Why is GGG caving in to casuals' demands?

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Temper wrote:

Seriously,I'm very hardcore when/if my character dies I chop off a finger.Currently typing this message with my nose.

ROFL oh god this made my day :)

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johnKeys wrote:

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Temper wrote:

Seriously,I'm very hardcore when/if my character dies I chop off a finger.Currently typing this message with my nose.

ROFL oh god this made my day :)

The question is;

Now he's out of fingers, does he cut off his nose to spite his face?
Or does he opt for another digit?
And, if he goes for the nose, what then does he type with? :0

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The question is;

Now he's out of fingers, does he cut off his nose to spite his face?
Or does he opt for another digit?
And, if he goes for the nose, what then does he type with? :0

The answer is obvious, his ranged attack totem imo.

I'm going for the toes next.I don't use them while sitting at the computer in my moms basement anyway. =P

After the toes... well I'd rather not go there.... I'm hoping to make it past Hillock this time round.

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johnKeys wrote:

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Temper wrote:

Seriously,I'm very hardcore when/if my character dies I chop off a finger.Currently typing this message with my nose.

ROFL oh god this made my day :)

OK, I gotta admit that one was pretty good :)

The very premise of 'Hardcore' is your chara is deleted on death.

The irony of calling this game 'Hardcore' is the fact that POE is the least hardcore game in the genre. Even D3 deletes your charas on death & they also punish altF4'ers as well.

Many of the 'top' hardcore players know that as soon as they RIP they can trade all their gear for currency or FG & basically pick up where they left off aside from a relevel.

What are we told is the reason for your chara going to standard?..."We want to encourage ppl to try out hardcore" Hah! What's more casual than that!?

Ironically many would argue the game has gotten harder.

-Getting 85 all res was a simple task 6 months ago.. now a days 77 all res is pretty great.

-Map bosses have been constantly buffed including the controversial blacksmith/shock and horror changes last patch.
- Enemy puncture and DoT damage got significantly buffed.
- Lightning thorns started affecting more than just melee characters resulting in countless deaths.
-Nemesis is also the hardest mode the game has ever had.
- Aura changes both buffed people who built around auras while nerfing characters that just wanted to use 5 auras on every char.

There is many more changes but I don't see how the game has gotten any easier.

Closed beta was a snoozefest in comparison to now.

merciless is incredibly difficult solo even with ridiculous twink gear.

i am a 'casual'. Have been since i downloaded poe in beta. will be for many moons to come given how much i and my guild enjoy the game.

casual does not always mean 'i'm terrible at games, i need hand holding, feed me loot'. sometimes it can just mean i have a job, and like spending time with my girlfriend.

also lol, permanent allocation making things easier.