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Alright, so let me begin with an "lol" lol. Let me begin with what I think is your first point? You are correct, not all players like to start from 0, this is why Standard and Hardcore exist. But do not make the mistake of thinking that you are on the same team as "Allnamestaken" here lol rather, you are the kind of person that makes him feel discontent toward this game. You, who play the game enough to equip not one, but 4 characters to handle endgame content. I was explaining how the original Standard and Hardcore leagues are where ALL items get funneled, ESPECIALLY Standard! 4 months is absolutely entirely enough time to reach endgame and acquire BiS items, as well as reach level 90+ with the best builds in the game if you are good enough (with a level cap of 100, that's significant). So why my argument is invalid I'm still not sure, but if you've read this far, you see why yours is. GGG designs the 4-month leagues for people like Allnamestaken who don't want to start the game already two years behind in the economy, and no way to deal with inflation. Not to mention the new content that is specific to new leagues to spice up the game and make it fun. I hope you're less confused now as to who is arguing what.

For what I think might be your second point, the game is getting harder, yes. That's so awesome. Why? Because it was too easy. Anyone could get to endgame with little to no effort before the introduction of added difficulty with the 4-month leagues. Dominus, 78 and now 79 maps, Atziri, and what people believe might be "uber Atziri", these are all difficult encounters. None of them are impossible, though. You're looking at this from your own subjective perspective, which is the Standard league. Standard is not the entire game, there is so much more. Hardcore brings so much more to the table, and it's for this reason that people like you feel the need to spend "600 exalts" on gear to complete this content. Lol there's going to be people completing this content on Invasion, I guarantee it, and do you think they'll have spent 600 exalts? Legacy items don't exist in new leagues, which is another reason to play them (compounding on your lack of argument earlier). But let's look at Standard. 80% of players in standard will probably not be able to do new content like Atziri or "uber Atziri" for some time (only a handful have completed her even now). The reason is that on Standard, you are not afraid of dying (to an extent), so you don't understand finer mechanics of the game. You know how to survive, yes. You don't want to lose 10% experience. But you think you need the best, most perfect items to make this happen, and that's totally not the case. You need a good build to make this happen. That includes skill tree synergies with items and skill gem combinations.

You say that 99.999999% of players in the new leagues won't complete the new content, but I think that number will be more around 96%. When you look at the number of players, that 4% is actually a large number that will reach endgame content and either attempt, or successfully defeat Atziri. The reason I claim this is because I pose that completing this content does not require ridiculous mirrored items or BiS items, as I stated earlier. Of course, there's no way I can substantiate this claim, but perhaps an info-graphic at the end of the league from GGG might help. If you've read this far and still adhere to your narrow-minded view of the game, then I suggest you sit on your hands for a few months until the league information is available, as I'm sure it will be. You'll be in for a surprise.

As for your closing comment regarding GGG, you simply don't get it. The new content is only accessible to good players. If you've been playing Standard since open beta as you claim, then you are very, very bad at this game if you cannot defeat Atziri. Like, I'm being totally honest here, there is no excuse for that. Dying the first few times is totally understandable, it's a new fight. But if you can't find some way to build for it, keep your complaints to yourself, because I fear the day some newbie might inadvertently support you or agree, and pressure GGG in this way.


For those reading who can objectively view the game, it's progress, and the effects of new content, please do not let people like this make unsubstantiated claims that directly target GGG's direction with the game. GGG are involved with the community and do what they can to keep as many people happy as possible. If the only input they get are from people who just don't get it, then we will actually have something to complain about.

I have no complaints for GGG right now, their game is progressing better than I could have hoped when I started in Open Beta.

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oh and I havent beaten Atziri yet cos I havent played since the new patch at all and all my chars are still on full respec

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You can have all the BiS items you desire, but it is clever optimization and skill combinations as well as learning fights that win them. Atziri and "uber Atziri" (if that's what it is) are new and difficult, but if you have trouble with them you don't bang your head against the wall and say it's too hard, you figure out how to beat it. It is entirely possible, everything in this game is.

I think I came off wrong, regarding your knowledge of the game. I didn't mean to say you don't know how to play the game, just that your approach is flawed. I'm confident even I can beat Atziri, and I'm nowhere near the level of many many players that are better than me. Also, I stand by the fact that making assertions on the direction of the game content from the narrow-minded view of only Standard is totally backward. I don't just play Hardcore, I had my fun in standard as well as the Standard and Hardcore 4-month leagues and races. This is the reason you think the game is getting worse and worse! You've spent all your time in one league, and that is not the entire game!

Also, you MUST realize what Standard league is. There is nothing about me playing HC that puts me above standard players, I also play standard. However, Standard is NOT for new players. This is the reason that the default league for new character creation is Ambush (or other current 4-month standard league). You complain about inflation without realizing that where you play is where EVERYTHING gets dumped from every minute of gameplay by every player on this game (barring live HC characters and races that do not dump to HC or SC). GGG nerfs these items out of necessity for the current state of the game, which changes as time goes on with the addition of content and balance of other aspects of the game (items, skill tree, skill gems, etc). They leave the legacy items as trophies for old players who earned them, and goals for new players who play enough to earn them. However, that also adds to how broken Standard is, and I don't need to tell you that. But there's more to this game than Standard. GGG is leaving Standard for people who don't want to start over, but this game is not about Standard. It is about the 4-month leagues that bring new content (because all of the game's content is achievable WELL within 4-months), and those leagues go to Standard and Hardcore for players who want to keep their hard-earned gear and characters. There's no problem with that. The problem is with people like you who can't understand that.

Also, you're not very bright if you can't see that GGG is amazingly in touch with its community. If not, though, that's still great! They won't be listening to you :)


Oh, and oh and I havent beaten Atziri yet cos I havent played since the new patch at all and all my chars are still on full respec literally invalidates anything you have to say. You haven't even tried, and you complain about where the game is going. That deserves another "lol" lol.

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joshuarion wrote:

Not sure if this has been posted yet, but this dropped for me today. Don't see it in your OP.

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Allnamestaken wrote:

Everyone now gets to deal with the mana leech "balance", but that 1% will get to use this unique and go "nya-nya-nya-nya-nya! I get to play as I like and not conserve mana, lol scrubs!".