Will anything ever change Chris Wilson's philosophy on PoE?

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Vennto wrote:

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People really do seem to be unhappy with the changes to Harvest, Fractured maps, and Delve because most people seem to enjoy ultimatum including myself.

Cause and correlation. Without really knowing WHY people stop the league early you can´t just blame it on changes you dislike. I personally am pretty happy with most of the changes, especially Harvest and Betrayal. Temple-Chronicles were highly demanded for years so a good change here, faster Leveling of Heist Roques also pretty neat... I find it always a bit funny that people argue in black and white and completely forget the good things patch nodes give us just to try to make a point. Beastcrafting-nerf was also asked by a bunch of knowledgeable people.
There are for sure other reasons for earlier drop outs, for example: 100% Deli Farming and Delve is not really necessary, so it´s not worth pushing builds to that level, so you are earlier finished with char progression and could end the league. I don´t say it IS the explanation, I just say you can´t take certain statistics of active players to enhance your argument when in fact you can´t prove those 2 things are based on each other.

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Phrazz wrote:

PoE is one of the most progressive games on the market

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Droch_Rendger wrote:

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Phrazz wrote:

PoE is one of the most progressive games on the market

This game even doesn't have in-game voice, movable UI (or UI addons/plugins), has a lot of old legacy mechanics from 90-00's like RNG "crafting" and has mediocre graphics while it runs with relatively low FPS even on decent configs being 2013 y game.

If you are fanboy, just tell us. Because you're completely blind claiming that the game is progressive.

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Droch_Rendger wrote:

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Phrazz wrote:

PoE is one of the most progressive games on the market

This game even doesn't have in-game voice, movable UI (or UI addons/plugins), has a lot of old legacy mechanics from 90-00's like RNG "crafting" and has mediocre graphics while it runs with relatively low FPS even on decent configs being 2013 y game.

If you are fanboy, just tell us. Because you're completely blind claiming that the game is progressive.

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QuiquePoE wrote:

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Aim_Deep wrote:

Built it and they will come IMO. Who they is may vary. Like I doubt most of you can ride a 450 MX bike like a pro, in fact most of you would get yourself killed on one but they still sell to a certain segment of the population. I ride a 250 but I bet that would be too much for you. Anyway this game is like the 450 of ARPG games. Don't like it go Diablo...still too frustrating? play a flying simulator or something. Everything has it's place.

This is not to say game is not above criticism. But you're gonna have a hard time convincing us who fell in love with game when it was much much harder RNG and gamplay wise. Like do you know we used to exalt maps to sustain? Or that no crafting at all once existed? No trade other than trade chat? Yeah..seems like Chris has changed just not fact enough for casuals.

I don't know what their business strategy is (and I sometimes doubt they know it themselves), but, if there is a trend to make the game more casual friendly (and, going by what you say, there clearly is), then, when you invite them in and they voice their concerns, you can't feign surprise, shock or dismay at what they say.

If casuals is now a targeted audience because your game entices them, then bear their criticism.

Only in Path of Exile do players see what streamers do then demand that the game give them that playstyle with less than 1/10th the hours played, knowledge retained, effort put forth, or skill at the game. And then demand that the game change to be more like all the other titles in the genre at the same time.