The Gatcha Problem - Less Randomization feedback and suggestions

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xxn1927#3319 написал:

I hate to sat it, but once 0.2 hit, this game feels more like Diablo Immortal and PoE.

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DankWeebTrash#7386 написал:

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xxn1927#3319 написал:

I hate to sat it, but once 0.2 hit, this game feels more like Diablo Immortal and PoE.

Never played either. PoE2 is the first ARPG i played long enough to actually remember. I'm assuming Diablo Immortal pushed MTX pretty hard with false scarcity and RNG?

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kumogakure#7381 написал:

Was chatting with a friend who have generally just lost interest in the game as well. He summed it up this way: "POE2 is a very pretty pile of dung."

And it's all due to the excessive RNG.

And make no mistake, it's not about the existence of RNG, but the excessive way it is used. It's so bad that GGG is even using RNG to gatekeep us from engaging with the RNG.

It's a very pretty pile of dung.

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kumogakure#7381 написал:

Generally speaking, in the RPG genre, character power development (progression) is fine tuned.

From the earliest days of turn-based RPG where each new village you visit would be selling gear one rank higher, to the modern MMOs that make sure each tier is a clear upgrade from the previous tier, there's always a deterministic progression.

POE2, however, gates progression using RNG.

The result is that people who are lucky feel it's easy, while people who got unlucky (both in terms of drops and in terms of crafting results) are forced to tackle increasingly more difficult content using stagnant power.

I feel the solution is really simple. Make item level itself cull lower tier affixes, both in drops and crafting.

Either that, or just drop plenty of currency so people can actually engage with the crafting a lot more and eventually get lucky.

The excessive RNG in this game is what makes it feel bad. It's like working at a company where you're constantly being shited on and you have to roll a dice every time you want to go home, and unless you roll a 6 you are staying overnight to do more work, and then the CEO expects you to be grateful to the company for providing the "dopamine hits" when you actually get to go home.

Things that are the cornerstone of this genre are gated behind harsh RNG in POE2, and if GGG continue to head down this path, POE2 will be dead-on-arrival when it launches.