Our Reasoning Behind the 3.13 Launch Delay

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I'm really sorry that this decision has disappointed loyal Path of Exile fans who are excited to see what we've been working on for our next end-game expansion and were looking forward to spending their holidays playing it.

Chris got my soul in Betrayal, when I first menage to kill Uber Elder. So, yes, it's bad for me because the end of the year there is more time off to be had, in general. But I understand.

One thing you didn't mention: is there a way to "uncommit" the decision if Cyberpunk is delayed (again)? During this year that game got delayed some times. Is there any contingency plan, if it got delayed again to, God forbid it, January?

I very much appreciate the clarity and frankness of this post. Thank you.

i don't really mind tbh. So far my fav season was Legion. After the big hits on Cyclone i been playing like 1-2 weeks per league trying out some other builds to find which can satisfy my taste.



It's true at least for me that i use PoE as a filler game as i am waiting for big games.


However in heist even though i missed the launch cause i think its a boring league i came back , i played it and i loved it ! Anyways once cyberpunk 2077 comes out i plan to plat it on ps5 and once i am bored of it i will be back to PoE waiting the next game.


My only interest so far is on PoE 2 tbh.


Keep up the good job and on my PoV you doing the right thing.



Peace.

Damn I'll be shipping out in January so this sucks for me lol hope the expansion is amazing and everyone enjoys it.

Chris, you should have just be upfront about it in the first place man.

I love this. Thank you for the transparency and honest language.
Respect.

I'll be there in January to play this really neat, ever evolving game.

Best of luck to you and your people.

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DixuMixu wrote:

more damage control...
sigh

was the f-bomb profanity necessary in an offical post, though?

all in all this whole fiasco stinks of chris not having trust or confidence in this game... you just keep advertising cyberfunk as if you want poe players to go play that game instead

Chris is just being honest and straight up, which I for one am greatful for. If he didn't mention cyberpunk as being a mojor influence in the reschedual he would be lying. This message is great because as you read it it feels as though Chris is talking directly to you without any filter. Ya the f-bomb got dropped. It just adds to the sincerity and candidness of the message.

Thanks for just shooting from the hip Chris and being completely honest and open with the community mate.

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Xystre wrote:

So basically you moved it because streamers.

There we go, that's the TL;DR for the ACTUAL reasoning.

Sure from a person to another person I can understand but as a player to a dev. No, I don't agree.

Games are now B2B business. They are made for streamers. That’s the reality, sooner you accept it, better your gaming experience would be! C ya in Jan, Exile!

Love y'all. Most player driven devs in the games as a service market

I really dislike heist so having it last longer is a disappointment but I really hope you can use this time to get a better handle on stuff this year and have a smoother year. This extra time could really help give you a more reasonable buffer zone for content. I think having events over that time really help keep those of us that have no interest in cyber punk something to do.

I know a few times you have said that events at the end of the league ruin the hype for the next league but I think that has way more to do with how late they start and how they always run right up to the next league. We need a cooling of time between launches and having 1 to 2 weeks between would likely help. Event leagues for some of us make us feel like we need to run up the wire to try and get our rewards which drains us going into the next league.

Would be so hyped for an endless delve event. Thank you bex trying to push that for us. Would be so much fun. I love delve but dislike the sulphite system (it should really be uncapped so we can plan around doing big non stop pushes).