Path of Exile
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Aazrael
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Yea feels like its a totally different game. A new thread would be appropriate I think.
I have not really followed the development at all until recently. I'm now getting the same hype I did when D2 was in development and dropped teasers and updates.
Hekotat
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The slow methodical combat is so appealing to me. They dtopped some teaser yesterday but I haven't looked at it yet.
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Mr Creed
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Good question. I haven't played PoE for almost two years, nor have I followed PoE2 to any degree. It would be probably be nice to use a different thread.
On that note, how "vastly different" are we speaking here? It's still an arpg, not that much room to be different. I hope you mean that they reigned in the zoomzoom significantly.
Hekotat
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There are lots of videos on YouTube to watch. The main difference is no zooming around the map blowing shit up instantly. Every fight seems like a long drawn out battle for your life managing your cooldowns. Better to just watch the videos and see for yourself.
I get wanting to slow the pace down compared to POE1, but I truly hope by the time you hit endgame you kill faster than what they've shown. All the videos I've watched look pretty boring aside from some of the bosses. And lets be honest, those will be boring as well once you kill em a few times.
The combo skills is a neat idea, but if you constantly have to kite to regain your cooldowns it would get old quick.
Hekotat
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To each their own but I've never liked these kinds of games due to their spam combat. What they've shown really draws me in, my guess is they are trying to draw in people like me but who knows.
Aazrael
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Been watching some videos and Jonathan says it should not really be a slower game in the end.
The early levels and the stuff we have seen so far seem to look/feel slower due to better and more complex animations then the 0.1 sec attack speed animation of PoE.
They are also fixing all the shitty stuff thats baked into the PoE engine that makes it hard or impossible to improve certain mechanics. One thing he said is PoE has crappy rigged characters because its the first thing they designed when they made the game and they did not really have any experience. Each class has its own rigged model which leads them to having to do 7(?) new animations etc when they add something. In PoE2 all humans have the same rigged model.
The early levels and the stuff we have seen so far seem to look/feel slower due to better and more complex animations then the 0.1 sec attack speed animation of PoE.
They are also fixing all the shitty stuff thats baked into the PoE engine that makes it hard or impossible to improve certain mechanics. One thing he said is PoE has crappy rigged characters because its the first thing they designed when they made the game and they did not really have any experience. Each class has its own rigged model which leads them to having to do 7(?) new animations etc when they add something. In PoE2 all humans have the same rigged model.
Don't get me wrong I'm looking forward to it and hope I fall in love with it, we shall see. I definitely trust them to make a good game.
We'll see soon enough!
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Borzak
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I realise they slowed it down to show it off early. But I'm in mega wait mode from what I saw did not look inviting at all and I'm someone that thinks PoE is sometimes too fast. Killed shaper this morning, I normally avoid phase boss fights. It's amazing how much the currency market added to quality of life in the game.
Borzak
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I would pay for the ability to turn certain graphical things off which in some cases are just too much. They are in a rough spot, they sell MTX for players and mtx for attacks/spells so they want you to see them but it can become too much at times.
Arbitrary
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There's no reason for me to have to continue to listen to that fucking goblin band or have my video card eat ass trying to use Rogue Harbor.
with another box for "see the shit of people in your group"
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Yep, thats why I instantly goto my hideout as soon as I log in, got annoying really quick.
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Arent all the videos so far of early game characters? I'm not usually zipping around the riverways screen-sploding at lvl 16...
Hekotat
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If i remember correctly they showed some level 25 stuff and it still looked like something i wanted to play. Unsure where that stands in the grand scheme of things.
If it gets really fast it'll drive me away and I understand why people want it. I just hope they have a mode ro something to play it with more methodical combat, I love that rather than teleport and insta gib the entire screen repeatedly.
Aazrael
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Whats a good caster build for map blasting?
I might twink out a new guy to have something to do until PoE2. Got my Righteous Fire build retired for now but it can help with some farming of currency if I need.
Any build that does not involve the old guy character. I hate that guy.
I might twink out a new guy to have something to do until PoE2. Got my Righteous Fire build retired for now but it can help with some farming of currency if I need.
Any build that does not involve the old guy character. I hate that guy.