questions from a Diablo player

Good job OP. It only took 2 pages to reach your goal.

/popcorn

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superbomb1967 wrote:

Good job OP. It only took 2 pages to reach your goal.

/popcorn

that is a good sign, it means POE has a good community :)

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Terspet wrote:

may you elaborate what advantage i have over other players in ssf? because i play ssf only , yet i have alot of stashtabs

Would the game be more tedious for you in SSF with only 4 regular stash tabs?

Would you be spending time muling items to other characters or alt accounts?

Would you be willing to play an entire league SSF only using 4 regular, non-quad tabs? Or would it be painful because you would miss the advantages you get from the extra tabs?

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danutz23 wrote:

as Diablo 4 is still in beta after 1 5 years snd devs does bot know what to do, I am thinking to switch to POE 2. I would have few questions:

1. what does early access means in POE2? if I play it then at full release my progression will be deleted?

2. if POE non-season players friendly? I never play seasons in aRPGs so hopefully POE offer almost full content to non-season?

3. does POE have a strong end-game? and with end-game I do not understand farming activities after campaign is done, but what you do after your build is done, e.g. pvp, rifts leaderboards...

4. is pay2win in any way?

thank you.

Welcome to the Path of Exile community!

You've gotten a lot of great answers and I just wanted to add my two cents on the 4th question you had.
In its current state I would say that there is an aspect of Path of Exile that is pay-to-win in a sense. Free accounts are severely limited in terms of storage space (stash tabs) and can't easily trade items with other players. However those stash tabs are on sale every few weeks. That means that you can get the extra storage and trade access for about $12-15 USD if you're so inclined.

While this won't directly boost player power in any way, the specialized stash tabs (such as map tab, currency tab etc.) really help make playing the game efficient and easier by comparison.

I hope you decide to give the game a try. If you need help or have questions I'd be happy to be of service. Add me on Steam if you're interested.

Welcome to the game!

thank you for your kind words

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CelticHound wrote:

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Terspet wrote:

may you elaborate what advantage i have over other players in ssf? because i play ssf only , yet i have alot of stashtabs

Would the game be more tedious for you in SSF with only 4 regular stash tabs?

Would you be spending time muling items to other characters or alt accounts?

Would you be willing to play an entire league SSF only using 4 regular, non-quad tabs?

yes to all 3

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Or would it be painful because you would miss the advantages you get from the extra tabs?

thats your first question just in a different flavour >.>

My 2 cents on this p2w or not is that poe is not pay to win, its been extensively proved that you can clear every content with just the starting tabs, BUT there is definetly pay for convenience, extra tabs makes the experience much smoother

But the game is unquestionably free to try, i reccomend every new player to complete the story before buying anything. If you enjoy the game, you can buy some basics. I consider basics a currency tab, a map tab and maybe a quad tab. If you experience the post story mapping portion and enjoy, also get a fragment tab

Those are really the "important" ones and with just these you will have a smooth experience. That basic set can be aquired with about the same price a starter pack on most average mobile games and cheaper than lots of indie games(also, try to buy on a sale, tab sales happens every other weekend)

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feike wrote:

My 2 cents on this p2w or not is that poe is not pay to win, its been extensively proved that you can clear every content with just the starting tabs, BUT there is definetly pay for convenience, extra tabs makes the experience much smoother

But the game is unquestionably free to try, i reccomend every new player to complete the story before buying anything. If you enjoy the game, you can buy some basics. I consider basics a currency tab, a map tab and maybe a quad tab. If you experience the post story mapping portion and enjoy, also get a fragment tab

Those are really the "important" ones and with just these you will have a smooth experience. That basic set can be aquired with about the same price a starter pack on most average mobile games and cheaper than lots of indie games(also, try to buy on a sale, tab sales happens every other weekend)

dont forgett the first blood supporter pack, 1x buyable, got some mini mtx and enough points to get someone started with tabs for 20bucks

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MagosX wrote:

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Bleu42 wrote:

4) poe isn't pay to win

PoE is definitely pay-2-win. Spending money on stash tabs gives you an advantage over people who does not, which is the very definitely of p2w.

Wrong. There is no advantage and poe is not p2w.

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Terspet wrote:

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Or would it be painful because you would miss the advantages you get from the extra tabs?

thats your first question just in a different flavour >.>

And your answer to that question was "yes", so you are aware of the advantages that you get from buying extra stash tabs.