So after playing diablo 3, despite its many flaws, I think its definitly the better game

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Inexium wrote:

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AintCare wrote:

Spoiler

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Mark_GGG wrote:

P2W being the problem at hand in this discussion does not mean P2W is the only concern.

Murder will never be completely eliminated by traditional methods of law enforcement, but could be completely eliminated by keeping every person in a small padded room and providing them the necessities of life without letting them come into physical contact with another person. That doesn't mean that's a reasonable solution to the problem because the problems with that system are greater than the one it solves.

The goal of people being able to actually play the game as intended is more important than the goal of people not being able to pay real money to gain advantage.

i get all that, but it seems that this 'law enforcement' is just complicating things for casual players, according to the thread... (to me frankly it doesn't matter, i play solo and self found... so i AintCare lol)

just like your fix for multiloggers affected casual players more then anything, this seems to have similar...

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NotRegret wrote:

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but I'd really appreciate if you read my entire post before posting (inb4 tldr).

First let me say I love PoE and do not regret buying a supporter package.
It has a great atmosphere and story, easily the best of any arpg, while diablo 3 probably has the worst atmosphere...

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Xymordos wrote:

I completely understand the OP. I play POE way more than D3, since D3 has no endgame. Once I can beat MP10 I really have nothing to do, while POE I can still farm maps (which provides SOME variety for the least).

However, Diablo 3 gameplay is MUCH smoother than POE's. This is a fact. Combat is smoother, while POE, even without desync, is clunky. For some reason POE's combat system is just not as smooth as even Diablo II I feel.

Skills in POE is more boring compared to D3 as well. Even with 8 skill slots in POE, it is usually one main attack skill (At max 2) and a load of skills to support (boost damage, absorb damage, etc.). The 5 active skills in D3 can be used together to form a nice continuous combo to kill mobs, when spamming one of them just won't work. I played a monk where you Crippling Wave a few times with Sweeping Wind on, Exploding Palm 3 times, and active Mantra with Wave of Light to kill everything.

You can't really have more than 1 active killing skill since there are what, 1-2 slots where you can get more than a 4 linked item.

Path of Life Nodes is getting better luckily, and D3 isn't actually better in this area. DPS Vitality and Resists is all you get in D3 as well.

Itemization is MUCH better in POE. No need to explain this one. Orbs should have more incentive to be used, which we should see improvements in the 1.0 patch.

TL;DR: Blizzard has a load of money to code Diablo 3's engine (and buy servers) league's above POE's, resulting in much smoother combat and gameplay in D3 compared to POE.

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Xymordos wrote:

Combat is smoother, while POE, even without desync, is clunky.

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666DalmatiaN wrote:

Better game for under 30h experience? Diablo 3
Better game for over 30h experience? Definitely PoE