Global chat and towns are very innactive
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Playing Phrecia HC. Hardly ever see global chat activity or players in town. Did something change?
Last bumped on Mar 26, 2025, 6:39:27 PM
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not that i know, maybe because chris left?
jokes aside, the question is a general one: why do players play harder content? bragging rights? more rewards? friends already play there? ggg never figured this out and while i always advocated for chris` vision of more challenging gameplay i rarely played hc or ruthless. sorry chris. when i ask myself why, it sounds like an excuse but my friends don`t play there, i`m not the bragging type and so there is little incentive for me. --- imho chris` vision more or less failed cause there is nothing unique about hardcore or ruthless or ssf, they just removed utility from the normal game and changed some mechanics. ggg even bragged about the fact that they didn`t put much work into those league types. --- an example: there would be more hc players if new leagues were first released on hardcore or ruthless only for some weeks and then on the normal leagues. age and treachery will triumph over youth and skill!
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" Yeah, time. It's almost been 4 weeks. In all my years playing POE, usually after the 2nd week the towns are bare, nobody is in town everyone is in hideout. Plus player numbers drop significantly. This is normal, everyone is expected to come back next league / event. Look at streamers, they leveled a character, played with idols, experienced the event and then immediately leaves to create new content. Majority of players do the same thing. |
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It's common for global chat and towns to become less active a few weeks into a league. Many players move to their hideouts or take breaks until the next league starts
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Last edited by ChaseMaddox#8517 on Mar 31, 2025, 8:15:34 AM
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Yes, you are right.
Last edited by AuroraGray#7148 on Mar 31, 2025, 8:17:33 AM
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On the bright side the time it takes to load into town is drastically lower. :)
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" It doesn't help that the game is left so unnecessarily difficult that they exclusively permitted the use of logout macros in order for HC to be remotely viable. It's hard to have bragging rights in a mode where the most powerful defense tool is to instantly log out of the instance before you get 1shot. Other than that, I agree about SSF and hardcore just removing mechanics and calling it a day. PoE players: Our game has a wide diversity of builds. Also PoE players: The [league mechanic] doesn't need to be nerfed, you just need to play a [current meta] build! MFers found strength in their Afflictions. They became reliant on them. I am not so foolish. Last edited by Pizzarugi#6258 on Mar 26, 2025, 9:45:43 AM
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In hctrade, gen chat is trade1. Also as of late you have to be very careful with what you say in chat as you will just get bot chat banned for saying anything remotely controversial.
Feels like winnie the pooh is running the moderation there. |
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