4 months cycle development is not working

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Moonwalker#5595 wrote:

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Ahewaz#3222 wrote:

As Albert Einstein so eloquently said,

Any man who can drive a car safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.

Please stop driving your PoE2 car & start kissing PoE.

Thanks!

And I think the complete opposite. Drive and enjoy your amazing new Poe2car and get that Poegirl out of the car.

I'd put Poe on maintenance mode, restarting or repeating leagues already created and voted on by the community, and dedicate all resources to finishing Poe 2. And when Poe 2 is released with version 1.0, if it's in their best interest, they can do something about Poe 1.

There have been many years of content in Poe; it's time to move forward with the new game. Adapt or die, it's that simple.

GGG doesn't have enough staff to maintain both games at a high quality, and Poe is hindering and slowing down the development of Poe 2.

We all have our preferences. I just wish they would allocate more resources so both games could be successful.

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Ahewaz#3222 wrote:

We all have our preferences. I just wish they would allocate more resources so both games could be successful.

With their measly hundred of millions revenue per year?

Have you even heard the news? In NZ it's really hard to hire new people!

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Snorkle_uk#0761 wrote:

i think not liking keepers of the flame is not how we should be judging this arrangement

I agree. I don't mind KoTF. I think it's an average league, sure - but far from the worst we've had. Every league can't be a "winner" for everyone; that's impossible. I don't judge GGG based on the quality of a single league. KoTH isn't a factor at all in my criticism of GGG.

I judge them on their communication, their long-term plans and their will/passion to make PoE1 a better game. And if we look past "PoE2 hand-me-downs" (which are nice, don't get me wrong), what permanent changes/unique PoE1 ideas have we seen lately? The Eagon/Zana questline? Which is terrible - on a good day.

I wish they just could say "no" when asked about future improvements to PoE1. "No, there will not be any character model updates". "No, PoE1 will not receive new animations". Instead, we always get "don't know, maybe down the line", which means there are no long-term plans. I would accept a "no" in a heartbeat.

Leagues come and go; some are good, others less so. Permanent, PoE1-specific content/improvements that makes the game better is the thing I'm looking at.

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Phrazz#3529 wrote:

I judge them on their communication, their long-term plans and their will/passion to make PoE1 a better game. And if we look past "PoE2 hand-me-downs" (which are nice, don't get me wrong), what permanent changes/unique PoE1 ideas have we seen lately? The Eagon/Zana questline? Which is terrible - on a good day.

For a long time we as a community have been complaining over and over again that we want more quality of life features in the game, and in recent times they have been very forthcoming with those. Better temporary content is nice, but I give them credit for reassessing how they look at those requests. It makes the gameplay smoother, and removes sources of frustration.

I just fear some of those QoL features are "drowned out" in some of the recent criticisms, because they were only noticeable when they were missing

I think even if poe1 was focused on more [or there was no poe2 to begin with], there will still be a bunch of teenagers yelling about how bad it is and yada yada yada. Instead, there is poe2 and they get to make more money and grow their business.

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AlvinL_#4492 wrote:

I think even if poe1 was focused on more [or there was no poe2 to begin with], there will still be a bunch of teenagers yelling about how bad it is and yada yada yada. Instead, there is poe2 and they get to make more money and grow their business.

That crowd always existed, and always will. Because PoE is not made with every person in mind. If it was, it wouldn't be a good game to begin with.

That crowd isn't as loud as the community uproar during Expedition league launch so I am not concerned

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Phrazz#3529 wrote:

I judge them on their communication, their long-term plans and their will/passion to make PoE1 a better game.

Ever since Bex left, communication has died down and hit rock bottom. No more funny interactions with the community, addressing the negative feedback directly, sneaky teasers, open ear and open communication. Ever since she left, GGG has closed themselves off and barely ever interact with the community anymore outside of their standard streamer interviews. I wish we could have Bex back, she was great.

Nowadays, "talking" to the devs feels like yelling into an echochamber with no response. You are just a listener now, as in watch the adults speak. It feels completely disconnected in every way. You rarely see any of the devs respond on the forum anymore, if ever. It's no longer a community they talk about, it's "players". The phrase "thank you for your continuous support" feels shallow. The forum has a weird vibe to it now, feeling as if every post you write has a moderator sitting with a shotgun behind your neck.

Whenever I watch a livestream these days, it feels as if I'm just watching some people talk about something, not directly addressing me as a player or the community, if you know what I mean. It's all corpo speak now, devoid of any personality. No mistakes allowed, a certain manner of speaking, no fumbling, more stressful than relaxed. The way they talk to each other now, it's no longer a "Hey, man, so cool to see ya, how are ya? Thanks for dropping by." manner when talking to Ziggy, it's more like it's just a standard work day. Because for them, it is now.

Maybe it's all the corpo bullshit that comes with fame and fortune, or maybe it's Chris' nervous but emphatic charisma that is missing. I miss the old days. Maybe it really is time to move on after all these years.

Sorry for the rant. It wasn't planned.

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BaumisMagicalWorld#0673 wrote:

Maybe it's all the corpo bullshit that comes with fame and fortune, or maybe it's Chris' nervous but emphatic charisma that is missing.

Probably both, with a touch of ego in the form of "If I'm where I am now, I must be good".
The issue with this last one, is that it's a self feeding loop. You don't try as hard when you have proven, than when you have to prove. And at some point, you can't see the elephant in the room anymore because your focus is somewhere else, and it hits the fan.

We're all human after all, let's see where does this go, and to each the free choice of being part of the journey or not ^^

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BaumisMagicalWorld#0673 wrote:

Maybe it's all the corpo bullshit that comes with fame and fortune, or maybe it's Chris' nervous but emphatic charisma that is missing. I miss the old days. Maybe it really is time to move on after all these years.

Yeah, CW’s spark is definitely missed, but the game keeps moving, some of the moments back then had a vibe that’s hard to truly know unless you were around for them.

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VoidWhisperer42#5989 wrote:

Yeah, CW’s spark is definitely missed, but the game keeps moving, some of the moments back then had a vibe that’s hard to truly know unless you were around for them.

Did you know that your 96GB of DDR5 Ram costs about $1k now? I got 64GB for $250 in 2024 and its almost $700 now. Kind of insane.

But yes, having a very underwhelming Expansion in the form of Memories/Eagon is quite horrible. The Petal mechanic is also awful and not to mention the Pinnacle Bosses are the worst introduced bosses in PoE thanks to PoE 2.

I can guarantee if the Expansion was actually good people wouldnt care that much about Keepers being mediocre.

The endgame mapping needs to be revamped (like in previous Expansions) and the SotA Pinnacles need to be UN-PoE2'd because theyre pretty awful.