Don't nerf Syndicate encounters

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Johny_Snow wrote:

So if you are not committed enough to give a damn why are you complaining about content kicking your ass? It makes no sense whatsoever, if you want to be a filthy lazy casual stay this way and accept the drawbacks.

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Albinosaurus wrote:

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Johny_Snow wrote:

So if you are not committed enough to give a damn why are you complaining about content kicking your ass? It makes no sense whatsoever, if you want to be a filthy lazy casual stay this way and accept the drawbacks.

You prove my point by doing exactly what I said you would. Further, you attach that to me personally rather than recognizing that there are players that hold that attitude, which was the point. Nice fail, dude.

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grogzor wrote:

a paralyzed monkey has enough mechanical skill to play this game. so unless you are an epileptic or in danger of getting a seizure after looking at all the different effects on the screen or unless you have the average reaction times of a 60 year old, chances are you can grind and farm this game just as much as anybody else.

the problem with you whiteknights is that you arent being honest.

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Johny_Snow wrote:

So.........what now? You are a casual who cant be bothered to learn how to deal with challenges. Ok

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Johny_Snow wrote:

So lets quote you here

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a paralyzed monkey has enough mechanical skill to play this game

So there you go, all the people who complained about hard betrayal content are worse than this quote. Have fun.

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Fruz wrote:

like wtf?!

There is no mechanical skill at all, yet .... here we are ?
And you think you are being honest ?
/rofl

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grogzor wrote:

bra, I have a newsflash for you: you are skilled at farming and grinding this game. congratulations to you

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Volband wrote:

We just corrected your statement.

As for being bad or good: GGG will decide what kind of game they want to make, and how they want to make it. Difficulty and complexity are not necessarily synonymous, and both can be achieved through various methods. The majority of players did not like difficulty being tied to random one-shots and barely telegraphed nukes, and as of now, they seem to agree. The game itself is still complex and still very alienating for a new player, so I wouldn't worry about "overcasualization".

Whether the overtunement of the syndicate was intended or not, just because they backed out from it, it doesn't necessarily mean they do not want to implement harder content in the future. This may be a very valuable feedback to them, that this is generally not a pleasing nor engaging way to introduce difficulty. A fun boss fight or über lab for example are much better and graduate challenges, where one can truly feel accomplished once they did it. Just compare your feelings when you completed über lab for the first few times in a nail-biter, to finally killing a random syndicate encounter before you get one-shotted. Night and day.

Sure, for the best of the best, it is very hard to introduce new challenges. Some people have become so good and efficient in the game, that you can't catch them off-guard. I suppose that's part of the reason why GGG introduced private leagues, as players who truly want to test their knowledge and skill can impose as many handicaps on themselves as they see fit, without ruining the experience of the masses. I'm absolutely not against introducing harder end game content for some über rewards, but we all know that it will just make the mighty mightier. At best they will struggle with it a few days, then create some extremely optimalized builds, and will farm über über elder, then the über über über elder, and so on. It's not an envious position to be in.

But like it or not, the elite needs the "sheep", and even the best PoE players should accept this. No one wins by antagonizing eachother in matters like this. People need to accept that not everyone's fun revolves around putting you up to the test at every single corner, and the other side needs to accept that the veterans yearn for something unexpected and challenging, that will keep each season fun for at least a month.

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grogzor wrote:

yeah I give up. we are playing a grindfesty action rpg here where you farm enemy ai minions all day and people act as if this was competitive starcraft or chess. my god, the delusion is so real.