how much better would the base game be if they never worked on poe 1 or fate of the vaal in 2025?

serious question. wondering what others think. how much further along would the core game be if they never wasted their time/resources on poe 1 or fate of the vaal temple?

stash tabs, campaign tweaks, ascendancy trial overhauls, classes and acts and skills, class balance, item balance, end game overhaul, the list goes on.

super disappointed in the development direction. 0.1 was great because every system in the game felt polished. maybe not balance-wise, but every orb felt good to use, you got good quantities of them, none of the game systems took you out of the gameplay loop too much, like chasing wisps across the entire map or entering an abyssal pit every 2-3 maps and having to go watch that guy desecrate and watch him do his animation every time you enter a fresh instance lol. expedition maps aren't fun and the systems aren't rewarding aside from recombinator. there's just so many things that need to be fixed before more gets added.

maybe a hot take, but i really liked mechanics like cadiro where you just feel rewarded for playing. it doesn't always need to be some highly engaging mechanic or something you have to think about every map. poe 2 would benefit from some simple reward systems like cadiro where you just get a chance to find some cool loot like a headhunter or whatever, you know. rather than adding stuff which is full of friction like double corrupts which gatekeeps all the best gear in the game behind gambling. i was so happy playing SSF on 0.2 and 0.3 because it actually feels like you can find everything you're looking for unlike poe 1, but now it's much less so. and all that aside, just being able to get good items off the ground really needs to be a core aspect of this game i think.

i just see it all going downhill fast. at this rate we won't have all the acts and classes until 2027 and i don't even think people want act 5 or 6 at this point because act 4 and interlude is too long and things haven't been tweaked enough in acts 2-3.

the game is moving towards poe 1 in many of its systems but while trying to maintain some the poe 2 vision on the surface (skill combos, nice graphics, slower gameplay, etc), and there is not enough dev power one way or the other to make it fun for either side. it's becoming a worst of both worlds situation.

please just stop creating league mechanics for all of 2026 so u can improve the game. add cadiro and some of the other super easy ones. and just create some slop for poe 1 by giving them the diablo 3 treatment. for a couple years now d3 just recycles old season mechanics. just do that along with a few balance changes so they feel incentivized to try a new build. it's actually a good idea, those guys are happy with anything and they don't play for a long time anyway. please work on poe 2.

How much better would the game have been if they actually stuck with what they promised us when it was announced you mean.

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MikesLoverFromAnotherMother#7477 a écrit :

How much better would the game have been if they actually stuck with what they promised us when it was announced you mean.

Pretty much, how good would PoE be if they followed Chris vision and made it like the presentation 2021? It would be the greatest ARPG of all time , no doubt

holy "sh...t", just chill.

the game is way better then all arpg together and its early access.

just chill, you will get a big 0.4c update and 0.4d update und 0.4.1 update
and 0.5, 0.6 0.7

just wait. go outside.

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Darosius#3984 a écrit :

holy "sh...t", just chill.

the game is way better then all arpg together and its early access.

just chill, you will get a big 0.4c update and 0.4d update und 0.4.1 update
and 0.5, 0.6 0.7

just wait. go outside.

i just finished playing clair obscur. i know whats possible. GGG is still technically a indie company of sortthis thread has nothing to do with rushing content. it isn't about that at all. i don't think you even read the post. but thx for posting bro.

it depends, if Kotf is a great league and players enjoy it then one could justify the poorness we got in 0.4
But if both leagues are poor then there is something wrong/not working as intended and they should review their plan of "2 months here and 2 months there".

I dont play poe1 anymore, how is the league there?

0.1 was good, its been downhill since
games gone
fucking junk
every patch sucks
all the skills suck
Path of Auto Attack
go fuck yourself

Nothing will change. It’s clear that 3.27 was just something whipped up on the side while developing poe2.

PoE1 will never impact on PoE2

How much better would POE1 be if it were not for this unfun garbage people call poe2?

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Kotrr#0849 a écrit :

i just finished playing clair obscur. i know whats possible.

If you really think that those two games are in any way comparable, you have no fucking clue about software development. Those are not even in the same ballpark when it comes to complexity.

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greystorm420#3919 a écrit :

How much better would POE1 be if it were not for this unfun garbage people call poe2?

It would still be the same old zoom-zoom crap it's been for years.