Path of Pain – It May Be a Great Game, But Not for the aRPG Fanbase

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RKxZlcLUUF#5704 wrote:

in fact you speak for a loud minority while others who enjoy the game don't spend time posting on repeat the same crap over and over.

ciao

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Akedomo#3573 wrote:

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RKxZlcLUUF#5704 wrote:

in fact you speak for a loud minority while others who enjoy the game don't spend time posting on repeat the same crap over and over.

ciao

If you regularly play POE 1. You are what's left of hundreds of thousands, if not millions of potential casual/average players that have tried it, and quit.

The fact that you don't realize you're the minority right now is amazing. Do you lack that much self awareness?

You could say 'PoE just isn't for you' Or realize. You have your game with crafting and mapping in it. And PoE 2 is a different game.

Telling people to go play Stardew instead of giving their criticisms about the game during an Early Access shows an incredible lack of insight, logical thinking, common sense, and reasoning skills.

Did you fry your brain grinding PoE for too long?

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RKxZlcLUUF#5704 wrote:

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RKxZlcLUUF#5704 wrote:

in fact you speak for a loud minority while others who enjoy the game don't spend time posting on repeat the same crap over and over.

ciao

Reddit and twitter have convinced a whole generation that they are a consensus when that isn't the reality. May I suggest another game for you like world of warcraft? Maybe Pokemon is a good fit.

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Akedomo#3573 wrote:

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Erebus1800#6364 wrote:

+1, these new accounts are such a joke they wont even be here in six months let alone a year when leagues start.

Yeah. Have you stopped to think about why that might be the case?

There's tons of people who obviously want a good game. Dated PoE and archaic ARPG mechanics aren't exactly enticing people in.

PoE 1 stopped being a good game about 4 years after it was released.

It became bloated with complexity just to appease sweaty nerds that played the game for 16 hours a day, 300 days a year and dropped thousands of dollars on special wings and foot prints. Tons of people quit. I LOVED PoE in the beginning. I stopped playing when playing was standing around in town using stacks of chaos and exalts on an item to eek out another 2% fire resist so I wasn't getting one shot on a map.


Lets keep these games separate. There's nothing wrong with PoE 2 changing the formula for more casual players. You can always go back and play PoE 1.

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vonMistont#4223 wrote:

Have you noticed how every prominent streamer review goes? "PoE2 is great, the best aRPG on the market, here’s my list of 100 complaints"—they all sound exhausted.

It's crazy how unhappy the players that are left over, are. PoE 1 was tailor made for people that spend 10,000+ hours in the game, and most of them are utterly miserable. The addiction is real. You can see people raging over games like this.

I think everyone needs to step back and take a look at what is, and what isn't fun. Because that's what we all want. Fun. Not PoE 1, version 2.

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BrainVs#6980 wrote:

but the only thing ggg cares about is "end game" cause thats all streamers complained about. becuase they will spend countless hours of their lives grinding "end game" so its all the care about

ggg built this game from the ground up for streamers.

They damn well better listen to the more casual playerbase if they want this game to be a long term success.

Either way, even if it's not. They've made like 50 million on early access. And another 50 million off addicted whales buying the huge supporter packs.

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hqDM#6633 wrote:

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StrykerxS77x#8221 wrote:

I grew up on Diablo 1. I'm really enjoying this game.

For better or worse, that is a good comparison to make.
It's kind of like playing a D1 remake with shiny new graphics after playing D2 LoD for 12 years.

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vonMistont#4223 wrote:

GGG: "We want feedback."
Veterans: "Here’s what I don’t like."
Cultists (often Neophytes): "If you have any complaints, go play Tetris."

Let’s not waste time on such people.

Once again, to be constructive (since my point got buried under this nonsense):

PoE 2 - Fixing Proposals:

1. Drastically improve QoL: Add more quality-of-life features than any other ARPG. Why run to shopkeepers in towns? Add clickable icons instead. Don’t constrain yourselves with decades-old standards.


2. Make maps readable: Ensure enemies are visible, obstacles are clear, and skills feel fluid. Embrace a fun, arcade-like gameplay style, similar to Hades if you want innovation.


3. Preserve what works: Bring back skill diversity and crafting from PoE 1. Don’t remove systems that are already successful.

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Valsacar#0268 wrote:

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vonMistont#4223 wrote:

GGG: "We want feedback."
Veterans: "Here’s what I don’t like."
Cultists (often Neophytes): "If you have any complaints, go play Tetris."

Let’s not waste time on such people.

Once again, to be constructive (since my point got buried under this nonsense):

PoE 2 - Fixing Proposals:

1. Drastically improve QoL: Add more quality-of-life features than any other ARPG. Why run to shopkeepers in towns? Add clickable icons instead. Don’t constrain yourselves with decades-old standards.


2. Make maps readable: Ensure enemies are visible, obstacles are clear, and skills feel fluid. Embrace a fun, arcade-like gameplay style, similar to Hades if you want innovation.


3. Preserve what works: Bring back skill diversity and crafting from PoE 1. Don’t remove systems that are already successful.

The want FEEDBACK, not bitching and whining. There are very few threads actually offering feedback, most are just complaining and (completely inaccurately) claiming the game is dying because GGG isn't catering to those crying the most.