Early Access Feedback - Don't turn this game into Path of Exile 1 - Forum

" Immoteph#2974 schrieb: " SaiyanZ#3112 schrieb: The interview yesterday revealed a lot. They said they want to attract a new audience for POE2. Which means it will be different in some ways from POE1. POE1 will be maintained to keep existing POE1 players. I'm not sure you heard the entire interview. They spent almost a minute emphasizing that people view the two games as more different than the devs do. This implies that (few mechanical concepts aside), the games are meant to be very samey. What you're referring to was Mark subtly implying that they make more drastic decisions in favour of new players in PoE2. That literally means nothing for the endgame outside of stuff like: - Introduce leagues earlier - Tutorialize mapping - Tutorialize crafting - Decouple overly coupled systems So they want onboarding and have more focus on accessibility. That does impose a few rules on the game, but the game is still Path of Exile. I say all this being firmly in the camp that prefers the early campaign over the endgame. I think making 2 games in 1 is going to inevitably piss off both camps, while also initially onboarding both. You missed the part where they said with POE2 they have the opportunity to attract a new audience. To me that means that POE2 would have to be fundamentally different in some way. Or you don't attract a new audience. Zuletzt bearbeitet von SaiyanZ#3112 um 24.10.2025, 08:49:26	Beitrag von SaiyanZ#3112 am 24.10.2025, 08:47:58 Diesen Beitrag zitieren
If they continue down this path of copy + pasting poe 1 systems into 2, they will eventually just kill PoE 1. The players who enjoy 1 will slowly just transition into playing 2, and the people who didn't enjoy 1 simply won't play 2 either. IGN: Eso_Es Zuletzt bearbeitet von EsoEs#4803 um 24.10.2025, 08:53:39	Beitrag von EsoEs#4803 am 24.10.2025, 08:52:49 Diesen Beitrag zitieren
To be fair, after 0.3.1 I don't think they're trying to be PoE1. I watched the live presentation yesterday for a bit and the vibe and gameplay between these 2 games was nothing alike. If you never liked or never tried it, it's impossible to like it after playing PoE 2.	Beitrag von rifraf-_-#9478 am 24.10.2025, 09:14:41 Diesen Beitrag zitieren
just a knowledge drop here: -both games were intended to be tied together originally -both games will be used to develop content for both games at some level -both games are in the same boat so there is no please don't turn this into xyz it was from the start. so if you don't want poe2 to turn into poe1 then i suggest you update your attack route and go change PoE1, it is your only hope. Innocence forgives you Zuletzt bearbeitet von SilentSymphony#3358 um 24.10.2025, 09:28:55	Beitrag von SilentSymphony#3358 am 24.10.2025, 09:27:45 Diesen Beitrag zitieren
" SaiyanZ#3112 schrieb: However the goal was always to be POE1, but better. I don't think that was the goal. The goal was to correct a lot of mistakes that were made in POE 1 that they felt they could no longer correct due to the playerbase and their expectations. Players influenced POE 1 way too far down the powercreep and zoom-zoom-zoom direction, and it seemed like the devs resented it, but felt like they could no longer fix those problems in the same game. So, they were going to fix them in a new game instead. But what happened? A lot of POE 1 streamers whined and moaned about the differences between the 2 games and brought a lot of negativity and have once again pushed the game in that same direction, because the devs have been very reactive to the negative reception. Zuletzt bearbeitet von avastcosmicarena#5899 um 24.10.2025, 12:18:17	Beitrag von avastcosmicarena#5899 am 24.10.2025, 12:17:59 Diesen Beitrag zitieren
" Oinkaments#6390 schrieb: The vision has died and you should rejoice. True!	Beitrag von Maria1994#7022 am 24.10.2025, 14:15:42 Diesen Beitrag zitieren
Too late.... it's POE1 x2...	Beitrag von Faclana#1854 am 24.10.2025, 14:19:08 Diesen Beitrag zitieren