Developer Q&A - Part I

AGAIN... I am a fairly new player and so I have not explored half of the stuff that I am sure will be exciting and probably equally frustrating. I love crafting systems in games. I cannot say POE is an easy one to grapple with. I cannot comment on many of the issues, as I am still only dipping my toe into crafting and this is only my second League and I am proud to say the first time I have got a character as far as I have. I have to admit that I am not even bothering with trading and gone SSF as I saw the nightmare it was before even starting to consider it. I like playing through stories and I would not have as much of an issue with Betrayal/Syndicate being forced on me if it was not so game breaking.

I am not hearing a real answer to the broken game problem. I picked this game up at the very tail end of Delve and I could play fine, Betrayal was a nightmare for a new player, it became a game of how to die a million ways. Even with more understanding of it, something happened this league and I now have a game I have supported through transactions that is often unplayable. I know exactly what is going to happen the moment I open POE...
Open
Log in
Enter game
Disconnect
Log in
Loading screen
Disconnect
Log in
Connect
Random disconnect (oh great a Syndicate encounter)
Log in
Go back to the area
Either death before the load screen has finished or
Load area
Lag Death without being able to act
Log in
Load Area
Area Lag now lasts for the whole area
Have less chance of being successful in the Syndicate encounter due to lag
Finish area
Map
Lag disappears... Until next Syndicate encounter

You cannot honestly say that is not a priority issue that you should address surely?

I do not use cookie cut builds, I want to go through the game and every League I go through every quest and side quest as I want to live the world with that character and learn new things. But it feels like the game endorses the community (not all of you) attitude of well use a build or why are you playing the game?

I DO love the game but it is problematic, worse unplayable if you do not address the broken game. If that is the case I genuinely regret having put money into the MTX, because I basically supported a game I was able to play and was lead to believe was playable but is not.

"For now there will be no changes to trade itself related to this."

When ?

I like their beliefs very much.
Also, the company's operation to keep its beliefs is awesome.

So you're happy with the trade manifesto. Even though most has been proven as wrong.

The current way to trade is geared towards people that are online a lot. The people who have more wealth anyway because they play more and thus find more currency (and tradeable items).

So easy trade will increase the gap??? Seriously? You still stand behind that?

A few leagues ago I decided not to invest more money into PoE. And as long as Trade isn't altered, I still stand behind that decision!

I wonder how many psychologists GGG employs to verify the world lens of their development ideologies when they think about how a player will react. Or is everything based off loose historical data and assumption? In the end though, it is their game and they do what they want. o/

Enjoyed every content you have made so far guys (including Synthesis).
Perhaps you will integrate synthesis in the other form later on, so it meets community requirements.

Also the keeping of the current trade system is a great thing. I personally like to communicate and bargain with other players when making trades and search for items.

Keep up the good work.

<3 u

So glad South-African servers are being bought up!

I wish there was a unique item which let's you increase your inventory size(not stash tab size)this would be great for early leagues as people will be picking a lot of stuff for vendor recipes like the chaos recipe.

Also I wish guild would have a more meaning like something to do with PvP with other leagues,like raiding and stuff,CTF maybe.that would be fun.

Anyways thanks for the Q&A..The community loves it.

"We are not adding a Trade Market to the PC version of Path of Exile."

not a good decision, imo. the current way of trading doesn´t even deserve to be called 'trading'; it is just ancient and most of the time very timeconsuming.

at least pls consider a better way of trading for currency and maps.

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Chris wrote:

We generally try to create content that doesn't require insane clear-speed.

I stand by your words.
Then, when do you fix Incursion?