lets be real. stop talking about poe1.. no ones going back to that game

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Fear#0145 wrote:

If anything, I hope a lot of the people who want this to be more like PoE1 get bored and go back to it.
I'm enjoying this a lot more, though it's clearly very flawed and still unfinished.

i dont get why people keep saying this. to be clear, every single poe1 player wants poe2 to be a good game in the first place. most of the poe players want both games to be good and successful. i did not read a single complain about something being different than poe1, people are complaining because many things are worse than poe1. i dont mind if its different, but it has to be a good reason for it.
take ascendancy for example. its different, but do you think its better? no
take crafting, its different now. do you think its better? no
the atlas is way different. is it better? clearly no.
i could pull up many more examples.

i dont have any problem with things being different. but god damn let me be disappointed if things are worse in my opinion.

Nobody is going back because we never left lol

This has to be trolling, right?

PoE1 and PoE2 are different. It might be the same overall genre, but while not as different as D1 to D2 was when it comes to loot style/inventory management, there are many gameplay changes that people either like or hate. The response to your thread should be a good indication that the overall community isn't exactly choosing PoE2 over PoE1.

I prefer PoE2 (as I see its potential when they'll have all 12 classes/skills and if they manage to make the endgame and crafting enjoyable), but I totally understand why many people would prefer the PoE1 experience, even if PoE2 was in release state with all classes and relatively flawless endgame.

While some players will obviously play both or end up playing PoE2 at release, many will stay with PoE1 because they prefer the PoE1 build customisation, gameplay loop and maybe the endgame? Who knows. PoE1 is a more mature game (as more established, with more content) and to some, that's all they want. Some people also don't enjoy the early PoE2 campaign being slower : That's enough to put many people off.

So far for me, the biggest letdown, if we exclude the crafting and endgame, is how limited the skills are in PoE2. Even with the full 12 classes, I doubt PoE2 will have the same number of skills we had in PoE1, and there’s still the issue that most of the skills are weapon locked, which brings build diversity down by a lot.

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BrainVs#6980 wrote:

this isnt blizzard.. where d2 d3 and d4 are wildly different..

this is ggg and poe1 and poe2 are extremely similar.. NO ONE is going to go back to poe1.

that game WILL die. even if they dont want it to. it will.

Poe2 numbers on steam have halved since launch already. The games won't die but somethings gotta give

Bittersweet but true, you can't go back in life. Those of us who chose to pay for PoE 2 early access have already moved on. Everyone else will follow when the game releases. We will all remember PoE 1 fondly, but PoE 2 is what we have now. We want it to be good, and we want it to take the place of PoE 1 for us. If it is good, we will stay. If it ends up sucking for any reason, we will move on to another game.

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BrainVs#6980 wrote:

this isnt blizzard.. where d2 d3 and d4 are wildly different..

this is ggg and poe1 and poe2 are extremely similar.. NO ONE is going to go back to poe1.

that game WILL die. even if they dont want it to. it will.

I'm playing the next league. Didn't plan to but PoE2 just doesn't do it for me.

You're only speaking for yourself.

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Abraham39#5989 wrote:

Never played poe1, I'm a new player to poe2 EA. After playing over 200 hours into poe2, I decided to try poe1. So far I'm enjoying poe1 a lot, honestly if poe1 had WASD I don't think I'd have a reason to play poe2EA until the full version is released.

I have only played the endgame in poe2 up to T13 and it's just boring, so I'll continue my journey in poe1 while GGG works on poe2. As a new player to this franchise of games I'm happy they didn't pull an overwatch and delete the old game. :) I have had a ton of fun in poe2EA and am having a blast in poe1.

Poe2EA has caused poe1 to gain a new player. I hope people go back or give it a try, because imo it seems like a great game. (I'm only in early game in poe1)

You´re in for a ride, the depth on PoE 1 is 100x what you have in PoE 2 in every area, be it crafing, itemization, uniques, passive tree etc, people keep comming up with crazy builds crafted with alot of brainstorming, it´s really a beautiful game that leaves a mark despite the visual fidelity being abit dated now, i recomment starting with a build guide as PoE 1 isnt easier than PoE 2 as people claim, if you go blind making your own build like in PoE 2 you will probably hit a big wall in the endgame, the tree is complex and gives you so much freedom, same with gear affixes. And the endgame is the whole cake, from the minute you start mapping, to the minute you start getting atlas passive, start using scarabs, and end up with massively juiced maps full of packs and mechanics, it´s awesome. Have fun bro.

Been looking forward to the next POE1 season since mid december.
Can't be worse than this mess.

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Devilator#4354 wrote:

Bittersweet but true, you can't go back in life. Those of us who chose to pay for PoE 2 early access have already moved on. Everyone else will follow when the game releases. We will all remember PoE 1 fondly, but PoE 2 is what we have now. We want it to be good, and we want it to take the place of PoE 1 for us. If it is good, we will stay. If it ends up sucking for any reason, we will move on to another game.

Tell the same to the players who always come back to Diablo 2.