecies design. fated uniques are rubbish. kill this get that/kill this with that = straight seal. the list of uniques needs to be culled. i understand some of them are for levelling. but that's a really small subset. the upgraded uniques still can't save the old uniques.
- which prophecies worked: crafting, master, tempest
- Council key: very messy. The Unbreathing Queen I: visit Fellshrine. The Unbreathing Queen II: visit lab. The Unbreathing Queen III: visit Ledge. The Unbreathing Queen IV: visit Weaver's Chamber. Why the backtracking from Lab back to Act 1 and Act 2. And then The Unbreathing Queen V: visit Cemetery. now Mud Geyser and Cemetery maps cost 1c each
- prophecy tracking: no way to track which stage (e.g. Deadly Rivalry) we are in now. interesting idea. poor implementation.
- and a lot more.
i doubt prophecy is going to work as permanent addition. Perandus league, i look forward to coins and Cadiro and see what he can offer me. Prophecy is a mixed bag. Seek and get disappointments. will probably be taking a break. and see what GGG is planning to do. fix the performance issue. reduce the loot drops.