General Discussion - Time Capsule from PoE Closed Beta -- a classic PoE vs D3 thread circa 2012 - Forum

" CharanJaydemyr wrote: PS Get Beta today anyway. :) thanks for such an in depth explanation...much respect! and have ordered just now.... for me to have a real understanding the only way is to play it.... is hard to know if that cap will be exactly to my liking only one way to find out ;) regardless these indie devs deserve support for a cracking job so far	Posted by snelz#5189 on Apr 17, 2012, 10:26:29 AM Quote this Post
" Tagek wrote: Imo, a truly good game should never (or at least hardly) require you to read some FaQ before playing it. After all, gaming, for most people, is just about having fun. I don't know about you, but reading FaQs isn't very fun to me. It's much better if you try to explain things more in your game rather than referring to out of the game FaQs and what not. PoE for example doesn't explain things well enough (yet), but I'm sure they'll get that fixed up before the release. Don't get me wrong, I don't ask to be held by the hand. But the way PoE's questing is set up, you kind of expect something to pop up telling you what to do next. When it does that with some quests, and not with some others, it can become a little confusing. I myself asked for directions a couple of times in situations where no quest up after I had just finished one. To be fair, many quests aren't implemented yet, and the tutorial / information pop-ups haven't been added yet. So a lot of the tools for player communication haven't been implemented. Most of the questions asked in chat will be answered once these things are completed. More seamless transition between quests, and better information delivery to the player will go a long way. I'm betting that once those are completed there will be no NEED to read the forums. For now, it is a good idea. "I would have listened... I would have understood!" - Scion Have you removed Asus ROG/GameFirst yet?	Posted by MaxTheLimit#1114 on Apr 17, 2012, 10:37:38 AM Valued Poster Quote this Post
go go go , great posting	Posted by maismecher#4405 on Apr 17, 2012, 10:41:05 AM Quote this Post
" MaxTheLimit wrote: " Tagek wrote: Imo, a truly good game should never (or at least hardly) require you to read some FaQ before playing it. After all, gaming, for most people, is just about having fun. I don't know about you, but reading FaQs isn't very fun to me. It's much better if you try to explain things more in your game rather than referring to out of the game FaQs and what not. PoE for example doesn't explain things well enough (yet), but I'm sure they'll get that fixed up before the release. Don't get me wrong, I don't ask to be held by the hand. But the way PoE's questing is set up, you kind of expect something to pop up telling you what to do next. When it does that with some quests, and not with some others, it can become a little confusing. I myself asked for directions a couple of times in situations where no quest up after I had just finished one. To be fair, many quests aren't implemented yet, and the tutorial / information pop-ups haven't been added yet. So a lot of the tools for player communication haven't been implemented. Most of the questions asked in chat will be answered once these things are completed. More seamless transition between quests, and better information delivery to the player will go a long way. I'm betting that once those are completed there will be no NEED to read the forums. For now, it is a good idea. Yeah, I'm sure they'll streamline it. I was just talking about how it is right now. ''Stand amongst the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters. The silence is your answer.'' IGN: Vaeralyse	Posted by Tagek#6585 on Apr 17, 2012, 11:03:48 AM Quote this Post
Yes i agree with you ppl. I am sure there will show up allot of in-game help pop-up´s or a Tip menu with tips being added as time g by to help out ppl. Cant have to much Junk in your Stash	Posted by SwedishTavern#6176 on Apr 17, 2012, 2:08:21 PM Quote this Post
" SwedishTavern wrote: Yes i agree with you ppl. I am sure there will show up allot of in-game help pop-up´s or a Tip menu with tips being added as time g by to help out ppl. I heard they were working on making the beach section into a tutorial of sorts somewhere. Having said that testing it without the tutorial first gives them a good idea of which questions are most frequently asked so they can explain that stuff in in-game help. Julius's path of exile wine bundle for mac here: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/48708/page/1	Posted by Faerie_Storm#2108 on Apr 17, 2012, 3:22:50 PM Quote this Post
This is what Christ said in the beta manifesto " It's quite likely that we'll pop up boxes near appropriate user interface elements for new players to explain what they need to do, contextually. "You've taken damage. Click one of these flasks to heal yourself" or "You have not allocated your passive skill point. Click this button to do so", for example. It would make sense for that sort of thing to happen on the first beach you find yourself on. So I'd say you are likely right. "I would have listened... I would have understood!" - Scion Have you removed Asus ROG/GameFirst yet?	Posted by MaxTheLimit#1114 on Apr 17, 2012, 3:30:24 PM Valued Poster Quote this Post
Jesus said that?...Wow. Set in stone, brothers and sisters. Set. In. Stone. Account sharing/boosting is a bannable offence. No ifs, ands, or buts. No exceptions. Not even for billionaires. Post this sentiment publicly and see how long it lasts here.	Posted by Foreverhappychan#4626 on Apr 17, 2012, 6:39:32 PM Alpha Member Quote this Post
Can I just say, I'm bittersweet about the following fact: This topic has garnered more views than the stickied 'mechanics' post in the beta discussion board. That makes me very sad. http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/11707 Show it some love, people. It's worth reading, a thousand times over anything here. Account sharing/boosting is a bannable offence. No ifs, ands, or buts. No exceptions. Not even for billionaires. Post this sentiment publicly and see how long it lasts here.	Posted by Foreverhappychan#4626 on Apr 17, 2012, 7:37:42 PM Alpha Member Quote this Post
" CharanJaydemyr wrote: Can I just say, I'm bittersweet about the following fact: This topic has garnered more views than the stickied 'mechanics' post in the beta discussion board. That makes me very sad. http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/11707 Show it some love, people. It's worth reading, a thousand times over anything here. Some games are just worth playing for a while before one seeks to break it down into the science it is and will be :P	Posted by EpsiIon#3923 on Apr 17, 2012, 7:48:41 PM Quote this Post