Wrahzo" wrote:What D2 mods do you like? Everyone seems to praise PoE for items/economy, what do you dislike about their system? For me PoE is just a ridiculous amount of grind while I'd like to play around with different builds.
PoE... the game frustrated me very quickly. For me, a game's replay-ability is not based on 7 different classes but rather gear customization. Everyone walking around with the same gear pieces is not customization. I found the game very frustrating because to create a good gear piece was (a) unrealistically expensive in terms of ingredients and how rarely they drop (b) a grind to the point that it really is a waste of time (c) a tiny inventory that made it tedious at best to collect and build up the items needed to transform into your "crafting" items. (d) grossly inappropriate probability distribution curve for forging links. I'm not a multiplayer guy. I like my single player or one/two buddies but the probabilities are set for significantly larger numbers and essentially overwhelm the little guy.
The potential for cool gear customization is in place based on how they set up their game but in terms of achieving it in a reasonable amount of time - forget it. I quickly realized I was wasting my time. I made 2 posts about game balance - one at the end of normal and one half way through the equivalent of nightmare and quickly learned that the devs have their game view in mind and weren't willing to move from their perch. (that's fine - that's their prerogative) I didn't complain or cry or post anything after I posted my suggestions, I just left and haven't logged on since - same thing I did with D3. I always laugh when guys post - "I'm quitting!" I hear they added a new character since I left. Whooopie! I'm sure it makes the replay value higher.
What did I like about PoE? I did like their passive system. I loved their linking concept with skill gems. The potential for creativity, flexibility, and uniqueness is excellent. I honestly thought it had the potential to be the best RPG system out there and by the time you're in your 40s, you've played a lot of games. However, they butchered it. Absolutely butchered.
The storyline started off cool but ended in a dismal failure - worse than d3 by the end. Significantly better than d2 vanilla in graphics, gameplay, and sound ... all for free (though I did make a donation of 110$ - my 2 sons and I played for a while so I thought that was fair. I was even willing to donate more if I stuck with the game.) I also liked their additional graphics you could buy.
All and all, the guys and gals that volunteered to make the game should be proud of what they accomplished. It is cool what they created. But beyond that, they won't see me there because overwhelmingly, senseless and overly unrealistic grinding for gear and manipulation of gear sucks.