The future of PoE with Chris Wilson - Podcast with @Mathilification

There will be an OVERVIEW / DISCUSSION video about the contents from this podcast as fast as we can make it.
The full podcast went up as soon as possible to that everyone can see it.

Sounds like POE 2 is mostly just a rework of their core systems but they haven't plan or "develop" what to do with the new system yet.

3.26 waiting room

Build guides and their creators can get fked

"try hardmode gated behind money" aged so well

"Zizaran: Players will never look at items on the ground! " - "We will fix it longterm!
Its not that GGG didnt understand the players. They just know better how the game should be designed.
I bet Ziz looked at a ton of items on the ground during last week. ;-)

Just from the first 30s you can see how ggg and tft may be in business together.

I thought about poison blade vortex too, can work as well without changing tree as much

Chris and Mathil's loving father-son relationship is what I'm here for

I really dont understand some people's logic when it comes to this game.
The game is hard. Sure. I struggle with red maps, end game bosses. But this is because what it is called END GAME, it the most difficult parts of the game, what do people expect? Act 1 experience?

You have to get better at the in-game sophisticated mechanics to deal with it. That's all.
Calling yourself Casual Players just because you want to zoom zoom all maps is not cool.

Chris and GGG team please, do what it is best for the game. I hope to see the best version of PoE when PoE 2 comes out. My brother, comrades and friends are waiting to try the new campaign, please make it good!

I agree with mathil

I agree with Mathil button where?

bald ho moooo ruined fun

Damn I appreciate Chris being so freaking transparent. I mean you won't see this kind of feed back from blizzard.

This is still the funniest shit

i agree with mathil

I find the 10 acts genius. The game got much better for me when they release the 10 acts. I like the scale too

So obvious that ggg doesn't want to be a wow trap.

at 55 min the answer to how to make harvest better but not have the numbers change is to make harvest spawns not be a portal, but to be a tradable map item. the numbers will not change because there will be the exact number of harvest spawns as before. plus it will benefit people who do not like running harvest during maps.

Chris thinks that the campaign we have now is bad because it doesn't have enough different layouts lol

Chris is the GOAT. How much he understands the game, opens up to criticism and suggestions. Never seen so many people praise the game more than this league.

Fucking love this game.

The Tesla argument doesn't makes sense at all, if you make an upgrade on your Tesla, you'll sell it for more because it has that upgrade... also balancing around being hard to trade is really funny, let's make it that we have to enter a 64 digit PIN code for the exact item we are looking for

I have a lot of respect for Chris, he made some very insightful responses to why things were designed as they are. As a former student of game design, this video is educational gold.

I don't think premium should be given for free

Asking "are you happy with that" sounds like a parent asking "are you proud of yourself?".. I know it's not the intent but sounds painfully condescending I'd be like are you fucking with me?! Lul

The amount of BS Chris is spewing is absolutely astonishing. No drops are worth picking up except many amulets that can roll +spell levels. Even influenced items are picked up for bases. There is absolutely no progression. Harvest was the only way to move up the item curve other than annulling and exalt slamming for a small chance of an upgrade. even as it was, 95% of harvest craps just didn't do much.

I did not enjoy the sassy, childish, immature and bitchy tone that Zizaran frequently displayed after the answers given. This man has put himself on the line, ON THE INTERNET, for 3 hours and only 30 minutes in, Ziz is becoming triggered and it is very awkward and unprofessional. Also, Ziz's opinion matters, but this guy lives and breathes this game and clearly has a very deep and vastly expansive ocean of knowledge, so when he explains the reasons behind the decisions that have been made, grow up and accept it, this game is FREE and has an unbelievable amount of content. Take a step back and look at the bigger picture.

many months after this podcast, watched this in hindsight and really want to thank you two to represent probably most of the community, the high skill and casuals. I believe the current league is a result of this interaction.

As for players being overwhelmed by the crafting mechanics, have you thought about adding a standalone 'tutorial', separate from leagues, that let's players 'play' with unlimited crafting mechanics with an NPC that gives whatever currency needed. I know the biggest reason I held off on crafting was that I didnt want to waste currency just trying to figure out the mechanics

If premium stash tabs are the main source of revenue, why dont you implement them as a consumable token/currency, that can be used when purchased 'or' traded to others. Would without a doubt give whales a reason to spend money at the same time giving free2play a means to obtain tabs, but more so giving them a 'taste' would make them more likely to support game by grabbing more tabs

when did poe become an lgbt game?

hey Chris!!!

when you going to stop 1 hit killig? when you get your hair back?

hey - tbh - there is no future for the game because it is dead - i played it alot but if i open it again its just boring - only fanboys and streamers like it

Is it just me or does it look like Mathil is biting his tongue and it genuinely disinterested in what the results are with this convention?

Im new in POE.
I was a fan of diablo, but fell in love with POE, great game, you can see that the company depends on the players. The game itself is so extensive and interesting that, instead of playing every day, I read about everything, because there is a lot to deal with: D
I only have problem with fps:D
I wish you more and more success in developing the game :)

I just rewatched this talk post 3.17 launch and went through the comments. First: Thank you very much Zizaran for hosting this. But I don't really relate to most of the comments that are thanking Chris Wilson for doing this. I think, it should be the other way around. GGG can be very grateful to have a community that cares that much about this (in my opinion still) great game. This is a seldom sight to see!

lol dude went into the meaning of a verb, the history of gaming and what WOW does in it's game to the question, why you can't target farm. If the dictionary ever needs a definition of strawmanning they should look at that answer.

Hi- Future Exile here, they fixed it- all of it. PogU

@Chris Wilson thank you for everything.

Plz don't have Mathenna on again.

Mathil a new egirl? He bitches like one.

you can tell chris feels very uncomfortable in this video, u guys are nailing it :P

So let me get this straight:

- Players find the campaign boring and suggest alternate methods
- You reject them because said methods would be "even more boring", and don't even consider that simply having them adds variety (as in: players can alternate between campaign and other methods at will)
- You then acknowledge that maps are interesting and have the potential for more diverse gameplay because they add variety

Why isn't the conclusion to immediately grant access to maps for any new character upon hitting maps with at least one character in a league?

How would allowing people to trade 30min powerlevelling to 75 break the game in any way? The campaign is fun. Once. After that it's a pointless hassle tbh.

Just gonna say the main initial campaign is still great.

I hate lab and i hate Meaven fight so no thanks i am out

next time get quin on these QA so we get some ethical questions