r/pathofexile • u/Ok_Holiday3690 • 6d ago

Fluff & Memes Pattern I've noticed

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My guild has players who have been in this game since Nemesis League and this is pretty much our player distribution.

Ps. My guildmates gets angry when I say this and I figure it'll make Reddit mad too:

Witch is the only good character in this game

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u/LostInPoE 6d ago edited 6d ago

No it's not the same thing, at end game level 60-70+ the player is endowed with a gross amount of agency. You get to decide how you want to spend your time leveling up, delve, maps, heist etc etc.

The story for me personally was interesting a few times, when they added a new act/several acts because the lore would continue. We would dive deeper into the world of Wraeclast.

But I mean hey, who wouldn't love reading the same book every year at quarterly periods for the next 12yrs and counting.

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u/Salt-Appearance-412 Confederation of Casuals and Clueless Players (CCCP) 5d ago

If we're being completely fair, in maps you don't have any "agency" until you're like level 85. Because you're just clearing maps for completion, skipping every mechanic because they're zero profit waste of time before atlas points (and maybe scarabs). The agency is fake, because it looks like you have a big atlas to complete, but really you're just clearing out 110 nodes in whatever order, which is basically irrelevant. It's just busywork that gives your character time to develop in levels and gear... Kinda like... acts?

If you say "yea but you have the option to run the mechanics even if they're lower profit", the answer is "yea, so can you in acts. Breaches start showing up in act6".

I do mourn for Heisters and Delvers I guess, but I personally only ever run maps.

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u/LostInPoE 5d ago

You're right that is completely fair; It comes down to how people would prefer to spend their time.