Garena is adding skill tree resets as a micro transaction in 1.1.3. Thoughts?

I have to laugh at the dimwitted apologists and lapdogs in this thread.

"The creation of a SFL would go against their stated vision for the game."

And the implementation of a P2W mechanism isn't?

"If they implemented an EZmode, then folks would have something to complain about."

You mean like checkpoints and the dumbing down of the Hailrake fight?

Chris was being truthful. This is an experiment. And when GGG sees the results of the experiment (i.e. how lucrative it turns out for Garena) this or something similar will come to POE international. I just can't wait to see how the lapdogs twist themselves into knots in order to try and justify it when it does occur.

If you can't see the direction this game is going then you are utterly and hopelessly blind.

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LastExileStanding wrote:

I have to laugh at the dimwitted apologists and lapdogs in this thread.

"The creation of a SFL would go against their stated vision for the game."

And the implementation of a P2W mechanism isn't?

"If they implemented an EZmode, then folks would have something to complain about."

You mean like checkpoints and the dumbing down of the Hailrake fight?

Chris was being truthful. This is an experiment. And when GGG sees the results of the experiment (i.e. how lucrative it turns out for Garena) this or something similar will come to POE international. I just can't wait to see how the lapdogs twist themselves into knots in order to try and justify it when it does occur.

If you can't see the direction this game is going then you are utterly and hopelessly blind.

You are underestimating Chris' intelligence if you think he just now realized how lucrative it can be to provide p2w elements in a f2p game. This doesn't change anything, don't be silly.

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mazul wrote:

They said that they were strongly against any form of pay-to-win elements.

I seriously doubt that for many if not a vast majority of players who completely respect, such a thing will allow them to do substantially better at the game than they did before they respected.

Basically all they may find out is that they suck just a little bit less than before... too funny.

It's a matter of convenience versus the economy.

Dont understand how a NON trade-able tree reset is pay 2 win. If anything is pay 2 win its those seraph wings >:(

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ShimmyShimmy wrote:

Dont understand how a NON trade-able tree reset is pay 2 win. If anything is pay 2 win its those seraph wings >:(

god damn i need Atziri's boobs Mtx to win.

Played on the Garena server last night.
In hardcore there are no games in Normal, Cruel any act .. (died at Dominus cruel soloing).
Invasion is a little busier I hear but there is no trade spam at all in Hc . I saw maybe a few dozen trades happen total over about 10 hours.
The lack of lag or desynch was kind of awesome.
All through May on weekends only , +50% rarity +25% quantity ''Fairgraves fortune'' event on all zones all weekend.
Highest ranked in both Hc and invasion ladders is 90'ish lvl. Anyone can play there. I live in USA. The ladders are semi- fresh compared to the destroyed economies over here.

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xxSerpentlordxx wrote:

Played on the Garena server last night.


In hardcore there are no games in Normal, Cruel any act .. (died at Dominus cruel soloing).

Invasion is a little busier I hear but there is no trade spam at all in Hc . I saw maybe a few dozen trades happen total over about 10 hours.

The lack of lag or desynch was kind of awesome.

All through May on weekends only , +50% rarity +25% quantity ''Fairgraves fortune'' event on all zones all weekend.

Highest in both Hc and invasion was 90'ish on the ladder rank. Anyone can play there. I live in USA. The ladders are semi- fresh compared to the destroyed economies over here.

My observation is that there is almost no poster interaction on the forum (or many comments on threads), no post-mortems on race threads, and precious little activity in GC. What there is is largely civil, but sparse. The Garena Plus portal (though which you log into PoE) is much like Steam, in that it provides access to a number of games; one fellow I met just starting out in PoE said his goodbye to go play GTA. That, alone, could account for the lack of focus, given the many options which could create quite a distraction from choosing PoE.

Also, it is useful to keep in mind that Garena PoE is a different universe; while it could be a whole, new fishbowl to play in, they do have those bonus +Quant/+Qual deals, and I think I saw a bonus XP thing go by, as well. I've played there, in Ambush, as well as raced. It's doable, if a teensy bit laggy for me (in the US).

They DO have some really awesome resources in the forum, including a tutorial page which GGG should either envy or emulate, but It's nowhere near as populated.

If you do register, mind your P's and Q's. Garena has a VERY detailed Code of Conduct, and seem inclined to enforce it. Otherwise, good luck! =^[.]^=

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ShimmyShimmy wrote:

Dont understand how a NON trade-able tree reset is pay 2 win.

Following your logic, a NON trade-able 500 passive points pack is not pay 2 win too. Its NON trade-able man, how its a p2w?

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You mirin my titles brah?

I was so determined to stay away form that topic, but I really cant believe some people try to claim it is not P2W.

How is it not P2W when a normal player needs to spend 60+ regrets to reset their tree, while someone can do it with the slip of a credit card?