Detailed overview of Diablo 3 vs. Path of Exile

Not to mention, the difficulty in diablo 3 seems to be primarily created by a lack of options. Whereas in POE, I'm free to build a character that doesn't suck and isn't entirely dependent on items (not saying good items don't help, it's just that unlike D3, what's most important in POE is build not items).

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unholydecimator написал:

The death penalty for POE actually makes sense. If your character blows ass and continually dies, that's the game's way of telling you to make a new one.

In some encounters it's the games way of telling you that it's poorly optimized with over-saturated particle effects,less than adequate graphic adjustment options,sub optimal net code,has compatibility issues with a number of up to date systems and software and making a new character won't fix that.


=P

At least d3 has an end game. This is the only fucked up game on the planet i ever heard of the makes you do too easy content for you 90% of the time. Read: maps. Low ass map drops where you face roll. whether hunting for atziri frags (66-70 areas) or just trying to get 77+ with lower ez maps.



D3 has endless rifts with great challenge met every second you log at end game. Endless difficulty and endless bumping up against the wall of your characters ability.

Endgame POE is very frustrating, but at the same time can feel very rewarding if RNGesus is on your side.

Having dat expensive unique drop or high lvl maps drop is a pleasant feeling.

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unholydecimator написал:

Not to mention, the difficulty in diablo 3 seems to be primarily created by a lack of options. Whereas in POE, I'm free to build a character that doesn't suck and isn't entirely dependent on items (not saying good items don't help, it's just that unlike D3, what's most important in POE is build not items).

Did you keep a straight face when you wrote that ? hehehe

Builds in POE are dependent on items as much as any ARPG.Go ahead,be my guest at making a build with no gear and no skills (gems are afterall .... items) and just the passive tree nodes.

Both games have a different approach .... that inevitably leads to the same conclusion.Best to choose which is your favorite and move on from the other.Luckily I can appreciate both approaches to some extent.


=P

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Aim_Deep написал:

At least d3 has an end game. This is the only fucked up game on the planet i ever heard of the makes you do too easy content for you 90% of the time. Read: maps. Low ass map drops where you face roll. whether hunting for atziri frags (66-70 areas) or just trying to get 77+ with lower ez maps.



D3 has endless rifts with great challenge met every second you log at end game. Endless difficulty and endless bumping up against the wall of your characters ability.

Pretty much


In POE a player earns the right to play high end content by paying for it (currency),in D3 you earn the right to play high end content through ... playing high end content .... no transaction required besides accepting the challenge.

Although D3s high end content is very much RnG is RnG orientated to progress .. even compared to POE,where the majority of players roll their maps for build safety verse reward,rather than challenge verse reward.

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Aim_Deep написал:

At least d3 has an end game. This is the only fucked up game on the planet i ever heard of the makes you do too easy content for you 90% of the time. Read: maps. Low ass map drops where you face roll. whether hunting for atziri frags (66-70 areas) or just trying to get 77+ with lower ez maps.



D3 has endless rifts with great challenge met every second you log at end game. Endless difficulty and endless bumping up against the wall of your characters ability.

D3 comes from the makers of WoW. The MMORPG who invented the concept of 'endgame': a lame concept where the player just blows through the campaign as if it doesn't matter so he can start with the 'real game' as soon as the real game is finished. A concept that seems so ingrained into many that they now seem to expect it in every pc game genre that sees the daylight.

Maybe you shouldn't play a cookie-cutter build you found on the fora and try to experiment a bit yourself.

I truely blow through the poe-campaign, i swear. Making a new char hurts. Even now with shorter ways, smarter pathing and in a league were you have level-gear already.

And at the guy who said that items aren't so important in POE: That is simply false and wrong. Totally. Even some of the cheapest builds (like mathil's masterpieces) demand certain items. And gems, btw., are items too. Before the gem-vendor-thing (and even they don't have every gem you sometimes need) you could get stuck because of a missing gem, a missing color-combo on your item (like gggbrb on a strength-armor and fun like this) or just because you couldn't 4-link your fucking boots with 30+ fusings just because of ... rng. Masters and stuff made it better, of course. But to say that the build counts more than the equipment is just wrong and misleading imo.

I was hoping to see more of that forum blog, updated since 2.0 Beta ended and Awakening went live. ='[.]'=

ETA:

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David Allen
July 13, 2015

Actually I was going to wait until D3 2.3 comes out so I could properly compare PoE 2.0 and D3 2.3. That’ll make for a really good update!
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Guess it'll come when all the data is in. =^[.]^=

what a joke.

how often do you read that D3 wins because poe is frustrating or hard. let that author play hearthstone after he finished his "progression" in D3.
I mean D3 wins in progression??? lvl 70 in some hours and then senseless paragon levels. THATS WHAT YOU CALL PROGRESSION? in POE i Have fun for AT LEAST days and because its not for scrubs and an awesome endgame content with maps and crafting system.

I like D3 and i love Poe but its a joke to read a comparison from a casual who crys if he dies and loose something from it..