Nerfing Defensive Archnemesis Modifiers

Ok, so another post about super minor shit changes about a mod that almost no players like or want. GG, GGG.

Dont think there will be any players left to playtest that "super awesome" change.

Community game, lol, dumbest thing ive ever heard. Stop with that circle jerk you do at the HQ and actually listen to the community.

Lots of words to say "AN is here to stay... again"

Can't wait for the next post so we can get a master class in mendaciousness.

I would like to believe that in one or two leagues, but the POSSIBILITY of returning the game to normal in a few years seems more likely.
The game was terrible in 2013 and it took years and a lot of work, probably people who came to the company, to bring it to perfect condition. When more than a year of balance changes (and I'm talking more about increasing monster damage than weakening player damage, the second is just logical if you slow down the game) lead to negative consequences, and ggg leaders have a mindblock on ups, then it would be naive to believe to fix problems in a few weeks, the game has passed the point of no return for such a simple solution to the problem.
Sorry for my english.

Fix Loot

Arh mobs still kill 4k+ hp in one hit, good job GGG! FUCK YEEEAAAA

And you still dont fixs drop ANY

Chris, what about live gameplay from you on next steam on smth like 2h phys slayer 75 lvl on maps with normal or even good items for this stage items(smth like 4 useful not tier 10 affix on each)?

Getting one shot on yellow maps when the character is fully focused on tanking is quite stupid. Arch is not only making the rare monsters not worth killing, but is also making people just trying to run, as 10% exp lost on level 90+ is just ridiculous.

So encouraging us to go zoom-zoom even more, instead of negating insane combinations that make Archnemesis deadlier than T19 Pinnacle Bosses?

Dying 6 times to a rare on sight with proper defences doesn't feel good or make me want to spend more time playing, I gotta tell you.

Ladies and Gentlemen, items. I play an ARPG for items.

First and Foremost, I love you guys and I believe in you. I genuinely hope you're doing well, I'm sure this has been a awfully stressful week.

I remember back when I first started this game when it released and I thought "Finally! another game like Diablo!". I played the game and loved it. Since then I have played off an on throughout leagues. I would usually play for a month or three and then take off for a year or more, similar to how I played d2. When I returned last in 3.15 I haven't been able to put the game down. The endless endgame, the excellent progression of a character, Learning the intricacies of each of the previous leagues I had missed. Being able to slowly build a character that can take on harder and harder content, wow. I would go to work and be thinking about what build I could try or how I could build a map better and more profitable and couldn't wait to get home and try it. Now it feels mostly gone. I have slot machines for items and random rares on the ground that I would prefer to filter, but I can't. My two best options for currency is expedition and heist, that is what the game has been narrowed down to. Why would I even want to build a stronger character though? The end game was removed. Maybe red maps are better, I wouldn't know because I can't play this for more than an hour without turning it off and being sad at the moment.

I enjoy insane softcore juiced content, I enjoy grinding through maps in hardcore gauntlets and getting wrecked out of no where then struggling to hit create another character, I enjoy slowing down and playing some ssf occasionally. I enjoy it all, fast, slow, difficult. I don't care for many archnemesis monsters, I think it sort of takes away from the game in a lot of cases and creates some bland annoyances, but still, I'm on board with you guys. Make softcore harder and slower, I'm here for it. I supported the changes to their difficulty last league and understood the game might be more difficult. I will eventually out scale archnemesis difficulty. What I cannot stay for is gutted items, gutted endgame and nothing worth chasing. No reason to build my character and no reason to log in.

When I started this game at launch I would say to my friends, "You have to try this, It's just like D2". When I explain this game to people now I say "You have to try this, it's Path of Exile". You guys set out to make a game like d2 but accidently created Path of Exile, A far superior game that isn't much like d2 in all of the best ways possible. You want that excitement from dropping an item, I get it, but you already had excitement from items and a 1,000 other things that could keep me going daily for years, and now its gone.

In this state the game is in now with its current vision, I will probably continue to play, but it will be for a month or three here and there with a year or two off in between, Just like diablo 2. The whole time I will be thinking, I miss that game Path of Exile. Maybe in the future someone will recreate your game and I can say "You gotta come play this, it's like how POE was when it was fun."

Archnemesis was actually my favorite league playing this game... The encounters with AN were optional and you knew what modifiers you were dealing with. Now AN mobs appear everywhere and are tightly packed and random 1 shots are even more common. I am okay with AN being in the game but they need to seriously tune it down since the combinations including with league mechanics make the game unplayable.