Catching different rare mobs, completing leveling recipe have made the leveling process really fun. This is the only league I didn't feel the need to skip all the zones and rush to mapping.
Posted Mar 3, 2018, 7:46 AM UTC
Agree. Most of the complaints I see are from people who can't be bothered to adjust their playstyle for a different league mechanic. Super entitled community.
The blood altar fights can get crazy, really enjoying those.
This sub is looking pretty whiny and entitled right now. Scrolling through, there's no less than 10 posts complaining about the exact same thing.
"I can't even have fun anymore. GGG is stupid and lazy. Do they even test their game?"
Its really sad because i've played games and seen them crash and burn because the devs didn't care about the game. I've seen communities literally beg devs to fix their game. If the devs even made a short post talking about a possible update in the future, the playerbase would get happy about it. Seriously some game devs are the shittest. Then you come to Path of Exile and the devs here are so damn good. There's always new content in the game, always fresh stuff going on. And yet people are complaining like babies about every little thing. Man I tell ya, appreciate the work GGG puts in, and every other dev that actually gives a damn about their game. Lest they stop caring and you're left with just good memories and bittersweet feelings about a game you used to love and play.
Truth.. just 100% truth. This whining is a damn shame.
They have specifically cultured this attitude by reinforcing a certain playstyle for years. You can't tell someone, "this is how you play our game" for 5 years and then one day go, "actually we changed our minds" and not expect critical negative feedback.
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This sub is looking pretty whiny and entitled right now.
So because this leagues mechanics take a shit on any build that does decent damage people are entitled? What the fuck are you smoking. Maybe you guys should make it past level 50 before you talk about the league mechanics.
What the fuck are you smoking
Just the free game no bitching squad.
Anecdotal evidence, but i do plenty of damage, and have no problem capturing even white mobs. Also, I'm already almost level 75. Been the same way since like level 30.
Oh man the first time i tried to craft movement speed boots, i was totally surprised by how tough the fight was
I’m digging the more robust crafting system. Love having more options.
I don't feel it is people complaining about that, or being entitled. The league is good, but it's just that the obvious problems we saw on the day it was announced were not changed. Slayer killing low health targets, summoners and totem having serious trouble capturing anything. These were all things we saw immediately, yet seems like nothing was done about it.
I thought I'd try summoner for once, and I just am not enjoying it as I can't capture anything below a rare. They die faster than I can throw my net.
Idk if it will help you or not, but i throw the net before I do anything to whites/blues and then 1shot them and they're captured like... nearly 100% of the time. Moreso if I'm using a higher level net.
Yeah, if I manage to get to them before a minion pokes it to death. It's just a really that you have to race your own minions for it.
And one of the most smooth leaguestarts ever from a Server perspective
Smooth, because no one plays this shit league
First day player numbers say otherwise. GGG posted it was the highest first day player number ever.
Highest peak and biggest drop.
Your guess or do you have Numbers?
Can confirm, capturing beasts is awesome. And capturing beasts just to fill the book is exactly the sort of thing I like doing (no sarcasm). Collecting is everything to me, and this league is dedicated to collecting and then using said collection. I love it!
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It was easier in a group for me. When a beast is sitting there being shocked you can throw your net on it as well for a free capture.
I agree 100% it's a blast!
I for one like this league . Beats all the "more monsters" leagues (breach , abyss) please no downvote
This post needs to be higher.
Great leveling, solid and stable launch (no crashes?!) and beautiful content added.
The catching mechanic will be gradually improved as a quality of life, so just enjoy the league :D
Same, playing since harby but in standard. First time playing league and so much fun :D
Same here i enjoy the game much more atm .. I underatand people dont like the delay and the net issues but its day one so it will be fix.
Pretty fun league so far. The netting system doesn't ruin the experience, it just doesn't add much. The beasts with new affixes though are fun and visually appealing.
"With all the HATE going on"
Dude there's very little hate, most people agree with you
The capturing system is just shit and it's different from what we were promised, as said in Chris's most recent post. We are asking for what was promised.
It's not hate it's criticism which is necessary for a game developer to grow and become better
Hate would be saying GGG sucks and doesn't know how to make a game and they should all go die. That's hate. I haven't seen any of that on here, maybe I'm not looking hard enough. Or your title is just extremely poorly worded
You take the long way to work with twenty times more traffic and construction than the short want don't you.
I'm not yet through the story, but I have also really enjoyed the leveling with the unique Beast fights along the way. For the first time in a long time, these are really really challenging fights as you're moving through the story and feel great.
I am having the same experience. After many leagues of losing any connection with the mobs (or experience globes) this is really bringing back their identity again. And wow they can really give a good fight! At least with my crappy leveling gear!
Some of the net mechanics are a little clunky sometimes, but overall I really like the league concept. Collecting beasts is fun and the new crafting options are fun. The beast encounters are sometimes quite challenging while leveling
Then you meet a red multi-mob-spawning, double life regen, extra life blinding double bestiary mod mob and you stop enjoying yourself
I agree as well. This league is a ton of fun, and I'm playing a summoner so capturing beasts is really hard :P
It's obvious the problematic capturing mechanic will change, it doesn't line up with what Chris posted about it in the FAQ. And other than that everything is great. Beastcrafting is awesome and the pokedex bestiary is great.
agreed, I've lost a few (ED/Contagion Trickster) but no deaths and has been fun so far.
The league itself is fine, the crafting is a great boon to levelling for sure. But the actual capturing of the monsters is incredibly tedious and also not possible with some builds once they get going at like level 30+ trying to keep extra health, regen mobs at sub 5% HP long enough to realise they're at 5% and not kill them and throw a net that is likely to break only to have them enrage and gain health back is not fun for many people, as you've seen in the posts. I can't even imagine how this looks in maps, most streamers I've seen were barely interacting with the league mechanic after about 4 to 5 hours in. Essentially, GGG dropped the ball on this one, big time, no big deal though, can't win em all, roll on next league. It's just a shame for ppl who like to play and have played every league since release.
playing as a summoner right now.
this is the worst time i've had trying to level as I really can't capture anything. i might as well be playing standard cause i'm to close to just ignoring the caputuring mechanics completely.
Same boat here. First time I've ever wanted to stop playing a league right at the start. I really hope the mechanics get changed so summoners can actually enjoy it.
I don't really understand this.. I played a zombie/skele summoner all last night and had almost no issue capturing the mobs I wanted. The system is without a doubt a little clunky but it seems manageable
What's to understand? You could be playing far worse than other summoners. If you're running around with 2Ls and someone else is in a +2 minion 4L and a 5L or tabula they are going to do orders of magnitude more dps than you.
I'm playing ED and some times i do kill stuff accidentally. I find it best to just watch the HP drop on the beast and throw the net in anticipation. Works out most of the times.
not when i can't target the mobs because theres too much going on
as long as you throw the net in the area of the yellow, it will generally trap it. it traps the strongest unit it lands on
I'm also playing ED and it's not too bad. Don't just throw ED+Contagion at everything. When you see a mob you want to catch, lower its hp using only Contagion or try to trim the mob using ED without Contagion. What I've found works so far is just use Blight to take it to low hp, then capture it.
I've lost count how many things have died during the net animation to my summons just bursting it down.