PoE vs Diablo III: MY opinion

To be honest I enjoy the discussion my thread created, even if the thing itself gets old. I wasn't trying to negate any of the 2 games. Played them both, just that PoE attracts me more, even if graphics are not as shiny as D3. From a guy who still plays NES games just because they are fun, better graphics DOES NOT mean a better game.

Besides, in PoE, I can really give myself goals. Like in first I wanted a shav. I got my shav. Now I want a 6-link Vaal Regalia. On the way to get it.

I don't have that kind of goal in D3, because there's nothing tradable, and nothing really rare enough to be worth farming (maybe in the exception of the horadric hamburger and some other trolling items).

And yeah, like some others said, PoE is much like D1 and D2 and that's pretty much why I play it.

It's just a matter of preference after all...

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Xavderion wrote:

People saying D3 lore is good triggers me every time.

same shit

actually retarded writing in D3 was one of main reasons because of which i've finally switched to PoE

I'm a POE hardcore fan even before the release, I saw the D3 concept and already knew it gonna suck monkey balls, also because Blizzard sucks since long time ago.

While saying that, I totally agree with the OP about the crafting system. It's freaking ridiculous how expensive it is right now. Some of you said "It's not supossed to be easy", which I agree. But, the totally mess comes when you figure out that is A LOT cheaper to trade exalts/chaos/etc for the item you want than trying to create it by yourself. I think this wasnt the idea of GGG when they created the economy-craft system, because actually the orbs are merelly currency, they're almost no used as crafting items, the reason it's what I said before, its cheaper and faster to trade those currency for the item you need than creating by yourself, and that's clearly a fail to me.

Even with that in mind, POE is light years better than D3 or any other ARPG out there, because customization is the key of gaming.

Story line ???? In D3 ? keep you in the game ????!!!! Sorry I have to vomit !!!

You must be very young, in my old world the story line in D3 is so bad I wanted to cry... Disney butterflyed shitty stuff for kids...

Hey, look, another innovative D3 vs PoE thread!

Of course it have to be VS, but not AND. Inferiority complex so strong.
Both games aren't even in the same sub-genre, D3 wasn't even designed as a successor of D2.

Now tell the tale of the brave small indie company, the spiritual successor, the true keeper of the D2's legacy.

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Xavderion wrote:

People saying D3 lore is good triggers me every time.

Yeap and even more so when people say the Paragon System is also good...
People dont realize the Paragon System is why botting is such a huge issue in seasons and why people run Maphacks as well. Its why if you are not doing both of these and playing 15-16+ hours a day in a 4P group you will not be competitive what so ever.

Fully gear in 2 days and spend the rest of the season with the exception of the last 2 weeks farming paragon all day and your bot farms keys while you sleep. At which point 2 weeks before its all over then you fish GRs looking for the stars to align and get the best GR clear you can. D3 progression in seasons in a nutshell.

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2: Skill tree reset after each expansion - Oh damn, I can say a lot about how it pisses me off everytime. You take all the world's time to construct a viable and fun build... gets resetted when you're done with it... arggghh.

This is incorrect, you get a free optional reset every 3 months, and at very rare occasions devs are modifying the tree a bit you just have to put the points back, you can save any of your builds on https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree you created so you don't have to memorize anything.

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3: EXP and loot loss on death - Oh Thor, I hate this shit. Sometimes it's not even a matter that you played like a moron or not. I can't count how many times I turned a corner wall and boom getting one shotted without even being able to see what's going on. I understand the concept of punishing deaths, and make you learn from your mistake, and I'm fine with that too. But losing EXP sucks bad, in addition to your IR and IQ decreasing for a duration (I may be wrong about that, but that's what I noticed when I died). It's already a freaking pain to die on a boss, but having your EXP leeched away and drop crap when you manage to finally kill it is to me a turn off.

You're only losing 10% exp on Merciless when you die, nothing else. The one shot problem is a matter of build, gear and game balance, but that's an another discussion that you can often see in the forum players complaining about.

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PledgeOfDeath wrote:

1: Crafting system - I'm a bit taken here between it being a neutral or a con, but well... I'm the kind of guy that loves to craft. Unfortunately, crafting in here is not something everyone can achieve. Some crafting requires really rare currencies, like exalts or divine, and it's not everyone that can gather enough to craft good gears. And we're not speaking about 6-links and how they are usually a pain in the ass to do. But hey 6-link items is like an achievement, so I can deal with that.

As someone once said, crafting in PoE basically makes you go like this:

"Fuck."
"Fuck this."
"Fuck this game."
"Fuck me."
"Fuck my life."

And then you get what you wanted:

"FUCK YES !!!!!!!!!!"

1.Well if it comes to STORY of both games "MOST" ppl are like:

Diablo 3 - "Oh yeah, I know lots of cinematic and story telling and this dude was this and done that, but all was disappointing compared to D2 and D1 u know.."

PoE - "PoE got story line ?!"

Yeah PoE got nice complex story line but it is so hard to focus on it when ur ONLY playing the game. Im Is my 3rd year of playing PoE and Im still missing many facts and bits from lore by JUST playing the game and not searching from other sources.

2. Diablo is casual (AS FUCK) friendly

You can sit in front of PC and kill monster and look at pretty ragdoll forces with elemental effects, be happy u get loot, you get to gamble, craft etc, and each devision u feel rewarder... but way to much so it gets boring fast for those who play 5h+ a day not 1h+


PoE on other hand punishes u for any stupid mistake. Forgot to change gem or overleveled it ? DEAD. Ur nose itchy or u need to sneeze ? DEAD. Lost focus for a bit ? DEAD. Oh u didnt read this mob affixes ? DEAD. Missclicked chromatic (or other orb) to many times and it was ur last few ? DE... oh wait ur just fucked. You dont know how to build character on ur own in a skill tree ? DEAD. Oh this game got trade ?! WTF IS THIS, why it have a WEBSITE not own in game system like this site ? WHAT YEAR IS IT ?! and list can go on and on and on...

Thats how PoE works for new players that want to try this game on thair own. Some stay for challange and learn how it works and how this game rewards u for what behaviour. Others just quit, there is no tutorial or guide in game. It repels new casual players as hard as it can.



3. Overall you simply cant match D3 with PoE. You can compare PoE to D2, yes u can but D3 is way different, it calls to other type of players then D1 and D2 did. Many ppl plays it out of sentiment or like the way it works, rewarding on every step cuz they dont have time for anger, they have it somewhere eals, work, family, parents etc...



I like PoE AND I like D3. I dont care about story I care for fun those both games give me. D3 in short period like 2 - 3 weeks tops with current state (witch is sad) and PoE for 1 - 2 Months (depends on the season, and how interesting league is for me) . But with both games I FEEL SATISFACTION playing and thats all I need. TO HAVE FUN !

"Im a simple man, I can kills stuff in diffrent ways, I play it"

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Demonoz wrote:

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Xavderion wrote:

People saying D3 lore is good triggers me every time.

Yeap and even more so when people say the Paragon System is also good...
People dont realize the Paragon System is why botting is such a huge issue in seasons and why people run Maphacks as well. Its why if you are not doing both of these and playing 15-16+ hours a day in a 4P group you will not be competitive what so ever.

Fully gear in 2 days and spend the rest of the season with the exception of the last 2 weeks farming paragon all day and your bot farms keys while you sleep. At which point 2 weeks before its all over then you fish GRs looking for the stars to align and get the best GR clear you can. D3 progression in seasons in a nutshell.

As problematic botting is in D3, it's nowhere near the same destructive level of botting here in PoE, which is probably more rampant than in D3.



And you can't fully gear in 2 days in D3, that's complete nonsense.