The Awakening Item Page and Top-Tier Supporter Beta Access

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Thejunior wrote:

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Valhurien wrote:

This whole discussion is nothing more than contradiction.

New players will NOT know how this game ran before coming into the Pre-awakening environment. So how can you possibly procure constructive feedback. Ask a blind man to tell you what color a blue shirt is.

Guess what? He can't because he doesn't know what blue is.

New players will not know how how difficult / easy areas were to farm before. Bosses that had close to 1 shot mechanics if you didn't have capped resist and 80 points into health. Tactical approach to bosses that may or may not have been adjusted for revised game play. Skill gems that have been altered for higher / lower damage scaling. (I'm looking at you GMP Tornado Shot)

So what have we learned today class?

GGG is even more pay to win. Pay either cash, or by advertising if you have a high viewer count as a streamer.

EXACTLY this. ^

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Toksic wrote:

This is just an outstanding company returning a favor to people that helped a little more than average to even have this beta. All supporters are amazing to have supported this beloved, remarkably nostalgic/new age gaming experience. Come on guys, time flies and it will be live before you know it! x3

Give to get works both ways and I appreciate it.

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ISuckAtGames wrote:

So, I'm not going to lie, I was really disappointed in the way the Beta access was decided to be given out. I'm a numbers guy. So, if 1,000,000 people signed up for access, my chance of getting in was about 0.17% chance of getting in. The odds of winning some prize in the Mega Millions Lottery is 0.67%. So after over two years of playing, this is very disappointing. I was of course willing to wait and ready to get into Act 4.

However, after today's announcement, I am very displeased and ready to leave altogether. Path Of Exile has always been Free-To-Play until today. This announcement sets the standard of "if you have a ton of money and donate it, you get special {In Game} perks. Yes, playing the Beta (regardless of character wipe) is an In-Game advantage. Now that the announcement has been made that people with money can get in, this game has lost the ground that it stood on for so long.

As a blue collared employee, a future husband, and homeowner, I do not have the extra cash to throw around. I have however managed to spend around $400 for this game. At this point, charge me $60 just like every other game and give me the same opportunity as everyone else.

Thanks GGG for letting us that cant afford thousands of dollars down.

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ISuckAtGames wrote:

So, I'm not going to lie, I was really disappointed in the way the Beta access was decided to be given out. I'm a numbers guy. So, if 1,000,000 people signed up for access, my chance of getting in was about 0.17% chance of getting in. The odds of winning some prize in the Mega Millions Lottery is 0.67%. So after over two years of playing, this is very disappointing. I was of course willing to wait and ready to get into Act 4.

However, after today's announcement, I am very displeased and ready to leave altogether. Path Of Exile has always been Free-To-Play until today. This announcement sets the standard of "if you have a ton of money and donate it, you get special {In Game} perks. Yes, playing the Beta (regardless of character wipe) is an In-Game advantage. Now that the announcement has been made that people with money can get in, this game has lost the ground that it stood on for so long.

As a blue collared employee, a future husband, and homeowner, I do not have the extra cash to throw around. I have however managed to spend around $400 for this game. At this point, charge me $60 just like every other game and give me the same opportunity as everyone else.

Thanks GGG for letting us that cant afford thousands of dollars down.

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Toksic wrote:

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Thejunior wrote:

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Valhurien wrote:

This whole discussion is nothing more than contradiction.

New players will NOT know how this game ran before coming into the Pre-awakening environment. So how can you possibly procure constructive feedback. Ask a blind man to tell you what color a blue shirt is.

Guess what? He can't because he doesn't know what blue is.

New players will not know how how difficult / easy areas were to farm before. Bosses that had close to 1 shot mechanics if you didn't have capped resist and 80 points into health. Tactical approach to bosses that may or may not have been adjusted for revised game play. Skill gems that have been altered for higher / lower damage scaling. (I'm looking at you GMP Tornado Shot)

So what have we learned today class?

GGG is even more pay to win. Pay either cash, or by advertising if you have a high viewer count as a streamer.

EXACTLY this. ^

EXACTLY what? You are waiting for a FREE game's new FREE content. Just like everyone was before this announcement.

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ISuckAtGames wrote:

So, I'm not going to lie, I was really disappointed in the way the Beta access was decided to be given out. I'm a numbers guy. So, if 1,000,000 people signed up for access, my chance of getting in was about 0.17% chance of getting in. The odds of winning some prize in the Mega Millions Lottery is 0.67%. So after over two years of playing, this is very disappointing. I was of course willing to wait and ready to get into Act 4.

However, after today's announcement, I am very displeased and ready to leave altogether. Path Of Exile has always been Free-To-Play until today. This announcement sets the standard of "if you have a ton of money and donate it, you get special {In Game} perks. Yes, playing the Beta (regardless of character wipe) is an In-Game advantage. Now that the announcement has been made that people with money can get in, this game has lost the ground that it stood on for so long.

As a blue collared employee, a future husband, and homeowner, I do not have the extra cash to throw around. I have however managed to spend around $400 for this game. At this point, charge me $60 just like every other game and give me the same opportunity as everyone else.

Thanks GGG for letting us that cant afford thousands of dollars down.

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Kalimyst wrote:

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Toksic wrote:

This is just an outstanding company returning a favor to people that helped a little more than average to even have this beta. All supporters are amazing to have supported this beloved, remarkably nostalgic/new age gaming experience. Come on guys, time flies and it will be live before you know it! x3

Give to get works both ways and I appreciate it.

Problem here is that some of us did donate over $500 ....

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Toksic wrote:

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Thejunior wrote:

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Valhurien wrote:

This whole discussion is nothing more than contradiction.

New players will NOT know how this game ran before coming into the Pre-awakening environment. So how can you possibly procure constructive feedback. Ask a blind man to tell you what color a blue shirt is.

Guess what? He can't because he doesn't know what blue is.

New players will not know how how difficult / easy areas were to farm before. Bosses that had close to 1 shot mechanics if you didn't have capped resist and 80 points into health. Tactical approach to bosses that may or may not have been adjusted for revised game play. Skill gems that have been altered for higher / lower damage scaling. (I'm looking at you GMP Tornado Shot)

So what have we learned today class?

GGG is even more pay to win. Pay either cash, or by advertising if you have a high viewer count as a streamer.

EXACTLY this. ^

EXACTLY what? You are waiting for a FREE game's new FREE content. Just like everyone was before this announcement.