Why POE2’s Direction Is Worrying for Veterans and Newcomers Alike
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Agree 100% pretty crazy to make these changes knowing the players that have been supporting them for years would hate it.
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Thank you for this post. It also explained my worries really well.
I would like to point out that the "cast on" gems nerf made a tedious rotation loop my top concern atm. I just want to chill with some occasional encounters of the: cc-combo-execute. Not be overly focused repeating this rotation the entire session. I mean having to setup combos and cc as the only relevant play style gets a bit tedious |
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100% agree. Just decided to stopped playing my character because of all of this.
Going to follow patches to see if I wanna come back otherwise I'll wait for poe 1's next league Last edited by LewstherinPjpan#4803 on Dec 15, 2024, 2:00:27 PM
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I have something like 3000 hours in PoE1 and I have to say I DEFINITELY appreciate the slower pace. The actual gameplay in PoE was a bit of a meme, spamming one ability to clear screams instantly and traverse the entire map in 30 seconds doing so was pretty dull.
That being said, I agree with most of what the OP said otherwise. So many of the design choices and systems in this game seem overtly hostile to the player - like they want to punish us or something. |
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" Yikes. I hope they read this, and act before people become jaded. Thanks for your write up. You won't find many veterans who disagree. This will be a big test for GGG. Last edited by kill_myself#3218 on Dec 15, 2024, 5:13:43 PM
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Great thoughts, great explanation. Especially the last point of your list!
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It's depressing to think that the game will be dodge centric soulslike forever. PoE1 was my primary hobby, and I had such hope for PoE2... but everything feels like they're just not making the game I want to play. They're making intentional decisions to discard players like me that enjoyed the first game. I hope whatever player fills my spot in the future enjoys the game, but I can't help but feel bad that something I loved so much is now something I don't even want to play.
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i agree on every point, especially about the complete trashed core of the predecessor
imagine tekken 8 as moba, and people say wooo i never liked tekken before, but this feels great |
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Last edited by sownice#7469 on Dec 18, 2024, 5:03:19 PM
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" What's funny is Tencent might actually care more than the developers if revenue dips from lower sales of supporter packs. I doubt Tencent is supper tied into the VISION the developers have as much as seeing the company as an investment. |
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