Path of Exile is a MAJESTIC incline

[Jaedar]

I'm guessing this will be worst league yet for player retention, and no Elden Ring release as excuse this time.

Yep, quickest 180 I've seen from GGG. Three backtracks and direct interaction from Chris in one weekend.

Even Expedition didn't have this much rapid backtracking.

Is it finally time for incursion to get its revenge?

(I am a bit upset the playerbase disliked it so much, imo it was the best league they ever made)

 

[Tacgnol]

I'm guessing this will be worst league yet for player retention, and no Elden Ring release as excuse this time.

Yep, quickest 180 I've seen from GGG. Three backtracks and direct interaction from Chris in one weekend.

Even Expedition didn't have this much rapid backtracking.

Is it finally time for incursion to get its revenge?

(I am a bit upset the playerbase disliked it so much, imo it was the best league they ever made)

I seem to remember player reaction to Incursion was quite positive, though the league itself had quite bad long term retention.

 

[Jaedar]

I'm guessing this will be worst league yet for player retention, and no Elden Ring release as excuse this time.

Yep, quickest 180 I've seen from GGG. Three backtracks and direct interaction from Chris in one weekend.

Even Expedition didn't have this much rapid backtracking.

Is it finally time for incursion to get its revenge?

(I am a bit upset the playerbase disliked it so much, imo it was the best league they ever made)

I seem to remember player reaction to Incursion was quite positive, though the league itself had quite bad long term retention.

Yeah I guess, but GGG cares more about retention than reaction I think.

 

[Gerrard]

GGG doesn't actually care about retention over a league's lifespan at all, they only care about how many people are at launch because the more there are the more sold packs and MTXes.

 

[T. Reich]

I played the shit out of Incursion, had so much fun.
Bought me first mirror then.
Ah, the memories!

 

[ArchAngel]

I didn't even bother playing this league or follow any streamers or drama. But I am not surprised to learn they fucked up mechanics of another league lol
But not changing skills and gems is good news for my standard character. I don't think I am ever going back to playing separate leagues.

 

[Jaedar]

But I am not surprised to learn they fucked up mechanics of another league lol

It's not the league mechanics that are fucked up, it's the new monster mods.

And I'm pretty sure they got applied to standard at the same time.

 

[Tacgnol]

And I'm pretty sure they got applied to standard at the same time.

They will yes, the AN mods replacing rare mods was part of the expansion content, not the league.

 

[Kjaska]

My guess is that GGG initially predicted getting like a 30-50% hike in player deaths across all zones and player levels with this new mod system. Then league launched and they got something like a 500% hike lmao. Even if nobody from the community had said anything, GGG would have most likely tuned it back down. I just wanna know what kind of Alpha testers thought that 3-4 mod rares were fine, especially as a Ghosted Essence Bestiary mob. Speaking of Ghosts, the Sentinel League is actually what I always wanted from Torment: being able to control when I release it. I hope Torment gets removed next league and we get Sentinel instead in some form. It's pretty cool. It's just too bad it had to release in a league where the difficulty is already spiked up, so people are discouraged from using it.

I'm currently using this setup to maximize the amount of juice I get from the red one and the amount of Power Cores I find. I'm pretty sure you need the Power Cores to craft the last 3 tiers of Sentinels, as the highest I was able to find naturally in t16s was the Obsidian tier. No luck so far though. I've started hiding all other tiers below Obsidian for now, as those are all weaker and I have more than enough Sentinels as it is.

 

[Jaedar]

. I just wanna know what kind of Alpha testers thought that 3-4 mod rares were fine, especially as a Ghosted Essence Bestiary mob.

From some comments from chris, I think the poe testers just test that the game works as the developers intended (ie, yup chaos weaver gives +50 chaos res, test complete) and not "is this a reasonable challenge"?

 

[Mark.L.Joy]

So typical "we have another definition of what this word means" while admitting it's true, good of him to finally admit it what we already knew I guess.

 

[ArchAngel]

But I am not surprised to learn they fucked up mechanics of another league lol

It's not the league mechanics that are fucked up, it's the new monster mods.

And I'm pretty sure they got applied to standard at the same time.

Hmm, good thing I am playing on Xbox and there is no update yet. Maybe I get fixed version :D

 

[Kjaska]

Chris most likely is just shielding his team from the anger of the community by stepping in front. I can totally see the QA just slacking off and testing only a handful of the mods in a handful of situations and calling it a day.

 

[T. Reich]

Ah yes, the mythical beast that is GGG playtesters rears its ugly head yet again.

 

[Jaedar]

Chris most likely is just shielding his team from the anger of the community by stepping in front. I can totally see the QA just slacking off and testing only a handful of the mods in a handful of situations and calling it a day.

Shielding his team by throwing a different part of the team under the bus?
You might be right of course, but I'm inclined to believe him. GGG playetesters having a very limited mandate feels like it explains a lot about the GGGs pervasive quality issues.

 

[Kjaska]

Chris most likely is just shielding his team from the anger of the community by stepping in front. I can totally see the QA just slacking off and testing only a handful of the mods in a handful of situations and calling it a day.

Shielding his team by throwing a different part of the team under the bus?
You might be right of course, but I'm inclined to believe him. GGG playetesters having a very limited mandate feels like it explains a lot about the GGGs pervasive quality issues.

He didn't say that anyone on the team made a mistake, he basically implied that his testers were fine with the difficulty. Which I can believe tbh, because in the Alpha testing environment you're not trying to push for a sub 4h campaign. I mean these people thought that Hardmode is fun, I can see them actually liking the 4mod rares raping their ass.

 

[ArchAngel]

Ok, I went to reddit and read the drama a bit. I guess this is most hardcore unfriendly league lol. I need to find compilations of HC streamers dying.

 

[janior]

man i cant get through leveling again, they should add some level boost to 70 in the game shop

 

[Jaedar]

man i cant get through leveling again, they should add some level boost to 70 in the game shop

Play standard, use lots of regret orbs.

You'll also get lots of free respecs when they change the skill trees.

 

[janior]

bro i played this game before, the game starts at endgame

 

[ArchAngel]

man i cant get through leveling again, they should add some level boost to 70 in the game shop

Play standard, use lots of regret orbs.

You'll also get lots of free respecs when they change the skill trees.

That is good for SSF or SSF lite, but for tradefags that does not work.

 

[Kjaska]

Ok, I went to reddit and read the drama a bit. I guess this is most hardcore unfriendly league lol. I need to find compilations of HC streamers dying.

Watch this instead:

https://clips.twitch.tv/WildAmorphousJackalBuddhaBar-GLcAPZ1eoufobQGR





She died 19h before that and came back with a vengeance to the first Uber Cortex kill of the race.

 

[ArchAngel]

Ok, I went to reddit and read the drama a bit. I guess this is most hardcore unfriendly league lol. I need to find compilations of HC streamers dying.

Watch this instead:

https://clips.twitch.tv/WildAmorphousJackalBuddhaBar-GLcAPZ1eoufobQGR





She died 19h before that and came back with a vengeance to the first Uber Cortex kill of the race.

You sound like you jerk off to her stream.

 

[Gerrard]

"She"

 

[razvedchiki]

any cyclone cheap build?