giving puzzle boxes to content creators that dont deserve them

I'm probably not in agreement on this, I can't see how unique creation is going to drive traffic if it doesn't have any other requirements attached however I can believe that experienced players are much more likely to produce interesting uniques than disinterested/inexperienced ones.

Basically I think they are going to get some mild unique bloat in return for nothing, hopefully they are savage about iterating on these and we can keep truly moronic uniques out of the game but i guess we'll see.

I'm probably not in the majority here anyway. I frowned as soon as they mentioned div cards again too as one of the best things to cut from PoE 1 in my eyes was anything required to fund it initially. Div cards are dumb, player chosen ones are just as dumb. If you don't need the extra funding offering these provides they should have cut them 100%.

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stacybeavers#6055 wrote:

how did you come to the decision to send boxes to the people you sent them to?

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why do you think its a good idea to give unique design rights to content creators that have never made there own build in poe 1?

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leaves a very bad taste in my mouth that content creators that have made poe 1 there whole life, and spent thousands supporting the game get passed over for casual part timers who will move on from poe 2 once the next big thing comes out.

who ever is deciding who gets the puzzle boxes only cares about marketing and very little for the tons of content creators that were passed over to give bigger streamers from competing games . awful move ggg

It's about business/marketing.

Why shouldn't GGG try to reach out to a diverse audience?

Think about like this: "Hey there, please accept this 'gift', we hope to see you in PoE2" - with the obvious assumption that the receiver is going to stream some PoE2 content and increase PoE2 viewership that will entice new players.

Marketing like this is textbook and doesn't get any better/more effective.

Why do you care, while i do not in the slightest?

Business, it's just business. These people have quite a large number of followers that might become customers. It is what it is....that's not what I actually dislike about content creators.

GGG willingly, or ignorantly, give these people power over the development of the game. POE 1 plays as it does because of these people. They make the game cater to their specific likes. All streamers love the one button screen melting speed gameplay....it's POE 1's biggest feature. POE 2 will ,sadly, follow. Not in EA, but after launch and after GGG takes all the notes these people will give them.
POE 1 and 2 is a game made by streamers (ibn collaboration with GGG) for streamers. Sure, it has enough elements to be popular with some players, but the casual market GGG expects with POE 2 will leave when the game is too far gone.