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Weekly "What are you playing" Thread || Week of July 9th (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey all!

Figured we’d try something like this. Let me know what you all think, and if you have any feedback on what you would like a weekly thread like this to look like. Thanks

What are you all playing? Anything you got from the steam sale you’re enjoying?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Path of Exile. I can't even say it's great. It's OK. But they must have nailed that Diablo-esque addictive quality because I can't stop.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It takes awhile for Path of Exile to truly click. I think it's the best ARPG ever made, but the initial learning curve is pretty steep. Things really open up in the endgame. And we have Path of Exile 2 right around the corner which is awesome.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting. What counts as the endgame? I'm in Act 9 now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

So once you complete the campaign you will begin maps. There are 3 tiers of maps, you have white, then yellow, then red. I consider mapping to be the endgame.

If this is your first build, the endgame will be rather punishing and you might not make it very far. It took me until my third character roughly before I was able to successfully push into red maps and beyond. There are special bosses to hunt down, and all the side content like Heist and Delve are very rewarding and fun.

Additionally you get another passive tree that allows you to customize your mapping experience however you want. Zizaran has a really nice video going over the endgame. It's quite long, but very helpful. https://youtu.be/uf4wnvkS-mI

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

addictive quality

That's exactly why I stopped playing that. I realized it was addictive rather than fun, and I could no longer stomach the business model based on annoying the player into paying (by deliberately making inventory management a living hell and then selling stash tabs to alleviate the problem).