You're making an ARPG in 2025, but you're stuck in 1999

Holy shit, the gamers nowadays really are addicted to streamlined anti-fun.

actually, 2025 diablo1 the hell mode is killing it with how roguelike it is.
Methodical pacing;
gear upgrades via looting and vendoring;
~30 class variations, hardly beatable endgame.
guns;
thorn builds with 2 shields;
different minion-builds;
different layers of defense;
psionic (screen-wide rf, yet requires visibility of targets);
HC viable.
Races.
1000+ uniques.
Talents. Skills via books not levels.
Gold matter.
You can run out of potions.

If one modder can do such things with 30+ years game, why cant d4/poe2 gamedesigners do the same? Just dont make overpowered aoe skills, dont put 100 monsters in one screen.

Path of Tencent 2

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gX_kiD#0166 wrote:

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Karr285#4892 wrote:

We get it "China bad" 🙄.

Couldn't possibly just be an owner that gets money from the company. Nope must be overlords sitting in New Zealand threatening to end their lives if they don't follow mother china's rules.

There is not a single corporation in China that has the agency to act independently of the government.

If Winnie the Pooh decides he wants to sway things in a certain direction, then that's exactly what this corporation will be doing.

Even more so true for companies that are deemed "military companies" by the US govt.

There is no angle to spin this Tencent bs into a positive. Zero. But by all means, keep trying.

+10 social credit to you.

Lol what? You do know ggg is in New Zealand, not China. And again if they don't like it they could litterally quit, there is nobody holding a gun to them forcing them to stay.

And please, I wouldn't give 2 shits what the US gov designates as "chani military company" the words of the largest terrorist org on the planet are meaningless.

It actually totally makes sense to me.

It's a reboot, or a start from 0.

The power levels are lower and there's a bit more of a challenge. It's like difference between epic level DnD and starting from 0 to 20.

I've gotten lucky with a few drops/ vendors, and was playing basically SSF until i got into maps. Granted I probably wasted 20 exalts crafting junk but it's fine, my game, I'm enjoying it on the first playthru.

It's actually a giant leap forward for ARPGs. You actually have to have some skill.

To me, it's a re-imagining of Diablo II. You know that feeling of getting thru the acts with just the stuff you find...

You don't need "great" gear. Most of the stuff being traded for a few exhalts is pretty great.

I will agree that the uniques are pretty much trash and don't even drop enough to be very useful for low levels.

But not knowing what an item is until you ID it is part of the charm.

They even made it easier by labeling stuff by Tier, giving you a huge hint.

+100500 to OP. Keep it coming, hopefully GGG will one day realize that they need to change.

Please never change to accommodate players like OP.

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Karr285#4892 wrote:

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gX_kiD#0166 wrote:

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Karr285#4892 wrote:

We get it "China bad" 🙄.

Couldn't possibly just be an owner that gets money from the company. Nope must be overlords sitting in New Zealand threatening to end their lives if they don't follow mother china's rules.

There is not a single corporation in China that has the agency to act independently of the government.

If Winnie the Pooh decides he wants to sway things in a certain direction, then that's exactly what this corporation will be doing.

Even more so true for companies that are deemed "military companies" by the US govt.

There is no angle to spin this Tencent bs into a positive. Zero. But by all means, keep trying.

+10 social credit to you.

Lol what? You do know ggg is in New Zealand, not China. And again if they don't like it they could litterally quit, there is nobody holding a gun to them forcing them to stay.

And please, I wouldn't give 2 shits what the US gov designates as "chani military company" the words of the largest terrorist org on the planet are meaningless.

Matters not, they are beholden to their masters.

+1 to OP. Identification is pointless and annoying. The well is pointless and annoying. Dropping low tier maps is pointless and annoying.

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Battle_Baboon#3734 wrote:

there will be instant buy out
its an interview with ggg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RskRFwgoQ5g&t=6842s

Apparently they said the currency exchange was their solution and everyone loves it.