A Message to Path of Exile 1 Players

It's incredibly disappointing that you've decided to treat your Poe1 fan base like this.

Without us poe1 players you wouldn't have a business, you wouldn't have poe2. For many of us, poe2 isn't the game we want to play, we love poe1 and many of us have spent thousands of dollars over the last 13 years supporting the game through thick and thin.

I will never spend money on poe2. The vision isn't for me.

You've betrayed all of us with this decision. You should be expanding your team. To support concurrent development of both games.

We know you won't however as it's clear you're afraid of a new poe1 league taking players away from Poe2, or even worse; making players realise that poe1 is just more fun to play (it is).

This could well be the death of poe1, I hope it was worth it.

It’s truly disheartening to see how you’ve chosen to treat your loyal Path of Exile 1 fanbase. Without the support of us PoE1 players, your business wouldn’t exist, and PoE2 wouldn’t even be a reality. For many of us, PoE2 simply isn’t the game we’re interested in. We’ve poured our love, time, and thousands of dollars into PoE1 over the past 13 years, standing by it through every high and low.

This decision feels like a betrayal. Instead of abandoning PoE1, you should be expanding your team to support the concurrent development of both games. At the very least, you could run a special event in PoE1—something like an economy reset with the return of a past league mechanic, whether it’s Crucible, Affliction, Trial of the Ancestors, Sentinel, or anything else. You already have the code for these mechanics, so it should take minimal effort to implement. It would be a great way to show appreciation for the community that has supported you for so long.

It’s clear, though, that you’re unwilling to do even that. It seems you’re afraid that a new PoE1 league might draw players away from PoE2—or, worse, remind everyone that PoE1 is simply more enjoyable to play (because it is).

This move could very well mark the end of PoE1, and I can only hope you feel it was worth it.

Jonathan, in your next message to PoE 1 players, please don't talk about PoE 2 90% of the time.

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chasungwoon#0999 wrote:

please, don't let the game die...

They already killed it becouse they lied to us and now they stab us to our back.

All of us,even if we dont like POE2, five GGG support. Me personaly with my life both purchase this POE2 supporter pack even if we dont play it becouse they say exactly that POE 2 wont affect Poe 1 a they Will Develop both games. Now they JUST KILL Poe 1 becouse they turn all ressources to this stupid beta test game. Poe2 live thanks to ppl like me And my wife who support GGG for their POE 1. We are both on 500 USD of packs And MTX.its almost 1000usd And Its from 2 casuals. Imagine rest of ppl who support them for years.

Trust was already destroyed... No more support for developers who lied and who cheated us.
Im super sure if they refund money for EA packs for POE 2 to all who are nad Now they get broke..

I dont understand, Poe2 is pre release so there is no pressure at all on it. If it took 6 months to get to 0.2 no one would have a reasonable complaint, POE 1 should have remained their focus as it is an actual released game. Very strange...

Even tho i'm a PoE1 player since 14 years it's understandable that they prioritize the game they have the most money from. From poe1 they already profited enough from all the MTX and supporter packs, time to do the same in the new game which is just as or even more popular than poE1 in it's golden age.
I'm furious as well since i like poe1 and really dislike the main theme of PoE2, like the stupid semi-HC aspect, the constant useage of logout macro, the inability to run maps i like, the horrible lack of build diversity, i can count all the builds ppl play with all the characters on one hand.

After all it's a Tencent company now and everything is about money, the once passionate GGG is not a small indie company anymore.
Since i dont enjoy PoE2 that much as i did PoE1 i should try new games, maybe go back to Diablo 4 and give it a 2nd or 3rd chance.

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darkenergy0#6318 wrote:

people forget that this is a FREE GAME... what else do you want for them, they do the best can possibly can, and they have alredy delivered 2 games! Be thankfull, everything will be OK

Lol this argument again. Not a single thing other humans provide to you is free in this life.

If they took better care of POE1 since freakin 2017 I would be a regular purchaser instead of occasional. But they only nerf fun and neglect issues.

Anyone saying it's a free game knows nothing of PoE1 or just paid provocators.

You literally cant play the game for free and many many ppl are so full of supporter packs which btw arent free either.

I played the game for years without currency and map stash tab and all my stashtabs were for the currency and maps and it was in 1.whatever so a long time ago, without premium tab which is not free either you cant trade.

For events, endless Whakawairua Tuahu or endless uber lab when?

If PoE2's biggest threat is PoE, just make the sequel much better than the original to outcompete it in player numbers.
Please don't focus on digging PoE down just because you're afraid of having a new project less popular than it is now (PoE1 not having a new league is a big factor) >_<

Anyway, it's EA of PoE2 - literally no need to put all resources into it, there are no deadlines. Let people enjoy what's a complete game in the meantime.