POE 2's Continuous Updates Have Caused Dissatisfaction Among A Large Number Of POE 1 Players

The developer has invested a lot of time in Path Of Exile 2, which has caused serious dissatisfaction among POE fans. Even though the developer has made it clear that it will continue to develop POE 1 and bring new stories to players, POE 2 Early Access and the upcoming POE 2 0.2.0 have made the original work's fans feel that the developer is just painting a pie in the sky and has not taken any practical action.

POE 1 Has No Future?

As the developer continues to update sequel, many players have said that original work may disappear in the future game market. Even though it has a large fan base, it does not seem to be taken seriously by the developer at present. Because the developer has made huge economic achievements from POE 2, the developer has no time to take care of POE, which has been relegated to the cold palace.

We checked the public comments on Internet and found that many players who play sequel are not old players of POE 1, but more are new players who have given up other games. These players praised POE 2, saying that it was very difficult and fun to kill bosses in the game, and that various activities also attracted the attention of players. They earned POE 2 Currency and got new weapons and equipment through these methods.

But many POE 1 players disagreed. They felt that POE 1 was more to their liking. And although the original work did not reach the level of explosive popularity, it has been steadily rising in the past, and few games can achieve this result.

Do Developers Really Value POE 1?

When players' dissatisfaction fermented into uncontrollable remarks, developers had to explain. GGG said that they would still develop and expand POE 1, but this would take time. They also wanted to bring new game content to players as soon as possible, but because POE 2 Early Access version took a lot of time and money, they had to suspend the development of POE 1. Whether this is the truth, we don't know.

In order to ease the anger of fans, the developer also publicly apologized to POE 1 players, but is this the developer's true idea or a delaying tactic? The developer has repeatedly postponed the update of POE 3.26, but has continuously released various patches for POE 2. Do the developers really value POE 1 and players?

For this, they also have their own arguments. They said that they could not divide their time and energy equally between the two games. It was because they did not balance well that the complaints of players became increasingly strong. Moreover, after the release of the sequel, many problems arose, and they could not ignore them. Therefore, they could only spend more time on solving the problems, which further hindered the development of POE 1.