After reading the comments, I'm thinking that this patch will be twice as effective as I'd anticipated.
All the entitled man-children and otherwise deliberately idiotic folk crying for "buffs rather than nerfs" will hopefully follow up their threats and leave this community.
POE is the haven of all "hardcore" gamers (whether they actually play on "hardcore difficulty" or not), since it is the only RPG with an intricate skill system, depth in its gameplay style and, most importantly, the CHALLENGE IT IMPOSES. The difficulty level of this game is one of its key features. Players seeking only "easy mode" grinding will, to my pleasure, flock over to diablo (and stay there -- or not).
DISCLAIMER: I've played ALL of the Blizzard/Activision franchises, and have enjoyed them each for what they where, and POE is, although from the same genre, a completely DIFFERENT kind of game, and must stay this way.
TL;DR: This game revels in its difficulty and complexity. If you want "buffs" or "ezmode" go play other games than host such things (Like d3, which, again, quite the successful game in that respect).
Finally, keep in mind that unique items are intended as an added flavor to a build, not quite it's most necessary piece (with few exceptions). Generally, a GG rare will surpass even the best rolled unique. Those whose tears flow as rivers after reading the notes, remember this: Koam's Heart was a MUST HAVE unique for ALL builds, only a while ago. After its "nerf", build diversity and varied demand sky rocketed. These changes -- nerfs -- are beneficial in all things.
+200 - Friggin good post. Whiners gonna whine, and their tears are DELICIOUS. PoE4Lyfe.
Just make it even harder please :-)
LOL
yea make it harder mister lvl 60 who cant even get to merc
The game is not harder , its just more boring
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Last edited by el_hombre_loco#3405 on Mar 4, 2014, 6:18:48 AM
When will we get to mess around with the skill tree?
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Wow. RIP to all new players, you won't be able to do much of ANYTHING compared to older ones.
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If you want to remove something, or change anything, the ONLY way it can be appropriate is if its across the board and applies equally to everyone. ..
LOL
do you not realize there are 4 month leagues where everyone starts off EXACTLY the same ?
empty stash, no items, no characters, no mules
you really don't understand this game at all
new players will want to play in the NEW leagues where they start off the same as everyone else
if they started in Standard or Hardcore they would already be behind, even if GGG deleted 1/2 the existing items from existing players
so OF COURSE they are going to want to start in the 4 month leagues, where they will be on equal footing, and they will will build up wealth just as everyone else does
LOL
Of course, because 4-month leagues last forever and people can play in them as long as they want, howsoever often they want, right?
It's been stated time and time again, since YOU apparently don't seem to grasp what the fuss is about: not every person enjoys being forced to create new characters every few months, jumping through the same old hoops over and over to level up all those characters, then having to essentially give up on them each time a league ends.
New 4-month leagues are an excellent idea, they aren't in question at all. It is the older leagues, places referred to as "dumpster leagues", that become worse and worse over time. Because of this, any new player wanting to continue developing his/her character into Standard has to basically give up or face insurmountable odds and live with them (knowing in the back of their minds that their character will be permanently limited because of how difficult and non-accommodating Standard is). Those options, a rock and a hard place, are terrible and not actual *options*. They are ultimatums. Who wants ultimatums when it comes to a hobby/enjoyment/distraction?
In the end standard and hardcore will be leagues with your player base, not 4 month leagues. And giving up on SC and HC is bad move.
In the end standard and hardcore will be leagues with your player base, not 4 month leagues. And giving up on SC and HC is bad move.
But that is wrong. In D2 the ladders were where the majority played. And 4 months are basicly ladders. SC and HC league is just a dump where things accumulate so people can still toy around with things that are not up to date anymore.
- Nemesis mods everywhere with buffed Ele-Blessing
- Shrines everywhere (Stormcallers on Crit-Shrines anyone?)
- New Invasion stuff going on
- New fresh monsters with scary effects
Oh yeah, just noticed, there arent any fuckin improvements to the trading system.
Not a single tech improvement. The new cold snap videos looks like the Vaal Gems going to cause extreme gameplay problems (desynch, fps drop, etc).
Why can't we have a tech expansion? We get stuffed with every patch with new loveless content updates and constant nerfs and passive tree changes. So every character gets fucked up. Thanks!
Because it's a business, not charity org.
They have to pump out new skills to keep the majority of players interested,
those who pay for cosmetic pets hats and other totally meaningless shit which could and should be obtainable in-game via challenges and achievements.
And since the core has a lot of possible support gem combinations, constant tweaking and balancing nerfing and buffing is required, because hardly any new gem or item is perfectly compatible with the old content.
But I do agree with you and think they should have more faith in us in supporting their game even if they would totally stop with "more new" and instead focus on fixing what we have.
Gameplay quality is more important than content quantity.
A horrible vision for the future would look like this...
Few years from now nobody cares about anything except getting something new.
The whole game has gone fubar, builds gone wild, and everyone is crying:
"I don't care what it does, as long as it's new and different!"
