Baeclast Podcast with Chris Wilson This Week

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Malichus wrote:

I think this podcast is great news. Not because I expect that there really will be any hard-hitting questions that most of the players actually want the answers to asked, or that Chris will announce that he's reverting all the changes (change was needed, they just went too far in some things and tried to change too many systems at once). I think it's great news because it tells us for certain what we could only speculate before this...GGG is bleeding revenue as badly as players and is trying to stop the leak. As that is the only thing that will get their attention, it's a good thing.

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arknath wrote:

1. Damage nerf = fine. It was needed one way or another. The true reason they changes this is the constantly increasing server performance/maintenance cost anyway :P

2. Timers still being held same as before = not fine. It punishes new/casual players too hard. Incursion especially needs timer removal or huge increase. Legion as well.

3. Niche skills needed a way bigger base buff. 20-25% did not compensate enough as many of those skills were already 500%+ behind the rest already.

4. Revert some of the awakened gem nerfs.

5. MOST IMPORTANT. Cut the time needed to fully watchstone your atlas in by least half. Maybe even more. Reduce the amount of unveils needed for recipes. Increase sulphite cap and start delve from monster level 70 instead so that it follows approx what map tier you are on.

6. Reduce the amount of maps back down to ~100. There are plenty of unpopular maps that can be scrapped. Bump up boss loot on maps with complex clear-layouts or particularly hard bosses.

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JuldaFulda wrote:

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Malichus wrote:

I think this podcast is great news. Not because I expect that there really will be any hard-hitting questions that most of the players actually want the answers to asked, or that Chris will announce that he's reverting all the changes (change was needed, they just went too far in some things and tried to change too many systems at once). I think it's great news because it tells us for certain what we could only speculate before this...GGG is bleeding revenue as badly as players and is trying to stop the leak. As that is the only thing that will get their attention, it's a good thing.

Next pure trade SC player say "change was needed" XD XD

1) Bro. Here is no reason to next fcking nerfs (and delete defensive) when we have still aurastacking rares, offscreen oneshoting mobs, server issues in game omfg.
After solve this problems, we can talk about nerfs.
2) Why GGG balance game about SC trade stats? Its biggest bullshit.
SC trade players dont want harder game. They want fast and fun game.
Why balance game about SC trade, where you can buy everything, where exist farm bots, where you can buy challenges and where you cant die and lose items!

Players dont use own brain, want faster game today! You have community where players just copy/paste builds (bcs meta), use macros on everything and just hunt currency. You want player play whole league time? So make funny league. And dont nerf everything to dust. You make unfun league? Players force MTX and leave. You add nerfs to unfun playstyle? They leave much faster!

3) Why make harder SC trade shet, when exist SSF SC, HC and SSF HC?! There is choice to have harder game! When you try make trade SC harder, you make other game-mods unplayable. You delete easy and understable defensive options, so HC is still much more unplayable!!! Thx to destroy my full HC guild and my friendlist from HC ...
4) And ofc gamble (RNG) is problem too. Slam currency, where you dont know what happend. Its not funny GGG. Make normal craft system omfg. Why force players play delve just to find base link-crafting etc.???? Just make normal craft system where best and OP crafts can be hide in Harvest?
5) It seems like Chris love D2 so much ... from copy skills to make same gameplay in PoE. But he forgot on monsters setting ...

Sry for my bad english and for that, iam not streamer who live from PoE and iam not a gamer who play PoE 8h/day :(

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arknath wrote:

1. Damage nerf = fine. It was needed one way or another. The true reason they changes this is the constantly increasing server performance/maintenance cost anyway :P

2. Timers still being held same as before = not fine. It punishes new/casual players too hard. Incursion especially needs timer removal or huge increase. Legion as well.

3. Niche skills needed a way bigger base buff. 20-25% did not compensate enough as many of those skills were already 500%+ behind the rest already.

4. Revert some of the awakened gem nerfs.

5. MOST IMPORTANT. Cut the time needed to fully watchstone your atlas in by least half. Maybe even more. Reduce the amount of unveils needed for recipes. Increase sulphite cap and start delve from monster level 70 instead so that it follows approx what map tier you are on.

6. Reduce the amount of maps back down to ~100. There are plenty of unpopular maps that can be scrapped. Bump up boss loot on maps with complex clear-layouts or particularly hard bosses.