Happy New Year! A 2017 Retrospective

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Thomnos wrote:

I often speak of this game to my friends. I'm not one of the big players, I barely played the endgame maps because I enjoy creating new characters all the time. I'm not ashamed to say I've spent more in Microtransactions to support PoE, a "free to play", than I did on highly anticipated games with big names (I'm looking at you, Firaxis).

Steam tells me PoE is now the game I've spent the most hours on, with almost 1000 hours. And yet, with the constant improvements and additional gems and content, I still fee like I've barely scratched the surface of everything I can do. Sure, most builds will not be endgame viable, but what matters is the journey, not the destination.

Thank you for listening to your playerbase.
Thank you for continuously looking for way to improve this game.
Thank you for keeping to your promise of making it free to play, always.

I'm not rich, but I've started putting aside a "PoE budget" because GGG deserves it. You guys are doing things right and I hope this keeps going.