PoE vs Diablo 2 - Why D2 is still better
" What does popularity have to do with my views on D2 balance? If you go by popularity, Call of Duty is the best shooter of all time x) " http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/468826/page/1#p4134060 Enjoy the read :) GGG banning all political discussion shortly after getting acquired by China is a weird coincidence.
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" Don't selectively quote, and comparing CoD to D2 pretty much invalidates your argument and makes you look very very silly. The developers of PoE themselves probably love the shit out of D2...There's tons of similarities. The idea of socketed items, the dark art style, the core gameplay....All of this came pretty much primarily from the Diablo franchise and D2 was the creme de la creme. Without D2, PoE would not even exist, so it's hard for me to take you very seriously. " Well at least they have something. They don't seem to be doing a very good job of following it though. Like I said, PoE was actually MORE balanced when I first started playing. It's regressing. Last edited by tikitaki#3010 on Jul 28, 2013, 11:12:32 AM
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" Joined: 16 may 2013 15:21 Heart of Purity Awarded 'Silverblade' to Talent Competition Winner 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDFO4E5OKSE POE 2 is designed primarily for console. Last edited by Reinhart#6743 on Jul 28, 2013, 11:25:02 AM
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" He is obviously trolling now. There a many great features in D2, and he isn't mentioning any of them :P Danskere: PM mig, hvis I har brug for en guild.
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" Because this is my only account. =p You know somebody has nothing of relevance to say when the only thing can point out is a tiny snippet from your post and then mentioning your join date. I started playing at the beginning of open beta. So no, I haven't been around the longest but I have seen balance change a fair bit. Build diversity is less than it used to be. |
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anyone remember lance barbs with iceblink in classic?
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" I had so.. so much fun with that build. Also strafazone :D Runes and progression checks and double resisters made the game less fun. Vote +1 to change Path of Exile to Path of Nerfs.
We hate to say, but ProjectPT was right. |
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" lets compare 95% es sorc to CI (which is a reasonable comparison) to achieve 95% es you need a whopping 20+ to energy shield from gear that is not something you "knock out" in 15 mins of baal runs | |
" i've started from scratch so many times in diablo 2 due to character delete after 90 days or was it 60? and i can tell you it takes me 2 weeks max from nothing to a full equiped mf sorc with tal set mf gear torch and anni from that point on i can start farming for the character i desire and it may take another two weeks with my mf character and i have that ES sorc in d2 for a 400 itemrarity character in POE with probably shavrones since ES/ranged builds are best to go for mf it takes here (without RMTing, scamming, and incredible luck like "oh first chance for shavrones chest") it will take probably 2-3 months of no life and then u only have one mf character dont even counting the leveling time of the second character since leveling to 70-80 takes AGES compared to diablo 2 Last edited by zzang#1847 on Jul 28, 2013, 11:47:04 AM
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Few things d2 got are excellent atmosphere and very rewarding drops. It's also very easy to become godlike there. Very fun game. When it comes to complexity of the mechanics PoE destroys d2. PoE could still become more atmospheric and fun... somehow, how? answer to that question is the holy grail of game design
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