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His lack of experience is really starting to show and this beta is going to be a big kick in the balls for them to face reality. Sean unfortunately should just delay the release and go back and work on the classes himself, with more focus on class identity and less on the holy grail of ttk nonsense

Guardianx’s posts and the issues he discusses are spot on. As someone who’s been in alpha since over 9 months back it’s crazy at the gradual slide into loss of class identity and watering down , I’m worried to say the least. This seems to track with when sean kind of let nick loose and more in...

Blacktide bay is a blast, it’s exactly the kind of dungeon you don’t see in mmos nowadays . It’s massive and confusing and has multiple distinct environments and some interesting stuff very deep in.

They’ve really expanded itemization there are a ton more drops now in beta compared to alpha, even in higher level areas. It’s clear they’ve been prioritizing doing second and third passes on existing content rather than adding new content for a while now, but hopefully that changes soon, as I...

I dont expect this game to have thousands of players per server. 400-500 online simultaneous is what we have now in beta and seems reasonable for release as well. So when I say it’s not crowded, I’m basing it on that. Sure if you think they’re going to have 5k people per server then shit will...

There’s very few quest /access bottleneck scenarios. There’s lots of options for exploration and rewards and I agree with flobee, if itemization is balanced properly you won’t have as much flocking to one place as often happens in eq. You already see that in this beta as there are people in the...

Devs have said about twice as much content will be there at release as currently exists, particularly at higher levels. This is obvious if you play into the end game and see the gaps in itemization. Players who’ve been there in advance will of course still have a heavy advantage, but the issue...

Nirgon hopped in here to annoy everyone because he wussed out on a bet on pantheon release date. He got bored since no one engages in any serious fashion with that shit show game anymore, so it’s just him blogging to himself like some worse version of Mr Sox.

Betas been a success so far , it’s clearly being well received and the population has sustained itself the first couple weeks. These guys are still actively making lots of changes. Class balance and mechanics is in an exceptionally immature state relative to the rest of the game so make sure you...

Gonna be getting a late start in league. How’s it going so far? Seemed pretty hype leading up to it. Any sick belts being linked yet? Assume the boss is pretty easy if it’s already dropping

The new zone is an absolute blast. It’s too bad everyone is on the night harbor side of the world. Hopefully as more beta invites go out we’ll see more rolling up at evershade. It’s hard to kickstart groups on that side when most people are lfg in night harbor or fallen pass

The charm issue is overwhelmingly simple to fix. Right now an enchanter, or any charm class, can reliably keep a mob 3+ levels charmed. It only breaks on average every 2-3 minutes. Without getting into all the knock on effects, the issue can be addressed simply by making red con mobs much more...

I’m on a crusade to get charm heavily nerfed let’s see if I’m on successful. There’s a dumb meta forming where group makeups are like 2 encs and a bard for dps and it’s dumb. But these are the groups leveling the fastest right now because you can just chain pull red cons. @Nick I know you are...

You’re mostly fighting dark blue mobs at 55+ but there are enemies to xp on that go up to lvl 59 and the named are 60. Fighting white and yellow mobs at that level is very difficult and blue mobs tend to be better xp. I think blue mobs just slightly under your level is the beat xp with a good...

Leveling slows down a LOT at 50+. I think 51-60 takes much longer than 1-50. I had a lot more fun with alts than I expected, and I think it’s because there’s so much content you outlevel early on. I’ve played alts now over 20 levels and it’s been completely different content and dungeons every...

Quite easy to get groups at the moment. It’s also promising that despite new game crowding there were ample spots for camping . Assuming more people start on the other cities on release then I don’t think ea wil be too bad. The biggest mistake these guys could do is make too many servers on release.

What’s the population at and how is lag? Heard they made a lot of progress on network so am curious how that is. Before , a few hundred in town meant unplayable

Wonder if shock nova procession would be good for applying a shitload of poisons quickly. How many times can you fire that thing a second

Hm they made it where it’s 1% es per 10 int instead of 5int. Should be a sizeable nerf to es pools for int stackers

Not sure if I like that. One of the worst things in poe2 is being forced to run shitty layouts. I’d be ok with this change if the whole atlas starts out unlocked and you can place the waystone anywhere you want.

If you’re in the group of people, like myself, that are ok with ‘one box’ rules please be vocal about it. Being an older gamer like many of you, there’s a group of people I like to play with and sometimes we might play one person who’s not around that day so they can keep up with the rest of us...

TikTok is the absolute nadir of human depravity. Foh has nothing on it. I’m constantly getting blown away by the realization that all these retards exist, it’s again even worse than being on these forums

Based on the last poe2 league, what were clearly craving is a synthesis revamp, now with 3d puzzle pieces /voxels

Sure, let’s see if there’s enuf shit eaters for a mcfeces mmo.

So so much wasted breath in here, Christ. Just confirms the game isn’t for most people. There’s a lot of valid points being made here , to which the most frequent answer is simply this game isn’t for you. This game is for me and people like me. There are literally things /friction that people...

Too many confident cowboys in here also resorting to personal insults when you contest anything they say. there’s like, not a single person I can think of in this thread that’s actually played the game for decent chunk of time, that is doomering it. That is really all anyone needs to know, and...

?? I have hit max level in - Black desert, Archeage, Ffxiv, New world Pantheon, I’ve played many others like gorgon that I am forgetting. I’d say take my playtime in 3-4 of those combined and it’d still be less than the time it took to hit even lvl 50 in m n m.

Exactly. For everyone of me there will be 10-20 hekotats. Even in alpha there is the ‘casual’ base I can easily identify just by the kinds of things they say in ooc or things they want to trade for. Now some of those will progress to hardcore /poopsockers, but more casual may show up. At some...

Anyone with seedance 2.0 access? The videos from that have been absurd

Really pins down how good the point of interest and world design is in this game that you can navigate pretty well without a map just because of how the zones are designed. Game like ffxiv or black desert looks much more attractive but the landscape is so banal and random generated feeling that...

The minimap thing is honestly a waste, people constantly referring to a map will end up wasting *more* time than people who learn landmarks and can read. Esp night harbor, shit is laid out for you pretty clearly. Like I said before, people have already made incredible detailed maps of places...

It’s definitely something enjoyable as a stand alone ‘group rpg’ or whatever you’re trying to pigeonhole it as. I’m looking forward to the ‘scaffolding’ of an mmorpg on release, like chasing for contested, stuff like that increases enjoyment for me, I don’t have to win to enjoy that aspect of a...

I don’t doubt their lack of content , or gating of their content thru the slow progression/lack of instancing, will burn out people over time. you aren’t going to recreate eq in 2026 with how much the mmo landscape has changed . But you only need a few hangers ons for the game to persist in some...

And I also didn’t play this stress test, despite obviously the fact I’m gonna play release, for the same reasons as others. You put 2000 hours into an alpha, with around 500 at max lvl, in a game that hasn’t released over half its content yet, you’re just not going to be inclined to roll up...

wtf? I can’t think of an mmo that has a more narrow scope than this one. Where do you even come up with this stuff? The whole selling point of this game is the old school feel, including sprawling zones / dungeons and a large game world. Exactly like eq. That is precisely the scope. Someone...

They struggling hard with class balance. They will have enough zones and exploration content for release in June easily, but nick and Ali have me worried on their ability to fine tune class power and mob power. There’s been massive swings and some deaf ears on major issues, and bugs that aren’t...

Am still getting refund denials will try again

Damn and here I thought you finally manned up , was almost impressed . I’ll take that truck bet whenever you grow some balls

I don’t understand this flex at all., don’t think this changes you not manning up. Unless you’re saying you bet the truck that the game releases, in which case I need to free up some space in my garage

apparently tickets are a ‘bargain’ starting as low as 4-7k for nosebleeders. I guess previous Superbowls have been as much as 10k minimum ticket price . Something dumb about a major sporting event being just an event for the upper class