So when do you think most people quit the game?

[Bitten-Once-Shy]

Title.

I know the developers post a lot of stats and data about the game, but they don't post any negitive stats (why would they, bad for business lol).

Seriously though, my guess is act six: game becomes more of the same but frustratingly hard, it's the act of, "I hope your build wasn't trash" area of the game that people realize they're going to struggle through the rest and get hard stopped near the end.

They posted the the data for the old league, in it they said under 30% of players didn't complete enough challanges to unlock the first tier of awards; just completing the game while doing the side quests would be enough to get tier 1, so one can assume they did not even finish the game.

Think about how bad that is, 30% of players quit before barely playing.

[Rogue]

So? Other people gaming habits has nothing to do with me. The trading market is always strong even till the end of the league. Quitter gonna quit, heh.

If you check the global steam achievements in any of your games in your library, you'll find the numbers from poe is actually pretty good. Heh, even the "robocraft" game you recently played showed less than 4% even did one of the achievement globally.

[dOBER]

but keep in mind only handfull of these "30%" quit because they think poe is " frustratingly hard". most people who quit are random people who trys free games to look if they like it. i guess most of them play only a few min and this has nothing to do with "frustratingly hard"

[Bitten-Once-Shy]

Originally posted by Rogue:

So? Other people gaming habits has nothing to do with me. The trading market is always strong even till the end of the league. Quitter gonna quit, heh.

If you check the global steam achievements in any of your games in your library, you'll find the numbers from poe is actually pretty good. Heh, even the "robocraft" game you recently played showed less than 4% even did one of the achievement globally.

I'm just curious, for the game's sake. I am wondering just how many times people are willing to play this game over and over.

Originally posted by Dober:

but keep in mind only handfull of these "30%" quit because they think poe is " frustratingly hard". most people who quit are random people who trys free games to look if they like it. i guess most of them play only a few min and this has nothing to do with "frustratingly hard"

I included that frustratingly hard part because in-game several people were talking about it on global.

[Sugar Show]

They have to pay the rent.

[Tony Twist's Thunderous Right]

Seeing as only 48% of the people playing it on steam have the achievement for killing Brutus (and even fewer for killing Merveil), I'm going to say Act 1.*


* The author of this post recognizes that the above is a wild extrapolation and therefore should be given next to zero credence at all.

[Rogue]

Originally posted by Fox Sister:

Originally posted by Rogue:

So? Other people gaming habits has nothing to do with me. The trading market is always strong even till the end of the league. Quitter gonna quit, heh.

If you check the global steam achievements in any of your games in your library, you'll find the numbers from poe is actually pretty good. Heh, even the "robocraft" game you recently played showed less than 4% even did one of the achievement globally.

I'm just curious, for the game's sake. I am wondering just how many times people are willing to play this game over and over.

Who cares about some faceless strangers playing the game. Personally I did not even play this season abyss. My game time is my own time :).

[Dies Fourth]

Not even close.

You made a simple basic ( incorrect ) ass umption and tweisted it into an excuse cuz you suck at the game.

Ive finished the game in Abyss and havent come close to unlocking any tiers of anything. Thats not my focus, finishing the game to get to the maps where the real fun starts.

This game almost challrnges you to finish it, of course most ppl havea " dont quit " attitude.

None of the acts are realy hard at weill with an average build. If you choose your passive skills like a drunken chicken ofc thr game gets harder.

Imo more like 75% of players are obsessed with finishing. Look at the hours ppl have played, do that seen like any1 but you " quit " ?

[Bitten-Once-Shy]

Originally posted by Larry_Nesko:

Seeing as only 48% of the people playing it on steam have the achievement for killing Brutus (and even fewer for killing Merveil), I'm going to say Act 1.*


* The author of this post recognizes that the above is a wild extrapolation and therefore should be given next to zero credence at all.

Now I like were this is going; global achievements is a great place to start.

My guess is this is how it goes:
Person downloads free game, "ah I love diablo games"
Plays a bit, levels up.
Opens skill tree.
Uninstalls.

[dOBER]

Originally posted by Fox Sister:

Originally posted by Larry_Nesko:

Seeing as only 48% of the people playing it on steam have the achievement for killing Brutus (and even fewer for killing Merveil), I'm going to say Act 1.*


* The author of this post recognizes that the above is a wild extrapolation and therefore should be given next to zero credence at all.

Now I like were this is going; global achievements is a great place to start.

My guess is this is how it goes:
Person downloads free game, "ah I love diablo games"
Plays a bit, levels up.
Opens skill tree.
Uninstalls.

but this is total fine and excat what i mean. these people who deinstall because of passive tree want casual h&s like diablo 3.. pick a char and start melting mobs without reading anything. right for these people poe is the wrong game. here you have most part of your 30%

[Tony Twist's Thunderous Right]

Originally posted by Fox Sister:

Now I like were this is going; global achievements is a great place to start.

My guess is this is how it goes:
Person downloads free game, "ah I love diablo games"
Plays a bit, levels up.
Opens skill tree.
Uninstalls.

I don't think it's quite that abrupt. My guess (!) is that, as you state, fans of the genre download the game to give it a shot. After a handful of hours they decide that this particular game is not to their taste for any number of reasons. Skill tree could be part of it, as could the currency system, a poorly timed disconnect, or even something as simple as the graphics.

[Owldoctor]

I stopped playing thanks to horrible non stopping lags and i'm thinking about leaving this one for good now... there are still those over 5sec lags and hangs, so playing is sometimes next to impossible.

[Mussarela de Pinto]

Act 6? Filthy casuls... No quit poe evar, playing since beta, there was just 3 acts, not even scion, not even nothing, not even end game content. Still playng. Never abandoned.

[DarkFaceGlow]

With a good build, Act 6+ isn't much different than the first 5.

[Jaume]

Originally posted by Sugar Show:

They have to pay the rent.

Lul

[Wispur]

Well, I've played this game on and off since it launched and I've never made it past the first act before quitting, so I can tell you my perspective.

And it has nothing to do with the Skill Tree, it's because the abilities are just boring and basic.
A dinky little fireball... yay?
The enemies are boring and basic.
The landscapes are boring and basic (and terribly monochromatic).
I understand that things likely get more exciting later, but if a game doesn't grab me in the first hour or two, it's hard to care about the rest.

That's one thing Diablo 3 did right, mixing up zones right away, and giving abilities that felt exciting to use right away. It captures the imagination early on, in a way that PoE struggles with.