A Message to Path of Exile 1 Players

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KoTLIIpeguHrePa#6752 wrote:

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ScarletCinder#9246 wrote:

PoE1 doesnt have any reason to exist. PoE2 is better in every way. By splitting their development between two games, one will never get the attention and progress it needs. There's no money in PoE1. Let it go, guys. You all sound like aging rage gooners obsessing over something stupid.

very interesting opinion from who have only 1 post on this forum, lol

Super uneducated opinion, POE1 is better in almost every way at the moment, I am not even sure what are you even talking about.
And, if you believe POE1 does not earn any money, you must really have no idea what are you talking about.

"We heard you don't like how we mishandled Path of Exile, as a result of this we're going to double down on the mishandling of the product our devs are most familiar with & instead continue to focus our attention on the much less familiar Path of Exile 2."

"Please be patient, meaningful content updates released in rapid time to satiate player demand before resuming focus on the sequel is a difficult challenge."

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TheSpiritWolf#6396 wrote:

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KoTLIIpeguHrePa#6752 wrote:

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ScarletCinder#9246 wrote:

PoE1 doesnt have any reason to exist. PoE2 is better in every way. By splitting their development between two games, one will never get the attention and progress it needs. There's no money in PoE1. Let it go, guys. You all sound like aging rage gooners obsessing over something stupid.

very interesting opinion from who have only 1 post on this forum, lol

Super uneducated opinion, POE1 is better in almost every way at the moment, I am not even sure what are you even talking about.
And, if you believe POE1 does not earn any money, you must really have no idea what are you talking about.

this infact.

Gives me enough time to master PoE1 before I move onto PoE2 once its F2P and everything that needs to be fixed, gets fixed. So till then, I'm just going to kick back, relax and watch some movies while trying every build possible.

Let's make it to 300 boys ! Still big F we hope devs come back to PoE 1 <3

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Romulas19#3393 wrote:

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92ranger#4205 wrote:

This is complete PR garbage.

The real problem is that POE2 is struggling and the devs vision for the "ruthless" style gameplay SUCKS. People hate it. But if they release new POE1 content, then everyone will flock back to POE1 and kill what little momentum POE2 has left.

Basically the devs are too scared/stubborn to admit their vision for POE2 is a failure, but they can't bring themselves to admit it. So they won't release a new POE1 season until they come to terms with this reality.

Their excuses of needing to spend time on POE1 are complete garbage lies. They could have recycled old content and re-released Settlers of Kalgur in a freshly wiped season. That alone would have made people happier than the current situation. They won't do that because they want to shove POE2 garbage down our throats.

Amen, its time to wake the hell up GGG and fucking listen

This ^

Go ask for refund for thousands of dollars spent . see how fast they jump back to working on poe 1 :S

Ok, another try (cause first take was in hindsight too harsh):
- No, not everybody (of the PoE 1 folks) hates PoE 2 - although I have to admit, I struggled first getting into it. But I am already having lot's of fun with the game - even in its current state. Ofc mainly (not exclusivly) in Campaingn, endgame is still a construction site (I hear nobody arguing with this).
- Yes, PoE 1 is simply the best ARPG ever coded - this is coming from a D2X lunatic, who spend thousands of hours in Sactuario when still childless. PoE 1 was and will always be the wet dream of any true ARPG fan imho.
- It was a stupid mistake not to adress earlier, what PoE 2 develepment meant for PoE 1 development. Did they deceive the community? Yes ofc they did.

So what I think:
- PoE 1 even keeps its status of "best arpg ever" even while in hibernation mode.
- And you might think me or this statement is stupid, but I believe them, when they promise not to ditch it. Why should they - I never had any reason to doubt their passion about the game.
- And no, I don't think they conciously tried to miselead the community, they simply fucked up because they bite more than they could chew an failed to acknowledge that earlier.

To sum up my perception: Never assume malice when stupity is a sufficent explanation. And no, this is not the end of PoE 1 but a (rather small) studio (compared to the other bloated ones) trying to adapt to a complete new situation. I still have faith in them, that they will manage to handle both games - even in face of the shitshow we are seeing right now.

And I really wish people would stick to dissapointment and anger - this feels more like pitch forks and with hunt (personal perception btw!).

And yes, I have no challanges in this league because as a more casual gamer dad I prefer to play standard - hope that doesn't disqualify me for this discussion. ;)

*Edit for wording, clarification and spelling. :)

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