3.25 End-of-League Private League Events

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Nolfinfun#0020 wrote:

So many people hating on PoE 2, GGG being out of touch and so on. However, I think we need to see the bigger picture, because it's not so black or white.

GGG made us to believe next league will arrive on schedule, which is fine, they had a lot to do with PoE 2, to make it accessible and less buggy for early access. Problem here is: When GGG realized they're not going to make it in terms of PoE 1 content cycle dates, they continued working on PoE 2 without considerably changing their plans.

Now we get another short event, again, based on Settlers league and how long after GGG announced that PoE 1 got life support treatment? 30th of January. Internally it must've been earlier than that. And the decision then was to continue focusing on PoE 2, but assign minimally more resources for PoE 1. That's why we got Phrecia and now we get these private leagues.

However, now we get to the fun part, because I don't think many people don't understand, the ones that are saying "PoE 2 bad", granted GGG should be more transparent about it. PoE 2 is still early access. There are a lot of things that has to be balanced, a lot of things that have to be improved and that has a reflection on how enjoyable the game is to play. We have no idea what they're planning on introducing next in terms of new content. I wish it all the best.

Patches like 0.2, that were heavily advertised, imo make a promise. A promise of a good, enjoyable game, a promise of having fun with interacting with new content and old all the same, a promise of improvement. Making those promises in early access game with a LOT to improve until the game gets out of early access is not the way to go imo, especially that the patch was on par if not better advertised than PoE 1 league. PoE 2 basically gets the community of their beloved game and gives them an unfinished, unpolished game and asks them to test it under the illusion of playing it. Is it long term sustainable? Nope.

Is it fair now to say PoE 2 is a bad game and there is no hope for it? Nope, absolutely not. It is still an early access, and considering how good PoE 1 is, the game is bound to be better over time. Is it fair to say PoE 1 got abandoned for PoE 2? Kind of, yes. Considering how much PoE 1 is a success, giving it life support treatment and focusing on a product that is flawed and will take many, many months till is polished, feels like they shot themselves in the foot.

My honest advice from basically no one: Shift focus from PoE 2 to PoE 1, maintain releasing new content for 1, while slowly working on the 2. Don't release new stuff when current problems are so apparent, unless the new stuff is meant to fix the problems. Don't make it look like a fully fleshed out game when it clearly is an early access. Don't abandon the community of PoE 1 that don't want to become testers of an unfinished game. We are very passionate about this game, but everything has an end, given enough reason.