Path of Exile - Page 189

On January 24 2013 19:11 BLinD-RawR wrote:
you guys are hitting Act 1 cruel and I haven't even started to download the patch :p

On January 24 2013 16:43 Benjamin99 wrote:


Its a free to game game no one is forcing you to buy. GGG could have gone the way other free2play companies do with xp boost and all sort of pay2win crap but they didn't because they got integrity. So yea it might be inconvenient but really no1 forcing you

On January 24 2013 20:30 heishe wrote:


That's simply a fanboy excuse. Just because they do other things right doesn't make this not wrong. You can't condone bad business practices - ever. Especially when GGG has gone out of their way to emphasize how they are the whitest knights in the universe and 0% about screwing customers. And this is a way of screwing customers, although there are of course worse things. Instead of being honest and saying "Here, an effect is $15. I hope you enjoy it". They say "hey an effect is worth about $15 but we can't give you $15 to buy but instead $14.50 so you have to buy another pack for $5. we can't tell you why that is but trust me... it's not because we want your money, we're not about screwing customers over". It's just shady and bad, no matter how good the game is or who's behind it. Stuff like this needs to be mentioned early. If they want to play white knight they should juts be 100% honest with their customers, always, and give you an option to pay only what you want to buy. Not $5 more. If they want $20 for their skins they should charge $20 and be honest with the customer. Not this shady way.

Would you be fine with a supermarket that doesn't give back change? I mean, it's optional, right? Nobody has to buy their stuff, right? There's a reason there are laws against this in the normal world.

On January 24 2013 21:22 Sufficiency wrote:


I am almost 100% sure GGG mentioned exp boosts in the shop. There will be exp boosts in poe.

On January 24 2013 12:00 CrazyF1r3f0x wrote:
I never beat the 2nd act of D2 because I usually got bored and quit before then; we'll see if this game will be any different.

On January 24 2013 20:30 heishe wrote:


That's simply a fanboy excuse. Just because they do other things right doesn't make this not wrong. You can't condone bad business practices - ever. Especially when GGG has gone out of their way to emphasize how they are the whitest knights in the universe and 0% about screwing customers. And this is a way of screwing customers, although there are of course worse things. Instead of being honest and saying "Here, an effect is $15. I hope you enjoy it". They say "hey an effect is worth about $15 but we can't give you $15 to buy but instead $14.50 so you have to buy another pack for $5. we can't tell you why that is but trust me... it's not because we want your money, we're not about screwing customers over". It's just shady and bad, no matter how good the game is or who's behind it. Stuff like this needs to be mentioned early. If they want to play white knight they should juts be 100% honest with their customers, always, and give you an option to pay only what you want to buy. Not $5 more. If they want $20 for their skins they should charge $20 and be honest with the customer. Not this shady way.

Would you be fine with a supermarket that doesn't give back change? I mean, it's optional, right? Nobody has to buy their stuff, right? There's a reason there are laws against this in the normal world.

On January 24 2013 21:46 neurosx wrote:


Sorry but a LOT of micro transaction games force you to pay more than you need, HoN, LoL, Dota2, Aion.. Doesn't mean it's right but it's just the way it is right now

On January 24 2013 23:47 travis wrote:
I've played a couple thousand games of LoL and never paid anything.

On January 24 2013 21:50 heishe wrote:
That's simply a fanboy excuse. Just because they do other things right doesn't make this not wrong. You can't condone bad business practices - ever. Especially when GGG has gone out of their way to emphasize how they are the whitest knights in the universe and 0% about screwing customers. And this is a way of screwing customers, although there are of course worse things. Instead of being honest and saying "Here, an effect is $15. I hope you enjoy it". They say "hey an effect is worth about $15 but we can't give you $15 to buy but instead $14.50 so you have to buy another pack for $5. we can't tell you why that is but trust me... it's not because we want your money, we're not about screwing customers over". It's just shady and bad, no matter how good the game is or who's behind it. Stuff like this needs to be mentioned early. If they want to play white knight they should juts be 100% honest with their customers, always, and give you an option to pay only what you want to buy. Not $5 more. If they want $20 for their skins they should charge $20 and be honest with the customer. Not this shady way.

Would you be fine with a supermarket that doesn't give back change? I mean, it's optional, right? Nobody has to buy their stuff, right? There's a reason there are laws against this in the normal world.

On January 24 2013 21:50 heishe wrote:


Defeatist stance. Even more so since the makers of HoN, LoL, etc. don't pride themselves in being white knights of the gaming community. By the way Dota 2 doesn't have that kind of stuff afaik. If you want to purchase something for $2 you can as far as I'm aware just buy $2 in store money.

On January 24 2013 23:53 Infernal_dream wrote:


If you want it then pay for it. If you don't then dont. It's not required. Really easy.

On January 25 2013 00:03 Mr. Wiggles wrote:
Quick question:

Can you change where your passive skill tree points are allocated after you place them? I'm wondering, because I like to make up my own builds in games rather than just doing some cookie-cutter build to start, but if I can't replace points later, I'll have to weigh that against potentially playing a character and then hitting a wall when I get to the point where I either can't survive or do enough damage. Will this be a problem?

So I guess, to split it up:

Can you replace points after you've placed them, or do you just have to make another character to try different builds?
Can you still be effective playing the game if you haven't maximized your build and have something sub-optimal instead, or will you hit a wall where you can't continue?

On January 25 2013 00:13 Dirkinity wrote:
Finished Act1 but lost some motivation. My char sucks pretty hard. I have a templer with Raise Zombie but I lack a good Spell. Spark is kinda meh and I have no other AoE spell. :o

On January 25 2013 00:03 Mr. Wiggles wrote:
Quick question:

Can you change where your passive skill tree points are allocated after you place them? I'm wondering, because I like to make up my own builds in games rather than just doing some cookie-cutter build to start, but if I can't replace points later, I'll have to weigh that against potentially playing a character and then hitting a wall when I get to the point where I either can't survive or do enough damage. Will this be a problem?

So I guess, to split it up:

Can you replace points after you've placed them, or do you just have to make another character to try different builds?
Can you still be effective playing the game if you haven't maximized your build and have something sub-optimal instead, or will you hit a wall where you can't continue?

On January 25 2013 00:15 ETisME wrote:
Just wondering, if I bought some cool special weapon effect, can I take out that special effect and put it onto another weapon later on?
same with armor