Are there still plans for a major expansion?

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Jack_Mayhoffer wrote:

Yeah I think they should just stop and scrap it. Rebuild from the ground up and call it part 2. Put a price tag on it next time and stop with all this cosmetic bafoonery that nobody cares about.

Torchlight 2 did it. Where is it now? How many players it has now? Is there an active community for the game?

The key for success and popularity is online gaming nowadays but for few exceptions. There has to be an active economy, player interaction and sociability. If they made PoE offline and put a price tag on it - it would have been just another Torchlight.

Based on Steam and standalone client numbers alone there are 20 000 concurrent players every day at minimum. Now include Garena. My bet it's more concurrent players than D3 has.

This game is healthy like it has never been, and it's not going away.

I purposely left out your comment about cosmetics since it's obvious you have no idea what you're talking about.

A half-awake me saw the title as 'Are there still PANTS for a major expansion'.

Interesting what goes for 'life support' amongst our more jaded community members. According to that logic every Blizzard game ever is on life support because Blizz updates their games like once a year.

I have figured out the story now, and must now play the story.

Chris's baby has 100% vaal immortal call uptime.

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Shagsbeard wrote:

They've indicated 1.3 is a patch out before, or coinciding with the next 3 month league... Best bet December. 1.4 is slated to include Act IV. I'm highly skeptical.

I'm not saying it's true, but it's feeling more and more like a cash grab before they shut the thing down. No real showing of progress or discussion of their plans... we call it "turtling up". Flagship did much the same before they came out and admitted they were closing shop. I hope the best for GGG but it wouldn't surprise me in the least if they bellied up within the next 6 months.

Wow... Do people really think this? Path of Exile is still around the top 30 played games on steam. It has shown that it can pull back 90+ percent of its player base with new leagues. I know Marvel Heroes is still chugging along with about a fourth of the players this game has... It's all well and good to proclaim doom and gloom, but the data really speaks otherwise...

Oh I was wondering where the "PoE is dead/dying" fotm threads had disappeared. Have not seen those quite some time until now.

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Shagsbeard wrote:

They've indicated 1.3 is a patch out before, or coinciding with the next 3 month league... Best bet December. 1.4 is slated to include Act IV. I'm highly skeptical.

I'm not saying it's true, but it's feeling more and more like a cash grab before they shut the thing down. No real showing of progress or discussion of their plans... we call it "turtling up". Flagship did much the same before they came out and admitted they were closing shop. I hope the best for GGG but it wouldn't surprise me in the least if they bellied up within the next 6 months.

Tinfoil hats / on

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majesw wrote:

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Shagsbeard wrote:

They've indicated 1.3 is a patch out before, or coinciding with the next 3 month league... Best bet December. 1.4 is slated to include Act IV. I'm highly skeptical.

I'm not saying it's true, but it's feeling more and more like a cash grab before they shut the thing down. No real showing of progress or discussion of their plans... we call it "turtling up". Flagship did much the same before they came out and admitted they were closing shop. I hope the best for GGG but it wouldn't surprise me in the least if they bellied up within the next 6 months.

Wow... Do people really think this? Path of Exile is still around the top 30 played games on steam. It has shown that it can pull back 90+ percent of its player base with new leagues. I know Marvel Heroes is still chugging along with about a fourth of the players this game has... It's all well and good to proclaim doom and gloom, but the data really speaks otherwise...

Something tells me Shagsbeard payed 150 dollars for a lifetime subscription in Hellgate London :3

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Xavderion wrote:

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majesw wrote:

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Shagsbeard wrote:

They've indicated 1.3 is a patch out before, or coinciding with the next 3 month league... Best bet December. 1.4 is slated to include Act IV. I'm highly skeptical.

I'm not saying it's true, but it's feeling more and more like a cash grab before they shut the thing down. No real showing of progress or discussion of their plans... we call it "turtling up". Flagship did much the same before they came out and admitted they were closing shop. I hope the best for GGG but it wouldn't surprise me in the least if they bellied up within the next 6 months.

Wow... Do people really think this? Path of Exile is still around the top 30 played games on steam. It has shown that it can pull back 90+ percent of its player base with new leagues. I know Marvel Heroes is still chugging along with about a fourth of the players this game has... It's all well and good to proclaim doom and gloom, but the data really speaks otherwise...

Something tells me Shagsbeard payed 150 dollars for a lifetime subscription in Hellgate London :3

Yep. Bill Roper is a good friend since before Bliz North was even around. I chipped in gladly.