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[Rex_Nex]

I tend to only play for the first few weeks of every league. Get a char up to ~85, maybe dabble around in another one, then leave. It helps with burnout, things like the lab don't get me upset because I only have to do them once every few months. That's just me though.

As for Prophecy, it looks fine. It's like Perandus meets Darkshrine, which will be interesting. It's not going to blow my socks off, but I don't think GGG has ever made a league that has. At least it looks far more fun than Talisman, which was the most boring league I've yet played. On the other hand, I think the league combined with the general game improvements (dat performance, dose ascendancy classes, etc.) will keep my attention.

[nenjin]

I'm in a PoE slump right now. Don't play leagues, burned out leveling a couple months ago. It'll be a while before I'm back I think.

[Aklyon]

So theres gonna be some news on friday (saturday NZT) about the expansion, but theres also some other stuff that I thought was worth mentioning before that:

Prophecy is gonna stick around as a core game mechanic. Like the others, its not going to be as common as it was in league. The people who complain about ggg not adding things to standard often enough don't play challenge leagues and just stick around in standard for some reason are happy about this.

Mention in another post of largest-size hideouts being able to hold all of the masters.

Some new uniques.
New mods (or level of mod) on items. Like that helmet with reduced mana reservation on it.

[Kanil]

The people who don't play challenge leagues and just stick around in standard for some reason ...

It takes some of us more than 3 months to see some of the game's content. 6 links would be a myth if I didn't play standard. Atziri too. Level 8 masters. Tier 4 lab. Etc.

[Aklyon]

I haven't even seen atziri ingame, standard or not. Too busy not actually getting into merciless most of the time because I got distracted with something else.

[Sordid]

The people who don't play challenge leagues and just stick around in standard for some reason ...

It takes some of us more than 3 months to see some of the game's content. 6 links would be a myth if I didn't play standard. Atziri too. Level 8 masters. Tier 4 lab. Etc.

Not to mention that challenge leagues are basically beta tests of new features, which means those features are often imbalanced and always shoved into your face at every opportunity. Remember Invasion? Yeah, invasion bosses in every zone. With ridiculously overpowered abilities. In a hardcore league. What a great idea that was. Hmmm, I wonder why I don't play those...

[nenjin]

I don't play Challenge Leagues because I can't be assed to re-level characters in this game. Not when that content will inevitably come into standard in some form at some point anyways.

I like PoE but I don't really like the amount of time it wants. I'm still, delusional I know, trying to level my main to max, just so I can see what the most I can get out of the build is. I do that in fits and starts when I decide I'm up for a little abuse and RAEG in my gaming. Sorta like deciding to play Dark Souls. Otherwise, leveling characters adnauseam even with items granted and what not just doesn't appeal to me. I get to come back to PoE every 6 months or so, play out the content that has piled up, get a little obsessed, eke out a couple levels and then go play something else.

[Aklyon]

Well, thats certainly more than what I'd thought would happen from a bad joke I made out of skimming the poe forum thread.

And reminds me that my main is now actually quite a bit lower level than one of my newer characters. I should change that at some point.

[Kanil]

Some of us might be slightly bitter about GGG repeatedly throwing content away. 

[nenjin]

I just don't like the Standard League sniping. Some of us enjoy PoE not on the bleeding edge.

[Sordid]

I like PoE but I don't really like the amount of time it wants.

Same. That's actually the reason why I've taken a very long hiatus from this game. I'm basically waiting for the devs to pull their heads out of their asses, realize that people have other things to do, and make respecing your skill points unlimited or at least an order of magnitude or two cheaper.

[nenjin]

I like PoE but I don't really like the amount of time it wants.

Same. That's actually the reason why I've taken a very long hiatus from this game. I'm basically waiting for the devs to pull their heads out of their asses, realize that people have other things to do, and make respecing your skill points unlimited or at least an order of magnitude or two cheaper.

Yeah that's a huge barrier to entry for a friend of mine too. He could get into it, but he hates that he's locked into sub-optimal build decisions as he's still learning the game. Play enough and it's not a problem (a respec always comes along) but he says that's not reliable enough for him to put serious time into the game. Can't honestly blame him. I probably had 40 hours in the game and three characters before I even began to have a clue.

[Aklyon]

Some of us might be slightly bitter about GGG repeatedly throwing content away. 

Would this happen to be related to talismans?

[Sordid]

Yeah that's a huge barrier to entry for a friend of mine too. He could get into it, but he hates that he's locked into sub-optimal build decisions as he's still learning the game. Play enough and it's not a problem (a respec always comes along) but he says that's not reliable enough for him to put serious time into the game. Can't honestly blame him. I probably had 40 hours in the game and three characters before I even began to have a clue.

Yep, all true. And it's not just suboptimal builds. Even if my build is good, I might want to try a radically different one later. I don't want to have to level a whole new character, though, and respecing eighty skill points is a bit pricey even for a long-time player.

[Aklyon]

In theory you can just wait for a new major patch that most likely is bringing free respecs with it.

Practically you might as well just make a new character in that time unless you're taking a break, even tho its annoying. Especially with ascendancy points that cost multiple regrets each to respec.