Dear GGG: You NEED to watch this video! I cannot emphasize this enough! WATCH THIS!

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alhazred70#2994 wrote:

We can see that POE2's engaging combat has brought a LOT more players, for a LOT longer of a time span than anything that happens in POE1 leagues.

Yeah, it's just like dude in this video said — with interesting gameplay, people can enjoy the game longer than just finish objective and leave until next league.

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brusin#1479 wrote:

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Suchka_777#4336 wrote:

But then I tried one-shotted build and it worked so much better and was so much boring that I uninstalled the game :)

Unfortunately that's pretty much what I'll have to do when I RIP.

Well, I came across this rare mob frozen in essence. First time I've ever seen that attack and it got me one shot. Looked like two fast purple balls on stalks lol so I assume chaos damage? I had all my ele res at 76+, chaos res 75, 5.5k ES, 1.5k life and around 1.2k mana with MoM.

Not leveling anything again now that I've seen what the endgame is like. So unless I hear the right words from GGG I guess this is it for me. Sad

Good video.
Well, next patch will decide game's future.
Not gona waste my life for another copium project. Hope devs do something , if not.. well, that was fun to play acts and not fun to see op builds and lategame playstyle , cya in different game if nothing changes

Why is he using steam to check for poe1 player count? I don't know anyone who uses steam for poe1.

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LVSviral#3689 wrote:

https://youtu.be/lCUUFZKfxs4

This dude's video shines a light on a lot of development problems and serious issues.

the guys comparisons are flawed, those games have mods so ofcause they will keep having players

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Why is he using steam to check for poe1 player count? I don't know anyone who uses steam for poe1.

~50% uses Steam.

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Azimuthus#1135 wrote:

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Why is he using steam to check for poe1 player count? I don't know anyone who uses steam for poe1.

~50% uses Steam.

Even more than 50% now as far as I remember. I already said that it's one of my criticism of that video that steam numbers don't show full picture for the past numbers (like 9+ years ago) because steam version used to be really bad, so most people who stuck with the game switched to standalone, which would show up as drop in numbers for steam. Actual retention in the past wasn't as bad as steam numbers would suggest (at least despite much smaller playerbase mid/end league didn't feel like a ghost town) but game was also much slower and current numbers should represent relative player numbers relatively well, so it doesn't invalidate point made in the video.

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DemonikPath#1311 wrote:

Actual retention in the past wasn't as bad as steam numbers would suggest

Even if only 10% of people used Steam at those years, it doesn't change retention what Steam numbers show, because there is no reasons to expect that people with Standalone client behaviored differently than players with Steam client.

This dude literally in the first 20 mins says, mobs get too strong and I feel weaker, to I explode whole breaches and don't feel stronger.

Maybe we should not listen to him.

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metabro#3576 wrote:

Why is he using steam to check for poe1 player count? I don't know anyone who uses steam for poe1.

Most recent quote from GGG on numbers is 60%steam 40% standalone on average. Consoles not mentioned.