GGG is lying to you.

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_Saranghaeyo_ wrote:

The game is dying argument is pretty bad.

I will say though that the veteran crowd is bored as fuck, I logged on yesterday there were four people on my friend's list and I couldn't even flame I_NO like I usually do.

That is what you get when you balance around casuals imo. Correct business model to get the mad skrilla and attract fresh blood, shitty business model to satisfy veteran players.

? I'm the one that does the flaming and throwing chairs at you

MIND YOU

To OP:

You give too much importance to virtual things that are not owned by you and that has a futur that is not relevant to you.
Enjoy things like they are and if you don't enjoy them anymore then find something else to do.
Why would you care if the game die at all ? Isn't it supposed to be just a hobbie to spend some time relaxing after work and weekends ?

People get angry when they don't feel as excited about playing a game s they did when they first started. They want their "high".

But you get tired of doing the same thing over and over again. Take a break, find something else to get a new high on, then maybe someday come back to play it again.

That's what I did... but I have to admit, things seem to get so complicated. I mean I still don't know what Ubers are, what Atziri is or how you get to her (it?), no clue what perandus league did, or even understand the current Essence league.

I don't play leagues... just standard. But it's all good... I'll play til I gt bored again and then stop.

Meanwhile, the game's Steam chart would make an amazing design concept for a Six Flags attraction. Yeah, the game is doing completely fine, guys. It's totally normal for a game's community to drop 20-50% a month, then shoot up 200-300& for a day before immediately starting to drop again. This is totally sustainable and healthy because it's worked so far, clearly it will work forever.

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katchwi wrote:

[...] you need to be like top tier freak to access there, the build i like is limited yo, how am i suposed to do it?

You know you can, like, buy runs for Merc and Uber labs, right? They're fucking cheap. Uber lab runs cost an Offering and a handful chaos, tops. Tough luck for self sound players.

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AkuTenshiiZero wrote:

Meanwhile, the game's Steam chart would make an amazing design concept for a Six Flags attraction. Yeah, the game is doing completely fine, guys. It's totally normal for a game's community to drop 20-50% a month, then shoot up 200-300& for a day before immediately starting to drop again. This is totally sustainable and healthy because it's worked so far, clearly it will work forever.

Worked for D2 for 10 years with ladder resets. Works for most AAA games that release PAID content and DLC every couple months.

If you look at any game over a long period of time, it's either going to go up for a while than down and never come back up; or it's going to go up and down for a while until devs stop supporting it. I'm not sure how you think it could go up infinitely to be honest.

Well, here is my perspective. Guild I joined last League was quite lively during Prophecie. 10-15 out of 20 or something guildies were alwaays online and playing. In the begining of the League 4 or 5 people were playing but after week 1 or 2 - Guild become pretty much ghost town. Nobody is playing except me from time to time. And one guy who appears once per week for an hour or so. And during Prophecie my quildies were active pretty much till the end of the League.

Same for a lot of friends - my trade buddy quit, new guy I met in the end of the Prophecie - quit, guy who I met when seeking for Uber Carry - almoust don't play these days, etc. Some friends are still playing but my friendlist sure seems pretty sad nowadays.

So to be honest, I kinda see what OP is talking about.

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Namcap wrote:

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AkuTenshiiZero wrote:

Meanwhile, the game's Steam chart would make an amazing design concept for a Six Flags attraction. Yeah, the game is doing completely fine, guys. It's totally normal for a game's community to drop 20-50% a month, then shoot up 200-300& for a day before immediately starting to drop again. This is totally sustainable and healthy because it's worked so far, clearly it will work forever.

Worked for D2 for 10 years with ladder resets. Works for most AAA games that release PAID content and DLC every couple months.

If you look at any game over a long period of time, it's either going to go up for a while than down and never come back up; or it's going to go up and down for a while until devs stop supporting it. I'm not sure how you think it could go up infinitely to be honest.

Not this dramatically and not with this frequency. Yes, game populations fluctuate and new content can cause that, but PoE is doing this on a ridiculous scale, and GGG has let themselves become a slave to the 3-month cycle. Without crapping out a new gimmick to excuse a reset every three months, this game would be history.

Another factor is that for a lot of people real life takes over at some point. They get demanding jobs, settle down and have a family. Some nevertheless reserve a bit of leftover spare time for PoE, the majority however can't and won't.

At least that's my experience with some people that are on my friend list and left for these very reasons.

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AkuTenshiiZero wrote:

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Namcap wrote:

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AkuTenshiiZero wrote:

Meanwhile, the game's Steam chart would make an amazing design concept for a Six Flags attraction. Yeah, the game is doing completely fine, guys. It's totally normal for a game's community to drop 20-50% a month, then shoot up 200-300& for a day before immediately starting to drop again. This is totally sustainable and healthy because it's worked so far, clearly it will work forever.

Worked for D2 for 10 years with ladder resets. Works for most AAA games that release PAID content and DLC every couple months.

If you look at any game over a long period of time, it's either going to go up for a while than down and never come back up; or it's going to go up and down for a while until devs stop supporting it. I'm not sure how you think it could go up infinitely to be honest.

Not this dramatically and not with this frequency. Yes, game populations fluctuate and new content can cause that, but PoE is doing this on a ridiculous scale, and GGG has let themselves become a slave to the 3-month cycle. Without crapping out a new gimmick to excuse a reset every three months, this game would be history.

Still,since it is the only game in my knowledge that toss around as much content as any other game,if this continues on,it will be steady for a long time.

Moreover,it kept me here all this years,so thats something :)