I just heard about PoE today for this first time. So I headed over to the website and created an account. After realizing teh game was still in closed beta I noticed a link about supporting the game and clicked on it. I paid the 10$ for the Closed Beta key and the 100 store points and began downloading the game. 

I have put in only about 2 hours so far and I am already very excited. This is like a perfect sequel to Diablo 2. I tried Diablo 3 and thought it felt WoWish. But Path of Exile is amazing. It brings back the old DIablo feel and sound, and mixes it with a modern art and graphic realization. I dont know how long I will be playing this game or how seriously since I already purchased Tera and GW2. But I feel my 10$ was money well spent and definitly worth giving up a couple Starbucks coffees.

This game is what Diablo 3 should have been. If you were dissapointed by what you experienced in the D3 beta give this a try, I really hope it gets enough support that it can surpass that POS Blizzard is passing off as part of the Diablo franchise.

Ha ha...you ain't seen nothin' yet. Neo. Wait until you're at least 20-40 hours in...things only get better the further you go along! I've been playing/testing for about a week and a half, now. I had gotten in on the public stress test weekend, a few weeks ago was completely impressed with everything I saw, and had to drop my $10 in as well.

You may already know this, but only the first two Acts of the game are playable, but you once you complete them, you can play them on higher difficulty settings. If you're an altaholic, it's a real treat to try out all the available classes and see what makes them tick. So far, I have a Ranger, Marauder, Witch, and Duelist, but the Witch is my favorite so far. Gonna maybe roll a Templar this weekend...we'll see.

Any1 got a beta key?

=p

This game will fade into nothingness within months of its official release. The small minority of people this game reallly caters too won't keep it running for to long. 

Though this game is nothing compared to D3 anyone who says otherwise usually hasn't play D3 or even looked it up at all. However if you truely prefer PoE to D3, hope the game works out for ya and they can siphon enough cash shop money from you guys to keep it afloat.

Played the D3 beta weekend with multiple characters and I can confirm that POE is a lot better than D3...

POE is what D3 should have been and its simple as that instead blizzard decided to jump in with cartoon graphics totally killing the atmosphere the old games had... not that D3 is bad but POE is better in nearly every way except for the story but that will probally get sorted.. POE jsut reminds me of what this type of rpg should be like..

So I agree with the OP this is worth chucking $10 at any day of the year.. i went for the $15 pack so i could get the digi version of the sound track as some of the music is really cool.. again somthing D3 is lacking..

Originally posted by Aori

This game will fade into nothingness within months of its official release. The small minority of people this game reallly caters too won't keep it running for to long. 

Though this game is nothing compared to D3 anyone who says otherwise usually hasn't play D3 or even looked it up at all. However if you truely prefer PoE to D3, hope the game works out for ya and they can siphon enough cash shop money from you guys to keep it afloat.

More like PoE is just a good vehicle whereby people can hate on Blizz. To say this game is better than D3 is ridiculous. Either no comprehension of what makes a game good or they never played D3 (which they havent). I played the beta also and there is just nothing that makes it anywhere nearly as compelling as D3.

 Its might be worth your 10 bucks (or more. some have donated 1000 bucks) if you cant afford D3 and keep your fingers crossed it stays afloat.

Originally posted by Caldrin

So I agree with the OP this is worth chucking $10 at any day of the year.. i went for the $15 pack so i could get the digi version of the sound track as some of the music is really cool.. again somthing D3 is lacking..

 

 

 

You lost all credibility with the sound statement, if anything that is diablo 3 most nostalgic and redeeming trait,

I bought into the POE beta a week or 2 ago ( $10 pack ) and must say I enjoy it. Its something to keep an eye on for sure. But honestly with D3 and TL2 coming very soon it will probably lose some potential players to those games.

We havent had any decent hack and slash games for several years now. Then we have 3 coming up fairly close together. I will probably play POE some, but I am most interested in TL2 and then D3.

Spending $10 on POE is a great deal for entertainment value, especially if your missing a hack and slash game. And in many ways its better than D3.

Just my 2cp

Originally posted by Aori

Originally posted by Caldrin

So I agree with the OP this is worth chucking $10 at any day of the year.. i went for the $15 pack so i could get the digi version of the sound track as some of the music is really cool.. again somthing D3 is lacking..

 

 

 

You lost all credibility with the sound statement, if anything that is diablo 3 most nostalgic and redeeming trait,

I cant recall the sound track being any good at all in D3.. dont get me wrong combat sounds are really nice :) but not the soundtrack..

Originally posted by Aori

This game will fade into nothingness within months of its official release. The small minority of people this game reallly caters too won't keep it running for to long. 

Though this game is nothing compared to D3 anyone who says otherwise usually hasn't play D3 or even looked it up at all. However if you truely prefer PoE to D3, hope the game works out for ya and they can siphon enough cash shop money from you guys to keep it afloat.

Whatever you have to tell yourself to feel validated in your crusade for Diablo 3 I guess. It must kill your ego to see other people enjoying something that you seem to despise. I've played both, and it's no contest for me - PoE is the superior product in my eyes. 

The sooner you come to the realization that your opinion isn't the gospel, the better.

Originally posted by alacres

Originally posted by Aori

This game will fade into nothingness within months of its official release. The small minority of people this game reallly caters too won't keep it running for to long. 

Though this game is nothing compared to D3 anyone who says otherwise usually hasn't play D3 or even looked it up at all. However if you truely prefer PoE to D3, hope the game works out for ya and they can siphon enough cash shop money from you guys to keep it afloat.

Whatever you have to tell yourself to feel validated in your crusade for Diablo 3 I guess. It must kill your ego to see other people enjoying something that you seem to despise. I've played both, and it's no contest for me - PoE is the superior product in my eyes. 

The sooner you come to the realization that your opinion isn't the gospel, the better.

 I was being realistic actually. However like I said, if you like the game thats awesome and I do hope it works out.

That said however I personally don't see the game running all that long with dedicated servers, it does get expensive and they are an indie company with little to no backing that i'm aware of. Running a F2P game on dedicated servers usually requires a rewarding cash shop which is one of the reasons people use against D3 when talking about PoE.

Indie companies trying to host a game online constantly is going to be difficult financially. Thus the reason they did the whole buy into the beta thing, its to test the waters of who will pay for their product since they already said it would be F2P.

So again, goodluck to you and your game, I honestly wish it well.

P.S. stay out of my forum if you can't stand me in yours ;)

Originally posted by Aori

Originally posted by alacres

Originally posted by Aori

This game will fade into nothingness within months of its official release. The small minority of people this game reallly caters too won't keep it running for to long. 

Though this game is nothing compared to D3 anyone who says otherwise usually hasn't play D3 or even looked it up at all. However if you truely prefer PoE to D3, hope the game works out for ya and they can siphon enough cash shop money from you guys to keep it afloat.

Whatever you have to tell yourself to feel validated in your crusade for Diablo 3 I guess. It must kill your ego to see other people enjoying something that you seem to despise. I've played both, and it's no contest for me - PoE is the superior product in my eyes. 

The sooner you come to the realization that your opinion isn't the gospel, the better.

 I was being realistic actually. However like I said, if you like the game thats awesome and I do hope it works out.

That said however I personally don't see the game running all that long with dedicated servers, it does get expensive and they are an indie company with little to no backing that i'm aware of. Running a F2P game on dedicated servers usually requires a rewarding cash shop which is one of the reasons people use against D3 when talking about PoE.

Indie companies trying to host a game online constantly is going to be difficult financially. Thus the reason they did the whole buy into the beta thing, its to test the waters of who will pay for their product since they already said it would be F2P.

So again, goodluck to you and your game, I honestly wish it well.

P.S. stay out of my forum if you can't stand me in yours ;)

Your opinion of a gaming companies situation isn't being "realistic". What exactly do you know about them and their plans, or even their overall financial situation, apart from what they've made known? I'm sure you're not anymore enlightened than the rest of us.

Fallen Earth was also an indie developed game, and aside from going through some rocky transitions, is still running strong (better than ever even) with their new F2P hybrid system. The population seems very constant from what I've observed and it's considered a niche game, so there's a bigger market for gamers like us than you might care to believe. That's only one example.

If you really wished it well, you wouldn't make condescending, troll bait posts like that in the first place. Yeah, I've made several comments in the Diablo 3 forums, but it's normally only to rebuke mis-information or biased attacks on a game I happen to think doesn't get the credit it deserves - I even give D3 credit for what I feel it does right. I don't, however, make posts that do nothing but attack the quality and well-being of a game simply out of spite or because I think my opinion somehow out-weighs other's that don't share my own. That's more than I can say about several of the posts I've seen made by you in recent days. 

Originally posted by Caldrin

Played the D3 beta weekend with multiple characters and I can confirm that POE is a lot better than D3...

You've played like a quarter of the first act on the lowest difficulty setting, you know that, right?