As a Casual, I am sad that Synthesis is ending so soon

It was way too long for me because it sucked and I await next iteration with bated breath. The only thing flashback did is make Synthesis look even worse next to good leagues...in my free time I dont do anything unless I'm having fun most of gen 3 aint fun. Tedious is best description of Gen 3. Last fun league was delve and before that Abyss which was 3.1. Both I managed 24+ and 98 and 96 toons only play on weekends which I considered hard core involvement in the mechanic.

36 is super HC addict shit. You're not fooling any of us who been there done that.

Hell Mathil plays this game for a living 8+ hrs every day and doesnt get 36

3 months is perfect, I wish other games that I like would do interesting stuff every 3 months like GGG does. Some games would be perfect for it, like Ark.

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Aim_Deep wrote:

It was way too long for me because it sucked and I await next iteration with bated breath. The only thing flashback did is make Synthesis look even worse next to good leagues...in my free time I dont do anything unless I'm having fun most of gen 3 aint fun. Tedious is best description of Gen 3. Last fun league was delve and before that Abyss which was 3.1. Both I managed 24+ and 98 and 96 toons only play on weekends which I considered hard core involvement in the mechanic.

36 is super HC addict shit. You're not fooling any of us who been there done that.

Hell Mathil plays this game for a living 8+ hrs every day and doesnt get 36

It depends whether u, chase achivements or not. I did 36 in 3 days played without trade.

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LowBudget780 wrote:

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makarsk1 wrote:

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LowBudget780 wrote:

Post a screenshot of time played on your main for Synthesis

https://imgur.com/cKdqmZH

It's honestly a bit meaningless, as I was often leaving PoE open while AFK to receive trade offers, etc. It seems kinda high (a bit surprising), but my real time spent playing is obviously much lower.

Nearly 16 days of playtime in what 2 months? You've hit no-life territory, gz

and he thinks he is casual lul

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makarsk1 wrote:

I am not looking to start a fight, and won't participate in further discussion with you, but a guy who recommends Last Epoch over PoE should probably not accuse others of missing chromosomes.

Moreover it only proves my point further, that Synthesis was so good, so rewarding, that in the end even a casual can rock a 200 ex build with a HH.

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Shagsbeard wrote:

It's amazing to me how much people care about what a stupid, poorly defined, and inherently meaningless label is applied to someone.

It's because it's both disingenuous and seriously lacking in self-awareness.

As far as it's impact on the community, it can set unrealistic expectations. I have only 2 doctor cards that I've collected since starting in the middle of Abyss. I've never dedicated exclusively to burial chambers runs, but it's still also my most frequently run map. A lot of the folks whining stash tabs are pay to win have the erroneous impression that stash tabs make people rich in game to facilitate those 50 ex builds.

36 challenges is guaranteed to take extensive play. To say otherwise is not just a lie but an insult belittling fellow players.

i make one character to 95 in standard and it took me years. That is casual.

Maybe events are short but its good because they are rewarding.

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lolcaaa wrote:

Head hunter - 6L INpulsa - 36 challenges - Yeah, you are casual.

#fail

Did you write it in this way so we can tell you how good you are?

That are 100% my thoughts. Just an attention seeking thread.

#shame

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hyttemaier wrote:

Now let's say you own an IT store, you have some regulars that come in to check out the newest hardware, and regulary buy new products, business is going good.

One day a few protesters stand outside, they have bought one product, but they want you to change your business model completely, and want you to sell used products, or else they wont buy from you again!

The catch is, if you meet the protesters demands, you know the regulars would buy products elsewhere, if your store dosent have the newest hardware.

Now i ask you, would you change your business model, to meet the few protesters demands?

But you see, the business is not going good. 3-month release shedule already has some problems - not enough time to test the leagues, inability to deliver deep gameplay, feeling foreced to fall back on shallower leagues just to save on development time and costs.

Sythesis had great potential but died too early because of inability to properly develop it in the alotted time.

There are three types of audience here:


1. Ultra-hardcore, who do 40/40 in a month, then quit until the next league.

2. Real casuals, who buy a supporter pack, because why not, play a little, get a few challenges, then get bored and quit while waiting for the next league and the next supporter pack. These are the bread and butter of GGG business model.

3. Harcore casuals, who cannot play more than a few hours per day, but still try to push for 36/40 and top meta builds (which is expensive and time-consuming). These are punished the most by 3-month shedule.

Abandoning 3-month schedule in favor of 4-month shedule would not hurt anyone from audiences 1 and 2 in any meaningful way (yeah, you got to wait for the next league a bit longer, can work on your Steam backlog in the meantime), while helping audience 3 immensely.

It would also hurt GGGs revenue in short term , but in turn gives them more time to deliver better leagues and attract more players in the long term.

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SeCKSEgai wrote:

It's because it's both disingenuous and seriously lacking in self-awareness.

As far as it's impact on the community, it can set unrealistic expectations. I have only 2 doctor cards that I've collected since starting in the middle of Abyss. I've never dedicated exclusively to burial chambers runs, but it's still also my most frequently run map. A lot of the folks whining stash tabs are pay to win have the erroneous impression that stash tabs make people rich in game to facilitate those 50 ex builds.

36 challenges is guaranteed to take extensive play. To say otherwise is not just a lie but an insult belittling fellow players.

I got 16 days /played over 3 month in Synthesis to push for 36 challenges. I am pretty sure you have a fraction of that. I never claimed that 36 is easy.

Idk where I lied to you or insulted you, but I am pretty sure I am casual, being a 9/5 law firm clerk with a family, who can only play when his son goes to sleep.

Edit: It was actually I who got insulted in this thread multiple times, accused of RMT and attention seeking, for no other reason than calling myself a casual, which doesn't even have a direct relation to the main topic of the thread - that 3-month leagues are too short.

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makarsk1 wrote:

1. Leagues are too short for a casual playerbase to develop a charater and have time to enjoy it.

That's why most of the players leave after a month right?
Seems like you know nothing, you haven't checked any statistics or facts, you are just saying YOUR opinion.
Which is incorrect.