Endgame Dev comments on Portals.

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dreamstate42#3955 wrote:

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Mashgesture#2912 wrote:

Hopefully the same stream. Mark said they arent touching the portals before exhausting every other option.

And then Johnathan on XP as well with how many changes are coming to avliate unexpected deaths, or "surprise offscreen onehots".

So 1 portal and xp loss are staying yes.

And again you conveniently left out the point that Jonathan said quite a lot about acknowledging the issue with the current situation, that he can see that it is too punishing, but have not found a better solution just yet.

So stop with that narrative of "1 portal and XP loss are staying". You don't know that. We don't know that. Even GGG does not now that yet. It was certainly not said explicitely. We have to wait and see on what they will land on.

And again you convenient left out the entire stream where these issues will be remedied by balance changes the devs themselves, will hopefully lessen these issues some players have

A lot of changes to monsters and behavior were directly changed to help you not die unfairly, mechanics spawning to many mobs they acknowledge, mobs moving to quickly they acknowledged, certain classes having little defense relative to others etc...

Mark himself stated "we will not touch the 1 portal system, or revisit it, before touching these other systems..."

•1 Portal is staying

Johnathan AND Mark also agreed as well on xp loss staying

•XP loss is staying.


So,

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It was certainly not said explicitely.

said that it was being removed.

•both are staying.

Which I am happy for

The only people who want this one portal crap are tourists, why are we balancing softcore around hardcore streamers and dark souls tourists is mind boggling.

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H3llssc0pe#5136 wrote:

The only people who want this one portal crap are tourists, why are we balancing softcore around hardcore streamers and dark souls tourists is mind boggling.

Clearly, this is absolutely incorrect.

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H3llssc0pe#5136 wrote:

The only people who want this one portal crap are tourists, why are we balancing softcore around hardcore streamers and dark souls tourists is mind boggling.

Almost like the devs want their game to be more than just shiny Cookie Cutter sequel. Crazy!

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MEITTI#3999 wrote:

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Lugonu#1626 wrote:

Overall I am upset that Trails were not addressed. That was the only reason I was watching that interview. With the hope that I could give my friends some good news. Instead I have no news. Nothing.

They didn't mention points 5-6 because Act 4 is going to have a third easy tutorial trial which probably gives them to you. Meaning most players will get the first 6 points relatively easily during the Campaign, while final two points will be proper endgame content. Which they kinda were in PoE 1 as well.

I am aware, and that is not the pain point.
Its the Trials itself. They are hated. Sanctum in particular gets a lot of criticism. I see at least two or three threads here a day talking about how bad they are. Those posts typically get hundreds of responses. Trial feedback is a very popular topic.

Across all of the announcements, talk about the trials is not even worth putting down as a bullet point. That's the point. That is my disappointment. Less to do with the devs, and more to do with the list of questions the interviewers brought.

I am sorry for the bit of derailing I have done here.
This thread is for talking about the Portals.

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H3llssc0pe#5136 wrote:

The only people who want this one portal crap are tourists, why are we balancing softcore around hardcore streamers and dark souls tourists is mind boggling.

Because Hardcore is too hard for them, so they want Harcore mechanics on Standard


They "like" challange, but not have the witts to play Hardcore mode. They like to gloat in the forum and play softcore and trade league.

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Lugonu#1626 wrote:

Because of that and some of the other responses I had to turn off that stream.

The leads know all of the potential issues and problems with 1 portal, but just flat out ignore it. Not to mention that after 2 hours not a single question about the Trials. The ONE thing that the community has been screaming about constantly.

Your idea is good though.
So I am certain that the leads will do everything they can to keep that from happening.

Thats because the trials are easy, like extremely easy. other than the 4th which they already stated is completely intended.

One Portal will probably stick around for far too long.
Johnathan seems to be very defensive and proud of that system.
The one portal system is bad.

"I want death to mean something."
Okay. Why?

You already have the perfect system in place for death to mean something.
It is called Hardcore.

GGG has also wisely made that system OPT IN.
Most players do not want that kind of time wasting experience.
Some players have time to burn and love the Hardcore experience.


If I had to guess this is an overreaction to how trivial death was in the campaign of PoE1. You lost nothing, not even boss progress. It was not a good system.

I believe that things would be fine with the same PoE1 six portal system on maps. Resetting the boss, and any mobs still alive would still offer death to have the expected penalty from PoE2 campaign.

How about adding a slider:

6 Portals = 100% Rarity and/or Quantity
1 Portal = 160% Rarity and/or Quantity

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H3llssc0pe#5136 wrote:

The only people who want this one portal crap are tourists, why are we balancing softcore around hardcore streamers and dark souls tourists is mind boggling.

Or just using the intended customization mechanic, Atlas passive points.

Give us 2 nods that reduce portals by 3 and 2 for some rarity/extra bag space.

Now everyone can customize the endgame experience. You know... the entire purpose of having an atlas tree...