Path of Exile 3.26 Expansion Timeline

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mbitsu wrote:

Someone smart and clever, conduct an investigation)
Why haven't there been a 3-month league and serious updates in the last 2-3 years?

What happened to Chris, did he get sick or what? He was fired (when it surfaced, they pretended it was just a mistake in the documents).

How much content did GGG have in stock at the time of selling Tencent. Perhaps it was just enough for 1 year, after which we got the game in its current state, abandoned and forgotten) I

How many employees did GGG have before buying Tencent, and how many after. Compare the deterioration of the quality of the POE1 leagues and the increase in their duration since the development of POE2.

And most importantly: Matil - can he really climb a mountain, or is he just a male model. Created by a secret government. Has anyone touched his abs in real life?

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Talismannn wrote:

My 2 cents worth. As a 'legacy' player who is one of the few left in the game who actually paid for POE 1 Early Access. I know there are few of us left now.

14 Years of supporting GGG as they were always a top notch game dev company. If mistakes were made, they explained what happened and put their cap on the table.

I remember a case where there was a major mistake during a routine security maintainance, and someone managed to blacklist the ip addresses of nearly half of Europe. I spent nearly an hour with a dev online trying to faultfind why I could not access poe or the website. They didn't leave me stranded and did everything possible. Eventually it was worked out that this security issue had occured. (not just due to my chat with the dev ofc. ) Appologies were made by the person in question, a full blow by blow was given in the forums (not reddit or twitter....) and people actually sent the guy a beer and told him to take a break and refresh himself. True community spirit.

That is the GGG I have come to know and love.

Standard was all there was (and yes we are still here.. playing standard, the die hard people who have played for years and given financial support to GGG over that time.
Leagues were originally put in as beta testing areas for standard updates after leaks from alpha testing made it impossible to keep the league content secret.
Leagues were slowly made a priority over standard to the point where standard was seen as 'shameful' to play. League elitism started to rule.

I love the leagues and will usually play them, not to the detriment of the CORE game that won all the awards and put GGG on the map. Leagues did not do that. Standard did.

Promises were made GGG, Firstly that Poe 2 would be a continuation of POE1. We could swap between them. Remember that one? We were then told it was not possible for programming reasons. I don't believe this. My belief is that its now a seperate game as its the only way to chase those awards again. It can't be attached to poe1 or its not classed as a 'new game' and not eligable for game awards. THAT is the reason for it.

POE 1 is being drained of resources to finance a game a lot of us think is now a bad idea. It will split the already limited playerbase into a fractured community. There is no integration at all between them. Alternating leagues and you will then have how many different communities running? Lets add them up.

poe 1 standard
hardcore
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league
hardcore
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hcssf

Ruthless
hc Ruthless

and now DOUBLE that for POE 2

20 or so different game modes within a game that is already stretched thin in some areas. Try trading within those communities with the current trading system and..... well good luck with that.

Standard relies on 3 monthly league imput for items and 'cash'. We wait patiently to get our hands on gearing we have either farmed up in league or for people coming back into standard to offload before new league.

If you stagnate a game from the CORE GAME upwards it starts to rot. Standard was always the CORE of poe. It is even refered to as Going Core when merging the league into the core standard game.

If you don't look after your old school long term playerbase in a chase to get a new one, you may find either one or both of the games die. Which will you choose GGG? The game awards or your long term supporters who begged Chris to give us ways to support you when he used to chat in global chat with us. You're going to have a hard time getting support if you keep delaying leagues in favour of using money intended for poe 1 and spending it on poe 2.

I for one will not be spending any more unless its guaranteed to be going to poe 1 ONLY. I've spent a lot of money on poe, not a penny more until this is sorted out.

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Ellanth wrote:

Might go for the free box at lvl 50 and skip PoE later until 3.26
This year is a letdown for PoE (1).I'm gonna hold my money because I honestly lost my faith in GGG.

How did you lose faith in them? It's a free to play game, and the last 3 seasons/leagues have been fucking incredible, as the majority have said. Affliction league was amazing, cool mechanic, easy way to buff monsters and get loot.
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Settlers of Kalguur was a fucking breath of fresh air, Melee re-works, a realtime system so people like me who aren't fortunate enough to play alot, can still progress the new league, and get returns. I can't tell you how nice it's been being able to throw stuff on a boat, goto bed, and wake up to multiple divines.
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This last league added a bunch of end game, new T17 map, new mechanics, the OMG currency auction house thing.
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It honestly baffles me how short sighted some people can be.