Phew what's that smell?? Oh it's just 3.8

This is gonna be a longgggggg wait for 3.9

Thank god there so many game choices now and the coming weeks.

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DarthSki44 wrote:

Welp, the first weekend is over, and I don't want to say I told you so, but judging by what I saw and read, I told you so.

Crashes and Technical issues aside, which can happen in any league, the Blight Mechanic doesn't really jive with an arpg. Its cumbersome, leaving many to skip the entire encounter after just A FEW ZONES. This might be the quickest league exodus GGG has ever seen. It's a shitshow.

Oh, and dont even get me started on the Carnival MTX gambling boxes, because I will get perma-banned.

This is gonna be a painful 11 more weeks for everyone from solo's to guilds, to streamers, and GGG overall.

Oof league confirmed.

Confirmation bias.

I'm barely playing PoE, I'm not enjoying it much at the moment, but there is almost no complaint on the forum (that isn't from the same handful of people). Compared to most leagues recently, it's radio silence.

There are less people playing, but leagues go up and down based on the amount of hype they received, and Blight was a quiet launch comparatively. The talk Chris Wilson gave on longevity showed that that happens.

That said, it's completely disingenuous to somehow claim that tonnes of people actively dislike the league; the forum usually explodes with complaints about hard mechanics and broken shit by now, and it's comparatively dead quiet this time around. The mechanic is simple, it's relatively easy to complete, it spawns a shitload of extra mobs and drops a tonne of loot. Mechanically it's the closest thing to Breach since Breach. Click a button, spawn a tonne of mobs in a small radius, drop loot.

I'm not enjoying it and not playing much (you can see my highest character is like in the 30s), but I'm not biased enough to think my opinion is widely shared based on the evidence in front of me.

The balancing and MTX systems are a problem that are definitely coming into their own, but they are hardly a problem in terms of how people engage with the league mechanic. It's not like it's a practice that GGG has just started doing; its been happening since leagues were a thing. It's just getting a lot more pronounced.

Well shit league all the way around.

Poor mechanics, poor replayability, poor numbers (participation and retention), and to top it off...CLOWN Mystety Box.

Lol what a league GGG, what a league.

3.9 better be something, but my expectations are super low.

Well, great league all the way around.

Good mechanics, great replayability, numbers are irrelevant (most people are dumb), and to top it off... I still don't feel pressured to buy anything.

Lol, what a league, GGG, what a league.

3.9 better be something, but my expectations aren't set yet, I'm still enjoying this league.

Hmm... I always thought it was the foul stench of the Rhoas combined with the rotting vegetation in the Mud Flats. But GGG did come up with the perfect name for this league:

Blight
1. A disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts
   (such as leaves and tubers).
2. Something that frustrates plans or hopes.
3. Something that impairs or destroys.
4. A deteriorated condition.