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Remove the pause.

What's the point in hardcore if you can just pause the game when things go wrong?

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BossOfThisGym#2062 wrote:

We had instant logout macros in hc for 10 years lmao how is this a new problem?

hell, over 8,956 days since d2 was released lol

seems like we need more 1-shots then :)

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BossOfThisGym#2062 wrote:

We had instant logout macros in hc for 10 years lmao how is this a new problem?

It has always been a problem, but the design of PoE 1 is too entrenched at this point to make a fundamental change like this.

But PoE 2 is a new game. And its stated goals cannot be achieved as long as instant logout exists. Either GGG realizes this before the game releases and the design becomes entrenched here as well, or PoE 2 is destined to be a rerun of PoE 1 with better graphics and smoother combat.

(which isn't necessarily a bad thing, just not the thing GGG has stated they wanted to build)

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DetonatorLoki#3683 wrote:

Remove the pause.

What's the point in hardcore if you can just pause the game when things go wrong?

I am a softcore player - so I have a different perspective (disclaimer, not to be meant as a start of some soft- hardcore beef).

I completely see the problem for hardcore ladders, but for me as a gamer dad the pause feature is something close to the invention of the wheel. It takes out so much stress and makes the game so much more accessible and therefore enjoyable that taking out the pause feature altogether it would be the worst downgrade I could imagine at the moment. I would really appreciate, if we would find a solution more elegant.

If I may spitball: Leave the pause but let the logout take a short time (maybe with some animation) or some shit like that? So: you can pause, leave the game but will still get stomped by whatever was about to hit you?

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BossOfThisGym#2062 wrote:

We had instant logout macros in hc for 10 years lmao how is this a new problem?

It's still a problem. And who's saying it's new? Lol

"and the debate about ways to cheat death isn’t new, as they’ve been used since forever."

That was LITERALLY in the first sentence of the thread.

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taking out the pause feature altogether it would be the worst downgrade I could imagine at the moment. I would really appreciate, if we would find a solution more elegant.

You’re absolutely right! The thread itself already suggests a solid alternative, which has also been mentioned here. It would simply make the player reappear at the exact spot on the map, within the same instance, if they log out.

The intention is not to remove the pause.

This is a foolish post, oblivious of reality.

You cannot pause during Pinnacle boss fights.

Pausing as a feature elsewhere is indispensable, and pause on disconnect with the new (we presume) heartbeat monitoring from server side is a perfect solution to the age old problem of online hardcore gaming: Connectivity problems.

It works flawlessly.

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muir#5779 wrote:

This is a foolish post, oblivious of reality.

You cannot pause during Pinnacle boss fights.

Pausing as a feature elsewhere is indispensable, and pause on disconnect with the new (we presume) heartbeat monitoring from server side is a perfect solution to the age old problem of online hardcore gaming: Connectivity problems.

It works flawlessly.

If you have connectivity problems, you should log back in to the field where you DCed, not in the safety of town.

This will be abused, and adding more oneshots will be how they respond.

the thing is when you chose to play on hardcore league you have to make good choices and decisions before you choose to enter a fight and having the ability to just log out because you made bad intake or decision on how something works in the game or you are taking more damage than you were expecting it to be, it takes away the experience of actually playing hardcore and the real meaning of it. idk if you guys understand where i'm coming from. but this is literally no hardcore it should be rename to softcore relog league.

idk if you guys are actually scared of losing streamers or something but this is really really a joke at this point and the fact that you are allowing this is absolutely insane

you are playing hardcore you chose to play that league you know you die you lose your char on that league and you have to start over, wanna keep playing your char than sure but your not on the hardcore league. so why are we allowing people to be able to log out? again this because you have contract with streamer?? or your scared of losing them?? or your scared of them looking like fools cleaning the floor every 10 levels? and starting over????


YOU KNOW THE RULES YOU SIGNED UP FOR IT!

and than you choose to cheat by logging out before death because you made bad decision. this is what hardcore is all about who makes the correct decisions all the fucking time till they hit level 100. so your hardcore league can literally suck peep!.

your not feeling it for the day, than don't log on your hardcore character. you been playing for 5 hours than take a break go play on trade league or SSF.


it takes away the whole competition by being able to log out. if you would to playing any online games involving rankings and you know you cant perform after 5 hour session than don't play or you risk of losing ranks.


again whoever your look at it this is really not hardcore this is a joke....


its the most softcore shit i have ever seen in any game i have played.

i have 0 respect to anyone who is on hardcore league at this point.

and your ranks and score means nothing but fake scores

if i would look at someone who is level 90 or level 100 on hardcore i would be questioning and asking how many times did that person used a macro to log out.

i would not even think that person is actually a good player...

No point playing HC while this exists right?

Some ppl exploit a game and can avoid death. Wanna be HC players but play it safe...THIS IS NEW RIGHT?