GGG desperately trying to reinvent the wheel and ending up with a square.

I'm all for a different game, but every 5 minutes my head goes :'Am I having fun?' My head is fighting, it wants this game to be awesome, but somewhere deep inside I realize they removed/dumbed down/stripped perfectly fine mechanics just for the sake of slowing down the whole experience. They literally have been overthinking all aspects of the game and stripped away a lot of reasons to play for many players.

The funniest part for me is that I was afraid I would not like PoE 2 because of the bossfights, because I don't play ARPG's for the boss fights, but in fact the bossfights have been the most enjoyable part of the game for me (besides WASD + the truly amazing artstyle and atmosphere). This alone says something, and also says how afraid I am for my future with this game.

Ive seen poe1 always like this massive sandbox.. like path of exile world and hoped it evolves around that.

Poe2:
Battle overall feels fine, campaign is ok.. had some issues, maps are sizey.. i can live with that if i can scale runspeed.


I miss some of the options and flexibility and game modes i had from prior poe1 version in 2 and i dont see overall a statement in which direction the game evolves..

Is the intent to make it more diablo like or is this an early version where more features from prior version become generally available (poe like?)

Feels striped down.

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Sutopia#6937 wrote:

You also can’t expect copying something from a game that peak less than 300k concurrent players to have more than 300k concurrent player by being an inferior product. It’s a clear sign whatever was done differently from 1 is the lighting in the bottle.

You want to quote stats incorrectly? Okay, I can do that too! To prove exactly the opposite point you are trying to make.

PoE 1 2016/17: peak of about 46k, generally considered "modern" PoE's start
PoE 1 2024: peak 230k. 500% growth in players. Damn something must have been done right!

PoE 2: 2024 peak 600k
PoE 2: 2024 (later) peak 350k. nearly a 50% DROP in players. Damn, something must have been done wrong!

***Just to clarify: I don't feel either of those data readings to be true. Just clarifying a point that misrepresenting data can help you prove anything you want.

And poe1 lacks a new season. I would play it. Only reason im not logged in.

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cowmoo275#3095 wrote:

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Sutopia#6937 wrote:

You also can’t expect copying something from a game that peak less than 300k concurrent players to have more than 300k concurrent player by being an inferior product. It’s a clear sign whatever was done differently from 1 is the lighting in the bottle.

You want to quote stats incorrectly? Okay, I can do that too! To prove exactly the opposite point you are trying to make.

PoE 1 2016/17: peak of about 46k, generally considered "modern" PoE's start
PoE 1 2024: peak 230k. 500% growth in players. Damn something must have been done right!

PoE 2: 2024 peak 600k
PoE 2: 2024 (later) peak 350k. nearly a 50% DROP in players. Damn, something must have been done wrong!

***Just to clarify: I don't feel either of those data readings to be true. Just clarifying a point that misrepresenting data can help you prove anything you want.

450k are literally playing right now on POE 2 on steam alone. wtf are you smoking

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Hyperspacing#5593 wrote:

450k are literally playing right now on POE 2 on steam alone. wtf are you smoking

You literally completely missed his point.

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Hyperspacing#5593 wrote:

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cowmoo275#3095 wrote:

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Sutopia#6937 wrote:

You also can’t expect copying something from a game that peak less than 300k concurrent players to have more than 300k concurrent player by being an inferior product. It’s a clear sign whatever was done differently from 1 is the lighting in the bottle.

You want to quote stats incorrectly? Okay, I can do that too! To prove exactly the opposite point you are trying to make.

PoE 1 2016/17: peak of about 46k, generally considered "modern" PoE's start
PoE 1 2024: peak 230k. 500% growth in players. Damn something must have been done right!

PoE 2: 2024 peak 600k
PoE 2: 2024 (later) peak 350k. nearly a 50% DROP in players. Damn, something must have been done wrong!

***Just to clarify: I don't feel either of those data readings to be true. Just clarifying a point that misrepresenting data can help you prove anything you want.

450k are literally playing right now on POE 2 on steam alone. wtf are you smoking

PoE2 still having +50% players at 450k after two weeks of existence than the peak of "the best game ever made" at 230k after 11 years of existence ???

Damn, something must have been done right !

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Hyperspacing#5593 wrote:

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cowmoo275#3095 wrote:

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Sutopia#6937 wrote:

You also can’t expect copying something from a game that peak less than 300k concurrent players to have more than 300k concurrent player by being an inferior product. It’s a clear sign whatever was done differently from 1 is the lighting in the bottle.

You want to quote stats incorrectly? Okay, I can do that too! To prove exactly the opposite point you are trying to make.

PoE 1 2016/17: peak of about 46k, generally considered "modern" PoE's start
PoE 1 2024: peak 230k. 500% growth in players. Damn something must have been done right!

PoE 2: 2024 peak 600k
PoE 2: 2024 (later) peak 350k. nearly a 50% DROP in players. Damn, something must have been done wrong!

***Just to clarify: I don't feel either of those data readings to be true. Just clarifying a point that misrepresenting data can help you prove anything you want.

450k are literally playing right now on POE 2 on steam alone. wtf are you smoking

Why you lieing. Steamdb has it at 319,000

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Storylyne#1859 wrote:

And poe1 lacks a new season. I would play it. Only reason im not logged in.

The worst part is, without WASD I don't know if I want to play PoE 1 again.

I personally needed a few days to experience the game and form an opinion to make the decision not to log in. It was new.. that attracts as usual.

Add graphic , campaign , wasd, pause to poe1, add a new season.. lets see.

Dont get the slight critizism wrong.. overall poe2 is not a bad game.. i had fun testing it on 2 consoles and pc. Still.. i miss the first part and the options/flexibility/ mechanics/ crafting.
I dont want to login into poe2 in its current form.

I hear here people complaining about poe1 crafting... with so many options they dont need to use but can use.. vs. Slamming exalts and deleting the item if it doesnt hit. (Circle -> square) current form is unfavourable. I could list so many more..

Wasnt the combination of poe1 with 2 not at some point offered and than skipped? Content of 2 could be well playable in poe1 also.. with dash instead roll.. its just telegraphed chain movements.. we have that in 1 also.

Btw - even d2 got a wasd (broke game / careful testing) extension and a major graphic update.