Streamer client? Why is it still at thing?

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Mythreindeer#7957 wrote:

League is pretty damn good.

I hope you're joking. This league is worse than Kalandra (I'm talking specifically about league mechanics now). Loading additional locations as an entire map, no progress in mechanics, zero drop, and which simply copies some other mechanics (if you're lucky and don't get shitty strongboxes). So you have just 1/20-1/30 of mapsize with 3-5 monsters around. Wow, so cool.

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F1ameghost#3477 wrote:

Remember how in 2021 there was a big issue with streamer priority queue?Ultimatum league launch. Chris Wilson himself admitted the decision was a "mistake" that "offended" players, stating that all players deserve a fair, equal, and fast experience. GGG stated they would not allow streamers to bypass login queues in the future. That was just another lie to a pile, as we all can see now.

Not only that, i can see at least 4 different streamers online, playing on the same exact server as I do, yet I'm kicked out into self-refreshing login queue, while they didn't even get a DC. So much for fairness and equality.

Everybody acts like this is a big scandal. But from what we know it was only the queue not some extra vip server or sth right? And if you would invest a lumpy sum of let's say 100k dollars, (maybe less i dunno what the prices are) in several big variety streamers that play poe and you have the tech, would you just let them disconnect and wait in the queue while a couple of thousand people are watching? It is a reasonable buisness decision, not that big of a deal, imo.

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Strickl3r#3809 wrote:

Everybody acts like this is a big scandal. But from what we know it was only the queue not some extra vip server or sth right? And if you would invest a lumpy sum of let's say 100k dollars, (maybe less i dunno what the prices are) in several big variety streamers that play poe and you have the tech, would you just let them disconnect and wait in the queue while a couple of thousand people are watching? It is a reasonable buisness decision, not that big of a deal, imo.

Steamers themselves don't bring money to GGG, it is GGG who pay them for so called paid promotions in order for them to "advertise" the game to their audience.

Now think of that. Imagine you watch one of said streamers and what do you actually see? That they are treated like a VIP person who skip login queue while you and other thousands of people who watch them feel like a pleb peasants waiting in never ending line, only to get disconnected again. Not to mention very important early economy/gear progression, while everyone else is so behind because of above. Doesn't look like a good advertising to me, to be fair.

Believe me, if even Chris aknowledged it was a bad move - it probably was indeed.

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openup001#2631 wrote:

league is a flop anyway

take a huge huff of copium and say it isn't too late, they can add more maraketh uniques and more foulborn uniques and more vaal skills and more transfigured skills in a midleague drop.

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salomonka#6458 wrote:

and which simply copies some other mechanics (if you're lucky and don't get shitty strongboxes).

Not true. I had my league mechanic copied like 40 times in a row. There is no way this is rng, the new league mechanic and the league mechanic you go for are married and almost never leave the house together.

im disappointed in this league too.

I lost so much faith many moons ago when ggg decided
that it was more important for the streamers to login at league
start than it was for the rest of us. after all they were hyping the game!

that being said. for now poe2 is good product. poe1 is not.
I unfortunately fear they will also ruin poe2. get in before they ruin it.
is blizzard gonna scratch your itch?!?!? hell no. ggg may be flawed, but poe2
scratches the itch. for me at least. im already sick of this completely uninspired
league.

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Strickl3r#3809 wrote:

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salomonka#6458 wrote:

and which simply copies some other mechanics (if you're lucky and don't get shitty strongboxes).

Not true. I had my league mechanic copied like 40 times in a row. There is no way this is rng, the new league mechanic and the league mechanic you go for are married and almost never leave the house together.

So, instead of new league mechanic i can make 2 old??? This is only be interested by guys who measure this game as "divs/hour", to make 23847487374623452345 currency in nanosec.

Honestly - this league looks like AI creation, from disign to development. I don't know what kind of person would come up with such a thing.

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salomonka#6458 wrote:

I hope you're joking. This league is worse than Kalandra (I'm talking specifically about league mechanics now). Loading additional locations as an entire map, no progress in mechanics, zero drop, and which simply copies some other mechanics

First person I have seen share this opinion publicly on the league. Seems the silent majority agree at least, lowest day 2 retention in PoE history. Gonna be a 2 week league when people realize it's just standard+ with more bugs

The disconnects on day 1 were pretty frustrating. Otherwise, felt campaign was the best it has ever been. Noticable increase in number of mobs. appropriate currency drops.

Not far enough after to feel comfortable commenting. League mechanic seems average. But am ok with that if the core game improved.

doing ultimatum with permanent divine shrine is fun :D