Anybody else worried about the amount of automation that PoE is getting ?

This is about a general trend and also because of recently anounced skills, so I'm not completely sure whether this belongs to the feedback section or not.

Anyway, there was very little automation at the beginning of PoE.
Then we got different trigger gems, that were quite interesting, and brought something new. In most cases, you had to do something to trigger stuff though, and if not ... well, it was not going to clear the map in your stead anyway, it filled other purposes ( @cwdt+IC of course ).

Then we got .. heralds, some more things triggering passively, but nothing very automated yet.

Then, Blade Vortex.
You need to cast it and refresh it, and need to get at somewhat close range, so ... not too bad. The synergy with elementalist and herald of ice did push it to the next level kind of, but it was still a pretty cool interaction ( imho ), and you still needed to cast/re-cast BV, and position yourself somewhat properly.

And then ....

Aberath's Hooves

Mirage Archer



Incoming Winter orb

Incoming Storm brand

Incoming ARmageddon brand




So I am genuinely wondering now, is there anbybody else worried that the game is getting significantly more like a game were you have less and less keys to press and it just tries to deliver you fun while you are watching TV at the same time ?

Or is everybody fine with this direction, is it just what all (or at least most) players prefer ?
Because even though I know that most reactions to anouncement threads are going to be fanboys and people going for "FIRST!" "SECOND!" etc ... ( I'll never understand I think honestly ), the 8 first pages of the armageddon brand anouncement are pretty much .... just that, to a point that it surprised me.


Because to me, even thought the build planning/building is a huge part of the Wraeclast's experience to me .... I can't help wondering, what is the point to play a game ... if the game pretty-much plays itself ?




PS : I would be extremely surprised if we don't get unique items ( or at least one ) that will 're-attach' brands automatically, without you needing to even worry about it.

PPS : This is not meant to be a thread about how GGG wants to make PoE more console friendly.

yea! I just hope it doesn't go back to old school CoC or mjolner levels................. oh wait

Probably because of consoles.
You need skills that are easier to handle on consoles, so they are needed there. But a new skill is a new skill, so they just give it to the PC crowd as well.

Not a big fan of that myself.

Have you ever played with golems, exile?

;)

PoE is 80% path of building and 20% netflix and autobomb with a walk simulator. Monster health scaling on non bosses never caught up after ASC was introduced.


Really though, I hope the focus system adds some much needed input variety.

You need a reminder of discharge builds and CoC in general where the whole game was chaining 15 seconds strand runs?

Worried? Nope. It's a good thing for there to be a variety of different kinds of skills for people to use.

It seems to me that someone like Todd from Bojack Horseman, was like.

"Wouldn't it be cool if you could shoot arrows without shooting them?" or "let's have a spell that you can run and cast, while eating our launch".

As a melee fan, unless they buff mobs significantly and reduce the numbers, melee would continue to be a niche build. And i do not mean cast melee, or a slash that creates projectiles, cuz it is not melee.

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Nephalim wrote:

PoE is 80% path of building and 20% netflix and autobomb with a walk simulator. Monster health scaling on non bosses never caught up after ASC was introduced.


Really though, I hope the focus system adds some much needed input variety.

Do you ever have anything like positive to say about POE. I mean almost all yout posts have a negative vibe to them. Or are just one of those glass half empty kinda people.

Given all that it relaly makes me wornder what makes you tick. How can you dislike something so much but keep comming back every league playing it? Stockholm Syndrom?

Look at the bright side of things sometimes friend. The game is clearly superior to anything else out there and nothing will ever be perfect. It just the nature of things.

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鬼殺し wrote:

I was. Years ago.

Now? Its like worrying about last weeks weather.

Spot on.