Had a thought about why GGG would abandon PoE 1.

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Glorfndel01#6465 wrote:

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neohongkong#0222 wrote:

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e1337donkey#1437 wrote:

it would literally be suicide to just kill off PoE 1.

They already did. People expect 3.26 is 3 months after 3.25, and GGG give a false hope in November 2024 back then as January 2025 for 3.26 news.

And then internal it looks like they don't have any plan for 3.26 when 3.25 is released. All the staff are in this company politic on all-in to poe 2.


poe 1 is dead. Even they finally made a new league, for sure half or even most players are not coming back, just due to move on, or not interested to read poe related news to make them know there is a new league for poe 1 instead of 2.


Meanwhile just wait and see the poe 2 will hold how long until Diablo 4 refugees move on to other games.

Going all in on 2 will prove to be a mistake given it's:

Half-ass state at release and the huge amount of time it'll take to fix it

Poor decisions on the mechanics it ported from 1,

The fact that it seems to intend to not be casual friendly in the least which is a real issue because...

the studio has engendered permanent bad will amongst 1 loyalists whom I think won't play 2 thereby reducing the games potential player base amongst better-than-average gamers.

Director's conceit and bias.

Like a squirrel in the middle of a busy road, he might make it but...

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