Lycan: "A Thorough Critique of Path of Exile"

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feral_nature wrote:

game is in a horrible state for new players atm.

at first most people will probably like the depth... until they realize its artificial. huge passive tree and hundreds of skill gem combination and uniques, but in the end it all boils down to using only couple of them... on top of having to no life the game to actually progress your character. no wonder most of the non-poe streamers didnt like it.

feels like broken stuff just piles up and ggg are more interested in pumping new content every 4month instead of actually balancing the game so they can get new players.

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MoonlightHelix wrote:

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feral_nature wrote:

game is in a horrible state for new players atm.

at first most people will probably like the depth... until they realize its artificial. huge passive tree and hundreds of skill gem combination and uniques, but in the end it all boils down to using only couple of them... on top of having to no life the game to actually progress your character. no wonder most of the non-poe streamers didnt like it.

feels like broken stuff just piles up and ggg are more interested in pumping new content every 4month instead of actually balancing the game so they can get new players.

AFAIK, the plan is to use PoE2 to bring in new players, as talked about in the final section of this article.
https://maxroll.gg/poe/news/pax-west-path-of-exile-2-interview-with-jonathan-rogers

And going by Subtractem's interview with Chris and Neon after Exilecon 2023 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-zznPPwJ3M&t=1040s), after PoE2's core game is done, GGG has plans to look over what they've learned from developing PoE2 and figure out what can be applied to PoE1. At the very least, they'll do this for melee combat.