Path of Exile on the Gameplanet Show podcast

I watched the seminar that Jonathan gave regarding random level generation that was referenced in the podcast. It was quite interested and at the time very much helped me when playing in CB. While the details were always random, I knew that all I had to do to find the tree roots was cross the first river and head north.

Now that OB has hit though its pretty clear that the algorithm that creates the maps has been much improved. Obviously many more tiles to pull from, but I think it also added what I think of as a rotational factor to the maps. Whereas all were previously played from a single viewpoint, it now seems almost like the point of view changes a bit each time a zone is generated. Makes it much harder to get your bearings... which is a good thing.

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Utoy wrote:

10 minutes into that podcast and they still hardly talked about PoE or even talked to Chris. They talked of other games and other issues and whatever, like Chris wasn't there. I'm sure it got better later, but I just got fed up and stopped listening.

Not a reflection at all on GGG of course. And I'm glad they're getting the buzz.

Ever heard of skipping through the podcast? That's what I did and got in to the poe interveiw right away. ;) L2podcast

Great listen. Thank you :)

After listening to the whole thing, my chief take-away is that more people need to buy wetas. Lets get to it!

Congratulations Chris! I'm glad you had to opportunity to be on the show finally :)!

When I have extra time I'll listen to the entire thing!

loved the podcast! chris, u and ur team deserve a great future!

P.S. my favorite part of the cast was hearing "we'll b working on this game for the rest of our lives."

Almond is going to watch this now.

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WoJo311 wrote:

P.S. my favorite part of the cast was hearing "we'll b working on this game for the rest of our lives."

one of my favorite parts too ... Chris' Retirement after Release of PoE-Act 28b in 204x ;)

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DevilJade wrote:

That part about some people not knowing Kiwis were real

yes, some stupid even claim they're going extinct soon but still europes supermarkets are full of them 8-)

This is on purpose, because the news page only shows the first paragraph and doesn't display my name.

Thank you for bringing it up, I was waiting to reply to clarify this.[/quote]



Chris, you should definitely start referring to yourself in the third person. (on the forums, at least)

Good interview I enjoyed listening to it. That part about some people not knowing Kiwis were real had me laughing because.... I didn't know they were real until a few months ago :D[/quote]

I think its more personal if he is referring to him self in the first form. And that is what makes GGG special, the dialog with the community.