what the difference between diablo 3 and path of exile

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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.

I compare diablo 3 to that facebook game: Kings road.

No jokes.

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Vanadium81 wrote:

I can't even explain it that well. I love grinding away in poe. I don't like grinding away in diablo.


The end.

^This

Anyway reading some posts, those are so pointless, like comparing d3 at release, as its happened with poe, with patches got better. And talking about RNG, Poe is not different.

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Kiri2k wrote:

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Vanadium81 wrote:

I can't even explain it that well. I love grinding away in poe. I don't like grinding away in diablo.


The end.

^This

Anyway reading some posts, those are so pointless, like comparing d3 at release, as its happened with poe, with patches got better. And talking about RNG, Poe is not different.

I would agree with this. I am not delusional, I understand that the chances of me grinding end game gear is fairly small. However, I don't mind the grind because I enjoy the gameplay (in PoE) and also I feel like I pick up gear that my future alts can use. So the experience is rewarding in itself.

With D3, I just click AH, and realize that playing the game is pointless.

Of course, this excludes the terrible items in D3.

Oh and also I agree OP you clearly haven't played both very much, easy to spot the difference.

Also, PoE is creepy as hell, I love it.

diablo 3 = bored after 3 mounths (AH and ridiculous Bnet system)

poe = bored after 4 mounths (ridiculous craft system and broken economy/desync)



some pros:

D3 = overal graphics/great end bosses/jogability

poe = skill tree(best)/gem system/dont have AH

I have played both (a lot) and i like both, for different reasons. Diablo 3 is great when you want to just slay some monsters giving your brain a rest. PoE is great, if you want plan a certain build and see it evolve.

But when it comes to replay value PoE is much much better. Once you get all classes to 60 and a certain level of gear there is absolutely nothing to do in D3, whilst in PoE there is a nearly infinite number of builds i want to try in the future. And every few weeks, there is a unique or skill that lets me think of another build.

Also PoE is a much fairer game in terms of balance. Trash is ridiculously easy to kill, whilst some Elites are just straight out ridiculous. In PoE, content can be hard, but you can always do it. A good example for this is Piety. When i first fought him i though how the f*** do i beat that b****. But after a time, if you know to approach her, she isnt that hard at all (not talking about the map version).

Another example are drops. In D3, nothing useful ever drops. In PoE there are always Drops that bring you forward, like Quality gems, Orbs, 3LRGB Whites, and your constantly getting Alterations by selling items. 16 Alts are not that hard to aquire, and there you go, trade it for a chaos. But most important is that you are finding something worthy all the time.

Last but not least, if you get bored by a character, just make a new one, because imo the playing through the game with a new character is actually fun. And why is that? Because you can find really good items from the get go. Or participate in a race (Turbo races are so much fun), and every 4 months there are new leagues with new mods that give everyone the chance to have a fresh start in a fresh economy and to avoid mistakes they made previous.

But still, occassionally D3 is really fun again. Its like an old Action movie: No depth, but sometimes it is just what you need.

The name... The game name is different.

both games are about the same gameplay wise. i reached level 56 on D3 act 2 then i thought "fuck this shit". dropped all my items on the ground and quit.

both games are very grindy which what i dislike in both. D3 was more annoying because of the bullshit quests. you always had to play the campaign again and again and again and it was boring. you had to choose what quest you wanted to start at everytime you started a new game and that was soooo annoying. at least you dont have this problem in PoE

i guess the feel is different. Both games had a very close camera zoom which i dislike.

The game should not be about endless search for items or leveling. it should just be about the fun of killing shit.

In the end. no game lasts forever. thats why you NEED to quit. you need to quit to be able to come back later and then enjoy the game like a new experience. i havent played in 3 weeks but i will when the game comes out and im sure it will be so much fun playing the new ladder then.

anyways cya

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CharanJaydemyr 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.

This is good. Concise. Honest.

I don't believe either is better than the other myself (shock, horror!). They just tickle different gaming bones.

I think it's pretty clear that the main differences is in available resources. PoE cannot have hoped to achieve the polish that D3 has.

D3 is pretty much superior in every category except a couple, but those really hurt the game.

I love the currency system in PoE, and it avoids some of the problems associated with the Auction House/RMAH, and gold botting in D3. I will be very interested to see how it's removal will effect the game.(drop rate increase, significant decrease in flipping)

Itemization is another thing that plagues most arpg's. It's a hard thing to balance, but in D3 they took the huge step of eliminating power from your skills, and placing them on your items. It then became a DPS stacking race, and stacking life/resists on items that didn't allow you to increase DPS(primary stat). This is also something they are working on.

Overall I enjoy both games very much. But if you made me choose I'd probably pick PoE due to it's concepts, ambiance, and nuances.

Also I've contributed $60 to Blizz, and hundreds to PoE. I guess that counts for something.

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killth5 wrote:

for over a year i keep on hearing that path of exile is better that diablo 3 and i'm thinking what the difference to me there the same. i have played them both and I still see no difference. can ANYBODY tell me what the difference between the two.

The main difference is the companies that run them, and their methodology toward game development.

Blizzard is something more along the lines of "We'll make whatever we want, and release it whenever we want to"

GGG is like "We're going to continue the plan of minor updates every 2 weeks and make major content patches ever 4 months"

The fact that GGG made a game that you can't differentiate from a AAA title is quite telling, considering that AAA title had something close to 50x the budget and probably 20x the man hours put into it.

Also, path of exile is free to play, whereas diablo 3 is going to try to charge you for those major content patches.

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Galtrovan 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

Your Diablo III "does better" list is complete nonsense. D3's combat is not more visceral. D3 doesn't encourage the use of more than one main/damage-output skill.

True. I was in the beta back in 2012 and I always scratch my head when people claim that Diablo 3's combat is visceral. It is not. It is actually pretty lame. It reminds me of some anime game where the screen is filled with tons of colourful spells. And most of those spells have no kick to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lme9SYbeSMQ

This game has visceral combat:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coFLF3itB5A