From what we've seen so far, do you feel you're going to stay with PoE1 or move to PoE2?

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Raycheetah wrote:

Back in the dawn of PoE, I was still a D2 fan excited about the prospects of D3. As more and more information became available about Blizzivision's new Diablo entry, the less I liked what I saw. Fortunately, the same YouTuber who I followed for D3 coverage also covered PoE.

tl;dr: I could tell pretty easily that D3 was gonna be garbage (for me, at least). ='[.]'=

This sounds like me.

I played D2:LoD for several years. Close to 10, I think. Still one of my favorite games of all time, even though I couldn't really get into the remake. Sometimes it's just best to let nostalgia be nostalgia. So damn hyped for D3, but I really disliked how it turned out. Not even close to D2 in any way, sadly (for me).

And are you talking about Kripp? I followed his D3 streams back then, his world first (only?) kill in D3 (pre-nerf). Still, D3 was not for me. He went over to PoE, I tried it out, found out it had/has the character customization, itemization and complexity D3 lacked, and the rest is history.

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I will of course give PoE 2 a fair chance. I'll try it, I'll probably sink a fair amount of hours into it to really learn it. But there's not much in the terms of teasers, trailers and news that have made me "hyped". More the opposite. And just like D3; I'm sure PoE 2 will be a success, but I don't think it will be a game for me, at least as long as PoE 1 exists.

Hard to answer what game catches people before PoE2 is actually live.

My thoughts so far comparing both games:

PoE1:
- incredible amount of customization in regards to builds
- always fun on leaguestart, starting fresh and experiencing new mechanics
- fun to get into new strats to farm every single league, setting your own goals

PoE2:
- New weapon types - Spears, Crossbows. I for one are especially hyped for spears
- Based on what has been said far more agency when it comes to fights, more skill required, movement-attack-skills is a cool idea
- slower, more reactive and skill-based boss battles
- new classes

So to sum that up PoE2 is for me the new shiny thing which has to be experienced in the first place, but PoE1 is THAT good that you can simply go back to it whenever. I can indeed see a future where both of them exist next to each other, especially given the lack of competition.

Just POE2 most likely.

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Raycheetah wrote:

Back in the dawn of PoE, I was still a D2 fan excited about the prospects of D3. As more and more information became available about Blizzivision's new Diablo entry, the less I liked what I saw. Fortunately, the same YouTuber who I followed for D3 coverage also covered PoE.

tl;dr: I could tell pretty easily that D3 was gonna be garbage (for me, at least). ='[.]'=

Well i was interested but more in stroy than game. Actual game was and still is dissapointment and i had to force myself into finishing campain and it was after release first set expantion.

Same is here so far - interested but not hyped. Will give it fair chance and then i will make a decision.

yeah ill be deff playing poe 2 instead .. i been here since the early days in 2013 and i have to say that i will deff be converting to poe 2 cause poe 1 has turned into card flipping crafting and hideout warriors its not the same any more like the days when we used to actually farm maps for currency back in the day you got a mirror of kalandra to drop and you literally went out and got a lottery ticket now all ya have to do is spen a few divines flip over a few cards via harvest and you can have all the mirrors you want what ever happened to ACTUALLY MAPPING ill never know i want to feel as if i actually earned the currency on the battle feild not park in hideouts duping currency

I was still a massive PoE noob before this league (slightly less noob now). Having only started in Ancestor league, but only playing endgame and doing challenges now in Kalguur.

The entire time before this league I was sure I would never touch PoE again when PoE 2 launches. Now after playing 'properly' this league, I think I will actually play both.

I do believe PoE 2 will be the far superior game in almost every way. However, PoE provides a niche experience that I do enjoy. I think the biggest factor for me deciding to play a PoE league in future will be the challenge rewards. As I don't see myself having the time to play leagues to 36/38 challenges in both games.

Another factor pushing me to PoE 2 is the opportunity to start playing from the very beginning. This means starting a SSF group of characters that I will use as a PoE 2 lifetime SSF playthrough. Collecting all uniques, spectres, killing all bosses, reaching lvl 100, hoarding legacy items etc.

Back to PoE, one of the biggest reasons I will keep playing is that MTX is shared. I bought my first non-stash MTX this league and the only reason is because I expect most of it will be available in PoE 2.

I also use to not care at all what happened to PoE development, but now I hope they can keep up the quality for both games.

I do think that I probably won't have time to touch PoE for a while after PoE 2 EA and 1.0 launches though.

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Based on what?

Based on everything we've seen so far? Lmao

I'm not reading all that btw

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BaumisMagicalWorld wrote:

Way to completely miss the point, buddy. I even put in the effort to give you prime examples and then went into even further detail as to why. But hey, if the only effort you are willing to put in is "I'm not reading all that btw", then I'm looking forward to your detailed Steam review.

So what....you chose a few bad apples that left an impression. What about the (vastly more) successful sequels that you completely ignore. All you do is look for the worst possible scenario.

And then, with live service games like most modern games, you then also need to factor in all the patches as pseudo-expansion games. Look at how much actually improved in D4 since its release. It's not my cup of tea, but its practically an entirely different game from a year ago. Look at PoE....5 years ago the game would be practically unrecognizable from what people are playing today. 5 years before that, even more so. If there ARE serious issues in November....they can be much more easily remedied and likely WILL be remedied in ways that are impossible in PoE 1.

Is it really so hard to understand that some people might look forward to a potentially positive outcome, while you wallow in misery on the possibility of another D3?

No one missed your point......your point is just morbid doom-saying for no real reason. Plus, your "point" is exactly the same as the other guys...except on the opposite side.


Your comments and "examples" are all moot because, even as you yourself said, the game isn't even out yet and we truly have no idea what its going to actually be. And yet you still feel right to call other people out on having a different opinion and demand proof of their side? Despite it likely not staying the same, it is at least far more reasonable to have an opinion based on what we have seen shown about PoE 2, than any facetious arguments using OTHER games and OTHER releases. They have little to no bearing on what might happen with PoE 2.

I feel like the void is slowly devouring our universe. Mankind is slowly becoming dumber because of social media.

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BaumisMagicalWorld wrote:

That's not even news. This has been proven in studies several years ago.

I love how people refer to studies when in reality, they are referring to their interpretation.
If a study in its conclusion "proves" something, everyone should avoid its authors.