What part of PoE is actually supposed to be fun?

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Phrazz wrote:

It's like I'm living on a different planet than most people. Why would anyone play a game they don't find fun?

There is streamers like Mathil that basically approach PoE as a job only?

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SaintLucifer wrote:

There is streamers like Mathil that basically approach PoE as a job only?

Oh, I wasn't aware that this thread was filled with streamers approaching PoE as a job only.

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Moridin79 wrote:

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ventil91 wrote:

I will add here that lettting all herald stacking builds on for this league was a huge mistake. Basically any other build is useless compared to this, and every item that is not used in this builds is going down the drain in terms of worth.

You should have completely removed this herald stacking builds because its just non sense what a few can achieve while others cant.

Do you see me crying because Warren Buffett and Bill Gates have more money than me???

you would be stupid if you worried about that because you never had a fair chance in life to be as rich as those guys.

things are much different in a game: you would be stupid to not trying to call for a fair game because there is a chance.

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vio wrote:

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Moridin79 wrote:

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ventil91 wrote:

I will add here that lettting all herald stacking builds on for this league was a huge mistake. Basically any other build is useless compared to this, and every item that is not used in this builds is going down the drain in terms of worth.

You should have completely removed this herald stacking builds because its just non sense what a few can achieve while others cant.

Do you see me crying because Warren Buffett and Bill Gates have more money than me???

you would be stupid if you worried about that because you never had a fair chance in life to be as rich as those guys.

things are much different in a game: you would be stupid to not trying to call for a fair game because there is a chance.

I couldn't disagree with your viewpoint more.

Game is non-competitive.

Life isn't fair. If you want fair play SSF.

Progressing far enough in the game to the point where you are a god and destroying everything is the reason these games exist. Always has and always will.

This is coming from someone who isn't playing herald guardian and couldn't afford it if I wanted to, which I don't.

This genre is the last place to cry "UNFAIR!"

TBH poe is not fun.
Fun comes with ability to invest in and get a result in return. To see your achievement and have fun with it.

You invest a lot in Poe and get little in return. This is the case of rng. Sometimes it gives you fake satisfaction when you hit something by luck like gambling.

Then you are back to mindless grind. That is why most of the people in the game are miserable, rude or scammers. They don't want to interract with anybody because they are chasing the next carrot.

Or you are a Streamer playing for money. Poe is great for that.

Otherwise play other "normal" games to have fun imo.

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srogi_kotek wrote:

Maybe the game is not free to play, but definitely free to comment :)

I didn't kill Uber Elder cause of RNG or bugs or something (Had it almost set up a couple times, then went to push it in to the end. BOOM, all the fucking influence scrambles). I killed Shaper twice and red Elder a bunch though, with only the default tabs, I think that should count.

I'm at 12 watchstones now playing extremely casually, and looking like I'm gonna finish the atlas by league end. The game is definitely free to play.

A game that revolves around finding currency for the sake of finding currency.

So fun.

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It's like I'm living on a different planet than most people. Why would anyone play a game they don't find fun?

We used to find it fun, and only realise it's now not fun slowly and frustratingly.

As an example: Balanced gameplay with not too much repetition + game crashes = "that's O.K., it happens, can't wait to log in again!"

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screen clutter, mindless grind, unsatisfactory rewards, oneshots, lack of balance, opaque mechanics, no creativity + game crashes = "Huh... why do I loathe the though of logging in again? Oh, the changes have been cumulative and often subtle, but the net result is a game that looks similar, but I don't like now. I'd much prefer to go to the forums and complain. I'll even spend time answering questions that were probably designed to inflate the questioners ego, rather than elicit real discussion."

BTW, that last part, I'm just being silly, not trying to insult anyone.

Let's all say goodbye to Chalace2 and be polite and hold the door on the way out as he exits PoE. But... YAWN!... another player hates the PoE endgame and is quitting. Don't misunderstand, I agree that GGG has royally fubar-ed the end game boss mechanics in a feeble attempt to slow the top elite players from their 1st week race to level 100, and in the process has completely wrecked endgame play for the majority on non-elite players. Casuals get ground down fast and pissed out with GGG's bullshit boss mechanics (like attacking from off-screen and invulnerable phases). We can all just forget trying to get to 100 in any challenge league, not gonna ever happen. If that is your goal then hang it up now and quit.

But it is strange to QQ about endgame bosses and all with 27 challenges completed (oh the grind is way too much). For all that hate grinding you are definitely in the wrong game. Go back to D3 or Torchlight II or maybe give Wolcen a try if they have finally done major debugging and skill balancing.

PoE isn't the arpg you are looking for. Move along... move along.

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For all that hate grinding you are definitely in the wrong game.

Incorrect. The game used to have far less grind. You could reach most of the content and goals in the game using common uniques and well synergised builds, and a reasonable amount of time. Grinding, crafting, trading, no lifing used to be optional, and could be again!