Nothing can save 0.2 update anymore

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TheDarkKnightRises_POE#2069 wrote:

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Aim_High#3562 wrote:

"When we finished developing 3.0, we knew we couldn't extend path of exile campaign forever, adding more acts will make the game just too long before players got to maps"... "for years now we've been wanting to make a sequel to path of exile. The problem with that though is that sequels split a community between two products it's also hard for a sequel to compete with the amount of content and features that the original game has. We've just spent six years making expansions for path of exile, so imagine if we released path of exile 2 and it was just a bare campaign with none of that extra content. This would be a sad shell of an action RPG compared to the current state of path of exile."

~Chris Wilson
Exilecon 2019 Official PoE 2 Announcement.

The reason a lot of POE 1 players supported the game was because of POE 2 being mostly a graphical update and expansion to POE 1.

I have no idea who decided to change the business plan into making POE 2 separate, but it has hurt a lot of oldschool fans trust. They should have just given Path of Exile a second campaign, a graphical update and some new ascendancies. People would have been happy in such a situation.

Well, at least they got our supporter money by keeping silent for 2 years.

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JakkerONAIR#4902 wrote:

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TheDarkKnightRises_POE#2069 wrote:

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Aim_High#3562 wrote:

"When we finished developing 3.0, we knew we couldn't extend path of exile campaign forever, adding more acts will make the game just too long before players got to maps"... "for years now we've been wanting to make a sequel to path of exile. The problem with that though is that sequels split a community between two products it's also hard for a sequel to compete with the amount of content and features that the original game has. We've just spent six years making expansions for path of exile, so imagine if we released path of exile 2 and it was just a bare campaign with none of that extra content. This would be a sad shell of an action RPG compared to the current state of path of exile."

~Chris Wilson
Exilecon 2019 Official PoE 2 Announcement.

The reason a lot of POE 1 players supported the game was because of POE 2 being mostly a graphical update and expansion to POE 1.

I have no idea who decided to change the business plan into making POE 2 separate, but it has hurt a lot of oldschool fans trust. They should have just given Path of Exile a second campaign, a graphical update and some new ascendancies. People would have been happy in such a situation.

Well, at least they got our supporter money by keeping silent for 2 years.

At this point, GGG is scamming us.

What Chris said in 2019 not only made sense, but it was the right thing to do.
It's literally impossible to create a new game that can compete with PoE1 and the amount of stuff in it, especially if you don't want to divide the player base.
Then, GGG bait and switched after 4 years and told us, "Well, we now make it a separate game and ignore all obvious problems, thanks for your money".
Around this time, Chris was rarely in the office. Coincidence?
Bex left, and then shortly after PoE2 EA Chris left too. Coincidence?
Now, Hrishi left while PoE2 is in full development. Coincidence?

Jonathan told us, "PoE2 development will not interfere with PoE1", while he had already taken the PoE1 devs to work on PoE2, and according to a leak - this is "normal" practice at GGG for years now.
Last league 9 months ago... bruh...

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Fhrek#4437 wrote:

Chris was the heart and soul of GGG development team. The Tencent 100% acquisition seems to drived a huge wrench and Chris stepping out just made clear GGG is done being what it was during PoE 1.

PoE 2 under Jonathan is scrambling behind the credibility Chris crafted over the years. The 0.2g patch overhauling loot drop rates just shows how Devs are desperated to appease players and yet they can't deploy a patch without botch it.

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teobibu#1278 wrote:

POE1 is an old game now bro...let it go! 10 years past and people should understand that is a half life time of a gamer. Just let it go.

[Removed by Support]

The profit will be the same for the company.

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teobibu#1278 wrote:

POE1 is an old game now bro...let it go! 10 years past and people should understand that is a half life time of a gamer. Just let it go.

[Removed by Support]

The profit will be the same for the company.

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JakkerONAIR#4902 wrote:

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teobibu#1278 wrote:

POE1 is an old game now bro...let it go! 10 years past and people should understand that is a half life time of a gamer. Just let it go.

[Removed by Support]

The profit will be the same for the company.

Bruh... PoE1 is a live service game and has evolved over the years into what ppl love today.

Shutting down the PoE1 servers and/or stopping the development forever would lose sooo many PoE players... you actually have no clue what you are talking about. PoE2 can not - without P2W - gain enough income for GGG if the PoE1 community is gone.

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JakkerONAIR#4902 wrote:

That Chris Wilson is leaving without saying anything is kinda telling, especially when Jonathan responds to the question what happened to Chris with a "Well, he wasn't doing much anyway, lul".
We don't asked what he did or did not at GGG... we asked WHY THE HELL HE LEFT!
And why does it coincidentally fit with the "Oopsie daisy, we change the direction 180°"!?

You know, Chris saying nothing himself about the situation says a lot.
IF he would leave GGG on "good terms" - he just would tell us and go something like "After over a decade as the face of GGG - I want to celebrate my retirement, collect more Magic cards and watch the stars, but you are in good hands. Stay sane!".
BUT if he isn't on "good terms" with GGG, they would let him sign stuff to keep his mouth shut, until he is "forgotten".