POE 2 early access paywall

I am confused, did they merge with EA games?

nvm missread

This thread has been enjoyable thus far. I approve.

You get 30 dollars worth of shop coins, you get fair value for use in either POE or POE2...in addition to early access.

POE had a cost upfront for early access, and nearly everything (outside any MTX and game knowledge) was reset before official release.

I truly don't understand the complaints. If you don't want to pay don't, its an extensive testing phase that you can opt into and get some perks for doing so (stuff you spend your MTX coins on).

What the problem is?

People desperately looking for things to complain about, eh.
I see this "WhY dO wE HaVE tO PAYY 30 dOLLArS" complaint everywhere and it's starting to get really annoying.

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lagwin1980#2224 wrote:

Thing is, no one is forcing you to pay, the characters you would be playing are unlikely to see use past EA so there isn't really incentive to race or build wealth.

Precisely! The absence of any kind of exclusive reward for testing services makes the paywall even more absurd.

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MorsExTenebris#3427 wrote:

POE 2 will be a free-to-play game at launch.

But you want to charge us for beta-testing your product during early access?..

Did you guys think this through?

They've been doing this a long time. I'm quite certain that their decision to do it this way is backed by actual experience with the process. Can you tell us how many game labels / companies you've successfully run for over a decade?

If you cannot afford the $30 then I'd urge you to question your own self-management, before knocking a successful development company's choices with their own product.

The game will be free to play upon release.

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Psi0ptic#5165 wrote:

If you cannot afford the $30 ...

No, this thread isn't about affordability, which has already been addressed in the posts above

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Psi0ptic#5165 wrote:

The game will be free to play upon release.

Thank you, professor, we already know that. So should be the public beta.

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MorsExTenebris#3427 wrote:

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Psi0ptic#5165 wrote:

If you cannot afford the $30 ...

No, this thread isn't about affordability, which has already been addressed in the posts above

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Psi0ptic#5165 wrote:

The game will be free to play upon release.

Thank you, professor, we already know that. So should be the public beta.

So spend the $30 or wait for the release.

Ease E

With the amount of joy this game has gave me over the past ten plus years, I think the early access fee is more than acceptable. It'll be free later on anyway right? No clue what all the crying is about. GGG is still a company trying to survive on a free access game. Yea, all is good.