Path of exile

[Forboding Angel]

Actually POE is an amazing game. Unfortunately, the moment it gets really interesting, it also gets really un-fun.

[smoth]

Alright, I believe you, you dont like Path of exile.

No, those are valid issues. is what he said incorrect?

[SmoothGumdart]

is what he said incorrect?

Yes.

[smoth]

is what he said incorrect?

Yes.

reply to his points and offer a counter arguement smurf.

[SmoothGumdart]

reply to his points and offer a counter arguement smurf.

Ok, but only because you talk dirty to me.

dying causes massive xp loss and you lose hours of time spent grinding.

XP loss is 0%, 5% and 10% per death. Amounting to 0, 10 and 20 minutes of time lost respectively, around level 70.

Apparently you aren't aware of the fact that POE has a bad habit of spawning boss monsters that are immune to your entire build

This does not happen.

But you just said I get less loot from lower level areas

You only receive less currency items when over 2 levels above area, all other drops remain the same.

I know a lot about the game

No.

making dumb statements

It was a true statement.

lack of skill point respec

18 skill respec points are given for quests. More can be crafted or traded for.

[CopyyyCattt]

I don't understand why this thread had to turn into a shitstorm.
Forb some of your statements are hyperboles.
I never met a boss that counters my entire build.What does that even mean? the only thing coming close to it is curse immune against a curse heavy char but even than it does not mean he is immune to his entire build..
Resistances to any elemental damage do not mean your build is countered if elemental damage is your primary damage type.
Different bosses can have very different random characteristics.
Yes you can be a bit unlucky sometimes and find one whith a tough combination for your character but I dont see why this is a bad thing..
I could understand if you had some gripes about hardcore mode but of course nobody is forced to play on hardcore.

what smooth wrote about respecing is also true.
you get a few points and the others you can buy or find.
There is a certain orb that drops and used as currency that gives you a respec point.

[Forboding Angel]

Those were counter arguments? That was just you unwilling to accept facts.

18 whole respec points? Out of a total of 140 spec points? Oh how generous. Especially when you spend 10 points getting to a big passive and finding out that it's terrible.

[knorke]

We're a small independent team of hardcore gamers based in New Zealand and have created Path of Exile as the game that we'd want to play ourselves.

Also it really seems to be free? Hm maybe the first hack'n'slay I might play, ever.

[SmoothGumdart]

Those were counter arguments? That was just you unwilling to accept facts.

18 whole respec points? Out of a total of 140 spec points? Oh how generous. Especially when you spend 10 points getting to a big passive and finding out that it's terrible.

If you ever reach 140 points you'll be banned for cheating.

[Forboding Angel]

Makes total amount of points for a character that is possible 140.

Bans anyone who reaches it.

Sounds legit. Are you sure sony didn't make this game?

Being able to respec only 18% (and by 18% it's more like 13% but whatever, we're assuming that I'm not going to get banned here) of your total build is pretty pathetic.

[Forboding Angel]

Apparently you aren't aware of the fact that POE has a bad habit of spawning boss monsters that are immune to your entire build

This does not happen.

Ha, you haven't been playing POE long I see Just wait.

[SmoothGumdart]

Makes total amount of points for a character that is possible 140.

99 from levels. 21 from quests.

Being able to respec only 18%

You can respec all your points.

Ha, you haven't been playing POE long I see Just wait.

https://www.pathofexile.com/account/vie ... characters

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view- ... 5#p4885889
~"As a game developer myself"

I chuckled mildly.

[Forboding Angel]

Ha, you haven't been playing POE long I see Just wait.

https://www.pathofexile.com/account/vie ... characters

You are aware that there have been tons and tons of character wipes... right? Every time they new a new open beta all character data gets wiped and levels reset.

Perhaps you should search this forum for the path of exile posts...

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view- ... 5#p4885889
~"As a game developer myself"

I chuckled mildly.

As a game developer myself, the idiocy of the reasoning (by aforementioned flamewarriors) for xp loss on death here makes me laugh.

Yes, and it still does. The pure idiocy forms an impenetrable barrier of stupid. It's as if the Tea Party started playing POE.

Get enough stupid ideas thrown at you for a long enough period of time and they start to sound smart.

Being able to respec only 18%

You can respec all your points.

Oh my bad, 120 total possible points. So you can respec a grand total of 15% of your possible points.

[smoth]

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view- ... 5#p4885889
~"As a game developer myself"

Cute so you are going to attack the person. I am not sure if you are a smurf or actually new to the site but ad hominem doesn't win any debates it only starts arguments.

[Forboding Angel]

He has no way to refute my points.

I dunno if you remember how obsessively I played POE several years ago until I realized how bullshit the XP loss and respec crap was. Me and coresair used to play together.

The final straw was when I lost 75% of a level to a dungeon that me and some friends were trying to conquer. That 75% represented about 3 hours of gametime.

The worst part is that the game doesn't tell you that you are losing XP when you die, so I had no idea it was happening. Go on the forums and find out that it had been a hot issue for some time.

As I told car, the game is fun as hell until about level 50. The moment you go to the difficulty where you start losing xp when you die, the game becomes far less fun and you end up getting stuck grinding mobs you can kill in order to level up to the area you want to go, then you get to that level, and massacre the area, rinse repeat for each area. It takes all the fun out of the game.

[smoth]

well thing is, they may have corrected those issues.

On the color pallete

I watched a few levels in several videos. Mostly brown, it is damn near greyscale. I don't know about where you live but the water is no that brown in the ocean. Even here in lousiana, where we have the mouth of the missippi dumping its maw into the gulf. The water is brownish and you cannot see in it but at least the beach has a lot of sand.



the pallet here is a natural coloring, not cartoonish. Of course maybe the story has more areas that are greener or an explanation of it.

the other issue I have is this:


awesome, so I am grey all the time? why are we looking so bland? is this the armor selection people are choosing? or maybe just early game gear is dull looking?


I mean is this how all the armors are? It seems really dull.

[Forboding Angel]

Early game it all looks like fail. After you get past the first town it gets a lot nicer.

If you want someone to play with at some point, message me and I'll join you, but once it gets to the xp stealing difficulty, I'm no longer interested (so level 50 - 60, after that it's just a waste of time).

[smoth]

didn't copycatt(dude just fucking use your normal account) already say that the xp loss is optional now though? because If that is true doesn't that remove the issue?

[Forboding Angel]

Yeah it would, and I'd start playing it obsessively again, but what he means by optional, is not going to the higher difficulties.

The way POE works, you start in fail difficulty, finish the game, proceed to the next difficulty, rinse repeat. Once you get past normal difficulty, you start losing XP on death.

It's possible that they changed something at the last minute, but the devs were pretty clear that they didn't give a flying shit about casual players.

[smoth]

well, then it may not be the game for me. I am not interested in a game that requires a deep knowledge or commitment. LOL is as far as I will go with games that require an actual skill based play. too much time involved in all these games, either they are casual as fuck or too neck beard. What happened to a happy middle ground.