POE 3.26 is going to Launch in June and Why POE2 people should care and play it.

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LordKillius#0678 เขียน:

So we are forced to play a 10 year old game every other 4 months because they want want to share development cycles with their new game...

What a lame attempt at player retention.

Sorry who is forcing you? Are you ok? Is there someone with a gun to your head and we should call the police? Is someone threatening to hurt your cat?

No one is forcing you to do anything. Thanks for the bump though.

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Azimuthus#1135 เขียน:

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Since it appears you never have played it you are a bit like a guy saying he doesnt like sushi when he has never eaten it.

450 hours in, played two leagues in 2017. Dropped that game and never played it again.

Yeeaah ... so in other words, no you dont know much about it.

I will continue to play poe2 even if I'm the only person left playing

Vastly superior controller support, no flask piano and moving while attacking being the main reasons

Does PoE1 have the more complete endgame and better itemisation? Definitely

Is PoE2 a better game at its core? Yep

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Kraythax#2592 เขียน:

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Azimuthus#1135 เขียน:

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Since it appears you never have played it you are a bit like a guy saying he doesnt like sushi when he has never eaten it.

450 hours in, played two leagues in 2017. Dropped that game and never played it again.

Yeeaah ... so in other words, no you dont know much about it.

Speaking about sushi, I always thought I will hate it because I hate fish. Turns out I love it (even tho I still hate regular fish)

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Kraythax#2592 เขียน:

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Sargoth_CZ#3391 เขียน:

The same person creating yet another post about "Zoom-zoom is great, I love it and if you don't, you are wrong"

This guys who created this post (and many others) is a good example of vocal minority.

PoE 1 is fucking zoom-dopamine overload-bullshit.
Mashing movements skills while you can't see anything and whole screen exploding non-stop isn't a gaming.
This is enjoyable to a very limited number of people.
I am not even going to watch a release trailer and ofc won't play PoE 1 ever again, same as many others.

Btw, this post isn't a PoE 2 feedback. Get it out of this forums.

Thanks for the bump. :)

Clearly you have never played POE. So ... your opinions are .... uninformed.

I have played PoE 1 extensively, and he is right.
I've grown so sick of PoE 1's zero mechanics gameplay that the only thing that is gonna bring me back is some giga challenge mtx that I can use in PoE 2.

Zero mechanic gameplay? PoE Two not only has lesss mechanics, they dumbed down those that are in the game so much that it feels like insult. (I guess they think "average player" is dumber than a rock). They pretty much removed "player choice" from anything they could, its like they fear that players will get overwhelmed by even the simpliest thing.


I love this whole "PoE 2 is hard game where you need real skill to play!" thing, meanwhile its just much much simpler, slowed down version with pretty graphics so console players finally can enjoy it.

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Yeeaah ... so in other words, no you dont know much about it.

Enough to realize that I will never play POE 1 again.

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Aynix#7757 เขียน:

Zero mechanic gameplay? PoE Two not only has lesss mechanics, they dumbed down those that are in the game so much that it feels like insult. (I guess they think "average player" is dumber than a rock). They pretty much removed "player choice" from anything they could, its like they fear that players will get overwhelmed by even the simpliest thing.


I love this whole "PoE 2 is hard game where you need real skill to play!" thing, meanwhile its just much much simpler, slowed down version with pretty graphics so console players finally can enjoy it.

The sheer number of PoE 1 YouTube build AFK RF gamers struggling to deal with white mobs on 0.2.0 launch disproves this notion completely.

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iHiems#0168 เขียน:

Sadly poe1 looks old and feels old right now, which may not necessarily be a bad thing to everyone, but it is for me.

In terms of visuals, I just can't bring myself to play it even though I prefer some art styles much more on poe1 than poe2. The whole soldiers related stuff for example, I think it's a much more interesting art style than poe2's corruption blobs of meat.

In terms of gameplay it's not what I want in an arpg, except for maybe the build diversity.

But most importantly, no wasd and the whole gem socket stuff is just a big nope for me.

I won't delve into POE looking and feeling old. But I will say that playing my slow character in POE2 makes me feel old and frail. Like I'm afraid to move fast cause I'll break if I do. Give me POE1 with a spry young moving character any day!

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Kraythax#2592 เขียน:

If you hate blasting through hundreds of enemies and would rather have each encounter be tactical, you are playing the wrong genre. I can recommend 40 other fantastic games that would suit you better.

This is literally the only thing you assume of me that's accurate.

It's not a question of playing a different game though. It's about poor game design in a game that previous did not have that specific issue. I've been here since 2013. PoE1 wasn't always blaster.

Have you ever played Diablo 1? Like fully Hell/Hell? Any other ARPG pre-Diablo2? I'm curious because it's not a genre thing. There's good reason ARPGs are floundering while turn based are coming back.

I don't play meta builds but there is a meta to playing PoE1. If you were talking about standard I wouldn't have said anything. My 70 yr old mom plays standard and it's fine. She can do whatever. In a league the conditions are different. Especially if you want to test more than one build, get all the league bosses down or get challenge rewards.

Many of your claims will just set a player up for failure in a standard 4 month league and defending Chieftain with Righteous Fire... Yea, I have not/will not play such a build.

"Hey guys PoE1 is great! Check out these walking simulator builds"

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Septile#3881 เขียน:

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Aynix#7757 เขียน:

Zero mechanic gameplay? PoE Two not only has lesss mechanics, they dumbed down those that are in the game so much that it feels like insult. (I guess they think "average player" is dumber than a rock). They pretty much removed "player choice" from anything they could, its like they fear that players will get overwhelmed by even the simpliest thing.


I love this whole "PoE 2 is hard game where you need real skill to play!" thing, meanwhile its just much much simpler, slowed down version with pretty graphics so console players finally can enjoy it.

The sheer number of PoE 1 YouTube build AFK RF gamers struggling to deal with white mobs on 0.2.0 launch disproves this notion completely.

No, it doesnt. The only thing people struggle with in PoE Two is finding the reason to keep playing that abomination. No "RF afk gamer" bothered to play 0.2, as they were done with that garbage after week max in 0.1.