Development Manifesto: Harvest Crafting

came back cuz harvest was re added, quitting again because it's getting destroyed because of crybabies that makes the devs change it

oh come on...

i am so saddened right now, really. In Harvest leaque i had reasons to really play alot, i also crafted myself nice gear. i played a real lot, compared to past years. I was so happy harvest came to std.
I got a ring, i need remove defence, i farmed, but never found it, on my quest on finding it, i sold crafts like for half a mirror.

Also i threw a hell of a lot fitting crafts on a now legacy delve chest bease.

Now you telling me, i can never finish that while mirror services have tripple maven orbed stuff to offer ?

In my 5k+ hours i never found a mirror, i am not META, so i give up all hopes and can plan on reaching t16 maps at most in a leaque and otherwise i can just buy stuff in std ?

maybe i invest my time otherwise, sorry to say it but i am delusioned

Path of Matth said everything, and I'm glad to see that everyone here thinks the same.

We don't want to waste our 1500 exalts that we don't have.

I am happy to have played ritual league to its fullest. The decision to permanently quit poe has never been easier after reading this post. It is clear that you do not have the same vision as players do, and it's a shame.

It was a good game while it lasted.

So i left poe in 2015 because it was not fun to play with self-found bad gear and there was no way to farm to buy something good unless i quit my job, i came back this league after 6 years, i started to love the game, crafted my first ever items with harvest, i feel like me as casual have the chance to actualy reach end game and never be bored improving each day, as a thank you i bought support packs because i thought they deserve the love for making it fun for us who quit b4, now when i read it i feel like i got punched in the face...

Edit: idk why they do this, are they losing money? Its not a p2w game where you can buy currency with real money so what do they lose? It only brings more players which means more money from support packs, it doesnt break anything just makes the game more fun and rewarding for us

So as always the guys who making hundreds and thousands of exalted a week are like nvm i buy my items directly no need for harvest so I don't care if they nerf it to death but guys like me who likes crafting before buying are screwed harvest was the only way for me and many other players to get really good items. And yes I'm really pissed but that's PoE they make a awesome decision to add something to core/buff skills and then nerf and change the shit out of it :(

Speaking anecdotally, I played for FAR longer than I would have this league because Harvest offered ways to continue to incrementally improve my gear far into the late game. These changes seem kind of silly to me, and will likely only result in me playing less.

Many of the items that I made this league would be practically impossible to make normally, as they would cost tens of thousands of exalts. Removing these crafts from the game seems.... shortsighted at best.

This was inevitable, while this has nothing to do with better player experience.
First time in years i crafted something for myself instead of buying.
FIRST TIME.
Crafting should not be a gambling machine again.
I dont want to close my eyes and slam exalt, i want a reliable crafting system.
You guys again doing wrong thing with game, most of your playerbase dont need or want this.
You made a perfect crafting system, which is easy to understand, but yeah lets kill it, because some people are able to do mirror tier items.
Surprise, they will do them without harvest.
This should be adressed, but not in the way you are doing it.

Yaaay more builds dead. Good job ggg. More reason to skip next leagues till this nonsense is sorted out...

Rip Harvest, 0 Improvements really needed (like improve the trading system) only nerfs that downgrade the quality of life of the game and that quality of life is what maintains a part of the community for more than a month within the league in which I include myself.
First of all, with phrases like '' This sentiment was summed up by a member of our design team who recently said (We don't want to take away the feeling of closing your eyes and Exalting an item, scared to see whether you ruined it or not.) '', that answers me a question that they have a design team that does not play their game or that they do not know it well, if memory serves me I have used 2 exalted orb in all my playing time and play since the perandus league.
If these changes are implemented I am not gonna buy more supported packs and I invite the community that supports this game that is dissatisfied to take a similar attitude, I really think that Chris and the DEVS are losing their way if they have not lost it already and the best way to make us notice is hiting their pocket.