what the difference between diablo 3 and path of exile

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Shagsbeard wrote:

The main difference for me was that in D3 your stats all boiled down to a single number. If that number improved, your character improved. There was no complexity to it. Look at that big number on an item... if it's higher, use it.

PoE has various aspects to an item that could help in some areas, but you compromise in others. You have to decide what to use or what to disregard. The game doesn't do it for you.

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ggnorekthx wrote:

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Burmeister99 wrote:

Its like comparing ludo to chess

I highly doubt you played POE or else you wouldn't state nonsense like that

D3 are made for mindless button smashing casuals. POE is made for ARPG fans by ARPG fans who wants endless depth and character customization

I just don't see why people are still on the hate train for Diablo 3 so hard. I mean, you have every right to like POE more, but I don't think even fanboys of POE can tell me with a straight face that spamming Freezing Pulse or Spork Totems for hundreds of hours is somehow more "depth" than playing a Diablo 3 character. I think a lot of POE can be played by button mashing casuals too, because I see it all the time lol.

Obviously, given my donation amounts and time spent here, I also prefer POE overall, but people act like Diablo III is a facebook game. Anyone who gave it a fair, or even close to a fair shake will know the game isn't for button mashing casuals either.

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ggnorekthx wrote:

They are pretty different. I'll give you my opinion on the matter:

Things Diablo III does better:

Visceral combat
Encourages use of more than one main skill
Solo play and acquiring end-game gear is less time and luck intensive
End-game content is not locked behind RNG barrier
Crafting is crafting... at least, it is LESS random

Things Path of Exile does better:

Real, gritty, scary setting and environments
Story isn't incredible, but it is a lot less corny
Character customization is (semi-)permanent, so your character feels less like a "loadout" and more like a character
Huge assortment of skills and these skills are not tied to any one class
Huge, FFX-style passive tree
Skill gems work like Materia from FF7
Updated with new stuff far more frequently

This is just a very basic and quick overview. Both games have other strengths not listed, and both of them have issues.

My suggestion: Play both. Honestly, they are different enough to not get burned out playing both games. And sometimes changing between them is refreshing, since you can escape certain issues in either game.

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ggnorekthx wrote:

They are pretty different. I'll give you my opinion on the matter:

Things Diablo III does better:

Visceral combat
Encourages use of more than one main skill
Solo play and acquiring end-game gear is less time and luck intensive
End-game content is not locked behind RNG barrier
Crafting is crafting... at least, it is LESS random

Things Path of Exile does better:

Real, gritty, scary setting and environments
Story isn't incredible, but it is a lot less corny
Character customization is (semi-)permanent, so your character feels less like a "loadout" and more like a character
Huge assortment of skills and these skills are not tied to any one class
Huge, FFX-style passive tree
Skill gems work like Materia from FF7
Updated with new stuff far more frequently

This is just a very basic and quick overview. Both games have other strengths not listed, and both of them have issues.

My suggestion: Play both. Honestly, they are different enough to not get burned out playing both games. And sometimes changing between them is refreshing, since you can escape certain issues in either game.

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BJWPDaemonSadi wrote:

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ggnorekthx wrote:

They are pretty different. I'll give you my opinion on the matter:

Things Diablo III does better:

Visceral combat
Encourages use of more than one main skill
Solo play and acquiring end-game gear is less time and luck intensive
End-game content is not locked behind RNG barrier
Crafting is crafting... at least, it is LESS random

Things Path of Exile does better:

Real, gritty, scary setting and environments
Story isn't incredible, but it is a lot less corny
Character customization is (semi-)permanent, so your character feels less like a "loadout" and more like a character
Huge assortment of skills and these skills are not tied to any one class
Huge, FFX-style passive tree
Skill gems work like Materia from FF7
Updated with new stuff far more frequently

This is just a very basic and quick overview. Both games have other strengths not listed, and both of them have issues.

My suggestion: Play both. Honestly, they are different enough to not get burned out playing both games. And sometimes changing between them is refreshing, since you can escape certain issues in either game.

... Did you play the same Diablo 3 I did? RNG is the ONLY barrier to end game content. Keys are all RNG based, or uber gear (RNG) based. There is no stats to pick, no character to build, no skills to focus on. Just stack damage, damage, and damage.

The crafting is EXACTLY as random. You pick an item with X stats and roll it over and over. I guess you can't pick the number of affixes with a chaos orb, but it is the same thing, you know, except that chaos orb can roll top tier.

And unless you used the Auction House (which really isn't solo play anymore) than finding your own gear to get anywhere in the end game literally took weeks. Go look up Kripp doing NOTHING but killing goblins because no one had the items to share yet. He did nothing but gear hunt for over a week straight just to get past ACT FREAKING 2. Meanwhile people hit Merciless in under 15 hours if they build right, some faster than that.

I will give you the combat and I will give you half of use more than one skill. Because the only ones really using more than one skill were using one synergy... which is the same thing going on here. Instead of spamming run like the wind, wrath of the berserker, and whirlwind; we link lmp chain lightning arrow and life on hit (add better combo as needed). Most classes had the same single target, AOE spell, dodge/OS buttons. There was no switching of moves, stop kidding yourself.

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Zaqwert wrote:

Diablo 3 is streamlined and simplified.

No thought, no consequences, no decision making, no planning.

PoE requires all of those things.