Act 4 - Passive Points, Level Cap, Maps oh my!

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Snorkle_uk wrote:

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Arrowneous wrote:

 Knowing some of the history of GGG and their custom game engine, act 4 will be entirely desync driven. So much so that it will drive most of us out for good. Think about it, the act 3.5 zones have much more desync that the previous content, so it's a good bet that act 4 will continue the increase in desync with every new zone. RNG is a deliberate design feature, so GGG could change it any time they desire, but at this point in time it is an integral part of game play (no matter how many hate its overuse), and thus will probably never change. Desync is the unfortunate side effect of a custom game engine created by the founders because, at the time, Unreal 3 or any other commercially available game engine cost megabucks to license, which new startups (indie game companies) don't have.

thats absolute nonsense, you really should quit posting things you have no clue about mate.


unreal 3 cost too much money thats why there is desync? You realise the desync is cause by the netcode and the CHOICE to maintain certain mechanics in the game? It has nothing to do with the graphics rendering engine and associated dev tools which is really what you are paying for with unreal, an engine designed for first person shooters and general hard server sync games of this nature.

ARPGs dont use full sync engines like fps games. PoE, Diablo 2, Diablo 3, they are all using non sync, you are almost perminantly desynced in all these games. Could Blizzard not afford Unreal engine either? You get rubber banding in D3, that is desync fixing itself, the reason it is less noticeable is because they cut out layers of the chance to hit mechanics and massively uped the range at which you can hit a mob. They hid desync behind making their combat mechanics shit, because they figured people would prefer a shit game to an inconsistent one. PoE decided to keep proper hit mechanics and ranges at the expense of desync being more noticeable.

Its got absolutely nothing to do with licensing game engines or lack of funds, you would know this if you read the dev manifesto on desync. Act3x zones dont have more desync, thats ridiculous, the entire bit I quoted here is actually ridiculous and so far from fact that you shouldnt be posting it.

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muhomorov wrote:

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jdilly23 wrote:

When did I say an act was gated by RNG?

Right there:

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jdilly23 wrote:

Knowing GGG, access to act 4 will be entirely RNG based.

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Madcow1120 wrote:

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Yep, sounds like act 1-4 2 playthroughs. I do wonder if they'll take anything away. The plum quest and that board in general is obnoxious.

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muhomorov wrote:

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jdilly23 wrote:

When did I say an act was gated by RNG?

Right there:

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jdilly23 wrote:

Knowing GGG, access to act 4 will be entirely RNG based.

really dude? You know what he's talking about. This obsessive compulsion to put people down on the internet through exact wording without thinking about inference or interpretation is downright annoying. He's talking about atziri and uber obviously. Trying to make a joke but people take things far too literally.

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let me guess, you were just being sarcastic (said in a voice with a tone that could just as easily have been saying 'der der der' instead

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EXP_GOD wrote:

I always found the idea of a never ending, always updating, game that increases the max level, equipment, and total skill points as content is created attractive.

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EXP_GOD wrote:

I'm sure at some point they want to simply complete the game

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Madcow1120 wrote:

while right I think he's referring to a post from a dev about when they started POE they couldn't get the unreal engine and so they use their current engine. To switch to unreal would be.. well.. unrealistic. They'd have to start from scratch. The unreal engine, I believe they said I'm going from vague memory, would help (not solve) some of the desync. It would at the least give the task have more options. If I ever find the post I'll try to link it.