An Update from Chris

I love this game. There are quite a few things I think you are doing wrong (and yeah, Synthesis is only ok, not my favorite league. Imho it's not so terrible you need to feel sorry either) but for sure there are a LOT of things you are doing right too.

And hands down, you have the best, most honest and open, communication to your customers I have ever seen.
Never change that :)

You guys are fantastic and are doing a phenomenal job. I'm glad you let the loud minority keep you on your toes to make constant improvements, but you must know that the vast majority of us are super happy and proud of everything you guys are doing to make this game better.

Regarding making your staff work 14 hours to get things done and you saying "I will not run this company that way" - I respect that hugely. As someone whose partner works these sorts of hours on a regular basis, I know from personal experience that this can be soul-crushing, and you deliberately avoiding that has made me respect you even more. We can wait! Keep your staff happy!

Thanks, Chris, and everyone and GGG!

Chris, thanks for taking time to talk.

I do feel 'meh' about synthesis, but it hasn't stopped me playing and enjoying the game. I miss race seasons, but it's not the end of the world. I love what you do, how transparent you are and I have no worries that POE will remain awesome always.

Overall I think in part the problem is there is a small very active subset of the community that is yelling at you, and there's piles of us under them who are not mad!

I do really really miss endless ledge though :(. It would be great if one of the options on private leagues was endless ledge! I'd love to SSF hardcore endless ledge and see how far I could get... I know it's functionally similar to no vend, famine and no stash, but it's just endless straight lines!

I was robbed though. I mean, come on, Einhar cake?!

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xPiranha wrote:

Lol you guys really buying into this hand fed nonsense? Smh.

Chris be like "Thats right monkeys eat the food".

I dont normally read or reply to a post from someone who doesn't even have a single supporter title. But you are special. Kiddo, if you dont have any point to make, you have the choice to remain silent instead of letting others know how dumb (obviously an understatement here) you truly are.

awesome, cant wait to see what the future brings

i think not merging Synthesis league into the game is the right move.
its just isnt good enough at its current state.

im sure a rework to the league will make it a nice addition to the base game.

"I will not run this company that way"

As a a fellow developer I applaud your strong stance on this. Crunch culture is the bane of gamedev. Thank you.

Thanks, Chris. This is why GGG and PoE is my favorite and why I keep buying supporter packs even when I don't have a lot of time in my schedule to play <3

Thank you for not making Synthesis go core. It's the worst PoE experience I've had, since playing everything PoE has had to offer, since January 2013. Obviously the only way to get my feelings across was not to support this league financially.

Second worst experience was Betrayal. Please remove this mechanic from the game. It was worked out a long time ago players like to choose whether they wish to engage with alternative content or not. Betrayal, specifically Intervention, is terrible especially when you only play hardcore leagues. Having mobs magically appear on you, possibly freeze your system for seconds and one-shot you is not fun. It's stupid and needs to be removed the game.

Is it possible to return to four month leagues? I miss being able to mess around in perma-leagues and build up proper hype for the next league. I thought 3 months would be great but the burn out has become too real with no time for recovery. It's clear GGG aren't able to manage these shorter iteration periods with players alpha or beta testing new league content.

Thank's Chris and all GGG, for good work.
Will the force be with you.