POE1 has been killed before POE2 got anywhere release ready.. Overwatch2 moment

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Pizzarugi#6258 wrote:

The problem here is that GGG didn't dissolve the original team. Jon said that he pulled the team out of PoE1 to work on PoE2

that precisely means that the old team is dissolved. i wouldnt have worried if he said something about skeleton crew or life support or similar 1-2 men operation to keep it alive. that could work. but once you move _everyone_ from the project - and you DO NOT do that for a week or two (induction in new project takes far longer) - the team spirit, tribal knowledge and dynamic is GONE. irreversibly gone. the code starts to passively erode as more and more libs require updates (network facing application HAS to have 0 unfixed CVEs, it just has to), frequently chaining updates that are very, very unpleasant to do. you have to do it before development restarts.


if they did the uno reverso and pulled everyone from POE2 to POE1 today (including original members), it would have taken them month+ to rebuild the momentum if they are lucky and no bad vibes were created in the process (unlikely, very f.. unlikely)

cannibalising projects is a last resort move that you do when and only when the sh.. hit the fan. it rarely works, changes/damages the company irreversibly inside, talent is gone and in most cases ive seen - the deadline is not met anyway


so yeah, the team is gone. been there, done that.

Its kind of bitter sweet that in 3.25 i had the time of my life playing melee in PoE. It took them only a decade+ to fix melee despite the issue being for the greatest part just a number issue.
Saddening to think about the chance that might have been the last patch.

I just wonder if the melee problem in PoE 1 took them that long to acknowledge by buffing up the numbers how long will it take till Warrior in PoE 2 feels good on a comparable level as the (life based) melee problems in PoE 2 are rooted much deeper?

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Pizzarugi#6258 wrote:

The problem here is that GGG

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Pizzarugi#6258 wrote:

You can argue that GGG

So the eagles are not coming? Well that sucks. look at the bright side melee is still bad even in POE2...oh wait...that sounds horrible...