2/3 of the Incursion behind us. Conclusions.

There's an intrinsic difference between D3 and PoE. In PoE what you do matters. You can move out of the way of an attack and position yourself so that something can't attack you. In D3, if it targets you, you're hit. It doesn't matter what you do. There's no tactics.

That fundamental difference is key to understanding this game. Asking them to remove that isn't going to get you anywhere.

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Shagsbeard wrote:

There's an intrinsic difference between D3 and PoE. In PoE what you do matters. You can move out of the way of an attack and position yourself so that something can't attack you. In D3, if it targets you, you're hit. It doesn't matter what you do. There's no tactics.

That fundamental difference is key to understanding this game. Asking them to remove that isn't going to get you anywhere.

You got that backwards. D3 is the game you actually have to play. PoE is the game where everything blows up instantly and there's no danger at all besides on-death effects like bearers.

D3 is a lot more skill based at endgame, but absurdly shallow in itemization.

The skill in PoE is mostly in game knowledge and character building.

+1 for loving incursion!

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Shagsbeard wrote:

There's an intrinsic difference between D3 and PoE. In PoE what you do matters. You can move out of the way of an attack and position yourself so that something can't attack you. In D3, if it targets you, you're hit. It doesn't matter what you do. There's no tactics.

That fundamental difference is key to understanding this game. Asking them to remove that isn't going to get you anywhere.

The only tactics in Path of Exile are what movement skill do I need to use to get around to the next loot pinata pack to melt instantly.

As someone who played D3 on release I have to agree that it outshines POE where gameplay strategy is concerned.

POE 'tactics' are about spamming skills against trash mobs repetitively.

In Diablo 3 you have to manage your resources perfectly in order to come out on top. Each encounter is different and you have to know when to use your skills and when to strategically whip out your credit card and make a tactical purchase on the auction house.

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Raffkoo wrote:

Why am I writing this?
90% of all comments and threads here are negative to this game, and I want to speak for the people that enjoy Incursion and got still plenty stuff to do here (especially for SSF IHC as I do).

Good job Exile!

Not true, you see what you want to see. The comments here are in my opinion even too positive and I've yet to recall anyone adequately explaining why the league is bad, only a very few angry scrubs who can't handle the Incursions.

Scroll back to Bestiary if you want to see the hate machine in full power (:

People play different games here. If you've traded to get what people call "viable" gear, you're well past what I'll ever get playing SSF. Of course the game is easy when you play it on easy mode. I was talking purely of mechanics... not difficulty.

Incursions were a interesting mechanic at the beginning of league. Throughout they were a great source of extra xp and maps. But the added rng element of gambling for double corrupts on gems and gear caused many people (myself included) to lose a lot of currency. I knew the risks and the odds, but it still stings.

My latest build (RF jugg) had a hard time in the temple simply due to the fact that some of the rares in there take longer to kill than map bosses. Getting the bosses down and killing enough rares to get a stone is almost impossible, so I have resorted to just doing it for extra xp. Another reason to stick with a GO FAST build.

It's been a fun league but I am anxious to see what the next one brings. I lasted longer than last league. Looking forward to flashback!

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JakeCourtney wrote:

I thought Chris has already stated that adding Incursion to Core was a no go. He said people would grow tired of running them.

i hope that isnt true

thats like saying people will grow tired of running maps

Great league , love the mechanics too.
Of course its all subjective but things I like a lot about Incursion:
- Brilliant integration of previous league´s items
- Map drops , lots of maps drops and thus less gated playable content
- More enjoyable story mode (I have a lot more fun on maps , so having easier access to leveling items and start mapping faster is great)
- This I haven´t seen anywhere , maybe it was just me? Even tho I have a lot more fun on maps I didnt mind to slow down a little at the start of the league because group playing was never so much fun on POE since I´ve started playing. After talk to Alva there was the planning and the "We need to kill the up/down architect" , the screaming when the key drops "come , here´s the key" , the timer was never a problem when in a party. Funny momments like "I wont enter this one bc Im about to level up" and then the lootxplosion drops a Poet's Pen for the "afk" guys lmao.
- Incursions are challenging , either you make an good build or just realize that the map mods are way too dangerous and just pass on it and go next. The 360 offscreen construct ambush made me stop and think a way of not loosing xp every time rng says "hello we were waiting for you"

Most of the things I didnt like about Incursion weren´t about the mechanics ,here are some that are about them:
- Saying the temple boss is underwhelming is an understatement
- The construct ambush at red tier maps were way overtuned even tho there is some positive things about it I put them on the good and the bad things and call it a gray area

Incursion (as a league) things I didnt like:
- The somewhat medium rng on really heavy rng challenges. I will just stop complaining about it and stop reading any complain about it, at this point looks that there´s no point on giving feedback about this. Just wont be doing any challenge like this anymore.
- The servers :(. Sao Paulo server was absolutely crap from the start of the league for a couple of weeks. I have the feeling that a lot of people give up on this great league because of that. I had so much trouble to complete my first uber lab not because of the build , the gear , my skill or the lag , it just crashed like 5 out 6 times on my way to Izaro :(

Mostly that , again , overall great league and great mechanics.