The reason for the low level of active players in Path of Exile

Game can get a bit repetitive after a while, when i started to play I got really sad when I found out that maps can only be run after reaching act 3 on the highest difficulty.

GGG after release said there were roughly 5 times as many non-steam active players using the peak value of 50k as reference which is 250k of 3mil registered users. They also stated many more forum visitors than the above 500 would indicate. They also said it was normal pattern for people to take a league off and come back. So now is there anyway to really know total? Doubt it, it's just a usual decline as leagues wrap up I would think. The question is, where will new players come from? I think only new content brings some people back, new skills not as much especially the latest batch.

I quit playing out of sheer frustration with end game. I got bored of rerolling characters. I want to craft, I want decent drops that improve my gear, I want to enjoy playing the game not trading the game.

The sole reason for low level of active players are 5 things.
-Desync
-Droprates
-GGG putting the RNG into Crafting
-GGG putting the RNG into Currency
-GGG putting the RNG into Desync

when you´ve gone a whole month of pure playtime on ONE character and you´ve yet to find ONE eternal orb / mirror / maponlydrop unique / tyrannical weaponry highmods whatever you lose interest to grind further and you lose it even harder when you realise that running without A. a grp that has a dedicated MF culler doing his job properly -
Yourself stacking MF into heaven itself to be rewarded with even more araku tikis makes you seek pleasure elsewhere.

Thus those "silent" people i declare aren´t even playing anymore and neither am i tbh.
I come here now and then in hopes of reading something from the developers but they post on Reddit instead.
Okay whatever makes sense i guess.
I see the same dooleyheads copypasting their apology mindset into every thread that even dares to mention flaws within the game.
I see the same trollbaits and quite frankly not even the forumgame is entertaining anymore.

I mean why go mapping , why go farm dominus if all i get will be alteration orbs which i will lose in the process of converting or actually using them on items! God forbid somebody uses CURRENCY on ITEMS what they´re INTENDED for because haha the droprates are SO low , you rather HOARD em.

This is why the game is dying.
The Timeinput - Reward balance is way off resulting in frustration and walking away from a nice lady after being told you´re ugly and she´s going to call the police if you ask her out again - That´s what basically hoping for good items and 5-6linking feels like (lets not even talk about 6socketing i heard horrorstories about those badboys too)

The game is dying also because GGG goes to carebearland to promote their game and everything Reddit touches usually goes to shit.

Inb4 ermageeehd game is alieeeef
You know whats an alive game - where the forums are not filled with shitposting and cries of suffering players.
A dead game always starts with a dying forum.
Quite frankly given the recent Podcasts from Chris and his mindset i dont blame people who quit and i understand why.

THE LEAD DEVELOPER THINKS TRADE IS GOOD AND THE MAIN PART OF THE GAME

let this sink in for a moment before you say anything.
THE LEAD DEVELOPER DOESNT WANT YOU TO HAVE FUN , HE WANTS YOU TO TRADE.
Why would he want that if he were in no affiliation with RMT and botting.
O well maybe because of DCancer2SP? i dunno you can make up the rest of the tinfoilhattery but all i know is that i and many others are fed up with this game and im a very patient fellow when it comes to games.
But when the lead developer is in a complete misconception about fun and spending time with videogames then i rather take my playtime elsewhere.

Somewhere i can appreciate playing a game and justify playing it for the sake of playing and fun.
That place isn´t here anymore and that´s all because of ignorance from the developerteam towards their biggest Tumor in the game - Trading and the incredibly shittier droprates of actual useful items and highendcurrency in lategame maps.

You ever came back from fishing with your boat stolen and a crab in your ass ?
Because thats how PoE treats you for spending time on it.
I could type more insane drivel and accuse the developers of being anything but i wont stoop that low.
I will simply say fuck this game i hope it dies and goes into the place wherever dead games go when people try to turn a game into some bitcoin bullcrap.
HERRDERR RMT DERR fuck it.

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Crackmonster wrote:

Some people are satisfied being mediocre while doing what they spend their majority of time on, yes, that is correct, Aetherium.
To play games is to escape from the pressure of life, people seek something fulfilling

Well, some people just seek fun and don't play like their live is on the line.
Some people don't feel the need to feel powerfull in a game either, because ... it's just ... a game you know.

PoE is not meant to attract all the casual gamer outta there, it has originally not been designed for them anyway, fortunately they have have a lot of fun playing still.

Now couple of things could be changed like increasing droprates a little, but would that change a thing about how it attract casual players ? I bet no, or not significantly.

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Fruz wrote:

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Crackmonster wrote:

Some people are satisfied being mediocre while doing what they spend their majority of time on, yes, that is correct, Aetherium.
To play games is to escape from the pressure of life, people seek something fulfilling

Well, some people just seek fun and don't play like their live is on the line.
Some people don't feel the need to feel powerfull in a game either, because ... it's just ... a game you know.

PoE is not meant to attract all the casual gamer outta there, it has originally not been designed for them anyway, fortunately they have have a lot of fun playing still.

Now couple of things could be changed like increasing droprates a little, but would that change a thing about how it attract casual players ? I bet no, or not significantly.

These two comments completely contradict one another so much it is hilarious.

That's not because you think that a non-casual gamer always feel a need for a great completion that's it's the case you know ...
If that's the only thing that you think video gamer that spent a lot of time playing, I kindy pity you honestly.

Those are only games.
How come is that hard to understand ? ...

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Stellin23 wrote:

Unique drops should actually be lowered, and orb/currency drops should be greatly increased!

It would still force trading (as unique's would still be extremely rare), it would keep the economy stable, and would actually allow people to craft. An increase in crafting would still keep orbs scarce on the open trade market. You would see a whole new market for well crafted rares.

And God forbid...it might even allow people to sanely attempt a 6link.

Lord no, RNGesus damned me to never find uniques as it is. But i prefer crafting over trading any day

We shall see if they really listen to the community or not.

You guys are amazing.