1.1.3 Deployed and Chris on this Week's State of Exile Podcast

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Episode 5: Lead developer of Grinding Gear Games, Chris Wilson, and podcast hosts ZenocideGenius, HegemonyTV, and Terrex can be found this Sunday in the State of Exile podcast! This podcast will include discussion about the current state of Path of Exile. Topics will include self casting, the evolving trading patterns and economic trends in 4 month leagues, the strong powerhouse builds of racing along with the weaker ones. The podcast will be found live on (this Sunday) May 4, 2014 on http://twitch.tv/zenocidegenius @ 3:00pm-5:00pm CST

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kefirhl wrote:

why did you have to destroy challenge of Atziri fight?

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t_golgari wrote:

I'm a bit sad right now.

GGG obviously planned all this: The changes to the rarity of the fragments, the changes to the rarity of the corrupted zones, more Vaal gems over time: The corruption spreads. Chris mentioned this in one of the first patch posts, but never again.

Through our (yes, I include me there) whining and complaining we actually destroyed any feeling of story arc, of instability, of change in wraeclast, up to the point that Chris doesn't even bother to mention it anymore, because everybody assumes it is a reaction to us complaining players.

Sure, gated content is actually a bad thing, but that was the idea: Make it hard at first, then make it more accessible later by having it explained and evolved around a story arc.