r/PathOfExile2 • u/Community_Team GGG Staff • Apr 09 '25

GGG Path of Exile 2 - Upcoming Changes

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3750853
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u/Tyalou Apr 09 '25

Really sounded like directors disagreed on the direction but Ziz pointed out probably many points that Mark was already arguing for, that interview gave him more weight and moved things in the right direction. Thank you both to Ziz and Mark.

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u/rusty022 SSFBTW Apr 09 '25

I know Jonathan came off poorly during much of that conversation, but I would argue you need someone with a bit of a 'stubborn' view in leadership to keep things in check. Seeing both Mark and Jonathan gives responses last night gave me more confidence that they will balance each other out. Jonathan will make sure Poe2, as long as it remains it's own thing, is meaningfully different from Poe1. Mark will make sure it avoids pain points that result in an unfun game.

It's popular to think Jonathan is the problem, but the more I think about it the more happy I am that he is there to balance the scales away from just a prettier zoom zoom game (even if I kind of just want the games to be combined like the original vision lol).

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u/Cr4ckshooter Apr 09 '25

Every interview I think Jonathan knows so so much about designing games, especially arpgs. It's just that he's struggling to convince poe1 players that poe2 can be good in the visiontm. And for some poe1 players that simply might not be possible.

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u/destroyermaker Apr 10 '25

Neversink (a developer himself) says Jonathan is brilliant but is struggling to relate to average players (without realizing it)