I am really thinking in quitting this game after 5-6 years
" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_addiction and btw this game will only change for the better (or die) if players actually do stop playing and stop giving them money. Vote with your wallets and playtime, otherwise things will not change, GGG has proven again and again they do not care about player feedback. Just adding more splinters.... Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me. Last edited by KalHirol#0543 on Aug 9, 2021, 6:15:25 PM
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" Not sure we're talking about the same mechanisms bub. I'm referring to baseline GLUT1 uptake and exercise-induced GLUT4-mediated but insulin/PI3K-independent sustained uptake and postexercise insulin sensitivity. This is in addition to glycogen stores and lactate generation I guess As to improvements, no I'm not saying self improvement is impossible. Just orders of magnitude more grindy and fostering a slow plodding playstyle to avoid an excess of terminal outcomes: death, out of mana, frozen--> death, frozen --> chains of actions broken and loss of stacks/channeling/charges, etc. Analogous to having a performance cap due to fatigue since you need to reestablish insulin sensitivity over time the hard way, so instead of running/cycling you have to walk slower for 3x as long for weeks to regain sensitivity. For some folks this is their groove. Slow, gradual, incremental change for your efforts which remain unpleasant but necessary. A world bounded by "can't" and "must" rather than "can" and "might". Now put it all on a timer - is this still your groove? [19:36]#Mirror_stacking_clown: try smoke ganja every day for 10 years and do memory game
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Ahh that does make sense, I agree.
I suppose your alternative now is to use one of two broken skills to bypass the difficulty, in effect. (SST, FR, and to some extent even Shield Crush). Which goes to your 'must' instead of 'might'. |
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What I like about POE in general is taking a guide build, comparing it to builds on poe*ninja, then tweaking it so that it works for me (so theorycrafting).
What I don't like about POE is the giant number of hours that I put into building something that then gets broken 1 or 2 leagues later. For me the greatest thing about Diablo 2 was collecting sets of gear to level with. I loved rushing a character with my levelling sets. So much fun!! Diablo 3 was never really as much fun as D2 or POE (although there are some little things that I liked a lot about it--the grandeur of some Acts & bosses). I also have thought a lot about quitting POE but I can't find anything else that quite does it for me (& going back to WOW isn't an option these days). I spent as much time building my own UI in WOW as I did playing it. The problem with POE is that it IS NOT as much fun as it was before, & the outlook is bleak. It's turned into a really bad love/hate situation. |
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Honestly I don't think GGG cares who does or doesn't like the changes that were made and changes that are still yet to be made.
Players who stop playing will be replaced with players that want a more challenging experience, as not all players are into that type of thing and find it an annoyance but then there is those of us that want to be tested, want to get around the road blocks put in front of us and there is a lot of people like this that are out there who're not playing Path of Exile because it doesn't have what they seek. I've thought about quitting PoE as well but for different reasons, as I don't like playing while the changes are happening slowly and have felt like just waiting for PoE 2's release so what I'm craving will already be available. Am just hoping that PoE 2 will have better leagues as I lost interest in playing Expedition on day 1 as it felt like Blight and Harvest mixed together, chests everywhere like Blight, mobs spawning through detonation instead of a click on a seed to spawn them. Am kind of tired of it to be honest as all leagues now are feeling like a mix of previous leagues. Last edited by firenovix#6291 on Aug 9, 2021, 8:33:13 PM
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" atm, poe is worst than the worst iteration that diablo 3 ever had. You are eitehr stuck on your atlas progress, on pushing into reds, or bosses. Unless ofc play 10 hours a day, 7 days a week, and farm the tons of exalts needed for some sort of build to be able to scratch end game. The things in thi9s league are so obnoxious expensive is not even funny [img]https://imgur.com/a/GRkTKl6[/img]
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Maybe just go ahead and do exactly that, and then when Path of Exile 2 is arriving, give that a serious go, instead.
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Alvin is gone also, a good one lost to the nerfs:( Noooooooooo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkC8vGXV7ss&ab_channel=Alvin [img]https://imgur.com/a/GRkTKl6[/img]
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" Brain dead...that's the intended insult here. |
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" Hmm, honestly no. There is not some huge vat of hardcore AARPG players out there who are turning down PoE because it is too easy. Consider, if you want a hardcore game like this, what else are you playing. PoE is almost niche market for hard AARPG. They are going further into their niche instead of appealing to a wider audience. They may find success this way, but it would be because dedicated players spend more, not because they find new players. There is no "turnover" of players, there is not a large untapped market. |
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