Old Path of Exile

yes doood.

in piety it is this :D

either you go or you get got

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Shovelcut wrote:

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Foreverhappychan wrote:

But the purity of using what you find, hoping to get lucky but knowing even if you don't, you have to make the best of whatever drops

I like to call that "letting RNGesus take the wheel". :)

"When there was only one set of bloody footprints in the dungeon, that is when I abandoned you and took the loot for myself."

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Shovelcut wrote:

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Foreverhappychan wrote:

But the purity of using what you find, hoping to get lucky but knowing even if you don't, you have to make the best of whatever drops

I like to call that "letting RNGesus take the wheel". :)

that's also a Karui expression meaning "play flicker strike this league"

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crunkatog wrote:

that's also a Karui expression meaning "play flicker strike this league"

Only if it's fully zoomed in, with screen shake enabled!

Skills had actually good AoE so you didnt need to pick every single AoE node that exist.

League monsters didnt hit 5 times more than any regular monster so you didnt need to pick every single life node that exist

i remember the game being difficult and not a farming simulator back then when merciless existed. now everything is free and effortless.

*Trading without trade screen. Dropping items on the coast floor and not getting scammed a single time cause during close beta most people were just helping each other, learning the game and giving away items to others. The community WAS amazing then.


*Racing seasons: I loved the racing seasons, specially the first ones. A lot of races, a lot of schedule, you could race anytime you wish. It was old times. And races were amazing, because the difficulty was real then. Now the game is a cakewalk mostly. I really really miss the old racing seasons.



*Old auras: I loved the old flashing design.


*HODOR spam in chat, at the start of every race (so a lot of times everyday). It looks like an heresy but was way better than toucan thing, at least for me.






I will be talking about hardcore mostly from now:




*Ledge and Fellshrine Ruins (follow the path!!!) Runs: specially in hardcore, without master crafting, limited options, 4link max (I mean, it was like a treasure if you ever find a 5L, it happens like once in a couple months or so, and only if you play a lot). Those runs to find resistances, life items, etc, before you could advance more, were pure gold. Later on, Docks runs when act3 came also in the same way.



*Difficulty: game was amazing before, guys skipping some monsters like Kole because the chance of oneshot was HUGE. Even Vaal Oversoul rocks may kill you in one hit even in Cruel difficulty. People need help to kill Oak (you run out of potions and he was HARD). Also reflect damage auras, its a lot different from now, the game was hard, now its one more arpg, like the 100 out there. Still the best of them, but not even close to the game it was back in the early days. Same with leveling.ç, now its a week and your set, even with 6Ls, and max resistances. As I have said, now the difficulty is nonexistant. Before, almost every random monster could kill you, presented a challengue and sensation of fear. Nowadays, leveling is just pointless, not even close to death until maps, and even then.



*Map sustain: I loved the hard map sustain issues before.







CONCLUSION:

Well, Im kind of oldschool-guy, so probably in the minority here. But I loved the game as it was, sadly more guys came here overtime, and GG changed how the things work. Probably for the best, its now more appealing to more and more people, which is understandable. But has lost its unique touch, which is a pity for guys like me. Still fine, but can't even get addicted to this thing. I played like all the time in old days, now I just come back like 1 out of 2 or 3 leagues, I play a week or two and leave again. And not even races, So sad. The lack of difficulty and real challengue made this game like another arpg, so I moved out of it for the most part. Playing nowadays is effortless and not very pleasant. Not even worth it to play in party at all like 7 years ago.

SO yeah, I miss the old times a lot.






PS: great post, nice nostalgia feeling reading some of the answers

I remember my first SC character copy pasting Ziggy's RF marauder. Got bored of it eventually. Stopped playing Poe for almost a year. Then a thought occurred: why don't I try HC to make the game more fun? I remember waiting for a new league to start, created my first HC character and tried going as fast as i can to catch up with top levelers. Of course I was shit at it and died to cruel dominus's exploding minions. I laughed, created a new character and started over. Never did I return to SC ever since.

The original soundtrack.
Nessa's old voice (gods I miss it!)
Le Toucan's Arrivals
Ledge runs in Merciless
...in fact, the normal/cruel/merciless progression, full stop
Dying 60 times to Dominus in normal

When you need to hold shift.