Reflecting on Past Releases Part 1

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鬼殺し wrote:

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Business Lounge

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gibbousmoon wrote:

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Ah yes, those days. Those days when players actually fought with monsters. Danced with them.

Are you nostalgic for them too, GGG team members?

You can bring them back gradually, you know. No, adding more and more invulnerability phases to bosses is not the answer--it will just irritate your playerbase even more than such things already irritate them.

Instead--get this--how about reducing damage numbers across the board? Use diminishing-return calculations to make your balance job easier, and change this game back into the ARPG it used to be, rather than the arcade shooter / lawnmower simulator it has become.

Players hate being one-shot, right? People quit the game over that. Don't you think the monsters feel the same way? HAVE SOME COMPASSION FOR THE MONSTERS.

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Jerle wrote:

The size and scope of POE leagues have certainly expanded from the early days. But QA and balance seems to be on a decline. This holiday season left the game more poorly tuned than I could remember in recent history. Quality has to be matched with quantity. I hope Chris can find a better balance.