3.26 Release Date and poe 1 moving forward
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Poe1 leagues would be profitable.
Sure, the screenshot shows an average league launch. Around 200k steam players on launch, and it gradually decreases back to almost nothing within 2 months - when the next league would be announced and launched. rinse repeat. People bought packs, they had fun with new mechanics. all was fine. This is what allowed GGG to make poe2 in the first place. To say poe1 is a failing game because retention wasn't as huge as it is on poe2 now is comparing apples and hamburgers. Poe2 needs way more money than a league in poe1 would need, poe2 is newer it's early access and it has a lot of hype. However it also lost 50% of players within 1 month. And those players need content and a lot of them would love to see poe1 content as much as they would like poe2 content. I see that poe2 players are taking over the community - which is fine. But GGG abandoning poe1 doesn't bode well. Not for poe 1 and not for poe 2. The most recent poe 2 patch will probably not be as big as people would like it to be. It's more superficial than actually progressing poe2 for a 2025 release. 6 months without a league and no communication when and if there will be a 3.26 - yikes. overall it's interesting that this thread about 3.26 is mostly about how good or bad poe2 is. Which is - a different game entirely. GGGs communication was they would have 2 games side by side. Which of course could have changed by now - but it's rough that there has been zero communication for 6 months. |
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" The other 50% are streamers :) |
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" Yeah, I think GGG just underestimated how difficult it is to juggle 2 games at the same time, especially when the second game is a fresh release which needs all the attention it can get, so they made a statement like that without thinking too much about it. I understood from the beginning that the day PoE 2 early access goes live PoE 1 would most probably be voided for at least like half a year. It's sad, but I don't think there is a lot to expect in PoE 1 for the next few months. |
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They did not underestimate crap. They know exactly what they are doing. I predict 3.26 will be delayed at least another 2 months and will be a weak rehash of some old league mechanic.
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" Honestly, I wouldn't mind a re-run of a good old league. It's just my opinion, most will probably disagree, but at least it would be something while we wait for something new eventually, if there is new that is. |
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I don't even have words for PoE2, well I have a lot but not in a good way like many others. The retention numbers will show that at EA league reset or in a few months timeline. Right now the game is still in the honeymoon phase.
I believe, that at this moment, Jonh is afraid of releasing a new PoE1 league and PoE2 loses almost all their playerbase. The streamer hype (and sponsorship) is ending as well. But I have a request to make, Mark you are the rightful responsible owner of PoE1 development right? Please man up and put a small team together and work on 3.26 league. The PoE1 fans playerbase (and they are a lot), the ones that paid/pay and finance the greatest ARPG game or all time (and were expecting for a 4.0 update and not this new game that shouldnt even be called PoE) will continue to support this game and the small dev team that is making a wonderful work, Settlers right? Amazing. Also, where's CW? I miss him for good and bad. |
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"It's not about entitlement or expecting the impossible from GGG. It's about them keeping their own word and at the very least properly communicating about what to expect going forward. No one is asking them to immediately release a new league, a patch, a support pack for PoE 1 while they are working on PoE 2. But at least knowing what's going on is what people want. Last edited by InuMagic#7397 on Jan 17, 2025, 8:58:00 AM
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" So you guys can't play poe1 unless it has a super high-effort huge new league every 3 months? Sounds like a really bad business model, whereas I'm still not even done exploring everything in poe2's EA. | |
" What do you think poe2's business model is going to be? duh |
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i really dont a mind a rehash of an old league if the mechanics were good, and also cool rewards!
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