Once you hit 16?? I watched a video saying put all 4 in as watching citadels but I did like 4 maps and now all that drops are like tier 3 maps lolwtf

i only socketed in 1 zone at a time unless i had sirus spawn then i'd max it for his fight and go back to target farming zones,
socket 4 stones, run high tier to spawn influence, once spawned run low tier maps 1/4-1/2 way til influence pops or you get 1/2 way then dip to next map, get 32 stones, socket all 32 and do awakener completion stopping to farm conq spawns the same way

This post was edited by Slayerofasz on Jan 15 2020 03:27am

Its a bit off a chicken - egg situation Who was first.

So it depends on the maps you have or dont have.
I put 4 stones in the area i have the maps for with the right level. (you have 16 stones so new influence you only get on 4 stone area's)
If i dont have the maps i put 3 stones in de area before or next to it and map until i get the map drop required in the 4 stone area.
One importent thing in this strategy is that you have done all the magic and rare maps. That way you increase de drops of higher level maps.
And as you collect more stones divide them over the other area's.
If you have all area's socketed and assume the game decide to drop a level 3 map and you dont have a lvl 3 map available on youre atlas then no map drops at all.
Opposite is true also. If you only have low level maps available on your atlas the possibility a low level map will drop is very high.
The drop of +1 and +2 maps against the map level youre in increases with the atlas completion.

I follewed this strategy and it works like a charm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEiOuv9xLbw

Personally i believe the breakpoint is around 20 stones. Then you dont have to worry about high level map drops at all.
And do you youre zana daily. Its a source of maps also. And if i experienced it well the level of maps she sells also goes up with the completed maps count.

And like Slayerofasz said you only need the right level maps to get the influence. Use lower maps to get the conqueror spawn.
It saves you high level maps to get the influence.

Kinda understand kinda seems like what I'm already doing maybe I'm just having bad rng lol

Believe me you're rng will chance if you get more stones.
If have 21 now. 2 area's filled with 4 one with 3 and the rest with 2 and i have no problem getting the right maps.

I'm still looking for GGG's official guide on progressing the atlas

20 + maps in no sign of any influencers

it's common to get white map drops even if you have red tier on atlas.

the map drop logic is still broken

Uhh. White drops aren’t that common this league. I have 800+ t16s and barely any t1-6 unless they drop from tane

Yea before I hit 16 stones literally the only maps dropping were 11s and 12s and id get 3+ per map now I only get white maps and an occasional 11 every 4+ maps lol I have been getting a 13 or 14 off bosses tho