What's coming in 0.9.5?

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Wittgenstein wrote:

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masteralbert wrote:

what most of you guys don't realise here is that in the end this game is meant for pvp! Yes! So what if the game is a little bit easy in pve?

Its a pvp game people, dont forget that!!!

In the end everyone will try to tweak his character so that it's best in pvp. That will be the difficulty...

PvP is purely optional.

PvP is purely optional in pretty much every game (Darkfall and Mortal Online excluded).
PvP will always be the ultimate content extension, however. Games can last an incredibly long time, as people make builds, and others seek to tear those builds down, until someone builds a build to counter that build, and it goes on and on. With updates simply throwing a new wrench into the system to keep things fresh and interesting.

This is why casual and PvE focused games die easy, or overall are terrible. Granted, they're pretty popular once they get going...WoW being a fantastic example. Its severe lack of real PvP isn't holding back anything, because it has SO much PvE and social content, that it's difficult for the casuals that play it to get bored. However, it's been out for years now so that's to be expected.

But in a game like PoE, or Diablo, there's a definite need for PvP content, since most updates do not have to do with content. Even if they bring in a new act, that's maybe 3 hours of content for the act itself, and who knows how many hours in any new items/skills introduced to change up PvP.

A game like PoE can thrive for a very long time, if it focuses on PvP to provide massive amounts of endgame content. So far so good, IMO. Even with two acts and no PvP availability...it's looking fantastic. I have every bit of confidence this game can succeed Diablo in every aspect.

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masteralbert wrote:

Its a pvp game people, dont forget that!!!

In the end everyone will try to tweak his character so that it's best in pvp. That will be the difficulty...

I have no intention of playing in a pvp league. That sort of negates your sweeping claim.

hello,

Any ETA for 0.9.5?

Hi, i haven't any intention to play in PvP neither.

@Ezrael80. The 0.9.5 is spected arround christmas, it's said on the thread about it. Let's C ya

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Arkwright wrote:

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masteralbert wrote:

Its a pvp game people, dont forget that!!!

In the end everyone will try to tweak his character so that it's best in pvp. That will be the difficulty...

I have no intention of playing in a pvp league. That sort of negates your sweeping claim.

So true, i haven't even given PvP a thought because it is of absolutely no interest to me, so the claim that "everyone will try to tweak his character so that it's best in pvp." is invalid.

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ezrael80 wrote:

hello,

Any ETA for 0.9.5?

Chris said he was hoping for early this week.

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Rippster wrote:

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ezrael80 wrote:

hello,

Any ETA for 0.9.5?

Chris said he was hoping for early this week.

But first we need the patch notes and chris also said he hoped it will be ready before christmas, but im ok if its not. The guys at GGG should take a well deserved chrismas break and spend some time with their family...

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Rippster wrote:

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ezrael80 wrote:

hello,

Any ETA for 0.9.5?

Chris said he was hoping for early this week.

He wants it on alpha early this week, beta by Christmas.

woohoo I can be a pack rat now

Just wanna say how impressed I have been with this game and your company. Merry Christmas GGG !!!