Is Path of Exile any good? Is it worth sinking your time into or is your average grindfest/paywall game?

Is Path of Exile any good? Is it worth sinking your time into or is your average grindfest/paywall game?

Don't even bother playing it if you have to ask Sup Forums. These nu-male faggots won't play anything that isn't console based and packed full of retarded "achievements" to keep their serotonin pumping.

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Sup Forums is shit, play the fucking game since its free and see for yourself

I stopped at around 500 hours I think, never payed a cent for it. I think it's solid if you like isometric action.

You can play it without paying a cent. But the devs made item and currency managing annoying as fuck in order to get you buy more stash tabs.
The currency tab is pretty much mandatory if you plan to get into the game.
Give the game a shot with an easy and cheap build. If you get into it, fall for their kikery and buy some tabs so you can save time trading/storing shit.

This is the shittiest League they've had since Essence. But the base game is still enjoyable in its own way. I have some problems with it, but it's still good.

If you have some degree of autism, yes. Although keep in mind that it is more of a jew simulator than Diablo-like ARPG.

The campaign is ok. The endgame is pure shit.

The performance optimization of the game was shit, caused me to quit desu
I was playing hardcore and when we entered the Dominus fight, I got 1 fpm, yes frames per minute with all the particle effects there, with a fucking middle-high end pc (i7-6700k & gtx 1060)

It's trash. Play Grim Dawn, especially since the massive story expansion has just been released.

There's no paywall it's cosmetic shit. Try it

its shit. they keep nerfing already useless skills while doing little to actual overpowered skills.

Do not waste your time.

Also they run the item selling sites because there is no way they can keep such a large staff on with just the cash shop..

I have maybe 80 hours into it from 2-3 different patches/seasons. The skill gems and tree are fine , the fucking currency and gear is shit , you look like a fucking hobo no matter what the gear and just finding gear sucks as well. When that fucking unique does finally drop when your level 50 it will be a fucking level 8 unique. Game is for autistic poor fags who can't afford to buy gaems

No, even the gameplay is shit
>9999 attack speed press one button to clean the screen

If you don't want to grind ever then no, you will not like the game because you can't possibly like the entire genre with that attitude. Is it worth playing?
Yes, but not really from that perspective or attitude, go find a different genre to play.

Not OP but I was interested in it as well
>How much would someone who casually plays it would pay in avarage
>How much would someone who seriously plays it would pay in avarage?
>How does stash tabs works? Are they universal between your characters or have limited use/character only?
I'm not expecting to play a game completely without paying a single cent but if it goes to your usual f2p highs I wouldn't even bother downloading it to be honest.

>1060
>middle-high
But yeah, it's unoptimized as fuck. Get ready to be running everything on low no matter what your specs are, OP.

1060 is literally good nigga

You're not going to be "competitive" with anyone, unless you spend a lot of time trading your shit and trading your shit effectively requires you to shell out some bux for stash space. The thing about PoE is that the drop rates on anything worthwhile are abysmal, so you will pretty much NEVER get anything good that you for the build you're currently playing. Instead, you'll be trading the unneeded shit for shit you actually need and guess what? There's no automated trading system, you have to do it manually. The game is a huge timesink and a huge waste of time. Don't even start playing this trash, it's not worth it.

>he doesn't have a 1070 or above

lol

I played until I spent hundred hours on maps, then I got bored and quit.

It's good, may seem daunting at first, though.

This game will consume your life, the price of entry, is curiosity. That's the entire game, learning how to use the mechanics and adventuring into unknown builds and combos that work together.

if you need to ask if your going to enjoy the game, you aren't a curious enough person to even enjoy Path of exile for what it is, a ARPG sandbox.

if you haven't fell for the 4K meme, you don't need past 1060

>How much would someone who casually plays it would pay in avarage
Casually probably nothing.

>How much would someone who seriously plays it would pay in avarage?
I played the game seriously for one league, clocked a bit more than 500 hours according to Steam. Only spent $20 and bought stash tabs when they were on sale. They usually go on sale once or twice a month.

>How does stash tabs works? Are they universal between your characters or have limited use/character only?
Extra space for storing shit. They're important for trading (the premium tabs), which is the biggest timewaster but your main source of income. Also the currency tab is very convenient. They're shared across all characters.
This user is spot on on the trading experience.

Each league has its own stash tabs, and all temporary leagues eventually merge into the permanent ones (so your permanent stash tabs will get overrun). As for payment, the only things you really should buy are a few stash tabs. I haven't played in awhile, but I recall at least one premium one is required if you want to do selling online with ease and not have to fuck about with external programs.

PoE is trash

I can feel you're in a lot of pain, friend. Hope this helps. (I only lurk Sup Forums for DSP threads and low poly artwork).

1070 is the best card for even 1080/60Hz on ultra. 4k has nothing to do with it.

>loot-based ARPG
>limits your loot to 4 stash tabs
>constantly bloats even more with new shitty items
>also super shit trading so if you want to compress your shit good luck
>99% of loot is trash
>this is so bad that you will use a loot filter to hide 99.5% of your loot
>you will sell .4% of your loot because it's not worth using to you

game is better to grind for '''currency''' than gear
path of life nodes is real - scion life cluster is simply a life tax

no diablo clone is worth sinking your time into
they are designed for compulsive play

this game both has global and league achievements. kill this boss 1000 times tier achievements at that

I'm 2300 hrs in and I didn't pay anything in my first 2000 hrs.

Buying stash tabs is great but absolutely unnecessary, unless you're planning on going uber autismo min-maxer mode who tries to sell every shit item for pennies.

i couldn't even fit my maps in your stash tabs

I don't know what the fuck you're doing if you can't fit your maps in a single stash tab

lewd

You can go through the story mode without grinding or paying for anything.

'end game' is all about grinding. You do the same content you did before but you can scale the content up almost limitlessly.

If you want to participate in upper level end-game you must either spend a lot of time muling items or buy extra tabs with real cash.

Actually mapping? Where the fuck do you store your 30 strand maps for backup? Where do you put your endgame map sets?

i could fit my shaper sets in one stash tab

If you only play current leagues and not standard, a single 10 dollar investment will last you forever.

Atrocious optimization. Runs like garbage and drops my connection at random even with a direct connection to my modem and no other computers on the network. I can play league, dota 2, diablo, starcraft, you fucking name it, and never get so much as a hiccup, but path of exile is borderline unplayable.

OP, you should ask yourself, is any game really worth the time you sink into them?

It's fun, but the devs insist on nerfing the living shit out of everything that becomes too fun or powerful while ignoring underused/underpowered mechanics and abilities. the only cash investments you kind of need are a currency tab and a premium tab to sell junk. It also runs like shit and it used to rely heavily on a 3rd party trading website, it seems like they are fixing the trading issues by making their own trading site.
Blowing up packs of mobs while chugging flasks and running like a madman is really fun, coming up with your own builds is really satisfying, well, as long as you invest a stupidly high amount of nodes towards life because the game fucking loves one-shotting your ass.
I'm not even sure if I even like the game anymore, there's so much I hate about it, but I still enjoy it a ton for some reason.

>is x any good?
Don't start a thread with this line, dumbass.

Wait until the new league comes out in December. Until then you can look at builds to figure out how to not be shit.

it is grindfest, but it is a very enjoyable one.
less paywall than warframe

If you liked Diablo 2 then yes, it is worth. Last expansion made the story content last until you hit level 68 so the leveling up content is way longer than what you usually get in these games. Endgame is also fun with its own unique final boss and everything, although starting it all over again with a new character might get daunting.

>grim dawn
more like grim yawn

By far the best game out there currently.

thats how d2 was too though
first with sojs
then with p gems and runes

It has drop rates that make korean MMOs look good, and the gameplay boils down to pressing one button to clear the entire screen until you get to the map boss, then you have to chip at it for two minutes because it has literally a 4800% health modifier compared to generic monsters.
It's alright.

Come on, you know that's a blatant lie. You have to press the movement skill button too.

The mechanics are cool, but they really need to make it more flexible to reskill passives. I'm not a nolifer, so pardon me for not wanting to replay the same levels with pleb gear for another 100 hours just so i can see what it'd be like to play a flicker frost or warp elementalist build instead of ice multishot bow. They REALLY need to offer pathways to more easily swap around points on the skill tree. Orbs of regret are way too rare for this... Also the graphics suck ass