POE2 being the main focus is the right choice.

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spacecowboy2011#1120 wrote:

Honestly, this early access period is such a shit show if I hadn't been signed up for PoE from pretty much Day 1 I would have thought this was their first game. It looks pretty, oftentimes to its own detriment (nothing like same color enemies on the same color environs with added clutter to further trick the eyes). They ported over Sanctum and Ultimatum, two of the most hated league mechanics from its predecessor. They mangled crafting so badly it's gambling. At every step, it appears they failed utterly at learning from their 12+ years of experience on developing and working on 1.

A lot of folks came for this because, at one point or another, we enjoyed 1 at some point or another. There's the rare player who has done every league and beta included, but a lot of folks are more like myself, who come and go over the years, whether it's back to 2013 or more recently. A huge part of the initial player spike was the sheer excitement of 'Wait, there's going to be a sequel?!' and wanting to get in to experience it. There were also a fair bit of playerbase from Diablo 4 failing to deliver and Last Epoch players not finding quite what they were looking for, all culminating in the massive numbers they saw.

I guess I'm saying all of this to say that the sustain has been higher than I expected, but I don't see much bounce back from the continued decay unless they get their shit straight, and make it not stink. The campaign is literally the only good thing about 2 in its current state, everything else (besides graphics) is a wild step back from all of their experiences developing 1.

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rrogan17#2926 wrote:

I see everyone upset, but PoE2 being their main focus and delaying anything else is the correct move to make. It makes sense from a business perspective, as well as whats best for the player-base, regardless of what certain people may think or post on here. It speaks to them paying attention and not just following through on decisions they made years ago, that wouldn't hold up well now. Pulling the PoE1 team for the benefit of PoE2 is a long-term move and one that is good to make for the future.

PoE2 has the potential for a much higher player count consistently, better design, better vision and overall a better experience. I love PoE1, but it definitely shows it age. To continue to pour resources into PoE1 would have been a mistake. The reception for PoE2, even in early access, is much better than PoE1 ever was. The numbers alone speak to that, as the retention a month into PoE2 EA was over 300k, which is much higher than PoE1 ever reached.

Overall its just the right decision. You have far more players interested in PoE2 at this point and its the game that has the potential for the future. PoE1 was great while it lasted, but it's time to move on. If PoE1 does stick around, I could see it getting a new league every 6 months at best, as anything more than that is unrealistic and hopefully they just let it die.

Don't pay attention to people too emotionally attached to a video game. You'll see plenty of interesting (hilarious) posts to read. These people think the devs are their friends and they were betrayed. Sad to see so many people displaying parasocial behavior over a video game and just weird.

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sekyno#6517 wrote:

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rrogan17#2926 wrote:

I see everyone upset, but PoE2 being their main focus and delaying anything else is the correct move to make. It makes sense from a business perspective, as well as whats best for the player-base, regardless of what certain people may think or post on here. It speaks to them paying attention and not just following through on decisions they made years ago, that wouldn't hold up well now. Pulling the PoE1 team for the benefit of PoE2 is a long-term move and one that is good to make for the future.

PoE2 has the potential for a much higher player count consistently, better design, better vision and overall a better experience. I love PoE1, but it definitely shows it age. To continue to pour resources into PoE1 would have been a mistake. The reception for PoE2, even in early access, is much better than PoE1 ever was. The numbers alone speak to that, as the retention a month into PoE2 EA was over 300k, which is much higher than PoE1 ever reached.

Overall its just the right decision. You have far more players interested in PoE2 at this point and its the game that has the potential for the future. PoE1 was great while it lasted, but it's time to move on. If PoE1 does stick around, I could see it getting a new league every 6 months at best, as anything more than that is unrealistic and hopefully they just let it die.

Don't pay attention to people too emotionally attached to a video game. You'll see plenty of interesting (hilarious) posts to read. These people think the devs are their friends and they were betrayed. Sad to see so many people displaying parasocial behavior over a video game and just weird.

I agree with you, the toxicity towards the devs is absolutely insane behaviour, I can't believe all the ragey people are actual adults.

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Karishin#7986 wrote:

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sekyno#6517 wrote:

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rrogan17#2926 wrote:

I see everyone upset, but PoE2 being their main focus and delaying anything else is the correct move to make. It makes sense from a business perspective, as well as whats best for the player-base, regardless of what certain people may think or post on here. It speaks to them paying attention and not just following through on decisions they made years ago, that wouldn't hold up well now. Pulling the PoE1 team for the benefit of PoE2 is a long-term move and one that is good to make for the future.

PoE2 has the potential for a much higher player count consistently, better design, better vision and overall a better experience. I love PoE1, but it definitely shows it age. To continue to pour resources into PoE1 would have been a mistake. The reception for PoE2, even in early access, is much better than PoE1 ever was. The numbers alone speak to that, as the retention a month into PoE2 EA was over 300k, which is much higher than PoE1 ever reached.

Overall its just the right decision. You have far more players interested in PoE2 at this point and its the game that has the potential for the future. PoE1 was great while it lasted, but it's time to move on. If PoE1 does stick around, I could see it getting a new league every 6 months at best, as anything more than that is unrealistic and hopefully they just let it die.

Don't pay attention to people too emotionally attached to a video game. You'll see plenty of interesting (hilarious) posts to read. These people think the devs are their friends and they were betrayed. Sad to see so many people displaying parasocial behavior over a video game and just weird.

I agree with you, the toxicity towards the devs is absolutely insane behaviour, I can't believe all the ragey people are actual adults.

Toxicity? LOL. Asking for updates, a roadmap, or some sort of communication is toxic. Giving honest feedback is toxic. Whats toxic is the toxic positivity from people who want to protect the devs from any criticism.

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You got communication from Jonathan, the replies under that post are nothing short of insane.

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Wauxx#0810 wrote:

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You got communication from Jonathan, the replies under that post are nothing short of insane.

Because he is basically confirming that they lied since day 1. "PoE 2 won't affect PoE 1 development" while at the same time having PoE 1 devs working in PoE 2.

You can be transparent all you want but that doesn't excuse any wrongdoings that you are admiting to do. Bottom line here is GGG lied, several times, and now we have only PoE 2 to look forward to and a lot of PoE 1 vets don't like what they are trying to do with PoE 2.

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sekyno#6517 wrote:

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Wauxx#0810 wrote:

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You got communication from Jonathan, the replies under that post are nothing short of insane.

Because he is basically confirming that they lied since day 1. "PoE 2 won't affect PoE 1 development" while at the same time having PoE 1 devs working in PoE 2.

You can be transparent all you want but that doesn't excuse any wrongdoings that you are admiting to do. Bottom line here is GGG lied, several times, and now we have only PoE 2 to look forward to and a lot of PoE 1 vets don't like what they are trying to do with PoE 2.

They overestimated their capability, like humans usually do.

They admitted to that and are going to work towards fixing it.

But people are acting like GGG personally attacked them by not releasing new PoE 1 league. I get they love the game, but damn, just take a deep breath and give the devs more time.

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sekyno#6517 wrote:

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Wauxx#0810 wrote:

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You got communication from Jonathan, the replies under that post are nothing short of insane.

Because he is basically confirming that they lied since day 1. "PoE 2 won't affect PoE 1 development" while at the same time having PoE 1 devs working in PoE 2.

You can be transparent all you want but that doesn't excuse any wrongdoings that you are admiting to do. Bottom line here is GGG lied, several times, and now we have only PoE 2 to look forward to and a lot of PoE 1 vets don't like what they are trying to do with PoE 2.

They overestimated their capability, like humans usually do.

They admitted to that and are going to work towards fixing it.

But people are acting like GGG personally attacked them by not releasing new PoE 1 league. I get they love the game, but damn, just take a deep breath and give the devs more time.

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sekyno#6517 wrote:

They overestimated their capability, like humans usually do.

They admitted to that and are going to work towards fixing it.

But people are acting like GGG personally attacked them by not releasing new PoE 1 league. I get they love the game, but damn, just take a deep breath and give the devs more time.