Private Leagues are now Live!

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cgexile wrote:

I don't understand it either.

This game is not easy. If you think it's easy you are probably in the top .01% and this feature appears to be who that's for. .01% requested this and so GGG delivered, but sending a message that this game is easy is pretty fucking misleading. I played with a friend for 3 or 4 years and he has yet to take on Shaper without getting carried; never mind Uber Elder or Uber Atziri. I mean if you think twilight strand is easy, OK sure, but if you are saying end-game is easy, that is so full of shit especially if you are a solo player that has no team to support you through all the content this game has to offer. I won't name names but if you look at a few of the streamers that think they are hot shit, look at how they start the league. They start it with a sizable team to help them get going and then they solo after they are all geared up. After that they proceed to offer expert advice on builds and game play. What a joke. If there is a new boss, they bring in one or 2 experienced guardians to help them through the new encounters. Other streamers say the game is easy but all they do is drive to 100 in underground sea all day and night but never engage in end-game boss fights. Yeah I guess if you do that it's pretty f'n easy. Also a big joke. And last but not least, 99% of your player base is not a bunch of Mathils running around killing Uber Elder deathless on a 5L. He is incredibly skilled and it's pretty silly to listen to arm-chair commandos who haven't done said fights or content themselves crying "see this game is ez!" after they see him play. This half of the rationale behind the need for this feature is pretty fucking stupid. The other half which is for the temporary difficulty rape (fun?) factor I can understand, sure. Some people like to bite down and take it in the.... .... once in a while.

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ratinfel wrote:

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cgexile wrote:

I don't understand it either.

This game is not easy. If you think it's easy you are probably in the top .01% and this feature appears to be who that's for. .01% requested this and so GGG delivered, but sending a message that this game is easy is pretty fucking misleading. I played with a friend for 3 or 4 years and he has yet to take on Shaper without getting carried; never mind Uber Elder or Uber Atziri. I mean if you think twilight strand is easy, OK sure, but if you are saying end-game is easy, that is so full of shit especially if you are a solo player that has no team to support you through all the content this game has to offer. I won't name names but if you look at a few of the streamers that think they are hot shit, look at how they start the league. They start it with a sizable team to help them get going and then they solo after they are all geared up. After that they proceed to offer expert advice on builds and game play. What a joke. If there is a new boss, they bring in one or 2 experienced guardians to help them through the new encounters. Other streamers say the game is easy but all they do is drive to 100 in underground sea all day and night but never engage in end-game boss fights. Yeah I guess if you do that it's pretty f'n easy. Also a big joke. And last but not least, 99% of your player base is not a bunch of Mathils running around killing Uber Elder deathless on a 5L. He is incredibly skilled and it's pretty silly to listen to arm-chair commandos who haven't done said fights or content themselves crying "see this game is ez!" after they see him play. This half of the rationale behind the need for this feature is pretty fucking stupid. The other half which is for the temporary difficulty rape (fun?) factor I can understand, sure. Some people like to bite down and take it in the.... .... once in a while.

I agree with a lot you say here and I've watched those streamers and they make it look so damn easy but I get it, they are very skilled players, I feel sorry for the new players coming on board. I've followed several of those streamers and followed their builds only to get wrecked in maps and delve. The one shot mechanics frustrate the hell out of me.

There are other games coming out like you mentioned and god help them if Lost Ark comes to the West. That game could be the PoE killer and it looks amazing, just watch ZiggyD's video on it. For those who keep saying, then this game isn't for you, is very arrogant of you.

Oh, and look at the Elite gamer's playing, they are the ones responsible for PoE changing the way the game is played i.e. reaching lvl 100 or crying that the game is too easy etc etc. Sometimes they should just leave enough alone. Just my two cents.