3.19.0f Patch Notes

Archnemesis is fun, but tying all meaningful loot to it just feels bad. Plus doing that makes a massive chuck of the league content completely irrelevant. It really sucks, cause last league, was some of the most fun I've had in poe in years. Now I cant play for more then 30 minutes before I've lost all motivation, and quit.

Everyone has asked for the same rollback repeatedly, I would like to put one more ask in that list, please put back mana reservation, removing that has killed so many builds, build diversity is a huge thing that kept this game interesting, so that someone can try something different with so many that were available, but now it's a very limited option of what someone can play.

I've already quit, although i do come onto the forums hoping to see that GGG will listen to the community and revert the changes that have made this community so volatile. At this time, POE has become way too toxic, the blame is on GGG, your player base keeps telling you what's wrong and what's taking the enjoyment away from logging into your game. And in turn, the community gets gas lighted and get thrown crumbs that you expect us to be happy about.

For me... this game feels more like a second job now than a game that I used to brag to my friends about, now I tell them to stay away from it, it's not worth playing anymore, and the state of the game is in a huge decline.

Hope things turn around for you exiles and GGG starts listening to their player base / customers and reverts everything from 3.19, and stops using you as qa testers.

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MYMeBriZeiS wrote:

Just so i dont miss out on the attack !
*Still no loot?*
Thanks , Obama.

Seriously though, name ONE other game that is watching that closely what the changes and all its complications bring in the game - which relies more on OUR preferances and how we want to play the game, to shape economy etc -
and then also interact that closely with its players and actually CHANGE THEIR GAME in a matter of days.
Of course noone and nothing is perfect nor will ever be
Having said that , i 'd suggest you go play another game or 20 , and u WILL see the difference
It feels like POE player base is SO used to this unique ( in a very good way ) interaction with the actual game Devs that we take it totally for granded and dont appriciate it. Hello?...
Oh and by the way its a 100% free game, zero P2W.

You are the one that should probably go play other games and see how other developers handle things. You seem to compare GGG to AAA developers, but that is not what they are - when I compare them to AA and Indie - they are not even close to special (except in terms of gaslighting, obfuscation and outright laying - maybe then they seem special, but actually aren't - you can find THAT with ANY kind of developer).

Can you recommend another game you’d rather play other than POE? I’ve played POE exclusively for 3 years and still enjoying every bit of it but I’d really like to experience how other games with good developers are like, as you mentioned.

Grim Dawn - its not currently under active development, so Crate being very active on forums wrt this game, or still doing dev and QnA streams where they directly respond to chatters, doesn't happen anymore, because they are now busy working on that non-aRPG game they are making (a town/city builder/manager thing).

Most of their balance was in actual reaction to community feedback. Blah blah blah. Give it a try - only $25 on Steam (I thinks its cheaper on GoG - the place you really should buy it from so you actually own it).


Also - the game has mod support, so you can tweak it to your liking, I believe one of them is supposed to make some aspects of the game feel a bit more like PoE - but I never felt that was necessary with the toggle-able difficulty you can apply to the default difficulty (its provides a noticeable jump up in exchange for better loot).

If nothing else - check out Dawn of Masteries mod - its rather insane in terms of builds and inventory and unlocking all difficulties from the start.

When I open the game, whether it is the alliance mechanism or the original mechanism, if I encounter a slightly stronger or more difficult melee combat, I can only waste more time or simply avoid it. You have already said that you need to strengthen the melee combat. , don't talk about things you can't do, or simply delete melee combat, stop letting players waste time being abused by stronger monsters

The melee combat in this game is very weak. People who say not to weaken monsters must only play strong occupations. Their faces are really disgusting.

Doesn't ggg like to talk about game balance and freedom?? Then why did it design the difficulty of only strong professional clearance??

Why do monsters have to explode when they die??
Players simply don't have the time and reflection to understand the affixes of monsters

Loot pinatas in form of god-touched monsters are really bad for the game. They force players to TP back to hideout and equip their magic find gear, which promotes unhealthy and degenerate play-style . I am not sure how GGG missed that par, they should know that we're all min-maxing degenerates.

1. Running those stupid acts over and over - didn't found enough energy this time to make it past act 8.
2. Rare & magic mobs really rare and rewarding - not really rare, drops still shit, even after this patch.
3. Uniques reworked - still getting only the 1alch; 1c ones which are actually crap.
4. I spend a lifetime trying to complete some map as there are a bazillion of encounters from different leagues, but all are not rewarding, the game is still feeling like endlessly collecting tokens/splinters/fragments/shards whatever.
5. Having spent almost 2k hours in this game and started playing it at its very rollout, I am kind of fed up of playing it over and over because I am forced to grind the fuck out of it with some league starter that I do not enjoy at all, mainly because all other skills are useless (and we have a ton of them). Then, when I am ready to make some build that is really all content viable - a new league starts, most builds become shit, trade is dead, we are back to square 1, I never get to actually enjoy the game, by the time I get that OP build done there is no more time to actually play it.
6. Let's be honest about the fact that PoE is no longer a deserving to be named as the game, since you need: 1) browser always opened for trade, craft and other shit; 2) Awakened PoE for quick price checks; 3) PoB for tracking your progression and doing a ton of maths. I am spending more time doing other shit, rather than playing the game for past 3-4 leagues. The application became some sort of a monster that cannot stand on its own legs.
7. Oh and come on, how to get good in Kalandra league - do Heist, are you kidding me?

It desperately needs simplification, features available in game and not some 3rd party tools to actually get things done and most importantly, the rewarding feeling of actually being able to do all the content (why can't we have some sandbox like SSF but fine tune the global rarity/quantity rate? I would still pay for microtransactions and probably even more than now, as I would actually continue to invest time knowing that for example 2x is something I can do at least for few hours and still be able to hope for a mirror or some other good drops, rather than not even continuing to try, as spending 10h a day is something you usually cannot afford as you progress in life).

TLDR, it should either become truly rewarding for all, or at least for those who can't grind, because now (and even before this league), it was a total grindfest.

The sad thing is that I am still hoping for the mythical Jesus patch that solves everything, or at least restores rares balance, loot and rewards, and crafting.

Deep down I know it won't happen this league, but that's no less depressing.

I really love(d) this game. Spent hours in-game when none of my friends understood why.

But now I just have this empty feeling whenever I think about the game. It's a massive letdown.