Tencent is what ruined PoE 1
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Nah, GGG decided to sacrifice PoE1 on the altar of rollslop. And so I won't spend any money on them ever again.
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Games owned by Tencent are creatively independent, Tencent doesn't dictate how the game should be.
There are many other games out there that were purchased by Tencent and yet, they are thriving.  Pff, who even plays Standard?
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Part of the reason why, yes... though not the entire reason.
Never forget the Alt Qual Gem deletion, the Ex > Div swap and loss of various crafting methods.
Revive Metamorph/Crucible. Refine Sentinel/Kalandra content. Bring back legacy modifiers/values. If you're someone who blindly hates on Standard and its players, you are part of the problem. |
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" Exactly this. Tencent’s just doing what investors do, throwing money at profitable and thriving games so they can make more money. Shocking, I know. They’re not sitting in some boardroom rewriting scripts or designing levels. But apparently that concept is way too advanced for the crowd still stuck on tired Tencent memes and thinking every investment means creative mind control. It’s basic business, not a Bond villain plot. xD |
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" I honestly think that you forgot to read the OP - there I explain why do I believe Tencent's ruining PoE even though Tencent has no creative control over GGG. |
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" you do realize your entire OP is a contradiction right? 1. You claim "originally" GGG cared only about the "vision" (ie: NOT the players) 2. Then, GGG realized that the real world doesn't work like that: they need money to operate the game, and money requires players. So they capitulated on certain things to appease the playerbase. 3. You then claim that GGG gave them money, so they can return to their "vision" and screw the players again. And yet.....the entire reason there are two games instead of 1, and the entire reason behind EVERY decision GGG makes is to retain and keep MORE players. Their motivator now more than ever is money. They don't just "have all the money they could ever need to do whatever they want". That isn't how investment works lol. Investment assumes and DEMANDS profits. Period. There is no other type of investment. GGG isn't a non-profit. Tencent isn't a non-profit. You are completely flat out wrong in your OP and it doesn't warrant any further discussion. Your post isn't even a conspiracy theory as I mentioned earlier.....it's just a wrong analysis, pure and simple. It lacks understanding of tencent as a company, GGG as a company, PoE and PoE 2 as products, and investment as a type of "money". Starting anew....with PoE 2 Last edited by cowmoo275#3095 on May 7, 2025, 5:59:54 PM
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" If they wanted to retain players, they wouldn't do PR disaster after PR disaster after PR disaster. |
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" Becuase of VISION. Duh. |
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PoE1 is not the golden goose, guys. Let's please not delude ourselves here.
PoE2 has 50k active users right now. The only time PoE1 gets that many is when a new league launches, but immediately dies off past the first month. 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. |
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