Is it me, or is racing unbalanced?
" It's definitely quite different from the outside looking in as opposed to the inside looking out, a few parts at least. Thanks for sharing. No season may be perfect and not all changes will probably be positive across all racers but S10 did show some improvement from s9 at least from the schedule. There are still many ways to improve the competitive scene. Some factors I feel will never be right, random shrines and boxes.... Vendor bs etc.. PS... Sorry about warehouses. :( Last edited by terrex#7466 on Dec 26, 2014, 12:07:01 AM
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" Probably for the best, considering how much rng exists in every single race mode. If this game had a strong player base, race results would look completely random as the 100 or so "top" players of each class took turns at 1st each event based on whoever got wanderlust from hillock etc. For that matter, this still occurs now even with there being only 2-3 players on average in any given race that are really trying to win- the only time we see the same player consistently take 1st across a full season when theres actual competition is when that player is cheating. " The same can be said for the players of any arpg or mmo. Genres designed to reward grinding and trading over thinking and executing (assuming theres much thinking or executing to do in the first place) generally arent going to attract or create serious competitive players. IGN: KoTao
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so the reason i'm not doing well is because i'm not taking it seriously enough
thanks pam |
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" Well, in a way, yes. The "skill" to reach the top in poe is really low compared to most games. But it's not like poe was suppose to be some kind of a e-sport in the first place. [quote="Hilbert"]
CT should be around the art of PKing and not griefing lower levels. [/quote] http://www.twitch.tv/zoroxo123 |
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people who are already good rarely have a grounded perspective. i bet you arent even aware of many of the things you do better than 95% of the players racing. if it so happens you and other top racers think it was easy to get good in comparison to other games you play then good for you i guess
doesn't mean there's no element of skill just because you think it's easy nor does it mean there arent people out there still trying to get gud but falling short, e.g. me :p Last edited by mallow#1197 on Dec 26, 2014, 11:18:46 AM
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" I'm with you here, Mallow. Perhaps other games require even more skill, I wouldn't know. However, Path of Exile requires SOME kind of skill, or something a lot like it, anyway. If it was just RNG, I wouldn't finish so far down so consistently. ZoRoXo, you don't know how seriously I take it...you may be underestimating how unbelievably unskilled I am :-) That said, I'll have to trust those of you who say other games require a higher skill level. I'm truly in no position to judge. In summary, never underestimate the awe-inspiring depths of my incompetence :-) |
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" I'm aware of all the wrong decisions I take multiple times per zones which makes me lose dozens of seconds I'm not playing with a timer 99,99% of the time, but the few times I tried it it was depressing to see how much I can lose on dumb mistakes, but worse is how little it matters compared to rng " Yeah I can argue with that An analogy I used before: If there was a ladder to scale the skill required between games to perform well in it, poe would be a few feet underneath the ground | |
you're making yourself depressed from dumb mistakes that cost you dozens of seconds
meanwhile worse racers, or whatever you want to call them if you dont believe in poe skill, can lose a dozen minutes compared to you just from things like worse inventory management, worse pack selection (i.e. what to skip, what to kill), worse pathfinding, worse strats, i'm sure the list could go on. this was in fact the point i was trying to make with the statement you quoted, pretty much.... not quite sure what you were intending to convince me of with that post but you haven't succeeded as of yet. |
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" I'm glad I'm not the only one that loses time on this stuff. |
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i'm not necessarily talking about myself, just giving general examples :P
but yeah, i'm quite sure pam is better than me at those things |
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