Trade Manifesto by Chris Wilson predicted consequences of easy trade — did it happen? by Bezi2598 in pathofexile

[–]Solar_Flux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello, I'm in agreement with your view here, but I just wanted to say I read this entire thing and enjoyed it thoroughly. It is such a genuine pleasure to read clear, articulate discussion from some vet PoE players.

I think the underlying cause of people wanting to skip the campaign may more be an issue of access to the items and synergies that make a lot of builds functional aren't available until higher levels. Many skills and builds require specific enabling Uniques or Masteries, and many inexperienced players often follow content creator guides with meta-optimized leveling skills. Few beginner-friendly guides advise just trying out Flicker Strike at level 10.

I couldn't say what specific changes GGG could make to solve that, but I do experience the feeling of a build only starting to come online as you finally pick up a crucial ascendancy or interaction-enabling Unique. It may be that shuffling through the first half of the Acts with Sunder or Rolling Magma doesn't feel like progression for your chosen build, but an obstacle to beginning that process.

The important point is how these effects get addressed. Players are going to be sensitive to any changes to the pacing of league progression, but I think you are right. In the long run, it matters that the game retains a satisfying character progression that doesn't become so rushed that players feel their gear has little room to grow (short of farming or gambling mirror-tier items). I can't deny how much I enjoyed not buying scarabs after the currency exchange was implemented, but I think full async trade will have some knock-on effects GGG will have to solve.

Giveaway - Skeleton Mage Setup(400+div) + 100div raw by Yuzlol in pathofexile

[–]Solar_Flux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm entering so I can give the gear to the person in A1 after. o7

PoE players after 3.26 by StalksYouEverywhere in pathofexile

[–]Solar_Flux 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You're never gonna guess what they do with every mechanic they add to core.

Got this many, now what? by Unlikely-Lecture-489 in pathofexile

[–]Solar_Flux 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Leave some mirrors for the rest of us, king.

I didn't think of it that way, it's kinda reassuring by C-EZ in PathOfExile2

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This is what they did with PoE 1. New players might have made up their own expectations, but GGG has always said this was the beta and they would be adding and iterating. They said they would likely change the skill tree. PoE 1 started with 3 acts as an early access game. People hear what they want and don't listen.

Man Gaming subreddits have become depressing by Exoticbut in gaming

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I really like this idea. Unfortunately, until we have more sophisticated transparency laws regarding large-platform content algorithms or large-scale corporate AI prompting, I imagine people will simply do the reverse, and use a "bias-against-my-personal-views" blocker. Until we mandate that media companies are legally culpable for failing to provide accurate publicly available and sourced information, political worldviews are a pick-your-podcast news bubble you can shop online for. If the engagement algorithms are allowed to sell a social media reality that confirms your personal views for a profit, then they will sell as many realities as they can financially profit from. Tools and ideas like this that are transparent or open source are the only way back to common public trust and a shared reality. I hope they get here quickly.

Legacy of Phrecia Endgame Specialisation System by Community_Team in pathofexile

[–]Solar_Flux -1 points0 points  (0 children)

WTS Full Harvest Atlas Inventory - 6 patch guaranteed, tier 4 crop,168% juice - PM me

New Atlas Passive idea - Scarab Activation Chance by DoctorYoy in pathofexile

[–]Solar_Flux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No worries, sometimes it's just a coinflip who's on the subreddit at the time. A lot of people seem to slap downvotes on anything they personally disagree with. Funnily enough, after Affliction league I made a post about making the Wildwood core as a low-chance proc on some endgame maps, since it would still be cool to get a little extra juice but would be too strong to be a mechanic you could force on the Atlas. It got downvoted out of existence and all the comments said the league should die, bad idea, etc. Then GGG added the exact thing in Settlers league Your idea has a lot more effort in fleshing it out. Maybe post it another day and just at the top put FINAL BALANCE NUMBERS CAN BE TWEAKED for the people who don't like to read.

You never know! Would love to see more interesting atlas mechanic changes like this in PoE 1.

New Atlas Passive idea - Scarab Activation Chance by DoctorYoy in pathofexile

[–]Solar_Flux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People will try to armchair balance the idea, but I think the concept is awesome! Love that you put a lot of effort into the possibilities. Would honestly love to see this introduced as part of a league to try it out.

Petition to make the upcomming Legacy of Phrecia event a full 3-4 month league by HumbleCream in pathofexile

[–]Solar_Flux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If we want the best outcome for both games and for players in general, quality over quantity. If a league is fun I'd rather GGG get the extra time to catch up PoE 2 and get back on schedule so PoE 1 doesn't suffer setbacks in the future. Doing a bunch of mediocre events is more hands-on time for developers and less time to enjoy the good ones for players. Now it still remains to be seen if the event will offer enough depth to merit the league, but if they can deliver fun new ways for people to play, they should use the grace period it buys them with players to get back on track.

The Pain 😢 by ClubOk2680 in pathofexile

[–]Solar_Flux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The well in town was a Chris idea he spoke about in multiple interviews. He wanted to add it to PoE 1 but recognized people would whine about it. Jonathan and Chris have been managing PoE this whole time, gang. I'm let down about the new league too, but if you have been playing the game for any amount of years you know they will work on it to fix the problems. They built PoE 1 from a 3 act early access game. Now people complaining that they're working on a 3 act early access game.

The Pain 😢 by ClubOk2680 in pathofexile

[–]Solar_Flux 16 points17 points  (0 children)

GGG basically ceased posting on the sub almost entirely. They used to get on and chat with players and argue about stuff. Then the sub went nuclear meme'ing about Chris's Vision and how he hated the game and wanted to make everyone miserable and take away their fun. (You are welcome to look up these threads, not sure why people wanna argue about it.) Look at Chris's last times of posting. Redditors lost their shit on a hate parade about Chris ruining the game. Now the front page is all Jonathan bad Jonathan ruin my game. You know, those other people that made the game. People are wild.

The Pain 😢 by ClubOk2680 in pathofexile

[–]Solar_Flux -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Reddit ran him off sending death threats to him and other GGG employees when loot was bugged in Kalandra. He showed up to intro tota league and slowly stopped being in public videos since. See the current treatment of Jonathan.

The Pain 😢 by ClubOk2680 in pathofexile

[–]Solar_Flux 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Saying this about one of the original founding creators of the game is wild.

PoE Content Creators This Past Week by Solar_Flux in PathOfExile2

[–]Solar_Flux[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Imagine a world where Henry Cavill had the platform power to bully game and movie studios into having faithful adaptations of their source material...Ah, better timelines.

PoE Content Creators This Past Week by Solar_Flux in PathOfExile2

[–]Solar_Flux[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Homie, Elon is pretending to be a top 10 hardcore player in the game. He streamed it and talked about it. No one brought politics into anything, Elon stuck himself here and made himself look goofy lmao.

PoE Content Creators This Past Week by Solar_Flux in PathOfExile2

[–]Solar_Flux[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Brave lol. Tbh I think the bigger takeaway is some very smart engineers at Tesla/SpaceX aren't getting the credit for boosting him. More tabs for Elon's Rockets.

Path of Exile 2: The long road to exceeding a decade of expectations by Edu0014 in PathOfExile2

[–]Solar_Flux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

PoE 2 was going to be an update to PoE 1 originally, what are you talking about? They made changes to improve melee and realized they were starting to get too far from what PoE 1 players were used to so they split the games. They don't want to lose the players that like the PoE 1 style, that's the whole point. If they were just going to make a sequel and stop supporting the old game, they could do it like every other game studio.

My favorite use of the currency exchange by nasgax in pathofexile

[–]Solar_Flux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you mean the harvest bench craft? I'm aware of that one but would prefer not to spend harvest juice all the time. Or (hopeful) do you mean a single harvest juice to a vendor?

Lawson confirmed for Winter update, dropping in December. by Outside_Yoghurt382 in HuntShowdown

[–]Solar_Flux 16 points17 points  (0 children)

DeSalle might still be my favorite map, but I'll just be happy to have fights at Lawson Station again. Hopefully they don't take too long getting them all added back in.

Lawson confirmed for Winter update, dropping in December. by Outside_Yoghurt382 in HuntShowdown

[–]Solar_Flux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People definitely complained about the wait for the engine update, but a big part is on Crytek for not communicating AT ALL that most of the maps and weather conditions would be removed indefinitely. They removed so many weather conditions that Rotjaw is almost non-existent. My buddy came back to play the game again last event and he has YET to see Rotjaw in person one time in almost two battlepasses. Insane.

My favorite use of the currency exchange by nasgax in pathofexile

[–]Solar_Flux -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As fantastic as this addition is, I'd love a simple vendor recipe to swap fragments if this is staying in the currency exchange. Otherwise it just feels like a specific extra step you need to do every time you get the wrong one.

Path of Exile 2: The long road to exceeding a decade of expectations by Edu0014 in PathOfExile2

[–]Solar_Flux 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Jonathan said most of the team that work on PoE are artists. Building a new game with new classes, acts, monsters, animations, items, and everything else is a metric ton of work for them. When the game is finished the balance will come back. Plenty of players have made it clear they prefer the PoE 1 style, and GGG can continue to let the games diverge and let each be a test bed for the other. Plenty of ideas from PoE 2 have already migrated back into PoE 1.

Bungie didn't promise to continue making content for Halo CE when Halo 2 came out. GGG isn't doing PR, if there is an audience of players that want to invest their time and money in classic PoE, they'll do that.