How to spot a downward trend... POE will struggle in the year ahead.
This game started out with two acts and about 5% of the content that it currently has. Right now, the biggest problem it has is that it's got too much stuff. Downward isn't a bad direction for it to be going.
They could shutter it down for a year and focus entirely on PoE 2 and likely still get the same levels of support that they would get running the game the way they are. They wont. But having all these bored people leaving because they don't enjoy play anymore isn't a bad thing. Hating a league because it is boring isn't a bad sign. It's time for a break for a lot of people. Natural. They'll be back.
The Roman's empire eventually fell when they were deemed to be to big to fall.
It would be naive to state that PoE will be king forever. Besides that, new generation of players are into new genre of games. Hack and slash is showing its age.
Eh, I don't think it's showing its age. Hack and slash will always be popular.
Also, the "new generation of players" can still fall in love with hack and slash and not just fortnite
"Path of Exile's engine is currently modern, lean and fast." - Chris Wilson, September 19th, 2019
"It looks like we broke something with 3.10.0. We don't know what it is yet." - Bex, March 16th, 2020
Last edited by girng#7675 on Jul 23, 2020, 11:52:58 AM
While I agree that GGG seems kinda lost ATM, I’m still giving them the benefit of doubt until POE 2 comes out. I have a feeling most of the resources and the best guys are working on that game right now, while the current leagues are something the new guys handle as a way to get them into the company.
The Roman's empire eventually fell when they were deemed to be to big to fall.
It would be naive to state that PoE will be king forever. Besides that, new generation of players are into new genre of games. Hack and slash is showing its age.
The game itself has kind or ran its course... more so, every league brings its own cumbersome stacks of ever new skills, useless uniques and adding to an already pretty complex game (working tooltips anyone?).
But this game came from a very good place... and quickly loses its way. The Harvest league, meant to be an experiment on crafting could not have been a worse choice from GGG. Keep in mind most are quarantining with lots of time... and people left the game in a hasty way... myself included.
But forging ahead with POE 2... which every flop leagues incoming dwindles the hype I have for it... and the fact that Diablo 2 resurrected might actually pop up at about the exact same time... and you have lost your base altogether...
Some will remain, the sponsored streamers... but the exodus will be huge. Most older players will go back to simplicity and nostalgia. (frankly that's what brought us to this game in the beginning... and eerie familiar feel with a twist). And the hype will move on...
What appears right is that Chris Wilson thought he had found the never ending manufactured recipe for an ever playabe game... And doing so, every iteration seems more like a repackaging of the previous with more useless skills that end up revamped and highlighted in a future repetitive iteration.
Too much of a good thing does become a bad thing. for casual players (i.e. not 24/7) the amount of time and needed outsider resources required to learn the game is way too time consuming vs. the actual fun factor.
As well, the SSF choice revealed an unwillingness to make this game coop. If the lag and screen overwhelming graphics are not enough of a deterrent.
Basically, I do not see this going uphill from here. And POE 2 may well falter due to a D2 remaster... Talk about your inspiration coming back to bite you.
I really enjoyed this game, it was pretty well thought and amazing until they started litterally dumping more and more purposeless stuff that needed fixing a month through a 3 months league.
Too bad.
Imo there will be still new players who enters PoE so I am not worried about PoE shuts down servers.
Also I believe rate of players who stays or leave are more or less the same, stable. I suggest that from my friendlist. Some stayed for year, others for five. They come back from time to time, but they lack motive to play as they know everything already about the game. They try league, play few days or weeks and than go doing own stuff.
I am more concerned about new gem system without socketed items. Imo it will be pain in compare to what we have now... but lets see what is prepared for us.
Last edited by Rexeos#3429 on Jul 24, 2020, 1:48:50 PM
While I agree that GGG seems kinda lost ATM, I’m still giving them the benefit of doubt until POE 2 comes out. I have a feeling most of the resources and the best guys are working on that game right now, while the current leagues are something the new guys handle as a way to get them into the company.
We are talking about Tencent here. All the best guys are working on PoE mobile.
Last edited by Mortyx#1049 on Jul 24, 2020, 3:06:36 PM
