Developer Q&A - Part II

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Chris wrote:

Dialla mentions something called the Twist in Act 3. Will we ever find out what it was/is?

That's the Cataclysm, isn't it?

Maybe. The only other mention of it is from Supporter newsletter 20, which says the Twist re-animated Archbishop Geofri. But Dialla actually says:

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The cockroaches will come again. They want the Twist.

Interpreting that as "the Blackguards want the Cataclysm," seems a bit confusing since the Cataclysm has already happened. (Granted, Dialla isn't exactly the most lucid speaker.) It seems to me that the Twist was more likely a method or apparatus for coercing the Beast into causing the Cataclysm. I would further speculate that, given the name, it has some connection to Dialla's ribbons.

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We'd like to add more weapon types in the future. We don't have a firm timeline for this as it has significant animation requirements. 4.0.0 seems like a logical place, but that expansion already involves the largest amount of animation work we have ever attempted before.

Oh, fine, get ready to get another 100+ mods in possible rolls on the any item.

POE RNG now is much worse than Korean RNG (if you know what I mean) - this sucks and unattractive.

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I think there is a huge difficulty spike between T15-T16 Maps and Shaper Guardian bosses, to the point where I feel forced to get a character specifically designed to tackle these bosses. Do you plan on reducing the difficulty on these bosses, or maybe add an extra Map Tier to lessen the difficulty spike?

Who the hell asked this nonsense?
The RIGHT question must be: are you planning to finally really improve most underrated/under-performing skills? Or maybe just delete them to not mislead newcomers?

Kalandra gotta be like reverse Atziri. There aren't many lore-important chicks in PoE.

PoE natively on Linux, that is nice idea. Pls make it happen.

The betrayal going per account isn't too much of a bother for me.

But the delve going per account seems bad.

1. Farm sulphite 4-8k per map on t16 on main character
2. Use MF character on low delve and go sideways for 10 hours straight
3. completely destroy fossil economy
bonus. new characters don't know where to start delving; can I do depth 80? or 200? I can't tell, I have 25k sulphite

just my 2 cents but I think delve was in a perfect state before

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Do you have any plans on implementing Ubuntu support? Currently it's too hard to run PoE on it.

I would like to add Linux support for the game client (the game servers actually already run on Linux, as it's what we use for our online infrastructure). It's a difficult project to prioritise because such a small slice of our playerbase runs Linux on their desktop. I switched from Linux to Windows in 2006 to work on PoE, so I appreciate how important this would be for those players.

The PART would be way bigger if you finally fully support it!
Myself and some friends are not "downgrading" to Windows 10 due to different reasons (mostly because Microsoft has some shady privacy "policies".)

Linux should definitely be on your list ESPECIALLY when you calculate the fact, that Windows 7 support will end soon!

Thank you guys,
Please consider keeping synthesis in a game. I truly enjoy it.

<3 GGG

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DanteKorvinus wrote:

The betrayal going per account isn't too much of a bother for me.

But the delve going per account seems bad.

1. Farm sulphite 4-8k per map on t16 on main character
2. Use MF character on low delve and go sideways for 10 hours straight
3. completely destroy fossil economy
bonus. new characters don't know where to start delving; can I do depth 80? or 200? I can't tell, I have 25k sulphite

just my 2 cents but I think delve was in a perfect state before

4-8k per map? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA its gonna be more like 400 per red map after they nerf it to shit to balance it out for account wide.

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That's the Cataclysm, isn't it?

see guys? poes story is so shitty that not even chris is certain about it

What bullshit you ask there?
Here are some real question:

Will you ever stop robbing people of they're money with stupidity overpriced packs.

Since Tencen now own's your stinky asses and you are no longer an idie developer will you consider lower your MTX's prices?

Are you aware than for 2 weapon effects(if using 1 hand weapon and want both to look the same)and people have to spend as much as 55$?

Will you ever stop the lootbox slot mania?

Aren't you feeling a bit quilty about fooling so much people by asking such abomination sums of money?

Can you stop picking Q&A that suits you better?

Will you ever listen to your player base and not the top 10% of the players?

What you will do when the MTX's regulations will come down upon you?Will you close the server and get a regular job or find other schemes to rob people?

With Leagues gameplay being the only think holding this game together and this system falls down snd the game dies what you will do then? Get a plumer job, go hiking