this game now is truly for the 1% only

played league for 1 day, drop rate is low, lotsa trash items on the way, been so focused to what to put on my char with empty stash it was hard to focus on build. then my pal told me armor costume is to get for completing eternal lab.... been playing to get this costume cuz I'm free to play (no cash to spend on game) and how am I supposed to complete solo eternal lab lmao? yes I am noob but come on, eternal lab to get costume?! would be worth it if it was free cloak (not wings or coffin) but that armor looking like farmer's outfit isn't really worth the effort.... wish we could get better looking rewards anyday. dunno about items cuz these tons of tash made me feel like I prefer base game, unique drop rate is better there.

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Senju_Hyoketsu wrote:

(and don't bother replying by saying that Affliction was the league you/others played the most ; because you had access to everything you never had access to before, you played a lot, tried things, explored, discovered... but if the game was to be like that forever, players would stop playing and coming back completely, because they already had seen and done it all... if you can't understand that, then... well actually given your post you probably can't)

this is just not true at all. there is always something better to chase after like a mirror or more than one mirror. not that it matters,people wont quit the game when they finally find one. even the people who dropped multiple mirrors last league are back again for current league. so yeah you couldnt be more wrong.

some people find a mirror every league and have gear worth a dozen mirror. they "seen it all and "had it all" and it doesnt stop them from coming back again.

also lets be honest, the people who hated affliction hated it because for once they didnt get to feel superior towards others.everyone was equal for the most part and that pissed off some people. these people are bothered when others around them are also rich and have nice things. same thing would happen if everyone in society was equal for once. the people on the top would lose their minds. sad that it also has to happen in video games

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Lyutsifer665 wrote:

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Senju_Hyoketsu wrote:

(and don't bother replying by saying that Affliction was the league you/others played the most ; because you had access to everything you never had access to before, you played a lot, tried things, explored, discovered... but if the game was to be like that forever, players would stop playing and coming back completely, because they already had seen and done it all... if you can't understand that, then... well actually given your post you probably can't)

this is just not true at all. there is always something better to chase after like a mirror or more than one mirror. not that it matters,people wont quit the game when they finally find one. even the people who dropped multiple mirrors last league are back again for current league. so yeah you couldnt be more wrong.

some people find a mirror every league and have gear worth a dozen mirror. they "seen it all and "had it all" and it doesnt stop them from coming back again.

lets be honest the people who hated affliction hated it because for once they didnt get to feel superior towards others.everyone was equal for the most part and that pissed off some people. these people are bothered when others around them are also rich and have nice things. sad really

I think some people were mad that the status items like mageblood and HH were no longer status items. I remember watching global late in the league to amuse myself and seeing people trying to krangle MBs over chat just because they had a bunch. Some people just didn't like the amount and value of drops being so high.

I felt like as an average player with a lot of time for that league, I still couldn't get near everything I wanted, but I was able to try several builds, which I enjoyed. The flesh jewel I needed for my manastacker alone was about .5 mirror, whereas I ran a fulcrum chief and dd necro for about 300 div each and a PF for about the same. So, it really depended on build and there was some crazy inflation with all the currency dropping.

I liked the ascendancies more than anything tho, at least in concept. Primal was a bit imbalanced but I wanted to try tinctures and never had the time, let alone the oathbreaker tree. I felt it was sad that they got tossed, and losing the rucksack was just dumb. It should have gone core as some mission or boss or something imo. Adding some extra space wasn't breaking anything. But, at least it got an honorable burial, unlike heist. The scarab rework seems like the only thing I'm very excited about, but I just don't have the time now to pick this league up with work schedule. I thought affliction was great though. Gonna miss it, the original heist was the only other league I liked as much, with ritual actually being a close third.

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Lyutsifer665 wrote:

also lets be honest, the people who hated affliction hated it because for once they didnt get to feel superior towards others.everyone was equal for the most part and that pissed off some people. these people are bothered when others around them are also rich and have nice things. sad really

People disliked Affliction for all kinds of reasons.
- A lot of player's favorite league mechanics weren't worth doing anymore at all.
- Bossing economy was stupid beyond believe.
- Items only had two types of prices which were near worthless or excessively expensive.
- We literally had casuals make threads about not being able to access bosses because of the prices.
- A lot of players also had issues with the added difficulty. We had the exact same threads we have right now on affliction launch.

As for myself the league mechanic was just boring similar to sanctum league. Raw currency as a reward instead interesting items does not appeal to me. I would have skipped it if Valdos weren't a thing.

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Lyutsifer665 wrote:

also lets be honest, the people who hated affliction hated it because for once they didnt get to feel superior towards others.everyone was equal for the most part and that pissed off some people. these people are bothered when others around them are also rich and have nice things. same thing would happen if everyone in society was equal for once. the people on the top would lose their minds. sad that it also has to happen in video games

also lets be honest, the people who hate necropolis hate it because for once they dont get to feel superior by autowinning their way through maps even though they have no idea how to play. everyone is equal because now skill matters more than the amount of free time you have and that pisses off some people. these people are bothered because they die 50 times just getting their copy-pasted meta character through the campaign when others around them had already reached maps using whatever skill they want. same thing would happen if everyone in society were actually living in a meritocracy for once. the people who live in denial about their mediocrity would lose their minds. sad that it also has to happen in video games

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ARealLifeCaribbeanPirate wrote:

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Lyutsifer665 wrote:

also lets be honest, the people who hated affliction hated it because for once they didnt get to feel superior towards others.everyone was equal for the most part and that pissed off some people. these people are bothered when others around them are also rich and have nice things. same thing would happen if everyone in society was equal for once. the people on the top would lose their minds. sad that it also has to happen in video games

also lets be honest, the people who hate necropolis hate it because for once they dont get to feel superior by autowinning their way through maps even though they have no idea how to play. everyone is equal because now skill matters more than the amount of free time you have and that pisses off some people. these people are bothered because they die 50 times just getting their copy-pasted meta character through the campaign when others around them had already reached maps using whatever skill they want. same thing would happen if everyone in society were actually living in a meritocracy for once. the people who live in denial about their mediocrity would lose their minds. sad that it also has to happen in video games

just a copy paste of my post with a few words changed around. how original

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It's all some people have, I guess.

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Lyutsifer665 wrote:

i am not bitter at all, i just dont think that people with zero experience on a subject should be so vocal about it. i get that you want to support GGG but making a thread about a league you quit before act 10 just doesnt look good on you. people might think "i wonder why he quit so early when he praises the league" "ya know? have a nice day

League is good. I quit 3.23 for the same reason, it was stupiditly easy (I'd say LAME) to shower in all that currency and items with almost zero efforts. The reason I went to R almost immidiately was exactly what you (and most casuals) call a "fun". They finally fixed lootfest, abyss, wisps and other shit really feels like a fresh breath to the game.

You blame people for the challenges but people like you being vocal minority constantly create threads like "Remove XP penalty on death", "Buff Deadeye", "Add instant buyouts", "Make game easier", "Make autoplay function", "Give me mirror in Act I" etc. You re supposed to fight and risk for the items! This is core part of this game. It's not fucking Diablo 3. It is Path of Exile!

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cursorTarget wrote:

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Lyutsifer665 wrote:

i am not bitter at all, i just dont think that people with zero experience on a subject should be so vocal about it. i get that you want to support GGG but making a thread about a league you quit before act 10 just doesnt look good on you. people might think "i wonder why he quit so early when he praises the league" "ya know? have a nice day

League is good. I quit 3.23 for the same reason, it was stupiditly easy (I'd say LAME) to shower in all that currency and items with almost zero efforts. The reason I went to R almost immidiately was exactly what you (and most casuals) call a "fun". They finally fixed lootfest, abyss, wisps and other shit really feels like a fresh breath to the game.

You blame people for the challenges but people like you being vocal minority constantly create threads like "Remove XP penalty on death", "Buff Deadeye", "Add instant buyouts", "Make game easier", "Make autoplay function", "Give me mirror in Act I" etc. You re supposed to fight and risk for the items! This is core part of this game. It's not fucking Diablo 3. It is Path of Exile!

i literally never made any of those threads ever. haha. also you dont even have a character in the league but league is good huh? please tell us why you think the league is good when you havent even made a character in it. at least the other guy played the campaign a bit

seriously am i a troll magnet or something? GGG needs an ignore button on these forums so badly

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cursorTarget wrote:

You blame people for the challenges but people like you being vocal minority constantly create threads like "Remove XP penalty on death", "Buff Deadeye", "Add instant buyouts", "Make game easier", "Make autoplay function", "Give me mirror in Act I" etc. You re supposed to fight and risk for the items! This is core part of this game. It's not fucking Diablo 3. It is Path of Exile!

Denying that don't playing the league impacts your evaluation of the situation, then assigning him to something he didn't do. Really dude, hard to take you seriously.

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Dxt44 wrote:

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cursorTarget wrote:

You blame people for the challenges but people like you being vocal minority constantly create threads like "Remove XP penalty on death", "Buff Deadeye", "Add instant buyouts", "Make game easier", "Make autoplay function", "Give me mirror in Act I" etc. You re supposed to fight and risk for the items! This is core part of this game. It's not fucking Diablo 3. It is Path of Exile!

Denying that don't playing the league impacts your evaluation of the situation, then assigning him to something he didn't do. Really dude, hard to take you seriously.

and people who create those threads are not even the vocal minority. there are hundreds of threads about the death penalty and auction house etc and those are meant to be the minority? i'm pretty sure the minority are people like him who dont enjoy getting lots of currency and nice loot. havent seen any threads like "please stop giving us too much loot"