Kingsmarch Going Core Thoughts

on the bright side, they didnt spend balance time on rebalancing gold sinks

If Kingsmarch going core in its current form... it would make the current Standard attractive and desirable for many players, more than new content.
I'm not sure GGG really wants that.

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xaerobb_#8468 wrote:

If Kingsmarch going core in its current form... it would make the current Standard attractive and desirable for many players, more than new content.
I'm not sure GGG really wants that.

Does it really matter, though, so long as they're playing some form of PoE? =0[.]o=

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Raycheetah#7060 wrote:

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xaerobb_#8468 wrote:

If Kingsmarch going core in its current form... it would make the current Standard attractive and desirable for many players, more than new content.
I'm not sure GGG really wants that.

Does it really matter, though, so long as they're playing some form of PoE? =0[.]o=

The real question here is, how many would quit playing after a week or two due to "town leveling/micromanaging burnout". I know I did in Phrecia. Town is too good to ignore when it comes to rewards and crafts, with its guaranteed mirror shards and more. And feeling forced to do things you don't want to be doing? Hell, it could even make Ronaldo quit playing soccer.

My money is still on a streamlined, nerfed version of what we have now. They'll push us to do the new league mechanic and agreed it is too profitable in current form not to do.

Nerfed by how much??? Probably to the point you'll see a whole lot of bitching the other direction. Either it'll cost so much gold you can only do a piece of the current functionality or the rewards will be toned down to be like running T14-T16 maps as common drops. No mirror shards, much rarer to get divines, etc. May even dumpster whole parts considered too rewarding like boats. We'll see.

This was my all time favorite mechanic. But completely agree they'll need to tone it down quite a bit. I think that's how it always should be. Current mechanic gets overly buffed to make it worthwhile. Was probably the intention with this one as well. To pull it back to reality.

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jddc78#1131 wrote:

This was my all time favorite mechanic. But completely agree they'll need to tone it down quite a bit.

Kingsmarch is stale, players want to return to PoE1 with new content. If you've played Necro Settlers, Phrecia and Settlers private league you really don't want to interact with it anymore. We'll find out how much Kingsmarch is pushed on us in 6 hours. Players want to interact with other stuff, not Kingsmarch like we have the past 11 months non-stop.

I guess I'm confused why you think this is mandatory content. Just don't play it. It's going to be side content like Delve, Heist, etc.

If the rewards are toned down, you aren't ever going to need to do it. You'll just do the new thing that makes a load of currency.

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jddc78#1131 wrote:

I guess I'm confused why you think this is mandatory content. Just don't play it. It's going to be side content like Delve, Heist, etc.

If the rewards are toned down, you aren't ever going to need to do it. You'll just do the new thing that makes a load of currency.

Sure, if you get the same amounts of rewards from mapping for one minute as you getting from setting up a ship and some map runners (which takes about a minute), I'll gladly ignore it.

It will always feel a little bit more mandatory than other types of side content, as it's passive income. It will always be ADDITIONAL income on top of your regular gameplay, which will always make it economically stupid to ignore.

There, you are no longer confused.

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Phrazz#3529 wrote:

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Raycheetah#7060 wrote:

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xaerobb_#8468 wrote:

If Kingsmarch going core in its current form... it would make the current Standard attractive and desirable for many players, more than new content.
I'm not sure GGG really wants that.

Does it really matter, though, so long as they're playing some form of PoE? =0[.]o=

The real question here is, how many would quit playing after a week or two due to "town leveling/micromanaging burnout". I know I did in Phrecia. Town is too good to ignore when it comes to rewards and crafts, with its guaranteed mirror shards and more. And feeling forced to do things you don't want to be doing? Hell, it could even make Ronaldo quit playing soccer.

Oh, I get that. My point was, what would the problem be if players found Standard more attractive to play than the league? Either way, players are playing. For my part, I doubt this new "league" is gonna have content compelling enough to make me want to play it, so I will prolly play Standard, where all my shiny toys are. =^[.]^=

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Raycheetah#7060 wrote:

where all my shiny toys are. =^[.]^=

It's all about the journey, man. Getting shiny toys will always be more fun than having them. When there's no more progression left, there's no more game left :)