PoE 2 has lost over 80% of its players in 3 months.

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schalander#6765 wrote:

According to steam charts:

https://steamdb.info/app/2694490/charts/#max

Many players had high hopes for Path of Exile 2, but for many, those hopes have been shattered.

I want PoE2 to succeed, and I had hoped that GGG had learned from past mistakes. But they remain the same company, clinging to the same rigid "vision." Unfortunately, this unwillingness to adapt may ultimately be their downfall.

Rather than engaging with the community and addressing feedback, they remain silent. This lack of communication leaves players feeling ignored, frustrated and undervalued.

There will likely be temporary player surges when major patches drop, and a wave of non-paying players when the full release arrives. But at this rate, PoE2 risks becoming just another forgettable ARPG in an already crowded genre.

Unifnished game, people played through it , no seasons , unbalanced classes/spec , horrible economy , no drops without high rarity ...

Game has few more classes and even more ascendancies incoming , together with lots of other stuff.

We are only 4 months into early access .

Also , a lot of people aint playing because they dont have 30$ for EA (no matter how ''funny'' that sounds , its true)

Once game is officially released , and all classes , ascendancies , more endgame stuff , balanced this or that , is added , there's gonna be much more people.

Yes, many "new" people will test the game. Until the first problem. When they realize that the game has no support, they will soon abandon it. It's a shame. Such a cool game has been thrown to the dogs. The devs' neglect is inexcusable.

POE 2 lost me at the time I realized they are playing with us.
The 6 lives to the maps is the hugest example, but not the only one... it seems they make the game for that 10% hardcore players and don't want anyone else.

If this helps I would suggest make another league under Softcore (call it baby pacifier if you like) and there put the 6 lives, visuals for incomming attacks and death explosions.

I'd like to play the game and actually enjoy it.

Considering how many people were anticipating Druid, and GGG pulled a fast one on us, it's not surprising that the player base is falling so fast.

I wouldnt get my hopes up on the next patch pulling in the same amount of players as the EA launch did.

We all know what we are dealing with now. Still missing the most popular weapon classes, Sword and Axe, and still missing the most popular classes themselves.

Druiid / Templar / Shadow / Duelist / Marauder


I am not saying the Huntress is a bad class, no not at all, it's actually a fantastic class, but I don't play female classes because I see my character as an extension of myself, and I am male.

I dont like gawking at pixellated rear ends nor do I need to keep myself hot to enjoy games, I much prefer immersing myself and pretending I am who I play.

And none of the other classes currently released really sync up with huntress mechanbics (druid does, which is why they were supposed to release together, to syncs up their similar mechanics )

I might return when GGG actually ends up releasing druid, or I might not because I am losing faith in GGG fast and honestly, getting tired of the whole ARPG dance again already....

I am starting to remember why I quit this genre 5 years ago.

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Considering how many people were anticipating Druid

I really don't understand this driud obsession. They showed its gameplay already and it was extremely boring. Bear and wolf running around mobs for 5 seconds stomping them = meh. Spells = meh. Is it just this crazy idea "bUt i Want To be a BeaR"?

Fun game but if I lose exp in maps when I die that kills all fun for me. Can’t play it til they give in and remove that entirely. Maps are ok but you should be able to buy the current tier of white map you are on from the vendor, otherwise you just run out and are boned. So losing exp and not having maps that get you any exp kill the game for me.

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Alzucard#2422 wrote:

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schalander#6765 wrote:

According to steam charts:

https://steamdb.info/app/2694490/charts/#max

Many players had high hopes for Path of Exile 2, but for many, those hopes have been shattered.

I want PoE2 to succeed, and I had hoped that GGG had learned from past mistakes. But they remain the same company, clinging to the same rigid "vision." Unfortunately, this unwillingness to adapt may ultimately be their downfall.

Rather than engaging with the community and addressing feedback, they remain silent. This lack of communication leaves players feeling ignored, frustrated and undervalued.

There will likely be temporary player surges when major patches drop, and a wave of non-paying players when the full release arrives. But at this rate, PoE2 risks becoming just another forgettable ARPG in an already crowded genre.

Thats totally normal. For every game

The cope was real.

I had stated the fall off which was actually close to a million considering consoles and players in game said it was doom chat. HIghlighting a fact and starting a discussion to try and find out how to constructively find a way to help a property we are passionate about, is not doom chat.

In fact every sweat and cope player has left. The very people that say you are just doom posting, has left.

The "vision" needs to be saved for a private server in your buddies basement.

These constant generic over tunes and nerfs are not how to keep your game out there. After week 1 poe2 had 75%+ positive feedback and made profit without being a full game. Now the feedback is overwhelmingly negative, the game is 100% changed gameplay but still the same boring campaign.

It was real.

"Season/League" by nature will have its ebb and flow.

Dec Release was 0.1.

The 0.2 had a decent # return.

The vision is now a bit more clear.

0.3+ should again return to decent numbers.

Step by step... full release 1.0 can be a major hit... again, the 0.1 Release was EA -- even more marketing/hype, and folks who did not participate in EA will flow.

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(TLDR: Stick to the vision, GGG! ;))

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chobo999#2010 wrote:

"Season/League" by nature will have its ebb and flow.

Dec Release was 0.1.

The 0.2 had a decent # return.

The vision is now a bit more clear.

0.3+ should again return to decent numbers.

Step by step... full release 1.0 can be a major hit... again, the 0.1 Release was EA -- even more marketing/hype, and folks who did not participate in EA will flow.

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(TLDR: Stick to the vision, GGG! ;))

This game was stillborn, only kept alive by advertising. They're only interested in money, not gameplay.

if you post anything with real info GGG will delete your post :)