How Did The Developer Deal With The Players' Dissatisfaction With The Delay Of POE 3.26 Update?

The various updates and fixes of POE 2 by the developer made many old players who were addicted to POE feel dissatisfied. They thought that they were all fans of POE, so why could POE 2 Early Access be constantly updated and fixed, while the updates of POE could only be delayed blindly?

Developer's Response

The various dissatisfactions of the players gradually grew, and the developers had to respond. They said that they really couldn't take into account the updates and fixes of the two games at the same time, and it was indeed POE 2 that hindered the progress of POE.

In order to alleviate the various dissatisfactions of the players, the developer said that it would bring a one-month event to the players, allowing the players to forget this unpleasant thing for a short time by actively participating in various events during the event, and it also cleverly consolidated the interests of the old player group. However, unfortunately, there is still no clear indication of the official launch time of POE 3.26. Perhaps this is just a delaying tactic taken by the developer to win over the players for a short time?

Developers' Actions

Settlers of Kalguur (3.25) held a long time ago was a great success, even more popular than the game itself, but it has lasted for more than seven months. As a league, it should only last three to four months, but it lasted so long, which is also related to the developers' investment of all their time and resources in POE 2.

In order to better compensate the players, the developers brought 19 fresh event-exclusive Ascendancy classes for this one-month event. These new Ascendancy classes will break the inherent experience of players before and bring new challenges to players. When players play as Witch and ascend to Harbingers, what a brand new experience! But players still need to pay attention. If you want to successfully transform from the basic class to Ascendancy class, you need to successfully defeat the boss, so that you can get additional POE Currency and dropped loot and upgrade weapons and equipment.

Therefore, the developers strongly believe that this event can not only temporarily shut up the players, but also provide an excellent opportunity to change the game mechanism, and these new contents may also become part of POE 2.

But in any case, these actions do appease the players' psychology to a certain extent, allowing them to have other things to do while waiting for POE 3.26 to appear, and the developers clearly stated that they hope players will be prepared to accept weird things, which satisfies the players' desire for new content. Indeed, their actions can be said to be an excellent public relations template, which not only solves the problem but also wins over the players, killing two birds with one stone.

POE players are not whining without illness, but just postponing blindly, consuming the players' patience and expectations. If the developers cannot make a reasonable solution, these fan groups can only gradually shift their direction and give up POE.

In fact, no matter what kind of speeches and complaints the players make, they just hope that their opinions can be heard, so as to make changes to the existing game mechanisms and content and develop games that cater to players more.