Observation from a Casual Player: More Waypoints or Checkpoints Needed

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Castruccio wrote:

Alright, thanks for the tips.

I guess PoE is just a little less friendly to the non-hardcore player than D3. I am willing to work with it because I really do love the game, but it strikes me that a Free to Play game should really try to be as accommodating as possible to as many players as possible so that they'll stick around, have fun, and buy new things from the shop. If GGG wants to make money, the non-hardcore audience is pretty big and could probably contribute substantially to their bottom line.

I don't necessarily think there need to be more waypoints that portal you back to town like the current waypoints do, but unmarked checkpoints that mark your progress half way through the level but don't send you back to town would be nice--especially in big outdoor stages.

Well, I wouldn't call it less friendly to non-hardcore players. In fact, I gave you good accurate tips that will easily solve your problem.

The problem is just, that it makes the game somehow easier if you have a waypoint at every corner. This would feel like all the new games where the game automatically saves every 1 minute and when you die, you just lose 1 minute of your playtime. In early games (like Megaman, Kirby, etc.) you were gameover when you died 3-4 times and had to start all over and now it is nearly impossible to die in today games and even if you do die, you don't lose anything. That's why I think GGG shouldn't change to much of this game, especially when it comes to the difficulty.

Another problem is, if they implement your idea, you and some other casuals are gonna be happy, but some hardcore players will be unhappy.

The only thing I could imagine were a Softcore League with some modifications to make the game easier for those, who play the softcore league. I wouldn't mind having such a league, because it enables more casual players to play the game, that means more money for GGG in long term and it wouldn't affect the gameplay from default and hardcore players. :)