Looks like a lot of players don't want to play tower defence.
" How do you know that everyone uses steam and the people who are not, are the minority? "Path of Exile's engine is currently modern, lean and fast." - Chris Wilson, September 19th, 2019
"It looks like we broke something with 3.10.0. We don't know what it is yet." - Bex, March 16th, 2020 | |
" I never explicitly stated with confidence which holds the player majority. You did. I merely expressed Steam holds a strong population influence over Poe. The burden of proof is on you. Show the numbers to juxtapose to Steam or accept that you're throwing out blind statements. It's as simple as that. Your empirically blind statements gives my eyes hyperAIDS. Last edited by cetvxs on Sep 18, 2019, 1:09:01 AM
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" I know SSF is around now, but this game is still heavily economy oriented. A dip in the playerbase can be felt and be detrimental to the enjoyment of the league. An SSF player wont feel it, and your right, your enjoyment of the game as a single player experience wont be affected, but those who still play it more typically with trading and heavy economic focus, is going to feel a dead league. And yes, the league mechanic is a pretty good indicator of how a league fares. Its no coincidence some of the higher playerbase leagues, had the better mechanics, and vice versa. Its a pretty weak league mechanic. |
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" This seems kinda common sense imo. But to be fair, nobody knows the why. There's just as much proof of this as there is "ermagherd poe is ending TD league worst eva". Some salty players here trying to use steam numbers as proof when it could be all the things above. Get some real data to back up your claim, not this incredibly weak argument. "Everyone is playing WoW Classic" is supported just as equally as "players don't want to play TD" by Steam numbers. | |
" GGG already released the percentages, non-steam users are the majority. "Your empirically blind statements gives my eyes hyperAIDS." Then maybe you shouldn't reply to me? "Path of Exile's engine is currently modern, lean and fast." - Chris Wilson, September 19th, 2019 "It looks like we broke something with 3.10.0. We don't know what it is yet." - Bex, March 16th, 2020 Last edited by girng on Sep 18, 2019, 1:36:13 AM
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" its a factor. one of many. | |
" All of it plays a part. But this is a weak league mechanic. I dont know what people gain from defending GGG every single bad league. Is PoE gonna die because it had a bad league? No. Is every league mechanic htat GGG releases top of the line good? No. Its almost expected the mechanic after a good league is gonna be trash. So I dont really know why so many people rush to defend every mediocre league released. Every bad league you got people complaining on the forums, then you have the white-knights telling them they dont know what good gaming is. Its like clockwork. I accept its a bad league mechanic, I accept thats part of the reason the league sucks and has less players. I also accept their are outside forces. However, ask yourself if this was a legacy league or something akin to Delve, would the playerbase be this low just because of other games releasing? I doubt it. I imagine weak gameplay is a more deciding factor than outside influence. How much we dont know, but Blight follows the same trend as basically every league before it; weak, bland, buggy mechanic? Lower playerbase league. Last edited by Destructodave on Sep 18, 2019, 1:46:06 AM
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At least it's more involved than that dumpster Legion league.
What a remarkable gameplay mechanic that was. |
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My wife and I didn't play this league because of trade.
Well, she doesn't care about trade to be honest, but we often play together and she has bought more supporter packs then I have in the past year. And since I stopped playing, so did she. If it were just the league mechanic, more people would have at least tried it out. I would bet there is also a significant portion that didn't show up because they are playing other games (wow classic and borderlands 3) or are just sick of terrible trade, in a trading league. That being said, if other games of different genres caused that big of a drop (down to 75k?!) that speaks volumes about player retention and more underlying problems that cause players to so easily abandon a favorite title than simply a league mechanic. These people didn't quit because of a league mechanic, they didn't even show up. |
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" Girng.. you sound *special* Steam charts are absolutely a valuable metric that should be looked at. You can be sure if the steam numbers have dropped that much, then so have the standalone client users. You can bet GGG are looking into these numbers with concern as well. But, if you like, you can post some hard numbers of your own. |
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