Why do you even play Path of Exile nowadays?

Lootboxes unfortunately became pretty much industry standard, you cannot hide from them. I dislike them, and left couple games because of them, but finally made my peace with their existence. I understand that they are probably best from effort/profit proportion point of view, and telling myself that developers/designers can spend more time on game itself.
To one day have a collection as Karcaroth, Lunndril or other big market players. One can dream. In my opinion there are a lot of items that you can chase after.

I recently came back to Path of Exile and I must say I like the new additions to the game. I am not much a fan of how the full storyline was concluded with the implementation of 10 acts BUT addition of masters such as Niko, Einhar and Alva are very welcome. For me it is relaxing to smash my way through hordes of monsters in all ways possible and gather loot in the process.

Hopefully in the future there will be guild-based missions so that guilds can compete with one another.
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Kiss_Me_Quick wrote:
After not playing / browsing PoE at all for 3 months and being basically out of the game for almost half a year aside from forum, I gotta say that the game looks boring and meaningless as fuck compared to a year ago. It's like Runescape 3 vs Oldschool Runescape already.


> No challenge at all

> All past goals are trivial and power creep is insane - lv37 uElder / lv 100 in 4 hours / HH is common etc.

> Things "sound" special & unique but in practice are boring as shit

> What a clusterfuck! You can barely understand what's on the screen

> GGG getting cockier with pushing lootboxes & monetization

> 100% bonkers retarded balance & clueless design choices

> League content meaningless yet again

> BOTS crazier than ever 1:190 EX l0l

> Inventory & stash management / hideout / trading has been doubled the last 2 leagues alone. SO MUCH SHIT EVERYWHERE.

> League and items / mechanics have been made confusing to a level where it's unfun

> 0 Social factor aside from "wtb ur kaom 300 chaos offer 10c"

> Just pull the slot machine without an actual reward aside from hearing your funny meme alert sound once an hour


What's good in PoE nowadays or why do you even play? What's the reward? Or is it addiction? Nothing better to do? No other games? Is the game challenging and if it is, how?

Legitimately curious.

You now complain and actually don't play the League.

You evolved :o
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CaptainWARLORD wrote:
I only play this game to make/discover/experiment with builds. Like, that is literally my only motivation.


And then I have to ask, why are you making these builds? Are these for fun or are these for acknowledgement?
Uploaded an awesome Exsanguinate Freeze Explosion build on the forums - https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3508506
With a job and limited play time, I still find aspects challenging, and most of all :fun.
Most PoE players are game addicts. That's why the W.H.O. had added Path of Exile to its growing list of computer addiction games. Very soon many countries will also either regulate loot/mystery boxes (its just another form of gambling) or totally ban them.

But seriously, if Chris has his way and imitates "the other Wilson" and DOUBLES the xp required and content difficulty going from level 90 to 100 then the OP is right. It's GAME OVER MAN!
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Last edited by Arrowneous#3097 on Feb 7, 2019, 7:12:19 PM
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Arrowneous wrote:
Most PoE players are game addicts. That's why the W.H.O. had added Path of Exile to its growing list of computer addiction games. Very soon many countries will also either regulate loot/mystery boxes (its just another form of gambling) or totally ban them.


That's the answer that I wanted to see. I very highly doubt now that the majority of Path of Exile players have climbed the life ladder so high that they can comfortably play Path of Exile for thousands of hours without it seriously negatively impacting their lives.

Path of Exile and Warframe are truly troublesome games which breed people into loneliness & miserable life. Once that is achieved, you have to stay in the game because you simply don't have anything else. Neither can everyone stream on Twitch full time successfully or have the mental fortitude / autism levels of Asmongold.

You will not find a game on Steam that has a higher average game time per reviewer than Path of Exile.
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鬼殺し wrote:
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Aynix wrote:
ProjectPT is that you?

Even posting this has set me back significantly. Thanks. :(


You've already made 166 years worth of forum posts - you've got your money's worth already. To be honest your ~70,000+ forum posts is beyond the levels of creepy for me. Maybe Arrowneous post resonates with you as well!
Uploaded an awesome Exsanguinate Freeze Explosion build on the forums - https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3508506
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鬼殺し wrote:


70k+? Hmm...is it? *checks* Nope, not even 50k yet. Close though. 'Creepy' is a weird word for it, though. But let's not make this about me. Or let's. I don't care.



Weeeeeelllllllll......

https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/The_Scourge/

Nothing personal, just don't understand why or even how?

Fortnite does not affect my tribes so I simply don't really care about it. I'm also not trying to make the world a better place with spreading the word. Just curious, nothing else! But if you want my opinion then I see that addicted adults are far more dangerous to themselves than teenagers due to stagnation of life being a lot easier to succumb to and a lot harder to get out of.

I personally barely play games anymore - typically Street Fighter V ~3-7 hours per week with mostly people in real life.
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Last edited by Kiss_Me_Quick#4554 on Feb 7, 2019, 8:08:25 PM
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Why do you even play Path of Exile nowadays?


For me, because there's no other alternative games that I can play during my extra time.
Before I have 2 other Blizzard games that I played when I don't want to play POE anymore, but I stop playing there games after the Diablo mess to spite them.
I tried other ARPG & other games but they either feel unfinished or different to my liking.
So for now, I could say I'm stuck with POE. But that might change after Feb 22. That other new looter game have a potential for me, and I hope it live up to my expectation.
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It's supposed to make you WANT to waste your time."

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