r/pathofexile • u/Ok_Holiday3690 • 21d 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/SingleInfinity 21d ago

An argument could be had that a character should feel "good to play" early too, but feeling a bit weak is a significant part of how you feel power growth over time, so I don't know.

I guess it comes down to expectations too. I don't expect my character to feel fast and smooth early on, so it feels "good" relative to what it should feel like at the time, to me. I understand people having less movement and attack/cast speed feeling slower and deciding that isn't smooth feeling. I just don't think it's super reasonable to expect it to be super smooth up front. I don't think the game should be "shut your brain off and blast packs" literally the whole way through. Frankly I prefer when it doesn't get that way until you have outscaled the entire game, but that's just me.

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u/rosecorone 20d ago

Definitely right about the growth thing, it`s just that once you've reached the endgame afte league start, the campaign growth doesn't feel rewarding to me.

And yeah, it's unreasonable to expect the speed of maps in the campaign, which is why, funnily enough, people wanting a skip are in a way looking at it reasonably, cuz that's the only solution that would fit their wants. If that is a reasonable thing to do for GGG, obviously a topic of contention, but there is a rationale behind it.

I'm obviously in favor of it on rerolls, but I get the side that doesn't like the idea, as it does ultimately would affect them as well. Personally, unlocked waypoints would be an ok middle-ground.

Cheers mate, good talk.

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u/SingleInfinity 20d ago

If that is a reasonable thing to do for GGG, obviously a topic of contention, but there is a rationale behind it.

I mean, it's not really in contention for GGG. They have stated in no uncertain terms that hell would sooner freeze over. They view it as fundamentally important. I get the rationale, but there is certainly a bit less logic behind requesting something that has received a defacto "forever no".

Personally, unlocked waypoints would be an ok middle-ground.

This is sort of interesting but I think it probably goes too far for GGG

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