The Bad is overwhelming the Good in this game.

I like Path of Exile. Let's start with that.
But i feel the game itself is being choked by few major issues will if not slowed down or stopped will absolutely drive most of the people away..

First let's start with the Pros-

1- Great hack and slash game
2- Good visuals
3- Interesting game mechanics and skils
4- Probably the best in it's class

Cons-

1- Too many ,,systems,, - the game is barely breathing of dosens of different mini systems which makes it overwhelming ammount of time consuming game which eventually will make most of the ppl move to more casual game.

2- The absurd ammount of useless items.( made only to sell stash tabs)
3- The absurd ammount of MTX-es ( which bring down even the latest graphics cards and processors) When in party..
4- The overall nerf of good items in expense of more and more time spent to get them ( for the average user , not streamers or 24/7 nolifers)
5- The ,,immunity phases,, on bosses are absolute stupidity.
6- The One shotting mechanics like invisible balls in the mass fights.( absolute stupidity as well)
7- The lack of will to make more quality of life changes.
8 The lack of will to make the ,,glowing mega MTX-es lesser so we actually see what the hell is going on on the screen.
9- Ignoring the community pleads and only ,,premade,, interviews with payed streamers..

GGG Path of Exile is a great game. Please don't ruin it by Greed , like world of tanks did.

I despise the one shot mechanics and most of them just penalize low range builds while doing nothing against ranged builds

I guess to each it's own. I personally feel completely the opposite: while the game is not perfect the positives greatly outweigh the negatives for me.

I even agree to some of your points like boss immunity phases and one-shots, but in the end for me they are only small nuisances in an otherwise great game.

Too many systems? The sheer amount of content is one of the main reasons I'm playing this game so I don't see it as a downside.

Many useless items? True, but that's their philosophy to make trading necessary because the game is labeled as a trading ARPG so you are 'forced' into trading by not being able to acquire every good item on your own.

Making people to buy stash tabs? I always find this argument amusing because every experienced player will tell you that the stricter your loot filter is and the less trash you pick the richer you will be. So why do you need 100 tabs if most of the stuff is trash not worth picking up anyways?

I have most of specialised tabs, 7 basic tabs and 5 premium tabs, and I feel I have too much, because I use max 2 premium tabs per league and like 3 basic tabs. I also wouldn't buy essence and fossil tabs for the second time because I just don't care for essences and end up not using/selling them anyway and I never farm up hundreds of fossils to need a separate tab for them.

And they even added affinities which work even for basic tabs. If they wanted to be greedy with tabs they would only make affinities work for premium/specialized tabs.

Sure, you need some extra tabs to play comfortably, but I'm convinced that stash tabs is only a tiny source of their income. The main source is MTX which is completely optional.

try using a lootfilter , then you dont see the useless stuff.


maybe you should try play ssf , then half of your cons are gone .


and if you dont like the game , then simply dont play it .

wish they removed exp loss and add it only for incoming hard mode.

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SneakySanta wrote:

1- Too many ,,systems,, - the game is barely breathing of dosens of different mini systems which makes it overwhelming ammount of time consuming game which eventually will make most of the ppl move to more casual game.

If they substantially simplified this game, it would lose most of its identity. All those intersecting systems ARE PoE. There are other ARPG's that're much simpler than PoE. PoE becoming like them would be suicide.

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SneakySanta wrote:

I like Path of Exile. Let's start with that.
But i feel the game itself is being choked by few major issues will if not slowed down or stopped will absolutely drive most of the people away..

First let's start with the Pros-

1- Great hack and slash game
2- Good visuals
3- Interesting game mechanics and skils
4- Probably the best in it's class

Cons-

1- Too many ,,systems,, - the game is barely breathing of dosens of different mini systems which makes it overwhelming ammount of time consuming game which eventually will make most of the ppl move to more casual game.

2- The absurd ammount of useless items.( made only to sell stash tabs)
3- The absurd ammount of MTX-es ( which bring down even the latest graphics cards and processors) When in party..
4- The overall nerf of good items in expense of more and more time spent to get them ( for the average user , not streamers or 24/7 nolifers)
5- The ,,immunity phases,, on bosses are absolute stupidity.
6- The One shotting mechanics like invisible balls in the mass fights.( absolute stupidity as well)
7- The lack of will to make more quality of life changes.
8 The lack of will to make the ,,glowing mega MTX-es lesser so we actually see what the hell is going on on the screen.
9- Ignoring the community pleads and only ,,premade,, interviews with payed streamers..

GGG Path of Exile is a great game. Please don't ruin it by Greed , like world of tanks did.

The big amount of different mechanics is what makes PoE great - there are so many different ways to farm, and they are very diverse. Once you get borred of X mechanic (for example mapping) - you can commit to delving, commit to heists, play tower defense (Blight maps), play expeditions, or even do some double corrupt gambles. And even maps themselves can be modified in so many ways it's great (just from alching, adding delirium, adding different masters, mechanics, etc.) or just farming guardian maps with Maven invitations.. complexity is the King in this game. I hope Ultimatum and Synthesis will have great return.

Now look at something like D3 - rift rift rift GR GR GR GR GR GR ....
The only way to get something decent elsewhere are puzzle rings, bounties and uber bosses.
Compared to PoE it's like you would only have 30 maps and then outside of maps you would have 1 Maven invitation (of 4 act bosses that you 1shot), reliquary key and strongboxes/abysses but only in story mode.

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Junkkis wrote:

wish they removed exp loss and add it only for incoming hard mode.

I feel if they ever removed exp loss - the exp amount to level up should be increased by at least 10times starting from 95+ and like 20times going from 98+.
100 have to prestige and hard to reach, and without exp loss at current rates - everyone would get it who at least have functioning build that clear T10+ and just plays the game.

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Exile009 wrote:

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SneakySanta wrote:

1- Too many ,,systems,, - the game is barely breathing of dosens of different mini systems which makes it overwhelming ammount of time consuming game which eventually will make most of the ppl move to more casual game.

If they substantially simplified this game, it would lose most of its identity. All those intersecting systems ARE PoE. There are other ARPG's that're much simpler than PoE. PoE becoming like them would be suicide.

Poe was Poe without alvas and betrayals, etc. The rewards the brought are good, however how these mechanics play completely misses the flow of mapping and ends up just being irritating to me, same shit with harvest btw.

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SneakySanta wrote:

I like Path of Exile. Let's start with that.
But i feel the game itself is being choked by few major issues will if not slowed down or stopped will absolutely drive most of the people away..

First let's start with the Pros-

1- Great hack and slash game
2- Good visuals
3- Interesting game mechanics and skils
4- Probably the best in it's class

Cons-

1- Too many ,,systems,, - the game is barely breathing of dosens of different mini systems which makes it overwhelming ammount of time consuming game which eventually will make most of the ppl move to more casual game.

2- The absurd ammount of useless items.( made only to sell stash tabs)
3- The absurd ammount of MTX-es ( which bring down even the latest graphics cards and processors) When in party..
4- The overall nerf of good items in expense of more and more time spent to get them ( for the average user , not streamers or 24/7 nolifers)
5- The ,,immunity phases,, on bosses are absolute stupidity.
6- The One shotting mechanics like invisible balls in the mass fights.( absolute stupidity as well)
7- The lack of will to make more quality of life changes.
8 The lack of will to make the ,,glowing mega MTX-es lesser so we actually see what the hell is going on on the screen.
9- Ignoring the community pleads and only ,,premade,, interviews with payed streamers..

GGG Path of Exile is a great game. Please don't ruin it by Greed , like world of tanks did.

Have you tried Last Epoch? It might be more to your liking. The skill system is really interesting (imo).
However, the things you want PoE to stop doing are the things that make PoE PoE and not some other hack and slash. It is by nature not a casual game.

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CAPSLOCK_ON wrote:

I despise the one shot mechanics and most of them just penalize low range builds while doing nothing against ranged builds

This is the game where Ranged Builds are just as strong and tough as Melee builds, but still have all the advantages that a Ranged build has.