Will PoE be discontinued and replaced by PoE 2?

This is not another game everything we have now we will have when 4.0 hits just like when 3.9 hits

They need to stop calling it poe2 so people dont get confused like this lol

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Lynerus wrote:

This is not another game everything we have now we will have when 4.0 hits just like when 3.9 hits

They need to stop calling it poe2 so people dont get confused like this lol

It is PoE 2 though. PoE 2 is the sequel to the story, all the game changes are still 4.0.

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BloodPuddles420 wrote:

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Lynerus wrote:

This is not another game everything we have now we will have when 4.0 hits just like when 3.9 hits

They need to stop calling it poe2 so people dont get confused like this lol

It is PoE 2 though. PoE 2 is the sequel to the story, all the game changes are still 4.0.

This makes 0 sense because its literally the same game with the same stuff but a couple new systems added (like every league...)

If this is poe2 then this is really like poe16 because of all the changes that have happened since release

You dont redo/add a couple things and call it a new game these are called exp packs/updates to the game

Also we already have the link system ingame they are just changing it it isnt really new and adding classes is just basic stuff (maplestory is like maplestory 500 now... but thee is a maplestory 2 so idk how that would work ;p)

They were way too opaque about this, and it shows. For now from what I gather this is NOT a new game, but just a massive overhaul of the game, the addition of a secondary campaign so you can choose to play one or the other, and a new set of exiles for that 2nd campaign with their own skill tree/ascendencies.

However, my big curiosity is how much of the overhauls mechanics will be used in "POE 1." Will you be able to play the classic campaign with the new "everything is 6-slotted" thing? Because if not...Then "POE 1" will be strictly inferior. Really GGG needs to put out an FAQ ASAP.

Also, another major concern, will Witch 2 be as waifu as Witch 1? Early impressions say yes.

I hate that they called it PoE 2 because so many will be confused, thinking its actually a new game, but in reality, PoE 2 is just an expansion like Forsaken Masters and Atlas for Worlds. PoE 1 and PoE 2 is the same game, you just choose between the 2 campaigns when you start a new character, thats all.

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CrazylikE wrote:

I hate that they called it PoE 2 because so many will be confused, thinking its actually a new game, but in reality, PoE 2 is just an expansion like Forsaken Masters and Atlas for Worlds. PoE 1 and PoE 2 is the same game, you just choose between the 2 campaigns when you start a new character, thats all.

It's too big to be an expansion imo.

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Lynerus wrote:

This is not another game everything we have now we will have when 4.0 hits just like when 3.9 hits

They need to stop calling it poe2 so people dont get confused like this lol

It is PoE 2. They are upgrading pretty much everything. In fact what they area doing is noble, you get to still keep all your MTX etc.

They could easily have made the completely separate but there is no need.

Just look @ D4s visuals compared to D3. It's just a D3 engine that's been modded a bit but they are charging you for it and saying it's a totally new engine. lol.

I had that impression too but it seems its more of an upgrade of the client+expansion content rather than a new client.

So I am very happy and excited about it! :)

It's essentially a MOD. You might as well call the most updated version of Stalker Call of Pripyat on Moddb Stalker 2. It's exactly the same thing just HEAVILY edited. That is all this is. Things added, things changed, with previous content intact. It's not another completely different game on a different engine that you download separately from the current PoE, which would be the definition of a true PoE 2.

So based on the logic that POE 2 is just an overhaul with new graphics and mechanics that you have to play a new character in set 20 years after the events of POE 1... Diablo 3 should have been called an expansion of Diablo 2? And if you need to change an engine to create a sequel... then the Fallout and Far Cry Games are all missnamed as well.

I know it might be hard for some people to get their build crafting heads around but a new storyline, in a new time frame, with a new character IS a new version of the Game.