The moment you stop communicating, you failed as a gaming company

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Ivanovv83 wrote:

After i reallised GGG are doing exactly the opposite of what the community wants and Chris is acting like tantrum child with his dark souls vision i stopped donating and prolly quiting the game itself..

Mazochistic gameplay isnt fun. Period.

They are literaly making us want to move to D4..

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Northern_Ronin wrote:

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Ivanovv83 wrote:

After i reallised GGG are doing exactly the opposite of what the community wants and Chris is acting like tantrum child with his dark souls vision i stopped donating and prolly quiting the game itself..

Mazochistic gameplay isnt fun. Period.

They are literaly making us want to move to D4..

They're making YOU want to move to D4.

Also Dark Souls (particularly DS1 and 3) are heralded as some of the most fair to the player games ever made. The big difference is that almost no game plays fair. They slant to favor the player HEAVILY, it is unreal how many more advantages players get over AI in a typical game on a 'normal' difficulty. PoE runs the fairness closer to netural, but the player is still VASTLY favored due to the nature of PoE's skills allowing really nutty stuff few games would dare consider offering a player.

I'll be glad to see someone who thinks they are the voice of the communit be gone being honest. And I didn't even like sanctum at all and mostly took a pass on the mechanic, I still had fun just using the league to play a new kind of character, just like I'll likely enjoy one even if the Crucible is a dud.

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Coconutdoggy wrote:

If I was them I'd stop communicating if they communicate you whine and if they don't you whine LOL ridiculous.

That's a bad take. You elevate the discussion, not abandon it.

Uh huh they elevate it quite a bit and you still whine

LMAO

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Seebeu wrote:

I think we all need a BIG hug.

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nibas wrote:

GGG's management decision to stop communication via reddit and manifesto, instead of improving themselves to minimize misunderstandings, stems from a critical lack of trust in their community. It's their right to do so of course, but imo this will only lead to further gaps between the players and the company. Please, treat your community with trust and respect, most of us are not idiots; you are already doing a good job of presenting the short term/league goals for each major patch, please apply this to longer term goals: what is your vision going further, what is your "product goal" with PoE? Be more transparent and your design decisions will be accepted more easily.

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Itsmez wrote:

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nibas wrote:

GGG's management decision to stop communication via reddit and manifesto, instead of improving themselves to minimize misunderstandings, stems from a critical lack of trust in their community. It's their right to do so of course, but imo this will only lead to further gaps between the players and the company. Please, treat your community with trust and respect, most of us are not idiots; you are already doing a good job of presenting the short term/league goals for each major patch, please apply this to longer term goals: what is your vision going further, what is your "product goal" with PoE? Be more transparent and your design decisions will be accepted more easily.

Who would they be communicating with? The part of wanting something or the part that whine about it? or vice versa

The game community has gone long past the point of having one minded community, its doesnt matter what they do people will be whining about it and as always the whiners are the vocal majority.

So what would be the point of communicating?

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la_blue_girl wrote:

They now just pretend nerfs don't even happen, post-truth style lol. That "only small nerfs this patch, don't worry" comment even set that narrative up.

I really doubt this will be good PR tho. Transparency always wins in the end. As soon players realize what's actually going on here this will just come across as fucking cynical and dishonest.

It's not the first time they pull this kinda shit either tbh. Personally I don't really trust this company anymore. They just come across as a bunch of lying politicians half of the time.