The Palpable and Uninformed Hate and Dismissal of POE1 Veterans Sounding the Alarm is Worrying

Nearly every POE1 veteran that posts a thread about issues with the longevity of POE2 is a long term POE1 veteran. They have played many leagues, some of them have played nearly all leagues. They have seen mechanics like crafting iterated on and they keep coming back. These are the people that made POE2 possible by their financial support of GGG. They are offering considered feedback based on thousands of cumulative hours of playtime in POE1 and are being hate trolled to death by newcomers to this game and often genre. That is pretty par for the internet but the fact that GGG is not responding to our concerns is troubling.

The game that the newcomers want wont survive. As many veterans have pointed out a massive super long campaign, busted crafting system that is little more than a sadistic RNG generator and other issues will limit the longevity of the game.

Need proof? I can prove it in 2 days. Just reset the server like a new league. Add a class to the game and reset. All of those newcomers are going to throw an absolute tantrum. The old veterans are going to sagely nod and say "yep, now you get it."

POE2 wont survive a dozen years like POE1 because people who want to play and support the company are not going to slog through this mire that makes ruthless feel easy (I went back to my ruthless char to get some achievements and it felt easy).

To GGG,

Ignore us at your own peril. The issues, and often fixes, are all over this forum posted by veterans with evidence and discussion often trolled by the "git gud" crowd of newcomers offering no actual content in their emotion laden replies. Almost every POE1 veteran and streamer I see has SERIOUS concerns. If you want to expand the audience rather than replace it for one that buys one MTX and leaves, there is a TON of work to do with this game and if you don't intend to listen to the players that made the game a success then I think whoever is making these decisions at GGG is possibly not right for this role. Copying Diablo IV or dark souls isn't going to make this game a success. Those games are another animal and the wrong audience.

The newcomers don't get it but they will when they have to run the campaign for the third time starting all over. Then they will just leave, numbers will plummet and they wont come back.

What about me? If the game is released in this state I will probably use the few hours I have to play games in POE1. If you shut down POE1 without fixing POE2 I will just stop playing your game.

For the first time in a dozen years I feel like GGG could care less what we have to say and that is bothersome.

-- Sincerely
-- A supporter that has given your company nearly $1200 over the 10 years.

Preach brother.

Let's hope they start listening. That is BEFORE this game is release as a train wreck. The fact that almost every streamer agrees is more evidence.

Then provide some better feedback. All I see you guys doing is cry about the difficulty or the time it takes to clear a map.

Case and point right there.

100% agree OP

All the trolls and bot comments on these posts won't stick around when the game shuts down either

GGG needs to listen to their loyal fanbase BEFORE they leave, once they leave its too late

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There's already been so much feedback both on the forums and by content creators. When your HC SSF streamers think the game is too hard then you know something ain't right lol

Let's just hope GGG actually listens before this game launches in half a year or whenever. Because if they wait for player numbers to dwindle and only then act upon seeing the numbers change it would be too late, a lot of people would have quit. A lot already have quit and they paid 30$ to play this, imagine how quickly players will drop off when its free to play.

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Prügelprinz#9311 wrote:

Then provide some better feedback. All I see you guys doing is cry about the difficulty or the time it takes to clear a map.

Have you even read the threads created by the veterans? Most, not all, but most of them are several paragraphs long with detailed explanations as to what they dislike, as well as potential fixes. Or did you just read the thread title and call it a day?

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