Split PoE2 into 2 modes

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Redemption6#4716 wrote:

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Alluryen#2310 wrote:

So we need Path of Exile 3 for the majority of player base, and let Path of Exile 2 die with its 100 player base like Ruthless

I do find it really hilarious that the majority of these "i want to game to be the hardest it can possibly be crowd" Tell anyone that has any feedback or differing opinion that they should get lost and go back to poe 2. They don't understand that games require players, when you tell all the players who are unhappy to leave and they do, then you don't have any players. No players no money, no money no game. The game will either be pulled and shut down or set up on life support with minimal support/servers/updates.

I really enjoy the difficulty of some of the boss fights, I enjoyed the mechanics but the changes to the meta gems was not only disrespectful but also way way overkill. I expect a large amount of players who were just trying to play the game and pick skill and make things work who got shafted extremely hard to leave and not come back.

Yeah they are braindead. They dont understand that is casual softcore player that fund and carry this game.

Also i disagree with the difficulty. There is no difficulty, any boss so far is harder than any PoE 1 Uber Boss. Its just a bad slow game, not hard.

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PaddedExile#3659 wrote:

Seeing the community slowly splitting into two camps that have a hard time understanding each other, I think PoE2 should have a normal and ruthless mode.

Ruthless mode can have the low drop rates and inflated mob hp that so many people seem to enjoy and the zoomers can play normal and experience their hero fantasy. Like that everyone can have their way without being angry at GGG or 'the other side' for influencing 'their' game mode.

An even better alternative would be to upgrade PoE1 with the new graphics as I feel most systems in 2 are a downgrade compared to 1, but I'm afraid GGG will never do big investments in 1 again.

opposite.. normal should be the current way POE2 is.. then the new mode shoudl be called Softie.... with larger drops and less HP on monsters.

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Urza_Mechwalker#7393 wrote:

opposite.. normal should be the current way POE2 is.. then the new mode shoudl be called Softie.... with larger drops and less HP on monsters.

Calling this normal and not Ruthless would just be confusing when compared to PoE1 and ultimately only serve to satisfy the ego of you and those in your camp.

If they still increase drop rates we will need a ruthless mode someday....

PoE 1

and

PoE 2

...you can always go back to POE 1 PoE 2 is not to your liking.

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Waiden#9514 wrote:

PoE 1

and

PoE 2

...you can always go back to POE 1 PoE 2 is not to your liking.

maybe right now yes but in exilecon 2019 they said poe2 would be more of an expansion to poe1 now its well you know what it is now. if they changed their mind on that whos t osay they might just put poe1 into maintenance mode or worse? and yeah i agree with op just normal/ruthless as it already exists in poe1 rn anyways

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just_dont#6539 wrote:

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Cynikaj2#4034 wrote:

Have you read the title of the thread?

Yes, and I also read the 1st post (a thing that you did not).
And the topicstarter starts with "gib loot plz" but quickly goes on on wanting entire PoE1 fit into "a mode".

Actually I tried to point out the difference between tedious sloggish gameplay and speedy clearing.

As somebody who loves PoE1 it is indeed very sad to realize that I do not like playing 2. I pushed myself to get through act 3 because I wanted to like the game but it is just too slow for me (and reading the forums, for a lot of others too).

Implementing 'baby' mode doesn't hurt anyone if they keep it separate leagues and a lot of people like me will actually play the game instead of whining on your forums. We don't even need that much more loot. The biggest slog creator is the high mob HP pools.

This would be too lovely to become true. I guess it will take us 3-5 years to come to the great state POE1 is in now.

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An even better alternative would be to upgrade PoE1 with the new graphics

I understand they both run on basically the same engine so this would not necessarily be that "hard" but it would be time consuming.

But then GGG are the masters of reusing assets so taking minimally altered assets from POE 2 to reimagine POE 1 zones may not be as much work as it sounds.

It interresting to me that people who like the game to be ruthless'ish are also against this

This would be in your best interrest
You can stop making post explaining worry that GGG will give into "dumbing down" the game

Worry no more

Don't you see that this would make GGG much more willing to give you guys what you want?

They wouldn't have to consider holding back on making the game very challenging
at all

GGG could cater to both crowds

It's not like they haven't ran 2 modes before in PoE 1

It would likely also bring in GGG much more profit, since it would be more approachable for casuals, without interfering with your game mode

What is really the downside?

Feel like people just want to be contrarian

Checklist

1. Both crowds will get the gamemode they want
2. There will be no weird middle ground where both sides will be left not satisfied
3. More profit for GGG
4. Not as much fighting as there is currently in the playerbase