Why have you stopped playing?

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CharanJaydemyr escreveu:

http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/19091/page/40#p5368047

Sometimes the straw that breaks the camel's back can seem like a steel rod. The name change itself isn't the key here. It's what it represents.

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CharanJaydemyr escreveu:

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Isbox1 escreveu:

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CharanJaydemyr escreveu:

Because GGG choose to be stupid instead of smart with a name.

That's why I've stopped playing.

None of this petty 'gameplay and balance' bullshit. Forget your desync tantrums and your nerf whining.

That's predictable. If you quit over those, you're shrinkage. You're acceptable loss.

But changing a character's name from perfectly decent Latin to gibberish because of a voice acting gaff? FUCK THAT.

Wait - I'm so confused - which is pretty easy to do to me so... can you elaborate?? I don't get it. Did they force a name change on you or something Charan?

http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/19091/page/40#p5368047

Sometimes the straw that breaks the camel's back can seem like a steel rod. The name change itself isn't the key here. It's what it represents.

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CharanJaydemyr escreveu:

It is much simpler than that. 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it'.

I have LONG denounced GGG's tail-chasing with the metagame changes. I told them -- innocents will be hit in the crossfire here. And they were. I was, several times. You can justify a 'nerf' if it means keeping the top players in check but when it also breaks perfectly decent builds and playstyles by your more casual players (who may just be hardcore supporters), I think it's clear which part of the playerbase you really care about.

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HardcoreNP escreveu:

honest answer?
cause i hit 100 on hc

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NekoHanten escreveu:

nightmare lol

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CharanJaydemyr escreveu:

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IronSteel escreveu:

I see what you mean there, Charan. It's good analogy on your dennounced "Can't fix it? Let's just put a band-aid on it" GGG's recent philosophy, even tearing down things that were actually working just fine.

Myself, I'm having a blast with Invasion and wait to get back home, have my kid asleep and play the game.

Under my view, I think changes are necessary to keep the game interesting. Adding new skills, changing skill tree every now and then (not too often or game-breaking), and introducing new content adds to the life and attraction of PoE. Some may like the changes and adapt to them, some will throw the towel because they just refuse to keep up with such changes.

If i would've want to keep playing the same, static, non-changing-at-all ARPG, I would've stayed in D3. The fact that this is game is ACTUALLY in constant changing differs it from the rest.

Yes, we're not in Beta anymore. Yes, under certain points of view it could seem that GGG's deviating from their initial perspectives / guidelines for PoE. Take it for what's it worth. There's a lot of effort of effort and creativity behind most (not all) changes introduced to the game.

It is much simpler than that. 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it'.

I have LONG denounced GGG's tail-chasing with the metagame changes. I told them -- innocents will be hit in the crossfire here. And they were. I was, several times. You can justify a 'nerf' if it means keeping the top players in check but when it also breaks perfectly decent builds and playstyles by your more casual players (who may just be hardcore supporters), I think it's clear which part of the playerbase you really care about.

The real tragedy is how good this game is in and of itself. I've recently tried GDawn; doesn't even come close for me. I understand why people ask for an offline version of Path of Exile. I don't think it's the answer, but it definitely is *good enough* as a game to stand on its own there. Many F2P games aren't; they rely on the addictive nature of p2w to survive.

I get that I'm probably not the ideal player for PoE. That I'm not the sort of player it's meant to attract -- I've seen how clever some of the dedicated players are, and how their brains tick in different directions to 'break' the end-game stuff. That's cool. That's admirable even. But if GGG can't cater to them *and to people who just want to play the game at their own pace*, then that's a problem.

Like I said, wouldn't be a problem if the game sucked before end-game, as I've seen some high-end players express. This game is designed to be replayed. The race leagues make that abundantly clear. Part of the problem is GGG want to have their cake and eat it too: on one hand, they encourage replaying by making respecs sort of difficult, allowing a massive account-muling stash and create short-term races with aesthetic rewards...but on the other hand, they've set a maximum level beyond almost anyone's grasp simply because the content only goes up to 20 levels before it.

Why do we have a divided, conflicting playerbase? Because we have no idea HOW we're meant to play this game. What does it mean to 'win'? Can you even actually ever 'win'?

All fine and well to say, 'just play your own way', but when you have GGG meddling with the skills and items as actively as they do, there's every chance 'your way' is going to be broken tomorrow. Well, then, find another path. Find another way. And hope that some arsehole high-end player doesn't find a way to abuse that way too.

...And so it goes, on and on and on and on (and maybe I stopped believing).