Death Penalty Changes in 0.11.3

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deefa wrote:

However, if the data shows a steady flow of players who hit a high level wall in softcore, die thus lose XP and eventually ragequitting the game completely then I can see reason in wishing to make some attempt at retaining them. Those of us who want a real challenge always have hardcore.

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Hornet85 wrote:

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oBLACKIECHANo wrote:

It's not meant to be HC, but it's not meant to be D3 either. And nerfing things like this is a slippery slope.

And as entropus said, the devs have always wanted to make an "hardcore" arpg.

I don't see how it could be comparable to D3 because the distinction between PoE and D3 wasn't about death penalty. It has more to do with the game system which is equal across all league.

Death penalty is about two different approach to that same game system. Irrespective of what games we're talking about, there will be two crowd of players, one where they strive for perfection and that's what the Hardcore leagues in these games are for.

The other crowd is a more casual approach in the sense that they want to experience the deep and complex game mechanic, but it doesn't have to be punishing. Death penalty doesn't add anything to the depth of a game. (It's just like a game maker make a hard mode by simply making the AI enemies godlike. That merely makes the game punishing. Not everyone plays a video game to be punished.)

Path of Exile wasn't distinguished from the rest because of how punishing death is. It's different because of how deep the game system is.



I have a lot of respect for hardcore players. But I'm sure everyone will agree that not all players have the skills hardcore players have. Harsh exp penalty only serve to limit the progress of players who are not good enough to stay alive the same way hardcore players do. Standard league is to allow them to progress without HC skills.

Don't punish these players by limiting their ability to progress.