I don't like the concept of resets in leagues/seasons. Can I still enjoy the game?

[Dextrinity]

Can I still enjoy the game in the Eternal/Standard League, or is this game not for me? I prefer something that persists, allowing me to work on it for months or even years without feeling like I’m starting over from scratch with resets.

[gachi is manly]

Originally posted by Dextrinity:

Can I still enjoy the game in the Eternal/Standard League, or is this game not for me? I prefer something that persists, allowing me to work on it for months or even years without feeling like I’m starting over from scratch with resets.

You can absolutely just stick with standard if leagues aren't your thing. You can also play a league then continue with that league character in standard after the league ends if you want.

Most league content makes it to standard anyways eventually in some shape or form. A few haven't, but a vast majority of them do. Plus most large scale changes that aren't directly tied to the new league mechanic are also done to the standard realm as well (like altas changes).

[Hosenbund]

Originally posted by gachi is manly:

Originally posted by Dextrinity:

Can I still enjoy the game in the Eternal/Standard League, or is this game not for me? I prefer something that persists, allowing me to work on it for months or even years without feeling like I’m starting over from scratch with resets.

You can absolutely just stick with standard if leagues aren't your thing. You can also play a league then continue with that league character in standard after the league ends if you want.

Most league content makes it to standard anyways eventually in some shape or form. A few haven't, but a vast majority of them do. Plus most large scale changes that aren't directly tied to the new league mechanic are also done to the standard realm as well (like altas changes).

while this is true, you guys promise OP way too much when wording it like this.. the vast majority of new content is still experienced in leagues

[gachi is manly]

Originally posted by Hosenbund:

Originally posted by gachi is manly:

You can absolutely just stick with standard if leagues aren't your thing. You can also play a league then continue with that league character in standard after the league ends if you want.

Most league content makes it to standard anyways eventually in some shape or form. A few haven't, but a vast majority of them do. Plus most large scale changes that aren't directly tied to the new league mechanic are also done to the standard realm as well (like altas changes).

while this is true, you guys promise OP way too much when wording it like this.. the vast majority of new content is still experienced in leagues

I'd say you can still experience most of that in standard, albeit usually a more diluted form of it that you don't interact with as often as you do when it's the main league mechanic and pushed on you in every new area.

I do agree with you, though. Most mechanics are best experienced when they're fresh in a new league.

[Tyrant]

Originally posted by Dextrinity:

Can I still enjoy the game in the Eternal/Standard League, or is this game not for me? I prefer something that persists, allowing me to work on it for months or even years without feeling like I’m starting over from scratch with resets.

Initially? probably. However Early Access will not be Standard. Early Access characters will be in their own Early Access league. When the game launches, then Standard league will become the base graveyard for the League plays. Again, initially this might be playable. Standard league deals with a lot of inflation and gatekeeping from the established players, and can fluctuate when a new league starts. If you stay up on playing and become one of the miserable people doing it, then you can probably enjoy it. However, since you don't like to deal with resets, my guess is that you'll be hyper casual, and just be a victim.

If you want to play SSF, then it won't be an issue, but if you're trying to play trade league, you're gonna have a bad time.

You'll also never experience anything in its original form. You will always only ever see things after they've been nerfed.

[Codester]

Be reasonable, most people don't just play games straight for months on end, you're BOUND to stop playing this and play something else.
After long breaks, do you honestly always come back and just pick up where you left off? Maybe sometimes, but I'm willing to bet MOST people make a new character.

Except now when you do it there's more mechanics and features and content to check out, every single time. The league system is FAR better and promotes longetivity to the game. The league system is literally why the first game is so popular and has been thriving for so long while other Arpg's that don't do it die off with no player base quickly.
There's absolutely NOTHING stopping you from just playing standard, some people do, do that. But keep in mind the vast majority of all players are here to enjoy the new leagues together as they drop. It becomes something to look forward to and to plan a new character around and trynew builds and experiment, thus increasing your knowledge and experience in the game and making you even better for following leagues.
This is such a better system it isn't even comparable to the old school style.
I hated PoE1 at first due to the leagues, but then I realised the error in my thinking and now I have 100% achievements in the first game after playing several different leagues.

[Hosenbund]

Originally posted by Codester:

Be reasonable, most people don't just play games straight for months on end, you're BOUND to stop playing this and play something else.
After long breaks, do you honestly always come back and just pick up where you left off? Maybe sometimes, but I'm willing to bet MOST people make a new character.

Except now when you do it there's more mechanics and features and content to check out, every single time. The league system is FAR better and promotes longetivity to the game. The league system is literally why the first game is so popular and has been thriving for so long while other Arpg's that don't do it die off with no player base quickly.
There's absolutely NOTHING stopping you from just playing standard, some people do, do that. But keep in mind the vast majority of all players are here to enjoy the new leagues together as they drop. It becomes something to look forward to and to plan a new character around and trynew builds and experiment, thus increasing your knowledge and experience in the game and making you even better for following leagues.
This is such a better system it isn't even comparable to the old school style.
I hated PoE1 at first due to the leagues, but then I realised the error in my thinking and now I have 100% achievements in the first game after playing several different leagues.

This is honestly the best answer, it should get pinned!

[Dextrinity]

Hi all,

After careful consideration and reading through all the replies here, I have decided not to play the game. I really can’t stomach the concept of resets in an RPG. This is the first time I’ve encountered resets in ARPGs, which I understand is currently the meta for the genre. Unfortunately, it’s not for me.

I want something I can work on for months or even years without going back to square one every three months. I guess I’m an old soul, used to playing games for years. Nowadays, people hop between different games every few weeks, which I really don’t like.

Thank you all for your time.

[tankanidis]

Originally posted by Dextrinity:

Can I still enjoy the game in the Eternal/Standard League, or is this game not for me? I prefer something that persists, allowing me to work on it for months or even years without feeling like I’m starting over from scratch with resets.

Yes you can play normal mode all day everyday, your character stays with you (league chars get shipped off to the normal one after the league is done, rinse/repeat, so the 'normal' one grows over time to be everything except the new league)

[tankanidis]

Originally posted by Dextrinity:

Hi all,

After careful consideration and reading through all the replies here, I have decided not to play the game. I really can’t stomach the concept of resets in an RPG. This is the first time I’ve encountered resets in ARPGs, which I understand is currently the meta for the genre. Unfortunately, it’s not for me.

I want something I can work on for months or even years without going back to square one every three months. I guess I’m an old soul, used to playing games for years. Nowadays, people hop between different games every few weeks, which I really don’t like.

Thank you all for your time.

You have misread what they have said

You don't lose anything in Path of Exile

There is a normal 'league' at all times in the game, your character never gets deleted (unless you play hardcore because you want to, different topic), its always there for you to play for 10000's of hours

[FloRyu]

Originally posted by Dextrinity:

Hi all,

After careful consideration and reading through all the replies here, I have decided not to play the game. I really can’t stomach the concept of resets in an RPG. This is the first time I’ve encountered resets in ARPGs, which I understand is currently the meta for the genre. Unfortunately, it’s not for me.

I want something I can work on for months or even years without going back to square one every three months. I guess I’m an old soul, used to playing games for years. Nowadays, people hop between different games every few weeks, which I really don’t like.

Thank you all for your time.

It's not a new Arpg concept . The poe season/league is the evolved way of Diablo 2 ladder
The first of the ladder seasons began with the initial release of Patch 1.10 on October 28, 2003 in Diablo 2
The difference is that Poe instead of only starting a new ladder/season they add massive content and changes every 3-4 months , after the season is over all characters transfer to standard , you can still play them there, nothing is deleted
There reason not a lot of people or me play them is that we did everything we wanted to do on that character and played it for 100-300h

[radekim]

Originally posted by Dextrinity:

Hi all,

After careful consideration and reading through all the replies here, I have decided not to play the game. I really can’t stomach the concept of resets in an RPG. This is the first time I’ve encountered resets in ARPGs, which I understand is currently the meta for the genre. Unfortunately, it’s not for me.

I want something I can work on for months or even years without going back to square one every three months. I guess I’m an old soul, used to playing games for years. Nowadays, people hop between different games every few weeks, which I really don’t like.

Thank you all for your time.

titan quest is for you. Old souls home

[Hosenbund]

Originally posted by Dextrinity:

Hi all,

After careful consideration and reading through all the replies here, I have decided not to play the game. I really can’t stomach the concept of resets in an RPG. This is the first time I’ve encountered resets in ARPGs, which I understand is currently the meta for the genre. Unfortunately, it’s not for me.

I want something I can work on for months or even years without going back to square one every three months. I guess I’m an old soul, used to playing games for years. Nowadays, people hop between different games every few weeks, which I really don’t like.

Thank you all for your time.

Well that doesnt have anything to do with modern gaming.
ARPGs were NEVER designed to be played endlessly on 1 character, as they are no mmorpgs and never were

Endlessly grinding the same boss or area back then for an item drop for no real reason isnt content.
But if its about that and you want to simply farm for every chase item in the game, then you will also have fun with PoE2 for many hundreds of hours, because it has those.

Im explaining it like this, because there seems to be a misunderstanding on your side as you claim it was different back then and seem to believe less content and a clear end, letting the game die out, is an upside.

The games improved, but they expanded horizontally, way less vertically.