Don't make out of POE 1 just a testing platform or make it mimic POE 2

As stated in the title, GGG guys, I don't understand, the need of the implementation of gold. I don't understand why the trade site was downed and slowed for many days...

In my ho, the new gold based trade system is very niche, and we will still need the website for faster and FREE exchanges, at any time and as fast as we need, not just went the offer gets fulfilled... Crossout's ingame auction is quite similar and is the reason many players quit on this game. One of the main reasons.

We do not need mercantilism, we fust need FUN, and COOL STORIES. This said, I think POE 1 storyline should somehow go in this own direction, and not just justify the POE 2 story, or be a prequel to it.

It is You GGG guys who said POE 1 will still be playable and go on its' own path no matter the POE 2 launch and devellopment path.

So let it be just DIFFERENT. Let it be original, do not mash-up things together.

Just let the game breathe FREE, without the gold, and regulated auctions, and if you will see that online numbers in POE 2 will lower after the fresh start boom and the POE 1 numbers will raise then you will know what went wrong.

There are tons of mythologies you can still make cool leagues on, such as:

- the Slavic mythology, Bulgarian king who was blinded,
- the Hunnic/Hungarian mythology, Attilla and the Gods,
- the Dracula/Vlad Tepes story (show some love to Octavian)
- the Viking mythology has tons of stories unsaid in the gaming,
- the Gothic mythology,

Yes, I like the Pirates (Settlers, whtvr) of Kalguur stuff, but I don't like it being story-tied to POE 2, of course your designers and story-tellers work more on that game, but still, don't let POE 1 just mimic the next game.

And all that mercantilistic stuff, jeez, no. That's not anymore about grinding gear, this is about ore mining, farming and mobile game type of resource gathering via timers...

- Ceylonese mythology, tigers being given supernatural powers.

We do not have Predators in POE 1, other than those annoying snakes, which don't even look dangerous, they're just annoying spitting stuff. And the chicken. Those funny Rhoas.

In reality, snakes have a preparation phase, when they accumulate all their venom. They also wrap themselves like a spring, and there are some isometric games that depict this very well. They should have updated models, imo, and just be scary.

Same the tigers, yeah we have the Wildwood but nothing scary out there. The scariest ever tigers I found in the game Ancestors: A humanking Odyssey.

There are no wolves with bloody eyes and immense fangs, no atmosphere of darkness, misery and fear. As one of my fav streamers stated in his attempt to make a wolf build, they look more like rats than wolves.

Just some holy wood with some holy wisps. But it should look and be dangerous. Most monsters in POE 1 should have their AI upped so that they do not attack you all at once, but actually prepare for attacks and have different screams and "moves" made to scare the f-word out of us.

The Best leagues you ever made are Scourge and TOTA.
Not only in my opinion...

Just look at the player numbers and also the complexity and fun these leagues offered.

Scourge still holding the place in my heart, even if I can't remember exactly how it was. Ah yes, it felt good hunting every small monster, and looking for every corner of the map, because they could drop divines, same as the divine eldritch altar GGG lately implemented. By this day that altar became so rare. Now they made the card drop shenanigans, while the top 1% of players this league run abyss and drop hundreds of cards... but this is mostly an abuse. While in Scourge you had legit fun, not being the 1% and there were no abuses like this one too.

I understand, not every league should be a good one, but still, I fear that the game goes to a state where it will never be as good again.

Ok, you convinced me GGG.


Next league - use Gold to get to hideout. Use Gold to get to Menagerie.

Because, why not?

Players should get Coins to get to Heist Smuggler's Den.

Players should get Gold to be able to trade.

Then why not get Gold to be able to go to Menagerie, and even your hideout. Because if you don't pay and run content which drops it, you don't deserve...

...this logic bro.

Saw Vegan - Tomato-potato slices, sold in the corner they used to sell you cheese.
Now, if you read the small letters behind the product, you see it is mad out of modified amidon, byproducts, palm oil, dyphosphate and acrylum. But it looks like fancy cheese.

Same with this gold system implementation. It was hyped so much, to find out that it is just another restriction. Instead of eliminating restrictions, and make the life easier.