Is POE2 the sequel of POE1 ... or the opposite?

Let's see what POE1 has:
Movement skills
6 map portals
Item filter for consoles
Crafting Bench (!!!)
Capped Resistances in white maps
Blight, Delve, Legion, Abyss etc.
Less backtracking at maps
Maps 4x smaller
Bosses in every map

POE2 has:
Ruthless mode with better graphics...

GGG plz don't shit on us! We (POE1 fanbase) were supported financial POE2.
We are here and we are still play POE1. Just give us a new bloody league already!

Isn't supposed that PO2 has different team than POE1? Then why POE1 is rotting???

As much as I dislike POE 2.

POE 2 is not and will not be a successor to POE 1.
They are meant to be two separate games with separate game-play styles.

Unofficially, Poe1 has been in maintenance mode due to low effort leagues since 2021. Now that poe2 is out, things won’t get any better for poe1, especially since poe1 was used as an experimental sandbox for poe2 and that driving purpose for new leagues is no longer required. Pretty sad imho. The once greatest ARPG of all time has been relegated to a side show fairy tale.

I agree.

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King_Yoshi#4778 wrote:

As much as I dislike POE 2.

POE 2 is not and will not be a successor to POE 1.
They are meant to be two separate games with separate game-play styles.

What's wrong with PoE2?

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Nervs#7453 wrote:

What's wrong with PoE2?

It's not a PoE1 expansion (like LoD was to D2).

It wouldn’t matter if poe2 was made to be closer to poe1 there will always be a bunch of ppl that hate the sequel it’s always been that way too

I remember ppl screamed bloody murder when d2 came out that the game felt nothing like d1 with multiple lvls down the end boss.

Can’t please everyone the only think ggg can do is make the game THEY want to make

I don't get why GGG told so many lies about POE1.
They told us that POE2 wouldn't affect POE1. They told us that POE1 would have leagues aswell. They told us POE1 will not be at maintantance mode with the release of POE2.
And here we are, playing Settlers for 6 months and not any info yet if there will be a new league and when.
Plz GGG, don't bury POE1. This game made what you are today!!

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King_Yoshi#4778 wrote:

As much as I dislike POE 2.

POE 2 is not and will not be a successor to POE 1.
They are meant to be two separate games with separate game-play styles.

I agree with that, I just wish they would have used an other name than calling it PoE2.

I don't know, from where I sit all this dev + manpower should have been spent on PoE 1, and drop the 1 & 2 thing, just call it Path of Exile. WASD was a huge improvement, the new graphics are nice. The skill/gem system is... I think good, but I'd accept it either way.

Now for everything else, the entire game included, I don't know why it exists really?

"PoE 1 and 2 are supposed to be different games!"

Alright, and who is 2 catered to/for then? Not me, I can tell you that, as a huge ARPG fan that has played just about every single one that's ever released. Is it for souls-fans? Because they'll hate the endgame, and I doubt they'll get behind the league resets. That's the thing, the heart of it is still PoE- it really isn't a different style or genre of game.

It's the new shiny toy right now for people who haven't played PoE much or at all, but once they hit the brick walls or more complicated aspects they'll drop. Most of the PoE vets already have major hang-ups with this game, mainly the colossal downgrade in the atlas and passive trees, the endgame, the single portal maps.

Replayability is going to be a huge issue season over season with 2 if they don't change things. It's going to hurt badly/already has to drain the dev resource from PoE 1 that does get returning customers season over season. We're ready to move on from Settlers and go again now!

I will leave on this note though: If the game made enough money on it's own and they could hire devs to not split between the two (which isn't going to happen regardless of money, any dev not even in gaming can tell you that) and NOT give the game the Path of Exile name... I'd begrudgingly be alright with it. I'd just give the advice of not to be surprised when population can't keep up with 1.