An Update from Chris

Great to hear that GGG is making a point of maintaining work/life balance, and a sustainable pace of development. I mean, I'd always kind of assumed this was the case there, but it's still good to have it confirmed.

Also, thanks for confirming that Synthesis is going "on ice" after the league ends. I love the aesthetics of it, but the gameplay definitely needs more work. Plus, I'd rather see you revisit Harbinger or Abyss, anyway.

Looking forward to the Q&A's... A's. And also 3.7... I'm a big fan of melee in RPGs, and would love to see real melee gameplay added back into PoE, instead of just more melee-tagged AoE damage dealing.

Keep up the good work!

GGG rules ! You guys are doing an epic job, I feel there was way too much hate since Synthesis than all of you deserve.

Personally Synthesis has grown on me, I actually got my highest level character in a temp league ever, I didn't expect that yo happen. But it's probably the best for the game not implementing it in the core game right away.

whoa, wait, "combat revamp"? what does this entail? Sounds like a lot more than a melee rebalance.

Yes, the team at GGG gets a shout out from me. Although, I do wish that Chris would read his fine post again and think about whether some of his "issues" could have been mitigated by having 3 leagues per year instead of 4, and perhaps a one week beta before each league.

Really, the "historical" iffy (I'm being kind) start to the leagues can't be a good business model.

Just after 3.6 release, I felt that tests are not enough for Synthesis, but latest Synthesis is fun for me.

I know that there are people who don't like Synthesis, but if it will be simplified as short event type content that encountering Cavas on map and getting fractured items there, adding it to core game is no problem, I guess. I'm sad if this content will be completely gone from PoE.

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Synthesis would have been even worse

That Chris can utter these words and not explode says a lot about him and the company. It's a transparency that usually gets lost in PR speak and excuses.

"a group of Path of Exile players are angry about a number of topics" Yes Criss we are some terorists organization that pays your toilet paper and still we get the shit.

"We monatize heavily towards the start of the league so it doesn't matter if we lose users right at the end because they will come back and monatize again at the beggining of the next league" Another great quote by your belloved Criss.

I don't get how people can be so mind close when cleary he doesn't give a fuck about player base. People wake up and start to understand that Criss wants your money not your pleasure and relaxation to play the game.Usually the game revolves around top 5-10% of players and not the majority. Stop putting this cocksucker on a pedastal like some God or that PoE is the best game atm.

This is not a commercial but for people that have tired of this Criss and his bullshit go play GrimDawn for 74 bucks you can enjoy 90% of what PoE offers plus it has a better skill system that PoE. AND TO TOP IT ALL 74 IS ALL YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THE ENTIRE GAME(if you don't get it on sale) AND NOT PAY CRISS WILSON 480 BUCKS FOR A PACK PLUS 240 ADDITIONAL PACKS IN BETWEEN LEAGUES.

Balance with life and work is really important. I would rather have a quality content than chugging "quantity".

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When we reveal 3.7.0 in three weeks, you'll see that its league has a focus on repeatable fun, and the combat revamp has a lot of focus on improving the fundamentals of Path of Exile's gameplay. In order to do this, we have had our heads down, focusing on getting 3.7.0 to be ready as early as we can within its development cycle.

Sounds awesome. This is why despite disliking most of Gen 3 (I call them tedium leagues except Delve and Abyss) I still get hyped every league.

Looking forward to pulling out my credit card if another Delve/Breach.

Please make game scary again too not a complete face roll until a couple boss fights. Or is that asking too much? Remember old school 1.x devourers?

btw i love u chris im not worried about shit, u guys allways make this game perfect in my eyes, even tho i hate changes and get pissed off for 2 weeks. It keeps getting more fun every league you guys are amazing and poe is the best game of all time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!