reintroduce races and race rewards
" That's like..........the entirety of the monetization and reward system that has existed in PoE since the beginning. What do you think mtx are? Challenge rewards? League rewards? etc. People LOVE the alt art stuff, and its still absurdly valuable to collectors. Who else but collectors really participate in these races? Starting anew....with PoE 2
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edit: had already made a post on this thread, disregard :)
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" What exactly is the value in them? People either RMT with them to make fat stacks or trade for other alt arts. They're cool items man that do nothing other than look pretty! Why do you want them to be unobtainable for the majority of the player base? Seems strange and honestly selfish! I also never made the claim that they should only be available because RMT exist. You should be careful with assumptions like that ;) I think they are cool, i think the game is old, i think GGG is completely capable of hitting a switch and turning races on and race rewards back on and reintroducing old fun arts. |
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" The audacity to call my stance on the issue selfish lmao. Path of Exile has a ton of really cool MTX that you can purchase right now without breaking the bank, and more importantly, without devaluing collector items and a part of PoE's history. You can still obtain exclusive rewards today, whenever GGG runs events / races. I have a few Demis to my name as well. Earn them. If you can't, buy them. Simple as. The opposite of knowledge is not illiteracy, but the illusion of knowledge.
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" what is the value of ANYTHING in this world? "Value is in the eye of the beholder" "Another man's trash is another's treasure" When it comes to a PRIZE for a competition....if you don't like the prize, don't do the competition. If you like the competition itself, then the prize doesn't really matter. The power and control is completely on the participant. I'm not about to sign up for a piano competition that, if I win, lets me play at a crappy venue I've already played at or with a crappy orchestra. But those competitions exist (and SHOULD exist) regardless of my own feelings. And the prize is for those who earned them. Not every single person that simply "wants" it. FURTHERMORE, the restrictive nature of such things gives importance and strength to both the current competition, as well as future competitions. If everyone got a prize, where's the incentive to actually do GOOD? If the prize is good, it attracts people for the NEXT competition, hoping for a chance to get a similarly desired prize. Value isn't only measured in divines. Think about this scenario too: A prize for certain competitions involved designing div cards or in-game items. Imagine if GGG were to suddenly decide that they allow ANOTHER player to......attach their name to the same item thanks to winning a new competition. You really think that's fair? For some, the whole reason to participate in former competitions was to get the prize that was going to be prohibitively rare to everyone else. If that were to suddenly change, it would be a big middle finger to all former competitions and devalue any future competitions. Starting anew....with PoE 2 Last edited by cowmoo275#3095 on Jan 16, 2026, 2:44:39 PM
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" Trick with ignoring people: actually ignore them by not quote-replying to them. If you post in a public forum you cannot expect people to just nod in agreement with everything you say or suggest, Ray. The whole point of this forum is to hear different perspectives, so you accuse cow of doing exactly what the forum is made for. That's offensive to you how? That being said: "If only a handful of drivers ever got that hugely-costly high-tier Lamborghini, what was the point of going through all the work to create the blueprints for the manufacturing?" For 90% of people, a Prius will suffice, but exclusivity begets value begets desire of ownership. The opposite of knowledge is not illiteracy, but the illusion of knowledge.
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" Reintroducing alternate arts is a bad idea, but releasing a new series would certainly bring renewed interest. Within the context of Path of Exile, these items have cultural and historical significance, it's not merely just an MTX. For that reason, I don't agree that it's selfish to want to maintain rarity and exclusivity. These are relics of the past, we don't need replicas. They're highly-sought collectors items. Think of them as high-value Magic the Gathering or Pokemon cards. Nobody that collects those items wants their collection devalued. |
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They will not make new items though just for races. Which is why i think reintroducing some cool looking pixels would be fun.
I also think the only people you'll find completely against this idea are ones that are invested in the alt-art market. Which i think is silly. Last edited by DaisySunshine#7767 on Jan 16, 2026, 4:38:13 PM
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" "When it comes to a PRIZE for a competition....if you don't like the prize, don't do the competition. If you like the competition itself, then the prize doesn't really matter. The power and control is completely on the participant. " Ok but where can I do a race right now? These competitions aren't available, nor are the prizes in said competitions unless you trade for someone else's win they got 10 years ago. "FURTHERMORE, the restrictive nature of such things gives importance and strength to both the current competition, as well as future competitions." What competitions? Gauntlets where Ben wins a whole PC every few months? That's not fun for the player base at all. " A prize for certain competitions involved designing div cards or in-game items. Imagine if GGG were to suddenly decide that they allow ANOTHER player to......attach their name to the same item thanks to winning a new competition. You really think that's fair? For some, the whole reason to participate in former competitions was to get the prize that was going to be prohibitively rare to everyone else. If that were to suddenly change, it would be a big middle finger to all former competitions and devalue any future competitions." You're making a massive assumption here, just like your strange piano rant. Who said anything about div card design? Are you reading the thread or just posting lol! Im just saying itd be cool to reintroduce races and race prizes. Last edited by DaisySunshine#7767 on Jan 16, 2026, 4:42:06 PM
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